The Benefits of Rose Water

What's up!!!
What's up!!!
What's up everyone!!! 

I hope everyone is doing well:)

Today I'm blogging about the benefits of Rose Water.

I absolutely love using Rose Water as a spritz for my locs.  It leaves my locs, hydrated, moist and soft.  Yeah! Yeah! I know I already mentioned the benefits of Rose Water already.  If you have not seen it yet, check out my "Let's Go Shopping Everyone" video below:
http://youtu.be/DulO3pyIMh4

I started using Rose Water because I saw a lot of youtuber's using it to moisturize their hair.  So when I saw it in the Wholefood Market one day I picked it up to try it.  Now I can't get enough of it!!!!!

Rose Water is basically a by-product of rose oil through the distillation of pure fresh rose petals.  In other words it's the water from rose petals....  You can buy it from the Whole Food Market for about $5.99 to $8.99 depending on the size or you can make it yourself:)))  I just started making it myself because I got tired of paying for it...lol...All you need is the following:

 DISTILLED WATER

 

 ROSE ABSOLUTE (in jojoba oil)

 

AN EMPTY SPRAY BOTTLE

 

 



I use an empty 4 0z. Rose Water spray bottle fill it up with distilled water and add 5 to 6 drops of Rose Absolute oil.  Shake to mix it altogether and you are done.  Keep in mind their are other ways to make it which you can find online, YouTube and Google.  I just find this to be the easiest and best way to make it.  Now that I explained to you what Rose Water is, where to get it and how to make your own. Now let me go into the benefits of using it.

 

Since ancient times roses were used for various reasons like perfume, medicine and nutrition.  For the purpose of this blog we are going to focus on its natural healing properties (the medicine portion) of roses.  Rose Water is a natural anti-septic, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory product which makes it perfect to treat most skin and hair issues.

 

For the skin Rose Water is a good cleanser and toner.  It's most often added to ointment to be used as an emollient or added to cold creams.  Rose Water can also be used to treat skin infections like dry scaly skin, oily skin, skin inflammation, dermatitis and eczema.

 

For the hair Rose Water soothes, nourishes, and revitalize the scalp thereby enabling smooth blood flow to the scalp.  It keeps the scalp cool and fresh, it also rejuvenates the scalp preventing inflammation.  Last but not least Rose Water strengthens the hair roots and promotes hair growth.  Therefore acting as a wonderful conditioner because it keeps the hair free from split, dry and frizzy ends.
 
If you are looking for something different, light weight and natural to use as a hair spritz try Rose Water.  It does not way down your hair, clog your pores or cause heavy build up like hair spray oils, leave in conditioners, hair creams, hair grease and most hair oils. 
 
Keep in mind everyone, water is the universal moisturizer.  Any product that uses water as it's key ingredient is a very good option.  Anyway that's all I have for you today:)))
 
Thank you everyone for reading my blog and most of all thank you for your support.
 
Remember to stay healthy, natural and happy!!!!
 
 
Thank you,
 
Diva Desert Locs

 





Loc Update

What's up!  What's up everyone!  I hope everyone is doing well.  Today I just wanted to give everyone an update on my locs.  I'm very happy with how my loc's are growing and how they look:)))

Check them out in the pics below:

Front View

  

 Side View

Back View

See guys they are long, beautiful and healthy but just like the majority of loc wearers I discovered lint in my locs.  This was such a disappointing discovery that I actually concerned cutting my locs and going back to being a loose natural.  But after thinking about how far I've come in my loc journey and how far I want to go I decided not to cut them.  Bottom line I want my locs to grow down to my tailbone and I'm not giving up until I achieve that goal.

I just have to figure out how to get the lint out!  Yes I'm on a new quest to find a solution on how to get the lint out of my locs without destroying them.  Like I did one of my locs already using tweezers...lol....If you have not seen it yet checkout my loc update video below:

http://youtu.be/dA6GJUs9SME
In the video I showed everybody how I damaged that poor loc:((((

At first I thought I had lint in only one loc but I was seriously mistaken.  It was like five locs!!!!!  When I went through my hair to cut my two headed dragons (two locs combined to make one loc) I discovered there were other locs that had lint in them too.

The embedded lint in my loc

Poor loc:((

My trimmed ends and the two headed dragons I cut

Instead of attacking them with tweezers, I took a deep breath and said to myself, "I will find a way!"  On that note I decided to change my hair regimen.  Once a week I will clarify my locs after I wash them like I do now (For my current hair regimen, check out the current journey tab) .  The only difference is that I will alternate between using bentonite clay, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, and tea tree rinses.

I'm hoping that by using the Bentonite Clay it will pull the lint and build up that is in the core of my locs to the surface so I can wash it out.  Then follow up next week with an acidity clarifier to get rid of the build up on the surface that did not wash out during the previous week's wash.

Also I decided that I wanted my locs to have a neater appearance.  So once a month I'm going to palm roll my locs and interlock every 2 months.  I figured since I have lint and build up issues anyway I might as well try something new.

Anyway that is all I have for you today:)  I will keep everyone updated on how my new hair regimen is working for me in a couple of months.

Remember to stay healthy, natural and happy!!!!!!

Thank you,
Diva Desert Locs