We had a nice, quiet evening at home tonight, playing with toys, watching the end of Shrek 3 and putting some new braids in Sophia’s hair. I love these kinds of nights!
Sophia had been sporting some flat twists back to a pony — an easy and cute style that lasted several days longer than I thought it would. You can see the twists here…and check out the concentration she’s giving to her new Tag book!

I’d been taking her ponytail out daily, combing it through and adding some Peach Kernel Hydrating Milk from Darcy’s Botanicals, a recent addition to our arsenal. What a wonderful product!! It smells great and Sophia’s hair has never seemed softer or more well-hydrated. When I took her twists out tonight, her hair was looking so great that I opted to simply spritz it down with plain water and comb it through (a very easy comb through due to the hydrating milk). There was no product residue or dryness, so I opted to skip a full wash/condition and go right into a new style. After detangling, I added in another new product that I recently got from the Darcy line — Organic Coconut & Aloe Moisture Pudding. The product description says: “moisture, conditioning, softness, and control for your locs, twists, braids, afro, curls and waves.” Um, hello?! What else do you need? It’s got a nice, light smell and blended into her hair very nicely. It’s the first time I’ve used it, but I was amazed by how fantastic her hair felt as I worked with it.
I did a full head of cornrows — by the time I start on the 2nd half, I usually have to re-spritz her hair and do a little more detangling. Not tonight! Her hair was still slightly damp and so unbelievably soft! I added a little Paul Mitchell Foaming Pomade to her hair line to help control the fuzzies and here’s the end result:

I really love the Darcy’s Botanicals products we’ve tried so far. They are easy to work with, smell great and, most importantly, really seem to work well on Sophia’s hair! I was out of the Madagascar Vanilla Styling Creme sample I’d been loving, so I placed an order and got more plus the two products I mentioned above. So far, so great!! And it’s worth noting the fantastic customer service and extra touches you get from Darcy’s (if you research Darcy’s, you’ll see that others note the same things) – super fast shipping, scented petals in the shipping box and a free sample of a new product! (This is not a paid advertisement, by the way…I’m just a happy customer!)
After all that work, Sophia was ready to turn the tides. First she combed my hair (which she loves to do) and then, just as I would do, she turned the camera on me:

That’s my girl!
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