Hello all,

I'm nearing my 2 month anniversary!!  Expect that update in about 2 weeks.

My hair is doing pretty good.  I'm getting more and more comfortable with it as days go by.

I'm just dropping in to show you all how I've been wearing my hair in these beginning stages.

Before                                                 After

 I pretty much live in braidouts. It took me a while to figure out a technique that would give me my preferred look until I realized that I should just cornrow them the same way I did my loose hair. Love how it looks and it's pretty much my day to day look.

  

I had an event at my office a couple of weeks ago and wanted to try out an updo.  This is what I came up with.  I liked it... but those bobby pins were killing my scalp! LOL

At night, I usually toss my hair up in a loose ponytail and put on a satin bonnet.  I'm trying to stay on top of keeping my hair covered to stop lint.










 
So that's it for now!  See you after Christmas! Enjoy your holidays everyone and be blessed.

*flips locks* Deuces!!

Week 3 in Review!

Hello all!!

So today it's been 3 weeks since I got my braids.  I was all set to get on here and write a post about how nothing is new with my hair...except I have now realized something has been happening this week. :)

I've definitely got some shrinkage now.  It's no shorter than my wash and goes usually were, but it's shorter than it has been since braided.

Still got the frizz going on. It's not too bad.  I know it's going to get much worse, so I'm trying to take it in stride.

Another interesting development... my ends are starting to do something.  I'm not exactly sure what's going on, but the spirals are tightening up and feeling spongy.  Not sure where that's going, but it wasn't like that last week so I thought I'd mention it. :)

I'm going to hold off on a ton of pics this week because I'll be doing comparison pics for my 1 month anniversary and I don't expect it to have too much change between this week and the next.

I will leave you with a ponytail pic.  You might be able to see what I mean about my ends from it.

I kinda love this pic. Don't know why but I do.

 So that's all for now, talk to you soon.  Keep it nappy!

*flips hair* Deuces!!

Week 2 In Review!!

Hey all!!


I'm 2 weeks in!!  I'm still loving no detangling, getting up and going, and not worrying about it!!  I should have done this a year ago.  I have some shrinkage, but not as much as I was expecting.  I have maybe 5 braids out of the bunch that have significant shrinkage.  The rest are just chilling I guess. 

Everything is going good besides the lack of shrinkage. I've got some frizz going on, but nothing that I can't handle.  The only problem I've had so far is one braid at the nape of my neck that doesn't want to act right!  It was loose in the middle but braided at the top and bottom so I don't know what the heck was happening.  After consulting the lovely people on Nappturality, I took it down and rebraided it.  So hopefully it will get with the program now!

I did learn one thing for dealing with this braid though... those lil spiral curls are the end are getting tough from the daily rinsing! When I took down that row at the beginning and re-sized it, all I needed was a comb to take the braid down.  Now 2 weeks later, I had to use some conditioner because it was not letting go! LOL 


That's all I have for now.  I probably won't post any more pics until I hit one month, but I'll be back just to tell you how it's going for week 3.

Keep it nappy!

*flips hair* Deuces!!

Week 1 Review

Hello all,

It's been a week since I got my braids. :)

I just finished my first shampoo.  I used Trader Joe's Tea Tree Tingle shampoo.  When I first did my big chop, I used to use their conditioner and it always worked nice, so I decided to give the shampoo a try. I think that bottle was $1.99.  

My curly ends

I've discovered that I love daily rinsing.  I started doing it on about Tuesday and once I saw that I didn't have unraveling problems, I went for it. Scalp feels great no problems.




  
Products: Spray bottle of water (several times a day), Spray of aloe vera gel & witch hazel for my scalp (when needed), dollar tree moisturizing spray (once a week).  I've now added a spray bottle of chamomile that I'll be using once a day. 

 That's it for now, I'll be back in a week with the next review.


*flips hair* Deuces!!

Keep Your Love Locked Down!!

Hey all,

I got my braidlocks started!!

They're a small to medium mix of sizes.  The braider made them tight.  Not like tight to my scalp, but like the weaving of the hair.  It is secure.  I am no longer worried about unraveling.  They are in there. LOL

It's been a weird and confusing journey so far, to be honest.  I like them, but I don't love them.  They don't look like what I had imagined, but I can't picture them any other way .  I thought I would have really tiny microlock parts.  That's not what I have, and I've realized it's not what I want, at least not right now. It's been a bit jarring to discover that.

I actually took down a row and split each braid into 2.  I liked the way they came out, but not really any more than I liked them previous to the splitting.  So it just seemed dumb to continue doing it. I may change my mind about later, but for now... I'm good.  I like them enough to wait and see what happens, instead of jumping to conclusions.

I sprayed my hair with a water bottle and spritzed my scalp with a mix of witch hazel and aloe vera gel.  So I added some moisture and battled the itchy scalp. After that, my ends curled up and I like the way those look.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm not going to worry about the size for now.  I'm going to enjoy them and get to know them.  And I'm going to look DAMN CUTE doing it. :)

Until the next time, keep it nappy y'all.

*flips hair*     Deuces!!