Mermaid hair!

Before and after

I only get my hair done once a year. That includes cut and bleach, color and style.

For my everyday hair routine, I don't use products with sulfates, silicones, or alcohols. I don't use any heat, I let my hair air dry. I basically follow the "curly girl method". This allows my hair to stay hydrated and healthy and curly. To maintain the color, I apply a deposit color made by Ion that I buy at Sally's every few months go freshen up the color. 

This after picture is from a cut, color and style by my good friend Meeka Scull from Studio M Salon in Brunswick, OH.

You can find her at @missmeeka_ on Instagram or #magicmeeka

Spirals yo!

I got spirals now!!!!!

Hair hair hair!

So I've been trying to do the Natural "Curly Girl" method of cleansing & styling my hair. It involves using no sulfates (found in most shampoos) and using no silicones (found in most conditioners & styling products). I guess I am modifying it a little bit because the Curly Girl method is using conditioner as a wash instead of Shampoo but I found some great non-sulfate shampoos that I like to use. (I use Burt's Bees Shampoo and/or any bottles in Giovanni's Shampoo Line: Tea Tree, 50:50 and GVP Conditioning Balm)

This picture is before I started: This picture is right after the first non-sulfate/non-silicone wash & condition & diffuser dry.

This picture is a few days later after I colored my hair with L'Oreal Excellence HiColor Red HiLights. For styling I used Pantene Pomade on the bangs, Pantene Mousse on the crown & Herbel Essense Mousse on the rest. I put the crown in 3 big rollers while I dried the curls with a diffuser, then once that was dry - I took the rollers out and smoothed the hair with a big boar bristle round brush and the hairdryer on low heat. Then I crunched the curls, and wah-la - soft!

I think I love it. My hair totally feels a lot better and my curls are great. I never really realized I have curls...I always thought I just had wavy hair.