Weave & I So Fly

Coronation 2010

Assimilating Black Hair

Just a random thought...
       If white people had kinky, curly, coiled hair, and black people had long, straight, shiny hair, then would we get texturizers to make our hair curly like theirs. Would afro's be a great look in the the work place and straight hair un-assimilated... Hmmm... What do you think?

1 Day Later

I'm almost done but I so had to rock a hat today.

(next is the invisible part then closure)

I'm almost done but I so had to rock a hat today.

Attempting the Sew In

Yes thats right, you have to start somewhere so why not with $100 track. I am going to sew in my hair by myself. Below is pictures of the corn roll pattern I used to sew in the hair. It has a corn roll going around my head. It also has the zig zag pattern in the back as well as a circle for the closure at the top.

I am am also going to sew in my invisible part that is why in the picture of the front you see the curve with lines leading from it. I am gone to sew a piece of track on each line to make the invisible part. This was inspired by ThaShoStoppa05.

I am using Milky Way Yaky Weave 1b. 14 &12 inch.

Wish me luck!

On Milky Way Indian Jerry Curl 1B

Track: 10

Styling Potential: 7

Tangle Level: 3

Overall: Strong 6

I loved/hated this track. After 2 weeks it was over. The track actually free-dreaded. I did every thing that was supposed to be done to it. I wet it, braided it up at night, de-tangled it, styled it, washed it... every thing. It still tangled too easily and was very hard to "blow out/straighten."

Happy Birthday to Me!

I'm 20!!!

There are people that I would like to thank for making my day great.

Grandma Kim

The only person that actually called and said happy birthday.

Sunil

You are a person that I wish I would have always had in my life. I don't know how we became so close, but I am grateful. You were there for me at the crack of dawn and made me alright. You give me a different way to look at things and no matter what you will always mean something so close to my heart. Your my pocket homie and I don't know what I would do with out you.

Jessica

I am so happy I know you. You made me feel really special. You gave me your ice cream when that is not what you wanted to do. You joked and laughed and went out of your way to make it great.

Tiearra

Thnk you for driving me to get the things for my birthday. I am so glad you help me when you do. I am happy you could come to the gathering for me. Thanks for hopping around like a hobbit.

Christina

Do I have to say it? I know you already know. My suga, my breeze, my hope. Thanks for being you.

Azania

They say Libras are a scale. A long time ago I thought i found someone that added to my balance. They just added to the side I was on, but didn't even me out. But you, you helped evened me out. Your my yang, your my zen, you keep me calm and help me see it all. The way you say things and your method of delivery help me soooo much. I am so happy I did not let others stop me from talking to you.

Angeline

Thanks for being the wild one. You got it jumping when it wasn't going anywhere. Thank you for being the catalyst to the night. I am happy we are growing closer. Maybe one day I will stop freaking you out.

People are given to you as a gift. It is your responsibility to take care of it. I value all of the bonds I have made and I truly want to say thank you all for contributing to making my 20th birthday an amazing day.

-Love G

Great Change

I know I am supposed to be talking about my hair and weightloss... But I am still an expanding blogger. I am going to change the theme and layout of my beautiful blog. Its coming soon!

On My Weave

Week 1:

After about a week or so, my hair was getting very tangled! I put Knot Today detangler and water in it and it worked while my hair was wet but when my hair dried it was clumped, matted and gross looking. I also have to wet my hair every time it gets dry. Wetting it flattens it, gives it movement and detangles it. However when this hair is wet, it drips black. It is as if the hair was dyed before it got packaged. They drippings spotted my clothes. I felt like a Soul Glo rep. I also tried to blow it out to straighten, that was an epic fail...

Week 2:

To stop the clumping and to get the hair from dripping black, I washed my weave. I parted it into 4 sections and used Dr. Bronner's castile soap. I detangled my hair, rinsed it and braided it while I was in the shower. After I was done, I let my hair air dry. If you blow dry it, the glue for the closure and invisible part would slip.

Review:

Good:

1. This hair is beautiful.
2. I love the curls and I love how it looks and feels.
3. I do love that you can convert it from straight to curly.
4. Its thick and worth the $30 a pack.

Bad:

1. If you add any product to this hair you have to wash it within the next 2 days. DO NOT ADD PRODUCTS IT WILL MAT AND BE HARD TO COMB. IT WILL FREE DREAD.
2. It tangles & mats so easily.
3. You have to keep it wet to get the natural curl look.
4. It is not easy to blow out and straighten.
5. It drips black when you wet it... ewww.
6. Ends get ratty very quick.

Womp Womp

Womper #1

My mommy doesn't like my hair

Womper#2

So I thought was gonna walk 12 laps around the track, I need to build myself up before I try to do the most.

Bam!

She Get It From Her...

Weightloss... Round 2

I know, I know. I have not been completely up-to-date with my weight loss success on the Zi Xui Tang Bee Pollen Pills. After I stopped taking them for 2 weeks I gained the weight I lost back. It is not September 20th and I have my weight back to 227. Now I am starting fresh. This morning (it is 2:31am. Yes mom, I'm still up) I will wake up at 6:45am and go to the track. I plan on walking 3 miles which is 12 times around the track. I am also taking my pills. From here is where we will start to document my weight loss on my weight loss PAGE. I will also try to keep a log of food I eat.

Tracked Up!

Hair I will be using.

First you cornroll your hair.

Then you sew it in.

Next you glue on the top to make an invisible part and a closure.

After you sew in the rest your done!

Wet it! It will curl beautifully!

Hmmm...

OMG! Cover back up your hair.

Short hair does not win beauty pageants.

Your hair is not soft.

the transition stage after going natural is... weird...

Put your hood on before someone see's it.

Wow, your hair is really coarse.

Geez! I am not a self conscious person. However if people keep saying the same thing over and over, it's neither multiplying or adding to your spirit and it gets kinda... annoying. It starts to make you think that something is wrong. So instead of waiting to get my hair done next weekend, I decided to get it done yesterday night...

... pics will be posted...

Taking Out the Braids

Taking out your braids can be a long process if you don't work smart. If you have braids that are 24 inches long and your hair is only 4 inches long, then look at where your hair is comming out of the braid and cut the braid before your hair starts. I would cut the braid and inch after where the hairs is coming out of the braid and where braid gets thin.

As you can see, I cut all of the braids and then I took the braids out. I combed the braids out as if I was taking out regular braids. When it got to the end I unwrapped the braid from around my hair. I then combed my hair. IF YOU DO NOT COMB YOUR HAIR IT WILL LOCK UP! YOU WILL HAVE TO CUT YOUR HAIR OUT!

After all of the hair came out this is what I looked like. You can see that my hair is longer! YAY! You can see that my edges took a small loss from those tight small braids.

This is all the hair that I had to comb out of my head. If you do not comb this hair out then it will lock in the hair that did not shed. If you can see what I am point to, it is a ball of dirt. Over time your hair will collect dirt. And if you are oiling your hair like you are supposed to it will collect dirt. You must comb this dirt out.

After I took my hair out I put in a pre-poo. The ingredients is what is in the picture on the side. I left that in over night. I washed my hair with Trader Joe's Nourish Spa Then Dr. Browner's Castile Soap. After that I conditioned and de-tangled with Aubrey Organics Conditioner that I blogged about previously.

All Done!

2nd Day Curled Braids

After I took out my braids I had to attempt to hold the curls for the next day. I rodded the front of my hair and sprayed it with holding spritz. I put the rest of my hair in a pony tail. I ten shoved it all into a bonnet.

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