1Blessed Natural Mag

Good morning everyone! It's been about 4 months (July 2011) since I last trimmed my hair, and I want to trim it. I am a little reluctant lol, but I know that it is necessary to retain length. I was curious... How often do you trim your natural hair?

Flat twists on both sides. Last night I slept with a hair net on the back portion of my hair, to keep my twist out from two nights ago. In the morning,I applied a moisturizer to the back of my hair and tops of my flat twists and fluffed my hair out with a comb and fingers.

My hair is getting longer.I am learning to adjust to the growth especially when it comes to detangling. It has become more of a challenge. I make sure that I detangle my hair after I have applied the conditioner and sat under the heating cap (deep conditioned) with my plastic cap on. My hair is usually the softest and saturated with conditioner at this point. I detangle my hair in sections with a wide-tooth comb. The comb in the picture had wide teeth but I usually like to use combs like the one below. But, I had to use what was available.

Hey Everyone, Today is my 8 month natural hair anniversary. I did my big chop on March 3, 2011. I do not do length checks often, but I may do one soon. After applying a leave in conditioner, I two-strand twisted my hair into medium sized twists, and then wrapped each twist around to form a bantu knot. I secured the knot with a hair pin. In the morning, I removed the twists... Here are my results: My hair had more volume with the bantu-knot out (on top of two strand twists), than the twist out alone. I also forgot to mention that I co-washed my hair, and it was damp. After reading a post by Barbara Naturally Speaking , I've realized that my hair doesn't shrink up as much when I co-wash my hair.  I co-washed with V05's "Champagne Kiss" conditioner and then sat under the heating cap (with the conditioner in my hair) for deep conditioning. I used to think that all V05 Conditioners were the same, but they are not. I tried one of the Moisture Milk ...

Hey everyone, I hope that you are enjoying your night. God is good :-) My best friend needed to do something with her hair. So, I decided to try flat twisting her hair. Her hair is permed, but she has about two inches of new growth. The hardest part was creating the parts and beginning the twists. But, once I finally got the hang of it, it was quite easy. Thank God :-)

My Hair loves the Hair Mayonnaise by Organic Root Stimulator! I usually apply it to my hair using the shingle method to ensure that the product is spread throughout my hair. Then I put on a plastic cap and sit under a heating cap for about 15 minutes. My end result is strong, soft, and manageable hair. I use this product once or twice a month. It costs approximately $10.00. 

This style was inspired by one of Lauryn Hill's natural hair styles where she has twists twisted all over her hair. I am not quite sure how she did it, but the above picture is my attempt. I was going to twist my whole head, but I decided to just do the front. I may attempt to twist my whole hair when it get longer. So, here is how I achieved this look... I created 3 rows of two strand twists at the front of my hair, 2 rows on the sides I  formed the designs with my two strand twists by gathering them into three sections... 1 on the top, and 1 section on each side of my head. I grabbed the twists and connected them. Then I twirled them around like a bantu knot and secured them with hair pins. I planned on doing a twist out in the back, but ran out of time. I may do it next time.