Sunday, April 26, 2009

Sunday Cuteness: TWAs


I did not get to enjoy a TWA the first chop around...but I totally enjoyed it the last chop I did in 07. As much as I wanted my hair to grow back, I really enjoyed the freedom of the TWA. Endless wash and go's were a fave back then.
Enjoy these lovely-n-cute TWAs!



'poo did hair for a fashion show/benefit for The Old State.
see here

hair-shampoo
makeup-m.a.c.
styling- tammy theis

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Somehow I missed this...OoooooPrah!


Oprah a kinky curly fro'ed-out gal??? Woah! Cool. I bet she has a lot of heat damage though with all that daily straightening. And even though we are so used to seeing her with her makeup, this picture looks fine to me considering she's in her fifties! It looks like she just washed her face in the morning and is waiting to get her hair done at the kitchen stove! I wonder what her audience was thinking when they saw this?
Watch this Video

Friday, April 24, 2009

Micro Fiber to twists your locs....NAW?!






Tried it and it was ok but I think I'll stick to manual twisting and maybe do this once a week or something

Ok so I have to admit I'm lazy ..... scratch that I like to work smart not hard. I was looking through my email and noticed from one of my locking groups a vid from you tube. This guy had a super simple way of maintaining his locks.... He was using a micro fiber cloth to twists his locs. I was like what!!!? let me see this thing here I didnt believe it. He had this cloth and he explained that you use it in a continuous circular motion going in one direction around the head. He was rubbing so vigurously I thought he was going to break his neck but when he was done his locks were all tight.... I was like no way!!! I have to try this for myself so of course I grabbed a micro fiber cloth I bought from the dollar store. Nope no good left my locs all puffy and I had little dragons starting everywhere. I emailed him and asked him where I went wrong. He graciously sent me an email stating what I could have done wrong and that I should continue because I would see results with patience. I tell you the number one problem I had was using a cheap dollar store brand of micro fiber, it grabbed at nothing so therefor it would not twist the my locks in the desired way I wanted. The next problem was I was rubbing all over the place instead of rubbing in a uniform circular motion... If you rub your hair to the left then stay to the left always. So again 2nd attempt I bought micro fiber from walmart in the 3 pack for $6 bucks yall and what a deal :) . I washed my hair with just water and rubbed with the cloth and one thing is for sure my scalp is sqeaky clean. There is no itching and my scalp is stimulated from all the rubbing (sweet) Anyway I am happy with the results and since my hair has been so stubborn to lock (especially the front) and I even interlock most of the time, all those frizzies I'm creating will have my hair locking in no time. I dont think I'll stop interlocking all together but Im not down for the three hour twisting sessions either but if I can cut down any time to 10 mins that is all I need. Well all I can say is for me is that it works to an extent but the guy on the tutorial has beautiful dreads . I'll probably do this method once a week to create frizz and interlock where needed. The only thing with this technique though is that you have to watch out for double headed dragons. It's always best to go through the hair and make sure that a few locs havnt gone and married each other If your ok with this however then it's all good and also check to see if any of your locks have become very thin. I didnt realize that I had a few locs on the brink of extinction and had to combine some. People with very thin locks should stay away from this technique if you have pencil width locks or a little bigger then it should be ok. Anyway just thought I'd share a little something I learned today, check out his vid . ;)



Ive also included the web site for norwex (a micro fiber site) too.

Happy locing yall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSl8_eujg-Q

http://www.easycleaning.ca/

Thursday, April 23, 2009

I Luv Luv Luv BeautifulBrwnBabyDol!

Here's an update from You Tube's BeautifulBrwnBabyDol on what she does to her natural hair. She has worn her hair in twists for so long and it's nice to see her beautiful kinks and curls (check out her fotki updated with new pics). It's an update on her products and regimen, she uses a lot of Karen's Body Beautiful products. I have never actually tried those products but she says they smell soooo good and I LOVE that. Actually, that was one of the reasons I went natural- I could cleanse as often as I wanted and no longer had to deal with burnt smelling hair! Anyways....I love her spirit and joyful presentation. She's just fun to watch!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Glamazini's Conditioning & Washing Routines for Short or Long Naturals

Hey guys! You know I love You Tube and always looks to it for info, inspiration, ideas, etc. I love Glamazini's videos as well as her oh so informative site. Here are two vids she posted a few months ago about what she does to wash and condition her hair. I really like her alot and I remember her from years ago before she got married and updated her site. It has been cool to watch her hair progress. Her hair has gotten pretty long and she does cool styles with twists, braids and more. I also like that she features her husband's hair as well since he wears his pretty long. My favorite thing on her site is her wedding photos. She wore her natural hair in a beautiful bun with twists. Such a cutie! Check her out!

Short Hair (<5inches)


Longer Hair (> 5 inches)

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Gotcha! Miss Jessie's Snapshot


Ha! I was so busy snapping shots of them..I guess someone got one of me!
I think I was buying some Curly Buttercream for my mom and a photog took this (#10/47). There were cameras EVERYWHERE and there's no telling where people might end up out there in cyberspace!
Check out number 46 and 47. It's the same lady so I guess it's a before and after shot. Pretty cool.

I'm already looking forward to next year!