New Launch

Hello Queens, Happy Pre -Holiday Weekend. (the weekend before the next holiday) something I made up at work one day. (LOL)

This is Tanya K  of Ourkinksrcurls.  For years I been making my own products here and there when money was tight around the house. I have two girls ages five years old and 14 years old and of course, both of my princesses are natural like their mama bear. So, you know products goes quickly at my house, and that’s when the DIY began and Never STOP. Love making Butter and Body scrubs.

 

One day, one of my close friends told me I should share what I do with the world. I gave it some thought, and I mean some serious thought because it’s a lot of other people doing the same thing. But, why not share what I love to do with you queens.

 

 

 

Founder of OKRC

So, I am launching my NEW ONLINE  STORE for **ALL NATURALLY Made ** Body butter, Face and Foot Scrubs alone with a line of Deep conditioners, hair oils, and hair butter.

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Brown suga &Honey Scrub. ** It’s great for your any place on your body especially your face and lips. You would treat it as a facial mask.

The second Picture is Mango Body Butta w/coconut oil that applies after I use my scrubs.

Along with Lavender, Suga Foot scrubs w/ Honey. I use this mixture for my foot heels (I call biscuits). 

These are only a few for now. I will provide the list of Scrubs, Body & Hair Butters along with Hair oils and Deep Conditioners by the end of the week before the holiday. 

See you guys soon,

Love,peace & body cream

Blogged by, Tanya K

 

 

Summer 16″

Ok, Queens well officially begin Summer, and I know you ladies are looking for ways to maintain your coils, kinks, and curls. Looking for protective styles, just plain ole ways to take better care of our crown of curls.

Let’s get started. Here in Baltimore, Maryland the weather is starting to heat up and at night, it becomes sticky and Let’s face it ladies “These curls ain’t loyal”!! Here are a few *Tips* to use to help your hair from becoming fluffy.

Picture courtesy of Google Images

 

Add Eco Styler Gel/ or any clear gel with a hair cream or butter to help with the hold when styling Twist-outs, braid-outs, rods, etc. Hair creams or butters will moisturize your hair, and when the moisture in your hair meets the muggy, humid air, it may become a *BIG* Bush. Not saying I don’t like the Big Bush because you guys know I do. However, if that’s not the look you are going for you may want to add a gel.

It’s best to mix the two products together on your hand first before apply on your hair. If the two products create a white residue on your hand, it will do the same in your hair.

 

courtesy of google images

 

Heat Protectant Serum, spray, or cream. Yes, that’s right. I love the Cream of Nature and Tresemme’ Heat protection and Serum. I know you would normally add to your hair when using heated styling tools, however, these products can help to control fly-aways as well as to hold a good curl pattern for wash and go’s and twist-outs. Plus, it’s perfect for protecting your hair from chlorine in the pool or salt water at the beach. I love big hair (Defined curls), and Heat Protectant helps to keep your hair softer, shinier and helps your hair from frizzing and drying out on those hot summer days.

This is my favorite say it with me now! ***EDGE CONTROL*** Nothing screams summer is here more than melting edge control or edge control that only got your back for the first 5 to 10 mins of life. Quite frankly It’s disrespectful to put all that work and money in a good ( slick down ) just for the edge control to abort the mission. I know ladies it’s hard to find a good edge control that’s not flaky, sticky, leaves the white residue, or just don’t well control the edges. Well, these are a few I love. Yes, I tried each item and loved them all.  These edge controls give me the best slick down of all the slick downs.

The next thing is my Second favorite.  When your hair just refuses to be your friend I mean refuse to give you any act right. Well, it’s time to try an Updo, Flat twist, crown braids, etc. These kind of styles are convenient, easy to do and just plain cute to style.

Picture from Pinterest Flat twist w/2 strand twist

Crown Braid  (Picture from Pinterest)

 

 

Two strand twist(photo from Pinterest)

Single two strand Twist (Picture from Pinterest)

 

Or you may want or miss your curls. You can always unravel your locks (twists and braids) and let’em flow. And Did I mention you can’t go wrong with a High Puff, Rods and crochet braids? These styles seem to be the trendiest styles for summer 2016. 

This is a picture of my beautiful 14 y/o babygirl. (rocking crochet braids)

 

 

 

Red hair don’t care. I just love rods during the summer months. They will start off tightly curled and loosen up by the end of the week.

 

Well, Queens, that’s all for now. If you would like to see any other summer style to help maintain your natural hair. Please feel free to let me know by emailing me ourkinksrcurls@gmail.com or contacting me on my social media pages.

Happy Summer 2016 Queens

Be kind to yourself, Remember to NEVER give up on your hair.

Love Peace and Hair cream.

Blogged By: Tanya

courtesy of google images 

 

Ballin on a Budget for Natural Hair Care

Hello Queens & Happy New week and New Season;

Since I became natural, I would hear and still hear to this very day comments on how “Natural hair products are so expensive. I totally agree Queens, Yes Natural hair care items are on the expensive side and will have you in the store making life decisions between picking out a hair care item you may need, may want to try or lunch and & gas. I hear you ladies and I been there. Unfortunately, when you are a newly natural I recommend to try as many products as possible to find out what works for you and learn to stick with that.

GOODNEWS!!! I’m here to shed a little light on being a product junkie on a budget. Yes, homegirl on a BUDGET!!!  from oils to vitamins I have the list for you.

Ok, Let us begin.

Tip: Always check the websites of the stores, yes the weekly paper will show you sales, but the stores Website are mostly more accurate than the Sunday paper. Walmart & Target carry trial sizes in some products starting prices $2.99 and up.

Walgreens: Currently have Carol’s Daughter on sale Buy 1 Get one-half off.

http://www.walgreens.com/store/store/product/view_product_details.jsp?id=prod6262858

Walgreens has reduced Cream of Nature price (not in sale paper)

http://www.walgreens.com/store/store/category/productlist.jsp?N=360463&Eon=360463&No=80&

Cantu Line for Kids & Adults

http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/cantu-kids-care-curl-cream/ID=prod6269082-product

Nature’s Bounty Hair, Skin, and Nails with Biotin Gummies Buy 1 Get 1 Free http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/nature’s-bounty-hair-skin–nails-gummies-with-biotin/ID=prod6204470-product

http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/nature’s-bounty-hair-skin–nails-gummies-with-biotin/ID=prod6204470-product

CVS

Has Shea Moisture and OGX products for 25% off.

http://www.cvs.com/shop/beauty/hair-care/styling/N-diZdjZdhZ3uZemjrglZiyizZ13twe1Z2k?DCSext.TriadCampID=B2786&WT.ac=Shop-Beauty-LeftNav-Cat-HairCare&sortBy=highestRated

This sale happens often and does not appear in the sale papers. Need to a card for these sales, Plus the extra bonus sign up for coupons to be emailed to you. I a $20 coupon sent to me and my hair products came to $50 with card and coupon, $17.89 after card and two coupons.

Target ( Every natural chica hang out spot) Part 1. Target Beauty aisle is Lit. Depending on your area Target has a Heavy flow of Products for us Curly, kinky chicks with coils. Target always have sales on some or all hair and beauty items Plus, have a $10 off coupon via text and receives a $5 gift card when a certain amount spent. Plus, Shea Moisture has coupons in the Sunday’s paper not as often as we would like, but nonetheless it’s best to use the coupons during the sales.

I love to support Carols Daugther, Shea Moisture, etc., But lately, I decided to venture off to other more cost-effective lines of the store.

Ok, Now I started using this line called Renpure and Hask for my Hair Care. I mention these products in two article I written in May, and it costs less when I may need something that works well with my hair, and I can afford during the (Rent is due week). I fell in love with the line. It’s cheap, and it works well with kinky, coiled hair. I like to add Honey to the treatments. The line is available at Target, Walgreens, and CVS. It’s always on sale as low as $1 for the treatments and $3 for shampoo and Conditioner. Yes, this line works well on type 4 hair. 

This inexpensive line is Great when you need something to get you by.

Another tip is **In-Store Coupons*** usually when you purchase something at Walgreens, Target, and CVS you will get a coupon or two along with your receipt and it usually be a coupon for the product you just bought for you next visit. You can combine these coupons along with others and only pay tax.

Sally’s now prints out $5 coupons for card holders. This is a plus. So ladies if there a product you are itching to try but it’s not in your budget, This is when the coupon come in handy. For example, I have a $5 **In-store coupon** I want to try an item from The Mane Choice line, Let’s say the shampoo and it’s cost $12.89 (Cardholder price), and I give the cashier my $5 off coupon. I only pay $7.89 and stay under my $10 budget for Natural Hair Products.

Moral: Ladies, I know it can be a headache to apply for Club cards, but it’s worth it when you want to save more. All the stores I mentioned in this article cards are free except for Sally’s card. It cost $5. However, you get a $5 in return as a coupon for you next purchase. Plus, every time you visit and make a purchase you get a $5 coupon. That’s pretty cool.

Now: For natural hair oils. I would recommend the Supermarket baking aisle, Trader Joes or a few farmer markets. Oh yes, for oils it’s pretty easy to find and buy. They come in large jars and lasts forever. Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil, Grapeseed oil, Peppermint oil and the list goes on. All can be found easily in any baking aisle in any market or store that has a food goods aisle in them. Coupons for these goods can be found in the Sunday paper or online at Coupons.com.

Happy Saving Queens, I want to hear about you guys saving on these brands and couponing   on these items, Don’t torget your club cards can also come in handy.

Until next time Love, peace & Haircream

Be Kind to yourself first

Blogged by: Tanya K.

 

 

 

WashDay (video)

Hello Queens and Happy Sunday,

It was wash day for me Yesterday, and I decided to snap chat my Steps.

Check out the video and Pics.

 

The Finished look. This look lasted me all day (and it’s been raining in Baltimore, Maryland for more than 14 days)

 

Perm Rods.

These are the Products I used this weekend.

Listed you see the products I used for this weekend wash day.

*Renpure Biotin & Collagen for my C0-Wash.

*Perm Rods (Peach and Orange) Sorry Not good with knowing the correct size

*JBCO (This brand smells soo good, I promise you. I use this oil for my sealant after I apply my Leave-in from the Dove line. NOT PICTURED.

*Honey ( added for shine and softness)

*Carols Daughter, Marguerite’s Magic Hairdress Cream( uses this as a moisturizer in the rodding process)

*Eco Styler Gel( The Holy Grail in the natural hair community) I also use this as in my hair rodding process to give my hair a better hold and define the curl.

*Denman Brush( the best brush I ever used) To help detangle

*Lotta body edge control

Until next time Queens, Please be good to yourselves

 

Love Peace and Hair Cream

Blogged By Tanya K.

Edge Control on the Go.

Seriously, someone thought of me when this was thought of. 

Lettuce Pray Naturalistas,

Cream of Nature has blessed us with edge control in a lip balm like a tube. Not sure how you ladies feel about this but I’m super excited. Ok, here’s the brief story.

I was yet again in Walmart, ( I work like walking distance from Walmart so please judge) Yes, I said go ahead and judge. Lol, *cough* back to the review. While on my daily stroll through Walmart, I almost always go to the Natural hair section, and it’s a big part of a huge Natural Hair selection. (pic is currently up on this site)  Suddenly, I looked down where the travel size hair care items were and seen this lovely thing. It cost less than $3, and it comes in handy. I keep it in my tiny makeup bag of hair and make-up goodies.

So, No more carrying an entire jar of edge control that may be very well as we speak taking up space in your handbag, book bag, etc. With this easy to carry (lip balm like a tube), you can take along this fantastic small tube for that major quick fix. Let me mention since the summer is among us, we all could use this as a carry on in our purse and for less than $3, it’s worth the try.

Click link for the Product:

http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/creme-of-nature-argan-oil-perfect-edges-on-the-go/ID=prod6304398-product

Be Kind to yourself, Love yourself, Queen.

Until next time Love, Peace & Hair Cream

Blogged By: Tanya K.

Catching up. Came a long way.

Hello, queens.  Hope all of you beauties enjoyed your Spring break and Easter holiday. This picture you see here is an old picture of me dated 5 years old during my 5th anniversary with my job. As you can see from this picture I was a bit on the heavy side and yes, I know what you are thinking. Yes, this was my real hair. I was relaxed and had bleached my hair. This was how and when I began my Natural hair journey. You can’t tell but my roots were thick as cornbread and my bangs had breakage and kinda thin. All though my hair can take coloring very well, it did not take relaxers well at all. Every time I would get a touch-up my day 1, day 2 and day 3 hair was slamming. But by day 4 through 7 my scalp was itching, my hair was flat, I couldn’t hold a curl, and I had to maintain my style for another week until my next appointment and my hair was shedding like crazy. I use to comb my hair to the front of my head to cover my burnt, thin edges. I was miserable trying to maintain 2 different textures of hair. So, I big chopped right after this picture was taken. BEST DECISION EVER!!!

Now, let’s fast forward a bit. Today is my 10th anniversary with my job, I lost all my baby weight and gain just a little back (lol) I moved up 2 more positions since this picture and I am now a little over 3 years natural and may I add again I LOVE IT!! Part of the reason I lost my weight was I did not mind sweating my hair out. Yes, queens you and I both know a few people who hate to sweat out a good relaxer ( I was one of them).  When my edges got damp it was over and I didn’t want any parts of it. (real talk) Once I big chopped I knew I could workout and not worry about my hair. I knew that water and a healthy diet would help with my hair growth and yes contribute to my weight loss as well. See, as momma would say “I’ll killing 2 birds with one stone”. #Nopunintended

Since returning back to natural I learned how eating and living a better lifestyle can help with my weight control and hair growth. I started to save more money by not needing a salon visit every 2 weeks instead every 2 months for a trim or press. I still love to try products but I make smarter choices when I go product shopping. I only buy products that are on sale and I mean a GOOD SALE. I would stock up on my favs and try any newbies that I heard good reviews about. Since the natural hair industry is booming you can catch a good sale at CVS, WALGREENS, TARGET and of course SALLY’s. (BTW) if you do not have club cards for these stores you CAN NOT get the products at the sale price. So, please go to your nearest locations and apply for your keychain cards. Now, as for Sally’s it cost 5 bucks but you get a $5 coupon you can use for your next purchase and the membership last for a year.

So, there you have it queens I wanted to tell you guys what I’m been up to and I’m sorry for not blogging as much as I should. However,I made a commitment to post a blog every Wednesday and Saturday night.

TGIN Product Review

Hey, Curly Beauties!

Today’s review is about the Moist Collection by TGIN (Thank God I’m Natural). I have heard some pretty awesome reviews about TGIN products and that they are great to use for color treated hair. Since I just dyed my hair about two weeks ago and I was looking for products that were color safe, I thought I would give it a try.  But before I get into the review, let me give you a little background on TGIN.

TGIN was started by Chris-Tia Donaldson, a Harvard graduate ( yes, #SmartBrownGirl) who started a law firm job where she would wear wigs to hide her natural hair. There weren’t a lot of natural hair products out around that time, which made Chris-Tia’s hair journey even more difficult. So after many years of research, Donaldson wrote Amazon’s #1 best-selling book Thank God I’m Natural: The Ultimate Guide to Caring for Natural Hair which also led to the launch of TGIN products. The product line includes shampoos, conditioners, handmade soaps, body creams and more. Most of TGIN products are infused with Argan oil, avocado oil, honey, coconut oil and many more organic goodies.

Pretty awesome story, right? The Moist collection bundle that I purchased came with four products, the Moisture Rich Sulfate Free Shampoo, the Triple Moisture Replenishing Conditioner, Honey Miracle Hair Mask, and their Butter Cream Daily Moisturizer. The Moist collection line also has a styler, the Twist & Define Cream, but that product was not included in the bundle pack. The Moist bundle pack was on sale during the time of my purchase for $49.99, the regular price was about $75 (great sale). Placing the order was very simple, and I received 15% off my purchase for signing up for their newsletter subscription. There is free shipping on orders over $50, but you have to use the promo-code in order to get the offer. My products were shipped the next day and I received them within the week.

My wash day is mostly on Sunday’s, so I took this wash day to play around in these products. First is the Moisture Rich Sulfate Free Shampoo.

This shampoo is a gentle, moisturizing cleanser made with Amla oil, which helps to reduce breakage and increase moisture, and Coconut oil. This sulfate free shampoo will cleanse your curls without leaving it feeling dry or stripped of its natural oils.  I loved this shampoo. It is very moisturizing and it made my hair feel so soft and not brittle or dry. If you’re a leather girl, you will love how this shampoo lathers up. A little goes a long way. The smell is very light and does not have that overpowering coconut smell that some hair products have that contains coconut oil. This shampoo also has slipped, I could easily finger detangle my hair WITH JUST THE SHAMPOO!!

 

That is a miracle for me, so I am sold on the Moisture Rich Sulfate Free Shampoo.

After shampooing, I followed with a conditioner, the Triple Moisture Replenishing Conditioner with Shea Butter and Jojoba oil. This conditioner helps to revitalize dry hair and helps to hydrate and repair your curls. The conditioner is infused with great nourishing oils such as sweet almond oil and rosemary oil. The Moisture conditioner is creamy but not too heavy so it will not weigh your hair down. The scent has a light “almondy” smell (is that a word? It will be today LOL).Once I place the conditioner in my hair, my curls instantly popped. That is a good sign that your hair loves the product. Because I could detangle my hair with the shampoo, it was a breeze detangling with the conditioner. My wide-tooth comb breezed through my hair. My hair felt soft and my curls had some shine to them. Thumbs up on the conditioner.

I followed up conditioning my hair with TGIN’s Honey Miracle Hair Mask with raw honey, which helps improve shine, and olive oil. This intense deep conditioner is great for dry damaged hair and color treated hair. Since I have color treated hair, this was perfect for my curls. I was really excited about using this product because I have heard so many great reviews. My hair-crush and fav YouTubber Chary-Jay swears by this hair mask, which really peaked my interest and excitement even more. I must say, I see what all the hype is about. OH, MY LAWD! Again, with this product the curls just instantly started to form with this creamy conditioner. Sheba just soaked up all the goodness that raw honey, olive oil, and jojoba oil had to offer. I placed a plastic cap over my hair and left the conditioner in for about 45 minutes. If you decide to sit under a dryer, the instructions advise 10-15 minutes. After 45 minutes, I rinsed the conditioner out with cold water. The cold water helps to seal in the moisture that you just gave your strands. My hair has never felt so soft or look so shiny!!! Sheba was so manageable I could run my fingers through my hair with no products in it. I am going to be adding this hair mask to my wash regimen from now on.

Now it is time to moisturize this hair even more. To help with the moisturizing process ( I use the LOC method) TGIN’s Butter Cream Daily Moisturizer  came in handy. This moisturizer is infused with shea butter and vitamin E. This creamy moisturizer really helped to hydrate my curls, I experienced no frizz and helped with manageability, which made detangling so easy. This is great as a setting cream for any twist-out or braid-out style. When I took my twists out the next morning, my curls were shiny, defined, and soft.  I loved my results!

 

In a nutshell, TGIN’s Moist Collection is a must try for any natural who may be experiencing dryness. Even if you’re not, try it anyway! The whole line will leave your hair feeling soft, manageable and shiny. All TGIN products have no parabens, sulfates, petrolatum, lanolin, artificial colors and do not conduct any animal testing. These products are color safe, for all my naturals who have color treated hair. My favorite product out of the whole collection is the Honey Miracle Hair Mask. To learn more about Thank God It’s Natural or to purchase any of their products, please visit http://www.tginstore.com.

Have you tried any products by TGIN? Which product do you like from TGIN? Let us know at Ourkinksrcurls@gmail.com.

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