1Blessed Natural Mag

1BlessedNatural: Mini Twists, Trim, and Pin Curl Out Hey, my blessed naturals! I hope you all had a great weekend. This weekend, I installed mini two-strand twists because I needed a trim. I don't remember the last time I trimmed my hair! lol. My ends were looking raggedy. This set of twists took me 7-8 hours. Because I banded my hair on Friday, it was stretched for my twists. I used my mixture of Cantu Creamy Hair Lotion, Mixed Chicks Leave-In Conditioner, and coconut oil for my twists. Products from Amazon I used: 1BlessedNatural: I usually start my twists in the back. 1BlessedNatural: All done! You can see the ends of my twists need to be trimmed. 1BlessedNatural: In order to trim my ends, I usually put my hair in two ponytails. I pull down 1 twist and trim the end. Then, I do the next twist until I'm finished.  1BlessedNatural:... my trimmed ends. Not too bad! I'd rather lose length... 1BlessedNatural: ...two...

On Sunday, February 23, 2014, I attended the " Whoosh Natural Hair Health & Beauty Event " held at Ariya Plaza in Newark, NJ. There were about 5 to 6 vendor tables present at the event. There were a few representatives from the Hair Design School in Union, NJ. One of the school's graduates "J" was rocking red yarn twists. J said she stayed up Saturday night completing the twists. Underneath the yarn twists were locs that the naturalista had started growing 1 year ago. J said she installed the yarn twists because she wanted to do something different. Although, her hair was very tight and heavy, she said her yarn twists were worth it. She is going to keep them in for 1 month. Representative from the Hair Design School The company Organo Gold was also at the event. If you read my article "' Back to Healthy Eating' Challenge ", then you know that I like Green Tea. Organo Gold sells tea, coffee, soap, and lotion. I ...