I want to officially document my hair journey with all of my accomplishments as I reach my goal of Bra Strap Length in 2012.
Hair Status
Current Length-TWA (Teeny Weenie Afro) Next Goal Length- Afro Puff Style / EL Final Goal Length- Bra Strap Length Last Relaxer- June 1st, 2012 with Trim Next Relaxer- NEVER!!!! Hair Goal- Healthy Hair Current Style- TWA
I decided to get my hair braided on a protective style mainly because I was traveling to London to attend my cousins wedding in addition to vacationing. I did not want to have my hair out for fear that I would not have been able to style my natural hair for the wedding.
I plan on keeping my braids in for two months- so by the end of May I will be taking them down.
In preparation of my box braids, I washed, conditioned, deep conditioned, and blow dried my hair. I used Grapeseed oil as my heat protectant and my blow dryer on the low setting. I parted my hair into four sections and made those sections even smaller while drying. I used a wide tooth comb to detangle my hair followed by my denman brush and then the wide tooth comb again used by drying my hair.
After my hair was all dried if formed an Afro. Check out the video below to see my Afro at 5 months post big chop (BC).
After having my hair in two strand twists for a week, it was time to take them out. I wanted to try, or at least see what a twist out would look like. It came out fine, but not as I expected. I picked out my hair to stretch it and thought to my self: "I wonder if I can get my hair into a puff". And so went my journey....check out my video below: