One of the hairstyles I played around with during the festive season was a braided mohawk (with hair extensions), which I liked a lot.

So I tried the Dark and Lovely Braids conditioning spray…yes Dark and Lovely has something for us too.lol

I’d spritz it onto my braids & on my own hair of course, every 3rd day. I was impressed at how clean & soft my hair still looked when I took them off; no build up…and it was soft too. I didn’t feel that rush to wash it straight away.

I have also tried it both on my hair before braids, and on my nunu’s  hair but mine (type 4b/c loved it more than hers (type 3 – she’s more on the curly side).

This spray’s good shem. I’ll probably stick to it for a while & see if my hair loves it the same way in winter, as it does in summer.

Sold at: Pick ‘n Pay, Clicks, Checkers

Price: Differs per retailer.

Ingredients: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Oleth-20, Parfum(fragrance), Imidazolidinyl Urea, Methylparaben, Limonene, Linalool, Benzyl Salicylate, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot Kernel Oil), Tocopheryl Acetate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Amyl Cinnamal, Citronellol, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Geraniol

We are excited to be back from a well-deserved rest & are both looking forward to a super year ahead.

Please feel free to share on your festive season looks.

Our very own Nangamso finally decided to lock her hair in December & I must say she looks real good…

This should be an interesting year for us since we’re now wearing our hear in different styles. Our dreadlocked readers now have someone to relate to on FroChic…whoop!

I (Matlhodi) on the other hand played around with a few hairstyles over the holidays and visited a few salons (Salon review coming up soon).

How was your “Dizemba”? How did you rock your hair? Uba ngenile naa? lol

Keep it natural!

One Love!

What an exciting year this has been for us as a South African hair blog. We got recognition from people we could only imagine to get attention from.

We gained more readers, subscribers, fans and followers who took part in this movement (in a Julius Malema tone).lol. We got more interaction from you guys, thousands of emails. For that, we can’t even describe how grateful we are.

We’re looking forward to a highly successful 2012 full of new projects, new contributing writers, new home & a whole lot more. Some of these projects are quite scary to us but we believe with your love & support, FroChic will reach new heights in the new year and natural hair will no longer be seen as a “style” but as (simply) hair.

To all our beautiful natural FroChic, have a blessed Christmas and a fabulous New Year.

Until we see each other in the new year…Adeos amigos!!

Love,

Matlhodi & Nangamso

Anyway, we were excited to discover that one of this year’s winning pair of Eastgate Look of fashion, Carol Marie was natural…even better, she rocked a TWA at the event.  She succeeds former miss SA, Bokang Montjane. 

Congratulations to the beautiful Carol and thanks for reppin the naturals out there.

Ain't she just pretty...

Carol showing them how it's done in casual wear

Carol strutting her stuff in animal print

“A South African woman was arrested at Bangkok’s international airport after police said they found 1.5kg of cocaine with a street value of 4.5 million baht (about R1.2 million) hidden in her dreadlocks, a news report said on Tuesday.

Nobanda Nolubabalo, 23, was searched on Monday when police said they noticed a white substance in her “hair” shortly after she stepped off a Qatar Airways flight.”
More on the story here.

LOL…I guess they didn’t have a choice but to do the “big chop”

I don’t know whether the fact that they’re not even real locks should come as a relief OR get me worked up since a lot of people can’t even tell the difference. Judging by the number of times I got this story forwarded to us via email, clearly people think these are real locs. Uh-Uh. Hold it right there. smh

Sweety, from the FroChic team & naturals who wear REAL locks…shame on you for dragging natural hair in the mud. smh!

So I recently went to a hair salon for my occasional ”length check” blow-drying  and must say my experience this time around was quite lekka.

I had already I coloured, washed & deep conditioned my hair at home (still don’t trust hair stylists in that department). See the thing about a lot of black hair salons is that they are brilliant with relaxed hair & dreadlocks… Afros? Not.

Aaanyway, check this out:

1. When I walked in, I was greeted with a smile. Mind you there’s no reception area there but the warm smile & “Hello” alone made me feel super-welcome. That’s all a customer need. A FRIENDLY FACE.
2. There were only 2 ladies on duty (it’s a pretty small salon in Malvern) and the other one asked me what I was there for (well she had worked on my hair before) and didn’t give me the nasty look when I told her I only needed a good blow-dry.
3. She asked me POLITELY and NICELY to wait for a few minutes in the waiting area while she was finishing off the other client. I had to cut the poor lady some slack & put myself in the client’s shoes. I personally don’t appreciate it when a stylist works on my hair while multitasking.
4. The 1st thing I saw when I sat on her workplace warmed my heart….A WIDE-TOOTHED COMB. Yessss!!!
5. Next thing she took out the Dark & Lovely moisture seal spray. Another brownie point.
6. And then I kindly reminded her that I didn’t want a lot of heat on my hair when she started blowdrying…and unlike the 1st time around she just gave me a sweet, I-remember-that “Sure”, while looking at me in the eye on my mirror reflection.lol
7. I kid you not here… there was not tugging and pulling. No ouches (well maybe a few…you know my hair.lol)
8. Overall, it was a pretty lekke experience.
9. The best part was when she was done; I told her what a great job she had done & she said, in her French accent (she’s from Cameroon) “We hardly ever work on Afros here, so this was a challenge for me & I’m learning as we go”. A lot of stylists could learn from this girl; admit when you don’t know & STOP giving us the nasty look. Amen

Love,
Tlhodis

Congratulations girl. Enjoy your hamper.

Unfortunately we had to disqualify some of the entrants since a lot of you sent through pictures with your hair in hair extensions (braids and weaves).

Ladies and gentleman…introducing our three entrants, in no particular order, who are eligible for the hamper…

EVELYN

Evelyn 5 years ago

Evelyn now

LEBO

“5 years ago I tried an afro and failed horribly…and then decided to lock, boy am I glad I did!”

Sporting an afro five years ago...

Five years later...rocking beautiful, long dreads

Masindi 5 years ago

Masindi now

Now, all you need to do is vote for the person who you think deserves to win this awesome hamper!

Take Our Poll

You have until Friday, 2 December to choose – so lets get voting folks!

The winner will be announced on Monday, 5 December.

How ill are these! I love em.

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It’s our 2nd birthday/anniversary and we’re feeling generous!!

November is our birthday month &  we thought what better way to celebrate  than to have a giveaway!!

Yes folks, we are giving away a beautiful hamper of the Sofn’free HealthiHair & HealthiScalp range. A few weeks ago I did a Sofn free HealthiHair and HealthiScalp review and some of those products I mentiond in that post will be included in the hamper

The hamper will include the following products:

1. Sofn’free Scalp Therapy

2. Sofn’free Hair Mayonnaise

3. Sofn’free Nutri-Feed Olive Oil Moisturising Spray

4. Sofn’free Scalp Tissue Oil

5. Sofn’free Shine Serum

So what do you need to do to win this fantastic hamper:

The theme for this competition is “Where were you 5 years ago?”

You need to send us a pic of your hair 5 years ago & your current look. Easy as that! Send your pictures to: frochic@gmail.com

The picture with the winning transformation will scoop the price.

Competition Rules:

• Pictures of weaves, wigs and any form of hair extensions (braids, plaits etc) will not be considered. We’re interested in your own hair.
• Your current look must be natural; relaxers are only acceptable in your before (5 years ago) pictures only.
• After we put pictures of the entrants up, readers will vote for the winner.
• The closing date is 12h00, Friday, 25 November 2011.
• Please note that this giveaway is only open for South African residents.
• Winners will be notified by email.