1. Dresses
2. Shoes
3. Skirts
4. Jeans
5. Purses

Whatever I don’t sell I will give to friends, family, thrift store depending on the item. This week I picked out three dresses to part with and this is what I considered:

1. Can I fit the item?
2. When’s the last time I wore it?
3. Do I still like it?

Here are the three dresses I put up on eBay; these items will be on here for one week.

1. Old Prom Dress from 2005

2. Hot Pink Animal Print Party Dress

3. Black and White Shift Dress

What do you purge your closet?

My hair was just taken out of the tree braids that I’ve been wearing for about a month and a half. I know a reader asked me in a previous post could they see a better picture of my braids. Well those pics are coming soon I decided to get my hair re-braided so the style is more fresh and clear to see in a picture.

I think one of the most important things to do after taking down your hair from a style is a good condition to snap the hair back in shape. As some of you may know or have experienced certain styles can wear and tear on the hair making it weak. I know most of the styles we wear are supposed to be “protective styles” but even those have their pros and cons.

Lately I’ve been using about 4 products to condition my hair and 1 brush to detangle.

1. Shea Moisture Organic African Black Soap Balancing Conditioner

This conditioner is particularly good for anyone that has dandruff, eczema and psoriasis. I have found that this conditioner leaves my hair soft, moisturized and smelling good.

2. Jane Carter Replenishing Conditioner

I like using this conditioner as a deep conditioned after I’ve taken out my braids. I have found that it leaves my hair shiny and feeling stronger.

3.  Asiam Coconut Co-Wash & Leave in Conditioner

I’ve been using Asiam products regularly when my hair is not in protective style. The coconut co-wash is what I use to detangle my hair, it has great slip making it easy to comb through the hair. The leave in conditioner is what I put in my hair the night before I straighten it.

4. Plugged in Tangle Tamer

This by far is my favorite brush for detangling my hair. The soft bristles make combing through hair easy and reduces less breakage. If you’re looking for a brush to detangle I would definitely recommend this brush.

{Images: Both screen caps were done by me & the 3rd photo is from the Daily Mail}

Verdict: This is definitely the best hair – B looks good with loose curls. I love this hair weave & I hope to emulate it with darker hair.

What do you think?

It was finished this week, and I have also been tweeting and posting links on the Twitter & Facebook pages that I set up for the website.

Here is a screenshot of what the website looks like:

Ha ha ha ha my Afro-Square! I brushed my hair back so it looked like a square.

It’s like a black totem pole!

Don’t worry about me, I’m just being silly!

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1. Now this is O.G status. I love it – makes me want to start dieting and fit into a tiny bikini!

2. I love love love this magazine cover – I want all of DD’s style!

3. I love the sunglasses!

I am definitely going to incorporate more vintage looks into my style wardrobe!

My local salon is full of hi-jinks, to the point where you would think we were watching Scooby-Doo.

I have talked before about my salon, and essentially the owner is amazing – we have a great rapport and I think she’s fabulous and she does a good job on my hair for the most part.

Her assistant on the other hand overcharges and I am sure of it, but because there is not a price list or a menu, I can only go off memory but the other day, I went to get my hair washed and blow-dried and it was 8,000 shillings. I remember back a few months ago, it was 7,000 with hair styling included (as if it should not be included).

Now this could be the result of 1 or 2 things: a price increase (which is fine) or overcharging and I think it’s the latter because the second assistant stylist always has shit going on in terms of pricing and I have called her out on it.

What would you do?

A) Tell the owner that you think the other stylist is overcharging

B) Tell the owner that you only want her to do your hair (I think this is the one I will go for)

C) Stop going to the salon all together?

I like the owner – she does her job well and she is a hard worker, but her assistant has such a sloppy approach to hair and she just is so robotic about hair, and I even had to tell her to use big toothed combs when brushing natural hair. Like come girl, get it together! I think I am going to go for option C. The salon is the best of a very bad bunch in Tanzania.

The last time I straighten my hair before getting it braided I debated on cutting my ends. When I straighten my hair my ends tend to look split, but when my hair is wet those exact ends are just curly.

So what’s a girl to do??

Next week I plan on getting my hair redone which means I’ll be straightening my hair and I think I want to cut my ends. How many of you cut your ends? Do you recommend it?