Meeka's Wash Day

My sister Meeka came to me to get her hair washed. I do not mind doing her hair, but she does not take my advice when I tell her what to do with her hair- such as protective styling. She hates ponytails and buns because she likes her hair to be flowing all on her shoulders and down her back.

With my help, my sister went from shoulder length hair to currently past APL. For about a year straight her hair was hidden under weaves that I did and cared for. Today, she came in my house and I was like "wow, your hair is bra strap length". I told her that I had to take a picture to compare her hair now to the condition it was in two years ago, when I started my hair journey. When I took the picture, I noticed that only a piece of her hair was BSL, most of her hair was past APL, but the ends were just so thin.

I told her that I would have to cut those scraggly ends off and that I would so in two weeks when I apply her weave- that way, she will not miss the length. So on to her wash!

I washed her hair with Aphogee's Deep Moisture Shampoo followed by the Keratin 2 minute reconstructor, let that sit on her hair for about 10 minutes, then washed it out. I sprayed the green tea and keratin on her hair and applied my homemade leave in conditoner (Kimmaytube's version) before roller setting her hair in the mohawk style.

It was too hot for me to apply heat to straighten out her roots and her under processed hair, so I just wrapped her hair up and before she left my house, she comb her hair down. Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures (she left really late and I was tired).

Summer Go To Styles

Since having my hair trimmed on June 1, 2012, I knew that I did not want to style my hair in ways that would cause my ends to split or become damaged, so I told myself that I would try to keep my hair up and off of my shoulders until I reached APL again. Not only does wearing my hair down cause breakage and split ends, but the weather can also add to this. Since it is summer, my hair needs to be well moisturized so that the sun does not dry out my hair and my ends. Here are some pictures of styles that I have been wearing:

 Flexi Rod Set on dry hair

Banana Clip Bun

Flat Twist Out on Damp Hair

Flat Twist Out Dry

Donut Bun

What do you ladies do to your hair in the summer?

Wash Day- Roller Set

After spending four days vacationing in Cancun, I came home and felt that my hair was dry and brittle and needed a good deep condition. I washed my hair while in Cancun and let it air dry, but I did not deep condition.

Anyway, on June 28th,  I pre-poo’d overnight with Herbal Essence Hello Hydration, EVCO, sweet almond oil, a few drops of peppermint oil and jojoba oil. I sectioned my hair into four sections and applied by pre-poo which I covered with a shower cap and then my turbie twist towel before going to bed ( the pre-poo stayed on about 8 hrs). Then I had the boyfriend wash my hair with Suave Daily Clarifying Shampoo followed by Organix Coconut Milk Shampoo and Conditioner. I detangled my hair with my wide tooth comb and then I applied my leaves ins: Sprayed Aloe Vera Juice, (I am trying to cut back on my shedding), Sprayed Aphogee Green Tea and Keratin Reconstructurizer, and applied my version of the “KimmayTube” leave in (which is Kinky Curly Knot Today, Aloe Vera Juice, Sweet Almond Oil and Coconut Oil). Then I proceeded to roll my hair with the large size rollers and sat under my hooded dryer for about an hour and a half. Once my hair was dry, I took out my rollers and applied some Frizz Ease to my hair and then wrapped my hair for the night. In the morning, I took down my wrap and bunned my hair. 

Check out my video below:

No Direct Heat Challenge (June 1st -September 1st)

Relaxer and Trim- June 2012

Micro Braids and Sew In- 6 wk update

So it has been 6 weeks since my micro braids and sew in was installed with the Janet Indi Remy wet and wavy hair and it is about that time to take down the style. The box braids in the front of my head held up well, however, my hair has grown about an inch so my hair looks old when I pull it back to style it. The box braids at the back of my head are a different story. They do not look well at all and I think it is because of all the rubbing on my shirt it has done. The braids look old and fuzzy.

The Sew In: It is clear to me that my hair has grown as I can lift my braids from my scalp. I would love to keep this hair in for another two weeks, but it will interfere with my up coming busy weekend schedules for the month of June. The weave however is a tangled mess and I have to blame myself. Initially that hair was so soft and silky that it would not stay in a ponytail. I continued to roll my hair nightly with flexi rods and one night I wrapped my hair. At night, I would use my tangle teezer or denman brush to detangle my hair before using the flexi rods.

My scalp continued to irritate me as it does when I wear a weave so I used an applicator bottle with Sweet Almond Oil and Peppermint Oil to get in between my tracks. I was careful not to have the oil land on the weave, but I noticed a few days later that the weave was oily as if the oils from my scalp were running down the length of the weave which caused the hair to tangle and knot- in my opinion.

I used Organix Coconut Milk Shampoo and Conditioner about a week ago to wash out the oil. I let the hair air dry about 90% and then I blow dried the hair on a low setting. It did not help the situation. My hair would look nice when I left the house for work, but my the end of the day I had a birds nest. I even tried to use steam rollers which came out nice but once again, the end of the night was a nightmare.

The hair shed so much that there was always clumps of hair in the bathroom after detangling. I would love to try this style again, but I will use a more reliable brand of hair.

So for my last week with this style, I will be bunning it up!

My next style may be a 3/4th wig until I relax on or around June 2nd.

Yaya Hair Ombre'd

So after reviewing Ms. Chanda's youtube video on how she did an Ombre to her Yaya Hair, I feel so in love with the way her hair looked that I wanted to Ombre my Yaya Hair. Check out the video below: