New Orleans

I'm in the Big Easy this week for a work conference and I'm loving it! Its been a great change to get out of New England for a little while.  I must admit that so far I have done more sightseeing than work.  My coworkers and I have gone to Johnny's Po Boys, The Absinthe House, and Mother's. We also made our way to the Insectarium too. And of course Bourbon Street.  I'm just having a great time reconnecting with people in my field. The conference is taking us all to the the House of Blues at the end of the week. Should be a good time!

I haven't taken a hair picture yet since I'm usually the one behind the camera. I should get on that and post it on here. So you can see if my hair likes the gulf air :)

Until next time.... All the best!

~ Thea


AW Moment.... Look what was in my room for my anniversary!!

BlogLovin

I recently added my blog to BlogLovin. Hopefully I can gain a little exposure that way. Here's to it working!!

Cheers!
~Thea

How to make a wash and go last

I was just wondering how to do make a wash and go last and then found a great video that I would like to share. It's from one of my favorite YouTubers, Naptural85. I can't wait to try this method!

Enjoy!
~Thea

Neglecting my blog

Dear Blog,

Please know that you have been on my mind. I think of you everyday. I even come up with great posts to put on you when I'm in the car but the MassPike sucks the life out of me and then I forget to post. Shame on me :(

With lots of love,

Thea

It's true friends, I have neglected my blog. I think of my best posts when waiting to get on the pike in front of the Best Buy store on Mass Ave. I can report that I am making some progress in my journey. 

1. I don't like going to the salon anymore. If you know me this is huge! I love my freedom when I have no appointment. I no longer have a "what am I gonna do" feeling because I can do my hair myself. It's quite liberating. Why do I still go to the salon? Well, that's because I am a loyal customer and made a year's worth of appointments last November ( yeah, you read that right). I'm not looking to break up with my stylist and I think its not fair to book someone's time and then just not go. I have resolved to make few or no appointments when the new appointment book rolls out next year.

2. I got a twist out to last 4 days!! We had a bout of crazy humidity here in late August and I was rocking it. It was wonderful. I saw an old video on Natural Chica's YouTube that helped me out on the whole shrinkage thing.  Thank you Mae for that!

Everything is coming together nicely. I am going to New Orleans for a conference next week and I know that no matter what I'm going to look and feel good :)

Next on my to do list: How to write a post that more people than just my husband will read?

Shrinkage...Tee hee hee

Shrinkage -  I'm sure everyone has it. I get reduced to a 14 year old boy when I say it lol. I'm not as mature as I would like to believe I am.  Sometimes I am amazed at how much shorter my hair is when curly. When pressed my hair it near shoulder length but in a twist out its near my ears. I see that some people put it in a bun like then when they go to bed and their twist outs gain length the older the style is.  I  can't really get mine in anything. I'm not really sure how to maintain my style or gain any length. So if anyone out there has any ideas please send them my way.

Is anyone even there? Anyone? Crickets? Hermione?

Excuse me while I stand on this soap box

Why am I on this box? Well, I'm glad you asked cause I'm about to say it anyway. Today's rant is about hair types. You know the ones. Type 1 to type 4 hair and what it means.  This typing of hair seems innocent and evil to me all at the same time. I'm totally new to this "natural hair" movement so I may be totally out of line but here it goes....

When I started to read blogs and watch YouTube videos on how to take care of your hair everyone was making mention to their particular hair type. I had no idea what anyone was talking about. So I started google-ing it. I found a chart on a forum and quickly decided that I must be a type 4.  I read the descriptions of the subtype and couldn't for the life of me figure out what the difference was between 4a and 4b.  So then I started looking up pictures and everyone and their mother was a 4a with sprinkles of 4b. They would show a picture of their 4a along side a 4b and frankly some of them looked the same to me.  I went from thinking I was a 4a to thinking that I was a 4b but I totally was not seeing these z formations or whatever they were talking about. So I figured I must be a combo of them too. I understand that this classifcation system is a great way to find people with similar hair so you can do similar thigns to yours. As a way to help people it makes total sense. What didn't make sense was how everyone in cyber land was a 3c or a 4a

Here's where the "evil" part comes in. Everyone appears to want to be closest to the gold standard type 1 hair. Why is my hair type 4 anyway? Everyone wants their hair to have the easy curl that requires no manipulation to achieve. I think goes back to our unconscious quest to be part of the majority. This is probably why I had felt the need to flat iron my hair to have type 1 looking hair. The reason why keratin treatments are getting so popular.

But as I type this I can also see the other side of a possible argument. We all want what we don't have. Girls with curly hair want straight hair and girls with straight hair dream of curls. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

Ok, I'm getting off the box. I don't think I know what I'm talking about. I think I am only going to be concerned with myself and being me. Yeah, that's right people ...be  yourself! Erm.. ok I'm really getting down now

Quick Twist Out - Success!

Hello everyone who may potentially be out there in cyber space!

It's been pretty humid around here so I decided to try out the twist out again. I used Shea Moisture's Organic Curl and Style Hair Milk and their Hold and Shine Mist. Both are part of their Coconut Hibiscus line. They were  only $10 each at my local Walgreens. Can't really beat that and the reviews were great. I must say  that I was pleased with the results especially seeing that I didn't really give my hair enough time to dry.

Here's what I did.... I got up pretty early this morning with the baby and decided a twist out was in order. I sectioned my hair into 4 sections - back, two sides, and the front. Then I started from the back and wet my section with the hold and shine, added the hair milk to the part I was about to twist, combed through, and twisted. I put roughly 4 twists in each of the sections. I should mention that I did this all on dry hair. I went about my business ( ie - ran behind the baby) and four hours later decided to take the twists out. The back was dry but I felt the middle was a little damp so I put on my my soft hair drier cap while I washed bottles. After I finished the dishes I took the twists out. Not too bad if I do say so myself. Just a little bit more practice and I'll be able to put the twists in quicker.

Here's a pic of my results

I thought it was kinda cute ;)