Almost One Year Natural!!!

So guess what's coming up!?!?!? On July 7th, 2009 I will have been completely relaxer free for ONE YEAR. How exciting. For my anniversary I've been thinking that I am going to straighten my hair. That will make the second time I've straightened since being natural. I wonder if I need a trim. Hmmm...I don't know. None of my ends are split that I know of so I guess not. I think I'll be able to better tell once my hair is straightened.
So anyway, I just wanted my plans for that day. Maybe you guys can let me know if you have any ideas of ways to celebrate my big day. Oh that reminds me that I am hoping to purchase me a new flat iron before then to straighten my hair with. I've had my eye on the "FHI Runway", but...umm...yeah..won't be paying $400 retail for something that heats up unless it's a clothes dryer sooo.... I've decided to go just a step down and get the FHI Platform which retails for $195.00 but I plan to use Ebay where they can be found for around $115.00. I've heard as well as read awesome things about it and I can't wait to try it out on my hair. I was thinking of having someone straighten it for me, but I've been on this whole diy kick and I do want to perfect that skill myself so, I'll be doing it myself. Well me and my Sabino (heat protectant)so as not to damage my precious kinks and curls. For more info about FHI you can visit their site at www.fhiheat.com

Random Quick Style

Ok so I couldn't take it any longer. I took my twists out and I have to say that I really see growth. The odd thing is that when I stretch my hair out I can't tell as much but what really makes me notice my growth is seeing how much larger my 'fro is. I will post comparison pics later. So on this day after I got out the shower I seemed to have been lacking curl definition (sigh) and although I love how big my 'fro has gotten I wasn't in the mood to wear it out and I was short on time. This is the style I came up with. I really liked it. So did my husband. Whaddya think?

Style Photo (from February)

Ok so this is a going to be a short post. I simply wanted to show you a style that I had a while back. I loved this style so much. I didn't braid this myself because I'm not that good at french braiding/cornrowing but that is a goal of mine for this summer. I do know how to braid, but I want them to look crisp and neat. I am going to be working on it. I'm gonna start with my daughters hair. With three daughters you'd think I'd be the best braider in town but I'm a little on the "just aight" side when it comes to braiding. So you know what that means. If I'm just "aight" on someone else's hair chances are doing my own hair will suck. And it does. Hopefully I will post a beautiful picture of freshlly cornrowed hair on MY head in about 3--4 months. Hmm, we'll see. Anyway, I look kinda mean on this picture but I'm not. I promise. Just look at at the style.

Updates, Staples, Stayed tuned....

Hello out there to anyone who may still happen to be following my few and far in between posts. How are you? Lol. I just wanted to give you guys a quick update on my hair as of late. I always say I am still enjoying my hair but I haven't really given any details lately. My excuse for absence is simply this; my main computer where I store all my photos is down and I also have been incredibly busy and I hate to just not let you guys see photos of what I'm doing to my hair. I do have a couple of back photos that I promise to upload soon but in the meantime I'll just give some updates.
I have somehow become obsessed with length and I have been unhappy with the growth I've acquired thus far so I decided to put my hair up so for the last 8 weeks I have been in kinky twists. I am on my second set in a row thus far. I (unfortunately) didn't take a picture of the first set but I will get a picture of the set I have now. I am getting much better at them by the way. My hair is growing and I am excited to get this next 3-4 weeks out of the way because then I am going to be having a GRAND time playing in my hair.
I am learning what products work for my hair and that in itself is so freeing because it frees me from trying every product that is raved about on the scene. And there are ALOT. There will always be a new, exciting, and amazing product or line of products. Now I'm not saying that you shouldn't try them or anything but I just find a comfort in knowing that I have some staples in my hair life. Huh? What are my staples? Oh. Sure I'll tell you what staples I've acquired thus far.

Staples:
-Shea butter- Hands down one of THE BEST moisturizers ever. Atleast for my hair.
-Kemi Oyl- Omg! ya'll already know. I dedicated an entire post to this product awhile back.
-My Homeade Spritzer- Now this is my own recipe. It's a very simple, no measure (for the most part)Mixture made of 1 part glycerin (or veggie glycerin. I've tried both they work the same to me) to 2 parts water. I then add a bit of jojoba oil (you don't have to use jojoba) and finally about 5 drops of peppermint oil for prservation and scalp stimulation. I just can't tell you how much my hair loves this. I use this as my braid spray while my twists are in.
I also have some other staple shampoo and conitioners but I am always on the lookout for a great conditioner so I guess the PJ in me lives to fight another day. :P