Recipe: Hot Mama’s Homemade Coconut Oil
Coconut oil isn’t easy to find in Nigeria and when you find it, it’s either expensive or adulterated, partly because a large number of coconuts yields a relatively small amount … Continue reading
Recipe: Body Butter
(Update 2: I’ve taken down my hair butter recipe, since I now sell it. Sorry!) (Update 1: I’ve edited the recipes to put all measurements in cups and tablespoons.) Done … Continue reading
Hair Lesson #1: Nature is a screwy-haired girl’s best friend. No joke
I’m going to do a series of hair lessons. Let’s jump right in. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m one of those girls who’s done almost everything to her hair. I’ve … Continue reading
caring for type 4 (response to k is for kinky comment)
A lot of us are still learning how to care for screwy hair. Responded to a comment a week or so ago on K is for Kinky in response to a … Continue reading
Homemade Coconut Oil
I was reading an old profile of a 19-year-old Nigerian girl in Lagos, Iffy, on Black Girl with Long Hair, who seemed to have been having issues finding oils and … Continue reading
a real first!
My hair absorbed oil. That’s NEVER happened before. I’ve been sick–and still am–so I only got to take out my cornrows tonight after about a month. My hair never itches … Continue reading
