3 Ways to Keep Your Hair Simple When Your Life is Super Busy

By Tenisha Mercer
www.HairNista.Blogspot.com

Life happens, and sometimes, so does our hair.

You know those times when you get so busy that you can't think straight? Yeah, been going through that for a minute now. And you just don't have an entire day to dedicate to washing your hair, you don't have hours to deep condition, apply product and then set your hair.

Even little things seem to be too much. Forget twisting and bantuing. You want something quick, because you don't have time to dry it! Too many other things to do. For those with natural hair, though, you can't totally neglect our hair or you may end up with a tangled, matted mess.

But there are somethings that you can do to shave precious minutes from your routine.

Here are three ways to cut down your routine time:

Modify your routine.  Yes, modify, modify, modify. New babies, new jobs, new responsibilities. All of those things take time away from our hair. You simply don't have 3 hours to twist your hair and THEN take it down a few weeks later. So take a good, hard look at your hair routine and see what you can cut out. Do you REALLY need to have that deep conditioner in your hair for four hours or will 30 minutes be enough? Do you need to wash your hair eveyr week when every 2-3 weeks will do? Look for ways that you can cut time out of of your regimen and then only do what's absolutely necessary.

Reexamine your products. Many wash and go girls -- and yes, product junkies, too -- put on layers and layers of products. And all that takes time. What product or products can you cut out off your routine? Do you really need a creamy leave in, a finishing spray and an oil? Will just two or three products be OK?

Simplify your style. This is an obvious one, but what style can you to that you can shorten your routine. For me, a straight style takes less time overall. Others prefer braided styles that they can just leave and go. Figure out which styles you can live with and then rank them according to how much time they take. Or , get an extra day or two out of the styles that you already have.

How do you make your natural hair routine work with limited time?

It's Tax Time - What are You Planning to Buy?

By Tenisha Mercer
www.HairNista.Blogspot.com



It's tax time -- what do you plan to spend your refund on?

April 15th marks the IRS income tax filing deadline, if you've procrastinated, it means you have until 11:59 p.m. tonight to file.

If you're lucky, it could mean a nice tax refund in your bank account. And since you've got it to splurge, what hair product would you treat yourself to, courtesy of good ol' Uncle Sam (really, it's your money, but anywho)?

Target Launches A Price Matching War

By Tenisha Mercer
HairNista.Blogspot.com

Besides hair and fashion, saving money is my other passion. I like to save money whenever and wherever I can; it's addictive, really, and (almost) nothing makes me happier than a good deal (maybe a good deal on hair productsk,maybe?).

Soo, you know there's no better than when my fave retailer -- Target -- gets in a virtual price war with other retailers. Yesterday, Tarjay announced it would match prices customers find on Amazon.com, Walmart.com, BestBuy.com or ToysRUs.com.

Merry Christmas from HairNista!

By Tenisha Mercer

Merry Christmas, HairNistas!

I hope Santa brought you all the natural hair products you wished for.

Check out this Natural Hair Christmas Tree on YouTube by Nappy Goddesse.

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What's on your Christmas Wish List?

By Tenisha Mercer

Christmas is the time to splurge. And what better way to splurge than on natural hair products?

If I could have my way with Santa, this would be on my list:

1. Huetiful hair steamer. A bit extravagant for  moi, considering that I use a good old free plastic bag, a towel and a microwave. But it's Christmas, right?

2. Curlformers. Not the bootleg 'Curlformers' I buy on ebay. But the real deal. As in the deluxe package from Sally's.

3. A big basket of all those products I want to try but hesitate to shell out the money for because I don't want to be too much of a PJ: Karen's Body Beautiful, Darcy's Botanicals, Qhemet's, DevaCurl, HairRules, etc. Yeah, buddy!

4: A professional twist out. This one's probably the lowest priced out of all of them. Just itching to let someone else twist up this hair for once -- at a natural hair salon.  I think they'll really show ME how it's done.


What's on your natural hair shopping list?