Two strand twisted locs!

Right before leaving for Disney, I decided to do two strand twist on my locs. I seem a few ladies on YouTube and Instagram have great results, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I washed my hair and then did the twist without product and secured the ends with rubber bands. I loved the results so much, that I left the twist in the entire week I was in Disney!

 

The twist out,I did t like as much but I, still wearing it until I feel like washing my hair

 

 

Little Loc update :)

My hair lately.... Its been awhile since I did a hair update. My locs are 9 months old!!! I cant believe it. As you all know, i am lazy when it comes to styling lol. I got a "wild hair up my a$$" a few weeks ago and decided to do loc knots. That was exhausting! It took forever but the results were worth it.

The loc knots lasted for about 2-3 weeks and I ended up enjoying the style more than I thought I would.

Besides loc knots, I also did my signature braid out when I re-twisted my roots last week.

Lastly, today I wanted to try the straight hair look like "curlynugrowth" and "afronique" of youtube have done with their locs. The style defintely has potential, but me being myself couldn't let it set long enough. i took the rollers out after about an 1hr lol. I could see the potential though

Other, than that my hair has been chilling. I don't do much with it, in fact I don't even recall my everyday style lol

Thinking about a little hair cut

I shouldn't even call it a hair cut, more so a trim. I have always battled with much looser hair in the front of my hair than the back. I recently trimmed a few of my ends in the middle because my ends were still straight and stringy. Ewwwwe, can't stand it lol. I'm thinking about doing the same in the front. I have about 2 inches of ends that just look like trash and I can't stand it. The back is where it's at! My hair is nicely curled and the ends are sorta circular and look amazing compared to the trashy front. I hope this little trim does the trick

My princess wants hair like mine!

last week I decided to put individual braids in my daughters hair.... For a few reasons.  I didn't really like how it looked down, but the other day she insisted she have hair like mine. I added a little water and shea butter to her braids and gave her a headband. 3 days later, girlfriend is still whipping her hair around loving it. This is so special to me because she has never really liked my locs/ twist. She would always prefer a straight long style. Now my princess has watched me wear locs and she must have noticed the beauty because she wants the same. I feel so blessed that I am able to have my very self aware girl love her hair in a very simple state. She knows shes beautiful with or without barrettes, clips, and accessories. No longer does she ask for ponytails or straight hair because she can now appreciate her natural hair :)

social networking clean up

I have a problem..... a large amount of my day is spent on Facebook, YouTube, blogs and now even tumblr and Twitter. Smh how did this happen? I am almost like a stalker I don't know most of the people I follow, I hardly even comment. I really need to "get a life" lol. This hobby of mine is starting to get out of control! But I can't stop I've learned so much from all my virtual friends, I definitely need to limit my social networks though. Esp, tumblr n Twitter... I don't post but I follow lol. I love tumblr for hairstyle inspiration though.....what's a girl to do?

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Loc'd or not?

I love how you really can't tell, lol. This is after spraying my hair with water and adding a little she butter mix..I tired for months not to use shea butter (afraid of build up) but my hair has been feeling so dry I had to try something. More on that later.....

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pictures like this

Make me keep on with the locs. I've been having serious loose hair envy lately, damn you naptural85.... just kidding but seriously, I LoVe her Hair! Makes me wanna take down ny twist n forget about locs. But then reality sets in and I remember how much I hated detangling and styling my hair. I had a whole year to experiment with loose natural hair but I always just did twist. While I love the look of wash gos n twist outs, its just too much for me! When my "locs" can look like the above pics smile is on my heart. Lol

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I thought I was too cute, lol

A new lip gloss, painted nails, and a braid out. You couldnt tell me nothing! Lol my baby locs are almost 2 months old. I have my good and bad days, mostly good :) braid outs have been my lifesaver

Ava's hair

I got this style from
I figured I'd give it a try on Ava's hair. Her hair had already been in a similar style so I thought I'd just keep up the trend. Of course the style had to be remixed to suit us, but it still came out cute. Quick, easy, cute, and Ava liked it too. I am trying to get her used to the idea that she doesn't need a head full of barrettes to look pretty. So far Its working because the other day she took all of her 3 barrettes out because she wanted to look like me :) anyways heres the style......,

Why did I decide to Loc?

For many reasons just like everyone else I bet. The biggest attraction to locs for me was/is simplicity. I have no interest in combing my hair anymore. lol. Im so serious though. I also love that I can wash my hair whenever I feel like it and not have to worry about “doing it” once Im done. Length retention is a another reason. I know hair can grow in almost any style, but at least for me I don’t think my hair has grown as much as I want it to. I think I haven’t seen the growth because I don’t have the patience for detangling like other naturals do. I have no interest in spending 30mins-1 hr just to get a comb through my hair. When I look back at photos of my hair over the past year, the style seen most is twist. Why? because they are so easy. Most of the time I didn’t even use a comb to install them. They are also so versatile and low maintenance.
I havent realized it until a couple days ago, but I have been natural for 5 years! Most of the time I did my own hair. I was thinking that I am rushing into locking my hair, but when I look back over the years, I spent time playing, learning, and styling my hair. I have always admired locs and wanted my own, but felt very self conscious about getting them. I thought that they would make me look less attractive. SMH at myself big time! lol I cant pinpoint the exact moment or deciding factor that led me to finally loc my hair, but I know its something that I always thought about. Recently, like in the last month I have been watching loc’d youtubers and made the decision after seeing how versatile and beautiful locs are. I also felt like I was getting bored with my “loose” hair. Although, there are so many styling options for natural hair, I just didnt experiement too much. I was always attracted to all weather, low maintence hair. lol Twist and now Locs!

A day at the pool

While in SC we of course enjoyed the pool. Nothing like not having to worry about ruining your hair while swimming. I could remember the stress of trying to swim with pressed and relaxed hair. We all enjoyed the pool and hair was the last thing on out mind. Gotta love natural hair!

My week so far

As I mentioned before, I put small twist in my hair in hopes of growing locs. I have been obsessivley researching youtube, nappturality.com, and bloggers with locs. I have my up n down moments about continuing. My main concern is getting through the “ugly” stage of locs and worried that with my hair being so thick, my small twist may become thick fat locs...... which I dont want. I want my locs to be about the size of a pen or smaller. I am also worried about maintence, so people say that palm-twisting (which i plan to do) doesnt last long and if you get your hair wet, all the hard work is undone..... whats a girl to do? Ive looked up “interlocking” or “latching” but I do not have that kind of time or patience for that. I do love how neat locs look that are latched, and the long lasting effect is tempting. Overall, I am at least hanging in there until next month. lol right now my hair looks great, its just regular twist. I havent done much to it at all. I didnt add any product yet as I am trying to loc. Today i placed my hair in a “sock bun”, only I used a large scrunchi and just pinned the hair as one would using a sock
Lastly, here I am chilling in my yard. lol I was in deep thought about my “locs”.

Loc Inspiration

I have seen so many beautiful locs over the past few days but this one stands out! Her hair is fabulous and everything that I want for my hair lol. I love this length, size of parts/locs, the shine, and the style! Simply fabulous!!!!!!!!!

I sure hope this photo is sited properly. I am using my blogsy app on my iPad. I just dragged the photo into my post. I got this photo from newhairnet.com by typing in google search " loc journey" it was the first result

Locs?

I know this will be a shocker for most, because I dont think I have ever mentioned this but...... I had/have a serious obsession/ love for locs. It has grown stronger over the past few days and today I decided to give it a go. I am not 100% sure this is what I want but I want it enough to give it a try.
I spent this day two strand twisting my hair, I did the twist smaller than I ever had and I used a comb for parting(something I never do) I told my husband yesterday that I was thinking about getting locs and he smiled and said " I knew you would eventually" he thought that my whole " natural" journey was to loc my hair, lol. That wasn't my intention, but I am glad he was accepting. As I write this I am trying to think of reasons that I don't want locs and there aren't many. I am happy I took the first step in the process. I know y'all prob think I'm crazy and am going in to the blindly but I have spent hours over the past few days stalking youtube loc wearers and bloggers. Even before I decided to loc I had been subscribed to a few ladies with locs.
Basically I want my hair locked because I think it's the best decision regarding hair for my lifestyle. I hate detangling and combing my hair even thought has gotten easier. I also love twist, as you can see that was the main style I wore. Even though I love twist outs , wash n gos, buns, and such I just don't have the patience for it. Yes it looks pretty, but I feel like you still have to style it everyday and I don't want to do that. I also don't like to worry about my hair getting ruined if it rains or if it's humid. This is one of the reasons I went natural! I just want to get up and go and if throughout the day I experience crazy weather, I won't have to worry about my hair.
I'm so excited for what's to come, I can't wait to see how long it takes my hair to loc, im hoping less than 6 months. I really hope to see some awesome growth, I really think my hair is secretly thanking me :)

"Nappy Hair runs in my Family" tshirt

This cool shirt arrived yesterday! I was so excited. I originally seen it on http://www.naturallyobsessed.net/ I ordered it I think a week ago, and thought it would take a while to arrive because the site says "allow 5-7"days for shipping. The website to order is http://knotsandlocs.bigcartel.com/ I think you can only pay using paypal, which I enjoyed.

Another one

I totally apologize for the random weird post. I was trying a blogging app for my new ipad. This picture was taken the day that I got it. Jarred suprised me... sorta, lol I knew he was going to get it. He had worked nightshift the day before and the morning he got off, he came home grabbed Jk and off they went. This was great for two reasons, 1. i got my ipad and 2 i got to spend some time with ava. Ava misses the days when we could have tea parties all day and such. 

 Anyways,  my hair is in large twist from last weeks wash. I have just kept them pinned up. I am beginning to enjoy this style over smaller twist. It literally takes about 30 minutes to twist, pin them up in 2 minutes, add a cute accessory and you are done. I also like styles that show off my face. Lol that sounds vain. Heres a few more pics of the style :)

ava and lavender

Found this beauty at produce junction for $6! I was thrilled because I would like to start making lavender essential oil. This is my third lavender plant. The first one is from last year its "mona lavender" and non fragrant but beautiful. I also have a fragrant lavender from this years flower show and now today lavender plant!

In other news, I am sitting here debating whether or not I feel like washing my hair.... smh its been 3 weeks!

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products, products, products!

i have a serious problem lol. I have ordered quite a few products over the last few weeks.  I ordered my tangle teezer, bee mine products, and terressential hair wash. My hair wash comes monday! I cant wait for it.

I didnt just order these things "just because" I am on a serious mission to simplifly my hair products and find some products that will allow me to feel comfertable wearing "out"styles. I dont wear "out" styles too often because my hair never feels soft or fluffy enough and its also lacking movement. I assume, its the products that are just not working for my hair.

ok, i am too sleepy to go on lol. i will be posting a more deailed video of my recent purchases as soon as my terressentials arrives!

my twist and ny sons Orange/brown hair

Random pic from this am. Idk where my son gets his hair color from lol. he also has a natural mohawk which isnt really seen well in this pic

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straight hair!

I finally flat ironed my hair! Details and more pics to follow :)

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