Last night I was trying to decide how I should have my hair for today. My first day back to work with short hair! Lol.

I contemplated playing it safe and having a ponytail or twisting it again, but with some new products. Generally when I twist my hair, I don’t use gel or any product that would give my hair a hard hold.

Last night I bought Kinky Curly Spiral Spritz. I really wanted the Curling Custard but the store was out of stock. I also bought Organic Root Stimulator Twist N Loc Gel. KaiRox143 (On YouTube) always raves about it.

I used the KC Spiral Spritz in the back two twists and it made my hair really wet and I noticed that it was shrinking my hair. That’s not what I wanted. I’ve been trying to achieve a stretched twistout. I used my Curls Creme Brulee in the rest of the twists. When I finished twisting my hair I wondered to myself why I didn’t use the ORS Twist N Loc Gel, so I smoothed some of it over my already twisted hair.

To my surprise, my hair came out exactly how I wanted it this morning. I didn’t have the heart to put it into a ponytail. Needless to say, I really like the ORS Twist N Loc Gel.

If I wasn’t going to work, I’d prob fluff it more, but I’m sure the humidity will handle that. I’m so nervous that the humidity will make my hair HUGE. *Fingers crossed* that it doesn’t.

XOXO,
Rece

It feels great to have 100% natural hair. I don’t regret cutting it. I still don’t miss the length surprisingly.

My Process:
I washed my hair with Kinky Curly Come Clean.
I deep conditioned it for about 30 minutes with Shea Moisture Organic Black Soap Balancing Conditioner.
I rinsed all of the conditioner out.
I applied Kinky Curly Knot Today and some Extra Virgin Olive Oil. (If you noticed, this is my standard routine.) Once I finished that, I could clearly see exactly where I needed to trim.
I sectioned my hair into 4 quadrants.
I sectioned each quadrant into 3 vertical strips and I trimmed at the demarcation line.
I deep conditioned again after the trim with Shea Moisture Organic Black Soap Balancing Conditioner.
Finally, I twisted my hair.

I’d say my hair came out pretty even. The only additional trimming I did after that was if I saw a straight end. The right side of my hair curls a lot more than the left, so the right side always looks a little shorter. I stretched both sides to see if it really was pretty even and it was. Surprise!

So far, my hair doesn’t seem to be in shock. I had great definition in my first and second twistout, which is what I expected. The pic that I posted of my style in the last post is after I separated and fluffed my twistout. This pic is before, but I thought it looked a little too tight, neat and uniformed. I wanted it a bit more wild. I tried to stretch it with my hands, to no avail. I ended up retwisting it into bigger twists to stretch it.

I’m still pretty anxious about styling, moreso because I have work tomorrow. I haven’t found a style that I absolutely love… or even really like for that matter. Everything just seems ok to me. In addition to that, I have to take this ridiculous humidity into consideration. So basically, whatever style I do will look a million times fuller by the end of the day.

I also think I need a different type of moisturizer. Something water based. My ends felt pretty dry today. I applied some EVOO, but that didn’t seem to do the trick. Guess what I tried next… KimmayTube Leave In! Remember I said it was too watery before? We’ll see how it goes with my new hair! LOL

I’m excited that now I can set some hair growth goals for Shelli’s hair growth challenge over at hairscapades.com. I already know my hair is going to grow so much, so fast. My hair was always like that.

Thanks for your encouragement and support! Love you forever!

XOXO,
Rece