Since my last post..

..I haven't really been up to much.

But I decided to do a quick blog to update you guys. Today I decided to take out my mini twists and wasn't really sure what kind of style would go well with this mini twist-out. It looks pretty messy. I think I left it in too long! I have decided to wash and treat it tomorrow with Head & Shoulders Shampoo for itchy scalp (because my scalp gets annoyingly itchy!!) and a Sainsbury's Honey Conditioner (which I'll probably mix with olive oil because my scalp also gets pretty dry pretty quick! >:( I may do a review on these products) but in the meantime I decided to try a frohawk with it. I think it did my coils justice!

(Sorry about the picture size)

Nappy and happy!

(These nappy coils were courtesy of my dad's genes and my home made curly custard (again) ;)

read up on my blogs to see how I made my curly custard!)

Secondly, just letting you guys know that I'm trying out various ways to stretch out my hair without using heat. I shall be doing much trial and error..

My most recent trial was with banding:

...Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of how it looked afterwards (sorry guys!) but it wasn't anything special really. I didn't let it dry out, so my hair shrunk after I took the bands out. I wanted to loosen my curls as well, or at least let the bands leave a pattern in my hair. Sadly, this did not happen (my fault). Although, the parts that did dry turned out pretty alright.. But flat twists still remain my favourite form of stretching and styling though. They give me this beach wave effect. It's pretty nice. Try it!

Next time I'll be sure to not only take pictures, but to learn from this error! I think next time I may even do it when my hair is dry, as I tend to find that my hair stretches better when it's dry and well moisturised. I shall most definitely have to whip up a batch of hair cream for this!

Ciao!

Custard Results

So I did the twists in my hair with the curly custard, as before mentioned.. Not much to say about it, the pictures say it all really! I was pleased with the results. My twists had never come out so defined before.

I'm currently in the process of creating my whipped hair butter. I did my first batch, but let's just say this is definitely going to be a matter of constant trial and error lol.

In the meantime, here's how my twists came out with the help of my custard comrade:

I'll most probably try it again on some flat twists. I'm kinda liking the beach wave effect it leaves me with.

Time for a hair wash! God bless!

Twists with home made curly custard

Decided to do a video how-to/review on my curly custard creation. Pictures of the twistout will shortly follow :)
In the meantime, this is more or less where my hair is at now:

Taken this afternoon. You're up-to-date now mate!

My Curly Custard Creation!

Hey guys!

So I've been awaiting my ingredients to come through so I can make my whipped hair butter.. But with all the bank holidays going on, I think royal mail have gone on strike again or something. So I'm still waiting. But in the meantime, I stumbled across a few naturals on youtube who make their own hair custards etc. So I gave it some thought, and gave it a try today! Read on...

Above are the results of my curly custard creation. The texture turned out really creamy and light! I was pretty pleased. But I was especially pleased after I saw the effect that it had on my hair! I'd left out some strands of hair for some weeks and added a bit more hair to test this out. I moisturised it, twisted it up, and took it out about 10 minutes later. Again, read on..

Then I let go.. -boing!-

Curly indeed! (Sorry about the fluff trapped in the ringlets lol.)

It came out pretty soft and curly! I'm so happy to have learnt of something new that my hair takes to so well.

So that's my home made update for today. I think I shall be making more use of this custard this summer (and maybe other seasons??) Can't wait to try this on my whole head!

Whipped hair butter trial soon come...

Till next time curlies!

Undercover Sister

Yes, it's true! My hair and I have been undercover. Sorry to those who have asked me why my posts have come to a halt!

The reason for this is that there hasn't really been much to say. My hair has been in twists as a protective style for just over a month. Here's how it's looking:

(This picture was taken a couple of days ago. So I think we're fairly up-to-date now :))

So just to let you guys know what I've been putting in my hair during my absence (it's nothing special really, but it's been good to me!):

Olive oil around my edges

A glycerine, rosewater and olive oil spritz (stopped my dandruff and kept my scalp happy)

And.. Well, that's about it! 

I'm in the process of gathering ingredients for the summer hair butters that I want to make, as my hair will be let loose in the sunshine! But I can't seem to find any reasonably priced oils/butters in bulk. :( Bad news ey?

But to bad news there's always good news. And the good news in this case is:

We have reached 6 inches in 9 months! Huzzah!

I only realised how much it had grown when one of my twists fell out sometime last week. I did a measurement and was well pleased :D

Well, that's it from me for now. I shall continue my search for my ideal ingredients, and will be using them myself as a testimony. 

Soon come!

Headscarf with a twist!.. No pun intended

So I had to run into town really quickly to sort some stuff out today, and I was a bit fed up of doing the basic side-bun.

I remembered that I'm planning to do a puff but twisting the hair left out into a kind of.. nest-like style lol.. Then I wondered how it would look if I added that edge to the side-bun that I always seem to do with my headscarf. Because I'm so into this ultra-protection thing during this cold season, I always have a headscarf on. I've looked at some tutorials of different headscarf styles but only few really tickled my fancy. I've been getting bored of the same old style, so I'm wondering what else I can do with these head scarfs of mine..

Not sure how I feel about it. I'll probably do it again though!

I had a satin scarf on underneath. If you're in the south of England at the moment, you'll know how harsh these strong, cold winds are getting!

The camera angle didn't do it justice in the picture above. Looks a bit too bulky!

Next post should be the twisted puff hairstyle that I'm planning to do next Saturday, providing I can actually pull it together..

..But expect the unexpected I guess!

Hectic Interview Morning (with quick hair pics!)

GOSH!

10am I was supposed to have woken up. I slept through that very well!

I ended up waking up at 11am. My job interview was at 12pm. I had one hour to get up, get ready and get out! And amongst all this, even whilst in the shower I was thinking, "what am I going to do with my hair?!"

My hair was in chunky plaits at the time (as it always is. I do about 6 chunky plaits down the left side of my head, and the same on my right, and just cover it up with a headscarf. I'm promoting maximum protection during these cold times!) and I had no idea what I was going to do with it.

At first I thought, hmm.. I think I'll just take out these chunky plaits and do a puff. But I wasn't sure about that and I didn't have any more time to waste! Plus, I didn't really want to separate my hair even after undoing the plaits. It's already bad enough that I'm taking them out, the least I could do for protection purposes was to keep the strands bundled together.

After I took out my plaits, I quite liked the waves it left my hair with. I really wanted to work with it, but I didn't know what to do. So I just thought to myself, 'Rachel, be creative!! COME ON! You made a clock in the shape of a pair of boyshorts in year 8, there's no way you can't do this'. So I turned to my long, dark, slim trustee(s)...

BOBBY PINS!

Just stuck them wherever my impulses lead me!

Here is the spontaneous style I ended up with:

..These pictures were taken after I got back. I just didn't have ANY time to take them beforehand!

Nevertheless, I was pretty pleased. :)

(Oh, p.s, because I didn't fingercomb out the plaits, the separations at the roots stayed, as you can see. I found it really added to the style quite nicely. The plaits were in for about.. 3 days? And back in they shall go tonight!)

Watch this space!