Grown and Sexy Plaits! Ok… Box Braids to Y’all Youngins…

Move along HC folks…there’s nothing to see here…

For the time being, I regret that I’ve had to take down one of my posts because some members of a particular hairboard have decided that they don’t like one of my hairstyles…the box braids I was wearing in this particular post. Someone has taken it upon themselves to visit my blog and go back to their general discussion forum and make fun of my hair. Then, they posted a link to my blog so that others could come and take a look and then go back to the board and continue to make fun of me and my hair.

BSL Once Again!

Ok… I decided to go ahead and do another BSL length check. And yeah, I’m there. My hair is once again horribly uneven since my last serious trim… ok, it was more like a cut… well maybe it was a trim… was last fall when I had about an inch cut off my lowest layer. I plan to do that again sometime this summer to get rid of one more major layer. Then that’s it. No more cutting — just trims to help keep my hair healthy and strong.

 

Final length check for a really long time. Hair stats currently are Top/crown about 15.5 inches and back/nape about 12 inches. Do I qualify as a long-haired nappy yet?

Double-twist Bun

I came up with yesterday while trying to recreate a bun using a single chop stick. And for the life of me, I could get it right. Then it dawned on me that I needed to twist my my hair twice around the chop stick to get it to act right. It was really driving me nuts, only because I can’t remember if that’s the way I did it the first time or not. Anyhoo, I like it, but then I tried to redo it this morning and ugggggghhhhh I couldn’t get this either. It kept coming out too tight. I wore it to work anyway and ended up taking it loose and making a ponytail in the top and letting the twists in the back just hang down. I’m a little disappointed cause it’s such a cute do, but I really would like to get consistent results each time I do it instead of having to deal with soooooo much trial and error.

You’ll find additional views in my fotki. http://public.fotki.com/Nappyme/buns/double-twist-bun/

Carol’s Daughter Review…Two Thumbs…

Yes, that’s right…two thumbs down. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy am I soooo disappointed. The hair milk ended up leaving my hair really hard and dry and it flaked like dandruff after a few days. I mean really, really badly too. Ewe. And then there was the Mimosa Hair Butter. Again, my hair was hard and dry after a couple of days. I originally tried it on wet hair, thinking it would seal in the moisture. Not! But here’s the thing… I knew better. I know my hair doesn’t like oils and butters and grease and I let myself get sucked in by the glamor and glitz and the name and other’s enthusiasm for the product. So now I’ve got two products that I know I’ll never use again. Guess I should find a swap and sell board so that I can get rid of them instead of letting them rot in my hair thingy basket.

Note to self: Stick to your guns and your instincts and stay awy from oils and butters!

New Lengths

Ok… this was a really fun discovery, to find out that my length in the top is longer than my forearm. I’ve only ever dreamed of this length and wow… here it is. I am starting to find that I cannot style touch up my full head of twists in one sitting anymore. It just takes waaaay to long to do so. And for the first time ever, I’ve started to rethink this whole length thing. Most of the time I look at my length and wish my hair was twice as long as it is now. But honestly, I’m not sure I could hand that. I’m already at a point to where I fear taking all of my hair down because it would be too overwhelming to deal with. Plus, I fear detangling on a full head because I don’t think I’d have the patience to be gentle with it, and I’d end up doing something foolish, like literally ripping my hair out. Yes that’s a nightmare I would prefer not to experience.