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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I've been meaning to post these pictures on here for a while. The photos are of a few hair styles that I've been wearing over the last few days.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you are wondering how I got my edges so smooth in the photo above, I used aloe vera gel and a head scarf.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Second style&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;If you follow me via social media, I have posted these photos already. If you are wondering, I made the bun with a sock lol and the second style is done with just bobby pins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I will be washing my hair tonight and&amp;nbsp;beginning&amp;nbsp;my product count challenge. Join in with me! For more details, &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/hair-care-product-buildup-count.html" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-style-tuck-and-roll-twists.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LZHczpu3nMQ/UZkUTWlgz2I/AAAAAAAABv4/93y4JPlxTjI/s72-c/IMAG0196-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-1298396213496892387</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-18T22:36:39.528-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hair products</category><title>Hair Care: Product Buildup Count Challenege</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;So the other day I was talking to my mom and she was saying how quickly her hair absorbs moisture (like most naturals). She then proceeded to talk about all of the products that we use in our hair daily and how it begins to add up. This sparked an thought...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Really, how many products do I use in my hair per week?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;We have all of these products dedicated to natural hair and curly hair that we are consumed with them and want to try everything. Honestly, think about how many products you use on your typical wash day -_- It is probably nothing but ridiculous!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;challenge&amp;nbsp;that I am going to have for myself starting tomorrow, 5/19/13 when I wash my hair, and for you all is to write down every product you use during the week. For one week I will be doing this challenge. Try not to think about it too much and honestly go on with your normal routine. Record all products including:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Shampoos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Conditioners&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Leave-in conditioners&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Stylers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Sealants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Oils&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Everything else you use!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;At the end of the week I will update you all and in that post I would like you all to post how many products you used and you can even&amp;nbsp;elaborate&amp;nbsp;to what those products actually are if you'd like.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Right now I am going to guess that I use maybe 5-6 products on my hair per week. If you would like to tell your estimate, write it below and we will compare in one week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/hair-care-product-buildup-count.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I1od4kuWpBQ/T_OWotxHeZI/AAAAAAAAASs/trk-r7EGIfQ/s72-c/106_1161.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-5487902937803548063</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-16T12:24:47.574-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blow dry</category><title>Natural Hair: Will Blow Drying Cause Heat Damage?</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;A lot of people who are natural and who have naturally curly hair are nervous about heat damage. I, for a long time, wouldn't pick up a heat infused styling tool because I love my curl pattern. I began&amp;nbsp;experimenting&amp;nbsp;with blown out styles late last year and it is something different.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;There are few different ways to blow dry your hair but the most common two are sitting under a hooded dryer and using a hand-held dryer. Here is the break down.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;-This heat isn't direct heat and is more of a heat level that is spread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;-One of the safer ways of blow drying hair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;-This heat is direct because the heat is all going to one area of your hair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;-This heat is one that can cause heat damage if done extensively on high heat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Always remember to use a heat protectant with any of these methods. To see a list of recommendations, &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2012/05/dealing-with-heat-damage.html" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. Grapeseed oil is also a&amp;nbsp;fantastic&amp;nbsp;heat protectant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Be sure to also blow dry your hair, especially if using a hand-held dryer, on the lowest setting possible. This will reduce the chance of heat damage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Will you get heat damage from blow drying?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;To be honest, I can't answer that question for you because everyone's hair is different. I will say that I have become more comfortable with heat over the last few months because I have been taking the right precautions to use heat styling tools. Don't be afraid to do something different with your hair.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-will-blow-drying-cause.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9IB4pA9Swqs/UZUHxpFObPI/AAAAAAAABvc/J9HD2cIIiTA/s72-c/IMAG1333-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-3482984437125487568</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-13T22:07:47.516-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beauty</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hair</category><title>Beauty &amp; Hair Care: 3 Small Businesses In the Spotlight</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I love to feature businesses on this site because I feel that it is important to promote one another, especially small businesses! Since I've been in the blogging world, there are a few companies that I have seen grow tremendously and I wish them nothing but the best in the future.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Some of these companies have had their products reviewed on this site(look for them on the product reviews menu). So here are three small businesses doin' it big! (In no particular order)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Ladies Always Create Excitement (L.A.C.E)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;lacenatural.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I first became exposed to this product line through a curl friend of mine (&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Ysheena1" target="_blank"&gt;@YSheena So Curly&lt;/a&gt;, she's so cool! Follow her) when the company was having a giveaway. This brand is ran by a mother and PhD student. Her products are all natural and are handmade. The prices are very reasonable and come in different&amp;nbsp;varieties. This product was just recently featured in the April/May issue of &amp;nbsp;Hype Hair Magazine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Check out L.A.C.E at their &lt;a href="http://www.lacenatural.com/" target="_blank"&gt;site&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/lacenatural?fref=pb&amp;amp;hc_location=profile_browser" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/LACENatural" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/LACENatural/" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;OBIA Natural Hair Care&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Obianaturalhair.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I honestly can't remember how I found this company,but I think that I was contacted by one of the representatives. The products contain natural herbs and are no way, shape or form, tested on animals. All ingredients are labeled vegan and contain essential oils. This brand has over 9,000 Twitter likes and over 5,000 Facebook likes. They are definitely getting attention!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;If you would like to check out OBIA Natural Hair, you can so on their&lt;a href="http://www.obianaturalhair.com/" target="_blank"&gt; site&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/OBIANaturalHairCare?fref=pb&amp;amp;hc_location=profile_browser" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/OBIAnaturalhair" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/obianaturalhair/" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hairitage Hydration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;This is personally one of my favorite brands and I hope to try more products from them. The company is ran by a mother who loves whipping up delicious hair products. The products are handmade and contain fantastic ingredients. If you are really into hair type, these products are especially made for those with a 3c to a 4c hair type, but it&amp;nbsp;doesn't&amp;nbsp;mean that other hair types can't still use them. This brand has&amp;nbsp;received&amp;nbsp;100% great feedback from customers and offers a variety of products.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Check out Hairitage Hydration at their &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/HairitageHydration?ref=pr_shop_more#" target="_blank"&gt;site&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/HairitageHydration" target="_blank"&gt; Facebook &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/HHydration" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Do you know of a small business getting attention? Let me know! ClassyCurlies@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;*I was not paid to review any of these brands*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/beauty-hair-care-3-small-businesses-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-759837352854193735</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-12T12:53:26.004-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bun</category><title>Natural Hair Styles: Bigger Sock Bun</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I stretched my hair with a roller set and created a high, sleek bun using only a few of products. To see how I stretched my hair and what I washed with, &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-care-stretching-your-curls.html" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;I applied Shea Moisture's&amp;nbsp;Transitioning&amp;nbsp;Milk along with aloe vera gel to my edges. Grapeseed oil was applied to my ends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;At night, I applied a scarf to my edges and took down the bun. Sleeping in styles that are restricting, such as buns and ponytails, can cause breakage. I put a bonnet on over the loose hair.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-styles-bigger-sock-bun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1NbNj5VgeWk/UY_HhSavh8I/AAAAAAAABus/r2h3S7McXGo/s72-c/IMAG0180.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-4324132345340726736</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-12T12:54:08.355-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stretching hair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">roller set</category><title>Natural Hair Care: Stretching Your Curls</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;So I did attempt(key word is attempt lol) to complete another roller set, which I did. I just wasn't feeling it, but at the end of the day, my goal was to stretch my hair so that I could do other styles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I washed using &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2012/07/product-review-mill-creek-botanicals.html" target="_blank"&gt;Mill Creek Biotin Shampoo&lt;/a&gt;, conditioned with &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/03/natural-hair-product-review-aubrey.html" target="_blank"&gt;Aubrey Organics Balancing Conditioner&lt;/a&gt; and deep conditioned with &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2012/06/product-review-amika-olive-oil-mask.html" target="_blank"&gt;Amika Olive Oil Mask&lt;/a&gt;. I set the rollers with TRESemme Heat Protectant spray.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;The issue last time I did a similar roller set was that I ran out of the metal clips to secure the rollers. This time I went out and bought two more packs of clips and I still didn't have enough. I had to use three perm rods in the back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;At this point, I had just taken the rollers out, and it looks all good...right?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Yeah! I don't think that I am a good curl&amp;nbsp;separator&amp;nbsp;lol (If that makes sense). My Mother loved it, but it just wasn't my thing. I actually had another style in mind. &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-styles-bigger-sock-bun.html" target="_blank"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to see how I styled my hair.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-care-stretching-your-curls.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0JpvLHITen0/UY_C-8bgPiI/AAAAAAAABuE/kFwL14mg3J0/s72-c/IMAG0173.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-6546649145865797578</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-11T10:00:03.394-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tools</category><title>Curly Hair Care: Top 8 Tools for Natural Hair</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;There are just some things that you cannot live without right? As a curly girl and one who embraces her natural hair, here are my top eight( my favorite number) must haves for naturally curly hair.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Bobby/Hair Pins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/where-do-all-my-bobby-pins-go-funny-quotes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="224" src="http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/where-do-all-my-bobby-pins-go-funny-quotes.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;dumpaday.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Wide Toothed Comb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blackhairmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/wide-tooth-comb-225x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://blackhairmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/wide-tooth-comb-225x300.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;blackhairmedia.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Rat tail comb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hairdirect.com/store/images/products/RAT%20TAIL%20COMB%20JUMBO---2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.hairdirect.com/store/images/products/RAT%20TAIL%20COMB%20JUMBO---2.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;hairdirect.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Satin bonnet/scarf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wignweave.com/images/D/stin%20bonnet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.wignweave.com/images/D/stin%20bonnet.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;wignweave.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Detangling brush&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSznXL5m2WOZvrkKCvWrzjKW9SMDSdlYFsahhv4fk69O1g5KTyp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSznXL5m2WOZvrkKCvWrzjKW9SMDSdlYFsahhv4fk69O1g5KTyp" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;naturallycurly.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Deep conditioning cap&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ved8E2OBARM/Tp7CNz_IwMI/AAAAAAAABWU/kqBXU5sl0yE/s1600/conditioning+cap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ved8E2OBARM/Tp7CNz_IwMI/AAAAAAAABWU/kqBXU5sl0yE/s1600/conditioning+cap.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;6footlonghair.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Headbands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://img2.targetimg2.com/wcsstore/TargetSAS//img/p/13/65/13653627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://img2.targetimg2.com/wcsstore/TargetSAS//img/p/13/65/13653627.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;target.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Spray bottle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.natreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pink_spray_bottle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.natreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pink_spray_bottle.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;natreview.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/curly-hair-care-top-8-tools-for-natural.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ved8E2OBARM/Tp7CNz_IwMI/AAAAAAAABWU/kqBXU5sl0yE/s72-c/conditioning+cap.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-3699505417221107687</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-10T18:08:51.245-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">natural hair profile</category><title>ClassyCurly Profile: Erykah Chanel</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;div style="background-color: #a7d694; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Check out this natural hair beauty!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Name:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Erykah Chanel&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Social Media names:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Erykah
Chanel&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hair Type:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Natural
Curls&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;URL( if any)&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;a href="http://www.erykahchanel.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc;"&gt;www.ErykahChanel.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5fPXI4l9g_w/UY1utr0LxpI/AAAAAAAABsc/Lhw-24hFn74/s1600/550612_2919109036596_288433911_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5fPXI4l9g_w/UY1utr0LxpI/AAAAAAAABsc/Lhw-24hFn74/s320/550612_2919109036596_288433911_n.jpg" width="212" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;How long have you been natural?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Since 2007, but I always had my hair&amp;nbsp;blow dried and in
some style. I remember one day I was in college and a&amp;nbsp;girl was like "oh you got a perm, it looks good" and I said
"well&amp;nbsp;thank you, but its no perm I just blow dried it." She didn't believe&amp;nbsp;me and thought I was lying. I didn't understand why she was&amp;nbsp;upset nor believed me.I thought to myself who lies about stuff like&amp;nbsp;that, but that was the eye opener to me that I didn't need to get perms&amp;nbsp;anymore especially if people thought I already had one. I didn't embrace&amp;nbsp;my natural curls until the summer of 2010.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;
Why did you go natural?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;My hair is pretty fine so there was no point&amp;nbsp;in getting perms anymore because I didn't like my hair being
dead&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;straight after getting them. Also I just really feel good
and like&amp;nbsp;the idea of embracing my good/natural hair and allowing it to be&amp;nbsp;healthy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;
When did you Big chop?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RyQt1VIvviA/UY1u99qMi0I/AAAAAAAABsk/VClP__1iZRc/s1600/comp-card-01-frontERYKAH1A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RyQt1VIvviA/UY1u99qMi0I/AAAAAAAABsk/VClP__1iZRc/s320/comp-card-01-frontERYKAH1A.jpg" width="207" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I actually never went for the big chop, I was too&amp;nbsp;scared lol so I did it the long way. Kept getting my hair done and&amp;nbsp;cutting off a few inches at a time. Which now that I think about it&amp;nbsp;was such a process. If I would of known more at the time about going&amp;nbsp;natural then I would of just did the "big chop" and got my hair&amp;nbsp;braided with singles or in a style and kept it up until I was a bit&amp;nbsp;more comfortable with the length to rock it as it was.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;
A short regimen you can share?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt; I use natural olive oil (used for&amp;nbsp;cooking) for my deep conditioning which leaves my hair feeling great&amp;nbsp;and moist. I put it in my hair let it sit for 30-45 mins depending&amp;nbsp;upon if I have a dryer to sit under or not then wash it out and decide&amp;nbsp;how i am going to stye it. I do this every other week. But I know thisworks for me it might not work for everyone else, you must know&amp;nbsp;yourself/hair first. I have fine hair, but it is also dry&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #500050; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;
Do you have any favorite products?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #500050; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Olive Oil Organic Roots shampoo &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Conditioner. And also I really love the Olive Cream by Hollywood&amp;nbsp;Beauty, its more dry hair and is enriched with 4 oils and vitamins A,&amp;nbsp;B, C, &amp;amp; E. Love using it for my bantu twist outs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;
Do you have any advice on going natural?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Do your research, &amp;nbsp;try to&amp;nbsp;figure out your hair type and talk to others with the same kind of&amp;nbsp;hair. Most importantly is experimenting with different products. This&amp;nbsp;can get a bit expensive if not done right, but if you are really unsure&amp;nbsp;set up a consultation with a natural hair dresser and get their&amp;nbsp;opinions. On the flip side have fun trying different styles and see&amp;nbsp;what works best for you and your face shape. It will be some work, but&amp;nbsp;once you know what
your doing your going to love &amp;amp; enjoy it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;
What are some of your favorite styles?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt; I love to wear my hair in a&amp;nbsp;mohawk either braided and or with my natural hair just pinned up. I&amp;nbsp;also enjoy my afro. Now that the Spring/Summer is here though I am&amp;nbsp;probably going to hair it braided a lot more. I find it easier to&amp;nbsp;maintain esp since I like to work out and natural hair &amp;amp; working out&amp;nbsp;don't always go hand and hand.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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What is your most favorite and most least favorite about natural hair?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Favorite would be the freedom of it and to just know that I can
wash&amp;nbsp;my hair leave it with some leave in conditioner and be on my merry way&amp;nbsp;sometimes. A lot of woman are not comfortable walking in public with&amp;nbsp;an afro, for a while I wasn't myself, but am so happy I have the&amp;nbsp;confidence to do so! Least favorite would be how it doesn't really mix&amp;nbsp;with the gym unless braided. Also the fact that sometimes it can be&amp;nbsp;some work in trying trying new styles and if it doesn't look good then&amp;nbsp;back to the drawing board.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Since this is a site about natural hair and embracing what one has,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;what is one piece of advice that all women should have?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;My
advice is&amp;nbsp;to experiment and have fun. We all have one life to live, plus the topic&amp;nbsp;is hair,it will grow back for the most part and if not and or too&amp;nbsp;damaged that's why you can buy it lol. But the most important thing is&amp;nbsp;learn about your hair and don't damage it. Once you start to damaging&amp;nbsp;its a long road back to recovery. Have confidence &amp;amp; be enjoy the&amp;nbsp;freedom of it. I love it and am so happy I have embraced my natural&amp;nbsp;side, wish I would of done so long before! At least give it a try!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Anything else to add?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I wished more people embraced natural hair and it was shown more&amp;nbsp;thought the media. I feel like as #teamnaturalhair we have to band&amp;nbsp;together and put ourselves out there more with pictures, education and&amp;nbsp;facts. I think its important to inform people and to to let them know it's okay to go natural. I say that because for me growing up my&amp;nbsp;sisters and I have always had good hair but as we got older we all&amp;nbsp;decided to go our own route with it. Me on the other hand it wasn't a choice for me&amp;nbsp;when it happened. I had lost my job for a period in time and couldn't&amp;nbsp;afford to go get my hair done like I did on a regular bases nor buy&amp;nbsp;weaves. I couldn't see myself trying to&amp;nbsp;balance things around just so I can get my hair done. So I tried the&amp;nbsp;"wet look" as I called it and at first didn't know how I felt about
it&amp;nbsp;really, it was a lot for me to embrace. But after I did and got&amp;nbsp;comfortable with it, &amp;nbsp;I loved it and ran with it and am so happy I did&amp;nbsp;till this day. I also loved it because with me modeling it gave me a&amp;nbsp;"look" compared to my hair just being straight which I wanted for so&amp;nbsp;long and did't know it was there the whole time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/classycurly-profile-erykah-chanel.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5fPXI4l9g_w/UY1utr0LxpI/AAAAAAAABsc/Lhw-24hFn74/s72-c/550612_2919109036596_288433911_n.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-2462404853980610931</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-10T17:38:01.797-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">braid out</category><title>Natural Hair Style: Braid Out on Wet Hair</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I finally took my braids down from almost 4 days ago. I wasn't doing any thing special the last few days but going to work so I just wore a hat. Here are the results from the braid out:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;My issue with braid outs is that they normally don't last me as long as my twist outs do. I also am visiting my parents this week and I left my bonnet and headscarf at home! Ugh. To see how I got this look click here!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;S/N: I plan on trying ANOTHER roller set in a few days. I bought more clips this time. Pray for me ya'll! lol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-style-braid-out-on-wet-hair.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ixtq3GGV5_E/UY1n7cgxQSI/AAAAAAAABr8/5aEV26oK-MY/s72-c/IMAG0164-1-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-2935594210861879269</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-09T11:53:58.732-04:00</atom:updated><title>Hair Care: How to Modify a Deman Brush </title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I have uploaded a new video about how to modify your brushes. A lot of the narrow teeth brushes has many rows and can snatch out your hair if you do not use it properly. I have found a way to remove some of those teeth so custom fit your liking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4KlCD3LzLcI" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hope this helps! If you have any questions, you know where to find me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/hair-care-how-to-modify-deman-brush.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/4KlCD3LzLcI/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-3576282419330051156</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 23:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-06T19:49:35.076-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">braid out</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">natural hair products</category><title>Natural Hair: Braid Out Prep</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I finally got a chance to start with my braid-out. Detangling was a complete mess! A nightmare to say the least. I detangled using my Aloe Vera juice mix and Curly Hair Solutions Leave-in Conditioner. I twisted with Aloe Vera gel and African Pride Shea Butter Miracle Buttery Creame. I used Vitamin E oil after my twists were done and on my edges.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I will be untwisting tomorrow and hopefully wearing it for the rest of the week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-braid-out-prep.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dKWvOKNIoX0/UYgsES6sufI/AAAAAAAABq0/zzwkWdbsx4A/s72-c/IMAG0161-1-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-2557998414160767208</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-06T11:24:15.544-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vitamins</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hair growth supplement</category><title>Health: What Vitamins Do I take?</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;A lot of people always ask me how do I get my hair really soft and healthy. I do have a hair regimen that I stick too, but I also take daily vitamins for my overall health. I am sure that these supplements has had an effect on the state of my hair.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;If you don't know by now, I am sort of a health freak. I love using natural ingredients for my body and hair. My mother is the same way and I think that is where I get it from lol. Anyway, here are the vitamins that I take daily:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Ester-C is full of Vitamin C and Calcium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Nature's Measure Women's Essential Vitamins is a multi-vitamin with iron&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Spring Valley B-12 Vitamin is for energy metabolism&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ester-C&lt;/b&gt;: at any drugstore,&amp;nbsp;Walmart, Target, or any store that sells vitamins (GNC etc.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Women's&amp;nbsp;Essential Vitamins&lt;/b&gt;: The Dollar Tree...yes, the dollar store! lol They are just as good and even better than more expensive brands.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;B-12&lt;/b&gt;: Any drugstore/pharmacy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I take Ester-C everyday and from there I switch off between the essential vitamin and B-12 every other day. I began taking this vitamin below, but for some reason I had&amp;nbsp;nausea&amp;nbsp;after every time that I took it. It was really weird because my granny had given me a bottle in high school and I had no issues with it. So currently, I have an entire bottle just chilling on my dresser lol.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;What type of vitamins/supplements do you take?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Don't like taking pills, but want the benefits? Check out my post on &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-care-mineralrich-dietary.html" target="_blank"&gt;MineralRich&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/health-what-vitamins-do-i-take.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oJP6pc1zcmA/UYfHkh2b0RI/AAAAAAAABqY/pI-XAoNyXvQ/s72-c/lunapic_136785280422703_2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-7428051924290211314</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 01:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-03T21:28:09.805-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hairstyle</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">styling wet hair</category><title>Natural Hair Style: Mohawk on Wet Hair</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Following from my last post, I was going to do a braid out on my freshly washed hair, but I decided that since I'm going out with some friends tonight that I won't have time for it to dry. I thought about sitting under the dryer but I still wasn't feeling it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I may do a braid out sometime soon, but for now I decided to create a mohawk and a pompadour in the front. To style I used OBIA Natural Hair Care Curl Enhancing Custard,Aloe Vera gel and bobby pins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;As you can see, I didn't even bother to detangle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-style-mohawk-on-wet-hair.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q0kBt-8Cklc/UYRjRhv2azI/AAAAAAAABpw/l-Cqc59OUj0/s72-c/lunapic_136762905121634_14.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-5620110087851184493</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 01:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-03T21:29:31.733-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mini twists</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wash day</category><title>Natural Hair: Mini Twist Take Down &amp; Wash</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Today marked three weeks exactly of me wearing my mini twists and I have to say that there is no way I could have gone a day longer! My hair needed to be washed very badly and the overall look was messy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;It looked MUCH worse in person&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Shrinkage is crazy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h4V1k7wxmOM/UYReXSbYi8I/AAAAAAAABpI/pQzqRrEA60A/s1600/lunapic_136762905121634_11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h4V1k7wxmOM/UYReXSbYi8I/AAAAAAAABpI/pQzqRrEA60A/s320/lunapic_136762905121634_11.jpg" width="253" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hair is finally taken down&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Mugshot lol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;The mini twists were a very effective protective style for the time being. I had a little trouble taking them out. I had tangles here and there, but it was all my&amp;nbsp;fault. I was being inpatient and trying to remove them too fast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I couldn't wait to wash my hair! I used&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Kinky Curly Come Clean Shampoo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Aussie Moist Conditioner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Amika Olive Oil Deep Conditioner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-style-mohawk-on-wet-hair.html" target="_blank"&gt;See what style I came up with...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-mini-twist-take-down-wash.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ASPQex-Ip6o/UYReXwm2LiI/AAAAAAAABpY/gShmhlyvC0I/s72-c/lunapic_136762905121634_2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-652260627737557926</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-01T22:01:58.555-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">flexi rod</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mini twists</category><title>Natural Hair: Curly Mini Twists</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Like I mentioned before, I did have a chance to set my mini twists on flexi rods since they are&amp;nbsp;beginning&amp;nbsp;to look a little rough. It literally took me about 15 minutes to put in the flexi rods.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;The next&amp;nbsp;morning&amp;nbsp;I took the rollers out and this is what I got:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mJQXiGgzsZs/UYHHNVhuyBI/AAAAAAAABoE/0bBEGDDe7sQ/s1600/IMAG0128-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mJQXiGgzsZs/UYHHNVhuyBI/AAAAAAAABoE/0bBEGDDe7sQ/s320/IMAG0128-1-1.jpg" width="231" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Flexi rods&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HlJBXYSAF_0/UYHHNQfTOSI/AAAAAAAABoM/7qQ4c5mPVz8/s1600/IMAG0131-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HlJBXYSAF_0/UYHHNQfTOSI/AAAAAAAABoM/7qQ4c5mPVz8/s320/IMAG0131-1-1.jpg" width="302" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Rods finally out&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iL917zDC41k/UYHHNdYRdaI/AAAAAAAABoI/9XfHM1_X56g/s1600/IMAG0133-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iL917zDC41k/UYHHNdYRdaI/AAAAAAAABoI/9XfHM1_X56g/s320/IMAG0133-1-1.jpg" width="267" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Fluffed and separated&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EhVoBGeCr7w/UYHHPTzpiMI/AAAAAAAABoc/P_E5K14NDMw/s1600/IMAG0134-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EhVoBGeCr7w/UYHHPTzpiMI/AAAAAAAABoc/P_E5K14NDMw/s320/IMAG0134-1-1.jpg" width="236" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Another shot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zs0ijkoPBxE/UYHHPT__KyI/AAAAAAAABog/3PAI30lqusY/s1600/IMAG0136-1-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="313" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zs0ijkoPBxE/UYHHPT__KyI/AAAAAAAABog/3PAI30lqusY/s320/IMAG0136-1-1-1.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Excuse my sleep deprived, 7am, face. I wanted to show the style&lt;br /&gt;from the front. Finals are over thank the Lord!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cSbmLt3J00U/UYHHPoHD4jI/AAAAAAAABok/xXXHeJjOlSQ/s1600/IMAG0137-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cSbmLt3J00U/UYHHPoHD4jI/AAAAAAAABok/xXXHeJjOlSQ/s320/IMAG0137-1-1.jpg" width="259" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Later on in the day once I got some energy. Changed&lt;br /&gt;my headband and clothes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8OZC1i7blWQ/UYHHQ2EIrjI/AAAAAAAABo0/WrJeMQXJVcI/s1600/IMAG0139-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8OZC1i7blWQ/UYHHQ2EIrjI/AAAAAAAABo0/WrJeMQXJVcI/s320/IMAG0139-1.jpg" width="191" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Side view&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I really liked the look today. As of this very moment my hair does have a slight curl at the ends, but not any deep curls like this morning. Tomorrow, I'll probably pin the front up and call it a day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/05/natural-hair-curly-mini-twists.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mJQXiGgzsZs/UYHHNVhuyBI/AAAAAAAABoE/0bBEGDDe7sQ/s72-c/IMAG0128-1-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-1255562197594997694</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-30T19:15:10.541-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mini twists</category><title>Natural Hair: Mini Twist Update (Week 3)</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I have been extremely lazy with my hair lately! I've just been throwing a scarf on last minute and crashing in the bed. This is finals week for me so stressed isn't even the word. I will be taking these down this weekend because they are starting to look rough and my scalp is in need of a good wash!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Here are a few photos I have captured so far.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Shrinkage is something else huh? I've lost about 2-3 inches of length because I haven't been wrapping my hair at night. It now looks like a neck length bob, but I can roll with that!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Left- my hair today&lt;br /&gt;Right-my hair 3 weeks ago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Tonight I will most likely set my hair on flexi rods and wear curly twists the rest of the week. I'll update you all soon!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;See the progress of my mini twists:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;-&lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-mini-twists-protective.html" target="_blank"&gt;Twisting and preparation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;-&lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-mini-twists-update-week-one.html" target="_blank"&gt;Week One&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;-&lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-mini-twists-update-week-2.html" target="_blank"&gt;Week Two&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-mini-twist-update-week-3.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mvT5Ms-r2ao/UYBNz7aZDqI/AAAAAAAABnU/O5SPZ0HWFMI/s72-c/IMAG0119-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-5303826760586464501</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-28T21:39:43.285-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giveaway</category><title>Natural Hair: Hug My Hair Giveaway Winners</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I am here to announce the winners of the Hug My Hair Giveaway! I would like to thank everyone that participated and those who have learned more about this site and the Hug My Hair company. As always, there will be plenty more giveaways in the near future so be on the look out!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Congratulations to:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rebecca Smith&lt;/b&gt; winning longest natural hair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: #a7d694;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samantha Sian Nelson&lt;/b&gt; winning best protective style&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: #a7d694;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Amelia Ivey&lt;/b&gt; winning best TWA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: A7D694#;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Again, thanks to everyone that entered!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #a7d694; color: #ff6699; font-family: 'Coneria Script Demo'; font-size: 48px; line-height: 55px; text-align: justify;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-hug-my-hair-giveaway.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3OpP-syvRiw/UX3MYI-H_NI/AAAAAAAABms/KNHKbT-nNgQ/s72-c/RS.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-3991246530421153048</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-26T14:49:19.540-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mini twists</category><title>Natural Hair: Mini Twists Update (Week 2)</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Here is my mini twist update for week two. Today marks two weeks of my mini twists. I plan on keeping them in for one more week before installing another set.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I did have to redo the back row because it was&amp;nbsp;beginning&amp;nbsp;to look messy, but either than that, I haven't touched the others. I did do an extensive moisture and oil treatment. I used a lemongrass leave-in conditioner on my scalp and twists then used melted coconut oil on the&amp;nbsp;perimeter&amp;nbsp;of my hair,&amp;nbsp;followed&amp;nbsp;by vitamin E oil for my scalp and twist also.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I have noticed that they appear to be larger and I have&amp;nbsp;concluded&amp;nbsp;that since they have shrank up a bit, that it most likely the reason. A few nights ago I got lazy and didn't feel like wrapping my hair using the bobby pin method so I just tied my edges down with a scarf.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kcM6E84gj1I/UXrLGgfC8LI/AAAAAAAABmU/lWh1RV_bgNc/s1600/IMAG0114-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kcM6E84gj1I/UXrLGgfC8LI/AAAAAAAABmU/lWh1RV_bgNc/s320/IMAG0114-1-1.jpg" width="191" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;To see how these twists were done, &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-mini-twists-protective.html" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;S/N: Today is the last day to enter the Hug My Hair Giveaway. &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-giveaway-hug-my-hair-open.html" target="_blank"&gt;Enter here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-mini-twists-update-week-2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ugM4gaAE9fQ/UXrLL9zthwI/AAAAAAAABmc/pWW4x7J8FHs/s72-c/IMAG0115-1-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-2278737814632886550</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-26T13:44:36.898-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Instagram</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">social media</category><title>Natural Hair: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I just wanted to inform you all that I have created an separate Instagram(IG) account for this site and I would love it if you all would follow me. I will be posting hairstyles, tips and products.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Other ways to get in contact wit me via social media are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Facebook:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/ClassyCurlies/231651103592834" target="_blank"&gt;@Classycurlies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Twitter:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ClassyCurlies" target="_blank"&gt;@Classycurlies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Pinterest:&amp;nbsp;@Classycurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-instagram-facebook-twitter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-5833497552080270698</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-26T16:12:57.630-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hair growth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hair growth supplement</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy hair products</category><title>Natural Hair Care: MineralRich Dietary Supplement </title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Last night, one of my friends dropped by and told me about this dietary supplement that she ordered. She heard about the supplement through YouTube when many vloggers described it as a way to grow their hair longer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.maximumliving.com/images/products/full/Mineral-Rich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="105" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;maximumliving.com&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Instantly, I was intrigued and wanted to learn more about the product. The name of the product is called &lt;a href="http://www.maximumliving.com/vitamin-supplements-adults/mineralrich/" target="_blank"&gt;MineralRich&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Once I researched the product, I learned that it is packed with an&amp;nbsp;enormous&amp;nbsp;amount of vitamins and minerals. Some of these vitamins include B-12, Biotin,Zinc and calcium. It also contains Aloe Vera Gel. Ultimately, it good for your overall health and not just your hair. Honestly I was looking for something to be wrong with this product since my friend&amp;nbsp;described&amp;nbsp;it as something that would make her hair grow. After&amp;nbsp;research I found out that it is just a&amp;nbsp;supplement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Now will I try this product? Probably not. I have read good reviews about the product, but at about $23, it doesn't seem worth it to me considering I already take a multivitamin daily. If you do not take a daily vitamin, this is a product that I would&amp;nbsp;recommend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-care-mineralrich-dietary.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-7218798763237900294</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-26T16:10:17.203-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">curly hair care</category><title>Natural Hair: "Weird Straight Hairs"</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I always read different forums or see social media postings about people who have this problem. I actually have the problem myself. Do you have random straight hairs floating around in your tightly curled hair texture? Me too!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XKPLHVdyrgo/TjGJOy4Z84I/AAAAAAAAAD4/k019fJx0XyY/s1600/106_0899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="318" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XKPLHVdyrgo/TjGJOy4Z84I/AAAAAAAAAD4/k019fJx0XyY/s320/106_0899.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Days after my BC-2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I first discovered this a few days after my big chop. Although I believed that I had cut all of the relaxer out of my head, I still noticed small straight hairs. Since I was a newly natural then, I decided that maybe I hadn't cut my hair like I should have and proceeded to keep cutting. Now I know that I was actually cutting my hair for no reason.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;A few months passed and I still noticed these weird straight hairs when I wore puffs or wore my hair out. It is not a visible thing to others unless you are staring at my hair.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Two weeks ago, my friend is talking to me and is playing in my hair as she speaks, which she does frequently,&amp;nbsp; not a big deal. She says, "Hey do you know you have some straight pieces of hair in your head?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;So that same day, I decided to take this picture:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xeOR2spRFro/UXcTfjeH8FI/AAAAAAAAB2U/27O2iMrq3rM/s1600/IMAG1836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xeOR2spRFro/UXcTfjeH8FI/AAAAAAAAB2U/27O2iMrq3rM/s400/IMAG1836.jpg" width="238" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;My "weird hairs"- April 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I know you see it! Those very weird straight hairs. No matter how often I trim my ends, they still hang on. They do not conflict with styling my hair or any other matter, they are just...interesting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;So do I have a solution? No, not at all. Although I call this a "problem" it really isn't. I just wanted to show you all my little "problem" also. If those "weird hairs" are not directly effecting your hair regimen or styling technique, leave them be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;If you use heat often, you could have &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2012/05/dealing-with-heat-damage.html" target="_blank"&gt;heat damage&lt;/a&gt;. If you haven't trimmed your ends in a while, it could be about that time. In my case, I have none of those issues. Just "weird straight hairs."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;S/N: Enter the latest giveaway with Hug My Hair. For m details, &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-giveaway-hug-my-hair-open.html" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-weird-straight-hairs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XKPLHVdyrgo/TjGJOy4Z84I/AAAAAAAAAD4/k019fJx0XyY/s72-c/106_0899.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-8522678153194938401</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-21T01:43:41.162-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">product review</category><title>Product Review: Giovanni Smooth As Silk Deep Moisture Conditioner</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I finally got a chance to try the Giovanni Deep Moisture&amp;nbsp;Conditioner&amp;nbsp; This is a product that I've been hearing about since 2010 when I first began my transition to natural hair. I finally got this product, when it came in my March Curlkit. I mentioned this product in a past post. Click &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-wash-day-april-7.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more info.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naturallycurly.com/images/products/2012/05/21/8391025434phpkMeEU2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.naturallycurly.com/images/products/2012/05/21/8391025434phpkMeEU2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;naturallycurly.com&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What it contains:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: #a7d694;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Aqua (Purified Water) With *Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Extract, *Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Valencia Orange) Extract, *Mangifera Indica (Mango) Extract, *Cymbopogon Schoenanthus (Lemongrass) Extract, *Ginkgo Biloba Extract, *Echinacea Angustifolia Extract, *Salix Alba (Willow Bark), *Macrocystis Pyrifera (Sea Kelp) Extract, *Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Leaf Extract, *Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Extract, *Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Extract, *Glycine Soja (Soybean) Extract, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Centrimonium Bromide, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Fragrance (Includes Essential Oils). *Certified Organic By Guaranteed Certification Services.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What it claims to do:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Detangle and add moisture to hair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Uses:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;As a instant conditioner,deep conditioner or leave-in conditioner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Review:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;This conditioner is very creamy, thick and has great slip to it. Although this product is very thick, it did not seem to weigh my hair down at all. The product had a very light scent. This is definitely a conditioner that can be used daily after a wash or as a co-wash. One thing that I do like about this product is that the ingredients aren't questionable. The product includes organic and natural ingredients such as rosemary,&amp;nbsp;lavender,mango,grapefruit and soy protein. If you are protein sensitive, be sure to be careful with products that contain&amp;nbsp;protein. This product usually cost about $8 online or at any hair salon, but you can usually find it at your local Marshalls or TJ Maxx for $13 in a bottle double the size. &lt;b&gt;Overall I give this product a 5 out of 5.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/product-review-giovanni-smooth-as-silk.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-6936873803442369297</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-28T21:59:26.171-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hug my hair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giveaway</category><title>Natural Hair Giveaway: Hug My Hair (Closed)</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;A Spring Afro Hair Care Giveaway Competition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;BY HUGMYHAIR.COM in collaboration with CLASSYCURLIES.COM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;Open from 20th to 27th April 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;.3 Winners. 7 Days. 1 Prize.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;I am very proud to introduce a giveaway in collaboration with Hug My Hair. If you have not heard of the line before, you are truly missing out on wonderful hair care products. I recently reviewed a product of theirs by the name of VINTAGE. This smooth butter can be used on all hair types. To read my review on Hug My Hair Vintage, click here to learn more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pLX7aoauaHc/UXLKz_uc35I/AAAAAAAAB1o/YoqP2bhkrjc/s1600/hmh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="180" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pLX7aoauaHc/UXLKz_uc35I/AAAAAAAAB1o/YoqP2bhkrjc/s320/hmh.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;Hug My Hair's VINTAGE (100ml) RRP £12.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;Hug My Hair has a simple philosophy; ‘Moisturize and Seal!’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Your hair is at its strongest and most defensive state when it is moisturized. The best and most readily available moisturizer in nature is water. After washing your hair Hug My Hair’s sealant hair butters to lock in that moisture and allow your hair to retain that strength, and enable your hair to retain that length!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Of all their conditioning sealant butters VINTAGE has received amazing reviews both online and on You Tube. Packed full of yummy ingredients such as extra virgin coconut oil, vitamin E, Jamaican black castor oil, extra virgin avocado oil, extra virgin olive oil and essential oils (to name a few), this penetrating hair butter has yet to disappoint, and Hug My Hair are giving away 3 full sized tubs, and you could be one of the lucky 3 to win one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;The giveaway will only run for a week so get ready to show off your curls! There will be three winners and each winner will receive one jar of the VINTAGE product. With this unique giveaway, here's how to enter. Get creative ladies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do you want to win Hug My Hair’s VINTAGE?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;Here's how to enter:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;ALL NATURAL. 100% VEGETARIAN.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;Handmade in London using organic, Fairtrade and unrefined shea butter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;1. Register with &lt;a href="http://hugmyhair.com/"&gt;hugmyhair.com&lt;/a&gt; member to enter. Click here to join now—it takes less than a minute!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;2. Enter ONE of the three categories below:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;1. &lt;b&gt;Longest Natural Hair&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-88zklhAX9eI/UXLME8Yi6qI/AAAAAAAAB1w/TYFvRLB8yAk/s1600/long.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-88zklhAX9eI/UXLME8Yi6qI/AAAAAAAAB1w/TYFvRLB8yAk/s320/long.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Post a photo showing us the length of your natural hair to Twitter and hashtag it with #hugmyhairLNH. Follow @ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;OR email your photo to info@hugmyhair.com putting the category name as the ‘subject’.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;2. &lt;b&gt;Best Protective Style&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YoeQ83Zvzwc/UXLMTwJlhBI/AAAAAAAAB14/kF_OsTPV_hI/s1600/protective.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YoeQ83Zvzwc/UXLMTwJlhBI/AAAAAAAAB14/kF_OsTPV_hI/s320/protective.jpg" width="239" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Post a photo showing your best/most creative protective style to Twitter and hashtag it with #hugmyhairBPS. Follow @ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;OR email your photo to info@hugmyhair.com putting the category name as the ‘subject’.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;3. &lt;b&gt;Best Teeny Weeny Afro&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Post a photo showing us your super cute Teeny Weeny Afro to Twitter and hashtag it with #hugmyhairTWA. Follow @ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;OR email your photo to info@hugmyhair.com putting the category name as the ‘subject’.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Terms &amp;amp; Conditions&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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• You must be a registered &lt;a href="http://hugmyhair.com/"&gt;hugmyhair.com&lt;/a&gt; member to enter. Sign up by clicking here&lt;br /&gt;
• This contest is open to everyone in the UK and internationally.&lt;br /&gt;
• Winners will be contacted via email from info@hugmyhair.com, if our team does not hear back within 24 hours; a new winner will be selected in your place.&lt;br /&gt;
• Contest begins at midnight GMT on 20th April 2013 and ends at midnight on April 27 2013&lt;br /&gt;
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Good Luck!!!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-giveaway-hug-my-hair-open.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pLX7aoauaHc/UXLKz_uc35I/AAAAAAAAB1o/YoqP2bhkrjc/s72-c/hmh.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-122086583025162168</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-25T15:52:55.864-04:00</atom:updated><title>Natural Hair: Hug My Hair Giveaway Opens 4/20/13</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Earlier today on my &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/ClassyCurlies/231651103592834" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ClassyCurlies" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter pages&lt;/a&gt;, I announced that there will be a giveaway sponsored by &lt;a href="http://www.hugmyhair.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Hug My Hair&lt;/a&gt; which will open tomorrow!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;There will be 3 winners, one week to enter and one product to win (&lt;a href="http://thumbs.webs.com/Members/viewThumb.jsp?siteId=97997836&amp;amp;fileID=321303175&amp;amp;size=full" target="_blank"&gt;VINTAGE&lt;/a&gt;). The giveaway will open tomorrow April 20,2013 and will end April 27,2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Entering this giveaway will be a bit different than my&amp;nbsp;usually&amp;nbsp;because we want you to submit your photos! The categories are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Longest Natural Hair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Best Protective Style&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Best Teeny Weeny Afro (TWA) Style&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;If you have these photos lying around somewhere, now is the time to dig them out! You will be able to enter though Facebook, Twitter and email.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Here is the link to enter &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-giveaway-hug-my-hair-open.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Good Luck everyone!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-hug-my-hair-giveaway-opens.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ARztkssDSbs/UXHlIJ9I4jI/AAAAAAAAB1M/R1SNTpvSL2Q/s72-c/556667_310076472434655_708944804_n.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435048564170620802.post-9091330101864986763</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-19T20:25:45.068-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">two strand twists</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mini twists</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">twists</category><title>Natural Hair: Mini Twists Update (Week One)</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;Hey Curlies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;My mini twist have been in for a complete week and they are so&amp;nbsp;convenient.&amp;nbsp;I can literally get up in the morning, unwrap my hair and keep it moving.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;At night I've been wrapping my hair with bobby pins and a scarf. They have shrunken a little since last week, but it's is not a major change. Here are a few pictures of how they look.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"&gt;They are definitely still looking good and I've been getting lots of compliments on my hair this past week! If you would like to see how these were done, &lt;a href="http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-mini-twists-protective.html" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;ClassyCurlies&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.classycurlies.com/2013/04/natural-hair-mini-twists-update-week-one.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Davis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pdO_zfoua7c/UXHfJvBV6JI/AAAAAAAAB0Y/_DjcBbuVRng/s72-c/IMAG1868.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /></item></channel></rss>
