A NEW WAVE OF LONG HAIRED VETS

^^^Right! I think I'll always SMH @ stuff like that. Like I said : Her prob...not mine.

Ummmm...something else that I have to get comfortable with is being known as the 'lady with THE hair'. Ya know how the busty ladies detest being known for the girls, welllll... I understan where they are coming from.

Don't get me wrong... I'm flattered, but I feel like folk act like I'm some exotical mythical creature. Standing in line, folk all in my personal space- allll up on my back. Folk discussing my hair. Its rather old. I know some folk haven't seen a Black woman with real hair, but sheesh it aint THAT rare.

Embrace your fabulouslessness , you'll get use to the fawning some day, comes with the territory gurllll.

As for me, I've been wearing my hair out a bit more and those that are unaware of my hair texture ask loads of questions, I am glad to have the answers to them. And yes the request to feel it has been asked and granted, so her dry hands got naturally moisturized so it was all good.

With the weather the coconut oil takes a while to melt in my hands and also been showing itself in my hair so I figured I'd add sunflower oil to my hair as well to seal in moisture, but I kinda overdid it, which was ok since I was able to just scrunch my hair if I needed a skin lotion hahahahah( seriously the coconut oil wasn't doing much for my elbows with this weather and the hard water, so I needed to re-moisturize now and then. So I guess I'll just buy the lotion from a small test bottle I tried recently, but yea ok back to hair talk...), anyway, so my hair remained moisturized throughout the day, it's just a bit greasy so I will know for next time to not over do it, trial and error I guess.

So I guess with sunflower oil being cheap over here I will stock up on that to seal, since I did not experience any drying effects so far(perhaps due to the coconut oil combo...I am yet to test the sunflower oil on it's own.).

Oh and also before sealing I had added some honey water(honey mixed in to filtered water)to my hair.

So yea no complaints so far.

Yea, I just realized I might have used the wrong word, greasy is more sticky like, so slightly oily might be a better word, but awe well whatever, lol.

And yay at styling confidence, nothing beats the knowing what your hair can do and then knowing what your hair WILL do, because then you can flaunt your stuff without worrying too much about what's going on in the back of your head (at times literally).
It's quite liberating.

So true about being heavy handed with the ends while wearing a straight style, I'd tuck my ends at night when I slept with it in two braids.

Since it's just freezing now and the snowing it self has stopped (though the snow remains on the street, I could give a shot at wearing my hair in a straight style once again, but for now I'm just going to wait it out a bit and in the mean time try to think of a few different styles I could wear my hair in while in curly mode. I am secretly in the mood to wear some different straight styles than just the waves too though.

I guess I just miss having it brushing my shoulders and such, I'm such a length-enthusiast...pfff....

The two loose buns method for sleeping is still working out great for me by the way, it also allows me to already have my hair in two sections in the morning so it's even easier to deal with in case of re-wetting under the shower or for wash days.
Pineapple method might be for me once my unstretched hair is the length of my stretched hair, but right now my hair holds styles it should not be holding and I don't want to have a struggle to bring it back down in the morning.

OUCH!@ falling down the steps, that sucks, hope you'll heal from it soon.

It is a good thing that I put off using heat to wear my hair straight, because it's snowing again.

It's good that your crown and mid strands remain moisturized while wearing a hat. Whenever I knew I was going to keep on a hat, I would wear a stocking(well it functions as a "satin head wrap" till I can get one, they don't sell them in my town and I have to make sure to remember to get one when I'm out of town.) over my head under it, no one could see it and my hair remained protected unlike without it, but that's because those hats are from wool.

I will have to check the satin rollers out, they look comfortable to sleep with and hair seems to be kept in place easier.

And yea holding a straighter style in this weather is not easy at all.

I am trying to find out what works with my hair in a way that it feels properly moisturized, my crown is the most difficult to moisturize and that part can make or break an open style.So with my hair divided in two sections it's been a bit easier to moisturize that section better, but I am still not there yet where sealing is concerned.

I guess I will have to experiment a bit because moisturized hair and product residue is not where it is at either.

So I've just been going with what looks good and feels okay till I've discovered something that makes it look perfect(for the way it is) and feel perfect(for the way it should be feeling).

Ritle- I see that your using oils to seal. Do you think incoporating a butter or grease would help keep ya girl moisturized? I only ask bc I noticed awhie back with Cleo that my beloved olive oil worked the best in warmer months. In the colder months, I use grease(eg. VASELINE) or Crisco- nope I don't smell like chicken. Lol!


Darkval- That. Is. Unacceptable !! I am so for teal about PERSONAL SPACE!! Plus, thats just plain gross to DIG in someone's SCALP with their dirty fingers!!

Now, I have co- workers, fam and friends that I have no problem touching my Cleo. Its never intrusive or anywhere near my scalp(except the Hubby when he gives me a scalp massage). They may flick my hair over my shoulder or something of that nature, but nothing like you experienced. U r so better than I would have been!