Growth: The Verdict is In

The weave lasted almost 2 months. It was looking a tad tired and rageddy so it had to be gone. As for my hair underneath, the result is still a mystery in mind.

When I was unraveling my cornrows my hair was nice and soft which I attributed to my alternate days of oiling my scalp and the periodic washing of my entire head in those 2 months. But it didn't look like it grew any. It just looked like it looked before I braided it.

Then when I washed my hair, it was super-super-super coily. Like it went back to its original state for real. I'm talking coils straight from the mother land. My hair shrunk so much after I washed it, got me thinking maybe I lost hair instead of getting some.

But while I was combing sections of it with a rat tail comb so I could braid it and start the process all over again, it did look a tad longer.

So, the conclusion is .....idk. Maybe it takes a bit longer than 2 months to see an apparent growth in length. I'll just have to wait and see the result after this new one I just put in.

One Big Con: The Itch

One con of this crochet hair deal: the itch from hell.

My journey into the world of fake hair continues and will probably stay that way for a long while because I want my length back. Volume, I have aplenty but I'm length starved.

My crochet braided hair is still going strong only because I found a cure for The Itch. Four days into my crocheted hair and my scalp was not having it. It was an itch that I cannot describe, like a gazillion lice eggs were dumped on my scalp and they all spontaneously began to hatch at the same time. Even describing it right now makes my scalp itch.

Anyhoo, I couldn't take it anymore so I mixed some cups of vinegar with water and poured it over my head, then I stuck my head under the spout and turned the water on full force...All I can say is, it was almost like experience nirvana...ecstasy like no other.

Then I stumbled upon...Peppermint oil - my saving grace. I added it into my already made oil along with whatever else was in their. For my scalp, it was like biting into a york peppermint pattie...you know that sensation of icy-cool that your taste buds get when you bite into one, well imagine that feeling on my scalp!

In between oil applications, which is pretty much nightly, I apply my ready made vinegar+water mixture. Spray it into a paper towel or cotton ball and gently rub it on my scalp.

These tips have been the saving grace for my scalp with this crochet braids. If not, 4 days later, I'd have pulled out the scissors and chopped off all the hard work I'd accomplished just 4 days before. I'd have been a shame. Thank God for the inspiration.

Excellent Technique: Crochet Braid Video

This is the Youtube video of which my attempt would not have been possible without.
It's the technique she used that made my attempt so much easier....It still took me forever because I did it in stages, starting with braiding the hair on day 1.

4 Days & Countless Hours later....Crochet Braids Done

I managed to crochet braid my hair. It was a daunting task to say the least. But I'm reaping the rewards. It came out really nice. Virtually undetectable except to the trained eye of black women. They may not know what I did but they know it ain't my hair its just a matter of narrowing it down....is it a wig? a weave? a wiga-weave? So long as I keep 'em guessing then its a job well done.

I will post the youtube video of which my attempt would not have been possible without. Thank the Lord I stumbled upon it before I started or else I'd have given up at the first try. This is a picture of the hair I used. I didn't use the hair the already manufactured way, I split it into two and used half with each insertion.

Crochet/Tree Braids: The Next Step in Transitioning for Length

While looking at braid styling options online, I stumbled upon something called Crochet braids or Tree braids. It looks like the easiest most wonderful braid option ever. I plan on getting them done in about 2 wks. Below is a video of Crochet braids.

Thought of Today

The Definition of My Hair: Densely Populated Follicles



Happy 100th Post to Me!!!

Esperanza Spalding: Re-Post on 2009 Post

Nope. The Grammy's got it wrong. There's nothing "new" about Esperanza Spalding cuz this chick has been around for a minute. Just cuz they're now acknowledging her talent doesn't mean she's "new."

Anyhoo, here's a re-post of the post I wrote on Esperanza back in 2009. She inspired me then and still inspires me today. Still rocking her fierce natural hair in 2011 this time with Grammy award in hand! Nothing short of Natural. Hair. Fierceness.

She drew me in with her divalicious afro and captured me with her voice. So I was just walking down the ailes of my local library a couple days ago, waiting to use a computer, when the cover CD of an afrolicious beauty caught my eye, the name - Esperanza.

Of course I immediately picked it up if only to look through the CD booklet to see more pictures of almighty afro, very impressive, but what was even more impressive was her music. It's basically a fusion of latin and jazz which I have never listened to before, at least not on purpose.

Esperanza is definitely an inspiration to me now and should be for the whole natural hair community and I'm pretty much in love with her music. It took me a second to fall for the music, but I did, hard.