Monday, October 29, 2018
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Thursday, October 25, 2018
NATURAL HAIR: My Twist Out
I just wanted to show what I'm looking like now- days. lol. My length after clipping my ends last Saturday and this BOMB ASS twist out as a result
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
New Thought Sermon: I Am The God Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl9rhfixlIA&list=PLxsiPkfyRpFBJz9UkVGfhlsj5cFaJ2vNt&index=4
My Natural Hair
I remember when I started this blog, one of the main subjects I wrote about was my hair. Over the course of this journal I've done many things to it, including cut it. Many times. Ive been natural for a bout ten years and I am JUST NOW coming to a love of my hair again. I remember when I first went natural I had so much fun researching all the ways to care for and style it. The forums and message boars were always POPPIN and FUN. As time went on and it grew out I didn't LOVE it as much as I thought I would. I became a mom and a wife and the love of my hair was replaced with other things. It was REALLY expensive to care for my hair and keep it styled. On top of that i really didn't love it. I didn't love the texture. I didn't love the length. I didn't love the CONSTANT split ends and fairy knots. So for about 3-4 years or so I kept it shaved bald. I kept a number 1. Because although I didn't LIKE my natural hair I didn't want a perm. I wanted to like it, I just didn't.
Fast forward to about 2 years ago when Devin and I first split and I was ready to grow it out but i knew I wanted something different. I needed it cut cute, and in good shape. So I started to grow it out again , but I kept my one side shaved and I just grow it out like that. I gave it time to grow out. Started styling it again ad buying products for it.
Now I'm in love again. I've recently been watching YouTube videos on hair CARE. n hair LOVE and respect. AA hair is no the type of hair that doesn't need CARE and LOVE. It need ATTENTION, TIME and RESPECT, that's something I purposely made time to do for myself after the break up. For years I forgot about the IMPORTANCE of a regular hair ROUTINE. When I was younger and first went natural, my hair care routine was all I lived for. Having a schedule of hair care and documenting certain things ( like when you last clipped your ends) is SUPER important. Regularly co-washing, and detangling, DEEP conditioning treatments, and trims. Protective styling WITHOUT hair extensions needed. 1. It gives your hair line a break from the stress and extra weight of hair and braiding. 2 It forces me to come to grips with the love of my hair. Taking a break from extensions and braids allows you time to look at yourself in the mirror and LOVE what I have growing on my head.
I have been watching SO many YouTube videos on 4c hair care and growth tips. Products to try that arent too expensive and STYLES. SO. MANY. NATURAL. STYLES. It's been inspirational and motivational. Motivational to do things like remembering to take my vitamins every day so my hair can grow in thick and healthy. This past weekend, on Saturday I clipped my ends. t needed it and i NEVER want to grow my hair out without clipping my ends again. That was one of the main things that discouraged me before and mad me cute it all off and rock the Cesar cut. Split ends are like FAKE FRIENDS. GET RID OF THEM! So i did. They are a length delusion and illusion. They just give you false hope about your hair when it reality it's DEAD. DEAD hair that needs to go. And honestly I would rather clip my ends NOW, as opposed to not and having split ends and crazy ugly dry hair later that I'll have to cut ALL off because it wont be any good ANYWAY. SO NO! I'm not going through that. Saturday was my first trim in the two years that I have been growing it out. Which was OK. I wanted to give my hair time to get some length before I cut it. I shouldn't have gone two years but it's ok because I wont go that long again. I will definitely be clipping my ends seasonally. Every season (about every 3 mos) I'll clip my ends GENTLY. So that it can be healthy and pretty. Not to mention the fact that freshly clipped ends feel REALLY good and look even better.
In the mean time I have adapted a new attitude and a new hair care routine. I still have to do things on a budget so I'm careful with that. But pretty much:
EVERY MONTH: Clarifying Wash with a DEEP CONDITIONING treatment
EVERY TWO WEEKS: Deep Conditioning with hot oil treatment
EVERY WEEK: Co Wash on Sundays, detangle, and retwist/ quick style
EVERYDAY: -Take my vitamins
- Moisturize my hair with a leave in and seal with a oil or a butter
- Sleep with my scarf on.
Nurturing my edges and ends is EVERYTHING to me right now and kind of my hair care priority. Plus, a youtuber said she named her hair and I just thought that was a really neat, cute idea that fosters a love of hair. I'm trying to think of one for mine.
Fast forward to about 2 years ago when Devin and I first split and I was ready to grow it out but i knew I wanted something different. I needed it cut cute, and in good shape. So I started to grow it out again , but I kept my one side shaved and I just grow it out like that. I gave it time to grow out. Started styling it again ad buying products for it.
Now I'm in love again. I've recently been watching YouTube videos on hair CARE. n hair LOVE and respect. AA hair is no the type of hair that doesn't need CARE and LOVE. It need ATTENTION, TIME and RESPECT, that's something I purposely made time to do for myself after the break up. For years I forgot about the IMPORTANCE of a regular hair ROUTINE. When I was younger and first went natural, my hair care routine was all I lived for. Having a schedule of hair care and documenting certain things ( like when you last clipped your ends) is SUPER important. Regularly co-washing, and detangling, DEEP conditioning treatments, and trims. Protective styling WITHOUT hair extensions needed. 1. It gives your hair line a break from the stress and extra weight of hair and braiding. 2 It forces me to come to grips with the love of my hair. Taking a break from extensions and braids allows you time to look at yourself in the mirror and LOVE what I have growing on my head.
I have been watching SO many YouTube videos on 4c hair care and growth tips. Products to try that arent too expensive and STYLES. SO. MANY. NATURAL. STYLES. It's been inspirational and motivational. Motivational to do things like remembering to take my vitamins every day so my hair can grow in thick and healthy. This past weekend, on Saturday I clipped my ends. t needed it and i NEVER want to grow my hair out without clipping my ends again. That was one of the main things that discouraged me before and mad me cute it all off and rock the Cesar cut. Split ends are like FAKE FRIENDS. GET RID OF THEM! So i did. They are a length delusion and illusion. They just give you false hope about your hair when it reality it's DEAD. DEAD hair that needs to go. And honestly I would rather clip my ends NOW, as opposed to not and having split ends and crazy ugly dry hair later that I'll have to cut ALL off because it wont be any good ANYWAY. SO NO! I'm not going through that. Saturday was my first trim in the two years that I have been growing it out. Which was OK. I wanted to give my hair time to get some length before I cut it. I shouldn't have gone two years but it's ok because I wont go that long again. I will definitely be clipping my ends seasonally. Every season (about every 3 mos) I'll clip my ends GENTLY. So that it can be healthy and pretty. Not to mention the fact that freshly clipped ends feel REALLY good and look even better.
In the mean time I have adapted a new attitude and a new hair care routine. I still have to do things on a budget so I'm careful with that. But pretty much:
EVERY MONTH: Clarifying Wash with a DEEP CONDITIONING treatment
EVERY TWO WEEKS: Deep Conditioning with hot oil treatment
EVERY WEEK: Co Wash on Sundays, detangle, and retwist/ quick style
EVERYDAY: -Take my vitamins
- Moisturize my hair with a leave in and seal with a oil or a butter
- Sleep with my scarf on.
Nurturing my edges and ends is EVERYTHING to me right now and kind of my hair care priority. Plus, a youtuber said she named her hair and I just thought that was a really neat, cute idea that fosters a love of hair. I'm trying to think of one for mine.
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