It is no secret that I love mini twists. They are my go-to low manipulation/protective style (using my own hair), but I’ve taken the meaning of “mini” to the point of MICRO. I had the brilliant (insert sarcasm here) idea to do micro twists, since I hadn’t done them in over a year. About an hour into this “adventure”I suddenly…
By now you know that I love crochet braids! They are easy and generally inexpensive and make for great protective styles. I decided to use this crochet method to do my sister’s kinky twists. This is actually the third time I’ve used this method, but instead of crocheting in the entire style or doing singles in the nape and the…
“If at first you don’t succeed, try and try and TRY again”. Yep, that’s me, all day everyday..most of the time. Although I have my moments, I generally don’t like to give up…especially on something like my hair. I refuse to get beaten by some hair…lol. Cornrow out attempt – March 2012 I first attempted a “cornrow out” back in…
As I mentioned here, I’ve been loving and experimenting with updos and scarves/head wraps this summer. This look was purely accidental, as I initially intended to wear a jumbo bantu knot out. I was really just trying to keep my hair stretched and figured since the knots were in for two days , they’d be wearable. That didn’t happened. I…
Exactly one week ago today (August 15th), I was three years post Big chop (BC). Notice I didn’t say “three years natural” because if you’ve read this post you would know that it’s been an interesting road to say the least. I’ve never really celebrated my BC anniversary or done comparison length checks because I’m sort of an anomaly. Again, if you’ve seen…
A little over a month ago, I mentioned in this post that I would be testing out my new shower filter to see if I noticed a difference in my hair. Well, I’m happy to report that I’m loving it and kicking myself for not getting one sooner….you live and learn and move on 🙂 Since I’ve started using the…
