This week's style

Diagonal twists in front and side with a twist out.

Flat iron twist out results!!

I flat ironed my hair Wednesday night and then twisted it with Cantu shea butter pomade.  I left the twists in until today (2.5 days).  The twists shrunk a little during that time but my hair was still stretched for the most part.  For the take down, I sprayed my hair with ORS Nature Shine and separated each twist.

I did not manipulate my hair any more than separating each twist. 

I knew my hair would puff out a little on its own.

I added a cowrie shell and I was ready to go to a family function.

It was raining outside and I just knew my hair would be one big puff ball by the time I got back home.

But to my surprise,

it wasn't that bad.

Nice and puffy but in a good way.

I absolutely LOVED the results.  Before the rain and after.  LOL.  I never thought my hair could look like that.  The only thing I didn't like was having to apply heat to get this look.  So unfortuantely this won't be an everyday style.  I'll have to find another heat-free way to stretch my hair this much.  I also can't wait to get my hair cut so it will have a better shape.  It's not as obvious in the pics but my hair is many lengths and it needs to be fixed.  This style will look so much better when that's taken care of.   Maybe soon. ;)

Hubby loved the look.  What do you think?

Til next time, thanks for reading.  Be blessed.

Bantu knot out

I just knew this style would be a fail. Boy, was I wrong!?

I let the bantu knots dry for almost 48 hours. It didn't take that long for my hair to dry, I just didn't have anywhere to go so I didn't see the point in taking them down.

Anyway,  to achieve this style, I twisted the knots with my aloe vera gel/shea butter mix and let them dry.  I untwisted the knots, separated, and fluffed. Apply head band and you're done!

Check out the pics. . .

Til next time, thanks for reading. Be blessed.

Anniversary style revisited

I HAD to wash and condition my hair yesterday. It was well overdue and the mini twists had to go before they locked.  Instead of redoing the twists like I initially planned, I decided to revisit the style I wore for my wedding anniversary back in December.  I changed it up a little but it came out ok.

What do u think?

Til next time, thanks for reading. Be blessed.

Protective Styling

One of my new year's resolutions for my hair is to do more protective styling.  So I tried to improve on my anniversary style.  Youtube has been my best friend these days.  This is what I came up with:

 I like this style a lot better than the anniversary style because it looks like it was planned whereas the anniversary style just looked thrown together (even though I wore it for 10 days like it was fabulous!)

I'm not gaga over this style but it's cute.  I think it makes me a little younger than I want to look.  I will keep it til Saturday at least then try something new.  I have a few more styles up my sleeve that I wanna give a try.  I'm definitely loving the flat twists and I keep getting better at them.  Stay tuned to see what I try next.

I'm also thinking about getting a wig.  I've never been in to fake hair or hair that's not mine but I think I want to try it.  I will definitely keep you posted on what comes of that.

Til next time, thanks for reading.  Be blessed.

Anniversary style update

I took out the twists in the front and this is what it looked like:

It doesn't look bad but this is not what I was looking for.  I wore it out anyway cuz I really didn't have time to twist it back up.  I wasn't tripping cuz I was still cute and hubby liked it.  As soon as I got home, I twisted the front back up.

I want the twists to have a curl to it so I decided to bantu knot them.  Hopefully, they look like something tomorrow.  I've decided to leave the flat twists in the back in for at least a week.  I'll change the front until I find something I like.  ;)


*Updated 12/30*

I took out the bantu knots in the front but left it twisted.  The curls were too tight for my liking so this is what I did:

I swooped the curls to the side.  I pinned them down so they wouldn't be all over the place.

I liked the outcome.

I wore it out on a lunch date with my boo. :)

*Updated 12/31*

Now y'all know I couldn't keep my hands out of my hair and tried something else with the front. The back is still intact.

I'm really feeling this 80's look. (My favorite decade by the way).

Not really feeling how how spaced out the flat twists are but this a work in progress.

I think I'm going to leave my hair alone until next week.  LOL.  We'll see how long I can actually do that. 

Til next time, thanks for reading.  Be blessed.



Anniversary Style

Tomorrow (12/29) is my 4 year wedding anniversary and I wanted to try something different for a night out with my boo.  I knew I wanted an updo and this is what I came up with:

Flat twists that end in banto knots in the back.

Two strand twists in the front. 

I think I'm going to wear this part untwisted tomorrow.

I had originally planned to wear all of the front in two strand twists

but ended up doing 2 flat twists on each side.

I'm loving the side views.

I like what I've come up with. 

I will post the final look tomorrow before I go out.

*Hair was freshly washed and detangled for this style and I will try to wear it at least for a week.  Hubby saw me doing my hair but he has not seen the final result.  I hope he likes it.  ;)

Til next time, thanks for reading.  Be blessed.

Coil Out and Hair Cut

So I couldn't wait til Christmas to take the coils out because I wanted to see the effects of my haircut (more on that later).  I'm glad I took them out last night because I didn't like it til this morning.  The day after is always better.  If I had waited til Christmas morning like I had planned, I would have been upset about my hair.  Anyway, here's how it turned out:

I like it and I think I will wear this style this winter while my hair grows out. 

About the hair cut.  The haircut was not necessarily by choice.  I found a ton of split ends while playing in my hair the other day.  I was so devastated because I knew there is only one way to get rid of them.  I knew that I had to cut it.  I was even more upset because I just trimmed my hair 2 weeks ago.  My BFF said it was probably the color that caused the ends to split.  Who knows?  I just know that I want healthy hair.  And longer hair would be nice too.  So I did another length check:

 Two weeks ago.  Today.

 Two weeks ago.  Today.

Two weeks ago.  Today.

I guess the top is the only place you can see a real difference

but I swear I can see a bigger difference all over.

I plan to make a trip to a barbershop to get the fro shaped up more.

I'm really not feeling the shape right now and I really just wanna cut it all off. 

I'm just frustrated.

Hopefully after the shape up, I won't have to cut it other than to trim it. 

We shall see.

Til next time, thanks for reading.  Be blessed.  Merry Christmas!!

Finger Coils

I tried finger coils last night.  I wanted a style that I could wear for a few days, somewhat of a protective style.  This is what I came up with:

It took about 2 hours to do my whole head (I detangled as I went) and I kinda like it.  Next time I try this, I will make them bigger.  This style makes me miss my locs but at the same time, I'm already missing my fro. 

 I plan to leave these in til Christmas then do a coil out.  I'm interested to see how that turns out.  Next week is my 4 year wedding anniversary and I have a style in mind that I'm anxious to try out for a night out with the hubby.  After that, I plan to wear my hair (ends) protected to cut down on manipulation.  Any suggestions?

So there's a new style.  I like it and I will probably try it again even though it's time consuming.  I will just make them larger next time.

Til next time, thanks for reading.  Be blessed.