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The Slayed Afro

Happy Saturday Darling Divas!!

Yes, I know that this isn’t a day that I usually post, BUT I meant to come up here yesterday, and that just didn’t happen. So I thought to myself why not put it up today? And obviously, here that post is. I have new hair!! I decided to go big with it this time around, and I am in love with it!!! So in today’s mini-blogpost I am just sharing my new hairdo, and I hope you all will enjoy! So sit back, what the video, and meet me below for more details!

Did you all enjoy? I hope so! I am definitely lovingggg my new look! Click here to cast your vote in the poll! Being blonde is always fun for me, so I decided to take it back for a second. I dug into my archives and found some blonde pics of me. Oh, how I miss bleach sometimes.

So I wanted to get back to my blonde roots, but this time, no bleach was required! For this crochet install, I searched around for blonde hair that had dark roots because I wanted to look natural. I went to my beauty supply store and was lucky to find what I wanted!!

So this is the type of hair I used to achieve my look. The Durban Twist hair from Harlem125. I used three packs of RT27, and one pack of F1B/27. This is some big hair yall!!! So, for now, im rocking it as an afro, but I plan to put curls in soon. This hair can do so many things, and is super soft! So click here to purchase online! The website I linked is a longer length and comes in different colors. If you’re looking for the same hair as mine, I would look at your local beauty supply store, or do a further search online!

So, ladies, that’s it for today’s mini-blogpost! Be sure to come right back here next week for two new blogposts! ANNDDD a special announcement is dropping next Saturday so get ready!!! Feel free to follow me on my social media. They are all linked above!! I love you lots like tater tots, I hope you have a great weekend, and I will see you Monday!

Big Hair Don’t Care

Hello All My Darling Diva’s!

Welcome back to another week here on the blog! I hope your weekend was fabulous and fun, but it’s time to get back to official NoMinusPlus business! Today we are going to talk all about my newest crochet braid installation! This big hair is giving me all types of life, and you know I had to come and share with you guys all the details on my new do’! So check out the short video below, and meet me back here for more details.

Did you all enjoy? Are you all loving my hair as much as me??? Shirley always comes through and slays my hair, and I swear to you she is truly the best!

Hair Info

I got 4 packs of the Vivica Fox Kinky Marli Hair. I ended up using 3 of the packs and cut each of the packs in half. I installed the hair as is, and didn’t do anything to the hair. I loved the curl pattern as is, so I kept it that way. You can click here to buy it online and in many other colors.

More Pics!

Thank you so much for watching today ladies! I hope you have enjoyed this blog post! If I left any information out, just let me know in the comments below. Are you following me on social media yet? You can do so by clicking on the links above. My snap chat is BrieLikeMe. Be sure to check back here tomorrow for your second blog post of the week! I promise it’s going to be longer than this video! I love you lots like tator tots, and I will see you tomorrow!

How I Take Down My Crochet Braids/ Natural Hair Update

Hello All My Darling Divas!

Welcome back to another week here on the blog! All my birthday festivities are over, and were back to our scheduled programming.If you missed any of the birthday related blogpost then click here to check out my bday tag, and here for my get ready with me birthday edition video. Today we are going to talk about hair! I have showed you my many crochet braid installs, showed you how I maintain them ,and even gave you protective styling tips. But I never showed you how I take down my crochet braids. Well I am showing you today and will give you an update on my natural hair! Last summer I laid out my hair growth plan, and now today were going to see if my hair has been growing according to my plan. So enough of the chit chat, lets get to the video!

Did you enjoy? I hope so! This blogpost is going to be FILLED with information, so lets just get into that!

In this video I was referring to my hair growth plan . You can click here for that blogpost, and here for Naptural85’s video. She inspired me to create my hair growth plan,and her plan was really awesome too if you wanted to see what she had to say. I also mentioned that I would be washing my hair with the AMAZING superfruit complex line from Shea Moisture. You can click here to check out my product review blogpost for that. Click here for part 1 of my hair routine, and click here for part two. I also have an older hair routine if you want to check it out, but this one is the updated version that I still do to this day.

Here is a list of my protective style videos

Click here to get tips on how to care for your hair before you protective style

Click here to see how I maintain and refresh my crochet braids

My hair is growing so well! So I think my simple, yet realistic, hair growth plan is working out for me! I plan to continue on this growth plan for as long as I can. I highly recommend you map out a hair plan for yourself if you want! It really helps to have a plan.

I hope that you ladies have really enjoyed today’s video! I am really happy with my hair growth so far, and I am excited to see how healthy it can get! If I left any info out let me know and I will update the post!

That’s all for today’s blogpost darling divas! I hope that it was informational, and very helpful! Be sure to check back here for another blogpost! It’s sure to be a good one! Feel free to follow me on all social media! They are linked above accept for my snapchat which is BrieLikeMe. February is already starting on a good foot, and I will be sure to keep coming you guys with alot more amazing content! So until tomorrow I love ya lots like tator tots, and see you soon!

My Hair Growth Plan

Happy Monday Darling Divas!
Hopefully you all are having an amazing summer so far! Sorry if I have been kind of M.I.A. this summer. I have been busting my butt tying to get my usual two videos up here, but my work schedule and weekend plans have been sooo crazy this summer! But I am determined to get my schedule down pact! So today on the blog we are going to be talking about my hair growth plan! A couple of months ago I watched Whitney ( or Naptural85’s) video on her hair growth plan video. It got me inspired to create a hair plan because I really want to see my hair grow long. I have never really been too obsessed with long hair, but I figured why not give it a shot and see if I can actually grow my hair out. If you want to check out Whitney’s video click here. So enjoy the video, and meet me below for more details!

Did you enjoy the video? Hopefully this plan works for me! It’s pretty simple and to the point, so I think it should work out pretty fine. So here is a recap of what I plan to do to grow my hair out.

1. Continue to protective style as long as I can

I am always twisting and rolling up my hair in some type of way. I feel that by keeping my hair up in a protective style I am not touching it! By not touching my hair it is not being damaged by my daily styling.

2. Growing out my Blonde Hair

My hair is very damaged from alot of years of me coloring my hair at home. I have beached, fried, dipped, and dyed my hair every single color at home, and I think it’s time for me to go to a professional to now color my hair. I want the colorist to color my hair on a fresh batch of hair, so I decided to grow out the old color to get ready for the new!

3. IM GOING BACK TO THE SALON!

Yes! I am going back to the hair salon! It has been 5 years since I have been in a salon chair, but I think that it may be time to get some professional help with my hair. It’s pretty clear that I need some help with growing out my hair to be healthy, so I think that a stylist can help me with that. With the proper knowledge of a professional, I believe that my hair can really grow. Yall wish me luck!

4. I plan to experiment with different hairstyles and products

While my hair is in its growing out stage, I plan on experimenting with hairstyles and products that I never have before. I want to see what my hair likes, and what it doesn’t like. I have really been loving crochet braids so far, so I’m excited to see what other hairstyles I will end up liking. And with a curlbox coming to my doorstep every month, I will definitely have no problem trying out alot of new products.

5. I will only keep my protective style in for a month

By keeping my protective styles in for a month, my hair is not experiencing alot of buildup. It’s being cleansed more often which also promotes hair growth, and my hair isn’t just sitting up in a hairstyle for months not properly being taken care of. I’ve been changing my hairstyles monthly all summer, and my hair has really been loving it!

So ladies hopefully you have enjoyed this video! Whitney has inspired me to create a hair growth plan, so hopefully I have inspired you to create one for yourself! I plan on documenting it a little bit, so I will come back to you guys later on to see if my hair growth plan is working!

Now my next blogpost should be ready for tomorrow, so until then ladies I love you lots like tator tots, and I will see you then!

How I Maintain/Refresh My Crochet Braids

Happy Friday Darling Divas,
I hope that your weekend will be filled with fun! The best way to kick off the weekend is by a blogpost! So today on the blog we are going to be talking about how I maintain/ refresh my crochet braids. I have had these crochet braids in for 3 weeks now, and I have been loving it! If you want to check out more info on my crochet braids, click here for that blogpost. It has more details on my hair. Also if you want some tips on how to prep your hair and care for your hair while protective styling, click here for that blogpost. I pretty much tried to be as informative about protective styling as possible. I hope it all is helping you ladies! So check out the video below and meet me under for details.

Did you enjoy the video? I hope it helped! I will be switching the color of my hair really soon and I’m really excited! I will be giving you an update on that as soon as it happens! Below im going to list all the products used in this video in case you wanted to pick anything up.

Products used

Large Headband/Hairtie

( Used to put my hair up)

Silk Hair Scarf

African Royale Hot Six Oil

Design Essentials Sleek Edge Control

Beautiful Textures Tangle Taming Leave In Conditioner

Spray Bottle Filled with Water

Detangling Comb/Brush

Lottabody Setting Spray( Optional)

Cold Rods/ Perm Rods

So here is a side by side pic of my curls before and after

Notice how before the curls were dull and the hair really didn’t have any life. Once I re-curled some of the curls the hair is back to being bouncy and curly. Its amazing what curling a couple of curls will do!

So ladies I hope you have enjoyed this blogpost! If you have anything you add, or have any other tips on how to maintain crochet braids leave them in the comments below! Or you can send them to me on any of my social media! They are all linked above. I hope you all have an amazing weekend, and be sure to come back next week with two new videos! So until next time, love you lots like tator tots and see you next week!

Stop! Before you Protective Style!

Hello All My Darling Divas!
Welcome back to the blog! I first want to say I’m sorry for posting so late! I have been trying to get this blogpost up all day, but Youtube was taking FOREVER to upload my video! So excuse this post for being so late, but I was determined to post today! (lol) Today were going to be talking about how to prep your hair for protective styling. It is starting to get warm, and I know that us ladies like to put our hair up to protect it from the summer rays. I recently got my hair put in Crochet Braids, and I made sure to prep my hair properly before I got this style installed. Click here to check out the blogpost on all the info on my hair! I definitely have learned my lesson by not prepping my hair before I protective style, and not taking care of my hair WHILE it’s in its protective style, so this video is to help you not make the same mistakes that I did! So enjoy the video, and meet below for more details!

Did you enjoy the video? I hope that it was really informative and helps you out! If you have any other ideas or tips, feel free to leave them below in the comment section below! I mentioned in the video that I had a blogpost on different protective style ideas. Click here to check that out. I posted this a while ago and I know of so many other protective styles, so I may just update this post later this month. But still check it out! It’s still great!

List of Products Mentioned in Video!

You can get all these products from your local Target, Walmart, or Drugstore.

Shampoo

Garnier Color Shield Shampoo

This shampoo is perfect for you if your hair is color treated. It helps lock in your color!

Organix B5 Shampoo

This shampoo really clarifies your hair! It will definitely make sure you have clean hair with no product buildup.

Detangle

Denman Brush

This should be in your arson if you are a natural. This brush is perfect for getting rid of all your tangles.

Detangle Comb

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This is the exact comb that I have from Dollar Tree. It is amazing and the best thing that I could have ever brought!

Condition

Mirabelle Plum Conditioner by Carol’s Daughter

This conditioner right here is so amazing! It makes your hair feel super soft, and you only have to leave it on for about 5-10 mins! I got this in one of my Curlboxes, and I swear I’m running to the store to pick up a new one when this one runs out. Great product

Creme of Nature Pure-Licious Co-Wash

This conditioner is SIMPLY AMAZING! I ranted and raved about this video in my product review video that I posted two weeks ago. It is infused with argan oil which is great for your hair, and it also leaves your hair feeling very soft and managable! This is another proudct that I can see myself buying again!

Oils

African Royale Hot Six Oil

This oil right here is amazing. I have been using it since I was little, and it def gets the job done! This oil is six oils in one, and I use it for pretty much everything! My scalp loves it!

Jamaican Black Castor Oil

Jamaican Black Castor Oil has MANY hair benefits! If you need help growing back damaged edges this product is definitely for you! You can google Jamaican Black Castor Oil benefits to see how it can benefit your hair.

Moisture

African-Shea Butter

I have very often ranted and raved about how much I LOVE Shea Butter! It works wonders for my hair, and I will probably use this product forever. This is my daily moisturizer, so I definitely recommend using your daily moisturizer as you protective style.

Beautiful Textures Moisture Butter

I haven
‘t quite expressed my love for Beautiful Texture products yet, but they are AMAZING! It smells great and keeps my hair soft and manageable. If you haven’t tried any of the Beautiful Textures products I definitely recommend you do! They are amazing.

Well ladies that is it for blogpost! I hope it was very informative and helpful. If you have anything else to add be sure to leave them all down below! Also feel free to follow me on social media! They are all linked above. Hopefully Youtube wont play me out again tomorrow, and I should have another blogpost up for you all tomorrow afternoon! So until then, love ya lots like tator tots!

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