Masterclass: Hair on Purpose (what should I do with my hair?)

I was invited by Koyinsola of Tresses by KVC to speak during her masterclass, Hair on Purpose: What Should I Do With My Hair. During the session, we talked about our relaxed/texlaxed/natural hair journey…

Style, Salon ExperienceOreka Godis7 June 2019MasterClass, panel, speaker, kinky hair, Hair & Beauty Fair, Hair Consultation

The Kinky Apothecary Brunch

A bunch of us ladies were invited to Social Place, 33 Sinari Daranijo St, Victoria Island recently to enjoy delicious mimosas and a 3-course meal catered by Ozoz Sokoh - aka Kitchen Butterfly

iLove Freeness: Savvy & Chic Hair Beauty Hub (giveaway!)

As it is the week of love, in addition to ONE S.C HBH goodie bag, I'm also including a N10,000 voucher to the mix. Please note the N10,000 must be spent in one go. Some of it can go towards

Oh, Takara, Takara, You Belmont You

After my hair was steamed, the stylist gave me a trim and blow dry and for days, I had such movement in my hair, my hair felt light, bounced, shone (grease free!) and danced with the wind.

ToolsOreka Godis30 August 2013Takara Belmont, hair steamer, steam, treatment

Have a Break, Have a Cuppa

If there's one thing I added to my regimen this year which I wish I did sooner, it would be a toss between tea and vinegar rinses.

RegimenOreka Godis20 August 2013products, tea, herbal rinse, tea rinse

18-MEA and your conditioner

I've been looking for ways to amp up my hair products using natural oils as I almost always air dry my hair and I've read about the importance of including ceramides in my hair products especially during

IngredientOreka Godis8 August 2013conditioner, lipid, products

Grey Matter

what does this mean? Honestly, I don't know. I mean, I don't know what I did to reverse it

WondermentOreka Godis7 August 2013grey, supplements

Keracare: everything isn't for everybody

I don't know if it's the mineral oil in Keracare's Humecto Conditioner that my hair hates but something about that product doesn't curl all the way around. I

Salon ExperienceOreka Godis7 August 2013Kera Care, mineral oil, products

The conditions of washing

Many hair bloggers have spoken on how detergents in shampoo and even some conditioners can strip hair of its natural oils and for those that are pH conscious, some believe that

RegimenOreka Godis7 August 2013conditioner, PH, no poo, co wash, castile soap, coconut milk, aloe vera, products

Pre-Poo Revisited

Reading through Just Grow Already, I noticed that Jeni mostly pre-poos with oil on her scalp and another type of oil on the length of her hair. I needed to understand why before I switched

Sulphur? What Sulphur?

Sulfur will extend the length of your anagen phase (by months, years, etc), by speeding up (shorten the length of time of) the other stages

RegimenOreka Godis7 August 2013products, regimen, sulphur, sublime sulphur powder, liquid gold hair growth oil, Njoy

For the love of cornrows

The downside to didi, besides the terrible habit of constantly having my hand playing with the plaits, is that I can't seem to keep it longer than a week which isn't ideal for a serious protective style.

StyleOreka Godis30 July 2013protective style, didi, french braid, shukwu, shuku, patewo, corn row, threading

On Scalp Exfoliation

Some people do theirs with conditioner, some use a lot of oil, some use brown sugar, some only watch it from afar and some advise against it altogether.

RegimenOreka Godis25 July 2013Exfoliate, experiment, scalp, sugar scrub

A few of my favourite things

very handy when I'm on set and the hairstylist can't do anything to people that sit in his/her chair and the challenge of the day is to style actual hair growing root to tip from an actual weave-less scalp.

StyleOreka Godis25 July 2013updo, coiff

Green Light District

Women lie, men lie, adverts lie but the length retention you'll get when you are on the right track? There's no forging that.

26 Weeks Later

Now that the 26 week stretch has been conquered, I feel empowered with all the knowledge I've obtained on my own hair — you never stop learning about yourself, do you? For the first time since I moved to Nigeria, I think I can actually help my hair achieve what it's been trying to for a while now.