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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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Natural Hair Styling Gone Wrong

Hey Guys,

A few weeks back I decided to try African threading to stretch out my hair. I had seen This video that showed a successful tutorial on it so I thought 'it looks easy enough ill try it out'.

So I washed my hair, applied leave-in conditioner and then proceeded to thread. I went about my business for the day and let the hair dry. The next day I took it out and let me just tell you disaster.
My hair was stretched but it was also dry, brittle, and cracked.




Then in my infinite wisdom i decided to comb out my hair.. Can you say disaster part 2. By  time time I was done half of my hair was in broken little pieces all over my clothes and in my comb. I had a big dry cracked fro.. it was quite sad but i still found time to take pictures for your entertainment .lol



My puff would have been huge though..


What I should have done was just re-moisturize my hair and accept defeat but I did not want to waste the stretched out hair so after combing I pinned the hair back till I had time later that week.



Lesson Learned: It is critical to seal in moisture after washing your hair otherwise you end up with cracked dry hair. I may also consider threading with rubber instead of cotton thread.

XOXO

Bella Joya


Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Formal Up-do

Hey Guys,

While on vacation in Los Angeles I went out and my hair needed to be tamed!!


I loved the look.

XOXO

Bella Joya

Monday, October 22, 2012

Protective Style: Flat Twists

Hey Guys,

I was out of town for the weekend, and my hair was the last thing on my mind so here I am Sunday night with a week old twist out/ braid out/ up-do leftover hair and I decided to do a quick protective style.

I moisturized my hair with the LUV naturals leave in conditioner, and then I de-tangled, and sealed in the moisture with my Oyin Handmade burnt sugar pomade ( I love the scent of this product).

I flat twisted my hair on either side and then combined the two twists into a braid and pinned it. Hopefully this style lasts my till the weekend when I can wash and style.














I am definitely getting better at flat twists.


XOXO
Bella Joya

Monday, October 15, 2012

NEW VIDEO: PRODUCT REVIEW LUV NATURALS

Hey Guys,
New Video up on my YouTube channel.






Check out my other videos on my channel and if you like my videos subscribe to my channel, its free.

Thanks for watching

XOXO
Bella Joya