I am just trying to understand my hair, to learn what works and what doesn't, to experiment, make mistakes, and to embrace my hair in it's entirety..... because Roots Don't Lie




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Monday, August 29, 2011

DEATH TO BOBBY PINS AND HAIR PINS!!!!!

Hey guys,

I know I have been away for a while, and honestly I'll be MIA for a few more weeks. Work is really busy and all the time I have left, which is not a lot, is spent sleeping or trying to study... Anyway  with things busy at work, I got tired of fixing my hair everyday, and my hair was starting to get crazy... I mean my ends were just ..meh!!!, and my hair felt really dry. Also I have been getting a ton of product build up and my scalp is itching more then ever.... I know things don't seem to be going well with my hair.. it's probably because I have not had time to spend on my hair..

So my solution to all my hair problems...


You guessed it, protective style. I put my hair in mini twists and I know that when I do take it out, de-tangling is going to be horrible but, the smaller  my twists, the longer they last.. and I do need as much time as I can get out of them.

The problem however, are these necessary evils called Bobby pins/ Hair pins. My hair is not long enough to be twisted into a self  'sustaining' updo, so I am forced to use bobby pins/ hair pins to hold them into whatever style I am wearing.. Bobby pins/ hair pins, however can be the most annoying thing ever...
 By the end of the day:
  • My scalp is sore because the pins need to hold my hair in place and I am very tender-headed
  • My hair is itching because the darn pins start flaking and they leave behind pieces of whatever is used to coat them in my hair
  • If they don't flake, the rounded ends somehow get separated from the ends, and so when removing them my hair gets stuck on the ends.
Do you guys find bobby pins/ hair pins as annoying as I do?
Do you also know any alternatives I can use to hold up my hair instead of using pins?








I love hearing from y'all so please leave your comments..

XOXO

Bella Joya




Saturday, August 13, 2011

Length Check (15 months natural)

Hey Guys,
My hair is about to go into a protective style so I thought to do a quick length check. I am actually about 4 days away from my 16th month of being completely natural but I'm sure any growth over the next 4 days will be hardly visible.. so this should work



















XOXO
Bella Joya


Afro Day

Hey Guys,
So today I attended a friends graduation in Dallas... I made the mistake  of rinsing my hair earlier in the day because somehow I had it in my head that this magic new method I tried was gonna give me a sort of wash and go.... er-mm no.. 
A few hours later my hair was shrinking fast so I but it in about 5 big twists, I took them out a few hours later... voila
Big Happy Hair






















XOXO
Bella Joya

Twist

Hey guys,

This is a quick post on what my two-strand twists currently look like
I have had them in for about 8 days and I intend on keeping them for three weeks. after about 5 days of having the mini twists in I rinsed them with an apple cider vinegar rinse because my scalp was really itchy.
This is a length check of my mini twists








Pictures from May....







XOXO

Bella Joya