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 :)

Protective Styles

If I was not such a wild child protective styles would be my friend :)  What I mean by that is I love my hair to be out in some type of big funky afro so I do not do as many protective styles as I probably should.  However here are a few of the one I have done for your viewing and recreating pleasure.  I have no braiding skills so for that I enlist the help of my wonderful friend and church sister who as you will see is super talented in this area.  God has truly given her a gift.  All that happens before these styles is a co-wash and blow dry.  Remember I said that I would stop blow drying for a while and I must say it has been great.  In order to get some more length after co washing instead of twists I do braids to avoid as much shrinkage.  That's all for now folks!  Enjoy the pics and subscribe!

It did not take all day

In the past it would normally take me hours to accomplish what I did in three hours today, wash and style my hair.  I cowashed my hair and then proceeded to detangle with my denman brush and Afro Detangler from www.growafrohairlong.com . After all that I braided my hair not too large for a braid out to be worn starting tomorrow after my hair is completely air dried.  I have some pics of a style I did the other day and I will do my best to post those tomorrow and hopefully I remember to take a picture of the braids before I take them out to show you the marked improvement over the last braid out :)  Have a great night and we'll be seeing each other soon :) I mean reading!!

Style I did

Well gang as I mentioned I have been spending more time taking care of my hair myself.  This is a style I did with remnants of the braid out I have been wearing for a week now.  I spritzed with glycerine and water and then dressed hair with Shea Moisture Curl Style Milk.  After that I parted both sides and did flat twists securing them with a rubber band and Ecostyle Aloe Gel. I then proceeded to two strand twist the rest in medium sized twists. I will wear this as a style for a few days and then it will be almost a mohawk twist out. Hope you enjoy!