Hair Update

Well since the last hair update post my hair was in braids and wearing them did me some good. I kept them moisturized and clean. I must admit I am a scratcher and will never stop anytime soon it's just will be something that I will have to deal with. On October 28 I took them out because the new grow was getting out of had. It took me 4 hours to take them all out....I remember my arms, back and eyes were hurting after I was done.  I was 14 weeks post at the time. When I took my braids out my hair was soo soft and shiny... you could really tell I took care of my hair while it was braided.  I set my relaxer date for November 4th which would be @ 15 weeks post . I didn't want to relax it as soon as I took my braids out because of all the scratching I did so I decided to wait until the date that I  set. To do this I did two protective styles to get through this week...from sunday to wednesday I did a bun out of regular braiding hair that was inspired by a youtuber named MsVCharles...she is natural and I always wanted to do it but never made the time until now. I think form now on this how I am going to do my buns...I really don't like the buns that have the synthetic hair anymore because it looks so unnatural. Because of the unbearable itching i took it out and was about to do a co-wash until one day I was looking at my hair and was really admiring my new growth that I decided to try the bantu knots again after several failed attempts....it was 6:00 when I twisted them and kept them on until it was time for me to go to work.....and it came out really nice and decided to wear them until friday and surprisingly I got a few compliments on my hair as well. When Friday came I relaxed my hair using my #1 fav ORS Olive Oil Relaxer...I use the professional extra strength...I always get good results with my hair when usinf this relaxer. This relaxer was very successful I got no chemical burns at all and no tangles because I decided to rinse my hair in the shower it's so much easier that way but I need to buy a hairstopper so my shedded hair won't keep clogging up the tub.

I decided to air dry my hair because it was almost 11:00 and I didn't eat yet and was tired. Also because I am flat ironing my hair cause my husband wants me to wear my hair down for church tomorrow and I didn't want to use too much heat. My hair looks soo good now that my ends are trimmed and as far as length goes I think I may have some length I don't think I'm APL yet but maybe I'll make it in 2012 my goal is too get to APL at least by my 27th birthday.

Ohh and I just remember that I've been on my hair journey for a year actually it was last week cause I started the last week in October so I am going strong. This stretch was a whole lot better this time cause I was able to manage it by tweaking a few things in my regimen like with my airdrying. Thanks to Hairliscous scarf method air drying is easier now.

So for this stretching season will be just me keeping my hair healthy and I may repeat this process again by getting my hair braided at 10 weeks I will try to make it to 20 weeks before my next relaxer I don't know do ya'll think I make it that far....we shall see. Maybe this time I'll get kinky twists with some color and speaking of color I think I want some color in my hair but I don't know what to get considering the last time I had color in my hair  it was 2004 and it ended up breaking my hair out and later on cutting it all off.