Natural4U is Officially Here!

Hello Everyone,

It's been a little while but I have been busy working on my new business, Natural4U.  We make 100% All Natural Hair and Body Products.  Check us out at  www.bewonderfulbenatural.com and see which products can work for you.  Our products have multiple uses for today's on the go woman and we offer fragrance free options as well.  Check us out!  Oh and I hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  This Friday feels wonderful as I'm resting and watching Queen on the Centric channel,lol.  I haven't seen that movie in ages. 

Enjoy!

The Natural Hair Diaries &
Natural4U

Good Wash and Detangling Hair Day

Hello everyone!

Today is Columbus day and we had off from work.  So I took this opportunity to my hair.  I really feel like it's therapeutic to do my hair, especially when it turns out so well.  It had been 3 weeks since my last wash and figured now was as good of a time as any.  I first detangled my hair first by spritzing it with water and I actually finger detangled it.  I've tried this before but I wanted to give it another try.  I took my time and stayed up late last night and my detangling was a good experience.  Since I twisted my hair using my Natural4U Shea Dream Hair & Body Cream...Coming soon by the way ;) It really aids in the detangling process and helps make it a breeze.  Once that was done, went to bed.  Woke up and did my favorite pre-poo, Amla Treatment...check out my other post below regarding this.  I let this set in my hair for about 2 hours today.  While doing this, I watched the R&B Divas Reunion Pt. 2 on Youtube...I was so glad to see it 'cause I missed it when it aired on t.v. last month.  So after eating and watching youtube, I did my wash.  I used my favorite shampoo right now...



And I'm quite pleased with myself that I haven't wavered on this product.  In the past, I usually tend to switch up my shampoos, but since realizing that a sulfate free shampoo is best for your hair,  I've stuck with it and i really like it.  You only need a little.  I keep my hair in twists, take them down, wash my scalp first with a little bit of the shampoo, then I apply some to my hair to wash it, then I finger detangle my hair, rinse, and retwist.  Then it's on to the next twist to repeat the same steps.  I really like this finger detangling thing for pre-detangling and washing my hair.  I believe it's better for your hair as it's more gentle on your  hair strands while wet.  Once hair was washed, I got out of the shower, dried my hair with a microfiber towel (but you can also use an old t-shirt), then proceeded to add my next fav leave in...

 

Again proud of myself for staying true to this product as well.  Now this is where I used my comb.  Whenever I apply a leave in, I like to use my comb.  I only use a seamless comb on my hair when I comb it.  Because my hair is strengthened due to my Alma treatment, I don't mind using it.  I use what's called a bone comb and it's seamless and it doesn't snag the hair.  I plan on selling these on my site aswell, but in the mean time look it up.  Plastic wide tooth combs with seams in the teeth of the comb tend to snag your hair which can lead to breakage.  My comb is made out of wood as is seamless but I'm hearing about some plastic combs that are seamless too.  It's worth your investment to find a seamless comb when detangling your hair in the future.  Here is the result of my comb after detangling my hair with mine...

 

 

For my naturals out there...not bad right?  And this is why the wash/detangle hair day was a good one.  Welp, the work's not done yet...must twist my hair for stying now.  So more to come later on my results...

Enjoy the rest of this beautiful day...

 

The Natural Hair Diaries.

 

Natural4U Products Sneak Peak and a first time record :)

I wanted to do a quick post before going to bed about the unveiling of one of my products for Natural4U...

Shea Dream Hair and Body Cream©  is the product in the above picture.

I used it tonight.  I wanted to twist my hair up for the week and decided to see how long it would take me if I didn't stop and just continued to twist my hair.  I watched briefly the Emmy's long enough to see that Kerry Washington didn't win Lead Role for her role in Scandal, then promptly switched channels to the TV show Revenge, and kept on twisting.  The result was a personal record...3 hours and I was done. My results are below...I was impressed and wanted to post this :) It usually takes me a couple of days but I was determined to finish. I love how this hair cream feels...it has a whipped texture,is moisturizing, and helps make styling easy.  It's also a great body moisturizer.  Can't wait to share more with you all  real soon...until then, sleep tight.

The Natural Hair Diaries.

 





The Natural Hair Diaries Presents...Natural4U Products

Hello Everyone!

It's been a while and I wanted to get back to something that I enjoy alot and that's posting about hair.  Right now I am taking down my twists and I've got 3 more to go (I should've been done and started the process of washing my hair but Sweet Home Alabama came on and well, I had to stop,lol)  Anyway I was also working on my sketchbook of ideas for my next project...Natural4U Products.  It's an All natural hair and body product line that I've been working on this summer.  Something I've been wanting to do for some time now, but I decided that this year was that time to do it. No time like the present as they say.  I am looking forward to sharing with you the new look here at Natural4U Products and what better way than to share it on social media with you all.  I even created a Twitter account (@N4UProducts), it's open my eyes to a new world and I'm looking forward to all that's in store.  Check it out. 

More to come very soon...

The Natural Hair Diaires

Doing my favorite Pre-poo...Amla Treatment :)



So, umm...yeah...I haven't posted in a while as you can see,lol...
But I felt the urge to post today because I am doing my favorite pre-poo treatment...Alma Treatment.  I have the recipe on my site if you are interested in trying this out for yourself.  I haven't had a chance to do my Amla treatments in a while. I'd like to say that I would do these once every 2 weeks but I'd be lying,lol.  As a natural, I tend to want to try other pre-poos or brands in between doing Alma's and most of the time, my results aren't the same.  I like to take pictures of my hair journey from time to time and it really helps me to document what styles or products work.  When I looked back at my log, I realized that the last time I had washed my hair, it was on March 31st...yeah...I know.
I have been doing good things with my twists while they've been in for over a month.  I spritz them at night and seal with either an oil or a Shea butter mixture.  That kept my hair moisturized.  I tell you it takes a while for me to do my hair, which isn't a bad thing because that means my hair is growing...ya!  But it does take a while and since I've decided to add more twists to my hair, it takes even longer.  The end result though is a style that can be done in many ways...up dos, ponytails, crinkly twists where if you braid them up at night after misting and sealing, you have wavy (crinkly) twists in the morning and a new hairstyle.  The versatility of twists are endless, but when you are putting them in, you aren't as enthused about it,lol.

So today's post is two fold...I want to review the new products I'm trying and then show the final result of my twists. 

In my Amla treatments, instead of using my usual cheaper conditioners I added a new one I bought recently called Andalou Naturals Moisture Rich Conditioner Argan and Sweet Orange -- 11.5 fl oz.   Here is a pic...



 I saw this conditioner on sale at a natural grocery store called MOM's Organic Market in Alexandria, VA and smelled it.  It smelled delicious and it had Argan oil in it so I figured I'd give it a try. 

My other purchase of new hair products was a shampoo  and leave in conditioner that I've had my eye on in a while.  Prior to buying the above product, I also got
Beautiful Curls Curly to Kinky Shampoo and Leave-in from Whole Foods a while back.  I looked them up on my phone while at the store and saw some good reviews and decided to give it a try.  I am on the hunt for a shampoo that won't strip my hair so I am going to see if this does the trick.  Here is a pic below...

     

So I am in for a treat and ready to see how my hair will turn out...I will twist with my home made Shea butter mix (also on this site for the recipe) and go from there.  Twisting my hair can no longer be done in one night so this will take a couple of days (I hope) but I'm ready for it.  So stay tuned for my next post on my results...

 

The Natural Hair Diaries