Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
A Look Back: Then and Now
It is always good to reflect back to appreciate your "growth", that is with any journey in life. Applying to my HHJ, I find it shameful to have neglected my hair alllll of those years. I know reading blog after blog, if you are new to the hair care community it may seem like a lot and may even become a bit overwhelming, but like anything, done over time, it will become so routine and just "easy".
I think of how easy it is to maintain and grow your hair, meeting the basic neccessities of it, and all of those years that I just plain old neglected it. It's quite funny, an online friend of mine and I were discussing "hair typing" and tho I know that my natural hair does have a curl pattern (coily) and every one seems to coin me as a "4A" type, when I see all of the ladies with their beautiful coily hair, I just refuse to believe that my natural hair looks like that, I just can't or am having a hard time, I should say to shake that "bad hair" stigma that I have been told all of my life. That is not the reason I am not transitioning of course, we were just having a discussion and I thought "Even when you know better......some things are just hard to shake."
I look back, I rarely went to the hair salons, despite my mom being a hair stylist, but when I did, I would get a deep conditioning...I hated those, simply because it was added time under the dryer, which I hated. I had no idea the purpose behind it. Even when my mom would tell me that I needed to "put some oil on my hair", that was her way of saying it needed moisture, I would simply spray oil sheen on it, probably filled with mineral oil. It's simply funny when you look back...Oh and that myth that if you brush your hair 100x a day that your hair would grow??? Yea I tried that!!!!! LOL
Me Then:
Me Now:
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Looking back on your HHJ and before, what valuable lessons have you learned? What do you look back and *face palm* yourself for believing and doing?
I think of how easy it is to maintain and grow your hair, meeting the basic neccessities of it, and all of those years that I just plain old neglected it. It's quite funny, an online friend of mine and I were discussing "hair typing" and tho I know that my natural hair does have a curl pattern (coily) and every one seems to coin me as a "4A" type, when I see all of the ladies with their beautiful coily hair, I just refuse to believe that my natural hair looks like that, I just can't or am having a hard time, I should say to shake that "bad hair" stigma that I have been told all of my life. That is not the reason I am not transitioning of course, we were just having a discussion and I thought "Even when you know better......some things are just hard to shake."
I look back, I rarely went to the hair salons, despite my mom being a hair stylist, but when I did, I would get a deep conditioning...I hated those, simply because it was added time under the dryer, which I hated. I had no idea the purpose behind it. Even when my mom would tell me that I needed to "put some oil on my hair", that was her way of saying it needed moisture, I would simply spray oil sheen on it, probably filled with mineral oil. It's simply funny when you look back...Oh and that myth that if you brush your hair 100x a day that your hair would grow??? Yea I tried that!!!!! LOL
Me Then:
Me Now:
Follow me on Instagram: @TheGirlWithThePrettySmile
Looking back on your HHJ and before, what valuable lessons have you learned? What do you look back and *face palm* yourself for believing and doing?
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Protective Style Challenge Check In: Month 1
BLAHHHHHH I am struggling...not struggling to protective style, but struggling with ideas, as my styling capabilities are limited....extremely limited due to the fact that...1. I can not style...can't braid, can barely twist, ect... and 2. I am afraid to PRACTICE because I feel as tho I am too rough with my hair and the more I manipulate it, the more I cause breakage....Wigging is the best choice for me as for protective styles, but I am on a budget...So far I have been wearing simple buns; high and low.
I will admit I did use a pass...I know this early huh, well had happened was....I wore bantu knots as a protective style once and after I took them down....the Bantu Knot OUT was banging and I just HAD to rock it for a few days lol....
But back to the regular schedule for me. I am hair lazy. I will be getting a faux bun or ponytail in a few days before I go into a frenzy of not knowing what to do or how to do it lol...hopefully as weeks progress I will get it together...Oh yea for those who may not know, I am 4 months pregnant, so my hair is OOBER thick...it's almost brand new to me....so I am just kinda tryign to get it together still...lol yall pray to the hair gods for me, I almost gave up :-(
As for always thanks for reading my love!!! How are things with You and your Hair???!
I will admit I did use a pass...I know this early huh, well had happened was....I wore bantu knots as a protective style once and after I took them down....the Bantu Knot OUT was banging and I just HAD to rock it for a few days lol....
But back to the regular schedule for me. I am hair lazy. I will be getting a faux bun or ponytail in a few days before I go into a frenzy of not knowing what to do or how to do it lol...hopefully as weeks progress I will get it together...Oh yea for those who may not know, I am 4 months pregnant, so my hair is OOBER thick...it's almost brand new to me....so I am just kinda tryign to get it together still...lol yall pray to the hair gods for me, I almost gave up :-(As for always thanks for reading my love!!! How are things with You and your Hair???!
Saturday, January 19, 2013
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Did You Know: Hygral Fatigue
Ever heard the saying that "black girls don't wash their hair every day because it will dry it out?" While it may just be a myth could it possibly hold some truth in it?
What Is Hygral Fatigue?
When washing our hair, our hair shafts must expand to take in all of the "goodies" (shampoos or conditioners). Hygral Fatigue is the damage on you hair caused from the frequent expanding while wet and contracting when drying hair. Porous hair have an increased chance and recieving damage, being that it takes in considerably alot of water, creating an intense swelling (expansion) and quickly contracting back to it's regular state during the drying process.
Studies have shown that using Coconut Oil (a polar oil) as a prepoo treatment will protect they hair fiber from hygral fatigue, by allowing some of the oil to absorb into the hair as it swells, binding onto some of the hair's inner proteins, thus reducing the amount of water that the hair fiber absorbs and limiting the ability for the fiber to swell.
Taking this in consideration, I only considered "Prepooing" as vital for those who actually used shampoo, as I cowash weekly and thought it would be pointless. Learning this has now opened my eyes to needing to further protect my tresses and incorporate Coconut Oil into my regimen as a prepoo to avoid this, especially considering that my hair can sometimes be very porous!!!
DO YOU PREPOO????
Resourses Used: The Science of Black Hair
What Is Hygral Fatigue?
When washing our hair, our hair shafts must expand to take in all of the "goodies" (shampoos or conditioners). Hygral Fatigue is the damage on you hair caused from the frequent expanding while wet and contracting when drying hair. Porous hair have an increased chance and recieving damage, being that it takes in considerably alot of water, creating an intense swelling (expansion) and quickly contracting back to it's regular state during the drying process.
Studies have shown that using Coconut Oil (a polar oil) as a prepoo treatment will protect they hair fiber from hygral fatigue, by allowing some of the oil to absorb into the hair as it swells, binding onto some of the hair's inner proteins, thus reducing the amount of water that the hair fiber absorbs and limiting the ability for the fiber to swell.
Taking this in consideration, I only considered "Prepooing" as vital for those who actually used shampoo, as I cowash weekly and thought it would be pointless. Learning this has now opened my eyes to needing to further protect my tresses and incorporate Coconut Oil into my regimen as a prepoo to avoid this, especially considering that my hair can sometimes be very porous!!!
DO YOU PREPOO????
Resourses Used: The Science of Black Hair
Friday, January 11, 2013
L4L Protective Style Challenge!!!!
Well the time has come for the official sign up!!! While I was already planning on protective styling, I ran into Longing4Lengths blog post, saw that hair dryer and said THAT IS MINE!!!
Though there will be mini challenges, my main method for protective styles are and will be wigs. I'm lazy...I want low to no manipulation...RETENTION IS KEY!!!!
My regimen shall remain the same in that I cowash and DC weekly...I am now incorporating a Black Tea Rinse every 2 weeks. I want to incorporate this is in my regimen now to lessen, if not avoid the dreaded postpartum shedding....which I have never experienced, but just my luck with now falling in love with my hair I should.
So what's MY game plan? MOISTURE----> PROTECTION----> RETENTION!!!
Here is my starting pic, freshly washed hair, so I will do my ending picture with wet hair as well. This is the only pic I had with a current length. I plan to do so wearing the exact same shirt!!
My hopes is to be half way through "Obama"....think I can do it??? We shall see!!!
Monday, January 7, 2013
2013 Update: Texlaxed to Bone Straight...
Welcome to 2013 and again I apologize for my infrequent postings, however I am still around, and I am still caring for my hair!!! What's new with me??
I went back from BONE STRAIGHT hair, opposed to texlaxed. See what had happened waaaassss..... my texlaxed hair was a MESS!!! No pattern, no curls, no kinks, just FRIZZ....I went to the salon, got a trim as well as a corrective relaxer. Even now the length of my hair is not bone straight, more wavy....more of the texlaxed texture that I desired before, but it doesn't match my roots, so mehh...only future relaxers will tell how this will go.
This pic you may see some of the waves in the length!
Last weeks wash day collage ;-)
That's all that's new in my world. As of right now I am deep conditioning with Organix Brazilian Keratin Treatment mixed with EVOO, Shea Oil, and Castor Oil.
I have been consistent with the castor oil challenge and as for the protective style challenge, I have uet to"officially" sign up for it but I have been protective styling, via wigging!!
I went back from BONE STRAIGHT hair, opposed to texlaxed. See what had happened waaaassss..... my texlaxed hair was a MESS!!! No pattern, no curls, no kinks, just FRIZZ....I went to the salon, got a trim as well as a corrective relaxer. Even now the length of my hair is not bone straight, more wavy....more of the texlaxed texture that I desired before, but it doesn't match my roots, so mehh...only future relaxers will tell how this will go.
This pic you may see some of the waves in the length!
Last weeks wash day collage ;-)
That's all that's new in my world. As of right now I am deep conditioning with Organix Brazilian Keratin Treatment mixed with EVOO, Shea Oil, and Castor Oil.
I have been consistent with the castor oil challenge and as for the protective style challenge, I have uet to"officially" sign up for it but I have been protective styling, via wigging!!
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