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[SweetSpirit86]

Work it, Soliel!!!

 

[CurlyCoilycourt]

I will say though I went out out for the first time since I BC'd and the response was ridiculous. Men and women (mostly men though) of multiple ethnicities were continually giving my thumbs up, high fives, or telling me my hair was "sexy" (at which point I break out the bear mace) but I was pleasantly surprised.

There was another black woman there wearing a weave and she was eyeballin me ALLLLLL night so I ignored THAT situation. I noticed that some other women seemed a bit threatened...I mean you go out to get noticed and who is going to be looking at you when there's a 6 foot tall black woman with a giant afro and awesome earrings standing RIGHT there?

Wow you ladies are doing the dang on thing in here with your hair!!!!

Vivez i love the wash and go ponytail i need to run and get the eco styler gel asap!!!

Soliel girlllllllllllllllllll u have some patience because while she would of been telling me about the keratin "special" i would of been telling her a few things of my own lol...and i love the bolded you better do it boo haha!!!!!

 

[balancegoals2009]

Checking in hair rowing well , keeping a blog will revealed in DEC , I just took my October picture off LHCF


http://public.fotki.com/balancegoals2009/

 

[FindingMe]

The Shikakai soap was AMAZING!

To prep for my next set of twists I DC'd with my Coconut Concoction (there's a lot of stuff in there) and since I'd had the bar for a few weeks and hadn't so much as broken the seal, I figured it was time to get my money (all .99 cents) worth.

This was Godry or Godrey brand Shikakai Soap. The bar lathered incredibly well. I was worried about how I would get to my scalp with a bar vs liquid, but there was so much lather it wasn't an issue. The lather feels creamy - I think the soap might have a coconut oil base.

The first thing I noticed was my hair felt cleancleanclean, but not stripped. It was incredibly soooooooooooooooooooft. Just squishable, smooshable, softness from root to tip, but the real fireworks started when I got out of the shower to take a look. The Shikakai defined my coils! My ends all around my head had coiled into perfect little spirals BEFORE product. I tried to take pics, but I couldn't do it justice. (this is damp product free hair.)



This was also the first time I tried blowdrying/stretching my hair before twisting. I detangled and airdried, then combed through my hair was a wide tooth comb while following with a lukewarm blowdryer. When I was done I decided to get fancy and try curling the ends a bit..



Here's what they looked like 2 days later after a rinse - notice how much neater the roots are when done on blowdried hair.

That's all for now! I'm pre-pooing with Amla Oil...I think I'm just going for a good ol' wash n go today.

Dagggg! Girl, you never have a shortage of ideas for me....Ok, is this the soap you used? http://www.naturetherapy.com/soap/godrej3in1.html

I was flirting with Afroveda's Cleansing herbal hair Rinse http://www.afroveda.com/AV-HAIRCLEANSING.html which has shikaikai in it or Chagrin Valley's Ayurvedic Herb shampoo bar http://www.chagrinvalleysoapandcraft.com/shambar.htm. I use KBB's beauty bar frequently and REALLY like it, so was really thinking about the CV bars.

Now you gonna make me go out and get one of them.

Also, a MUST try is the twists with the ends curled and also doing them on blowdried and stretched hair....LOVED IT! What did the SO say?

I just came in to say how much I LOVE ECO STYLER!

So last night I shingled my hair only to find out that I wasn't going out.

So instead, I piled my hair high onto my head, did a pineapple and went to sleep. Woke up this morning, and its like I never went to sleep on my hair. My curls were mega defined!

Close up of curls:

EcoStyler is the truth!!

TOOO PRETTY!

I will say though I went out out for the first time since I BC'd and the response was ridiculous. Men and women (mostly men though) of multiple ethnicities were continually giving my thumbs up, high fives, or telling me my hair was "sexy" (at which point I break out the bear mace) but I was pleasantly surprised.

There was another black woman there wearing a weave and she was eyeballin me ALLLLLL night so I ignored THAT situation. I noticed that some other women seemed a bit threatened...I mean you go out to get noticed and who is going to be looking at you when there's a 6 foot tall black woman with a giant afro and awesome earrings standing RIGHT there?

Girl, she was HATING! I also have noticed I get more attention with my fro than I did when I wore my hair straightened. I wasn't expecting that. Being happily married I wasn't looking for it either, but it was a nice surprise. I get more compliments and attention from women and men now on my hair. It's a definite attention grabber

Checking in hair rowing well , keeping a blog will revealed in DEC , I just took my October picture off LHCF


http://public.fotki.com/balancegoals2009/

Please PM me your FOTKI passwords so I can take a peek!

 

[countrychickd]

I will say though I went out out for the first time since I BC'd and the response was ridiculous. Men and women (mostly men though) of multiple ethnicities were continually giving my thumbs up, high fives, or telling me my hair was "sexy" (at which point I break out the bear mace) but I was pleasantly surprised.

There was another black woman there wearing a weave and she was eyeballin me ALLLLLL night so I ignored THAT situation. I noticed that some other women seemed a bit threatened...I mean you go out to get noticed and who is going to be looking at you when there's a 6 foot tall black woman with a giant afro and awesome earrings standing RIGHT there?

Girl, I notice the same type of attention. People notice me more with my TWA than with my straight hair, but I aint mad about it. It may be the confidence!

 

[CarLiTa]

Hey ladies!
I don't always post but I lurk in this thread. It's so great to have a group of fellow newly natural heads discovering new things and loving the experience

I wanted to show you all... I did my very first puff yesterday! this was done on an old w-n-go that had begun to dry out a little bit ohwell... what i did was lightly spritz with water, put a bit of ecostyler gel on the front and use a trouser shock to hold the hair back.

I only had the puff hairstyle for a few minutes because the sock was killing me! it was seriously cutting blood circulation to my head so now I know to use a stocking instead.

 

[CarLiTa]

Oh, and I am desperately trying to learn how to cornrow and flat-twist.

My friend and I were attempting last night, and let me show you the disaster I produced

Any advice would be greaaaatly appreciated!

 

[Soliel185]

Your twist are soooo freakin adorable!! They're too cute. I really like them. They're so neat and cute. When my hair gets longer I'll definitely have to try blow drying them first and then twisting. So how long did it take you? What did you use in your hair to moisturize?

It took a loooooooooong time. I'm kinda slow so that doesn't help, but it took me about 3-4 hours to complete while watching TV. I took a break here and there too.

I dry twisted - my hair was a tad slick from the heat protectant, so I didn't add anything else.

During the week I spritz with moisture spray or water then coat my hands with a mixture of Olive and Vatika(coconut) oil and run them through making sure I get the ends good. It's very simple. After rinsing I banded them overnight to help with frizz and shrinkage.

 

[Soliel185]

Oh, and I am desperately trying to learn how to cornrow and flat-twist.

My friend and I were attempting last night, and let me show you the disaster I produced

Any advice would be greaaaatly appreciated!

I still can't really do it, BUT when I finally read that cornrows are braided UNDER instead of OVER (like french braids) that was a Eureka moment for me. Now I just have to get over the mental block of trying to do it going back - I can do it going down, but I cannot cornow back yet.

 

[Soliel185]

Dagggg! Girl, you never have a shortage of ideas for me....Ok, is this the soap you used? http://www.naturetherapy.com/soap/godrej3in1.html

I was flirting with Afroveda's Cleansing herbal hair Rinse http://www.afroveda.com/AV-HAIRCLEANSING.html which has shikaikai in it or Chagrin Valley's Ayurvedic Herb shampoo bar http://www.chagrinvalleysoapandcraft.com/shambar.htm. I use KBB's beauty bar frequently and REALLY like it, so was really thinking about the CV bars.

Now you gonna make me go out and get one of them.

Also, a MUST try is the twists with the ends curled and also doing them on blowdried and stretched hair....LOVED IT! What did the SO say?



TOOO PRETTY!



Girl, she was HATING! I also have noticed I get more attention with my fro than I did when I wore my hair straightened. I wasn't expecting that. Being happily married I wasn't looking for it either, but it was a nice surprise. I get more compliments and attention from women and men now on my hair. It's a definite attention grabber

I'm 98% sure that's the one. I threw out the wrapper but I do recall that it was pink and there was a woman on the right side. I bought it at the local Indian/Asian Market for $1.99.

SO was kinda non-plussed about the curled twists, but I enjoyed it. It was different, and it swung around they way my curled relaxed hair did so it was odd to have that feeling again. I like that it gave me an idea of how long my hair is now, while being in a protective style. Next time I'll roll them on flexirods overnight if I decide to try that again.

My friend was cracking me up the whole night talking bout 'everyone just parts like the red sea when you walk through!' In line @ CVS she told me that the man behind me was sniffing my fro.

 

[GreenD]

Oh, and I am desperately trying to learn how to cornrow and flat-twist.

My friend and I were attempting last night, and let me show you the disaster I produced

Any advice would be greaaaatly appreciated!

You're doing a great job!! Maybe with the braids try braiding that same section by taking smaller pieces of hair with each pick up. Just try to keep them small and/or work with smaller pieces of hair. Braiding large pieces of especially natural hair can make your fingers cramp up and then you'll have fat and some times deformed braids!! At least that's been my experience. I've seen that my braids are only as good as my parts. For me parting is the most time consuming thing, not so much the cornrow. I'm practicing braiding in different directions under my wig, so I'll be good for the summer time. I mean I have my braids going straight across from ear to ear in the back half of my head (for no clear reason, other than not braiding them straight back) and the top half braided at angle. Just random. But keep practicing as it makes perfect!! You'll definitely be good to go by the summer time.

Now for twisting I've tried my hand at that as well and need to perfect it a little more.

 

[FindingMe]

Oh, and I am desperately trying to learn how to cornrow and flat-twist.

My friend and I were attempting last night, and let me show you the disaster I produced

Any advice would be greaaaatly appreciated!

:lovedrool: girl, your puff gets the crazy eyed love drool smiley I hate it was hurting your head bc it was SOOOOOOO cute! I love the color and it looked so soft and moisturized....:lovedrool:

i feel you on the flat twist thing, I haven't gotten it down either. I think you were doing fine in the front where you could still see your hair as you were flat twisting it, but when you got the the back and had to do it by feel alone... I think you will have it in no time with some practice. the front looked good! I wish i could do the front as good...i can't do it at all, i just braid...

 

[Neith]

Hey ladies!
I don't always post but I lurk in this thread. It's so great to have a group of fellow newly natural heads discovering new things and loving the experience

I wanted to show you all... I did my very first puff yesterday! this was done on an old w-n-go that had begun to dry out a little bit ohwell... what i did was lightly spritz with water, put a bit of ecostyler gel on the front and use a trouser shock to hold the hair back.

I only had the puff hairstyle for a few minutes because the sock was killing me! it was seriously cutting blood circulation to my head so now I know to use a stocking instead.

Holy Cow!! I love your hair! That is such a pretty puff

 

[FindingMe]

I'm 98% sure that's the one. I threw out the wrapper but I do recall that it was pink and there was a woman on the right side. I bought it at the local Indian/Asian Market for $1.99.

SO was kinda non-plussed about the curled twists, but I enjoyed it. It was different, and it swung around they way my curled relaxed hair did so it was odd to have that feeling again. I like that it gave me an idea of how long my hair is now, while being in a protective style. Next time I'll roll them on flexirods overnight if I decide to try that again.

My friend was cracking me up the whole night talking bout 'everyone just parts like the red sea when you walk through!' In line @ CVS she told me that the man behind me was sniffing my fro.

men.
at the perv in CVS...
I'll have to see if the Inidan store around here carries the soap- thx...

 

[bablou00]

Hey ladies!
I don't always post but I lurk in this thread. It's so great to have a group of fellow newly natural heads discovering new things and loving the experience

I wanted to show you all... I did my very first puff yesterday! this was done on an old w-n-go that had begun to dry out a little bit ohwell... what i did was lightly spritz with water, put a bit of ecostyler gel on the front and use a trouser shock to hold the hair back.

I only had the puff hairstyle for a few minutes because the sock was killing me! it was seriously cutting blood circulation to my head so now I know to use a stocking instead.

Your puff looks beautiful!!! Its good to have u in here...theres a lot of good advice and encouragement from the ladies.

Oh, and I am desperately trying to learn how to cornrow and flat-twist.

My friend and I were attempting last night, and let me show you the disaster I produced

Any advice would be greaaaatly appreciated!

I dont know how to cornrow either just french braid. I just wanted to comment on how thick your hair is!!!! Practice, practice, practice and you will get there one day. Do you try on wet hair or dry hair? I think it would be easier on for my thick hair on wet? Maybe you should try both ways and see if one is better

 

[CarLiTa]

OMG ladies! i am twisting my hair RIGHT NOW. i have already done the back and i'm doing the front/sides now.
I think I am starting to get the technique down!

i have this awful habit of NOT sticking with the plan when I do things but as i'm twisting, whenever I start to do something that goes AGAINST what the youtube tutorials say to do, I repeat the technique to myself and it's working out great!!

I will post pix as soon as I'm done!

 

[bablou00]

Girl, I see a TON of growth! Just look at your siggy to the recent twist pics. I stalk your FOTKI, so I def see a difference! I love your hair SOOOO much!


Thank you girl!!! You know curly hair makes it impossible to see growth and especially my tight coils. Im just ready to rock some chunkier twist and pulled up....I need to learn to be patient...lol

Have a little bit of money in the bank and am itching to spend it on some hair products...was gonna wait 6mos before I did but I cant hold back...lol!! What shampoos are u ladies using? I really like the ACV and baking powder but sometimes I just want a good soapy wash!!! Also looking for a good spray moisturizer. I luv Oyin juices and berries but any suggestions on something else? Thanks in advance

 

[Chicagodiva]

In line @ CVS she told me that the man behind me was sniffing my fro.

Too funny!Perverts are everywhere!

 

[Chicagodiva]

Hey ladies!
I wanted to show you all... I did my very first puff yesterday! this was done on an old w-n-go that had begun to dry out a little bit ohwell... what i did was lightly spritz with water, put a bit of ecostyler gel on the front and use a trouser shock to hold the hair back.

Carlita,
Your puff is gorgeous, looks so thick & healthy!

I don't know how to french braid, cornrow or do flat twists & intend to learn how also, so I will have more style options....

 

[countrychickd]

Hey ladies!
I don't always post but I lurk in this thread. It's so great to have a group of fellow newly natural heads discovering new things and loving the experience

I wanted to show you all... I did my very first puff yesterday! this was done on an old w-n-go that had begun to dry out a little bit ohwell... what i did was lightly spritz with water, put a bit of ecostyler gel on the front and use a trouser shock to hold the hair back.

I only had the puff hairstyle for a few minutes because the sock was killing me! it was seriously cutting blood circulation to my head so now I know to use a stocking instead.

WOW! Your puff is just gorgeous! Can I have it? J/K, but I'm loving it! So curly, thick, and gorgeous.

 

[CarLiTa]

Thanks for the sweet comments!

I did the ones above on dry hair. made sure to moisturize with shea butter and some other products my friend owns (i was in her room trying this stuff).

Tonight, I did twists on wet hair... my ENTIRE head! they look fuzzy, but I am proud that I managed to finish them all

Pix in my fotki:
http://public.fotki.com/CaLaLa22/transitioning/natural-aug-2009/page2.html

 

[makeupgirl]

WELCOME!!! Can't wait to see the pictures and thanks fro sharing what products you use.

no prob.....I'm using my camera phone and my computer has been acting up but here is a pic attachment

 

[makeupgirl]

I've been hearing a lot about scab hair lately but since my BC last week my hair has been dry and itchy in some places and at the nape it's not curly, kinky or straight it's just there. The same way it was when I got my hair cut this past march and it was relaxed but it's like it's growing, but it's just not forming a curl. Has anyone else had this problem and has anyone had dry hair and itchy scalp after they BC. It's not dandruff, I checked and double checked that. I've been DC each week, I've cut out all mineral oils and the oils that wasn't good for your hair/scalp and I'm using sulfate free shampoo. Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.

 

[CarLiTa]

I have a few strands on my head that are just... straight. like straight from the root kinda straight... what's more perplexing is that all the strands around them are curly/coily.

I don't get it. How did that ONE strand get heat-damaged when the others are fine? So I just leave them be. If they stick out, i push them into the fro to make them disappear

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I came in here to ask:

Ladies, what styles are you doing this fall/winter? I'm excited to start building a repertoire of new hair styles... twists/twistouts, flexi rod sets, braidouts, large cornrows, etc. until my hair gets longer for me to bun.

Are any of you participating in style challenges? Do you know any tutorials?

I am tempted to create a thread where we can post tutorials for natural hair. I'm eager to perfect flat-twisting and to try doing a flexirod set in the near future

 

[bravenewgirl87]

It is funny you noticed this because I JUST did a blog post on all the questions you asked.
I bc'd Inauguration day, 2009
I am a 4b nappy/c-nappy/ kinky freak texture
I am currently nape length.
You can view photos and reggie here.Here's the link:

 

[Chicagodiva]

Ok ladies I wanted to share my twistout results, this was the best one ever! I'm sure the reason is the smaller twists I did after being inspired by Soliel. I did them on Sunday and took them down this Saturday and they are still going strong.

 

[LivinMyLifeLikeItsGolden]

Ok ladies I wanted to share my twistout results, this was the best one ever! I'm sure the reason is the smaller twists I did after being inspired by Soliel. I did them on Sunday and took them down this Saturday and they are still going strong.

Your twist out is so beautiful!!!

 

[CarLiTa]

Chicago, it looks great! i love that little hair jewel u have in there

 

[countrychickd]

Ok ladies I wanted to share my twistout results, this was the best one ever! I'm sure the reason is the smaller twists I did after being inspired by Soliel. I did them on Sunday and took them down this Saturday and they are still going strong.

Very pretty lady! So much hair! I can't wait to have more length.

 

[Shay72]

Okay lurker checking in again. Chicagodiva--Your twistout is cute! I need that headband? hair jewel? in my life. Where did you get it? TIA.