Coffee has beneficial oils that make the hair shiny. So, I’ve discovered a use for that left-over cooled down coffee brew. It tints my virgin hair as a free bonus. Virgin hair is chemically unprocessed. Meaning no bleach, dyes, or perms. When my hair was chemically processed, hard water gave the ends an unwelcome damaged ombre ...
Re-purposing used soap is my idea of fun. I’m enjoying my coffee scrub bars. The latest batch is shampoo balls. I used glycerin soap, coconut, almond and vanilla Dead Sea bath salt with coconut cooking oil spray. It took some tinkering; this turned out better using stove top simmering heat and a portable mixer. Instead ...
Soon as I get an opportunity to take this quiz on hair porosity, maybe I’ll understand. Hair can be confusing. Here’s the link to Porosity 411 by SheaMo… Now I have curly waves with low-maintenance barbie-doll hair. Once a day, I’m pouring cold left-over coffee over my head just to see what happens. Not sure ...
Last week (August 2) I permed my hair with braids. Securing the ends with perm wrappers and rubber bands, the Jheri Redding One ‘n Only acid perm worked well. I waited five days to wash it out. The smell lingered even after the wash. Tiny waves are locked in. This took a lot of do-it-yourself ...
