Hair

MissRo here! I have shared with you my technique on the perfect blow dry and what products to use. But, there's one product that you absolutely must have for your hair whether it's curly or straight.

It's usually a thick, clear gel that you can use on wet or dry hair. For curly hair, it really helps to form your curls if you use it on your wet hair. If you use it when your hair is dry, it gives your curls a smooth, silky look, and tames the frizz. For straight hair, when you apply it wet it helps with your blow dry to tame the frizz while it dries. Once your hair is dry, you take a drop of it, warm it up in your hands and smooth out the fly-aways. Have you figured it out yet? It's a finishing gel! And that's the latest product I tried from the Mixed Chicks line, their Hair Silk.

MissRo here! For those that have naturally curly hair, you may be upset to hear that I usually only where my hair curly when I go swimming or I'm at the beach. Every other time, I like to blow dry it straight, because it's just easier for me to take care of and I end up washing my hair only a couple of times a week. However, the other day I wore my hair curly only because I had the help of Mixed Chicks Leave-In Conditioner.

I washed and conditioned my hair as usual. Towel-dried my hair just to squeeze out the excess water. Combed my hair, parted my hair on the side, and massaged through the Leave-In Conditioner. So far, so good! It was light-weight, non-sticky, and as my hair started to dry and my curls started to form, I had no frizz and my hair was super shiny.

MissRo here! My Mixed Chicks experience continues. Last time I told you about their amazing Deep Conditioner. Well now, it's all about their Shampoo.

I'm pretty picky about hair care products. When you have naturally curly hair, you can't just use any product. Most of the time I'm looking for anything that tames the frizz. Everything from Shampoo, to Conditioner, to styling products, everything has to smooth out my hair. So, when it comes to shampoo, it has to be conditioning, light weight, and easily washes out of my hair with no residue.

The Mixed Chicks Shampoo is rich and luxurious with a very pleasant smell. It also lathers up nicely and when you wash it out, your hair is squeaky clean and feels very light weight. With a combination of borage seed and avocado oils it provides the perfect amount of conditioning elements so your hair is smooth like silk.

Meg here! We have a great question for Mr. Marco Pelusi-our hair guru, it's a good one and one I'm sure a lot you want the answer to!
Q: "I am going out for my birthday and I want my hair to look amazing. I
have long wavy hair.  What is a style that looks hip, trendy, yet sexy?"
A: "You're in luck, my dear. Long wavy hair is BACK! It first of all would be nice to get a quick trim, along with adding a few longer, well-blended layers to tame and shape and help control those waves. Go to someone who knows curly wavy hair.  It can be a nice solid line at the bottom, and if it's short enough (closer to the shoulder), it can lean forward. Or it could be cut into a 'V' in the back bottom.

Hi Ladies! It's Jeanasina here and I've had yet another hair compulsion moment that I am compelled to share with you. Let's start out by singing a revamped version of a camp song...ready.? You'll pick up the tune soon and can sing right along with me...here we go...”If you love coconut and you know it wash your hair, if you love coconut and you love it, wash your hair...if you love coconut and you know it, don't be afraid to show it...if you love coconut and you love it wash your hair!” Why am I singing my whacked out version of that tune? Why am I promoting coconut? So here's the deal...

As our story continues, I was walking down an isle at our new and improved Walmart store which had hair products specifically designed for ethnic hair. I didn't even notice that fact, but what I DID see was that Palmer's had a hair care line that was all about COCONUT!!! Let me backtrack a bit here. I have a friend and she and her entire family use daily and swear by Palmer's Cocoa Butter lotion. I mean to tell you that every single time I see her, and hug her, my first thought is....”My God! Your skin is always so soft!” She of course tells me for the billionth time that it's the Palmer's brand lotion she uses. She swears nothing else is as good. So...I did go out and purchase Palmer's Cocoa Butter lotion and it does remarkable great things for your skin but I just personally cannot get past the cocoa butter fragrance on me so I passed it on to my Harleyman Husband who thinks it's just right! So...armed with the knowledge that Cocoa butter by Palmer's rocks out skin, when I saw that Palmer's makes COCONUT products for the hair...well honey,.., let me tell you, I HAD to stop and read the labels! It did not matter to me who this product might be designed for specifically, the fact that it had the word COCONUT in prominent letters on the container just said to me “YOU ARE GOING TO WANT THIS!”