New Hair Care and Skin Care Line

Hello Queens,

Thanks for being patient as I get my online store launched. This post will be about what else other than my New baby. My On-Line Store.

Let’s recap. I mentioned that in my last post. I make my own hair and skin care products. Everything is Homemade in the Kitchen of my home and made with organic ingredients. The main two Raw kinds of butter I use is Shea Butter “N” Raw Mango Butter. 

Sugar Scrubs

My favorite of all my creations. I absolutely LOVE Sugar Scrubs. It exfoliates your skin and leaves it soft after the first use. Plus, It works better with any of the Body Butter I’ve made. My skin is clear, smooth, soft and feels great. Comes it all flavors. To name a few Grapefruit, Vanilla Lavender, Sweet Orange, and Lemon.

Body Butter

Mango and Shea Butters are my two main ingredients. The Body butter come in more Flavors that smells good enough to eat. (But DoN’T) LOL. Mango Butter is excellent for Eczema and other skin problems that may cause discomfort. It’s soothing and helps to heal and relax you from the breakout and uncomfortable itching.

Shea Butter is the Best Butter I ever and I mean ever use. I use it for my hair and skin. It not only moisturize the skin and hair but it also helps with everyday problems such as chapped lips, flaky skin, moisturizes dry spots E.i elbows, knees, heels of the foot, the bottom of the foot, and back of the neck to name a few.

Both kinds of butter are great to use and safe to use on babies as young as six months old. The flavors are endless.

Hair Products

Ok, Let me say this. Not to knock the natural hair brands that are on the market. They ALL are great and believe me when I say I tried them all. However, I find it hard to spend over $10 consistently for a hair product that may or may not work. Some places allow exchanges and returns and other Don’t. It became a problem, and I have Enough and gave bags of products away.  Plus, My hair texture is different from my two daughters hair which meant Yup to Buy more products.

So Enough was Enough. I went into the lab (My kitchen and dining Room LOL) to begin to make hair products for my princesses and I. My children helps me from time to time which is a wonderful feeling and great bonding time.

Moisturizing Hair Buttercream– Is made of both kinds of butter and oils and homemade Flax seed gel. It works absolutely great with the Great Eco Styler Gel for great twist outs, braid outs, and Rods. While the gel gives you the hold you want, the Hair buttercream provides you with the Moisture you need. Comes is endless Flavors.

Coconut Co-Wash~ This is a mild hair Cleanser between shampoos. It strips the hair way less than Regular shampoo. It’s made with Real Coconut Milk and smells delicious.

Black Jamaican Castor Shampoo– Do I really need to explain? LOL. If you guess it from the name, It’s made from JBCO oil and African Soap that is shipped from Ghana. A little goes a long way. Both Cleanser and Shampoo comes in a nozzle bottle so you can point directly to the scalp then work the product in. NOTE: A clean scalp helps with hair growth.

Honey Deep Conditioner~  Made with Raw Organic Honey. Since I live near a few farms, I go to the farmers market for my Honey. Honey is my Life. This conditioner helps with breakage, dryness and Honey is the Key to Moisture. Works better when you warm it. ***Best Seller***

Coconut Pre-Poo Treatment~ This product is for extremely dry hair. On wash day when you use your favorite shampoo, have bleach in you hair? Want to get your hair braided? Or weaved? Bottomline, you must add moisture in your hair before you may do something that could dry out your hair. This treatment is use BEFORE the shampooing process. Think of it a Deep Conditioning Treatment. This product adds moisture that you will notice right away after your wash. That you may want to skip the Deep Conditioner process.

Salt Scrub

This Scrub is made from Sea Salt, Epsom Salt, and Himalayan Pink salt. Salt Scrub is used for a Foot scrub. The salt softens the heel and any hard skinned area of the foot for easier removal of hard skin.

Leaving your feet feeling baby soft before adding the body butter. Plus, it’s best to moisturize your feet after you exfoliate. 

My scrubs and body butter works best as a combo.

BeHide the Scene

I began to make body butter and scrubs for my daughter. She has eczema and everything her doctor prescribed to her only worked short term and still would leave her uncomfortable and asking for more of the very same stuff that she hated in the first place.

I begin to research online for recipes that would heal my her. So, Taylor sugar butter was born. I start to learn how to whipped Shea Butter and Mango butter. I also learned about many different kinds of butter and what they offer.

Since learning how to make my own products for hair and skin, it has saved me money and time from going to the store and clipping coupons.

I make 8oz and 4oz of ALL the products I have. Best of the texture of the product a little goes a long way. My products are under $10 because almost ALL Natural products in the market are over $10, and that’s without tax. I rather help my community to have Healthy skin care and hair care than to look for a “get rich” scam. Not calling the Natural hair lines scams but most women must wait for sales even to try these products. So, I created a line that is affordable, organic and naturally made. 

Time

I am dictating MOST of my time to my New Hair Care and Skin Care line. I love blogging. However, This Line takes time to build. I will keep you Queens updated as much as possible with my Line of Products. Here is the Link to my New ONLINE Store.

 

http://taylorsugabutters.bigcartel.com

 

 

Until next time

Love. Peace and Hair Cream

Blogged By: Tanya K

CEO of Taylorsugabutters

It’s here. Body Butters & Scrubs

Hello and Thank you for coming Back,

It’s Here My Beautiful Queens can Order My Organic Homemade Body Butters.  It’s called Taylor Suga Butter’s  by Tanya K. Our kinks r Curls are more than DVM bloggers. This will be an expansion. To be healthy it’s more than the exercise, eating healthy, and having healthy looking hair. My daughter has eczema and it’s mostly all over her body. She used to wear jeans and long sleeves during the summer months to cover her skin. Since, I’ve been treating her skin with sugar scrubs, Sea Salt Scrubs, and Body butters. Her skin has become clearer than usually, soft to the touch and moisturized. She loves her glowing skin, and it’s because of her I decided to share this with everyone.

Homemade Butters and Scrubs are made to order so it can be delivered fresh and ready to use. It’s gentle enough to use on young children that may experience dry skin, dry patches on skin and eczema.

This is Raw Shea Butter 

 

All Butters are made with Olive Oil, Jojoba oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Coconut Oil, Castor Oil, Grapeseed Oil, and Vitamin E. Essential oil for Fragrance. 

Body Scrubs are made with Organic Sea Salt, Brown Sugar, Sugar Cane, Honey, Olive oil, Coconut oil and Vanilla Extract.

To Order please Contact Tanya K. by Email illery81@gmail.com

Please Let us know if you have any Known Allergies so we may  substitute to your liking.

When you order more than two products I ask that a deposit is made.

Thank you for your support , As always Love peace & hair cream.

 

 

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

 

 

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.

Dove Leave-In Detangler

I was in Walmart on my lunch break. I was just walking through the aisle not looking to buy anything. I saw this *NEW* product from the Dove Quench Absolute line it was less than $5, so I brought it. I had to try it on my next #WASHDAY.

I tried it on my hair and my five-year-old hair, and It works amazingly well. My daughter’s hair tangles easily, and no matter what detangler I use, nothing works well. I spray this product on hair while dry first just to see if it would work a little and it did. So, after cleansing my daughter hair and my own. I parted our hair in 4 parts, and going through each section I sprayed our hair with the product and used a Shower comb first to break through the detangling process. Then I switched to the Denman styling brush for an easier grip.

Queens, this product helps with the after wash process. My baby girl usually cries throughout the detangling process she, and I hate when her wash day comes. Lol (like most little girls with super thick and curly hair). This product eased the process, of course, I bump here & there to some stubborn knots, but the focus was not running into as many as usual.

I will be posting a video of this week’s wash day when I use this product again. I will be buying this product on a regular basis, and it has become a part my hair regimen.

Ladies, I totally understand, that buying hair products can be stressful, addictive and confusing especially when you are not sure what to use for your hair type. There’s nothing wrong with exploring. I know the expensive products may be eye-catching and have great reviews. However, let’s think of “ballin on a budget.” That’s the best way to learn what products works well with your hair. This Dove line for course and Thick hair works great on my 3c/4a curly kinks and my daughter 4ab kinks.

here is the link to Dove Quench. Check it out

http://www.dove.us/Products/Hair/Advanced-Hair-Series/Quench-Absolute.aspx

On blog. 5/21/2016 “What kind of products to use while “Ballin on a budget”

Until next time “Be good to yourself first”

Be Kind and Share

Blogged By: Tanya K

 

Wash Day

 

Who doesn’t like Wash Day?

Ok Ladies, it’s wash day.

It’s time to get your mixtures, DYI’s mixes, deep conditioners, natural oils, wide tooth combs, plastic caps, towels, etc.

Let me know what new products you ladies been using or utilized for the first time this week.

Are there any products you want to tell us?

Our co-founder Tanya been using two new goods and she swears by it. They are called Husk and Renpure products. Both products can found at Target, Walgreens, and some CVS stores.

 

The Hask line you see are Deep Conditioners and Coconut Monoi Shampoo and Conditioner, and the other Products are Renpure products. Conditioners and Cleansing Conditioners

I like the line of shampoos, cleansing conditioners, Deep Conditioners, hair oil Treatments, and Conditioners. Both lines of products have made my hair softer and a bit more manageable.

 

My Wash Day ( Curls are popping) 

Other than taking about 3 hours from my day for my #WashDay. The only thing I enjoy about wash day has to be having clean,  and freshly washed hair to do almost anything to.

Let’s hear about your wash day ladies? What you do hate the most and what do you love about it. Yes, you must find something nice to say about your wash day.

Until next washday, Love Peace, and Hair cream.

 

 

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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