Sister to Sister Natural Hair: Transitioning

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Flat twists how to that last 5 days!

My new quick hair style-FLAT TWISTS.

Things I needed to do flat twists:

1. Comb for parting the hair

2. Auntie Jackie's Curl La La (for flexible hold

and texture) or gel without alcohol like Ecostyler

How to style flat twists:
(basically cornrows with 2 strands instead of 3 strands of hair)

Step 1: Part your hair where you usually part your hair (side or middle). This is how your hair will lay.

Step 2: Part your hair in a row, similar to the rows in the picture below. Put the rest of the hair in a ponytail or use a clip to keep the hair separate.

Step 3: Now put curl la la or styling gel on the row you are about to twist the scalp.

Step 4: Take a small square from the row you parted and didn't pin up. From this square separate into two. Now twist these two strands.

Step 5: After you twist the two strands, grab a small amount of hair from the same row to add onto one of the strands, just like you would if you were braiding to the scalp. Twists these two strands together.

Step 6: Keep grabbing a small amount of hair from the same row and adding to the other strand, twisting after each grab. Twist to the end of the hair.

Step 7: Repeat steps 2-6 until all of your hair is flat twisted.

Step 8: Wrap up the hair for the night or allow to dry

Step 9: Once the hair is dry, take apart each flat twist, being careful not to undo the texture. Do not comb out the hair. Wrap up the hair each night with a small amount of olive oil, and this style lasts 5 days.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

The pictures below show the flat twists before they are taken down.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Why I decided to go natural

10 reasons I decided to go natural

1. I want healthy hair

2. I want hair that is water ready - wash and go

3. I saw easy natural styles - I can do by myself

4. I think I look better with natural hair - grow to love me for who I am not what society wants me to be. I don't have straight hair. I have my hair.

5. There are professional and grown up natural hair styles

6. Transitioning - allows you to keep your length while growing out your hair

7. I don't want harsh or damaging chemicals in my hair

8. Relaxers are harmful to my scalp

9. I can always straighten my hair with a flat iron if I want a relaxed look

10. I want more length and texture

Natural Hair Products link below
http://www.brenditasbodyworks.com/shop/index.php?mktsrc=DESYC5Qhq

Friday, November 9, 2012

Twisted Out!

This is how I wore my hair after the twist outs. As you can see, I really love hair accessories. I highly recommend getting some hair pins, clips, bows, headbands for hair flair (that rhymes). They don't have to be super girlie, but I am a girl who loves red and pink. This style is great again for those who are like me, and are transitioning, because in this style your hair is now the same texture. I noticed, and I believe I mentioned this before, that the relaxed hair is thinner and looks stringy when sitting right underneath the natural hair that is full. The relaxed hair does not carry as much wave or curl in this style or when wet. I hope you can see it in the pictures above, the bottoms of the twist outs are thinner and have less curl definition. So, once I get more length, I will be really happy to cut off the dead weight. And that's kinda funny, because hair is literally dead, but it doesn't weigh much.

Natural Hair Products link below
http://www.brenditasbodyworks.com/shop/index.php?mktsrc=DESYC5Qhq

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Friday, November 2, 2012

I love my new hair style Bantu knots makes me feel really girlie :)

A quick blog on a Friday night

My fro was making me feel really man like and I have been getting very frustrated with the other hair styles, that I was using to make myself look different, so I tried the bantu knots. The twist out, the straw set, the braid out, and the wash and go, well I hate it all on me. My hair is not like Destiny's, well with the length and all, so the straw set does not look so well on me. The braid out took so long to take down and it tangled up when I was taking it down, which sucked soooo much. The twist out was okay but still not like this, which is amazing. I did the bantu knots dry, not like I did the other styles. The bantu knot is the twist out then twisted it into this honey comb like shape. I just played around when I made the knots but I made a lot of them. Bantu Knots can be made in many different sizes. There are videos on You-tube, the video I like the most, because well I love all her natural videos, is from naptural85, the link http://youtu.be/W4BWt3_7WVQ

images:

Natural Hair Products link below http://www.brenditasbodyworks.com/shop/index.php?mktsrc=DESYC5Qhq

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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Day 5 hair

Natural Hair Products link below

http://www.brenditasbodyworks.com/shop/index.php?mktsrc=DESYC5Qhq

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Kinda kinky twists on my hair

Destiny
I decided to try yet another style-kinky twists on transitioning hair. (Also, as a side note, I found a pretty cool video/channel on YouTube for transitioning hair. Actually my sister found it and thought of me. So I will have new styles, yay!). If you find any styles that are great for transitioning, please let me know. I am trying to learn as much as I can about natural hair styles. Here are few pictures of how it turned out:

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Oil Oil Oil my hair cries for oil...

Taya

When I first started transitioning, which I only did for like four weeks, my hair started to show it's natural curl pattern. I loved my hair and its naturally "me" pattern. When I ran out of coconut oil and olive oil, my hair seemed to be in a crisis. People who are transitioning or doing the big chop and trying to find there natural curl pattern may find oils to be there friend, but everyone's hair is different.

Extra virgin olive oil- is the pure oil obtained from the fruit of olive trees. No oil obtained using solvents, re-esterification processes, or mixed with other vegetable oils qualifies under this description.Extra virgin is the highest quality and most flavorful olive oil classification. In chemical terms it is described as having a free acidity, expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 0.8 grams per 100 grams and a peroxide value of less than 20 milliequivalent O2. ( http://www.oliveoiltimes.com) Olive oil makes your hair healthier, more manageable, really clean, and invigorating. Olive oil nourishes, conditions, and improves the strength and elasticity of your hair, while the couldn’t-be-easier process is both stress-reducing and health-promoting.

A hair repair treatment with olive oil

INGREDIENTS (enough for 1 or 2 treatments, depending on the length and thickness of your hair)

½ cup olive oil

5 drops frankincense essential oil (others may be substituted, if you wish)

1 plastic bag that can fit over your hair

1. Pour olive oil into a jar with a lid, then add essential oil. Put lid on jar and shake well to disperse the essential oil. Let sit for 24 hours in a cool, dark place. Shake again before use.

2. Rinse hair with warm water. Warm 1 tablespoon of oil treatment in the palms of your hands. Using your fingertips (not nails), gently massage the oil into the scalp in a circular motion. Repeat until the entire scalp has been massaged. Rub the ends of your hair with the remaining oil.

3. Place a plastic bag over your hair, secure by tying or with a hair clip or clothespin, and allow the oil to remain for at least a half-hour.

4. Rinse well, then shampoo as usual.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/olive-oil-hair-repair.html#ixzz29bPpIJY0

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

A new hair product that sounds like a good tool for Transitioners

Carols Daughter Transitioning Kit 1-2-3 is a revolutionary kit with products that address the common problems that transitioners face, whether they are big choppers or going through a long grow out, and will continue to help long after they have a full head of beautiful natural hair.It contains 3 products that are exclusively found in this set:

Purifying Low-Poo Cleanser 4.0 fl oz

Renewing Scalp Spray 4.0 fl oz

Restoring Anti-Breakage Treatment 5.5 fl oz

PROBLEM:
The Grow Out transitioner needs to easily manage her two hair textures and the Big Chopper needs to control her curly new growth, so they both tend to use lots of leave-in styling products that weigh hair down as well as smother the scalp. It’s also easier to stretch out the time between shampooing and styling your hair when transitioning, causing you to need a deep, but not drying, cleanser.

SOLUTION: Purifying Low-Poo Cleanser
This moisturizing cleanser detangles in an instant as it intensely hydrates your hair, leaving behind an incredible shine while gently removing product build-up.

PROBLEM:
Over time relaxers can damage your scalp and hair follicles, and the key to growing healthier hair is having a healthy scalp. An unhealthy scalp can cause hair to grow in uneven textures and curl patterns, which make your hair grow slower and in poor condition.

SOLUTION: Renewing Scalp Spray
This easy spay-on product exfoliates your scalp the same way a toner would your face (think of it as a facial for your scalp). It increases the cellular turnover to get to your healthiest scalp and follicles quickly so that your hair can grow healthier, faster.

PROBLEM:
During the “scab hair period” where your scalp and follicles are healing (this usually lasts for 6-8 months after your last relaxer), your hair is brittle. It is also incredibly fragile where your new growth meets the relaxed hair, as are the points where the relaxer was retouched. This causes lots of extra breakage and shedding when washing, detangling and styling.

SOLUTION: Restoring Anti-Breakage Treatment
This conditioning hair mask deeply heals the weakest parts of your hair to prevent breaks, snaps and split ends, while simultaneously adding a boost of moisture to soften your hair, making it easier to manage and style.

THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION FROM curtmart.com

I think I am loving this again..

The "always the same fro" was drinking me crazy! I felt stuck in this boyish fro style and I wanted a different look. I tried a lot of different styles but the length of my hair made me hate all of them. I saw so many you- tube videos before I decided to do the big chop, and I was hoping I would get my hair to look the same.

Everyone has different hair types most of the people on the you- tube videos have type 3c which is a really easy hair type to do hair styles with (in my opinion). Type 3c has voluminous tight curls I have type 4b hair which has a less defined curl pattern when I would undo my style it would just look so nappy to me and never really cute. The style would last for only a couple of days before I would need to take it down. Look on naturallycurl.com if you want to see your hair type.

My saver hair styles that has made me love this again...

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