Milan!

Just some pictures of sights from my 4 day trip to Milan- enjoy!

One of many big salads I enjoyed :)

Duomo Cathedral

Galleria Vittorio Emmanuelle

Inside the building...they had an Armani cafe (5 euros for a tiny cup of coffee better be free refills)

Me being a typical tourist

This street had sooo many labels- Dior, Celine, Giuseppe Zannoti, Armani, Versace, Prada, Gucci...you get the picture!

Obviously provided inspiration for this menu

Hotel we stayed at (it provided breakfast and had a spa with a sauna, turkish bath and gym)

We caught a race happening- I cannot believe a triathlon occurred during 34 degree weather 

Me and one of my many cocktails I tried (my favourites were: Amaretto di sonno, Pina Colada and Mai Tai)

Tips for Milan:

1. DO change Euros at the airport or before you travel, the exchange rate is terrible
2. DO take mosquito repellent if you are travelling during Summer and plan to be out after 6pm
3. DO travel by Metro, the 8.25euro 2 day unlimited travel pass is a bargain
4. DO remember whenever and wherever you eat there will be a 2-2.50euro cover charge added (per person)
5. DO be wary of taxis. Metro is cheaper, a taxi ride to our hotel was 95euros, by train it was 11.50 per person

I got braids!

Yep, I got my braids done recently in Ghana, it cost 20 cedis (7 pounds, $10).

I used 2 packs of X pressions hair (which is what I always use), colour 1B. I was hesitant to get my hair done because I have worked hard to get my natural hair to a good state of health (and growth!). It was okay in the end, although I think it is obvious that more hairdressers need to learn how to care for natural hair rather than "do" hair (this was my first time to a hairdresser since August 2011). I hope to have it in for at least 5 weeks.

I recently uploaded my second part of my Ghana vlog, if you want to check it click here

My Recent Natural Hair Hairstyles

Three hairstyles I rocked this holiday:

Top Left: two flat twists and a pinned bun

Top Right: Afro puff tutorial here

Bottom: Afro puff turned into a Faux bun

I recently uploaded a hair styling tutorial on Youtube - click here if you want to watch :)

Ghana 2013- UPDATED WITH VLOG!

This was my sixth trip to Ghana, we stay in Accra because we have a house over there. I blogged (see here) and vlogged (see here) about my last trip to Ghana in December 2011. I will definitely be producing another vlog! But here are some pictures in the meantime, I love Ghana so much :)

I ate so much in Ghana- peanut soup and fufu, light soup with goat meat and fufu, kelewele (plantain), red red, jollof rice and banku :]

The last day

Nothing like a good cup of tea

At the Golden Tulip hotel

Labadi beach view from La Palm

 At La Palm hotel

 En route to Labadi Beach

I love these earrings

Afro puff/on the way to the Mall

 Eaten way too much at the Ghanaian buffet aka heaven

Bojo  Beach

 Bojo  Beach

 Bojo  Beach

At Labadi Beach

Cedis (£1= 2.9 cedis)

Vlog

Back from Jamaica! Pictures and Vlog

Hey guys I have been back from Jamaica for one week now and I'm going to share a few of my pictures and place two videos below :)

Hey Cuba!

 Hey Jamaica!

 Great House of Rose Hall (one of the last houses in Jamaica where slaves were kept) , if you don't know the story about Annie Palmer google her!

 Sunset at the Great House

 Me at Negril, the water was so clear - it was paradise!

 Sunset at Rick's Cafe

 Negril

 Sunset in Montego Bay

 

 Being cooked for at the Japanese restaurant

 Our room view

Sam Sharpe square, a small history lesson on slavery

 St Ann's waaay up in the mountains to go to Bob Marley's grave and childhood home

 Bob's home

 Bye Jamaica :(

 Yes I got box braids more information on that in my next blog post :)

< General Catch Up Chit Chat

< My Jamaica Vlog

I'm off to Jamaica! Packing my hair products...

Hi guys I am off to Jamaica from the 18th August and I am sooo excited! I have scheduled blog posts while I am away and also afterwards I will post a blog with some holiday photos :) It was quite important for me to ensure I have my hair products with me so here is what I am taking:

 Left to Right: Giovanni Leave In Conditioner, Shea Moisture Shampoo, Castor oil with Olive Oil and my conditioner mix (Tresemme Naturals and Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose).

 

I am also taking my Hairveda Whipped Cream Ends Hydration sample from British Curlies which I reviewed here

Travel Bottles are a great solution for packing hair products for a trip. I purchased two for just over £2 from Boots, they can also be purchases from Superdrug. Usually in the Summer they have offers, also if you are a reader from outside of the UK I know Ebay and Amazon also sell travel bottles.

If you would like to see how I packed my hair products for my holiday last Summer click here

Ghana & My Hair (pictures included)

One thing about Ghana is there is ALOT of dust on the roads.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Ghana was very very hot too, so I enjoyed Ghana but Ghana was not good to my hair lol. My hair was dryyyyyy- maybe it was my fault I did not bring enough moisturiser (and some of my products melted). Most of the time I wore my wig, I straightened my synthetic wig luckily it is heat resistant. Results:

< this was the wig when it was curly

When I wasn't wearing my wig (out of laziness or because it was too hot) I wore buns, my hair got really dry though:

> 20 weeks post

> braidout bun

< braidout bun



The above hairstyle was created by braiding my hair in 4 braids overnight and then taking them out in the morning and bunning. Headband is from Forever 21. Wow I miss my relaxed hair! :(. I've reached APL btw but *shrugs* I'm not that bothered about the length of my hair anymore I dunno why that is.

Products I bought with me on holiday:

• Travel bottle of coconut oil, olive oil and castor oil
• Travel bottle of Tresemme Natural conditioner
• Small jar of Hairveda moisturiser (should have bought more!)