Your Best Year is Ahead | Setting up Your Ideal Life

It's officially the last week of the year. The countdown is on!

5 Practices for Healthy Hair in Cooler Weather | TNT Tips

Orange Blossom🍁🍂 #Autumn #Leaves #AutumnLeaves #Fall #CentralPark #InNYC #VacationFromVacation #VacationOnVacation

A photo posted by JosieJo #TNT_ThisNATURALThing (@jos.ie.jo) on Nov 3, 2015 at 11:15am PST

There's a chill on the air. Do you feel it?  Or is it just me? Seems like Winter is trying to sneak in through the back door?  Yes, even all the way out here in the middle of the Atlantic the cold is creeping in - I just can't escape!  Since there's no running from it, better be ready and usher it along.  On the bright side, I can dig into my accessory drawer again, hello Mr Scarf,  and light leather jacket, I've missed you.

20 Best Hair Oils via The Right Hair Styles on Pinterest

I spend quite a bit of time on Pinterest, and I know I'm not the only one of us that does.

Prepping My Hair for Permanent Hair Colour | 5 Techniques

I've been doing a lot lately with my hair, while I don't consider myself a lazy natural, I try to keep things simple.  In one month, really maybe all in one week I did more than I've done with my hair for the whole year!  And all in the name of colour.  

6 Reasons to Spring Clean for Healthy Hair and Life

Image Source: Cleaning Services in Singapore

So the cleaning bug bit me...hard!  

I know this isn't a 'good housekeeping' space, however I decided to share this experience because it's relevant.

How To | Choose Products for YOUR Hair in 6 Steps with Guide

I'm in the market for a few hair products.  Although I enjoy DIYing, I also like having products on hand to use at times when I don't have the luxury of whipping up a batch of some goodness in the kitchen - read: too lazy to bother (it happens, I'm human).  If this describes how you feel sometimes, this guide is for you!

How To | Select the Right Products for YOUR Hair - 3 Rules

When selecting new hair I items I always appreciate assistance from known, respected sources.  For instance, I took a look at the winners this year on NaturallyCurly.com Best of the Best and Editors' Choice lists.

How To | Find The Best Products for YOUR Hair

NaturallyCurly.com recently released winners of their 2016 Best of the Best and Editors Choice annual survey and testing.  In years past, many of you have enjoyed seeing products you yourself have tried and tested, use on a daily basis, and those making it to your holy grail status on these lists.

Let's Talk Scalp Treatments | Video

Can I just say how amazing Scalp Treatments are?? 

Detangling My Hair | Hair Care | VIDEO

Detangling Hair is of the utmost importance in your hair care regime regardless of your 
Hair Goals!

Use Rosemary to Boost Scalp Health & Promote Hair Growth

Pamper & Recover Your Hair with Natural Ingredients | Following a Protective Style

When hair has been 'put away' for a long period of time, as when in a Protective Style, extra care should be taken in the Removal Process and during the following Wash Day.

Ensure you Reap the Benefits of Your Protective Style During the Removal Process | Video

Removing extensions can be chore!

Removing (Long Term) Protective Styles

Wash Day | Maintaining Your Protective Style

Protective Style Wash Day Essentials

I finally got around to washing my Senegalese twist! 

Read on to learn how I was able to maintain my Senegalese Twist by preventing frizz, enabling the style to last longer, on my last wash day.

How to Avoid Wash Day with a Protective Style (shhh)

It's so GREAT to not have to comb my hair!

...sometimes...

6 Steps to Prepare Hair for Long-Term Protective Styling

Today we'll discuss preparing hair for protective styles. 

Long Term Protective Styling is commonly associated with Winter in the natural hair community, and with good reason, the environment is so harsh to hair during winter, most naturals prefer to avoid risk of setbacks caused by environmental factors.

4 Basics to Know in Caring for [Short] Natural Hair

I'm no expert in the Natural Hair Category, matter of fact, I'm probably not an expert on Hair at all. I don't have any formal education in the area, haven't done courses, and I'll confess I don't own any books on caring for and having natural hair.

All I have are my own experiences over the last (almost) 6 months

4 Tips That Will Save You Time & Money When Purchasing New Products

This list checklist isn't just easy on the pockets, it saved me a lot of headache from having to deal with potential setbacks in my hair journey because I used the wrong products at the wrong time, or mixed products (lines) with ingredients that did not complement each other.  Also, thanks to the trials and errors of others before me, this list has saved me from wasted hours of styling that failed as a result of the mentioned reasons.

Taking a Short Trip

I'm currently on a short vacation trip to New York.  Seeing family, friends and soaking up that NY City Summer life.  I've haven't been to NY in the summer in years!  I wasn't looking forward to the sweltering, stagnant city heat I remembered.  After having returned to island life, I've come to truly appreciate the soft refreshing tropical breeze.  I was however really looking forward to some things though, like Brunching (of course!)

As I prepared for this trip I reflected heavily on my recent post Vacation... Staycation Tips.  Again I found these really helpful through my packing process, and they continue to be true as the sunny summer days of my trip go by.

If you haven't checked out the tips, you can browse TNT Tips.  Especially if you're preparing for that one last trip before summer is over.

~ Josie Jo ~

 What are you doing to round out the Summer?  
Any travel plans?