To Completely different ideas... and I love them BOTH!

Colors aside, the style is still a toss up...



simple, sweet, summertime



OR



funky, full of hue, fun

                                             

To take from Donnie and Marie (with modification of course) "I'm a little bit classic, and I'm a little bit of funk and soul"...

I love my hair on Sesame Street

I originally saw this on curlynikki.com and had to repost it. This is REVOLUTIONARY to say the least. When I have my daughters... they WILL watch this video. It's an amazing way to show our children how AWESOME our hair really is... and let's face it... we don't see this on tv too often!!

When in doubt, throw a hat on it...

So I love love love hats! And I'm pretty definate that this winter, people will see less of my hair and more of my head coverings. Not only do I think I look super cute with my hair covered (I think everyone looks good with the perfect hat that accentuates your face) but its a great protective styling option. Why tug and pull at your hair when you can twist it up and put a hat on it... for weeks!!! A bad hair day can turn into an awesome hair month in a matter of seconds...

Take yesterday for example, I had a party to go to and my hair was all twisted up. I could have just untwisted and done a twist out fro but I just really didn't feel like it plus it took me about 3 hours to twist it all up the night before (a different set of twist than the previous post, nothing special, just a head full of two strands). Earlier that day I went shopping with the boo and found this uber awesome hat that he swears he picked out (which he didn't) and I really had no intention of wearing it that night but...

*random side note* I apologize for all the boobage. My big booby girls understand...
As you can see, I'm not one to really "dress up" to go out. I think its a waste of time really. I used to get fly to go out, complete with heels and makeup but for what? As I get older, I prefer a good pair of jeans, a loose blousy top and in this case a sweater and some boots (but a good pair of flats could've been substituted). So anyway, I went out yesterday thinking that I was going to be the "under-dressed homely" girl but it was exactly the opposite! I cannot tell you how many women commented on my hat and how many awkward stares I got from random old men from across the bar...

Anyway, my only concern is that my new job (which i'll blog about at a later date) might not be as accepting of my head wraps and hats like my other jobs have been... but as sure as I am Tiffani, I'll definately try and make a place for head coverings in public health. Maybe I'll argue that keeping my head covered makes me less susceptible to illness because less heat is escaping from my body which then leads to greater productivity and less loss of monies due to my potential use of sick days...and if I can't be at work, the important work that I will be doing to get more children vaccinated won't be completed and hundreds, maybe thousands of children will go unvaccinated leading to more absences from school, leading to an decrease in the high school graduation rate leading to an increase in the number of unproductive people in the workforce in the US... stretch? maybe... but you know I'll do it. lol

So anyway, I said all this to say... When all else fails, throw a hat on it and keep it moving! Your hair will appreciate it and you'll look super cute.

*Last random but important side note* If your hat is not silk or satin lined it would be in your best interest to wrap your hair underneath with a silk or satin scarf. Why? well because the fabric of the hat can draw moisture out of your hair leaving you with super dry hair which would make this protective style all be in vain...

protective styling: twist...

So I've challenged myself to wear protective styling in the form of twist or braids all fall and winter and so far so good. This is my second set of twists (I forgot to take pictures of the first set... sue me). The first set lasted for about 2 weeks. When I did this I got lazy so instead of doing individual plaits... I did 2 strand flat twists. Came out ok especially since I'v never flat twisted my whole head before. To further illustrate how lazy I got, I only co-washed with deep conditioner and never even washed it out. I scrubbed my head with plain ol' H2O (water) to get out any residue (which I might add is close to nil since I switched over to an all natural product line... I barely even itch anymore... Can we say AWESOME) then added deep conditioner and put a bag over my head (some ppl use hair baggies, I'm cheap and use grocery store bags... great way to repurpose and help the environment, just be careful to leave yourself some room to breath... you don't want to end up in the emergency room with a grocery store bag on your head trying to explain to hubby that you weren't trying to kill yourself) to set for about an hour while I cooked dinner (no. really I did!) then took the bag off, sectioned it off and put it into pony tails while I twisted each section. Started with the top and worked my way around...

*Side note* you can totally see my henna hue in these pics. My hair looks reddish-brown and it is normally jet black...I love my henna!!

*Side note #2* this is 3 day old hair. When/if you decide to twists, it won't be as fuzzy on day 1. And if you use a gel it prob won't frizz out as much either. I just hate gel (among many other things) because it seems to dry my hair out so all I twisted with was water (because my hair was still wet), conditioner, and cocoa butter. You can twist with whatever you want or nothing at all. Its up to you.

Anyway I highly double that the flat twist will last a whole two weeks like my single plaits (but i'm definately going to push it as long as I can take it). So when I take these out, I'll finally wash and deep condition... and maybe even henna... its been about a month right lol?

Need to know how to flat twist? No need to search YouTube... I'v taken care of that for you.
 *Note* this time around. I did mine wet. really doesn't matter. Some people think it's easier to deal with dry hair. I just don't like to manipulate mine too much after it has dried. Why? because it hurts!! plus I didn't want to wait forever for it to air dry first since I no longer use heat. To each their own.

Excuse me while I crack the hell up!!

Every Little Step I take... Somebody teach Mike Tyson how to do the running man... Please!!