November came and went

I have been so busy with work lately I've forgotten a lot of my habits that I promised to commit to.

I got brave and found an easier way to blog on the regular :-)

November: I purchased my very first virgin Brazilian hair and it gorgeous! I Love the hair, absolutely versatile and wonderful to blend with my own hair.
I take my daughter to get het hair braided often, and just happened to be a young woman that has started her hair extension business, we had been talking quite a bit about hair and what possibilities you can do by watching YouTube and learning from other hair stylist. She said, "oh ? I can get that for you if you like."

And from there I found my hair source. For my extensions for the remainder of the year.

With that said I purchased all hair and products, they were not given as gifts or to promote.

I bought a bundle at a time, just to be sure it was what I wanted and of course so I don't go broke and end up with no lights or water lol. I started sewing my first bundle my 16 on the bottom so I can have the layered effect. I sew through the first three rows, for security. Those first three rows were so tight my hand cramped up at grabbing the thread. It took me 6 hours to complete my unit.

It was well worth it!

The unit, you'll see in photos, was heavy in weight.  And is considered the natural straight Brazilian hair. To get the slight waves, I simply co-washed them in.lukewarm water and rinsed them in cold water, then air dried them.

I then applied/sewed 8 clips on to my unit, after I cut my side part out.

I do have a bit of leave out to create the look of natural hair, hey it works :-)
I have been wearing this hair for a month now and it is simply amazing. Thank you Ms. Woods, I can't get enough of it. On my next purchase I will do a more indepth blog about it. November has just been so busy.

I did do a length check before I hid my hair. The length check is the burgandy shirt photo.

The u-part wig is the orange tank shirt collage.

I'll be making one more soon, and that will be my January to February hair.

Happy Healthy Hair Trip
Chelleshock

Life 1.5

Life 1.5

Things that make me happy:

1.       Gadgets. I’m huge on all things techy. Mostly things that I can fit into my purse, which is rather large  now J

2.      Books: I do love a good read these days. And I don’t get to explore as many reads as I’d like to. But I will be doing more

3.      Food: Now I say this even though I’m on a mission to loose weight that I do love to cook. Mostly cooking in the oven is something that I have yet to master.

4.     Parenting: I’m full-time on this one. I will be posting a lot about parenting as I always question myself, “I am I doing what’s right?”

5.      Shoes: I mean that. I have a knack for shoes; ask my friends they have seen some of my shoe collection.

Those are the things that I love to do and enjoy sharing with others. Keep reading and please comment and subscribe.

Life 1.0

I'm gonna introduce a new type of logging entry.

What's gonna be about?

Well, I'm happy you asked. The next 365 is dedicated to finding my happy, resolving some issues and telling the world about it. 

Why tell the world?

I'm telling the world because these things and steps may also help someone else become and learn to be happy. It might help the reader want to be the change in the cycle, to find their own happiness.

I will talk about being out of my comfort zone. I will follow-up with Instagram photos if needed. 

Right now, I just want to be happy and keep my happy :)

October Hair Game Plan...

Hey there hair lovers, I’m back full-time now, I have my laptop back...

I digress, I left off on my last hair trip in Micro-links, yes ya’ll Micro-links.

 I purchased them with my own self’s money a while back and waited till I could get help with the install. They were a wonderful install but a pain to maintain. I suppose all weaves can be a pain to maintain but, I thought that this one would be the best for me to do while I was still in my growth process. While it kept me semi Heat free I did enjoy the easy “bunning”. It was fun to just be able to do a bun without the hassle of a donut/silk covered sock that I really enjoyed them and contemplated doing them again.

There were two issues that I had with the hair that I purchased. One the color I had ordered a 2, which in hair is black brown, when I got the hair it was very auburn and I had to color it. It took the color and matched my color with ease. Number two: The hair was not in my hair texture. It was so smooth and silky that I kind of ignored that it didn't really match my own texture. I have the natural yaki straight texture but I got away with it just a bit on twist outs. I did enjoy taking the links out, it was soooo very easy to take them out. I just gently pressed them the opposite way that I was back to my neck length hair in no time. *le sigh* I will no longer be seeking out the Micro-link hair extensions well for one the cost is very high and I think I will do better with hiding my hair till the winter is over with a nice U-part wig and a closure, or just the wig. 

Here’s what the Micro-links looked like in a braid out.

Now to my sew-in, so I had decided to get my hair in a sew in with an invisible closure. I strongly disliked the closure. STRONG DISLIKE. It seemed cool at first and then I went to shampoo my hair which I didn't like doing either. But I enjoyed my braids my sister in law can braid her some hair. Check out the pattern below. 

I had worn my hair like the above photo for a month now and it’s time to relax but I think I will wait, just to be honest. I did a Growth Aid tonight and my choice GA is Gro-Aut. The stuff works for me I will be 13 weeks post relaxer and it was un-comfortable for a while. When I got it braided it was nice and I of course I didn’t have to mess with my own hair except for days I oiled my scalp in essence I will be hiding my hair until the New Year 2013. I just have to get my hair game back together.

I plan to relax 10/6/2012 which will be my 4th relaxer of the year. WOW! I never noticed that all this hair loving I do.  On that note, since I switched to the ORS brand relaxer, I switched to a No-Base relaxer, what’s a No-Base relaxer you ask? It’s a Lye base relaxer that is more gentle on the hair and does not need to be mixed. It also has a longer shelf life than its yang the “no-lye” relaxer. The No-lye relaxer is a harsher type of relaxer for the hair rather than the scalp. So why did I choose to switch it up in the hair game, well one reason was to gain thicker hair, I’ve always had thin hair from the first kit relaxer my Mom applied to my head till last year. It’s gotten a lot healthier appearance than before I plan on doing a couple of snapshots and posting them later.

My plan for October is to get my hair plan in action, gather all my needs to that I can proceed with the plan. I will be using my half wig this month as a whole wig I will take photos of it once its dry from the co-wash I just gave it. It’s got life again J

Hair plan for November to January:

1.   Purchase Hair (Brazilian Hair in lengths 12, 14 and 16) I’ve been looking for some very reasonable sellers and I think I found one.

2.   Purchase a closure

     I have all the needed items to create the u-part wig of my desire and will be using clips instead of sewing it to my braided hair. That way I can take off the wig and care for my hair and re-braid if I need to. Well I think that is all the Shenanigans I have been up to with my hair for the past two months and I will not stay away so long next time. In fact I will make blogging a habit. I do not Youtube and I love Instagram, catch me there chelle2707 and until next time…

Happy healthy hair trip

Xoxo

Chelleshock32

Coming Soon...

Yes, I hear you all waiting with baited breathe. Ok,ok, ok, maybe not baited breathe but, I know you all are waiting for my newest shenanigans. 

I'll be happy to report them to you all

Thank you for staying tuned

:)

Now experiencing Co-Washing...

Co-Washing: using your Conditioner in place of Shampoo

I wake up late today, I was not in a very happy mood from yesterday. I start my Morning by saying my mantra to keep me focused and to encourage myself. I decide to co-wash this morning after i reached into my hair to SCRATCH! My hair was so dry and poofy, it was just down right sad. I guess my hair was feeling the way I was feeling too. So, I started the co-washing process, blindly reaching for the VO5 moisture milk and the bottle felt heavy, it shouldn't. I open my eyes to see that it's my clarifier :(

I did not want to Clairify, I wanted to Co-wash!  So I rinse my hair without agitation and proceed with the right  stuff, my conditioner. Lesson: Don't have all your products in the shower like I do.

Loved my Co-wash this morning since its hot here, 102 daily to be exact. I can do the Co-Washes in the morning so see how my hair likes it. I can say that it felt instant moisture because of the water mostly but when I rinsed and applied my Roux Porosity Control and co-washed again, did a detangle in the water and conditioner, it felt Abfab! (Absolutely Fabulous). I will pick up the co-washing more and shampooing less this month, it felt so great to have that instant moisture this morning and I am happy to report that I didn't have that much comb-out from the process.My hair felt so smooth and slippery. I loved that feeling, it didn't feel coated to me unlike when I dry Deep Condition.

I ended my Co-wash with moisturizing and sealing and I got ready for work and drove away. I will be 10 weeks post on July 12th. I'm considering going another week but we will see how it goes next week when I update with the Co-Washes, Pictures next time I promise.

Until then Happy hair Adventures

xoxox Chelleshock32

July

July is here time for hot days and even hotter nights. I love the summer, heck I even drive round town with the windows down most of the time (when the temp is not above 95 degrees). 

Anyhoo, I have to say I will be having two hair adventures this month. What are they? 

Flexi Rods and Gro-Aut.

Recall my last note about doing a Gro-Aut review. Since then I decided to purchase another round of the hair oil for this month and see how my hair does with the GA (Growth Aid) and I'm excited, even more so because I got my Sister in Law to join me on my Adventure. 

A lil background on my sister in law "K", she has a very thick strand of hair, I would say she is a 4b type grade of hair almost but her hair is soft to the touch without any product. K's hair is really black, there is not a trace of brown in her hair except when she is out in the sun for too long with her hair uncovered. K's Hair has come a long way for the past month. I'm constantly on her about DC-ing her hair and M & S-ing her hair  before bed, I think I have taught her a good hair habit, at least I hope so. K is so excited and willing to learn and try new things and most of all, willing to let me experiment on her hair, so I will be posting some hair photos of K in the future to show what she has been doing. But K's hair has been doing soooo well. I went to visit her and my Big brother this past weekend and to my amazement, she had on her scarf!!!! And she was not scratching her scalp. I'm so happy for her :) So, I will be posting some random photos of K and what lengths she has achieved.

Now, I was talking about the month of July :) What I plan to do in July is a lot of curls, mostly curls with Flexi Rods. I have yet to purchase any of them so I have been bunning for the remainder of this week in July, which I am tired of doing. I will be flexi Rod-ing and using my GA all this month, I'm happy for new styles and I hope that I can commit to them, the tutorials on-line have been making them look so very easy, I thought the same about roller sets boy was I wrong :|

And to start the month off in a great way, here are the July Hair Goals:

1. Oil scalp with GA (Gro-Aut)

2. Add one co-wash

3. Dry and Wet set Flexi Rods

4. Figure out a use for the left-over GrapeSeed Oil

5. Hair-ducation: Research "Co-Washing"

There I think I covered it for this month. I have been keeping up on my water and which is still 64oz each day. I have been using my QT cups to keep myself on track.(good old .69cents cups). I have lost a bit of weight I have not been to my weigh-in at my Doctors Office yet, but I will post another blog and mention it in  my next hair Adventure. 

In the meantime

Happy Hair Adventures

xoxox Chelleshock32