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Twisted Updo

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I still have my mini twists in. I feel the need to wash them although they look fine. I actually retwisted my first row of twists last night. I feel like I can smell the oils in my hair though and I’m big on smell. I’ve been using my olive oil mix every other day and I’ve even used my Carol’s Daughter Hair Balm. I really dislike the way that product smells though.

Yesterday I decided to try an updo after seeing several people with cute updos. The night before, I rolled my twists on flexirods to stretch them because I noticed they shrank a lot more this time than last time. When I finally took the flexirods out, they were curled, but stretched.

I pinned my hair up with bobby pins and I left one side down as I always do. The style came out really cute and I got a few compliments.

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XOXO,
Rece

Failure -> Success

First post of 2012! This post has been in my mind for a few days and I’m finally putting it on paper… well… you know what I mean.

So you know I did my big chop on 7.22.11. A major inspiration for my big chop was Forever Curly Catrina (You need to see her Fotki!). When I saw her hair, I thought to myself that we had similar hair textures. I fell in love with her mini twists and decided that I was ready for the big chop and I would mini twist my hair. FAIL! FAIL! FAIL!

In 2011, I learned that my hair texture is like none other. Everyone has a unique hair texture that responds differently to different things.

I also learned that whatever style you see someone else rocking, it will never look exactly the same on you. It’s best to just start off with a variation of it to save yourself the disappointment.

About two posts ago, I showed you my mini twists, which I absolutely love. A few days later I stumbled upon this pic of Forever Curly Catrina and realized that I randomly achieved the style that I was dying for when I first cut my hair. Small two strand twists that curl at the ends. SUCCESS!

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I redid my mini twists tonight. This time, I timed it and it took me about 2.5 hrs to twist my whole head. Never again… for real this time!

Love you for reading.

XOXO,
Rece