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Friday, May 4, 2007

Self/Hair Awareness

I realized last night that I have been constricting myself from being adventurous with my hair. I know that many naturalist say not to put heat on your hair, but a huge part of the reason I went natural was to have options, curly or straight, depending on my mood and event.

Yes, now that summer is around the corner I plan to wear my hair in many more curly styles, but that does not mean that I am going to restrict my hair to wash and go, twist and go only. I like having options, so I claim my alternatives back and will wear my hair the way I see fit any given day, straight or curly, up or down, braided or twisted, etc.... Ya'll get the point!

Today's hair style is a high pony tail. I still condition rinsed last night and twisted it up, but this morning it was not completely dry and I had made my twists too thin so I wasn't crazy about it out, so in came the tail. And I think it's rather cute.


Okay, too much light behind this picture.








I have also come to the conclusion that I have not done a deep conditioner in a while so I am definately doing that this weekend. I also recently bought some twist curlers, you know the ones that are long and round that bend to stay in place. So that is also a hairstyle I will be attempting. Stay tuned.....

Also I finally have a pic of the ingredients I put in my leave in conditioner.








Fantasia Hair Polisher Mist
Vegetable Glycerin
Water
EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)

I really wish I could give you exact measurements, but I'm not that crafty, I just pour equal amounts in the 6fl oz bottle, and it makes my hair glorious, honestly.

4 comments:

Piscean Princess said...

What's in that hair polish & why do you use it? I'm asking 'cause 1) I wanna know how many & what kind of chemicals are in there, and 2) you know I am always on the lookout for the secret ingredient that's gonna take my L-IC from "it's kinda working" to "work it, baby!".

Please advise.

Piscean Princess said...

...and another thing, who cares if you wear your hair straight sometimes? I'm half tempted to hot comb or blow dry mine 'cause I'm so frustrated right now. But I know I won't......

this is too hard. :-(

SoniaSnaps said...

I'll have to post the ingredients later.
And don't be yelling at me about my thoughts on curly and straight. So many of the naturals talk about how bad it is to use heat, so I was trying to follow that phylosophy, but I want options. And you know damn well you ain't gon blow dry your hair out!

Piscean Princess said...

Yeah, let's get those ingredients posted - PRONTO!

No, I'm not gonna blow dry my hair. Not because I'm not frustrated enough to just say "Fuck this", but because I'm too lazy to deal with the whole blow drying thing. I can't remember the last time I did that, but I do remember it was never as easy as it looked when the beautician did it.

I asked Corene her thoughts about the "using heat permanently alters your curl pattern" theory. She agreed without hesitation. But she doesn't care and if you don't care, then go for it!