July | 2011 | A Hair Story...

I’ve been doing much better with protective styles. Not only have I been bunning all of the time, but I’ve been manipulating my hair less. Much less. The past few styles you’ve seen have stayed in for 3 days. That’s 3 days without touching my hair. All I do is spray my oil mixture (Olive oil and H2O) to make sure it’s moisturized. In the morning, I may smooth some gel on the sides or just H2O to refresh the old gel.

The main reason why I take the style down is to wash my scalp. My hairline is still very dry and scaly and still no clue why. The only thing that helps to alleviate the scaliness is washing/co-washing it.In addition, I’ve been trying to reposition my bun a little so that the tension of the ponytail holder isn’t on one area. I experienced breakage like that a few months back from having a ponytail everyday. The ponytail holder isn’t satin or anything. It’s the regular Goody ones. It’s not tight, but it’s not exactly loose either. Repositioning may be the only way to prevent breakage again.

I plan to try coconut oil in my hair… again. In the past, my hair hasn’t been too fond of coconut oil, but the times I’ve tried it, my hair was mostly relaxed. I’m curious to see if my natural hair likes it better. What kind of coconut oil do you use? I think I’ve seen unrefined, cold pressed, odorless and a ton of other things. I’m not sure which one would be best.

I may get scissor happy and trim a little bit off of the ends this weekend. I’m not really concerned with length at this point, I really just want all of the relaxed hair gone… without the BC! LOL

I’m really sad that this GOC is coming to an end. What am I going to do without you guys?!?!?!? =(

Maybe they can start a new one?
Maybe they can extend this one?
Maybe… ? *sigh*

XOXO,
Rece

I decided to try the “Textured Updo” by TiaShauntee. I washed and conditioned my hair with DevaCare No Poo and DevaCare One Condition, respectively. I used Kinky Curly Leave In and sealed with EVOO. This has been my standard hair care regimen and my hair absolutely loves it.

I followed TiaShauntee in making a few braids in the ponytail to get the textured bun. I used EcoStyle Gel to smooth the sides. I attempted to cornrow the front of my hair and I realized that I can’t cornrow my hair going forward. *gasp* I don’t remember there ever being a time when there was something that I wanted to do to my hair that I couldn’t do myself. Needless to say, I’ll be working on it, and I’ll master it.

Instead of doing cornrows in the front, I did about 9 two strand twists. I opted to do this because I love the shape and definition I get from two strand twists. I used some Curls Creme Brulee. This is actually one of my favorite products. I think it’s going to give me excellent results when I’m all natural and I want to do a wash and go. Just a hunch!

I let my hair dry over night, but this morning it was still a little damp. I wrapped my bun around instead of tucking it under like TiaShauntee did. My bun ended up “textured” moreso because it was damp, rather than from the braids.

I loooovvveeee the way it came out. I got such great definition in the front and the permed ends that are never defined ended up being tucked in. Perfect! It reminds me of a style I did a few weeks ago, but this one came out much nicer.