Hello! My name is Temitope, but you can call me Temi. I love growing in my garden/allotment and creating in my kitchen.
Welcome to my space, where my love for handcrafted beauty in all forms and creativity truly comes to life. Here, I share all my created recipes for natural hair, body oils, handmade soaps (sometimes), luxurious butters, and deeply nourishing creams. Every blend is carefully formulated and mixed in my kitchen.
This blog is also a place where I celebrate my love affair with jewellery making. Creating handmade jewellery allows me to express my creativity in a different form—combining texture, colour, and to create pieces that are both meaningful and unique. And most importantly, getting to play with gemstones, especially pearls.
Whether I’m blending emulsion or mixing oils and butters or designing jewellery, everything I share is rooted in extreme curiosity and love.
I write from a personal and authentic perspective, sharing what I’ve learned through hands-on experience, reading as well as formal training. I hold a diploma in organic skincare formulation, amongst other degrees, which gave me the confidence, technical knowledge, and inspiration to start sharing my recipes, methods, and creative journey with others. My goal is to make natural skincare and handmade creations feel accessible, enjoyable, and empowering for anyone interested in creating their own products at home and maybe someday own my own brand of skin and haircare products.
Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to explore my blog. I truly hope you enjoy what you find here and feel inspired to create something beautiful of your own. Please don’t forget to subscribe to updates, and feel free to share anything that resonates.
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Yippee Tope… I have sent loads of messages to u. God knows where they go too. I wear my hair natural too, but it breaks a lot she. I wash it and I still haven’t achieved the desired texture.
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Thank you so much @Rukayyah and sorry for the lost messages. I have a blog post on moisturising dry natural hair here- https://tlgemsandmixes.com/2015/02/06/moisturizing-thirsty-hair-strands-the-l-o-c-method/
Dryness is a major cause of hair breakage and manipulation aside any medical conditions.
Also hair texture is genetic so you can’t really change it what you can do is make it more manageable.
deep conditioning is also another way of achieving a more moisturised hair and texture.
Try and stop or reduce combing and do some protective styles for awhile i.e braids(chunky/big).
More tips- https://tlgemsandmixes.com/2014/12/02/natural-hair-treatment/
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