HOW I USE A COWASH TO

DEFINE CURLS IN MY TWA!

THIS IS MY FIRST VIDEO TUTORIAL/POST SO EXCUSE THE EDITING! THIS WAS AROUND THE TIME I DID MY BIG CHOP (FOR THE SECOND TIME LOL). MY HAIR HAS GOTTEN LONGER SINCE THEN BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THE DEFINITION IN THE CURLS AND TEXTURE! TA TA FOR NOW!

COMMENT AND SUBSCRIBE!
XOXOXOXO CHAS!

Up next.... My Hairfinity Challenge Updates & A special introductory Post from both Montrese and I!!

HOW TO SAVE BAD HAIR IN A HURRY!

Hello Fellow Fashion Addicts!

I hope that your Halloween was festive and full of tricks and treats! As for me I recently returned from eloping in Las Vegas! (Yay me!) We had an awesome time. I literally did not sleep lol! But not to stray off topic, those who know me are aware of the fact that I am VERY anal about my hair. I have been natural over a year and I decided to straighten my hair for my wedding day. I went to my local Dominican salon for a blowout and trim (she didn’t even trim my hair!) so I ended up doing it for myself which I prefer anyway. But during the vacation we were literally on the go the whole time so I wasn’t able to spend as much time on my hair without my husband getting frustrated (lol). So thank goodness I packed my favorite polo white tee because it turned out to be a life saver. The weather was fair. Sunny in the day and cool in the evening so when we were out sightseeing I got the idea to wrap my t-shirt around my head to save my hair from the heat and still be stylish at the same time! I call it my Eyrkah Badu look! I’ve included pictures so maybe it will come in handy for some of you all.

Feel free to comment or ask questions. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated from Montrese and me. 

Be Blessed! 

Chas!!

TOP 5 FASHION TRENDS OF 2011
The leaves are falling, the weather outside is brisk, and winter is coming about. There is a flame waiting to be sparked in our closets! This season’s trends include plays on patterns, prints and various colors. Texture and contrast are also huge factors in creating the perfect day or evening look. Adding these different accent pieces to your outfit can stimulate flair to your ensemble. With a little free time and an eye for great deals you can usually find practically new pieces at your local consignment stores (Trust me I have mastered the art!). One thing a woman adores is to stand out in a crowd. Using your own creativity and fashion sense renders a bold statement without breaking your bank. Also COMFORT IS KEY, I cannot stress that enough. You may have paid the price for those red bottoms but is it really worth the pain of walking on stilts? (Not that I have had the chance to slip into a pair of those, but I’m just saying). While the trends of the season depict simplicity and elegance of the 60’s and 70’s sometimes we have to let the wild side surface! Choker necklaces and cuff bracelets are in this season along with leather bondage accessories. Yes I said it! Although controversial with its sexual stigma, it has found its way onto the runway. So with that said, if you unleash the best don’t down play it! But I digress, here are my top 5:

SEEING SPOTS!

CRISSCROSSED &SQUARED AWAY

           




AUTUMN RUST

Snug To The Max

Laced With Elegance

By: Chasity Johnson 10/14/2011
The Powder Room: Confessions of The Broke &Trendy

Trying Some New Things

Hey!! So these past few days I have been busy non-stop, but while I'm getting ready for school I decided I wanted to come share a few things that I personally will be doing in the next couple weeks.

I picked up a couple things that I wanted to show you guys that I'll be reviewing and using in my next few posts.

Peter Coppola Argan Oil Hair Treatment
Blum Naturals Pro Age Daily Cleansing/Makeup Remover Towelettes
Wet N Wild "Walking on Eggshells" Eyeshadow Trio

I've been using these products & I do like them, but a more in-depth review will be posted soon!

Ciao!!

Fall Makeup!! Look 1: Graphic Liner & A Dark Lip

DARKNESS REIGNS: Fall Makeup Series

 

Products Used: In No Particular Order

Face: Benefit "That Gal" Brightening Face Primer, Maybelline Fit Me Foundation (#355), MAC Studio Finish Concealer (NC50), Black Opal Stick Foundation (Suede Mocha-Contour), Maybelline Dream Mousse Bronzer (#10 Glistening Sun-Highlight), The Balm Mary-Lou Manizer (highlight) MAC Minerlize Skinfinish Natural (Dark), Makeup Forever HD Finishing Powder.

Eyes/Brows: Maybelline Eye Studio Gel Eyeliner (Blackest Black), MAC Liquid Eye-Liner (Boot Black), MAC Brow Pencil (Spiked), NYX Brow Wax, MAC Studio Finish Concealer (NC50), L'Oreal Voluminous Millions Lash (Carbon Black), Maybelline Great Lash (Blackest Black-bottom lashes), MAC eyeshadow (Ricepaper-Brow Highlight)

Lips: MAC Cyber lipstick and Nightmoth lipliner

Thrifty Shopper

✰☆99¢ Simplicity Patterns!☆✰

I'm so excited! Today while looking for sewing supplies my favorite place to shop Hobby Lobby was running a special on patterns, They normally cost $6-17 bucks, which is a bit too much. So look forward for more from me! I will also be participating in Project Restyle so i will be inviting you my readers to raid the thrift stores for fabulous finds!! In the meantime be easy and God Bless!!
*Chasity

Pre-Pleated Skirt Tutorial!!

Before Finishing Touches!

Afternoon Fellow Fashion Addicts!!

                          I decided to post a sort of interlude to my pleated skirt tutorial. I got the inspiration from Shirley B. Eniang you can watch her video tutorial with the link i provided! She is definitely an inspiration to create and share our blog! So i am actually putting the finishing touches on the first skirt and the second on im gonna actually show you how i completed the look. I am very excited to share my passion with the world and i hope you will welcome Trese and I with open arms! With that said im going to run off to finish my skirt and we shall meet again in the near future!! God Bless! 

Coming Up!!

I know you guys are SICK of hearing from me, so Chas got next, but I did wanna update you with what's coming up. Chas is working on a skirt...a pleated maxi skirt to be exact! It looks great, and we're both really excited to show it to you guys! The skirt post will actually start our series of fashion posts that we will call...eh...we don't know yet, but they'll be dope. I'm stupid excited about our Fall Fashion vidoes, as well as a cool lookbook type post that we're about to start working on.

Anywho, here is a list of a few of our fav blogs/websites at the moment!

Curb Appeal
The Sartorialist
The 2econd Floor

-Trouble Trese ;-)

Co-Wash Regimen

Hola! So it's Trese and I'm back with another hair post...I wasn't even planning on posting this but I wanted to try the Taliah Waajid "The Great Detangler" Leave-In conditioner. This won't be a full review of this product, because I want to use it again before I do that, but I will say I did like it alot!

So, the first thing I did was apply my co-wash product which is Veganese from LUSH. It's made with Seaweed and Lemon so it produces super shiny and soft hair! 

LUSH-Veganese

This is my hair with the Veganese on it!

 

 

I leave the Veganese on for about 30-45 min with a plastic cap on, then I rinse.

This is my hair after I rinse the conditioner out, soaking wet

After rinsing, I apply my leave in. Normally I use a concoction that Chas makes but I received a sample, from the natural hair show, of  Taliah Waajid's "The Great Detangler" so I decided to give that a go.

Walgreens-The Great Detangler Taliah Waajid

from left to right: Chas's hair potion (leave-in), African Royale hot six oil, The Body Shop's Rainforest Moisture Hair Butter, and LUSH's King of the Mod's Light Hold hair gel

 
 That picture is also the order in which I apply my products, Leave-in, oil, butter or cream moisturizer, then holding product. These products change with the season/how I feel, this is just what I've been using for the past month.

My hair after I add all my products (except the gel) and have detangled

Last, I two-strand twist my hair, applying the hair gel to my ends before I twist. This is what it looks like once I'm finished:

I wear these twists for 3-4 days before I was my hair with shampoo. (ex. I co-wash my hair Sunday and take down and shampoo on Wed-Thurs and re-twist)

I hope you guys have enjoyed these couple posts, I'm trying to get into the habit of posting regularly! 

Peace, Trouble Trese ;-)

Shea Moisture Deep Treatment Masque Review

Hello Blogger World! It's Trese, and I wanted to start off with giving you guys a review of the "Shea Moisture Deep Treatment Masque". First I just want to say that the product was purchased with my OWN money, & neither Chas nor I are paid to review any of these products. So let's jump into it!

I purchased this product about a month and a half ago. That was right before I put highlights in my hair and I knew I would need some kind of deep conditioner that would help with strengthening and moisturizing my hair.Well I'm a frequent youtube natural hair video stalker watcher, and I watched some really positive reviews about it so I decided to give it a try. I bought it from Target, pronounced Tar-jay, and it was $10 for 12oz, which is a great deal, especially considering the ingredients!!

This deep treatment masque is supposed to "deeply penetrate to moisturize and repair over-processed, dry, brittle, or damaged hair. It contains Sea Kelp minerals to detoxify hair follicles, Argan Oil to restore shine and rebuild elasticity, and Shea Butter to deeply moisturize and repair."

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I used the masque in my hair about a week after I highlighted my hair, making sure to adhere strictly to the directions. Unfortunately I didn't get the results I was hoping for, but I continued to use the product every week. By week 4 I was still getting the same sad results so I decided to try the product in a different way. I read on the side of the jar that it could also be used as a leave-in, so I decided to use it as a moisturizer for my twists. To my surprise it worked extremely well! I only had to use a little and it made my hair super soft and it smelled yummy! Speaking of the scent, it has a nice sweet floral smell that lingers nicely on the hair so you kind of get a whiff of it throughout the day lol. I'll post a more detailed review of how exactly I use it at a later date.

 Ultimately I was a bit disappointed that this was not my holy grail deep conditioner (I'm still looking!!) but I am glad I found a way to use it up so I'm not wasting my money! 

-Trouble Trese ;-)

Here's a few pics of the Shea Moisture Deep Treatment Masque:

It is super creamy and very rich but doesn't leave the hair greasy!