Monique Yvonne
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Monique is a New York City based creative. She writes about hair, beauty and lifestyle + fictional creative writing pieces.
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Testing Your Hair's Porosity Level & The Best Styling Method For Your Hair Porosity Type
As you grow and mature you learn to listen to your body's needs. The same with any living thing. If the peace lily in your living room is drooping then your plant is telling you that it needs water. Welcome to your natural hair care journey where the same rules apply. As your natural hair grows you will learn to listen to what it needs on a daily/weekly and monthly basis. One of the ways that you can determine what your hair is craving at the moment is a regular at-home porosity test. Don’t worry! All you need is a glass of warm water and a strand of clean hair.
By Monique Yvonne4 years ago in Blush
20K For Life
It was pouring rain as Mila darted from her taxicab through the LaGuardia airport doors. Late for a flight, she had randomly booked at 2 a.m. a mere four days prior as insomnia ran a familiar lap around her exhausted body. She had never been to Greece, but clicking that costly book now button had instantaneously provided her with something to look forward to. This trip left her with little in her bank account, seemingly her new normal these days. She desperately needed a change of scenery and could already feel her spirits lifting as she settled into her window seat.
By Monique Yvonne5 years ago in Journal
Tips for Maximum & Healthy Hair Growth For Natural Hair: Part One
When growing out natural hair, many of us strive to have our healthy curls, coils, and kinks growing at a noticeably encouraging speed. We strive for moisture retention and a healthy scalp as well. I think we can all agree that it is definitely a process. Even with concrete guidelines for your hair type and trusted product recommendations, everyone’s natural hair and natural hair journey can be, and is often, well... different. Growth can sometimes feel stunted due to breakage, dryness, or your hair is legitimately stuck at a particular length for reasons unknown to you. Below are some of the top 5 tips and methods to promote and retain healthy natural hair growth.
By Monique Yvonne5 years ago in Blush
2021 Will Be My Messiest Year Yet
When you think of the New Year you envision Times Square full of colorful papers that will turn to a nasty mess in the rain or snow, a gym full of grunts, stares and Turkey day regrets, and the classic new years resolution. Every year I am one of those zombies. I rack my brain thinking of how to be a better me. I make a list and I stick to it for 4 months. Who am I kidding! I stick to it for 3 weeks all while sipping way too much wine, and then somehow it gets lost in the shuffle of everyday life only to rear its ugly head in my anxiety-ridden head during the final days of December. This New Year, I concluded that 2020 does not deserve that from me. It doesn't deserve it from any of us! A better me for a New Year? Meh. Not without a do-over for last year.
By Monique Yvonne5 years ago in Humans
