Free for 4 yrs

Hello all and welcome to my blog on Natural Hair Care.  I am in no way a expert but I don't mind sharing my personal experiences.

I started this journey in 2008, it wasn't my intention to go natural, I was about 6-8 months without a perm and was undecided what I wanted to do next. 

I never was one to go to the hairdresser every two weeks, it may last for about 2-3 months and then I would do braids, weaves or wear a ponytail for a while and then back to perms.  It was a vicious cycle for the "creamy crack" Lol.

Anyway, one day in 2008, I added water and grease to my roots and saw a curl, I decided to wait it out and see if my entire head would curl.  Boy ole Boy was I in for a treat.  I was so elated to see that my natural curl was "the curl" I'd always dreamt of.

It's 2012 and I decided to document my journey..... Stayed tuned!!!

Micro Twists - Six week update (45 days)

Hooray, I made it to six weeks, Aug 18th and my hair is holding up, with my weekly maint of course. 

Well folks since I hate washing/doing my hair (more pleasurable now that I'm natural), I've decided to  push it to the max, I know yucky right?  But my hair is not smelling and I have a product that cleanses the scalp and I can rinse my twists out in small groups, so I am not worried.   

When some people twist their hair, they first plait at the root and twist the rest.  I experimented on the front row where my hair is the shortest and always unraveled.  They lasted for awhile, so I decided to do the rest of the hair, a section at a time.

Let's see how this pans out.!!!

Cleanser by Taliah Waajid; Moisture Cler3

Aug. 18, 2012 - Update:

I re-did the entire front of my head, take out two, plait and twist one (wanted to make them a little bigger).  It took a little longer than I thought to take out the twists, with new hair growth and with stray away hair, it caused my hair to seem like it was coming from one huge twist.  Hopefully with me starting with a plait this time will keep my roots from merging together.  We shall see!!!

Aug. 20, 2012 re-did the back right side.
Aug. re-did the back left side.

Dress Style for Micro twists

I'm not usually one that tries different styles, but I decided to give it a try.  I flipped the back up in a french roll and swooped the front to the side.



On my way to the event



Back view -  couldn't get a close up

    

My son

This is Dorrien, he wants his hair to grow so I tried the KCCC and these are the results!




My first application, no haircuts for now!

4th of July

Not a happy camper

                                                                      

Micro Twists - 32 day update

August 6th marks 32 days for my Micro Twists.  With proper maintenance it will look just as good.  My hair type unravels no matter what you do, so I have to re-twist the front, sides and underneath the bottom.  I am pushing for 6 weeks, see ya then!!!

Twist for the tiny tots - first application

Amorrae is 5yrs old and her grandmother wanted her hair done.  After her hair washing, I applied Kinky Curly Knot Today leave in conditioner and then added the Kinky Curly Curling Custard (for steps; see my How to do - Micro 2-strand twists).

After hair is completely dry, style as desired

Maint: her grandmother re-twists any stragglers on a weekly basis.  Every other night you can lightly spray a mist of water on and add Shea Butter to seal in the moisture, let air dry and wrap with Satin scarf.

How to do - Micro 2-strand twists

For my current hairstyle; micro twists (done July 5th)... this style took me 11 hours to do in one sitting as I didn't want to spread it out throughout the week.   I wanted a style that would free me up for several weeks from major upkeep.

What I use:

• Spray bottle with water inside.
• Kinky Curly Curling Custard (KCCC) or Shea Butter.
• Wide tooth comb or comb with long thin pointy end.
• Satin Scarf.

Wash:

1. Wash my hair with Giovanni Shampoo.
2. Deep condition with Tea Tree Triple Treat Conditioner (keep on overnight with plastic cap, wash out in the am).
3. Apply Kinky Curly Knot Today leave in conditioner.
4. Section my hair and apply KCCC.

Twist:

1. Put my hair in 7 or 8 plaits and work on one section at a time. 
2. Loosen the first section, grab a small peice of hair (size of your twists) apply a nice coating of  KCCC  and twist hair.  If I do the micro's, then I need to ensure the twists are good and tight so they will last.  I twist tight to the root and keep my hands close together, careful not to take long strides.  When I use this method, my hair will guide me and force me to move down when there's no more room .  At the end of my twist, I twirl my hair around my finger so it will curl.  I finish that section and move on.
3. I move on to the next section.  If that section has dried in the least bit, I spray the water to re-wet it (hair must be wet to use KCCC) and repeat step 2.
4. Let it air dry, if I start early in the AM, it will be dry by the end of the day. You can pull your hair up in a high ponytail (will stretch hair) and wrap it up.  If you want your micro's to be really curly (like a wet set) go to step 5.
5. Group smaller twists (about 114 of them), into larger twists (total of 19 thicker ones) and pin curl the twists.  This is an extra step to make them extra curly.

Maintain Twists:

1. Each night I spray my twists with water.
2. Every other night I apply Shea Butter (to seal in moister).
3. Wrap hair (Pony tail or pin curls).
4. After about 2-3 weeks, I do have to re-twist my front, sides & back (my hair texture loosens), I can wear this style for about 6 weeks.

That's it for this style, photo's below:

Micro's (six of them).

Six Micro's twisted into larger twist.

Larger twists (19 in total).

Pin curls.

Results: Sunday 7/29/12