Afroniquely You

The new year is fast approaching..and with that..I’d like to propose some quick tidbits on vitamins that help us to grow healthier hair. I’ve gone over the make-up of the hair, the phases it has, and now I think we should touch base on what helps in from the inside out. Vitamins are essential because they [...]

As most of you may recall I have a profound new love for Ayurvedic Hair Care (check these posts incase you’ve missed them). For the longest while, I have kept an eye on the Dabur Vatika Enriched Coconut oil, always unsure of whether I would like it or not. I already knew I loved Extra [...]

HAIR GROWTH 101 Since we are on the topic of wanting to grow our hair and maintain what we already have, it may be of help to identify the phases our hair goes through. On average the hair grows about .3mm (or 1/8 an inch) per day, or 6 inches per year. Hair follicles are comprised of [...]

Faith one of our previous features, has been kind enough to share with us a recipe she uses on her hair quite often. She says: I do this about once a month or every 2 weeks and it works wonderfully! Ingredients: Take about 3 spoons of mayonaise (any kind) 1 cap full of oil (any kind for example, olive, [...]

Okay, maybe it doesn’t grow your hair, but it sure does help with length retention. Using plaits as helped me retain a lot of length during the winter months. So they are my go to when I “can’t be bothered” with my hair. Plaits are no stranger to most of us. If you have ever worn [...]

How long have you been natural? I’ve been natural for 5.5 years How often do you wash/trim? I wash my hair once a week & I trim every 3-4 months depending on the condition of my ends. What’s your method of washing: I wash my hair in loose braids to lessen shrinkage & in turns tangles co-wash/shampoo? and why? The past year [...]

On June 26 of this year I celebrated 2 full wonderful and quite a sporadic journey, of being 100% natural! I absolutely love it. I look back at my pics and I realize how far I have come. I can’t express how happy I am to have made it to two years. Trial and error, [...]

Hello everyone! I hope all is well. It’s been about a month now, and I hope everyone is remaining strong with the DC Challenge. Now I got a lot of questions from time to time on applying DC to hair and so forth, so I made a new video and you can check it out here: Here [...]

Hello all my wonderful naturals (and aspiring naturals!) It’s time for another book review. Quite frankly I’m disappointed in myself for not sharing this book with you sooner. I’ve had it for a while (aka a little over a year, lol) and I love it!! The book is entitled Nappturosity and it is written by [...]