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Feature Friday: Presenting Britton!

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Hey Curlies!!!  Thank goodness it’s Friday!!!  And besides it being one day closer to the weekend, it’s also FEATURE FRIDAY!  I belong to an incredible blog group called Blogger Like Me!  I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many phenomenal women.  Today’s guest post is from Britton.  You can read more from this great lady over at My Big Beautiful Life.

I will be the first to admit. The whole “natural hair” thing never really appealed to me (or so I thought). For many reasons:

  • I didn’t want a teeny, weeny, afro (TWA).
  • I didn’t want kinky hair that I could barely comb.
  • I didn’t want a TWA.
  • It just seemed like too much work with all the co-washing, sealing, moisturizing, finding the right products, etc. etc.
  • I loved my creamy crack (relaxer).
  • …and did I mention I didn’t want a TWA?
What changed my mind, you ask?

These micro braids…last summer. Or Should I say…the aftermath. [Read more…]

Two-Strand Twist Out on Natural Hair

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Good day to you all!  I hope this post finds you all in a fabulous mood!

Once again in my quest to help Sybil (my hair) feel like a big girl I decided to do a twist out.  Y’all would not believe the shrinkage that I have to endure.  I did a wash and go the other day and a co-worker asked me if I got my hair cut.  O_o

One of my favorite styles to do to help stretch my hair is a twist out. A twist out is a hairdo where you two strand twist the hair, then allow it to dry by either air drying it or sitting under a hair dryer.  I always let mine air dry since my hair is still pretty short and it typically dries completely by the next morning.  For the latest twist out I started with a day old WNG (wash-n-go).  A WNG is when you simply wash or co-wash (washing only with conditioner) hair, add a styler gel or cream and roll out!  Since the weather is getting cooler, a WNG isn’t the best style unless I want to end up with a head cold…LOL

Me giving Sybil the side eye because she shrunk the heck up! “Damn you shrinkage!”

I sprayed my hair to get it damp but not soaking wet then I parted my hair into several sections and worked a small amount (pea size) of Coco Curls Styling Cream onto each section that I was going to twist.

I love this stuff for my twist outs!

Lawd look at that shrinkage!

Then after what seemed like an eternity, I twisted my whole head!  I’m pretty sure it took me a couple of hours, but without all of the interruptions (ie, kids) I would have been done in less than an hours.

Woohoo! All done!

All twisted up!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hair of the Day – Braided Faux Hawk

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Hey everyone! I hope that this post finds you all in good health and doing well. Sybil is finally starting to grow up so I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting with my hair lately. Some have been fabulous and other…not so pretty! LOL I’ve been participating in Kinky Curly Coily Me Castor oil hair change.  We are in week 7 and my hair has grown a lot!  Check out the pics from our week 5 check in:

Sybil is on the grow!

With Winter on the way, I wanted to also try and find a cute protective style since I can’t very well do wash-n-gos when it’s freezing outside.  One of my good friends cornrowed the sides and back for me and then I played around with it for a while trying to figure out what in the heck I wanted to do with the top.  

Me channeling my inner Janelle Monae – LOL

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Natural Hair Twist Out

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Well today’s Hair of the Day (HOTD) is brought to you by an old wash and go!  LOL

I know that I need to learn to embrace my “shrinkage” but some days I just want a big ol’ fro!  I mean… is that asking for too much?  I think not!  I wanted to do something different for today because I have a meeting with a fellow BLM Girl.  Ebony of Longing 4 Length is always so stylish and wears her long locks in awesome styles.  I wanted to be super cute for our first meeting…haha

I started off with a day old wash and go.  The first thing that came to mind was how cute those styles are with one side shaved.  So I got ready to shave my head I flat twisted one side with 3 twists going back and then I thought I sure don’t feel like doing my whole head.  Got my spray bottle of water and my Coco Curls styling aid cream and I put chunky 2 strand twist throughout the rest of my hair.  The next morning I untwisted them and picked them out a bit just at the roots.  I love how it turned out and Sybil is so much fuller today.  Hope you enjoy!  What is your favorite style?  Feel free to share below. [Read more…]

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