The Slick Back Bun May Complete the Look BUT...... Natural Hair Care Tips

I don’t know if y’all are like this but I love wearing slick back buns, I feel like they elevate every look, they make things look very put together and they just add the perfect touch but realistically wearing a slick back bun isn’t healthy for your hair. It may look cute but when wearing your hair in this style too much you can begin pulling your hair out in the back, cause yourself to start getting headaches and cause irritation on your scalp due to dryness as well as lots of product build up from gel or whatever products you’re using to slick your hair down.

After wearing my hair in a bun for a couple of days in a row and wash day comes around I like to give my hair and scalp some extra TLC from making sure I use my favorite products that will have my hair feeling clean and soft, I use a deep conditioning mask to rejuvenate my scalp and add the hydration back that my hair needs.

You truly notice the difference in how your hair feels and how it flourishes when you take great care of it compared to when you neglect your hair or don’t moisturize and nourish it which is why I have been trying to get myself back on the schedule of washing my hair every week and using great deep conditioners and products as well as taking vitamins and hair supplements which are all things I used to do and was doing on a consistent basis and truly saw lots of growth and improvement to my hair.

I washed my hair this past Friday and I used the Pattern Beauty conditioner for curlies and Auntie Jackie’s Oh So Clean Shampoo which are both great products (it was my first time using the Auntie Jackie’s shampoo and I was very impressed), I then used a Palmers Coconut oil and olive oil deep conditioner, then I used the Knot on my watch detangling therapy, and the Miss Jessie’s Baby soft curls jelly (which I didn’t realize was turned backwards in the picture lol) After my wash and style my hair felt so soft, refreshed, and hydrated after being slicked down for like a whole week and my hair in the back feeling strained and irritated.

Day after day I’m learning more about my hair and the fact that my scalp soaks up oils fast and gets dry quickly so I have to pay extra attention to it so that my hair continues to progress and not revert so yes sometimes the slick back bun may be cute but its not the best style for your hair to constantly be in.

3 Things Your Hair Needs:

1. Attention

2. Hydration

3. Moisture

Pattern Beauty... I'm in Love!

By Black women, for Black women.

So I’ve always loved Tracee Ellis Ross, especially since Girlfriends (one of my favorite shows ever) and still to this day, she represents so much amazingness from her hair to her fashion and style to all of the roles she’s played. She is an effortless icon and an amazing black woman. Back at the end of September she released via social media that she was releasing her haircare line Pattern Beauty that she had been working on for 10 years and as soon as I heard that I was so excited because I love her hair and how she stays true to it and her curly fro is one of the things she is known for. So after her release via her website she then later released the line in Ulta Beauty stores. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago I went into Ulta to get something from the line and I was so excited, everything about it was amazing from the marketing, the packaging, the store set up, the product variety and the size ranges.

When I got to the store I knew exactly what I wanted and went straight to it, but the Ulta Beauty employees kept telling me how amazing the product was and how it has been flying off of the shelves, they loved the product during training and certain products like the leave-in conditioner were sold out. I was already excited but their comments made me even more over the moon and excited to purchase and try the products. Not only was the leave in conditioner sold out but so was the brush and I even went to a different store just to see if they had the leave-in and they were out too but that was all good signs to me because I was just happy to see that this amazing black woman had created such an amazing product for us, by us that it’s flying off of the shelf. I purchased the ‘medium conditioner for curlies’ and the ‘hydration shampoo’, and I instantly was in love seeing that the conditioner bottle was bigger than the shampoo bottle because you know we use more conditioner than shampoo (or at least I know I do). I spent $45 for the two products, the conditioner was a 13 fl. oz. bottle for $25 and the shampoo was a 9.8 fl. oz. for $20, yes you may be thinking that’s expensive but natural hair care products aren’t cheap especially good ones and at least you get a lot of product for that price, and also after using it the quality of the product is definitely worth the price but I was willing to spend that price for the simple fact of supporting her and her brand

After using the shampoo and conditioner I can say that Pattern Beauty has a customer in me for life. They were both amazing, you didn’t need to overuse your product, it was easy to work with, smelled amazing and was very smooth. The conditioner is my absolute favorite of the two. Now let’s get into these result!! The results I got from using the shampoo and conditioner were so amazing that It almost made me want to shed tears, my curls were so defined (and this is my first wash after getting my hair redyed red less than two weeks prior), my hair was so soft, fluffy and bouncy, my three strand twist came out perfectly and my hair smelled amazing. I can say after using these two products I’m not even thinking about another shampoo and conditioner and I can’t wait to try the other products (Well when they come back in stock because many of them are sold out even on the website). I will rave about this product to any and everyone because it amazed me from the marketing, the branding, the campaigns, the way Tracee showcased it to beauty editors during fashion week, and the quality of the product itself.

Knowing your audience, what they need and how to get it to them is the formula and Tracee Ellis Ross mastered that with Pattern Beauty.

I will be doing a product review on my Youtube Channel so make sure you’re subscribed .