18 Months Natural | Hair Update

It's been quite a while that I've shared a strictly hair focused post.  Since I'm up on my 18 month mark today, I decided this was the perfect time for a catch up.

How I Stumbled on Achieving Extreme Moisture Retention in Tightly Coiled Kinky Hair

If your hair scoffs at moisturizers, and makes you second guess whether you did in fact follow your intense moisturizing treatment mask DC by rinsing with cold water, before applying your water based leave-in followed by sealing with the highest quality sealing oils, just like ALL the blogs, vlogs, articles, instaposts, and influencers tell you to...

Then... I got'chu!

Video | Hair Chronicles | First DIY Permanent Colour Experience

Fresh Permanently Dyed Hair | style achieved with flat twists and perm rods

 Light it up!

YUP! That's a permanent colour in my hair alright.  And I did it myself!

Mud in My Hair...Why not? | Wash Day using Bentonite Clay

Is there anything we won't put in our hair?

Wash Day | Cherry Lola Treatment Results

Hype . . Did the #CherryLolaTreatment Took me from ⬅ the left to ➡ the right Freshly washed, totally clean hair. No product. Nothing to 'make them curls pop' No combs, no finger twirls . . #songtitlecaptionseries #drake #healthyhair #naturalhairjourney #TNT_ThisNATURALThing

A photo posted by JosieJo➡#TNT_ThisNATURALThing (@josi_alfa) on Jul 17, 2016 at 9:41am PDT

On my most recent wash day I took the plunge and applied a chemistry experiment to my hair!

Wash Day vs Beach Day

Summer is in full swing!  The days are longer, beckoning to be spent leisurely at the beach.

VIDEO | First Salon Visit Since Big Chop

‹‹  Big Chop       |     1 Year Trim ››

Lunar Hair Care | My Secret to Hair Cuts for Healthy Hair Growth

For centuries humans have followed the moon's cycles to determine when to plant and harvest crops; planting during a particular lunar cycle determines what the crop will yield, and often how much it will yield. This same practice can be applied to your hair. It's called Lunar Hair Care.

~ Morrocco Method Int'l

Update | 1 Year Later

A photo posted by JosieJo➡ThisNATURALThing💂TNT (@josi_alfa) on Apr 2, 2016 at 2:11pm PDT

Can't believe it's been an entire year already... to the date!

Hair Chronicles | StraightForward Flat Twist Up-do for Short (Medium) Natural Hair

A Flat Twist Up-do, for any length hair! Make it yours!

Hair Chronicles | Half Year Journey

As an addendum to my Update | 6 Months Later post (<<check it out here if you missed it), I wanted to add some photosnaps of the journey I've had thus far.
However, I figured these pictures deserved their very own post, and so we're here.

Validation | What I've Learned in One Month

I'm not sure these are things I Learned in one month, but I am sure they have been Validated.

1. What Curl Pattern?

TWA + 1

17 - July - 2015

Time flies when you're having fun! At least that's the saying.  I do suppose its true because its already been a month since my hair cut...The Big Chop!
A whole month has passed and I have no idea where it went and when.  I can say that its been thoroughly enjoyed though, and I have so many pictures to prove it.

The New 'Do

So...I cut my hair...