Surprise!

Hey ladies!

If you don't follow me on Instagram, this will be news to you. Last week I straightened my hair for the first time since being natural (1 year 7 months). This was really an impulse decision. I was sitting at work and got the idea to finally straighten my hair. Up until this point, I was too scared of heat damage. So I had to do it while I had the nerve. 

Here are the products that I used to deep condition. I was so anxious that I forgot to use a leave in conditioner after washing.  In the pink bottle is the IC Fantasia Heat Protector Straightening Spray.

After washing I allowed my hair to air dry for about 20 minutes and then blow dried using the tension method. If this wasn't so spur of the moment, I would have deep conditioned the day before and braided to stretch without the blow dryer. 

 It started out pretty good! I loved it!

 Lol... I guess the face means I'm feeling this hair!

 Now this was my expression by the time I was done. You see the poof at the bottom, right? All of this hard work for nothing!

 The next day after flat twisting for a couple of hours. I LOVED this! I went to Applebee's and my hair was almost a cotton ball by the time I left. Of course I didn't get a picture.

So needless to say, my hair didn't  stand a chance against this southern humidity! After the flat twist out, I bunned it for a couple of days and then washed it! 

NO HEAT DAMAGE! *sigh of relief*

 

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Insta-hair

Hey, ladies!

I haven't posted anything on my hair lately, so I thought I'd share a few pictures from Instagram. I've gotten pretty lazy with it over the last few months. I've gone from washing once a week to every 2-3 weeks. Since it's getting longer, the amount of time it takes to detangle, wash, and style is too long to do it every week. Mo' hair, mo' problems! Lol! 

My detangling time was getting horrible! Honestly, there were a couple of times that I wanted to cry or scream! Yes, it was that bad. But I'm mostly to blame for that. For one, my ends needed trimming very badly (quite a few single strand knots on my ends = many tangled messes) and I was holding on to length. I finally did a trim a couple of weeks ago. Second, a couple of times I hopped in the shower with a tangled puff. In my best southern accent... LAWD!!! Those were the couple of times that I wanted to cry!

 So I trimmed and have vowed to NEVER again wash before detangling. And until further notice I will only wash my hair in twists. Now that I'm done with that rant, here are the pictures.

1. 6/2/12 This was my best braid out yet. I LOVED this!!!

2. 6/15/15 A shrunken twist out

3. 6/16/12 This is a second day twist out, which aren't usually my favorite (I prefer BIG hair), but I was really happy with this.

4. 5/28/12 My puff is getting big y'all!

5. 6/29/12 Another FABULOUS braid out.

6. 5/30/12 A blow out using the tension method. I was very surprised to see my length. This was my first blow out in about a year. 

Now after watching this long Bet Awards, I have to go do something to my hair for tomorrow... maybe... if I can peel myself off of the couch! Talk to you ladies later!

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Dutch Twist & Bun

I loved this style! I was really excited about it, because it was my first bun and my first Dutch twist. Of course I found this style on YouTube. I'll leave the video below.

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