Kerotsi's Hair Journey

Hair-lo lovelies! It's 4 weeks until Christmas!! Seems like it has come early for my hair as I got to know of another Australian-based hair product line! AfroShe®  is an all natural, handmade, chemical-free hair and skin care line that is based in Melbourne (Australia). The product line is suitable for babies to adults and all hair types including Afro and Caucasian hair. Since I am more interested in hair care than skin care, I sampled a combo of their hair product line in a typical wash day and styling and these are my results. AfroShe®  Detangler Cleanser Conditioner- with coconut and avocado oil. This product was great in making my hair soft and easy to detangle. I loved how it had avocado oil and vitamin E oil (among other ingredients) as these are staples in the products that I already use. I sectioned my hair and applied the conditioner before finger detangling. I followed through with a wide-toothed comb and then twisted the section before working on the n...

Hey y'all, Hope you are keeping well :) As most naturals in Australia can testify, it's hard to find products suitable for our hair here. The big brand names are mostly limited to America and shipping is very expensive when one decides to buy these products. So I was pleased to know of a health-conscious hair care line based in Melbourne, Australia so of course I had to try the range. MoistureLover products are plant-based and the founder is a biotechnologist. This is how I used the products on a typical washday after having clarified my hair with a shampoo. The MoistureLover range Deep conditioner This product contains vitamin e, castor oil and wheat germ protein. As I identify with low porosity, I wore a plastic cap and a heated cap for 30mins to help the product penetrate my hair. After washing it out, my hair felt a bit dryer than the other times I deep condition with my usual concoction. However, I put this down to the wheat germ protein as I've...

Hey lovelies! I finally washed my hair after putting it off for too long! Yes, it's actually an achievement I gotta document. Hear me out, okay. So, if you're following me on Instagram, you probably know by now that I recently had surgery (11 days ago). Now, everyday duties were a pain (literally) and all I could do was lie on my left side for pretty much a week. But God! I am recovering much faster than I had anticipated and today I managed to sit for the first time since the surgery. So I had to blog! Anyways, back to hair-related stuff. I have had my hair in about 11 large braids for the past 2weeks and it desperately needed a wash.  I had already detangled my hair when I did the braids, so I decided not to undo the braids and just wash it as it is. (I'll do an extensive wash day when I'm much stronger). To clarify , I poured a small amount of the Garnier Fructis shampoo into the palm of my hand and used my fingers to apply the shampoo directly to my sc...

Hey lovelies! It's been ages, I know I know! Life has been happening but I'm still on top of things. Now, as you may have seen on my Instagram page, little old me was made into a meme!! I was surprised to see how many Instagram pages shared the photo, the Twitter retweets and how many people related to the meme. While scrolling through the comments, I resonated with the majority of them and at the same time, I could sense that people didn't understand what the meme was saying. "I love this. Normalise this. I shouldn't have to gel my edges and baby hair down all the time for my hair to be accepted in society." The key word here for me was " all the time." You can gel your edges however times you want and whenever you want, BUT you shouldn't gel them because you feel like people will judge you for not doing so. The main culprits of 'judging' others are actually black people. We should learn to love each other regar...

Hey lovelies!! Happy new year to y'all! It's already the last day of the first month of 2017! How time flies! It has been a while since I last blogged as I have been settling into the rhythm of the new year. I started a new job in the city so I have to drive for an hour and 15mins to get to work. I'm loving the job, working fulltime and I get my weekends off. So I'm still working out a pattern so that I don't neglect my hair. Last year I embarked on a few hair challenges and I did experience more growth and got to know my hair more. However, towards the end of the year I felt like my growth had become a bit stagnant. I did some protective styles but I think I would lose length when I took down the styles and experienced some breakage. I am not one who is big on making new year's resolutions because I never follow them two days after making them. But, I had to make an exception for my hair :) This year my hair goals involve more protective or low manipulat...

Hey lovelies, It has been a while!I have been kept busy with some stuff but I haven't abandoned you guys. I hope this blog finds you in great health and wellbeing. It is starting to warm up in the southern hemisphere but I've been unfortunate to be working on the nice and sunny days so I haven't started enjoying the summer as yet. (sorry northern hemisphere lovelies, winter is coming). Anyways, I have had a number of people ask me of my regimen and what products I use for my hair. So, instead of answering people individually, I'll just outline it all here and hope this answers most of your questions :) First of all, I am a lazy natural so I do keep my products to a minimum and if I can simplify any step in my regimen, I go for it. Don't judge me for it, time is too precious ;) Wash Day I use shampoo probably about 3 times a year. I mainly co wash my hair once every week or 2 weeks, depending on the style I will be rocking at that particular time. If I...

Hey lovelies! I hope this blog finds you well. As my previous post promised, I'm going to document the take-down process of the mini braids I had. I kept them in for 6 weeks (slowly claps for myself) which is amazing coz I rarely keep in styles for that long. I was putting off the take-down process that I even started doing yarn wraps on the individual braids so I could keep the style for another month (genius, I know). However, this process in itself was taking forever and I was halfway through my head when I was called for a job interview in the city.(on a Wednesday). I did go with the yarn braids tied into a low bun and you wouldn't even know that my hair was half done. With confidence that I was definitely getting the job, I decided to undo my hair that night, wash it and do a different protective style over the weekend. This is why I took them down before the 2 months was up, as I had stated. My yarn wraps done over mini braids (coz I was too lazy..and also wou...