Hey Hairgineers,

Yes I know its been a while, many apologizes, I have taken up so many responsibilities in order to move to another level in life, loolz (gunning for the top).

Thankfully the healthy hair awareness is gradually increasing in Ibadan, there was a hair meet organized by House of Naturals, they had their debut edition last year, so this is the second edition.

House of Naturals was founded by young vibrant natural hair ladies, and I was delighted to be part of it as I have always wanted increased hair meet awareness in Ibadan.

The program was slated for 12 noon and ladies had started showing up before time, I  was so impressed with this. The program started at exactly 12 noon, I must give it to them, time usage was very on point.

One of the founder Oyindamola Ajibike welcomed everyone and the program commenced. There were five facilitators who talked knowledgeably well on different aspects of taking care of the hair.

Ekene of The Kink and I graced us with her presence as one of the facilitators, yes yes she came all the way from Lagos, loolz.

Find below pictures of the event. (Not the best quality pictures, bare with me)

Oyinda welcoming everyone

Pribodunke talking about protective styling

Dr Oyinkansola talking about beauty and your hair

Ekene talking about balancing your life, work and hair.

Dr Demicarson talking about Hair budget and DIY

Tosin (Afropelo) gisting away about healthy hair practices.

 

Chisome teaching us how to make wigs.

Products Vendors
 
There were several products sponsors who displayed there products from International brands to Nigerian made brands for hair and skin care.

Flowercrown by fifi

The prettyme product store

Hairgineering

natural godly beautiful

Ewami Essentials

I got to meet lovely lovely gorgeous ladies.

With Oyinda

With Dr Oyinkan and Ekene of thekinkandI

With Demicarson

VERDICT

I must give kuddos to House of Nuturals, they pulled a well organized and informative event. I gained quite a number of new things and I was also glad to meet the beautiful ladies who I follow either of Instagram or via Blogposts. Looking forward to many more Hair events in Ibadan with a huge turn out.

Were you part of the event?Please share your thoughts

Hairgineer Oyk.


 

Hey Hairgineers,



I have heard this too many times 'I am returning natural'. From International bloggers to African bloggers. The list is endless, loolz.

Anyways I have been battling with myself on whether to return natural or not. Due to the recent activities I have been involved with, (all will be announced in good time when complete, loolz), I have not been able to take as much care of my hair.

Last week Saturday (2/9/16) I actually deep conditioned for 2days, you can imaging, I did not get the chance to wash it out at night nor the following morning. Thanks to the latest turban trend, I hid it under the turban to church. When I finally washed my hair, my natural roots (I am 19weekspostrelaxer)  had matted so badly it took about an hour and half to sort the mess. So i thought to myself will I be able to handle my natural mane?

So the battle of the mind continues, should I succumb to the natural hair movement pressure? (yes oh, its a serious pressure) should I return natural? If and when I decide to, should I transition or big chop?

Until the stronger side of the brain wins, I shall be enjoying my texlaxed hair. I will be trimming my relaxed ends this week to be fully texlaxed. Picture will be uploaded on instagram (@simplyoyk, follow me)

Are you under the same pressure, are you confused if to stay relaxed or texlaxed or return to your natural roots? Have you been able to overcome this pressure or have you returned?.

Share your tots, it can help me.

Picture courtesy: www.theodysseyonline.com

Hairgineer Oyk.

Hey Hairgineers,

I was so excited when Natural Nigeria announced she in conjuction with Afribeautyhub were organizing a hair meet in Ibadan. I was like phew! finally. Although  this is not the first hair meet in Ibadan, a debut was organized by House of Naturals last year which I could not attend. 

The program was slated for 12noon to 6pm, but Ibadan babes did not show up until about past 1pm. While waiting for the program to start properly ladies went around to get to know the vendors and did some shopping.

The program finally started at about 1:45pm with the first facilitator, Mr Eze Onwugbenu, a Natural health entreprenuer/ biomedical researcher, who talked extensively on healthy living. A question and answer session followed afterwards.

The second speaker  Natural Nigeria, encouraged all to patronize more of Nigeria Product Brands, she talked about the seminar she attended and how she marvelled at how our locally made products, palm kernel oil and shea butter are being used to make a lot of money internationally.

The third speaker was Esther from Afribeautyhub who butressed what Natural Nigeria said, she also encouraged all to buy Nigerian products inorder to grow the Naira.

Natural Nigeria rounded up the event by briefly discussing healthy hair practises for Naturals. The program ended at about 4pm, further shopping continued afterwards.

Did this event met my expectation? Not really. My expectation for this event was very high, I had expected a large turn out of naturals, I also expected the program to focus more on steps to achieving healthy hair (explaining various steps from Shampooing to conditioning, deep conditioning etc).

Ibadan ladies are still a bit behind on the healthy hair and natural hair awareness, hopefully with continuous hair meet the awareness will be a lot more.

Hair meet flier

Healthy living talk

Naturalistas listening attentively

Naturalistas

 EVENT VENDORS

Products vendors had very colorful stands with various products ranging from the Nigerian Brands to International Brands. Products vendors included; Hairgineering, Shanyi Organics, Afribeautyhub, Natural Nigerian, The Mane Choice Africa.

Hairgineering

Afribeautyhub

Natural Nigerian

Shanyi Organics

Creative Juices

 SHOPPING GALORE


Someone asked, but you are texlaxed why did you attend a natural hair meet. Being texlaxed, relaxed or natural should not prevent anyone from learning more about hair. I love to learn in order to be knowledgable on wide range of information. Who knows I could decide to transition, loolz.

Have you attended any hair meet recently? Please share.

Hairgineer Oyk.

Hi Hairgineers,

I have known about henna since i was a young girl, it is called Lali in my local dilet. I didn't give Henna any taughts until I started my healthy hair journey and read the many benefits of henna to hair. I also didn't want to use just any henna as there are so many adulterated ones out there.

I finally decided to play with it over the weekend after reading tons of reviews, I also wanted to do something different to my hair.

A LITTLE BRIEF ON HENNA

Henna, lawsonia inermis, is a plant. It is a tree that grows in hot, dry climate. Henna is used to keep hair healthy as well as color gray hair. Henna leaves are harvested, dried and powdered. When mixed with a mildly acidic liquid, henna will stain skin, hair and fingernails reddish-orange.

The highest dye content henna, the best five percent of the crop, is powdered and finely sifted to make designs on skin, such as are used in Africa, North Africa, Middle East and South Asia.
This is the body quality art (BQA) henna. Body art quality is wonderful for your hair because the fine powdering and shifting make it rinse out easily, and will dye hair a richer colour.

MANY BENEFITS OF HENNA FOR HAIR

---Henna revives hair.
Trust henna to revive your hair's health if you've subjected your hair to stress.

---Helps fine limp hair.
With continuous application it brings volume to your hair (Looking forward to this)

---Henna softens curl pattern of coarse hair.
For heavily coarse hair, henna can soften the curl pattern making it hang loosely downwards.(happens after several applications, though some people might not experience this).

---Helps with Dandruff
Henna has antibacterial and antifungal properties, thus, with constant use of Henna, say bye to dandruff.

---Henna conditions hair.

---Henna can be used for protein treatment.
Henna is not protein but it does transfer certain benefits that are found in protein treatment to hair.

MY APPLICATION AND RESULT.

I poured half of the pack (50g) into an aluminium bowl, i used a bowl that I could easily discard if the henna fails to come off. (Henna stain is hard to wash off). Mixed with hot water to a form a paste (be careful not to add to much water so it does not become watery), covered with a nylon and left for 6 hours.

Jamila Henna

Henna after 6 hours

After 6 hours, I sectioned my hair into four parts and applied henna to each section making sure the henna coated as much hair strands as possible. I then covered with a shower cap and a silk bonnet and went to bed.

Henna treatment the following morning.

The following morning I washed my hair over the sink. I covered the sink with a nylon to prevent the sink from henna staining it (oil too can be applied over your sink to prevent stains.)

Covered sink for henna wash

I further did some washing in the shower during bath to further remove henna that might be left.

Henna Result

MY THOUGHTS.

I really did like the outcome of my henna treatment, my hair feels stronger, I do agree with the protein treatment like benefits.

I was hoping to have a really popping reddish colour to my hair but unfortunately it shows faintly when light bounces on my hair, I believe after several applications it will be prominent.

Have you tried Henna? share your thoughts

Hairgineer Oyk.

Hi Hairgineers,

I wish we were in a country were the judicial system actually works, I would be in big money right now, a millionaire or better still a billionaire, loolz.

I had a very restful week last week as a result of the long Muslim holiday. At some point I got very bored and decided to take a stroll. They say walking is good for the body yeah! so i waka oh. On my way I saw this salon and was curious to see what they got.

Since i started my hair consultation (yeah, i did start #batingeyelid, a lil advice here and there for our customers and friends) i have been so curious to know what people use at salons as well as personally, you will be soooo surprised about people's ignorance. (like i was not in their shoes at one point, loolz)
Anyway, i entered this salon to ask some random questions about their services, prices, and products and took a look around. You will be shocked at what i found.

So-fine Detangling Instant Hair Conditioner:

It claims it is enriched with henna & cholesterol.
The label behind it reads 'This exclusive formula contains Lanolin ( not encouraged for hair), Henna, Empitan (didn't find what this is on google), Vitamin E, Protein, Cetearyl alcohol, Coconut oil, Preservatives and Herbal Extract to re-nourish (re-nourish?) your hair & scalp (are conditioners meant for scalp?)
So-fine hair shampoo concentrate with Conditioner & Protein:

It claims it is formulated to remove dirt, detangles (hmmm!) and adds shine and sheen to the hair for the sparkling touch and fine texture' (I am wondering who came up with this line for them, loolz)

Ingredients:
Taxapon (this is usually used for making liquid soap),  Citric acid (preservative), Sodium Chloride, (shampoo thickener), Congelen CO, Preservative, Fragrance.
Am wondering which of these ingredient is suppose to help detangle or condition, or is protein.


I wish i could sue this company for what they are doing to several Nigeria women's hair who have and are ignorantly using these products. Chei! Ignorance sure is really a disease.

I was able to enlighten the owner of the salon to immediately discard these products and i hope she did.
Tons of these local salons carry this type of shampoos and conditioners.
In this time of #BuyNigeriaGrowNigeria, please shine your eye, check out the product ingredients before purchase or before use at the salon, better still go to the salon with your hair products.

Have you come across products like this? Share your experience

Hairgineer Oyk

Hey Hairgineers,

I mentioned from my previous post HERE that i will be embarking on 2 challenges in June. The second challenge is WATER CHALLENGE.


In the bit for continuous healthy living, i will be joining Hairyum on the 30 days water challenge, though i am 7 days behind.

CHALLENGE RULES

1. Drink only water.
2. No sodas, juice, milk, coffee, tea or alcohol for 30 days

Watch your hair, nail and skin.

Grow and Glow! 

Hey Hairgineers,

I will be embarking on two challenges this month. Feel free to join in and let me know, my IG is @simplyoyk.

FIRST CHALLENGE

Castor oil challenge

There are so  many benefits to castor oil, in this month of June i will be tapping into these 3 benefits
1) Castor oil enhances edge hair growth
2) Thickening of hair
3) Aids rapid hair growth.

-----My edge hair has been a little challenge i have had. Before i started my hair journey, my edge hair was completely gone due to the hair styles I wore. I started my hair journey and my edges gradually grew back with the aid of castor oil. After a year i observed that my edge hair had completely filled out but it was so light you would hardly know.

I kept applying castor oil but i did not see any change so i concluded that is the texture of my edge hair.

This month i will apply castor oil again to see if there will be any change or i should just take heart. loolz.


-----My hair type is light low density, it has gained a bit of volume due to my texlax but i am looking to thicken it some more with the help of castor oil.

Hair texture

-----Recently i observed that there is a bald patch at the crown of my hair (am not showing yet loolz).
I want to judiciously apply castor oil to the entire hair but concentrate more on that part, hopefully the follicles are not dead and the hair can grow back.

Unfortunately i cannot use drugs to grow my bald spot like i have researched because i am breastfeeding, but it is on my list for later if the castor oil does not work.

Read my next post for the second challenge.

Would you like to join in? How as castor oil helped you?

Hairgineer Oyk.