Flat Twist Out

Last weekend I tried a flat twist out again. My hair has gotten longer, so you can see the definition a little better but it is still not where I want it to be. Again, I am rather lazy when it comes to parting smaller sections...I know this would help, but I have a 4 year old child...I do not have hours to spend playing in my hair!

This time I will let the pictures speak for themselves. I co-washed, added EVO and "Feels Like Silk." It air dried all day underneath a stocking cap and army hat :P

Can you ladies tell that I am ready to switch it up? I think I have tried about 3-4 different styles in the past two weeks :)

Style and Error

Here is an example of a style I tried when attempting to re-create a fro-hawk on my hair. I started with freshly washed hair and added a leave-in (HE), some EVOO, and a dab of Elasta QP's "Feels Like Silk" liquid styling gel. I then:

1. Parted each side from front to back. I pinned the sides and left the center (or the hawk) out.
2. Two-strand twisted the center into medium sized twists.
3. Quickly realized that I cannot braid the sides of my own hair...panic set in..
4. Tried to flat twist, but that wasn't working either...
5. I grabbed a tiny section of hair and twirled it into a string of sorts...like you would to create a bantu knot.
6. Instead of letting it knot up, I pulled it straight up to the hawk and pinned. I repeated this process in small sections on both sides. I pinned with hair clips until dry, and later replaced the clips with bobby pins. I took the two-strand twists down and separated.
7. Voila...something new... I rocked this to work and out shopping..people loved it.

This just goes to show that you can make just about any style into one that works for you. Look online for new styles, and if it requires a skill that you don't have (or can't do on your own head) then play it down a little and rock your version of it.

Happy styling! What do you ladies think?

Holy Crap...I Think I Found My Holy Grail Styler!!!

About two months ago, someone with a similar hair texture to mine recommended that I try Elasta QP's "Feels Like Silk" Liquid Styling Gel. Her hair looked absolutely fab and I loved how defined and moist her curls were.


Fast forward to last weekend---> I gave in a bought it and I am SO GLAD I DID!! I love this stuff!! It's like a really thick setting lotion/gel if you as me, but instead of drying crunchy, it leaves behind natural oils so the hair stays moisturized with hold. Pretty soon I will do a formal product review, but here are pics of a new style I tried with it.


If you haven't heard about it, don't say I didn't tell you!!

The Buffys - "All the Above with a Feminine Touch"

Hey everyone....please don't forget to watch THE BUFFYS today at 7pm EST. Think about the question from last week: What are your top three questions you want answered after your first date??.......www.thebuffys.com with Natasha and Essence

And the Winner IS....

Me!!

You guys didn't give me any suggestions, so I had to hunt for inspiration online. I found the website of a natural hair salon here in Atlanta, Afrodisiac, and they have some bangin hair styles in their gallery.

These pics are my take on their version of "Flat Twists with Twisted Puffs." I had a hard time taking the flat twist all the way to the back of my head, and the "Twisted Puffs" part was just too much for me to do all together, so this is a played down version of the style. What do you ladies think?

All I know is that I will *definitely* be checking out Afrodisiac!! They seem to have natural hair flyness that I am looking for...

Help Me Get All Jazzy :)

Ladies,

I have a really important event coming up this weekend and I want to be supa-dupa fly (yes like Missy Elliot)...and I am having a difficult time coming up with ways to stretch out my curl pattern a little. The look I really want is a braided fro-hawk, but I want my hair to stand up and out a little more. I was thinking that maybe I should try a roller set?? Some really small twist?? I have no idea... What I do know is that when I have done medium sized twists on my hair, you can hardly see the twist out pattern and hair elongation= 0.

The pic posted is my quickie version of a fro-hawk... I need to take this look up quite a few notches before the weekend. Braiding the sides should help, but what oh what to do with the center??

I need inspiration, so weigh in ladies... I will post pics of the results on the idea I choose to go with for bragging rights ;)

(The pic below is how I envision the braids..or maybe in a funky design pattern)