So I've decided to. . .

Cut my locs!!  Not right away but by the end of the year.  Don't panic.  It's just hair and it will grow back.  And don't worry, I'm NOT going to perm it.  So here's the plan: I'm waiting til I have a break from work (Thanksgiving break or Christmas break) to cut my hair to no shorter than 7 inches, an inch for every year I've been natural (I know that's corny, but hey). I'm not going to retwist my hair and I'll probably wear curls until then.  I plan to comb out the loced ends after it's been cut.  Then I plan to rock my free natural for a little while. Why, you ask?  Because of this:

I have several patches of loose hair all over my head.  I haven't lost any locs that I'm aware of.  So I think it's a sign that I need to 'let my hair loose.'  I've never had this much loose hair between the locs before so I figure it's time to cut it.  I wanted to wait til my hair was longer but I feel like I'm watching paint dry; nothing's happening.  Maybe it's a pre-midlife crisis; maybe it's a bipolar moment, who knows?  But I do know that I'm ready for a drastic change.  So it's coming off.  And the only reason I'm waiting to cut it is because I need time to comb out the loced ends.  If I could get it done over a weekend, I would do it this weekend.
So then what?  Well, I plan to wear my hair loose for a few months and start new locs no later than next August.  It may be sooner depending on maintenance requirements of this new loose hair. I plan to start my new locs thicker and with 2 strand twists. I'm excited!!  I plan to take tons of pictures and try many different styles.  I will definitely keep you posted.

Til next time, thanks for reading.  Be blessed

Finally....a post!!

So I've finally done something with my hair that I wanted to post about.  I've just been wearing my hair straight lately.  I washed my hair on Saturday and decided to do a braidout.  I took the braids out last night while watching football (because I knew it would take forever if I waited til this morning).  Here's how it turned out.

I like the results.  My coworkers and students all tried to figure out how I did my hair like this.  They didn't  seem to notice the braids yesterday, I guess because I had them pulled back in a ponytail.  Anyway, I'll probably try something else next weekend for my birthday.  Stay tuned.


I also want to tell you about my little side hustle.  My BFF Kenya has distributed some of the homemade gel I use to retwist my hair.  She uses it for her twist outs and has told some of her natural coworkers about it.  She let them try some from the jar I gave her and they all liked it.  They want to buy some!!  So I've been making hair gel. 

It's nothing fancy (as you can see) but it's a quick way for me to make a few bucks every so often.  I have a 8 oz tub for $10 and a 4 oz for $6.  I won't tell you all my ingredients/proportions but I will say that honey gives it the yellow color.  If you're interested in trying some, let me know and we'll work something out.  I might even decide to do a giveaway for my faithful followers.


Til next time, thanks for reading.  Be blessed.  And thanks for hanging in there with me (I even have new followers).  Love ya!!

Limited Time Only

I really hate that I don't have a lot of time for my blog right now.  School just started and between lesson plans and my certification classes, I barely have time for myself.  Please don't leave me faithful followers.  I will at least try to post pics when I style my hair.  Things will look better in a few weeks when I'm caught up with everything.  I love you guys (ladies)!

Til next time, thanks for reading.  Be blessed.

Mega Tek Experiment: Month 1

It's been exactly one month since I got the Mega Tek I ordered and started using it.  I've applied almost every night  for the past 30 days to my hair line.  I didn't expect to see any results and I don't.  But I'm not discouraged.  I know it's going to take time because the thinning didn't  occur overnight.

The above was taken on July 1.

The above was taken today, August 1.

I don't see any difference. I figured if I saw some progress this soon, this stuff would be flying off the shelves!  Has anyone else tried this stuff?  If so, what has been your results so far?

That's all for now. So til next time, thanks for reading.  Be blessed.

New Job Curls

*I named this post just for Nessa. ;)

So, I got a new job (a job I wanted) which is truly a blessing in today's economy.  Thank you JESUS!!  (It's a science teacher position in a local school disrict.  I start on August 4th).
Anyway, I was stressing about my hair because I had to go fill out paper work and take my ID picture for my new job last Monday (7/19 actually).  My hair needed to be washed (and a retwist wouldn't hurt) but I was being so lazy.  I still had curls left so this is how my ID pic turned out:

The picture doesn't look bad but my scalp was nasty.  So I ended up washing my hair Monday evening (7/19) even though I didn't feel like it.  And I didn't really know what I planned to do with it.  On one hand, I wanted curls but didn't really feel like rolling it.  On the other hand, I wanted to retwist it but I didn't feel like doing that either. Doing both would have taken TOO long.  So I just washed and conditioned then braided it into 8 big braids for a lazy braidout.

My hair was nice and soft and shiny but I didn't like the braidout. (Sorry no pics of the results).  It was too hot to have my hair down but I didn't want to do a ponytail either (I know.  I'm crazy).  So I went ahead and rolled my hair Tuesday night.  I left the pipe cleaners in all day Wednesday and finally took them out Thursday morning in time for new employee orientation.  That's how I got New Job Curls.

I put 2 locs on each pipe cleaner.  And a word of advice:  Don't roll your hair too tight or it will be hard to remove the pipe cleaners.  I was almost late trying to get the things out of my head!!  I've never had that issue before but I know I rolled it really tight.  But as you can tell (if you've been keeping  up with me), I REALLY love this style.  This is how I've worn my hair all summer.  It has kept me cool and it has also kept me from putting my hair in a ponytail. ;)  I gotta come up with something new for the fall/winter.

This post was drafted 2 weeks ago when all of this occured but my pics were on my phone. My phone got  temporarily destroyed when it was accidently dropped in water.  Anyway, no pics=no post.  So this is what my curls look like  now, almost 2 weeks later.

The heat and humidity have caused the curls to fall a LOT. The curls are usually not this loose 2 weeks later.  Oh well.

Til next time, thanks for reading.