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Nikki’s Life and Curly Hair

Devil Spray and Other Banter

By Curly Nikki 5 Comments
1. I did my hair today (in preparation for a banquet Tuesday night), despite feeling lazy- - detangled, conditioned, braided, and jumbo flexi-rodded in preparation for a dry braid-out tomorrow. I'm known to be heavy handed with products (even though I know my best hair days result from VERY little leave-in), and after putting away my hair goodies and cleaning…
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CurlyNikki Appears on the Tyra Banks Show!!!!

By Curly Nikki 249 Comments
CurlyNikki Appears on the Tyra Banks Show!!!! UPDATE 2/7/2010: Thank you guys for all the compliments and kind words on the forum, Twitter, Naturallycurly.com, and Longhaircareforum.com! It means a lot... y'all make me feel so special :-p Now, who knows if it's possible (and the process) to take the dvr clip and put it on Youtube for those that missed…
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Coconut or Castor Oil for Braid-Outs?

By Curly Nikki 32 Comments
Hola Chicas!Lately, I've been experimenting with the effects of different oils on my braid-outs. Here's what I found:Coconut Oil- Leaves my hair less defined, but very soft, fluffy, and LARGE. It has no hold, but I love the result! I learned a while ago that my curls hate coconut oil when applied wet...but my dry hair adores it. I usually…
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Dry as the Desert…

By Curly Nikki 51 Comments
Hola Chicas!I just came from hanging out with FrizzCurls427 and we realized that we've been battling the same problem lately... unforgivably dry curls! My hair is so friggin' dry! I mean parched, dried out, crunchy...just plain icky. Granted, I'm not wetting it much these days, mainly due to boredom and laziness, but I mean, DANG, it's DRY. I figure it…
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Lessons Learned 2010

By Curly Nikki 28 Comments
Hola Chicas,Okay... so I know it's only the 6th, but I've already learned 5 valuable lessons this year:1. Giovanni Direct applied alone as a leave-in, yields haystack results. Ms. Giovanni is not woman enough to moisturize these locks.2. Innersense Curl Calm leaves my hair feeling like satin-- applied both dry and wet. Unfortunately, it's way too friggin' expensive. I've got…
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