Goodbye My Love

Rest in Peace Coco Chanel Sephora
Mommy will miss you terribly.


June 10, 2005- August 6, 2013

A Havana Twists love story...

I don't know what took me so long to jump on the Havana Twists love train but my golly, I love them so. They're easy to install, light, and incredibly convenient to maintain. So far, I've been wearing them since Summer began and retwists every 6 weeks.

I took my twists down this weekend and was stunned at my hair growth. I make it a habit to wet my hair everyday with my leave in mix and oil my hair either in the morning or the evenings. What's even more amazing was the lack of split ends. With Havana twists, I don't have to worry about dirt clumps at the root of my scalp or tension on my scalp and edges. Speaking of edges....

Still shitty... Unfortunately.

With Fall fast approaching, I'm debating on whether to use this hairstyle as a protective style through the Fall and Winter. I'm seriously contemplating a 1 year protective style challenge to see how long can my hair grow. I'm almost 5 yrs to this natural game and my hair is still not MBL which doesn't make me happy at all. We shall see.

Till next time!
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Havana Twists...a breakup and the make-up......

Hola!

Man, what a crazy 3 days, so let's get right into it. As you know my hair has been a hot mess for a while. I've been dealing with disappearing edges, dryness and split ends. I felt it was time that my hair got a much needed break and Havana Twists was the way to go. The time finally came for the twists to be installed and I was EXCITED! I spent hours drooling over pictures of Havana twists, dreaming of the ways I was going to rock this style.....

Until...

I got them done and I hated them.

*stops the presses*

This was my hair after my cousin installed the twists. Initially it was kinda hard to get the invisible root method but afterwards my cousin was able to do it...or so I thought. Afterwards, once she was done, this is what my hair looked like. I...liked it? But it wasn't love. Why didn't I love it? 

The shit felt like a ton of bricks on my head. It was HEAVY. I couldn't fit my hair into a bun, I couldn't sleep because it was so long and difficult to manage. It was so long that I had to throw my hair over the pillow just to sleep comfortably. That morning, I decided to cut them but to no avail, it was too heavy. Not only was the hair was too heavy but my cousin wasn't able to do the invisible root method so my gut was telling me my edges were suffering.  So I decided to take the bulls by the horn and re-twist my own hair.

WHO. THE.  HELL. TOLD. ME. TO . DO . THAT. Long story short, it took my 4 hours to get the invisible twist method, and finally, I did it!

Now....I LOVE my hair!


It feels so light that I can't believe there's extensions in my hair. I feel so good about this style that I'm going to do my little sister's hair. I'm so happy!

More views of my hair.
See??? It blends perfectly with my natural hair. 

Till next time!

My. Hair.

This is what my hair looks like for the past 2 days.  I really like the style a lot, it's easy, simple and no fuss. 

I plan on starting KinkyCurlyCoilyMe Castor Oil Challenge June 1st, wish me luck!

Product List....

Since I've decided to embrace extensions again, I figured I needed to add some new products to my arsenal.

First up,

Stay On Satin night cap. I think the number one culprit is my silk headtie. I don't know about anyone else, but my scarf never ends up where I left it. Even though I sleep on a satin pillowcase,  I wake up every morning with my headscarf about 2-3 inches off my head. I'm on the hunt for this product

I know this may sound nuts, but I haven't changed the water bottle I use for my DIY mixes since I went natural, almost 4 years ago. I know, bad, bad, T. However, I plan on buying 2 bottles, one for my water mix and one for my oil mix. 

I LOVE this shampoo to cleanse my scalp. I work out at least 3-4 days a week and nothing cleans my scalp like this. I plan on diluting this with water and washing my SCALP only with this shampoo. 

I found this oil for $1.97 in Target. Nuff said. It does have filler oils, but I'm thinking of cutting it with some coconut oil/grapeseed oil. This will be used to seal in moisture instead of my Castor Oil mix. I will leave that particular mix for my scalp and edges only at night. 

Giving my hair a break.

I wish I had better news about my edges, but after taking down my last set of cornrows, my edges look dreadful. You can CLEARLY see where my hairline is receding. To say I'm disheartened is an understatement, with that said, I've decided that for the remainder of the summer, I will wear Havana Twists. My goal is to wear the twists for one month, 2 month max with a week break in-between reinstallation. The difference between Havana Twists and regular Kinky Twist extensions is the lack of tension on your scalp. The twists are bigger and can easily blend into your natural hair. I'm getting them installed next Friday and I'm excited. I've been extensions free for almost a full year and frankly...my hair needs a break.

To keep my hair moisturized, I decided to make a moisturizing mix with water, a light conditioner, tree tea oil(since I work out a lot and a funky scalp is NOT the business), and vitamin E oil. I plan on wetting and sealing my hair DAILY. So that means, I have to stick to washing my scalp once a week and being on top of daily upkeep, even if I have to put a daily reminder in my phone to wet and seal my hair. On top of that, I'm going to up my castor oil regime to at least 4 times a week.

Also, I've decided to buy at least 2 wigs for the Fall/Winter season. Yes, I will be wearing WIGS for the Fall/ Winter. I need to give my hair rest from constant manipulation and I plan on using that time to concentrate on my edges as well. I plan on keeping track of my growth process.

I will get my edges back!

Not so good news on the edges front....

Yep, my edges are definitely going. What's going on? I tried the sleeping without the scarf experiment and apparently that's not working out so well for me. I think I'm going to up my castor oil treatments to 5 days instead of 3. Something has to give at this point.

In much happier news, I've finally found my HOLY GRAIL leave-in conditioner!!!!!!!!! Do you have any idea how long I've been searching for one?!?

Soultanicals knot sauce(pics to come soon) is wonder in a bottle. My hair is soft, tangle free and supple. I love it as a leave in but holy crap, its a wonderful detangler!!!!

Since it was birthday last week and I had a lot of celebrating planned, I let my hair loose for the festivities. What you must know about my hair is that it tangles VERY easy and is prone to knots and splits hence why I rarely wear my hair out. Well, after applying a pea size amount on my hair(in sections of course), I was amazing at how my hair untangled itself. It was like the knots disappeared. I wanted to cry tears of joy. Thank goodness I purchased the 16 oz bottle *whew*. I also order another goodie that might be my Spring/Summer moisturizer, woohooo!

In more PJ news. I FINALLY received my order from Beja Flor Naturals after escalating my issue to Paypal and Etsy. I've used the buttercream maybe once? And wasn't too impressed with it. It's very thick and my hair didn't feel so great the next day. I want to test it with other leave ins in my stash, so I can get an idea on what works best with it.


And lastly, my hair was a hit these past few days. My male classmate said he didn't realize how long my hair was because I keep it braided or twisted. I've been wearing a bantu knot out since Friday and everyday my puff gets bigger and bigger, I LOVE IT!

That's all now folks!
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