I have been getting really bored with my hair lately. Mixing it up between thewash and go and twist-out has not been cutting it. So, I had to try something new. I've been really curious about how my hair would turn out with a twist and curl style. I've tried this style years ago when I was transitioning, but it always seemed to come out very dry with a weird shape. Back then, I didn't know anything about the Curly Girl method. I've come to realize that it may not have beenmy hair that was the problem. It...
The first few months of my mom's hair journey, she was braiding or curling her sisterlocks over night to create a style for the next day. It worked for a while, butit became very uncomfortable to sleep in rollers or braids. It was actually giving herheadaches at night. Then, she tried using a curling iron ona small lock of her hair. Mistake!! It actuallysinged and burned out the lock! So, that was a real quick lesson. Absolutely, DO NOTuseany sort of high heat on sisterlocks. One morning back in Nov...
I first tried doing my own twist-outs about seven months ago. From the veryfirst day,I really fell in love with the look and the ease of maintenance. Since then, I've been practicing them on my hair practically every week. I've had a lot of trial and error. Here are a few of my own personal twist out lessons. My first set of twists End of June 2012 1. Dampen your hair and pull out every curl before washing. I especially start with this stepifI amstarting with an old twist-outbecause mycur...
I've been checking out the newest trends inhairstyles and it seems like the high bun is the next big thing. It's been called by a number of names So-Ho Bun, Top Knot, High Bun, Royal Bun, Messy High Bun and so on. I think you get the picture. I have been doing high buns for some time now. The difference with these buns are that they are much higher and fuller than my normal high bun. At first, I thought that I didn't have enough hair for this style. However, I decided to go little out my comfort zone and...
Happy New Year to everyone! I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. Mine has been super busy. I am really glad that things have slowed down and I'm back to my regular schedule. Since I was so busy, I had no spare time to twist my hair at night. I pretty much did wash-and-go styles for the entire month of December. I decided to try flax seed gel becauseI heard lots of reviews about its awesome hold. I thought I could use it to replace my Herbal Essences Gel because now that my hair is a but l...
My fifteen year old daughter has decided to try transitioning to natural hair.Her last relaxer was in the first week ofAugust, which was about four months ago. She has really been going back and forth withthe decision to go natural, which is totally understandable becausegoing naturalis not an easy decision to make. At first she tried getting a blow dry and flat iron about once a week and every so often she was doing braid-outs.By the end of October,she foundthat it was getting too hard keep up a blow dr...
Thanksgiving is a special time to get together with family and friends.Let's face it, some of those familyand friendsyou may only see about two or three times out of the year, so it is important to look your best.Normally, for me that would include a blow dry and flat iron. Honestly, it's been since New Year's Eveof last year when I last straighten my hair. That'salmost a year! I'vereally been sticking to itand I have seen some great differences in my hair. So, I wasn't about to ruin my heat-less goal ju...
