It's Just Hair

Newly Pressed Picts and Wrapping Tutorial vid

2012-02-20T14:16:00.000-05:00

I pressed my hair again! on a whim the day after my birthday. It turned out well last time with no damage and I was bored and needed to wash out the failed birthday hair anyway. I spoke too soon in this video when I said I had not noticed any single strand knots, because as of a few weeks ago, they cropped up again. And I was due for a trim as the last one, prior to almost constantly wearing

Birthday Weekend and Valentine's Day

2012-02-16T22:28:00.000-05:00

Happy Belated Valentine's Day! As some of you may know, it was also my birthday on the 14th. I have a definite hate/tolerate relationship with my birthday and all my closest friends not only know this but have seen my best laid plans unravel due to the holiday or snow. Soooo they decided to jump the gun early and throw me a surprise dinner! And they got me good :-o I thought I was meeting 2

Whitney Houston

2012-02-13T16:44:00.000-05:00

She was certainly HERE. And now she's gone. Having known and loved people struggling with substance abuse, and various demons, I was kind of numb to the public spectical that became Bobby and Whitney and a million soundbites. Soundbites that are fun to repeat, but were fragments of her life being scattered about like glitter. I never watched their reality show- it was painful for me to see

So Funkdafied

2012-02-09T15:37:00.000-05:00

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Feb Braces and hair update vid

2012-02-05T14:47:00.001-05:00

I just got my braces tightened on Wed so here is my update video!

There will be no twist out!!

2012-02-03T11:42:00.004-05:00

LOL Twist out uber fail! wth! week old twists wilden out thus loosened! Pulling them apart was like opening thread or yarn fibers!!! Washed and conditioned. Wash and go today lol.

Styled twists with a pinwheel bang.

2012-02-01T16:44:00.000-05:00

hey ya'll. I twisted my hair up this past Friday evening. I twisted it dry but used KMF gel as I went, which resulted in some very thin and smooth twists- which I don't like. What do you know. They were super elongated and stringy so I put them on flexi rods for the night, but the next day I still wasn't feeling it. So I came up with this for Sat and have been wearing variations ever since.

Fluffy hair follow up

2012-01-25T21:23:00.001-05:00

Remember this post about bigger hair? So the first pic kinda accurately projects how it feels 2-3 days later :-( And the rest convey how it looks. SO I ended up putting it in a puff after the very first day. It felt DRY and tangled and I did not feel I could wear it down without risking a lot of single strand knots and snags. Today I wore it like this because even the puff was rubbing

My Cousin on 106 & Park TONIGHT! #naturalhair in video!

2012-01-25T14:53:00.000-05:00

Check out the video! This is the song he will be singing. Do you see all the Natural hair in the video? I knooowww you seeee ittt!! So happy and proud. Connecticut stand up!!

Bigger hair with lighter product

2012-01-23T13:03:00.001-05:00

I talked about hair texture in my last post and subsequently developed a desire to wear my hair bigger this weekend. I was headed out to watch the games and made this video before I left. I used the same smoothing and co-washing methods I usually use, and applied the gel the same way I usually do. But it's a much lighter hold gel so I get very different results. I used Ouidad Climate Control

We have a long way to go. Convos with men.

2012-01-17T15:07:00.001-05:00

I live in a somewhat insulated world. In many senses. I have a job, I have a home, I have transportation and a means to afford lots of things I don't need. I am reminded of these privileges and freedoms quite regularly just by interacting superficially with strangers, or even just riding the city bus, which I do almost every day. I feel proud, and blessed and sometimes even guilty. But the

Curious about my adult braces? Read this and watch these

2012-01-13T13:40:00.002-05:00

I still am, hence my continued research today lol. Thought I'd share a few of the best vids! I find myself doing a lot of explaining because it's not clear why I needed braces so badly to get them at age 31. People ask why did I get them if my teeth were "straight." I have a Deep Bite. . I have a complete, 100% deep bite = no bottom teeth atallll. This has gotten progressively worse over

First episode of The Game Season 5

2012-01-11T15:11:00.000-05:00

Let's go talk by the water cooler for a sec... Yes- I was a fan of The Game back in the day. Girlfriends and The Game were my favorite sitcoms on network TV for their durations. (Don't judge me lol) I fear The Game has gone all meet the browns and made for BET on us. BUT I still watch it, and get a bit excited about it. Because I was hooked on the old story lines and wanted to see what would

2012 Products

2012-01-09T21:25:00.002-05:00

I was sick- so pardon the sniffling and the 1000000000 "UM"s lol I wish I did product giveaways or something and I would have people count how many times I said "um" lol. I'll get better. smh Check out the Amazon store I made in the sidebar >>> And I just want to really commit to sticking to my KMF gel, castor oil, and leave-ins with beeswax in them - like hairveda's almond glaze.

Braces update with... NEW webcam :-)

2011-12-28T17:45:00.001-05:00

Vacation Hair, Grand Bahama

2011-12-22T11:51:00.000-05:00

After washing out that press, I faced another challenge. I was going on vacation in less than a week and needed to do something to my hair!! I was going to Grand Bahama for a quick 3 day vacation with pools, beaches, and humidity. I told myself I was going to twist it up into medium sized twists.... and then I didn't. I ended up totally running out of time, and I re-cowashed my hair the very

Resting in a field of Flowers...I love this stuff on my head.

2011-12-20T11:46:00.002-05:00

Blog post interlude... I washed my hair without shingling it the other day. While still in the shower and soaking wet I liberally applied Shea moisture milk, then some Hairsickle by Safi Hair, and then my KMF gel. I never raked it through- I just kinda smooshed it all in. I wrapped it in a turbie towel for 15 min and I shook it down then left the house. Later that night when it was all dry

Press final results and tips for fine hair

2011-12-16T11:06:00.000-05:00

My press lasted a remarkable 8 days!! It was crazy dirty by then so I had to wash it, but it still looked great. I am tempted to write "this never happens" or "this is a first for me" but I know my memory is just clouded by the many times it has NOT lasted. I have gotten such wear out of professionally done presses before. I think there are two variables that make a press last vrs languish.

New video- Braces update and PRESSED hair!

2011-11-29T10:58:00.003-05:00

Length updates

2011-11-15T15:02:00.004-05:00

It's still Growing! Now that the summer is done I have had to trim the knots of the ends (yes I still get those suckers!!) and I plan to get back into protective and "dry" styles far more often. I trimmed it last week- a good inch all around, but you can't really tell. Here it is before I trimmed it. This is after I took that weave pony tail out and it was all mostly straight from being gelled

Have I out-aged this style?

2011-11-14T10:24:00.005-05:00

I hated my center part low bun. Hated it!I used to wear my hair like this all the time and now I think I have gotten (GHASP) "too old".

Are we gaining ground on the beauty chart?

2011-11-01T10:58:00.004-04:00

From my Yahoo home page yesterday. Choice of model to represent the report...WORD booo at "men earn even more" though... 3 steps forward, two steps back.

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-31T11:01:00.005-04:00

Hope you all had a spectacular Halloween weekend! I sure did :-D I went to a notorious house party on Sat night, hung with my home girls Friday night and this morning at work we had a lil company party. Also this weekend- we had snow. Here in the DMV it came down fast and furious for a little while, but it didn't stick to the driving surfaces and it melted off the trees and grass by evening.

Braces, bang and bun. Video!

2011-10-21T22:03:00.005-04:00

Let's Talk About Hair on TV

2011-10-19T11:03:00.001-04:00

I'm a big fan of Tracie Ellis Ross already (see here) My mom says her charachter from girlfreinds reminded her of me amongst my crew of women folk, and I have even had the shape of my hair compared to hers, though my curls are quite different (IMO! lol) But I was thrilled last night when I was watching Read Between the Lines and they were covering natural curls VS pressing VS relaxing, and they