Fave Friday

My hair is probably one of my best assets.

Kiyah's hair is one of many amazing assets.

I am very particular about what goes into both my hair and hers.   So, I wanted to share with you a few of my faves!

For Kiyah's hair I use the Kinky-Curly Knot Today line.  It is an organic line of Shampoos, Conditioners, Curling Custard etc.  I generally only use the Shampoo and Conditioner (which is leave-in detangler as well) on her hair.  It is $11.99 a bottle, for each, and you can find it at Target.

She has soft, curly hair and her curls are still fairly tight.  This line allows easy comb through and styling while maintaining her beautiful curls.

For my hair I use the Organix line.  I am currently using Macadamia Oil Shampoo as well as Conditioner.  For heat protection I place a tiny amount of Sexy Hair: Soy Renewal Argan Oil throughout my wet hair before blow drying.  This decreases blow dry time, which is helpful because my hair is thick! I use this when I am going to straighten my hair, which is usually what I do.  It gives my hair a great shine and fancy flowyness.

If I am doing a wash and go pony then I use the Kinky Curly line for my hair as well, and it works great for me, even though Kiyah and I have different textured hair.  If I want to go for a more tamed, curly look I use their Curling Custard.

With the Custard I wash my hair, style it in whatever pony tail, or part it where I want it to be parted the next day and apply custard to each section while adding small to medium braids.  Although the Custard works great for my hair, I am not really a fan of how it is in Kiyah's hair.

THE PRODUCTS: (the Kinky-Curly Shampoo is missing, but it is in the same size bottle as the Conditioner but with green writing.)

Here is a look at how the Curling Custard works for me:

1. I put my hair in the style I want for the next day, which for this day it was half up, half down & added small to medium braids.  Be sure to put Custard on EACH braided section before braiding it. (I do it before bed time)

2. Let it dry over night.  If it is not completely dry in the morning, use a blow dryer over it.  This picture shows how it looks directly after taking the braids out the next morning.

3. This is how it looked by the end of the day. 

I'll work on getting a video up on my Mommy Monday Segment on www.youtube.com/themixx5

thanks for reading!