I'm Back!

I'm ba-ack!  It has been sooo long since I've done a blog post!  I'm back now & ready to talk about hair!

During the time that I was gone, I didn't really do anything different with my hair.  I basically practiced the same regimen.  I styled my hair in mini twists & twist outs.  I've just done the same old thing...until now...

I have decided to try the Curly Girl (CG) method on my hair.  For those of you who don't know, the CG method was designed by Lorraine Massey.  She has a book called Curly Girl.  It describes in detail on how to care for your curly hair.  Yes, we as African Americans do have curly hair.  With her methods, you do not use shampoo on your hair.  I know it sounds crazy to some people but you do not use it on your hair.  You may however use a shampoo that is sulfate free if you feel as though you have to shampoo your hair.  You wash your hair with conditioner (Co-wash) that is free from silicone.  Also, you do not use any type of styling tools on your hair.  That means no combs, brushes, flat irons, blow dryers, etc.  I  know you are reading this & by now you are probably saying, "No shampoo, no combs. This girl is crazy."  This method has been proven to work on all types of curls from waves to zig zags.  Gel may be used as a styler.  The gel should not contain alcohol, silicone, or parabens.

Over the weekend, I tried out this method with my hair.  Right now I think I have the Scary Spice look!

  The book says that it may take about 2-6 weeks before you are able to notice a difference in your curls.  I sort of followed mahogany curls' (www.youtube.com/mahoganycurls) technique of the CG method.  I washed and finger detangled my hair with Tresseme Naturals conditioner.  I then applied TIGI Bed Head Moisture Maniac conditioner to my hair as a leave in & applied ECO Styler Gel.  I used the brown protein gel that has a level 8 hold.  I don't think it turned out horrible.  I think that as my hair gets the proper moisture, my curls with flourish.  Some parts of it are a little frizzy.  I think it is partly due to lack of moisture.  Also, you should not disturb the curl while it is wet.  I couldn't keep my hands out of it.  It took a long time for my hair to dry.  I did my hair Friday night.  Sunday night, one portion in the middle of my hair was still not dry.  I'm not sure if I applied too much product to that section or if that's just how long it is going to take to dry.  If you wish to not use gel on your hair, Summyr1988 (www.youtube.com/summyr1988) also explains how she does the CG method on her hair.  She just started the CG method a few months ago & she documents her progression.

For more info on CG method, Lorraine Massey's book Curly Girl is a great starter point for the basics.  You may need to do some tweaking based on your hair & your lifestyle.  There are also many great bloggers out there that demonstrate how the method is done.

Have a great day!

Naturally Me

Mini Twist-out results

I finally did it!  I took out the mini twists that I've been rocking for about a month.  Yeah, I wore them for an entire month.  I knew it was time when the pizza guy asked me if I was growing dreads.  I then proceeded to tell him (in the pizza line) about how I don't put heat to my hair, how I twist it to dry it, etc.  Poor guy.  I know he thought I was crazy.  He said, "I was just trying to tell you that it was a nice look for you."  Oops, guess I gave him just a bit too much information. 

I'll probably wear this style for about 2 weeks, moisturizing every few days or as needed.  I'm not quite sure what I will do with my hair next.  We'll see...

Morning shot.  I think it was actually 6:19 am, not 7.  I think that you can see the definition a bit better in this pic.

  

Naturally Me

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  I hope that everyone has a prosperous new year filled with many blessings!

Wow!  It's been about a month and a half since I have posted to my blog.  So much has been going on in my life.  I've had to take a step back and remember to put God first in my life.  Needless to say, things are most definitely looking brighter in my life. 

I hope that everyone has enjoyed their Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year.  I hope that everyone got a chance to fellowship with family and friends.

Let's talk hair!  Did anyone do anything special with their hair over the holidays?  For Thanksgiving, I rocked an old twist out, and I do mean old.  As I look back at the pictures now, I really wish I would have freshened it up a bit.  Although I didn't think it was my best look, I received many compliments regarding my hair.  Below are pictures of my twist out.

Twist out

Twist out-side view

Four days later on Thanksgiving day, it looked like this...



This is another picture of of an old twist out.  This twist out is at least a week and a half old.

Somehow, this one turned out better.  I didn't do anything different than I usually do but somehow for some reason, it looks much better.

Over the Christmas holidays, I've been wearing mini twists.  I didn't originally intend to wear mini twists.  It just sort of happened.  When I shampoo and condition my hair, I generally twist it so it can dry.  Everyday I planned to take the twists out and it never happened.  I think I have had the twists in for 2 1/2 or 3 weeks now.  I am seriously going to take them out this week & probably rock a twist out the next.  We'll see what happens.

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