12. Banding
- Ultimate Summer hairstyle making it easy to retain and show length.

11. Banana Pin Curl Style
- Simple protective style I loved to rock this year.

10. ION Effective Care Intensive Therapy Treatment
- Used this product at the beginning of the year and I had to revisit it towards the end. Great moisture/protein balanced deep conditioner.

9. Jamaican Black Castor Oil Shampoo
- Great sulfate free shampoo that leaves your hair moist and helps promote growth.

8. Creme of Nature Creme Conditioning Shampoo
-Contains a mild sulfate but nonetheless a wonderful shampoo that doesn't make your hair feel stripped.

7. CHI Pink Camo Flat Iron
- The absolute best flat iron for my hair. I've tried others but none compare. I pass and my hair is straight. Love it!!

6. CHI Rocket Blow Dryer
- Love this tool. I used it at least once a week. I mainly use the cool shot button to help speed up the drying time while I air dry my hair. It leaves my hair hanging straight and my cuticles laying flat.

5. Coconut oil treatment on dry hair
- Awesome way to revitalize your hair. This treatment always made my hair stronger and fuller looking.

4. Jamaican Black Castor Oil
- This product is on my list again!! LOL Where would my hair be without this oil? I have no idea. It's a must-have for me. It promotes growth and thickness all in 1.

3. Scurl No Drip Activator
- This product wins again!! My absolute favourite moisturizer, leave-in conditioner and new growth softener. It's my BFF

2. Low manipulation
- Tried my best to bun and finger comb as much as I could and I reached my goal of MBL.

1. Self Relaxing
- This was a huge MILESTONE for me in my hair journey. Very monumental. With the help of my sister, I am stylist-free when it comes to relaxing my own hair!

Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and Happy Holiday! This is my favourite holiday by far and life usually gets quite hectic around now i.e. spending time with family, traveling, baking, shopping etc. With all the running around, remember the reason for the season! Be sure to spend it with those you love, I know I will :)

P.S. As for hair updates, I won't have any until the new year 2011.


♥ Sunshyne

Question:

"Well I've been hearing a lot about perms and I am 13 weeks post because i thought my beautician was over-processing my hair when i went to get a perm. So when you get a perm aren't you supposed to perm only the new-growth? Because she perms the new growth and then applies the relaxer throughout my whole head from root to end? Isn't that over-processing?"

Advice: YES! You should speak up and let her know that there is absolutely NO NEED to relax previously relaxed hair! Putting relaxer on the entire head is only acceptable when performing a virgin relaxer, meaning, you have natural hair and you want to chemically relax your hair for the first time. Only in this case should you relax from root to tip. Once your hair grows out, 2-3 months later, you should receive a "touch-up". A touch-up is when you relax the new growth ONLY. There's no need to re-relax already relaxed hair....it's already been chemically altered to remain permanently straight.

Relaxing already relaxed hair is called "Over lapping". Repeatedly relaxing all the hair on your head is a good way to damage your hair and cause thin hair strands which eventually leads to breakage. When performing a touch-up, keep the relaxer on the new growth as much as possible and avoid re-relaxing previously relaxed hair. Many hair professionals are careless and lack vital information when it comes to maintaining healthy relaxed hair. They typically misuse these chemicals by relaxing previously relaxed hair from root to tip or they leave the relaxer on too long, also known as "Over processing".

Tip: Prior to applying relaxer to new growth, be sure to coat the ends of your previously relaxed hair with some type of conditioner, oil or Vaseline. This precaution will help prevent over processing of previously relaxed hair since the relaxer will have a hard time penetrating. Overtime your hair will become healthier. Also remember to condition before and after your relaxer :)

♥ Sunshyne

A fellow Hairlista, Uneek Natural, posted this video today and the story really caught my attention (thanks girl for posting it) so I thought I'd share it with you all.

Let me know your thoughts and feelings.



♥ Sunshyne

What products or hair tools are you loving right now?

How long have you been using it?

Did these products grow on you?

How has it changed your hair?




♥ Sunshyne