Following my recent hair update post, I’ve decided to continue the weave discussion and gossip about how important heat protection is for natural hair and extensions. I’ll be honest, I’m blessed with thick shiny dark hair and have only ever had one episode where my hair was in such bad condition due to bleaching that it snapped an awful lot *I still get nightmares thinking about it!*. Maintaining the condition of my hair is very important to me and I prioritise it,  ...

Back in April, I decided to get hair extensions! I’ve had them before, a few years back and they changed my life after forever having short hair. Back then I got micro loops, also known as micro rings, for those of you who have no idea about extensions basically this is a technique. Strand by strand, a micro loop extension is applied to a similar sized piece of your own hair around 1cm away from the scalp. Tiny, silicone lined aluminium rings hold the extensions securely in place,  ...