Today´s Inspiration is Nancie Mwai of Fashion Notebook. If you are a fashion lover be sure to check out her blog for fashion and fashion trends! Nancie also has a passion for hair and she was nice enough to share her hair story with us.



1. Are you relaxed or Natural?
I'm currently natural

2. How would you describe your curl pattern?


15. Do you have a hair idol? who and why?
Kimmay....her hair length gives me so much hope!

16. Did you always believe that you could grow a huge AFro? what changed your mind?
I never believed I could grow a huge Afro, I believed in the myth that African hair is not sexy and cannot grow actually I thought everyone with an afro was some sort of wig, talk of ignorance!!! I discovered a hair blog and I was like eeeeh is that her hair? No kidding! and the rest was history. I'm always on hair blogs looking for tips and different ways to style my hair. I don't believe in those myths any more and I'm happy with my new found knowledge on growing African hair. I'm in love with my hair more than ever and its surprising me.

I have managed to rock my natural hair for a week now (9 months natural). Still learning how to manage it but its a very good experience. My hair is softer than I thought actually. Very surprising!

17. Is there a product you can´t live without?
3 products I cant live without are
Organics Africa’s Best Shea Butter and Tea Tree Moisturiser
Shea Butter
Olive Oil

Check out Nancie´s hair journey too. I love the Edgy & daring hairstyles she has rocked then and now!

Thanks for sharing Nancie!

It is Mandatory that you follow up your henna Treatment with a thorough moisturizing Deep Conditioning treatment as Henna can be very Drying.
It is also advisable to only use Pure Body art Quality  Henna as some of the Chemicals added in for 'colour' are actually damaging to hair.I used a pure Sudanese brand of Henna bought from Super Cosmetics Nairobi.
I did not want much colouring from  the henna so I did not add any acidic substances like vinegar neither did I leave it to stand over night. I mixed it and applied on Freshly washed hair immediately.This allows for Henna to Condition hair without releasing much dye.My hair  does have red tints under Sunlight though!

For information about all the wonderful Benefits of Henna Click here!
Happy hair Growing ladies!

Before i knew anything about hair care i thought that shoulder length was my Terminal length, i used to think that my hair stopped growing when it got to shoulder length. Through reading the book science of black hair i have finaly understood what Terminal length is and i´m more than happy to share this information with you. Terminal length is the longest any strand of hair of hair on your head would get if it were allowed to grow without any interruption i.e if it never broke, got cut e.t.c This is determined by how long a person´s growth phase is and this is genetically predetermined.
Most people have a growth phase of between 4-7 years after which the hair will naturally shed. Just imagine a person with a growth phase of 4 years and a growth rate of half an inch a month, this means that this person should have 6 inches a year and in four years this would be 24 inches!!!! if it were never cut or if it never broke off. That´s a lot of hair!!!. After this time the hair strand will shed. This means that terminal length is not determined by what length a persons hair has reached but depends on how much time has gone by. we can conclude that every strand of your hair is replaced every 4-7 years, but of course not at the same time. Most of us including myself have never reached Our true terminal lengths due to many reasons that have caused breakage to hair throughout our lives.

Starting a healthy hair journey is good opportunity to discover our hair´s true potential. The whole purpose of a healthy hair journey is to keep the hair hat has already grown out of our heads as healthy and as well protected as possible and by so doing great hair health and even length can be achieved. If you are already on a healthy hair journey and are facing a length plateau maybe you should take a good look at your regimen and if you are not on a healthy hair journey i recommend you come join us. i promise your hair will thank you for it :-)

After joining the Gahl no more Split ends challenge i decided to search my whole head for split ends and splitting ends and i was just shocked at how many spilt ends & splitting ends i had! (split ends are the ends that have already split and broken off and splitting ends are those you can actualy see peeling.)

Since i am on a healthy hair journey and i religiously follow all rules i feel are important. I never would have imagined that my hair would have so many splitting ends, and to make matters worse they were not only normal split ends but some were even branched like a tree and not only at the ends of the hair but also along the hairshaft.

This got me wondering, if i was doing everything right why was i getting splits along my hair shaft? It then hit me that i had read from one of my favorite books that combs with seams literally shred the hair strands causing tearing and splitting. I took a look at all the combs i had and they all had seams!

Seams usualy run along the centers of most combs, the comb looks like two halves which have been joined together. The reason for this is because these combs are machine made. On further research i learnt that some people file down their seamed combs to make them seamless and more hair friendly, but one has to be careful with this method because if the filing is not done to perfection this might cause even more damage to the hair strands. the better option is to invest in a seamless comb. These combs tend to be pricy since they are handmade but are worth every penny. Well made african wood combs are also great and i think they are very easy to find in Africa and are not too expensive. Check out your combs today and find out if they are good for your hair i am definitely going comb shopping soon.