I found a recipe using all natural ingredients as a deep condition for super moisture and softness to the hair. I found it on the very first blog of Black Girl with Long Hair (www.blackgirllonghair.blogspot.com, although she now has a website www.bglhonline.com). The recipe calls for:

bananas
extra virgin olive oil
honey
coconut milk or cream

I did more research and instead of using real or ripe bananas, many have suggested using bananas in the baby food aisle. This way you can avoid having banana particles in the hair after rinsing.

I have decided to try this recipe out. In my quest of trying to find the ingredients, I was able to find everything except for the baby food bananas. All they had were Heinz creamy banana porridge. I was thinking hmmmm, could I get away with this or would this be a bad mistake???

After a lot of thinking and staring at the jar of baby food, I decided that it may not be such a good idea. Although I wasn't able to find banana baby food, I did have a MAJOR breakthrough, I was able to find several and yes several essential oils, lavender, eucalyptus, rosemary and peppermint for a reasonable price of just $3 for 10ml. I'm so excited!!!

I am still going to do the recipe just without bananas and I'm going to add plain yogurt in the place of it. I'm not sure exactly how much of each I'm going to use. Once I have tried it out I will post the specifics along with the results.

If you have any other ideas about what can be used as a great moisturizer instead of the bananas or just anything for moisture or anything with the essential oils let me know. I'm always looking for new recipes. Wish me luck!!!

Dear Followers and Visitors,

If you have been following my blog or exploring the various content available, this entry is very out of the ordinary from the content to the timing and more.





I have recently decided to join the Invisible Children "25" Campaign. This quick and sudden decision may seem rash and not well thought out...and in some ways it is, but for the most part it is not.





Throughout my life, I have always prided myself on being a compassionate individual always wanting to do for others instead of myself. And at one point in time, I thought of this trait as a downfall, a weakness and opportunity to change. With time and much meditation, I have come to realize it's simply who I am and what I'm meant to do.





It has influenced many of my lifelong decisions, from all the volunteer work I did prior to college, during college, why I joined a sorority to why I one day plan on going back to grad school to get my degree.





But I've neglected this, neglected who I am for far too long and just watched and listened to the tragedies and sadness that plagues our world. And I finally had my AH-HA moment where it clicked to quit talking, quit watching and start doing.





Now I could easily just take a paycheck or two and donate, but that would be meaningless, purposeless. I've join this cause not only to raise money, but to spread the word, to inform and open the eyes of others. So I'm putting in the work, not just for money but to spark a fire in someone who will spark another and another, so that slowly we can change this world.

My lifelong vocation of service begins with this campaign, but will continue until I take my last breath.

If this has touched you in any way, please go to my fundraising page and donate whatever you can no matter how small or big at http://ic.stayclassy.org/member/ic-fundraising?fcid=51027 ....and share my efforts.

Before I begin this entry, I need to apologize. I have been in somewhat of a bad state the last couple of weeks which turned into a month of neglection from my blog; which kind of reflects a neglection from my soul.

The last month has been one of the toughest rollercoasters I've had to ride (although I'm sure there are worst to come).

I have fluctutated between the world and my soul. I've had doubts and worry; confusion and confidence; darkness with minimal light. While being in this flux, instead of cleaning my soul of the soot that surrounds it, I just pounded more and more on.

I went back to things that do nothing but keep me in the traps of the mind. That keep me in this cycle of the world.

During sadhana, one morning I realized that I truly needed to cleanse myself; to get rid of as many toxins and negativities as I could...I wasn't sure of exactly how to do this, but I knew I needed to do something.

I fasted. During that short stint, I realized that before I could truly get rid of all the dirt and crud that surrounds me, I had to get rid of the dirt and soot around me.

Meaning you put out what you put in.

I was eating junk foods like french fries, chips, popcorn, sodas, ice cream, cookies, vegetable eggrolls and pasta that had egg. I was putting in negative and harmful foods in my body.

My house, my living area wasn't clean. I hadn't vacuumed or dusted in weeks. All that accumulation from the negativities of each day was just sitting there. This is what I was sleeping in, clothing in.

No wonder, I was constantly going back and forth. No wonder why my soul was choking.

I had to stop or my soul would continue to choke until it took its last breath.

You have to purify your body and your environment before you can even FATHOM of going into the deep inner core of your soul.