• Beauty

    10 Effective Ways to Care for High Porosity Hair

    Now that you’ve learned how to identify your hair porosity, I know you’re wondering how to properly care for it. If you have high porosity hair, like myself, you’re at the right place sis! I’m sharing not 3, 4, but 10 effective ways to care for high porosity hair. It took me years to finally know how to treat my hair. Now that I have the techniques and resources established (for the most part), I want to share them with you. Just to give y’all a disclaimer, I am still trying to figure things out just like you. If I have…

  • Beauty

    How To: Apply Aphogee Protein Treatment

    Happy Wednesday!!! I FINALLY have a YouTube video for y’all!!! I know it’s been a while but I promise I will be consistent-ish. Lol!!! People told me they love hearing my voice so I’m giving the people what they want. Plus I love creating videos about natural hair. You can read blog posts about it but I know that some of y’all learn better through demonstration. As mentioned in this blog post, I’m currently doing a no heat for a year challenge that started in April 2020. One of the most important routines for stronger hair is to apply a protein…

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    How and Why I Stopped Applying Heat to My Hair for a Year

    Confession time!! I posted the picture below on Instagram several months ago (March) to advertise SheaMoisture’s newest products. I received many compliments on my hair. But in reality, I experienced heat damage. A month prior to this shoot, I had a silk press. It usually lasts a couple of weeks, but I tried to maintain it for a month. EPIC FAIL!! I attempted to preserve it by continuously applying heat to my hair. Not a good idea!! I applied a flat iron after vigorous workouts and experiencing Georgia humidity. After 3 weeks, I was over it and finally washed my hair…

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    My Signature Afro Tutorial

    Hello ladies and gentlemen!!! I’m so excited to add another venture into Hometown Girl n’ Curls. It took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears…well not really! Lol! But it definitely required a great deal of learning with technology. And your girl is not tech savvy. Anywho, I now have my own YouTube channel!!!! YAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!! Y’all, I’m so happy to go this route with my blogging and I can’t wait where God is going to take me. But have no fear, this blog will still be here. I’ll post my YouTube videos on my blog so y’all will have early access…