Afroniquely You

I’ve been slacking on my pre-pooing, and it’s beginning to show. Hence I need to start doing it faithfully. But what exactly is pre-pooing?? What does it mean to pre-poo? It in essence is a pre-wash deep treatment, either overnight or for a an hour or more, under heat or without heat, on dry dirty hair. Prior [...]

Castor oil has been around for ages, it has survived through the thick and thin and gaining even more popularity now amongst the hair care industries. When I was younger I used castor oil as a hot oil treatment and sometimes for the oiling of my scalp. To be honest, castor oil back then was my [...]

I know all my natural hair lovers by now, knows that the key to healthy beautiful afro-textured hair is: Moisture. But why is it some of us either have too much? Or then there are the rest who seem to have none? I;d like to discuss ways to get some for those who have none. Picture [...]

It will repay and reward you if you do. I know we pay attention to it on wash days, or at-least we should, but what about those other six days, and for those who wash bi-weekly or even later, what about all those abandoned days in between? The scalp needs to be nurtured just like the [...]

Hello again friends..This is another article in the Did you know series, and this time I have to take the time to highlight Coconut Oil..Now I’d like to say being from the Caribbean and having eaten a good deal of coconuts in my day, I can’t believe I did not know the true benefits of [...]

Yes it’s finally time for a did you section…this is the first of many did you knows…Well Shea Butter..I’m sure a lot of you have heard of it, or even use it! Down to the knitty gritty: Shea Butter is a product exclusive to West Africa and some parts of Central Africa. It’s found from the Karite [...]

Well here it is, another Did you know…this time it’s traditional African Black Soap also called Alata Samina…Now after doing a lot of reading I am understanding the only true traditional form of black soap is that which is a bar and is in an organic shape with its color being dark brown and not [...]