its been a long time

Hi guys I know its been a while since I last posted. I have several blogs but I think I'm going to condense them all into one. I wanted to keep this focused on hair but keeping up 3 separate blog pages is just too much work so I'm going to post on several topics and just categorize them.

its about time

Ok so I'd admit its been months of doing nothing to my head...I occasionally use the shea moisture and run out the door. But I figuare its deep condition and detangle this growing monster of hair good and I'm sick and tired of this puff. I've been puttin it off cause my hands still bother me. here's a recent pic with Redskins' Dangelo Hall taken just last weekend :)

 

for comparasion here's a pic from back in April woooo...

June '11 a lil closer so u can see the texture

Anywho...
So yes my hair is getting crazy big. Its always been thick which is why I started relaxing in the first place. Although I can't remember my hair looking quite like this. I think taking the multivitimin every day is a factor. I love the fact I can just get up and go but I've really lazy about detangeling. I would just tie it up and wake up and wash n go or just spritz with oil and water. Here lately its been the lader because Fall weather is finally starting to settle in. Since it is gettin chilly outside I figuared I need to put these twists back in or get someone else to do them. But that aint happening today. so imma do the best I can.
So Shea Moisture finally decided to add a gel (curling souffle) to my fav line so of course I had to pick it up lol. Its smells delicious lol. Its made from flax seed oil and agave nectar . I'm going to try it tonight/ tomorrow to put in my twist. I started a DC with Lustersilk Mango Shea Butter Cholesterol  (from Sally's smells wonderful) then wash out and put in my leave in Hawaiian Silky.  I still have my shea butter mix from this summer and I use that along with the gel. I'll take pics and show you guys in the morning. I'm starting late so I doubt I'll finish tonight Lata!

getting ready for fall/winter and protective styles

So I usually spend a good deal of money this time of year getting my hair braided I don't think I'll be repeating the process this year. So I'm just going to try to twist more consistently and keep them in longer. Usually I wear them Sun-Friday. Sometimes some of the twists come out but I just retwists and keep it movin lol. I'm twisting again this weekend its usually a weekend process because I take so long taking breaks running errands and what not and I'm still having the issue with my hands. Still working on one section.  This time I tried to concentration on parting. I usually suck at this my hair is getting so thick. I think I did a better job this time. You can actually see them lol. I used my shea mix which is a mix of  olive oil, shea, and johoba oil. I also brought Shea Moisture's Curl souffle. I use this on my ends. From the reviews I've learned you have to use this sparingly. It includes agave nectar, coconut oil,and flax seed oil. I've read and seen a lot of naturalistas use flax seed oil as a gel so this makes sense. I needed some new oil and didn't feel like spending money on oils right now but brought a bottle of Doo Grow from RightAid. Its a nice mix of oils and doesn't seem to have a lot bad stuff that prevalent in a lot of over the counter hair oils such as alcohol. Once the twists are done I usually pin the ends for work as my hair still isn't long enough to put into a ponytail or anything quite yet.  I hate pins though so I usually take em down as soon as I get home lol. I'm still working on doing flat twists and cornrows. Once I get better with parting I'll think I'll get better with these. My hands are still flaring acting up but I just try to push thru it since I have no choice, but I practice till I get tired. If you like to see more proctective styles check out my girl CharyJay http://www.youtube.com/user/160Days2Lose2
or my girl Brownbabedoll http://www.youtube.com/user/beautifulbrwnbabydol?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/22/_PBvb3lsVD4 I love em both. Lata!

miss me?

Ok I know I haven't posted a lot over the summer but there nothing really new to report. Well up until today. I do my usual weekend twist (Okay maybe I've been slacking). Instead this time I doing them after a blowdry! Its been months since a blowdryer has touched this head. So yeah I think my hair grown quite a bit since I hacked some off in frustration. Hopefully I will not be doing it again. My goal was to grow it out cause I was curious to see how long it could get. I was blowdrying to give it a different look but its added a lot of time to the whole ordeal. As of now I'm only half way through my head. Yeah I did stop to eat take breaks what eva. Sigh...I curious to see how it turn out. I got the idea from watching a fellow FBer doing a model shot. The stylist blew her hair before she flat twisted it. I'm not so good at cornrows or anything like that but I've been liking the twist. I also been keeping them in longer. At first I didn't know how twists were gonna work at work because I still can't get them in a ponytail quite yet but I played around and figured out I can pin them up in cute little dos anyway. So now I wear them till I get tired of them or they start to unravel. While I was transitioning I had to use all can of gel to get them to stay but even with the blow dry all I use is a lil oil and my shea butter mixture. Hopefully these will stay in as well as last time. Only time will tell.

My favorite natural sista youtubbers

Ok guys I know I haven't posted in a while...been lazy...really haven't changed or brought anything new just working with what I had. I have brought two funky scarfs from the dollar star one pink one blackn white in crazy prints. I also bought two knee highs in the hopes of turning them into another kind of headband. Eventually I will load pics of the accessories. I've also been trying to work on bringing in some other subjects besides hair into my blog. There are other things/hobbies of mine besides my hair lol. Rather then have several sparate blogs I decided to put them all together (maybe on separate pages). But in the meantime I'd like to check out some of my youtube sisters that inspire me and please subscribe  because they are way more knowlable about natural hair (and how to do youtubes) lol..now some of these sisters also do wigs but its another protective style so I don't hate on wigs or girl who wear them...I'm just not into it myself ...so check out these sisters and please let them know I (nikkied76 on youtube) sent you!

Areyya- 
CharJay
AfricanExport 
April
EmpressRi

you can also visit my channel there is a vid or two of me begining transitioning and a Shea moisture soap review (all of which I hated so I never posted it here)