Back to the Blogging World

It's been awhile and even though I had planned to get back to blogging on April 5, 2012 I was delayed a bit. I'll first give you a few updates about my life and then, give you updates on my hair.

Life:
1. I have a new puppy a chihuahua mix named Raymond Sheldon (my fave sitcom characters) Pictures coming...
2. I am setting new career goals. Being a secretary is pleasing but, not a satisfying career.
3. I have started a blog for my crafting, knitting, and crocheting. It can be found HERE even though the updates aren't that often because it takes time to create

Hair:
My hair is growing and mo hair mo problems. LOL. Fairy knots are attacking me like crazy. I find myself dreading wash days. It takes about an hour just to put my hair in two cornrows. I find myself flocking to protective hairstyles. Every blue moon I will rock it out and then, the next day it'll be back in a protective style. I actually haven't changed any of my hair products and don't see myself doing so because I am pretty pleased with them :-)

On April 5, 2012 I celebrated my 2 year hair anniversary. Yay me! I am very pleased with the growth despite the time it takes to do my hair. I look forward to another exciting and rewarding natural year. As my hair grows, I get asked over and over and over again from naturals and non-naturals alike when I am going to straighten it. LISTEN UP. IT AIN'T HAPPENING. That is what I want to say but, I just smile politely and say nicely "I don't plan on ever doing it." I think what annoys me most is that people look at my hair as potential and don't accept it for what it is. I think I get the most irritated when the same people ask me over and over again like they think they can brainwash me. "It's not like a perm or anything." "Have you ever even had your hair straight." "I promise you it would be so long." I'm like whatev. You just do you and Ima do me. I don't question others hair practices so, please just let me be. I am officially off that soap box. LOL

My hair 2 years later. Still in love with it. This was a very chunky braid out. I had about 7-8 braids in and used EVOO and Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Pudding. I braided most of the hair and twisted the ends for the spiral look and easy take down.

Hair Today: Half Pinned Up Chunky Braid-Out

I have recently been trying something new for my night routine. I have started back braiding it each night. When I first went natural I used to cornrow my hair each night using Hollywood Beauty Olive Creme. For the past 2 weeks I have been re-braiding my hair in loose chunky individual braids using Oyin Handmade Juices and Berries (review coming) and Shea Moisture Curl and Style Milk (review coming). This has really helped me decrease the amount of tangles and single strand knots I experience.

Usually, I will pin all the hair up in some type of protective style like a Roll and Tuck. But, today, I decided to pin up half of my hair and leave the rest down. It was a simple process and I like how it turned out.

Hair Today: Braid Out with Center Part

Here are a few pics of my hair. This is a braid out I did with 16 individual braids in my hair. This is Day 3 of my hair. This past Sunday, I took the braids out but, can you believe the hair was still damp in the middle and back?!?! I put the braids in on Friday!

Whatev...

I just let my hair do what it do. Sometimes I feel like my hair is trying to tell me to stop trying to tame it so much. If it wants to take 48 hours or more to dry then, so what? So, I just let it do what it do;)

I do like how thick and full my hair looks when it doesn't fully dry. And I do like that it isn't so defined. There are perks in all things.

Hair Today: Chunky Braid Out (Day 6)

Hey, yall.

I thought I'd quickly show you a shot of my hair today. This is the sixth day of my Chunky Braid Out. I plan on washing and re-doing my hair on Wednesday (or Thursday b/c Wednesday is Bible Study night). I am sure you all are wondering why I am doing my hair in the middle of the week. Well, since I was off work last week--except for one day--I didn't take the braids out of my hair until Wednesday (I washed on Monday). So, that is why my hair schedule was thrown off a bit.

As you can see, the hair has gotten bigger. As I mentioned before, these are the days I really be feeling my hair!

I did a video on Youtube showing my Day 6 Chunky Braid Out in real time. You can check it out {HERE}. The second half of the video shows my Outfit of the Day so, you may disregard that part if you like:-)