Air Dry II

In one of my previous post, I discussed about air drying my hair. The technique was to apply all my moisturizers and oils in my hair (after washing) and tying my head.  The problem with that technique is that my hair takes very long to dry.

For example, I washed my hair this morning and if I used that technique, my hair would still be damp in the morning.  What I started doing and it is working for me, I towel dried my hair as much I could, sprayed some leave in conditioner and just let it fully air dry. 

When I was satisfied that my hair was totally dry (it took about an hour), I then applied my moisturize and oil and twist into Bantu Knots.  I am in the morning I will be able to style my hair in the morning with out any problems.

I can also use this technique during the week.

Pretty Daughter

I just found this picture of my daughter when she had just cut her relaxed hair.  She looks so pretty!!  After a few days she realized that she did not like her hair cut and put braids in her hair. She will be surprised to know that I have this picture.

Mohawk

Last night as I was moisturizing my hair and made a mistake of putting too much of my coconut oil moisturizer to the top of my hair.  Normally, I would twist my hair into four Bantu Knots, two to the top and two to the bottom.  As I was twisting the knots at the top of my head, I realized that my hair was too damp.

This morning as I untwist my hair, it was still damp and of course I did not like the results.  So I kind of folded the top my hair into a mohawk and kept it in place with a crab and I just let the back of my hair hang down.

What is a french roll?

In my last post on 18th November, I wrote a bit about French Roll so of course I thought that it would be in order to get a video about What is a French Roll and how it is done. So here it is.

Acrylic Nails | My Story

I just felt like doing a post about my co worker's acrylic nails.  She has them done about every two weeks and they are always prettily painted.

Many years ago, I too was in this fashion and really enjoyed it.  I liked the fact that I could wash my dishes and my nail polish would not flake off.  

I fooled myself by saying that my nails were growing.  They were growing but they were VERY soft.  One year I decided to give my nails a rest from the acrylic, only to discover that the beds of my finger nails were extremely soft.  They bent and broke very easily.  I was concerned that my nails would never get back to their original state but after some time, they were back to normal.

French Roll

One of my co workers had a weave installed in her hair this weekend and guess what? It was a curly weave!  It looks like my hair when I comb out my Bantu Knots!  I think the ladies at my office are paying attention to my hairdos.  What I would like to see them do is, to focus on their natural hair rather than installing braids and weaves into their hair.

This first lady I mentioned about is an exception, she was ill about a year ago and she was on some heavy medication and apparently it caused her to have a lot of hair loss.  So she wears are wig every day.

My boss also wore a wig for a period of time but her story was that her hairdresser colored her hair black and that was not what she wanted.  So guess what the hairdresser did?  She applied a different color to my boss's hair the same day!!!  So of course she suffered a great deal of hair loss. 

She is now really recovering from that horrible experience and does not wear the wig anymore.  She combs her hair in a French Roll.

Admirer

There is a young man at work that has been noticing my curls.  A few months ago he took some pictures of me and they came out great!  I was very pleased with the pictures.  This is one of them.

Last week, I co washed my hair and decided to wrap my hair.  That morning we had a lot of rain and my hair got a little wet.  When he saw me he asked what is wrong with my hair.  I could tell he did not like what he saw.  That night I twisted my hair in Bantu Knots and the next morning, by his expression I could tell he was pleased!

I used this picture in my About Me page on my website.

PC fixed

This is the first video that I viewed for the evening and like it.  It is about a lady sharing her hair health and growth journey.  It reminded of my niece-in-law (I did a post about her and her friends at her 18th birthday beach party).  She said that her hair was breaking so she had to cut it.  She even spoke of installing some braids.  

Personally putting braids and weaves in your hair does not assist in making your healthy and reducing hair breakage.  First the hair will stil be dry because you not really be able to fully moisturise the hair daily.  In addition when removing the braids, there is a lot of breakage.  You will notice the thining of this lady's (in the video) hair line.

P.S.  I got my PC fixed so I am back full blast!!

PC crashed

Since I started watching Youtube videos with tips how to style my relaxed hair, I have been twisting my hair in Bantu Knots basically every night or folding it into pin curls.  I recently tried the flex rods.  My husband does not like it when I twist my hair in the Bantu Knots or when I wrap my hair.  Strangely enough he does not complain when I roller set my hair and sleep with the rollers in my hair. 

Occassionally he would run his fingers through my hair but I hardly sleep with my hair open out any more.  When we sleep, we are always  hugging each other.  Some times, my hair would get trapped under his arms and I would have to gently pull my hair to get it from under his arms.  This irritates me.

My computer is presently not working, when I powered it on, it stays in a infinite loop starting Windows and shutting off.  I have to take it to the 'doctor' today.  Hopefully I will get it back by weekend.  I feel kind of lost because I have gotten into a daily routine where I will check my emails first thing in the morning and publish my daily post on my blogs.

Trying Spiral/Twist Rods In My Relaxed Hair For the First Time

I washed my relaxed hair last night and decided to test these spiral/twist rods.  I had some problems getting the rods to stay in place so I came up with a master plan to keep them place by using my hair ties that I use to keep my Bantu Knots in place.  

I air dried my hair a bit and then I put in the rods.  I just damp my hair ends a bit.

These are pictures of the results after I combed out my hair this morning.  Sorry guys I did not put on any make up this morning.  I was sweating too much.

I was not quite satisfied with the fact that I had to use my hair ties to keep these purple twist rods in place.  So I went to the store and purchased another set of rods.  This time I got the yellow ones.  There are five rods in the pack and I bought three packs and a bottle of leave in conditioner.

As soon as I got home I put one to the test by folding it and it past the test!  I am satisfied! 

Plans changed

I don't have much to post about today.  I had planned to co-wash my hair last night and wrap it but my sister-in-law said that she liked how my hair looks (Bantu Knot comb out curls) so I decided to twist my hair in knots again last night.  But thinking about it as my hair was touched up a few days ago, it is still bone straight.  So if I had wrapped it, my hair would have been ablolutely straight.  I would have had to set my roller set my hair first and then wrap it the next morning for a few minutes.  That works well for me.

  Thinking about it the average person I see with long hair, wear it straight.  If you see a woman with curls in their hair, I can guarantee you that it is artifical. 

Touch up pic

I forgot that I had taken this picture of my touch up results.  As much as I think my hair looks good, I just love my curls from my Bantu Knots!

Spiral Rods purchase

These are the products that I purchased today, one bottle of Suave Tropical Coconut conditioner, it cost $4.25.  This is the conditioner I will use to do my co-wash.

There are some products that I wanted to buy like Palmer's Coconut Oil Formula Conditioner & Shampoo, Fantasia Olive Oil Shampoo & Conditioner.  Maybe next time

Well I got my spiral rods, cost $8.95 for 5 purple rods in the pack.  I bought 2 packs.  But the problem is when I attempted to put on in my hair, it did not stay folded, it just sprang back 'open'.  The only other size they had in the store was some very thin ones and I think those would make my hair too curly.  I will try another store to see there any smaller ones.

Dark Eyelids

About a month ago I was taking some pictures with my pin curls comb out and I realized that there was a black area on my eyelids. Now if I was wearing make up that day it would have made sense to me but I was not. I have not been wearing make up for months now because I sweat alot.  Overweight, getting down in age maybe the causes of this these dark areas over my eyes.

So I decided to start wearing eyeshadow make up to cover the dark areas. There is another picture that I took with my make up on and I like how I look, it gave me the encouragement to continue wearing makeup more regular. 

I went to the store today to purchase some hair products and purchase 4 cases of eye shadow (I guess I was a little over excited).  The case that I presently have, has been in my possession for too long so I had to dispose of it.