Virtual Playdate

Big thanks to Charlottes Avenue for inviting us to participate in this virtual playdate!

Come get to know the children behind the hair blogs :) 

I would like to have everyone answer the same questions below and make sure to invite 6 other bloggers to the virtual playdate.. Here we go!

Miss Keyanna

1.) Favorite toy?
-Rockstar guitar & Isabella (teddy bear)

2.) Favorite animal?
-Elephants

3.) Favorite game to play?
-Candyland

4.) Favorite snack?
-Popcorn!!

5.) What makes you happy?
-My mommy (awwww <3)

6.) Favorite TV Show/ Movie?
-TV: Shake It Up, Movie: Coraline

7.) If you could choose a new name for yourself what would it be?
-Mahayla (She totally just stole her classmates name haha)

8.) Favorite Book?
-iSpy: a finding things book

9.) Favorite hairstyle?
-Mohawk

10.) Favorite thing to do?
-Dance, Sing, Play Guitar

Now here are the 6 bloggers I would like to invite to the playdate.

(random order)

Love Your Girls Biracial Curls

CurlyGirlyB

Intermittent Babbling: Hair Thoughts

Mainly Braids

Hair Raising Adventures

Baby Bella Hair

Make sure to thank the person who invited you, and make sure to choose 6 more friends.

Style Quickie: Twisted Pony's

Another quick school morning style for y’all! This style is from last April, it took about 20 minutes or so.. Simple and cute! I just parted her hair across the front, then again going down the back. I banded off each of those sections, did some twists, added some beads and we were done. I used some coconut oil and our Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie for this one, it gives us a good hold for our twists.

More Mini Braids

Some of you might remember the posts (1, 2, 3, & 4) we did about Keyanna’s mini braids this past summer, I actually meant to include these pics in back then to show a few more fun ways to switch them up but completely forgot. So here they are now! Better late than never right? These styles are from our first attempt at mini braids back in May 2010. 

2 large braids

Removing the above style is how we achieved the wavy/crimped look.

Halloween Hair Carnival! Beautiful Butterfly With A Fancy Half Updo

Happy Halloween Everyone! I hope you all had a fun and safe night. Keyanna had a blast! (for the most part). 

This year, after eyeing a pair of wings at the craft store, Keyanna had her heart set on being  a butterfly. So we did another homemade costume this year. I think she looked super cute and it hardly cost us anything!. We got the wings on sale for $5.99, the tutu we reused from last years rockstar costume (we just took the pink out),  I spent about  $2.00 on a little more orange/black tulle to fill it up again and to make the headband. The make-up is LA Colors from the Dollar Tree, and the rest of the costume (boots, leggings, and a black gymnastics leotard) she already had! So.. Total cost? Only about 9.00! 

The hair was not exactly what we had originally planned, but Key absolutely LOVED it! We went with a half Updo, and since I wanted a lot of volume behind her headband I had the genius idea of using a Bumpit. Lol. 

I wanted her roots to be really straight for this style so I started by flat ironing her hair using…………… (I know a lot of you choose not to use heat on your child’s hair, I personally don’t have a problem using it on rare occasions and it hasn’t caused any problems for us.) I then added the Bumpit on the crown of her head, took the top half of the loose hair, gave it a little twist, and secured that part in the back of her head using a few more pins. 

For the bottom half of the hair I added a few medium size Curlformers and set them using Deva Curl AnGel (review coming soon) I left those in for a few hours and she was good to go! 

Here is my beautiful butterfly!

And here are a few pics of her 'do 

Got pics of your little one? Feel free to post them on our Facebook page! 

Check out more Hair Carnival posts on these fabulous blogs! 

Untrained Hair Mom               Mainly Braids               Life With Captain Fussybuckets

Simmworks Family Blog (Dinosaur)               Simmworks Family Blog (Sushi Roll)

Happy Halloween               Charlotte's Avenue               Goldilocks*n*Me

You Can Do It Too               Diva Locks               The Shopping Duck   

Natural-Hair-Care-Info               Brown Girls Hair               Boys And Girls Natural Curls

Giveaway!! Bruce's Babe's Butter Products

It's Giveaway Time!!

Regina, the owner of Bruce's Babe's Butter has generously offered 1 of our fans a full size Hair & Body Butter, and Shake 'N Shampoo. I have been using both of these products on Keyanna for the past few weeks and we love them! You can check out the full review we did HERE.

HUGE thanks to Regina for sponsoring this giveaway!

You can purchase your own Bruce's Babe's Butter products HERE
Bruce's Babe's Butter also offers their products in sample sizes that can be purchased for $1.00-1.50 each

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Throwback: Messy Piggies

These pics are from before our hair styling days.. when i really had no clue what i was doing when it came to her hair. Honestly, I could hardly get a brush through it. Her hair is thin which I think makes it tangle so easily. She was rockin’ messy pigtails daily and I was cutting knots out of her hair nightly.  

Product Review: Bruce's Babes Butter

Hair & Body Butter

Price: $8.00/2.1oz
          $14.00/4oz

Our Review: We have used Bruce’s Babes Hair & Body Butter for quite a few styles and I always love the results we get, especially for braid outs. This butter has a firm consistency but softens up with heat, I usually just take a little and rub it between my palms and it’s easy to distribute throughout the hair. It has great hold, it definitely does its job keeping Keyanna’s fly aways down and her braids seem to last longer. Her hair is always soft and moisturized when we take down a style after using the butter and the braid out’s we have attempted have always been a success.  Always very defined. I think this is because of it’s firmer texture, but at the same time it is very light so it doesn’t weigh her hair down or leave it greasy, while other butters we have tried seem to be heavier and have the opposite effect on her hair. We have also used BBB as a body butter on Keyanna’s knees and legs where her skin tends to be dryer and it has worked great, my hands are always very soft after using this product on Keyanna’s hair as well. This is one of our favorite butters and we plan on using it a lot more in the future.

Here is one of the first braid outs we did using BBB Hair and Body Butter.

Shake n’ Shampoo

Price: $8.00/4oz
          $27.00/16oz

Our Review: Along with the BBB Hair & Body Butter we also received the Shake n’ Shampoo to try. We really haven’t tried many natural shampoo’s like this, we have been using Herbal Essences Hello Hydration shampoo for the past year or so. I have to admit, after our experience with this shampoo I don’t think we will be going back to the HHHE. I love this stuff! It is extremely moisturizing and doesn’t leave her hair feeling stripped at all like we get with other shampoos. I also use this shampoo on myself and love it just as much as I do for Keyanna. This shampoo is made with oils and tends to separate which is why you need to shake well before applying, and a little goes a long way. I was worried it may leave her hair feeling greasy but it didn’t at all.. Her hair was very soft after drying. Honestly the only thing I don’t like about this shampoo is that we are almost out! Lol. I definitely plan on getting more in the near future, and making it a staple in out hair routine.

You can order your own Bruce's Babes Butter Products HERE 

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Disclaimer: These product(s) were provided to me at no cost for the purpose of review, all opinions are my own.