Styling and Damage

So, for the past 7 months I have been UBER lazy when it comes to my hair. I have taken a minimalistic approach to my hair. My routine consisted of:

• Part hair into small sections
• Shampoo
• Style

Notice anything missing? I stopped conditioning and barely deep treated my hair and now I am paying the heavy heavy price.

Lately my hair has been a pain to style, and recently, I have been dealing with TONS of single strand knots, my hair just wraps around itself the moment I twist it, and it is so dry. Also, I had to cut out lots of hair the other day due to knots that just would not go away!

I lost so much hair that I am SURE I lost my bra strap length.Well I have gotten off my lazy behind and decided to nurse my hair back to health. I found an article on Wikihow on dealing with dry scalp. I also want to try tea rinses to see if they work. 

I also have been working on different styles. I am STILL trying to learn how to braid and flat twist ( yes I can only twist) here's what I did to my hair:

I first got inspiration from this picture I found on Pinterest:

But did this style first: 

Random curl at the bottom due to my lack of parting skill.

(Found my first grey hair so I was not a happy camper)

This lasted a week and I wanted to try the style in the pic so I did my lazy routine and begged my friend Ren to do the side twists. I used Eco Styler Oilve Oil Gel and Aloe Vera juice for this style.

I started in the front

And pinned up the sides so I didn't twist those accidentally

Voila!

I pinned the sides together and did a pompadour in the front 

I forgot to take pictures when the style was finished so I quickly snapped two while in the car. LOVE IT! But good GOD my scalp was TEARING OFF!  The darn dry scalp was terrorizing me!!

BUT I will be applying some intensive care to my hair and report back. Until then,

Peace.

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Finally

Howdy do people!

It has been a minute since I last posted but I'm here now, piggy-backing on my neighbours WIFI #don'tjudgeme to come with my latest length check and product review. Since being back in JA I have been settling back into my routine and that included going to the beach ( though it is not my favourite place #notatruejamaican) which caused my hair and I lots of stress.

We went to Portie ( rich ppl talk for Port Antonio) a sleepy but beautiful town. Check out my awesome photography skills ( which consists of peoples heads, NOTHING of the town and random houses)

Typical me, going to the beach in jeans and drinking out the rum. THIS IS WHY YOU DO NOT INVITE ME OUT!

On to the hair.

Unfortunately, it was very windy at the beach so of course it got in my rum........and hair which was very annoying because I was not planning on washing my hair but then again I do not like waking up with sand in my bed.

You see the sand??

So I washed my hair with Tresemme Thermal Recovery shampoo and then used a new product I found called The Roots Naturelle Virgin Hair Fertilizer Conditioning Treatment. It is a really good protein treatment , but it tingles like crazy! Even after I rinsed my hands they were still burning/tingling so if you don't like peppermint don't use this! 

I mixed it with my Giovanni Tea Tree Conditioner to stretch it. The instructions said 3-5 mins but I left it on for an hour (my hair is in dire need of protein) It left my hair really soft. I skipped the condish and went straight to styling.

So I used Naptural85's method and used Nubian Heritage Hair Reparative Butter. MENG! this thing is TOTES AMAHZING!!!! it smells GREAT and it makes my hair so soft! but I of course use waaaay too much so I end up with a greasy pillow.

The first three pictures are like the day after styling

  (holding back a sneeze)

These are today after a workout with the style in for two weeks

Even after all that time I still have product in my hair ( probably due to my heavy hand) and its still soft.

Trust and believe you don't need that much.......... ah the smell.........hmmm........ so you know who' s buying this thing in bulk rite?

yesssssssss.

FOCUS!

Ok.... on to length check. My last one was back in October 2012

Not much of a length check but hey.

And here is todays check April 4th 2013

Since then, I have trimmed twice so it should be....at least two,three inches longer, but I have achieved my goal of bra strap (well in the back) length and I didn't even know! 

So my next goal is for the rest of my hair to catch up to the back.

So until then

Peace.

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From Shoulder Length to Waist Length: Geniece's Natural Hair Story

(courtesy of BGLH.com)

In 2009 when I had my hair care “aha!” moment I couldn’t wait to share the news with others. After months of researching natural hair care on Youtube, hair websites and experimenting with my hair I realized that things had finally taken a turn for the better. I started a vlog and began documenting my journey through pictures. When I realized by the middle of 2010 that I would likely reach my first goal of arm pit length by the end of the year I set another hair goal of bra strap length for the following year.

Keep reading!

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FINALLY!

Words cannot describe.........

I can finally pull my hair back.... with only two bobby pins Hallelujah!


Peace

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