The Big BC! Oct. 11, 2010

So, I did my BC on October Eleventh, Twenty Ten. I feel like I should actually note this before I move forward and make new posts about what I am doing to my hair. At ~1 AM in the morning I made my first snip and took a picture of it! It was a lot of hair! I would guestimate 4 inches was cut off, but not all around. Because since cutting my hair I've noticed why one side was shorter. It's because my hair is noticeably tighter on one side, I find it very annoying. I mean, I have like 4 different textures on my head, frizz, AND hair that is shorter on one side! My hair was never uneven while I was getting relaxers, soooo I guess that's what gave me the illusion of my hair breaking on side, well, that doesn't matter anyway because now I have a head full of natural healthy hair.

I am proud to have made it to APL, the first I've been there since before my relaxers, and even if that's as far as my hair will grow, I will be happy, but I am pushing for WL lmao! At the moment my hair is SL from the back. It's weird for me to judge my hair length because it's not the same, so I just measure it from the back. Anywho, on to the photos!

Before I cut.

The first piece cut

All the hair at the end, could have made a wig!

Length of the front of my hair

First Puff!

First Braidout!

Braidout

Me messing with my hair lol

A shot of my textures.

My "Regimen" & How My Hair Is Doing

How you dewing!?
Haha!

Well today I decided to post my regimen because I don't think I've ever disclosed this before! So here I go. Keeping in mind that I don't really follow a set thing, but this is just some of the things I may do.

 My Regimen

1) If hair is not straightened, wash once a week with either: Dove, Herbal Essences, or Joico K-Pak.

2) Add Conditioner and thoroughly comb with a wide tooth comb or fingers.

3) Rinse.

4) Apply Hawaiian Silky 14 in 1, and seal with Coconut Oil, or Organix Shea Butter.

5) Style as desired.

So there's my regimen! Pretty simple. I keep the products simple (sort of), lol, and I like to try new products to see if something gives me a better desired look than the other one! Who doesn't love to try new products?! :)

Beyond that, I am doing pretty well. Since my mom doesn't mind paying, and I'm home from vacation I get to rely on a stylist to do my hair once every other week :) I have started taking a B Complex and it's only been a few days, but we'll see if it does any wonders for me. It should considering I lack a true healthy diet on campus. Without a car I rely on chicken wings, pizza, fries, and cheese. Since I don't like a lot of food on campus, I tend to have been eating the same things over and over again. 

Jasper, my cockatiel is doing wonderfully, he's a pretty healthy and hardy bird! I love him to bits, but I still want a dog. I want a few dogs in fact. A Chocolate Doberman, a Maltese, a Chocolate Chihuahua, an Italian Greyhound, a Great Dane, and a Brindled Boxer. I could probably handle two at a time as I get older. :P It might even limit the amount of kids I have, lmao!

Anyways, life is good, and hair is good! I'm working on getting a car and then I'll be back to school to do this all over again! Happy Growing everyone!

My Hair Length Check

I haven't figured out how to properly add pictures without have my words skewered where I don't want them around the picture, but the longest part is from the middle of my head, and the rest from the right, and the crown.

It's That Time Again!

Yay! So, today is the day I wash my hair. To look somewhat presentable I put in some curl activator to slick my hair done. I noticed today that this product is rather sticky but it hydrates my hair rather well and it was cheap, very good product for the price (you get what you pay for). There's a small amount of ingredients in the product, and one of them is yes, Propylene Glycol, but I find that there is not good research stating the harm in this product when used in small amounts. In large amounts or 100% purity it's perfectly safe to say that you shouldn't use it. Here's a link to take a look at: http://www.cosmeticscop.com/skin-care-facts-propylene-glycol-msds-concerns.aspx

But, I do think this products has other ingredients that should be looked into, so it's not the /best/ but for $2.49 and for a gel it's working right now. :D But I do not think I would buy it again lol.

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So I don't know what that was about, but right now, I am moving on. I bought a spray bottle, it's some type of hair spritz, and I'm just going to pour it out, and use it as the spray bottle I needed! (I Actually just went to the BSS later and bought a spray bottle, lol) :D Add a little bit of oil and /bam/ there's my moisturizer. I'm going to see how that works, and also purchase some Hawaiian silky this Sunday, and Kinky Curly, or EcoStyler Gel if I can find it. So I'm excited, hopefully these two products will be okay on the ingredients side. I need an ingredients book to carry with me lmao.

I'm going to twist my hair tonight, so I'll post some pictures of my hair later while it's wet and when it's all done being twisted. :D

I have also noticed, that while using this Softee Curl Activator that I mentioned above, my relaxed hair is VERY moisturized, and my natural hair could use a bit more. So that's a problem, but I don't blame the product. I may use too much lol.

Twist Out Finale

Lol, I'm sorry that I did not post the pictures. When I thought about it, I thought I had done it already! Anyways here they are.

It turned out okay. I think next time I may do smaller twists, and then I can actually wear the twists for awhile. :)

March 25th, 2010. Doing a Twist Out

So I washed my hair and it just had this funny frizzy feeling and sure enough after I'm done, my hair is very frizzy with my relaxed hair. So annoying.

Well I am trying my first Twist outs tonight, so i hope they look good tomorrow. :) And my birthday is saturday so I am excited! I am turning 20!

So I finished my twist out, still in twists lol. I found a coiled piece of hair that I posted a picture of at top. And uh, I found many more of them, but I think because my hair frizzes, I can't see the definition of the curls, so it's very sad. :( I put curl activator in my hair and sealed with shea butter (liquid). So on to the pictures! Enjoy!