Ashy to Classy???

 My bun, from yesterday.  I was trying not to add any products to my hair, I looked a mess.

I simply combed my hair, and put 6 flexi-rods in my hair, and this was the result!!! Winning!!

Ugh...

So, I took my time, put the curl formers in, slept with them, and the style only lasted for one day, not even 24 hours.  When I workout, I sweat, a lot.  I sweat a lot in my head.  I'm disappointed that the style didn't last, because I really liked it, but that's the breaks.  I'm not going to stop working out, so I need to find a style that will either last, or that is so quick, that I won't mind if it's short lived!  I'm thinking a pretty bun will be all that my hair can sustain for an active lifestyle!  I am going to try a roller set on dry hair either tonight or tomorrow night.  I will do a roller set on wet hair after I wash this weekend, and see if that will last any longer.  If not, I will resort to twisting and bunning! 

Any active curlies that sweat a lot with any ideas????

New Regimen?

My hair has been feeling dry lately.  I would like to attribute that dryness to the cold, but it really hasn't been that cold.  I am horrible at coming up with and following a regimen.  I do ok for a while, and then I go back to my lazy ways.  So, this past weekend, I tried something structured, that I'm going to try for a month or two and see if it works for me!

1. Put Olive Oil Cholesterol on dry hair, leave in for a few hours (or overnight).
2. Wash with whatever shampoo I have (maybe I'll try to find a shampoo to make a staple)
3. Saturate hair with oil mix(Vitamin E, Grapeseed, Castor, Coconut, and Castor), sit under dryer, or leave in for a few hours (or all day).
4. Wash oil out of hair, and style using the following products:
1. Lucio Lucio
2. Olive Oil Wrap Foam
3. Coconut Oil to seal ends

Seems like a lot of steps, but it wasn't too time consuming.  Steps 1 and 3 took a couple of minutes, and I went about my day with a plastic cap and beret on to run errands and what not.  I followed the above process, and my hair feels great!!  I styled with curl formers, and I'm definitely feeling the results.  I plan to do a dry roller set later in the week!!

When I was again, either this weekend or next weekend, I will follow the same steps to see how my hair is doing.  If it ends up being a fluke, I'll have to tweak it!!

The Roller Set

I'm getting better with the roller set, and plan to keep it in rotation.  I don't think I'll do it every week, but it will definitely be regular!!  Thanks to shamiamglam.com for the inspiration.  I'm in the market for a new camera, so excuse my iPhone photos.

I tried sleeping in the rollers the first time I did a roller set, no bueno.  The second time, I rolled, sat under the dryer, and then wrapped, but some reason, the middle was really frizzy.  So, this time, I rolled, sat under the dryer, and pin curled, much better, and I slept great!!  I think I'm going to continue to pin curl until I wash again!!

Christmas Nails

I went to Sally last night to pick up a few hair supplies, mainly rollers, but polish junkie in me couldn't leave without picking up at least one bottle.

I didn't have any glitter polish in my stash, so, that's what I went for. I think I'm going to wear this polish until Christmas. Especially since I don't really see myself wearing it much after.
I didn't have any glitter polish in my stash, so, that's what I went for. I think I'm going to wear this polish until Christmas. Especially since I don't really see myself wearing it much after.

It's the same color as my Christmas tree!

My Hair

This past weekend, I straightened, clipped my ends, and curled my hair.  My hair is really thin, so it does not look good bone straight.  I hadn't clipped my ends in forever, I was long overdue!  I am proud of myself for not cutting my hair, it's longer than it has ever been.  I don't measure with a ruler or anything, but it's about bra-strap length.

I couldn't get a good picture of the back.

I'm a Red Head

So, I've been wanting to do something with my hair.  I've been toying with dying it, cutting it, dying and cutting.  Well, I decided I wanted a brownish blondish color, so I bought some color, and had my mother apply it for me.  Well, the genius in me, didn't think that mixing a brown and blonde won't create a brownish blondish color silly, it will create a reddish color, which I found out the next day after my hair dried.  Well, good thing I like it.  Otherwise I would be back at Sa.lly looking for some brown close to my original color :-).

On the Bandwagon

I have been reading about this new brush that a lot of naturals were in love with, I read such rave reviews, I HAD to go and get one. Yep, I jumped right on the band wagon. It's not specifically for naturals, but, it works great for us!!

It's called the Tangle Teezer.



I was so excited, I absolutely have to use it!! So, I came home, put in my netflix movie, and started detangling on dry hair. My hair typically sheds, A LOT. The amount of hair that came out didn't even make me blink! I must say, I'm glad I jumped on the bandwagon this time, I absolutely love this brush. I definitely need to try it on wet hair before I'm ready to release all of my other detangling tools, but I have high hopes.

If I remember, I will update with what a review of using it wet!!

Change #1

So, I feel the need to break my goals for the new year into their own posts. So, here is change number 1!

I have a love/hate relationship with my hair, most of the time, I love it, sometimes, I hate it. I think the hate is because I resist caring for it. Let me explain. When I first went natural, I cut about 8 inches of perm off, so it was short. I went about 6 months without a perm before cutting the permed ends off. So, I didn't have to do much to care for my hair. I wet it, everyday, put product in it, and was on my merry way. I didn't twist, oil, deep condition, nothing. The true definition of wash 'n' go.

Well, now that my hair is longer, probably as long as it was permed (if not longer), I have realized that I need some type of regimen. The hap-hazard care isn't cutting it anymore. I tried to blame it on the products I was using, the tools, anything but myself. So, my new regimen will be as follows (at least for the winter):

1. Deep Condition once a week - I will use Cholesterol. I will either leave it in my hair with a shower cap all day (or night), or I will sit under the dryer for 15 - 20 minutes.

2. I will give myself hot oil treatments twice a month.

3. Protein treatments once a month. I will experiment with different ones until I find the one I like the most.

4. Oil my scalp and massage for at least 5 minutes once a week (the day prior to washing).

This is what I have so far. I will tweak this regimen as I see fit. I am also experimenting with styles so that I only wet my hair once a week, this is proving to be a tad challenging, but I won't give up!!

Finally

Since I've been natural, I have tried twist-outs, and never ever liked them. I gave up on them. So, the other night, I decided I would try to do one on my dry hair. And I liked it for the most part, the ends were all over the place. But, it gave me hope. I've been attempting to find styles to do so that I don't have to wet my hair everyday. So I worked with the twist out, and it was cool last week. Well, this morning, I've decided that I've finally worked out all the kinks.




I LOVE it.

Natural Hair...

I have worn my hair natural for going on 4 years now, but I have a cousin who recently decided to go natural. And she recently did what some would call the big chop. Basically, she cut of the part of her hair that was still permed, so her hair is completely natural now. Well, she doesn't like short hair, and she's having a hard time finding a style that she likes, and finding a product local to her that works well on her hair. I talked to her yesterday, and she was telling me how people that she knows were asking her why she cut her hair, saying they didn't like it, and on and on. I'm thinking in my mind, those people suck, and I hope this doesn't make her feel like she wants to get a relaxer again. Well, after she told me about those fools, she said that all of their comments wanted to make her wear her hair natural more. I was so happy, not because she is going against the grain, but because she is going against the mainstream. Why are black women expected to but harmful chemicals in their every 6 - 8 weeks, and wearing our hair without all of that makes us different, or that we have something to prove. It's really ridiculous when you think about it.

Let me make this clear, I have nothing against relaxers (actually I do, because they are harmful), but I have nothing against women who choose to get relaxers. Hell, I got relaxers for the better part of 12 - 14 years. Almost all of the women in my family get relaxers. All I'm saying is, don't look at me crazy because I choose to wear my hair the way that it grows out of my head. Please and Thank You...