For the past few weeks I have been wearing my hair in silk locs. OMG those are a real bitch to take out!! scuse my lang.. I will be doing a tutorial for them the next time I put them in. So don't worry :P They are really easy to do once you get the hang of it. I had to figure out how to do them myself by looking at them on someone else's head.

I wont be doing them too soon because they are a little stressful on the scalp. You have to take time in between those kinds of hairstyles or else you wont have any edges like a lot of people that we all see walking around... Thats another story. lol Just know not to wear your hairstyles so tight and give yourself time in between so that the hair can grow back instead of continuously being pulled out.

Now I am back in my famous ponytail baggy. Which I have missed tremendously!! I haven't worn it in months! wow.. :)

Havent blogged in a while...

Yea I haven't blogged in a while because life basically hit me like a ton of bricks over the past month even more so than it has before. People, jealousy, complete craziness...

Aside from that I have finally seemed to climb out of the hairstyle rut that I have been in for the past few months. I don't know why but I just felt like everything has been done already. Which it kinda has but there is always room for improvement and creativity, I just was not feeling very creative...

The hairstyles that I have done so far I have posted pics of only on twitter because I have not had internet access for the entire time that I have been away aside from my cell phone. I need to update my fotki which has been terribly neglected. I feel bad about that :,(

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But just know that I am back! I did finally get my Macbook Pro which came with a free ipod touch because I am a student. Yay!!

I will be making videos again. Mac makes it so easy to do these things! I did kinda have a hard time figuring out iMovie but I finally got it! & posted my first real tutorial type video in how many months!

When I finally logged onto youtube I had SOOOOO many comments and messages I was a bit overwhelmed.. I also feel weird about answering comments from like 2 months ago... :/

I do want to thank everyone who has stuck with me for their support even though I suck big time at updating and keeping up with everything.... :P

But yea like I said I will be uploading videos as I can and updating the blog more often & also when I can I will take pics of my hair to update the fotki. :D k thx bye!!

Mar <333

I love fake hair!!

OK so I refuse to let this set back get to me anymore than it has!! I got rid of the source so now I am going to work on fixing it & moving forward!

I put my hair in a sewin almost 2 weeks ago. I have Harlem 125 Italian Body wave hair. It was really cheap about $15 a pack. I used 2 packs. I left a small horseshoe shaped section out in the front kinda to the side for a side part so that my hair will cover over the weave. I sewed the weave onto a net with my hair in french braids underneath.

I just decided I will just call them french braids I still feel weird saying cornrows.. A bit too country for me. lol

Ok so onto my regimen:
It really hasn't changed much from before but I don't expect anyone to really search through 3 yrs of posts to find what I do lol

1. I will be washing every 2 weeks. i mix shampoo with a little suave & make sure to rinse really well so that all the residue it removed.
2. I'm going to be deep conditioning with lekair with every wash to keep the hair nice & soft.
3. I deep condition my own hair that is left out every week or 2x per week depending on how I feel.

That's basically it..
When I take it out I will do a aphogee protein treatment and deep condition like crazy!

Mirena was the cause!

Ok so I wrote out this entirely too long post about the problems I have been having since I started Mirena. I think it was a bit too personal to post plus it was a huge RANT! So I'm just going to post the short version & tell you guys the major side affects.

1. The most problematic & upsetting- Cervical Dysplasia. I am in the moderate to severe range! Severe cervical dysplasia sometimes can lead to cervical cancer a few years down the line! So thank you Mirena for basically giving me cancer! I may be overreacting but I've never even had an abnormal pap smear before and now I have severe abnormal growth/precancerous cells on my cervix! The stupid lady tried to tell me it was because of my sexual partner. I have been abstinent for quite some time so a sexual partner is in no way the cause. Yet she insisted that mirena was not the cause... dummy

2. HAIRLOSSSS!!!!- Consistent Shedding for an entire year!!

3. slight Depression- I say slight because the way I felt & how I handled stressful situations was far from how I normally am! I tried to keep my self under control and focused but the issues remained..

4. extremely irregular periods- 2 weeks long or more every single month!!!! Seriously!!?!??

There is a 5, 6, 7, & 8 but those are WAY TMI...

But anywayzzzz...
I got it taken out Friday! I am so happy about it & wish I would have done it sooner! The gyn who took it out was a complete IDIOT!! She didn't know wtf she was talking about! I wish I could skip med school cause I could take her place today & do a wayyyyyyyyyy better job! So yea I'm done with bc all together because everything I have been on fucks me up! So I am done!

People! Please don't think that doctors know EVERYTHING! They are people just like u & me. Do your research & don't let anyone talk you into anything that will compromise your health! Always do whats best for you!

The gyn that I saw was not my regular gyn & she basically tried to talk to me like I had no idea what I was talking about! My regular gyn is very concerned about the issues that this lady just blew off as nothing. Said that for some women these problems are normal & kept talking about this mysterious sexual partner that I have! lol Crazy! These problems are not normal FOR ME!! And I have never experienced anything like this until I had Mirena inserted. & now that it is gone two of the issues that I did not mention are now GONE! The depressed feelings I had are going away and I do feel a lot better. That could just be because I had the thing removed but ha! I dought it....

Thoughts???
If your going through a similar situation feel free...

Mar <333

RIP Michael Jackson<33

I have been listening to nothing but Michael all day everyday since he died. Its so surreal! But this is life. People come and go. :,(

So this weekend is the 4th of july & I have alot of plans so my hair has to look good. :P I have been wearing it in a simple ponytail. So since I have been in such a long rut with my hair I am going to go ahead & put in my sewin. Im still debating on wether or not I want to use curly or straight hair but I will figure that out when I get to the BSS.

I wish I could do a tutorial on it but I dont know how thats going to work. Maybe I could do short video clips & put it all together with pics....

I need a new computer so bad! But I have other bills... Its going to have to wait. :(