2010 hair!

Video coming about what's been going on and another video about my new hair style! There will be pictures too! Yea!

Oops! Hair update!!!

I had a trip where I needed travel size bottles. So I tried an all garnier fructis process! loved it!!!!

It was the daily fortifying shampoo and conditioner. Then I used the leave-in like normal. And then the sleek and shine styling cream. LOVES IT!

I'm so gonna start doing this way. My hair always comes out soft, but it was super soft. Also, it was not at all greasy. It could be a little shinier, but I'll work on that.

I STILL need to get my ends cut...lol, perhaps this week.

Also, I am gonna wait til Easter and then see how much growth there is and cut off the blonde. So once all the blonde is gone, that should take care of all the ends.

I'm doing that because I want black hair...

I want black and then I'm going to dye ONLY that center patch of hair this time. It will be a way lighter blonde than last time so that my rinses take better. And then I will be able to do my rinses without heat for more temporary coloring.

It is LONG! Can't wait until I get money to get it straightened!!! Yea!

winter style1

I finally remembered to post photos! These are with my hair, not the wig lol! Forgot to take pictures those days. So same idea but with a bang coming down. A few times I let the hair fall in the back but it got to be hot or itchy. As it gets colder I will let more hair hang when i rock the wig though.

For my hair, I just parted the "bang area" from the rest. Then I used bobby pins to hold the sides back. This was nice for the past 2 days as it has been rainy and kind of cold. So even though I had to wash my hair, and leave with it wet, my hair was protected and my head was kept warm. I made sure to put extra moisturizer on my hair. There is gell on the "bang area".

I think it's cute!

Fall hair!

I got some hats! I got 3 (so now i hve 4) from Forever 21. Yellow (mustard), hot pink, and gray. So cute! I will take pictures maybe tomorrow with them on. I never uploaded the video cuz i forgot lol!

I been thinkin bout straightening my hair myself. But it has been rainy and just got warm again...so if i do i migt have to wait until like the end of the month. We will see.

I am in school and have a new parttime job sooooo that will obviously factor into time and when/if i can do my hair. It is just soooo thick that i know it will take forever, it always has lol. Even in those pics i posted a longtime ago, and it was short (After the fiasco), it took like hours! But i do know some ways to help it andddd i also think the fact that the back is longer will help cuz it will be easier to grip.

The way i did before and will probably do when i finally get time is this (not spending any money except to get the ends clipped!):

wash, etc

leave-in conditioner and moisturizer mix like usual, no gel

here is the change....i will use a little extra moisturizer cuz the one i use is also a good heat protectant (the ORS olive oil lotion) mixed with some glossing polisher.

Gonna use my 1 inch ceramic iron and i'll do it in the same wrap style i always do. After that, i will go ahead and clip the ends i can or just go straight to get it trimmed. we will see about that part.

Oh! so i mentioned my hair being dry lately. So I have been off and on doing the wig with the beret thingy. Well today it was dry even after i added the moisturizer, i thought maybe an oil to seal it so i put glossing polisher on top, did the charm! Not greasy but it help the moisture in, i was glad! Feels good....plus it was warm today so that helped lol!

If i do straighten it this month, i will def take pictures and maybe do a video. I looked at my calendar today, i forgot I had sechedule myself to straighten my hair on the 25th lol! we will see, maybe i will!!!

Protctive hats

I posted this photo in my Protective style entry about my wig. I love these type of hats! so cute
These 2 pictures were from my phone, today i wore my wig out with this hat thingy on top.

So see mine is very plain jane. it was like $2 at Sallys or some other hair store.

Last night i looked up those hats....the cheapest i saw was like $5 at Forever 21. Okay that's cheap except i want like 5-10 of them. And i know me, i get bored over time and quit wearing stuff for a while only to pick it up in a few years (or the next cold season lol). And we know i'm broke. Investing $25 to $50 is not the business.

I started thinking, can i find fabric like this? Sweaters and such? I will have to see, but if it is over like $3 a yard, then i dont want it cu i might as well buy it. I did find really good simple patterns. Some involved knitting....I can sew but have no idea how to Knit. My mom said i could learn....so i am looking at youtube videos and u know what, duh i dont have time to LEARN a whole new skill like that right now!!!

Well when looking up stuff to see is it crocheting or knitting i saw dollies like ppl put on tables!

I had thought about cutting sweaters i buy at a thrift store but was like, can u cut sweaters? well perhaps i can go find dollies!!! they are already circles and such..and tend to be white or cream so they can be dyed. I am gonna look into this tomorrow.

Going to Hancocks and a thrift store.... and walmart if i do need to get yarn or sweater fabric. u can do it with like fleece and felt and stuff but i like the sweater look, it slouches better to me.

In case you forgot, the wig is not quite done and there are issues with the shaping, sooooo these hats let me be able to do something cute and me while wearing my wig and protecting my hair until i am able to full on wear the wig. Very similar to how i always wore different scraves when i had my sew-in

let's see how this play out tomorrow....i am gonna still look at see if i can learn to knit quickly or not, she says it is easy.....cuz there were tons of good quality yarns for $2!

Protective Style

Who knows if i'll be able to for real wear this wig for Halloween......wanna do spiral curls with the bang, it may help since it is so big anyway.

If all else fails i'll wear those little beanie hat things? idk what u call them, it's in the video. Point is this wig will be my protective winter style. It has only been cool a few days and my hair is already drier ugh.

So i def need to start wearing it soon.

I plan to be able to do less to my hair. But first i need to go get my hair trimmed. Since it is cool, i am debating on a few things.

I could straighten it myself and see how it looks plus wear it down a couple days and go get it trimmed at Great Clips.

They aren't the best but they are cheap and they do fairly well if you just tell them EXACTLY what you need from them.

Or I could go to a barbershop and have them do a shape up. Barber is $20 plus tip. Greatclips is $14 plus tip and may be less cuz i think i have a coupon. Idk if they are good with fros and not willing to take that chance. So Sunday morning I may wash and deep condition my hair and blow it out and straighten it, and then go to Great Clips. I think? gotta check their hours....They close at 5pm on Sundays....that wont work. Maybe I'll do it tomorrow instead even though i just deep conditioned yesterday. We'll see, I guess i need to detangle more that deep condition it :)

So it will just be for sake of looking and getting it cut cuz i'm sure it will only last a couple days, it's always humid here ugh.

After that, i'll be wearing the wig. I'll do all the normal stuff except i wont have to pick or style my hair after i moisturize it.

Also, i want a tighter wig cap cuz my hair is still big under mine and it makes the wig look weird.

I guess here is a picture of those hats.

Hats look really cute on me and i especially like these lately. i got one from a hair store less cute but it works well enough.

I want some more but i see they are a little pricey....to the thirft store i go or maybe platos closet i guess. I'm so broke.

If i can get a ton of cute hats and stuff, then i can wear the wig . we'll see what happens.

the video

okay, i reviewed the video and realized something....my camer does not record very well so it is kind of blurry and not as light as i would have liked....so i may post snippets of the video to show before and after, but i am gonna do another video with my computer so it is clearer. lol

Work!

I worked on the wig! So these are some new pictures of it! Isn't it cute????

I know it is not perfect yet....and some ppl said it looks like a wig still. I know! I'm gettin there!

I need to take down some of the volume on the sides, but lord, we lucky the bang dont look a hot mess lol, i will figure that out eventually.

Anywho, for this still be my first wig and my first time cutting any type of hair, i think it looks pretty good! Funny thing is, the fullness is probably how my hair would look in this style cuz it is so thick. Remember the red from last year before the first cut? Very voluminous. I pulled the front flatter and it was cuter, so it is a little more about smashing it down a little than real cutting. At lest for the sake of not messing it up, :)

I also tried it with one of those net thingys, it was cute. So maybe if i am uncomfy with the full volume, i'll where it with that. I liked it. And right after i took it off, the wig was flatter, and looked better. I think the bigg thing too is my hair! even with the wig cap, my hair is kind of big. So when i push down on my hair, it flattens out. I wish i could cornrow lol! or at least flat twist. I'll figure that out i guess.

VIDEO COMING TOMORROW!




I worked on the wig!

Nicki Minaj Wig!!!!

That's what I am calling my first wig lol! cuz everything i am bout to do to it is very much like her hair.

The bang

The color

I found a video on cutting a bang, so I know how to do that.

I want to buy a 1/4 or 1/2 pack of blonde so I can dye it (rinse it) pink or purple or both. And i will insert the 2 dyed track in the back on the under layer so i can pull them forward when i want to :)

Pictures soon!

Tyra Banks/Joy Bryant

Too happy i didn't care to try to see Tyra debut her "natural hair", lol! I just knoew it would be anticlimatic!!! Her heart was in the right place but how u gon have a relaxer talkin bout love your natural hair? smh!

Joy Bryant came out with a blog like a sarcastic ode to her weave. And one of the hair blogs i read i follow on twitter and FB....her and other subscribers were saying how they felt sorry for Joy Bryant and her insecurities.

Did we read different blogs? They say they got the sarcasm but read between the lines....i think they added between the lines. She talked about loving being able to switch it up. Duh! that's why ppl love them. Please beleive if i could afford them or had more money to make more wigs, i would be rockin them all the time! well not really but like often. Cuz i could be short and natural one day, long and straight the next without damaging my hair.

I personally like wigs more. Cuz I can easily get to my hair. I can wash it, moisturize it, then throw on a cap put the wig on and done.

I had a sew-in once and i wasn't feelin it. It didnt look bad but my hair didnt blend 100% with the hair cuz of color issues and length and humidty....which let's remove length and call it humidity cuz that was what was causing my hair to stick up. And then i never was a fan of cornrows.

I love how cute they are but after a couple days the cute goes away as i remember i cant easily stratch my head! ugh!

So I am more of a wig girl now that i learned how to make my own wigs.

But i just feel like a lot of women aren't open minded. They are either ultra relaxer, ultra natural. And very few of us fall in the middle where we understand it all!

I relaxed my hair last year for a new months and realized very fast that i was no longer into them and cut it off. I know i love my natural hair and don't want to harm it by straightening it too much. Also, when u straighten often your hair gets used to it and won't curl up after a while. I like my fro!

Full weaves are expensive and alot of ppl cant do them good. Plus the itchiness lol for me anyway.

So i am def a wig girl in the making!

Just need more money so i can afford more hair to make more wigs :D

Happy Anniversary!!!!!!

lol, i didn't do the video yet. Sorry! i was out of town and had alot going on this week. So perhaps next week, i will.

I so need to go get it trimmed though, i think i will do a before and after trim video/pictures, so yeah.

I am going to shampoo it this week to try to make more of this rinse wash out because I just want it out lol!

Oh and i am gonna cut my wig, with a bang cuz i wanna wear it for Halloween. I am gonna be a "Wizardary School Girl" so it would had too the nerdy if i have a bang lol! So cute!

one week

In 4 days it will be my anniverary! September 22, 2008, i cut off my hair after i had it relaxed for a few months trying to have a change and then realized i in fact was not a relaxer girl anymore lol!

So on that date, my hair was the extra low cut i love love love. I had pictures on my old phone, but if u look at any previous posting with my ultra low cut, thats what i had. Since then i have only had trims, not cutting! And it will be a whole 365 days of continuous growth!!!!!!!

I was considering picking it out today but i think i will wait until then. I think before i pick it out, i will flat iron a couple areas, cuz lord knows i dont feel like doing it all. But i might do a couple areas. If not, i will still pic it out for a good fro pic and I will also post photos of me pulling it straight in significant areas with postings of my hair straight before to show the length.

I am so excited

But i have had the itch to cut it. to prevent that, i am looking into ideas for new styles i could get when i get a job and get some money to keep up stuff.

In the mean time, i can start rocking my wig cuz it is getting cooler!

I am gonna see if I can get some more hair to do a new wig. If I am able to get the hair, i will be cutting the wig i have so it has a bang. I said before that it is a little thin near the swoop separating point so i would have to add hair. but if i keep it straight and just cut a bang, it is full enough.

I am still a broke student, so for real if my mom or anyone asks what i want for christmas/graduation, i will say money for hair! lol! and i will be down at the hair store, buying some more hair. I'll get a half bag of blonde too, so that i can rinse strips of it different colors and put them into my wigs when i want to! If i am able to cut this wig with a bang, it will def be Nicki Minaj inspired with color on the under layers.

I'll do a new post of styles i want to create with wigs....so my new hobby!

Big hair

My hair is still growing, getting bigger.

I have not deep conditioned in like 2 weeks and am so paranoid lol. I will finally have time tomorrow. So i will def do the 12 hour sitting. I'll also plan to pick it out, so i may have pictures to put with the ones from last time i picked it out in like June or something?

I have knots, ugh! i try to snip but i think it is just time for a real trim!

Baking soda, Sallys, etc

Okay, i still have not remembered to buy some baking soda to try that baking soda thing. I keep forgetting, oh well.

I forgot i had a $5 off coupon for sallys that expires tomorrow, so today i will go and get another thing of deep conditioner since it is so expensive, ugh!.

I have not used shampoo in over a month....or 2? So, I am considering doing it in a couple days when i do my deep condition. Just to be sure I have been getting my scalp clean good enough.

OMG, my hair is so soft. I had not touched it a whole lot til yesterday. It dried and i happen to feel it and wow! it is so soft! Amazing!

headbands

I am just now deep conditioning today, had too much running around to do to do it other days. So I'll just let it stay on all day like i did last time for 12 hours, came out super soft.

I bought these headbands. This set and another that was more bright and metallic. Ummmm, idk how i liked it on me. I will have to try it again with my fro picked out.
Lol, short entry, that's it!

Greatness!

So i washed my hair last sunday when i deep conditioned and then wednesday. That 12 hour deep condition was great, and it has been soft! so i am gonna stick with twice a week! It is less time-consuming and still works well.

Taking the conditioning cap back....i also have to find this $5 off coupon i had so i can get some of those cute hair accessories they have in the front. I hope it's where i think it is! yea!

This week

So i have been deep conditioning most the day, need to wash this out, lol! Umm, i bought a conditioning cap, you attach it to your hand dryer but it was hot in my house so i never used it. I will try next time.

Somehow i made it a wek withut washing my hair because i was afraid of falling again. The amount of conditioner i need for my hair is getting out of hand. So now my tub gets really really slippery. Sometimes i forget to put comet down as soon as I get out. Well forgot bad after not only washing my hair but also coloring and deep conditioning. extra slippery. So i was standing on a wash cloth i hand drying in there, stepped off and fell. pulled my back my arm my shoulder and hit my shoudler. I was in pain.

I ran out of comet after that day. So until i went to the store, i was paranoid, so i just didnt wash my hair lol. It took it pretty well actually, was still soft throughout the week, still looked good. So i might try washing it less. It did itch a little more though, so maybe i will wash only twice a week. Like Sunday and Wednesday. We shall see.

I need to try a new style i am getting bored with this....but there is only so much i can do with bobby pins, lol!

Color!!!!!!

I just rerinsed my hair. Same Racy Wine, but i did my whole head. So I am a fushia-head! lol! I hate that it will look more and more red overtime but oh well. Read is cute on me!

I am still just cowashing a lot. It works out pretty good! I need to get my ends clipped, still have not done the sides. May have to check out some of these natural salons i heard about.

We shall see! I like leaving the black in cuz it let's me see how much my hair is growing! Yea!

Semi New Routine

Okay, so i am currently just a cowasher....i have not used shampoo in like a month or so.

My hair does seem to be softer. I reversed the order a tad. Since the VO5 is so moisturizing it just sits if my hair isn't clean first. So I put the tea tree oil conditioner in first....it has sulfates in it like a shampoo so it gets it clean, then i put in the VO5 and then if i deep condition that day, it follows. I have still been putting EVOO on top of the deep conditioner.

My sides are knotty cuz i never trimmed them....totally forgot, lol. soooo need to do that one day.

Also my color is fading finally, so i am gonna redo it.....I might just do the whole thing this time, we will see. I will just look like a red head lol....

It seems to still be growing well, you can't tell until i pull it down cuz of the shrinkage. I won't be straightening in October cuz I can't afford it.....so it will be more like January or later depending on when i get some money!

Wigggggg

I finally finished my wig....I have pics but the fro is making it look weird at the top. So my new style may be flat anyway. if it is, i will take new photos in the wig. I styled it and CLOSED IT and it looks good!

Right now it is pinn curled up to hold curls. It was pretty easy, the hair was from a sew-in i had. I have some extra hair (my sister left it here for a ponytail she had) and so i may use it to fill-in a couple spots. I have to see when i have my hair flat though.

It's really cute on me lol!