My 2 year NAPPIVERSERY!

Boy oh boy oh boy. How fast these past two years have zoomed by. I seriously can not believe that there was a point in time where I thought my hair would never grow. Silly me. :] I am 2 years into this and I have not looked back. I made a video discussing various topics. If ya don't want to watch it, you can read a quick summary of said topics below. :D



Regimen & Products: MY regimen is so simple compared to other naturalistas it's ridiculous. I wash my hair once a week with One N' Only Argon oil shampoo and conditioner. I've been using this same brand for about a year and a half now. It just works! When the shampoo runs out I'll use anything, but I will not use a different conditioner...EVER! After washing my hair, I twist it with my home made shea butter mixture, and then rock the twist out for the remainder of the time until it is die for another wash. That's it. Shampoo. Conditioner, and Shea Butter.
Protective Stylnig & Styles: I don't do protective styles to much. I think they are ugly and I just like wearing my hair. Although in the summer, if I don't go out, I'll keep my 2 strand twists in until it's time to wash, but that't it. I don't really mix up styles to much either. You will usually see me with my hair in a head band, or bandana...some times a hat. I'm just to lazy to find new styles, and plus, I'm going to college and I don't have time for the extra. BUUUUT, I plan on changing that within the next year or 2 when my hair gets longer. I would like to learn how to do a donut. That would be nice. :) I find that I can retain length with out protective styling. My hair went from 1.5 inches to 10. I'm on track, doing quite well.

Tips: Sleep with a silk pillow. If you want to maintain a decent twist out for a few days, pineapple your hair. Find a good oil and worship it. Oh, and rock your hair with confidence please. Find a good oil and love it.Trim your own ends regularly. 
Transitioning: Trans'ing sucks! I had to big chop, the two different textures were bugging the hell out of me. I would advise every one who wants to go natural to do the same. When I first cut my hair, it has to have been about 1.5 inches and it it is up to 10.5 inches! :) Yay, me. I'm on track and retaining length.
Dating <3: Dating for me has not been an issue at all. I know there are some naturals out there who have a hard time dating or finding some one who accepts their hair. But me? I've been doing just fine. My ex's/current boyfriend liked me for me and not because of my hair, and they've all been black if that matter to anyone. :) 

The proof is in the pudding people!

1.5 years of being natural: I've come a long way~

My hair has grown soooo much in the past year. I can't believe it! I can't believe that there was actually a time where I thought my TWA would never grow.

Look at me now
Lil' ol' me went from this:

(6 months)
TO THIS:

(1 year and 6 months):') I'm sorry, but I just heard all the natural haired angels singing. In about a year, my hair has just been sprouting from my follicles like weeds.

I owe it all to my minimal regimen.I know that there's plenty of girls who swear by slathering on multiple products. Me? I only swear by 3.
Shampoo. Conditioner. and Shea butter.I wash my hair once week, and add Shea butter right after. During the week: I leave it the hell alone.I do not add extra products. I do not over style it. None of that. I just let it be.

Thus, my hair has grown 11 centimeters (about 6 inches) in just a quick year, and that length includes, cuts, trims and all. IDK, I'm just happy right now. So content with my hair...and life of course. ^_^;

Happy 2012 - Let's stat off with a hair post

This January marks year and a half anniversary since I chopped off all my hair (you can check that out in my older posts).  More details about that later.

And my new years resolution is to:

BlOG MORE ABOUT MY CRAZY SEXY NATURAL HAIR

I wear this lazy style a lot. I just slick the bandana round my head, poof my hair up and boom, I'm off to conquer my day.

 This is my go to style when I go to work, the grocery store and when I'm around town running errands. You know how you don't want to get to dolled up, but still want to look decent? Yeah.

Sometimes I like to get a little crazy and flare out the tips of the bandana to create bunny ears. 

I can tell that this is going to be a very promising year for my blog. ^_^;

7 month BC anniversery!

My hair is growing YAY!

7 months post BC.

I haven't really been updating my hair progress as much as I used to. But I still do take pictures!

I've stopped obsessively measuring my hair. But look at it! It's gotten so bug, this picture makes me so excited! :D (excuse the kawaii face, i wasn't feel that picture).

MY twist outs are beginning to turn out quite nicely as well.

I will have pictures of that and the product I use to twist my hair, I'll also be putting up a frohawk tutorial soon! So, be on the look out.

6 months Natural

Aye Loves. So as of Januray 2nd, 2011 I am exactly 6months Natural! No measurements this time (I lost my ruler) But here's a snazzy pic!

 Besides all of the knots and tangles I keep getting, everything is coming along pretty well. I'm in need of a trim. 

I'm planning on doing my very first attempt at twist outs tonight. Wish me luck!

5 Month Update, another month, another centimeter~

Happy 5 Months to me!

It seems like yesterday that I chopped all my hair off, I still cant believe that I have come this far!

Last last month, my hair has grown 1 cm, just as the month before. In the picture, you see the my hair is like .2 cm away from 8. That's because my ends were being stubborn and kept curly back up (Darn that 4A hair).

I think mt hair is growing pretty well seeing as how I trimmed the hell out of my ends a couple weeks ago.

Haha, I can't wait until next month to see it at 9.

Close up:

Stretched it as much as possible.

Water Challenge: Faster hair growth from just drinking water?! (continued)

So remember when I posted that picture of that girl who claims that her hair grew much faster from just drinking 62 oz. of water a day? Well. Guess what? I tried it out. Over the past month, I have been drowning myself in water, roughly 3 bottles a day just to see some results.

Well, you've been waiting, and here they are!

I'm gonna say my hair was 6cm, ya cant really see it because my finger, but

My hair grew one whole centimeter. Woopty-fucking-doo! </sarcasm>. I mean like seriously, I was expecting atleast 2 or 3. That water thing was a waste of time, and I gained like 5 extra piunds. Dont do it. On to better news. New Haul!

Reviews coming soon, of corse.

 



Stretchy, Stretchy~ 4A Natural Hair

Today is my 3.5 month anniversery, after my BC wise.

I'm still doing that water thing for my hair growth, so far I've been drowing myself in watter for about 2 weeks. I'm not seeing any major improvement like that girl did, but when the month is up, I'll update ya.

Here's my hair now!
Unstretched and Stretched

Excuse the low quality pics (blogger makes them worse), but I'm pretty sure that the majority of my hair is 4A. I have very tightly coiled hair except for around my edges and the crown of my head, wich might be a 4B. Idk. What do you think?
Leave comments. :) and Oh yeah, here's me a few weeks ago at homecoming!

Next up: A product review~

Faster Hair Growth from just drinking water?!

This seems wayyyy to good to be true. But I am definately going to try it. She says that she drinks 62. oz of water a day. So for me that's like, 3.5 Bottles. That seems pretty managble. So that's about a bottle every 6 hours. And plus, I should be getting some additional water from my foods.

I will add this to my regimen starting today! And will update you guys on November 7th wth my progress.

Wish me luck! :]

Mini Haul and Natural Hair Jouney Update

My Mom and Sister took a trip to Sally's and CVS and picked up a few more hair products! :) ~

From Sally's Beauty Supply we have:

• Proclaim Argain Oil
• Creme Leave in Conditioner
• Milk and Protien Olive Oil

From CVS:

• Garnier Frutis Leave in Conditioner
• Coconut Milk Conditioner

Of course I will be reviewing all of these products for you guys soon! And I apologize for the overly sharpened picture. I have a crappy camera. xP

And now for my Natural Hair Journey Update!

I'm at 11 weeks

Almost 3 months after The Big Chop (BC)

So this is my hair guys. It's starting to look a little wooly. Texture wise, it's pretty soft. The only time it's rough is after I wash it.

I got an edge up this Tuesday though! And the barber cut off like that top layer of my hair, my little fuzzies, and lined up the back of my hair.

Half Face Picture

That's a head band in my hair by the way, is it growing you guys?

Natural Hair Product Review: Hairfinity and 7 weeks after BC (Big Chop)

You can get these babies at http://www.hairfinity.com/ for just a measly 25 bucks for a months supply.

They come with 60 pills, and shoudl last you about a month if you take the reccomended 2 pills a day!

I began using these the 2nd week after my Big Chop and ended the 6th week. Here is my progress:

            1 week after BC                                                                      7 Weeks after BC

At first, I didnt think the pills were working. But seeing these photos, they definately did their job. People had lept saying 'oh, you're hair is growing', but I just didnt see it.

Dosen't my hair look more fuller and, erm, poofier?! LOL. :)

This is a great product, has all the vitamins and things your hair needs, and at a reasonable price too.



My Natural Hair Journey Intro

I've always loved the look of big, poofy, hair, or fro's ever since I could remember at the age of 5 or so. I just didn't know how to achieve it. I never knew what natural hair really was up until a year ago.

(13 years old; Relaxed)

I just always thought that my hair was natural since I didnt wear weaves, or extensions. I was wrong. Horribly Wrong. My mother had started relaxing my hair at a really young age. 4-5 I believe. I'd never even known what my natural hair looked like! Shame.

(14 years old; Relaxed)

But I must say, my hair was pretty long. Up until my mom started to get lazy while she was doing my perms. She'd take to long, and as a result, I got chemichal burns, and my hair became shorter and brittle.

                             

(16 years old; Relaxed)

I'd had enough. So, I decided to get kinky twist, while I transitioned. I'd only started transitiong for about 2 months. When I took them out, my hair was completely ate off. The breakage was horrible. I decided it was time. Might as well cut it all off and start over again.

(16 years old; Kinky Twist)

So, here I am! :) Natural and happy...sort of.

and my journey begins!

(16 years old; Natural; 1 Month after Big Chop)