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Thank you to Naturaleza for giving me The Versatile Blogger Award! I love your blog posts as well. Everyone please check out her post! In order to accept this award, I must thank the bloggers that awarded me. Then I must: List 7 things about me Pass the Versatile Blogger Award to 15 other bloggers Here are 7 things about myself. 1. I love the Lord! He was watching out for me before I even knew His name :-) 2. I love to write. I have been writing before I could write words lol. My scribbles stood in lieu of words. 3. I am the owner of a small business named "Ruthie's Greetings" www.ruthiesgreetings.com . 4. I  was a natural the for my first 3 years of high school. 5. I used the hot comb during that time. 6. I went to a press and comb stylist who clipped my ends every 2 weeks. Yes! Every 2 weeks. When I realized that she was cutting off my growth, I visited her a little less lol.  7. "The Walking Dead" is one of my favorite tv shows (random...

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Thanksgiving (photo courtesy of Flickr- Dave and Margie Hill/ Kleerup ( The Consortium )  Hey my blessed naturals! I hope that you've all had a good Thanksgiving holiday. I just want to take the time out to give God the glory and list the things in my life that I am thankful I am thankful for the Lord's love, a new day, a career, my life, loving family, loving people, a place to live, clothes on my back, food, water, new opportunities, strength, and a chance to make every minute better than the last ! God is good :-) Please share the things in which you are thankful. "Rejoice always, Pray without ceasing, In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you".- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

You can buy the side combs at beauty supply, grocery, and dollar stores. Please make sure that your hair is moisturized and detangled before using them in your hair. My hair had been stretched from having flat twists in my hair.   In the front, I created two rows of two strand twists, twisted them together on the right side, and secured them with a bobby pin. You can use any type of decorative pin or clip. You can also create a twist out for the bang area.

After reading Precious' article "Winter Hair Care" , I've decided to wear hats as part of of my protective style choice for the winter. Two days ago, I decided to flat twist my hair. I twisted it so that I could wear my hats; I also wanted to get an idea of how to flat twist my hair for styles. My parts are sloppy and big because I rushed, and used wide tooth comb. (I will be using a Rat Tail comb next time). But, I was still happy with my results. I am getting the hang of flat twisting on my hair. I will probably do a flat twist up do as another protective style.    I tied a satin scarf around my head to protect my hair from being damaged by the hat The finale: my hat! lol

Good morning everyone! My trim is complete. Because my hair is healthy, I did not need to trim a lot. I trimmed about 1/4 of an inch in most places, and 1/2 of an inch in the few rough areas. My hair damage was mostly at the top and back of my hair. The hair at my crown is the longest, and I wanted that to be a little bit shorter any way. I think that I may wait 6 months or more for the next trim, depending on the condition of my ends. Still learning!

We hear a lot about sulfates being bad for your hair. But, the truth is that we sometimes need to use the sulfate shampoos to remove product build up. I have a problem with dandruff, and went on the hunt for a a dandruff shampoo. Many times I would wash my hair and still have dandruff that would stay on my scalp. This would cause the conditioner to stick to the dandruff, and it would become harder to wash the conditioner out of my hair. I tried CVS brand dandruff shampoo, and it made my hair terribly dry. So,one of my friends suggested that I use Selsun Blue, and I love it! It is a medicated shampoo. It doesn't make my hair too dry. It leaves my scalp clean and dandruff free. I have learned that sulfates are not automatically my enemy lol. It matters how you handle your hair during the wash and after. I try not to be too rough with my hair during the wash process, especially when using a sulfate shampoo. I also make sure that I deep condition my hair by sitting under a ...

Good morning everyone! It's been about 4 months (July 2011) since I last trimmed my hair, and I want to trim it. I am a little reluctant lol, but I know that it is necessary to retain length. I was curious... How often do you trim your natural hair?

Flat twists on both sides. Last night I slept with a hair net on the back portion of my hair, to keep my twist out from two nights ago. In the morning,I applied a moisturizer to the back of my hair and tops of my flat twists and fluffed my hair out with a comb and fingers.

My hair is getting longer.I am learning to adjust to the growth especially when it comes to detangling. It has become more of a challenge. I make sure that I detangle my hair after I have applied the conditioner and sat under the heating cap (deep conditioned) with my plastic cap on. My hair is usually the softest and saturated with conditioner at this point. I detangle my hair in sections with a wide-tooth comb. The comb in the picture had wide teeth but I usually like to use combs like the one below. But, I had to use what was available.

Hey Everyone, Today is my 8 month natural hair anniversary. I did my big chop on March 3, 2011. I do not do length checks often, but I may do one soon. After applying a leave in conditioner, I two-strand twisted my hair into medium sized twists, and then wrapped each twist around to form a bantu knot. I secured the knot with a hair pin. In the morning, I removed the twists... Here are my results: My hair had more volume with the bantu-knot out (on top of two strand twists), than the twist out alone. I also forgot to mention that I co-washed my hair, and it was damp. After reading a post by Barbara Naturally Speaking , I've realized that my hair doesn't shrink up as much when I co-wash my hair.  I co-washed with V05's "Champagne Kiss" conditioner and then sat under the heating cap (with the conditioner in my hair) for deep conditioning. I used to think that all V05 Conditioners were the same, but they are not. I tried one of the Moisture Milk ...

Hey everyone, I hope that you are enjoying your night. God is good :-) My best friend needed to do something with her hair. So, I decided to try flat twisting her hair. Her hair is permed, but she has about two inches of new growth. The hardest part was creating the parts and beginning the twists. But, once I finally got the hang of it, it was quite easy. Thank God :-)