Hair still holding up It's Unbeweaveable

The weave is still in and looking good. It's fooling folks left and right. You wouldn't believe how many compliments I have gotten on the hair( which only cost me about $9.99 for the pack ). A co-worker even asked me how long I had to sit to get my straw set LOL. Although technically, the hair is mine because I bought it, I do not fake the funk. I am quick to let everyone know that the hair is a weave that I did as a protective styling option. I'm just curious to see if I have accumulated any growth as a result of not being in it constantly. Y'all know I am itching to take it out right? Somebody stop me pleaseeeee? Do something! Say something!

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Finally getting around to posting the pics!

Ok ya'll, I know I am the world's biggest procrastinator but I finally have time to post the pics of my protective style weave. Not too much different from the previous photos except that this hair is longer and curlier than my own. So far, it has achieved it's purpose, I'm not in my hair nearly as much as washing has been reduced to an as needed basis. I do, however, still continue to play around with the part of my hair that was left out of the weave. I twist, retwist, braid, wash, Surge, gel, and comb. It's unfortunate too because this is the part that broke off previously from me harrassing it. lol The weave that I did 2 weeks ago my front was blended into the weave (constant brushing and gelling). I decided to braid the front so there wouldn't be too much wear and tear on my hair. I really hope that I see some major growth from this style providing I keep it in longer than a week or 2.

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Tryin' to Jazz it up a bit!

I have been in my hair yet again. It is simply impossible for me to leave it alone. I decided to do some braids int he front and leave the fro' in the back. I think it looks okay even though I changed the braid design 3 times and it still isn't the way that I want it. I also went swimming today so the white stuff that you see in some of the pics isn't grey hair or anything but the conditioner that I slathered on in an attempt to combat some of the effects of the chlorine. I probably will be re-doing the front and weaving it up. It would be great if I could leave the weave in for more than a week but I know My hand in hair/fro' disease will end up winning the battle. I'm going to try for 2 weeks though. Wish me luck! Here are pics of my pool hair!

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Changed it up again.

last night I decided to twist my hair up. I conditioned wash and then used my DPR 11 and sat under the dryer for about 20 minutes. I then twisted up my hair using Suave leav-in and grease (that's right ya'll good old fashioned grease with petroleum and all). I left them in for a day and this is the resulting wistout. I guess it looks okay but my hair does feel kind of greasy, I guess the grease is working. Haha

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Couldn't wait!!

As you all know by my previous posts that I put a weave in last week. Well, today I took it out and chopped one mo' gin. I just couldn't wait to get that weave out and I had the hardest time doing it. This time, I did manage to get it out without chopping off any of my own hair though. After I took the weave out, I shampooed with Suave Clarifying shampoo and then did a protein treatment using my DuoTex. After that I did a deep conditioning treatment for moisture using Hollywood Beauty Olive Oil Cholesterol (this stuff smells heavenly) I followed that up with my DDTA. Ohhh I almost forgot, before I did all of that, I did another big chop. Yup! I did it myself and while I wasn't able to hook it up like a stylists could, I think I did a pretty good job. There are still some uneven pieces but it will be okay. Maybe if I find a natural salon around here, I will have them even it up for me. I love it. The front is more even than the back but it feels very freeing, no more itchies and it feel good not to have all of that hair in this heat! Here are some pics of my second BC. Go me!!! Go me!!!

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I have got to stop it!!! It really is sheer madness!

Now I know why I wear braids and weaves sometimes. If I didn't, My hands would be permanently attatched to my head. I have a weave in now but the front is out and I am constantly in that little bit of hair that I have left out. Combing, twirling, brushing, washing,conditioning, twisting and anything else I can think of. I really, REALLY love my hair and although I just put this weave in last week, I am already itching to take it out so I can finish up my big chop and play in it some more. It's madness I tell ya, Sheer madness! I just love my hair and I am constantly messing around with new styles and things. I really want to big chop super, duper short (think a fade type cut) but I know my big ass head would look awful if I went that low. I so wish I had the type of head and face that looks good with short, short hair but *sigh* I do not! Anyway, My head is still itching like crazy (I remember when people would say that just means your hair is growing and Oh, if it were true) I washed my weave yesterday and it felt lovely. Honestly, the hair looked better after I washed it and I had no problems with my own braided hair underneath drying fully. Shoooot, it is 95+ degrees here and has been for the past week, all I needed to do was step outside for a an hour or so and waaalaaa, dry hair!! I need some more hair accessories though. I have some headbands, bra-strap and a few of the ouchless slim Goody brand, and a few ponytail holders but I want more, I need more!! I think I will go to the fabric store and see what I can find to make me some really uber cute head wraps and scarves. On a sadder note, I just found out that the pillowcase that I had been using is not satin at all but brace yourself....NYLON!! It looks the same and feels the same but sometimes, my hair does get stuck or catches a little bit on it. Here I am thinking I had it made, no need to sleep in a bonnet or scarve, and all the while I have been sleeping on nylon. I know a true, true silk pillowcase is out of the question but any ideas where I can get a nice satin one? I might check out Ebay or the BSS. I have been all over looking for silk scarves and can't find any of those either.Well, not for the price that I am willing to pay. Anyway, I have to get ready to make that long trek home. I am starving, My baked mostacolli is calling me (yeah it's left over from last night) and it was bomb!!

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Naptural Hair poetry for the soul!

Cosmotolocaptivity

Took a decade
Of dead hair styling
To know I'd never learn
The pressing comb
The curling iron
The mastering
Of the perm
See, I remember times
I wouldn't leave my home
"Girl, why you ain't going?"
"Humph, cuz
My hair ain't combed!"
It wasn't going to be combed
It just wasn't going to be
So, today I stand before you
Contented as NAPPY
Nappy cuz I like it
I like the way it feels
Nappy cuz it's nap-tural
Nappy cuz it's real
See, it's mine
I ain't bought it
Learn to appreciate it
Through self consciousness
There ain't very much
At the beauty shop
I can say I've missed
So, my hair is nappy
I'm Happy & I'm free!
From my hot pursuit
Of no lye lying products
My Cosmotolocaptiviy
Yea, I got nappy edges
Got a nappy kitchen
Running front to back
I need not schedule myself
For no touch up
Cuz natures covered that
Can I touch it?
Do you wash it?
How you get your hair
To do that?
Don't ask me
How I've done it
I just blame it on the nap
When my man
Is running his hands
All through my nappy fro
We just laugh
When fingers get caught up
Cuz, it ain't like we didn't know
Soul sistahs
Break that every other week habit
You know you can't afford
W hen they ask you why
Just sigh
And say
"Cuz I don't comb anymore!"
Brothers tell your barber
You'll be passing on that trim
Asked why Your reply can be
"I'm letting the loc journey begin.."

You see
You too can be hair happy
I know y’all nappy underneath
So free your mind
your hair
yourself
From your
Cosmotolcaptivity!


Nappy Roots


Relaxer dark-n-lovely a stylish
statement is a flagrant stance on
being you but what’s the truth?
Among the ridicule I will smile and
continue to profile my weave in which
You say I deceive who I am!
With a list of cultural styles all
the while I can never deny being
God’s Child my kinky nappy roots
that seep through the beauty enhancement




of being me but what’s the truth?
The truth being I harbor no complex Issues
about my natural state naturally thin and
hardly any hair is the way my locks sway
Skimpy in the wind has nothing to do
With the color of my skin but the choice I make
Just being me I like seeing hair that’s there
the way eyes use to look
at my Afro puffs and pick
that stood up singing Watu Wa Zuri
Black is beautiful but what’s the truth
Now it’s the creativity that transcends
through the look I can achieve
with red, brown or even
golden blonde weave
Whatever I pursue only my hairdresser
knows for sure what necessitates
these naturally rolled roots tucked
under a slick trick of weave that
you perceive but it’s to suit
no one but me and that’s
truth of what you seek ..
I am just being me…




Good Hair Bad Hair

Now what does it mean, to have some good hair
Is it hair that is better, never needs no repair
And what does it mean, to have some bad hair
Is it always the hair, that needs some repairs
Good hair and bad hair, what does all this mean
Is this all just some myths, or something we dream

Please tell us my sistahs, why is Afrikan hair bad
It started from childhood, oh how dreadfully sad
The torture, the heat , the burns, and the jerks
Everythang was tried, to see what would work

Now hair comes in textures, not good bad like grades
Has none’n to do with grades, how we have been played
We want “good” hair, that’s what Black women say
But Black women have “good” hair, don’t wish it away

So what my sistahs, does "good" hair really mean
Its hair that is healthy, at its best and its clean
Get “bad” hair out, of your vocabulary and mind
Cuz its time for a new attitude, that you should define

Black women should define, their “own” beauty that’s good
And change their ideals, from adults back to their childhood
Caucasian beauty, is not beauty to enshrine
Our lips, hips and skin, are much more defined
Why crave the Caucasian’s standards, that are vastly well known
When our own natural beauty, has vitality and life of its own

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