Frustration to Motivation

Life as a natural much less a woman is not always "peaches and cream" for want of a better term.  Between shedding hair from having a new baby and shedding tears over some instances in life it has come to my understanding even further that "in all things give thanks".  Trust me when I say things could be worse, they really could be.  For example as much as I love a big Afro, I could be uncontrollably bald.  See what I mean?  Embrace your life and your hair :) everyday like it is the best day and even when it is not you will be further along than if you are always humdrum  :)

Pic In Last Post

For those of you who will wonder how I came about the style in the last post here goes:  I washed my hair with Shea Moisture - Moisture Retention Shampoo then I detangled with leave in  Kinky Curly Knot Today.  After that I put in Shea Moisture Curl & Style Milk and put it in big braids until it was completely dry (yes this was my way of getting around shrinkage).  After it was completely dry and maybe a day later I took down the braids and mini-twisted my hair only using spray bottle with water to get the hair moist and added a little more Curl & Style Milk for dress and to assist with twists.  What a beautiful result in my opinion.  Here are my twists just after I finished them.

Mini Twists

Protective

So all, my summer has been filled with little nuggets that I have learned along the way but the best thing I have learned all summer so far is "Praise Him anyway".  I learned this in more ways than one.  I have the tendency to give my hair a hard time and thinking it is not growing fast enough nut after linking up with a few women from group I belong to they reminded me that the KISS method still applies to more than just life.  With that in mind I decided to embrace the protective styling to give my hair a break from constant manipulation.  The pic below is the product of my first ever mini twist out.  I normally have no patience to put in mini twists or micro braids or none of that because very soon thereafter I start missing my hair but this was great and will be used again and again. I loved it. I kept the mini-twist in for two weeks and wore a twist out for about 5 days before washing.  Tomorrow is D day for washing :)  Good night!

Just Pray

Well hello folks, two painful weeks and several viruses later, my computer is virus free and up and running.  Right after my modem was repaired my computer system got hijacked by an anti-virus program and subsequently blocked out for want of a better term.  I lost some pics however I am working on some more to get to you asap.  Lately, post my darling daughter that is, 3 months, I have been trying to figure out how to quickly grow my hair back to its length and past that awful trim that was a chop.  I am still working through that and I believe only the naturals will understand as other folks just look at me like, get over it. However when naturals want to cut their hair it is fine they do so but when they intend on a trim and lose half or three quarter of their length it can be a bit traumatic.  Alright, I am calm lol and getting off my soap box.  If any of you out there know any way to help, please just offer advice.  Thank you for listening!!!!

Modem broken

You all must think this was the longest 24hrs. My modem died and I am just getting back up and running. I apologize. It was not my fault. Anyway I will be posting a bunch of pics soon and tell you about my first hair meetup and the like.  See you soon!!

Because I love to Experiment

Well, I have been itching to touch up my grown in color and since I have normally no skills to do it myself it has not been done. Anyway all the people that would normally help me have been busy so here is what I did.  Remember how I said I would be doing a protective style to keep in for three weeks so I could give my hair a rest? Well I did that style, it is mini twists and what did I do, since I did not want to take them out and try to color my hair as big as it is I colored my two strand twists tonight.  Yes my girlfriend said I may get a tie-died effect however I can rock that :)  I will take my twists out after being in for a week because I miss my big hair when it is completely dry tomorrow and will take pics of the results.  By the way I have no clue if the color took because as usual if I actually want a color to show up in my hair it normally has to be lifted first and I definitely was not doing that myself for the simple fact I may have come out bald after that.  I co-washed my twists, then left in Jazzing Ruby Red Rinse for about 1 1/2 hours. After that I shampooed with Creme of Nature and then added Shea Butter Leave In Conditioner and Afro Detangler.  That's it for now, look for the pics tomorrow :)

Braid Out Until...

Here are a few pics of a braid out I did last week.  One can really get used to playing in your hair all the time once you start figuring out how to handle it.  Soon it will be time for a "dusting" but still a little paranoid since last time...therefore I will wait.  When my hair stays conditioned and not greasy I can wear it for a couple of weeks with a braid out and just rebraid at night and style as I would like in the daytime.  When I wake up in the morning I just take down the big braids from the night before, spritz with a little water and oil with either Shea butter mix from prettydimples01, Shea Moisture Curl Style Milk or Curly Buttercreme from Miss Jessies.  These products give me a wonderful curl pattern and softness and they prevent my hair from getting dry throughout the day.  See you again over the weekend as I have some more pics to upload.  Have a great Friday night....P.S. How about these two ponytails huh? I cannot see that great in the mirror as some of the other girls do however this style made me feel like I was ten again and I loved it :)