Braided, Twisted & Rolled + Introducing New Blog: Braid with Me

This is SOOOOO cute!! I would so rock this! All I need is some more hair....Ah ha! I have some under my bed! lol #win

Braided, Twisted & Rolled + Introducing New Blog: Braid with Me

Torn in between the two...

Good Morning!

Ok quick update on life: I still have a job, AMEN! Work is getting progressively better. Which I'm Soooo grateful for.


Yesterday at work I met a new extern that is working on my floor. Her hair was FLAWLESS. To the point where I had to question if it was a wig or not. (Not that it matters but...all the curls/coils were so uniform and Awesome!)

*****insert month long pause*****
So I ended up talking to the girl the next day and she basically just wears WNGs and styles it daily. SO wash once a week and maybe pin up a side one day, half up the other..you get the drift. SHE ONLY HAS ONE YEAR OF GROWTH post BC and her hair is like the same length as mine.

I hear/see/read this story often. Niggas chopp off all their hair and a year later their hair is longer than mine. NOW. I do realize that I Just started healthy hair practices about 2 years ago. But I still should [according to my observations] should have like..BSL hair by now. I do also realize that I've done a lot to stunt growth retention also...like extensions, permanent hair coloring sessions (Especially the last bleaching episode. *cries*)

So I'm torn between maybe Trying doing WNGs on a regular basis and just leaving my hair Alone for a while and see how the growth retention is....Or protective styling. Or maybe even wigs. But in my spirit I don't feel bold enough for it. But I HAVE to be!! I've done quick weaves, sew-in and the like!! What's the difference? Get it together Tiffany. Smh. I gotta find a wig that I Like though. I did try one on but it was already Too short pre fluffing. No deal.

IDK. But I did wear my hair in a WNG all last work week (3 days). I stuck these in in the bathroom. lol. This is second day hair.

I got so many compliments the first day. (I've NEVER worn my hair like this at work.) One co-worker was calling me 'Essence Model' all day. LOL. I'm just not used to it. My hair is usually stretched. And I JUST had waist length twists in. My WHOLE face is out! LOL!! No distractions! I didn't even wear a flower just so I could force myself to get used to it.

It was soft all week and everything though!

What to do...what to do...

Wig, WNG, PSing.

Post church hair.

Yay upgraded blogger app!!! Anyway..peep these pics.

I have on my new MAC 'All My Purple Life' Lipglass from @afrobella (the blogger) on!! I LOVE IT!! I only applied it once this morning and by the time I took these pics it was after two..so the color is faded. But its cute y'all. I Will be rocking the purple. Summer-time or not!

If you can't have the one you love...

Ok. This is SO not hair related...but take it anyway. As I was driving home listening to Musiq's SoulStar  album on my way home from work. THIS song came on...

Woo Chile. It reminded me of [some of] my foolish past and how I tried to subliminally (yeah right) tell my S.O. at the time to pretty much get his ISH together. Buuuuuut...it wasn't direct. Soooo...#FAIL on my part. LOL. Please note some of the lyrics:

Looking back I was bringing you down
But now im changing my life
You said when I make a change I could stop on by
Now im back and I cant live without you

[Chorus]

If you cant have the one you love
Then where are you going
In your life
If you can have the person in your life
Then where are you headed in your life


Mmhmm. OH, but don't think he didn't get the message. It just didn't matter at the time. You know why? Because  it wasn't direct and I wasn't going to do anything about it. Duh. People be knowing. There are not as oblivious as they'd like you to think. But very Few people are going to make a decision on Your behalf for your benefit. If they are winning and you're losing in some way...essentially...*whispers* Nobody Cares.  And even if they do, Clearly it wasn't enough. And really you should value yourself to get yourself  out of the situation. Look after yourself. That's all you Really have.

Also for the record, I Did get that 'confession' or whatever. But later on in life. At a Better time in my life. Where I wasn't too timid to stand up for myself despite what I thought I might be losing.

Love yourself! Corny, but you have to. No one knows and can love you like You can. And if you get on your nerves sometimes (I know I do lol ), learn to give yourself a flippin break!!!

:)

I think I'm done with Youtube.

GASP!!!!!

Ok, I'm not Done with youtube....I'm just done with attempting to lazily make videos of Myself For youtube. Y'all know I waste hours of my life on The Web. I just don't like reshooting, editing, adding music...etc...just to get more subscribers or what not. That's the point right? *I won't tell anybody your secret agenda YT celbs*

Anyway...

I honestly only made videos because I was too lazy at the time to compose blog posts. ( ._.)
However this will continue on occasion. #lazinesswin


So no more 'half-done, not really caring for real, bad lighting, horrible review' videos! WHEW! Glad we got that out of the way. :)

On to my current hair:

• I have kinky twists with Marley Hair.
• I did them myself.
• I look hood. (I have blonde streaks and my brother calls me hood every time he sees me. O_O )
• I put them in on the *looks at the calender* OK. I started on the 10th. Essentially finished on the 12th.

OK REWIND.

Here were my looks prior to and during the installation of these joints:

The puff I sported for about a week Before having this bright idea *eye rolls*

Oh yeah...somehow I wanted to try a wash and go first. Not too bad now that I'm looking at the pic. #shrug I tried a new project THAT I ONE IN A GIVEAWAY!!! YAY ME!!! Moving on...

I started them Sunday afternoon. Fun right?

Getting a little more done...

THOUGHT I was almost done....then I ran out of hair. Good thing I planned on wearing it up anyway just in case. I saved the middle for last. :)

HOOD.

TASTIC. (I redid those on the side y'all)

Siiiiiiiigggggggghhhhhhhh.......Ok moving on to last week...

Looking good from afar, eh?

On my way to a photo shoot. (We shall MAYBE speak on that late. *hint* I'M NOT A MODEL. SMH)

Now. I can clearly work these things. HOWEVER. If you get in my personal space, you will notice that they look like they've been in for a good month and been washed every week. ITS ONLY BEEN A WEEK!!!! Clearly I'm not a professional AND this was my first time. I still Didn't want them to be extra tight; hence the reason I did them myself. Other than my DIY natural hair tendancies. :)

So things I've learned:

• If you're doing them yourself and your hair is two or more different colors...USE THE DARKEST COLOR AS YOUR GUIDELINE. My braiding/twisting technique is Not good enough for even distribution of hair to have it blending all perfectly and stuff. NEXT.
• Part AS NEATLY AS POSSIBLE. At least in the front, sides, and nape. You can wing the middle.
• DIP YOUR HAIR WELL THE FIRST TIME. I dipped my hair when I initially finished twisting. Then like three days later I decided I wanted them curled. -___- Fail of an idea.

And to sum it up....I WAHN TO TAKE THESE JOINTS OUT NOW!!!!! My mother is going to have a field day [at my expense]. :( I just don't understand why my scalp is so itchy. I thought it would be the tension, but there isn't any!! I Can't make them tight! So why is my scalp going crazy on me anyhow! Maybe I'm allergic? -______- #pleaserespond

Later.

Natural Belle: D.I.Y Goddess Braid

Natural Belle: D.I.Y Goddess Braid