Soiree Jewelry - Shrink Dink

While flipping through Country Living magazine I saw this cool arts and crafts project. Shrinky Dink jewelry! I thought the idea was genius, you can make any type of jewelry you want earrings, necklace, bracelet, key chain, book embellishments...etc... ANY THING! I love the creative freedom and inspiration it invokes. So I decided this would be a great addition to the Soiree Brunch. So all my Orchids made their own personalized Soiree Jewelry. It was PERFECT! I went to Michael crafts store and picked up on pack of Inkjet sheets and a pack of plain. I selected pictures from past Soiree's, phrases, cute patterns and designs and printed them. 

Snap Shot - Flat Twist Success

My Reggie & Products

So for this Regimen post I will tell you what I do and show you the products that I use. I only use the products that I LOVE! My regimen...varies depending on the products I use, if they are all natural, product buildup and the style I am rocking.

Shampoo - Once a week or every other (depends how much build up or unnatural products are in my hair)

I have 2 Shampoo's that I can't live without. Both do not strip my hair. Organix;s is a thick lucious shampoo so I dilute it. It smells divine! Deva Curl makes my scalp tingles, it feels so clean and refreshed. When shampooing or co-washing, I always make sure that any shedding is removed every time I pass my hands or comb through my hair. I don't want those hairs to get create tangles or knots.

Normal Hair Shampoo at drugstore.com
Lightweight Conditioner by Ulta

Conditioner - (varies, every wk, every 3days, all depends)

As you can see I have a nice variety of conditioners that I LOVE! 

Once my hair is clean, I load my hair up with conditioner and divide it into 4/6 sections and detangle and clip my hair up. Once again through this whole process I am always removing shed hair from my comb and my hands. The conditioners that I use the most hands down are Aussie, Burts Bees and Giovanni.

More Burt's Bees...

Deep Condition (Once a Week) / Protein Treatment (every other week)

Usually I let these sit in my head for a minimum of 30mins, but I love for them to linger for at least an hour. As for the Protein Treatment I do use products in the home like eggs, mayo, honey. I cover my hair with a cap/trash bag (whatever you use) then I wrap it with a towel for extra heat. Sometimes I sit under a hooded bonnet but most of the time I don't. For deep conditioning I also use the conditioners above for deep conditioning as well, or use olive oil.

 

Lightweight Conditioner by Giovanni
Hair & Scalp Treatments by Aphogee

Leave In (after wash/co-wash)  Styling (every week / ever 2 or 3 days)

I still am using the Kimmay Tube Leave In Recipe with Knot Today, as my leave in and detangler.

Shea butter is not displayed but its a huge part of my regimen, cant live with out it.

More American Apparel...

Oils (use when styling and after leave in applied) Also use Olive Oil.

I also have a water oil mix in my spray bottle for when I re-wet my hair for styling.

Skin Care at drugstore.com
Hair Care by Hesh Pharma

I think that is about it... if not ask me

Ranting...

Afternoon Ladies,

So let's chat! I have some wonderful news for everyone, so let's get to it!

The LookBook will be updated. I promise! So many things have been going on that I have not had the time to shoot my hair step by step.  I will post a braiding tutorial step by step, how I wear my hair when its straight and more natural styles.

We have added a new addition to the Writer list, you have to wait and see who it is! Make sure to give her a warm welcome. I think it's important for use to have a wide range of curly hair patterns and textures here at FNthat'sNF. So she will be sharing her experience with trying new products. You will love her!

This years Soiree has a limited amount of photo's, sorry! It was a very nice intimate gathering, so the layout of the room, decorations etc...were not photographed to my liking. So I will share as much as I can about the experience with you. 

So I will be sharing the activities, little touches, the invitation, flowers etc. So stay tuned

Whats up with me? Well I will be letting you know. I have never really shared my regimen with you guys, I'm not a big regimen type of person. So I will try my best to share my routine. Snap Shots of life, adventures and travels, results from products. Hair    do's that will tie into the LookBook.

Let's Talk Length Check

So on September 2nd I went to this amazing salon called "Bliss Elements" it is a Green Salon located in Wilmington DE and they are fabulous! They colored, trimmed and straighten my hair. I felt very at home, they are very professional and friendly.

These pictures are taken after 2 and half weeks of getting it done. I meant to take pictures fresh out the salon but you know how life is. Nonetheless you can see the color change and drastic length increase. As you can see once again my hair is thicker and longer then last time.

After about a week or so I mainly wore my hair in protective styles. I also continued to style my hair in its natural styles since I did not want to apply any more heat to my hair. So I did twist outs and braid outs. They came out super cute. I was  very happy with my experience at the salon, I researched many salons to make sure if they were right for me and visited the ones I liked. I know many of use "Natural Girls" are scared to go to the salons but if you do you research and make sure they understand what you want, it will go just fine :)

Snap Shot - Milking Cow Competition!

Length Check - September 2nd 2011

Color FINALLY!

Product Wish List

Hair Update / Rant

Greetings!

It has been a long time since I have posted anything or ranted about my hair. So here we go!

Product Swap - Here are a couple updates on some of the products I received.

Among the many things I received in my last product swap, one of the item was vegetable glycerin. I researched the product and I found it is supposed to be very moisturizing & softens hair. Which puzzled me a little seeing that it was in the Product Swap due to causing dry, brittle hair. So I figured, hey I have it why not try it out. I mixed the glycerin in my spray bottle, for refreshing my hair, re wetting etc... Recently I miss placed my spray bottle well this week I found it again, so i set my hair in flat twist. Low and behold the day after my hair was brittle and dry. Now I had experienced this before but I was not convinced it was the glycerin, but now I am convinced that the Glycerin does not benefit me in any way.

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Deva Curl - I LOVE the No Poo Shampoo. My hair feels clean and not stripped. The rest of the Deva Curl products dry out my hair, the conditioner, deep conditioner etc., does not leave my hair feel moisturized at all. BUT I LOVE the No Poo Shampoo it is definitively a keeper!

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The Aveeno and Garnier do nothing for me. So I will save that for the next product swap, for someone who I think will love it.

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COLOR - YES People, September is the month Trim, Color, Straight. I am determined :)

Trying something new...

For all of my Events I personally design and produce my own invitations, whether I send them through the mail or email. My favorite new electronic invitation site is PINGG!! I can make my own invitations and send them out through US mail or electronically. A website is created for your event, you can manage the event, request payments, food. Its perfect everything in ONE place! I am now officially a designer on their site. So check it out! The picnic and anniversary Invitation are posted, I will be adding more designs in the near future!

Upclose in Texture

Conditioner OVERLOAD! Last night I washed my hair with my one of my "Loves" Aussie Moist. I have a liter bottle that I picked up from Target for $5.00 a long time ago and it is still very full, even though I use a good amount of it for Co-washes and detangling. Any who, I wanted to show you my texture up close, since I have not been able to capture it very well. My texture starts loose and then gradually gets tighter, you can see this in the last picture. The curls are very small.

Personally, I am not really into "curl typing" because I have so many textures or curl types in my hair. If I use a product for one type it may not work for the other sections of my hair. I have found that since I went natural my texture has slowly but surely changing. My whole texture was much looser, and now it has curled a little tighter. I think this would have to do with the serious limit of heat and protective styles. My hair is GROWING GROWING, this is so exciting, just imagine the length for the length check in SEPTEMBER! Cant Wait!

Multiple Textures

Can you see my gradual texture change?

It is very common for Naturals to have multiple textures. Personally I have 3 textures (maybe more) my front is a loose curl and as you make your way to the back it gets tighter and tighter. You can see in the picture above the different texture. To me it looks like the back portion of my hair is dry. So it has me thinking, do our different textures require different care, products and maintenance? Is this an obstacle for you?

SURPRISE!