Hi all! I’ve been remiss. It’s been four weeks since my last post. It’s not that I’ve abandoned my blog – not at all – I’ve just been a busy, bad blogger. I guess I did need a break and my hair wasn’t a priority over the last little bit. I needed to get back…
Tag: protective styles
Being kinder to my kinks
A couple of weeks ago, when I was in the middle of my dad being seriously ill, I had to deal with my hair. As I wrote before, the scalp was out of control, so I couldn’t go another two weeks (honestly, I shouldn’t have gone two weeks because my scalp doesn’t roll like that)….
The Accidental Natural’s protective style challenge – update
In September, I told you guys that I was going to do my own protective style challenge (read the post here). Here’s what I was going to do: Keep my hair in protectives styles (kinky twists, two-strand twists, wigs and I’m going to attempt a bun before I have to start wearing a hat! It…
Taking down the twists [INSERT SCREAM HERE]
It feels like I haven’t done a hair post in a while! Last week, I was complaining about my twists and planning to wait until this weekend to take them out. Well, I couldn’t take it anymore – I had to get them out of my head. They were driving me crazy! So, this afternoon…
August to August – a year in growth
I was going to do this in September for my second nappyversary, but I’m inspired. Over the past year, I haven’t always been able to see my hair growth. So, sometimes I’ve felt a little discouraged. But I turned a corner this spring — after wearing protective/low maintenance styles — and my hair is growing steadily….
Hairlista Healthy Ends Challenge – final update
As many of you know, I joined the Hairlista Healthy Ends Challenge in October 2009. The goal was to strengthen my ends and retain length. Here’s what I did over the last six months: kinky twists wigs protective styling of my own hair I kinda fell off during the last few weeks just because the…
Product review: Darcy’s Botanicals Avocado & Honey Twisting Cream
I was supposed to update you on the Hairlista Healthy Ends Challenge, but I had a bad hair day. I boldly said on Friday night that “I don’t have bad hair days anymore!” Ha! Well, I had one today. Last night, I decided to try something new: a braidout. Now, I’ve been wanting to try…
What’s the point of having long hair…
… if it’s forever in a protective style or under a wig? I was just reading someone’s hair profile (yes, people do write up hair profiles with the who, what, where, when and how of their natural journey), and a woman was showing pictures of her bra strap length (BSL) hair. But she says that…
Getting kinky again ;)
So, I’ve been wearing Korina for a good week and I can’t wait until tomorrow when I untwist my flat twists and rock a big puffy afro. It’s so strange — for a good 20 years, I couldn’t imagine my life with my own natural hair. A year and some of being natural and I…
Love/Hate: Wigs
This week I’ve been wearing Korina. For those of you who don’t know, Korina is my silky, straight, almost shoulder-length wig. I was sick with some cold/flu/exhaustion bug (I slept 12 hours – I haven’t done that since I was an infant) and on Sunday afternoon, I decided that this was going to be a…
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