Thinking Out Loud Thursday - TOLT *16*

Thinking Out Loud

• This past week I have been very busy and have not been online at all!
• My hard drive on my MBP is almost 4 years old!! So it is finally time to replace.
• The new hard drive should arrive on Friday and I will probably do a tutorial on replacing it on youtube.
• Because I have been so busy, I have neglected my vitamins for a good week now. 
• And because of this, I can clearly see that my skin is now breaking out with my hormonal cystic acne!!
• I havent had any real break outs since I started back seriously taking my vits last year!!
• I forgot how bad my acne can get, so I am making an effort to keep it up from now on. The vitamins really make a serious difference in the appearance of my skin.
• I took my hair out of the style above yesterday and cowashed my hair and did a coffee rinse.
• I am spending a lot of my time on designing new jewelry and have a few new things posted on the site.
• The other things will be posted over the next few weeks and should be awesome!
• I am trying to come up with a new hairstyle but am a little clueless at the moment..
• Thinking about doing the lace wig for a while until I come up with a good long term style.
• In the mean time I am cowashing and deep conditioning to build the moisture back up into my hair.

Hair Diary *12* - Braided Updo

Before I did this style I washed my hair with As I Am Coconut Cowash and deep conditioned overnight with my Lekairs. I then went ahead and did a clear rinse which I left on for a few hours without heat. I rinsed and added some conditioner as my leave in.

At this point, I started braiding! See the video below...

To be honest I do like it a lot, but this is not exactly my favorite hairstyle. I do love the way it looks from the sides and from the back. I will keep this in for a week or 2, take it down and do something else. 

To take care of this, I am keeping it simple and wrapping every night with my satin scarf and applying my sulfur oil to my scalp every night.
Thats it!

I didnt get to great of a shot of the other side but you can see it pretty clearly in the video. I might be redoing the mohawk part again soon and I will post pics and stuff when I do.

You can see the different color in the back. I added some of the leftover hair from my last style for the color contrast. That is color #6, the rest of the hair which is closer to my natural color is a number #4.

The extension hair can be a little itchy but its not too bad. It would have been good to soak the hair in vinegar water before using. But I didnt have time this time. :)

Hair Care Restock Haul

I had been out of my Lekairs Cholesterol Plus conditioner for a few months now. I couldn't seem to find it anywhere!!
I went on a run to stock up on some hair care products and luckily I was able to find my Lekairs at Walmart!! I grabbed the last 2 that they had in stock! Awesome!

I also picked up some Suave Humectant which has also been a staple for quite some time.



Then I went to a BSS and I got 2 rinses, one in clear and one in a honey color called Ginger. I want to see how the honey color will work on my hair. So that will be a project for later. I am going to assume that I will give me a very faint highlight, but we will see.





I also got some kanekalon braiding hair which I needed to do my next hairstyle and a new satin scarf, which I absolutely love!






And finally I found an indian store close by that carried HENNA!!! I got 2 boxes of Jamila Henna, and I am so happy I found it, and  I didnt have to buy online! They had Jamila, Reshma, and a few other good brands. I will be doing a henna treatment soon as well as some henna tattoos!!

I cant wait!

Awesomness!!

I did also get a new box of Knee Highs to use as ponytail holders. I have been using these for years and I found after the very first use that these are actually the only holders that are actually healthy for my hair. They are gentle and do not break the hair off at all.

They are even better than goody ouch less! Your hair will thank you! :D

Thinking Out Loud Thursday - TOLT *15*

Ok Ok... So I missed a good 2 weeks of TOLTs... No more of that! Consistency!!

Thinking Out Loud

• I went to the heath food store to try and find coconut and castor oil locally... They had castor priced at $15 and coconut at $25!!! Absolutely not!!
• For $25 I can order at least a lb of each online and that INCLUDES s&h!!
• I really, really need to do my hair today.. ughh.. No motivation to do so what so ever.. lol
• I am still in pain from my insane caffeinated workout the other day.
• But I am going to pop half of one again and get to running!!
• I am still waiting for my Marine Collagen to  come.
• I hope it helps a lot with increasing my growth rate.
• I have not a single clue if my hair will reach MBL this year at all.
• If I keep that little tail It will reach MBL by the end of the year and then all I would have to do is get the rest of it to even out...
• I don't think I would really want my hair to grow past WL.
• MBL is goo enough for me especially because of my texture. It is just so much work.
• For some stupid reason all of a sudden my phone is not charging anymore!!!! WTF!
• Its been dead since yesterday.. So annoying.. I better start working again soon.
• I still havent been able to find any henna locally :( Will have to order that online as well.
• The Walking Dead starts back up in a few days!!!!!!!!!!! AAhhhhhhhh!!!!

Hair Diary *11* - Wet Bunning

Since I have taken down my braids I have been a little hair lazy. I was planning on doing a nice braided updo but have not been able to find the motivation to do so, yet...

I have been wearing my hair in this donut bun for the past week or so.

When wearing this style I cow ash my hair every 1-2 days. When cowashing I simply rinse my hair and reapply my conditioner and detangle with a shower comb. I then brush my hair up into the position I want my bun to sit and then wrap a ponytail holder around it. I do not rinse out the conditioner. I use it as a leave in and my hair loves it. Then I put on my bun filler and tuck my ends under.

I apply my sulfur oil to my scalp with an applicator bottle and massage in every 2-3 days. I found that I need to oil my scalp regularly or I get dandruff and itchy scalp. This will remain a big part of my hair regimen, as the sulfur really benefits my hair and scalp.

Slowly but surely my hair is filling in little by little. The little hairs around my hairline are blending in much better than it did a few months ago. Wearing buns back then caused more breakage because most of the hair did not fit into the ponytail. But now I can wear them successfully and not experience any breakage.

I like to bun on wet hair but you have to be careful not to put it in too tight. As your hair drys it contracts and after a few hours you might need to loosen the holder so it does not cause too much stress on your edges.

I also vary the placement of the bun every time I put it in. You can go higher, lower, or towards the side to prevent breakage from wearing the ponytail holder in the same place all the time.

I remove the bun at night and wrap my hair up in a scarf to keep it protected. If I feel like I cant wear a loose ponytail I braid to the ends and remove all holders, rinse and repeat in the morning.

HHG