All smiles

I am a very happy camper right about now. I have some exciting changes going on in my life right now, and in the hustle and bustle of it all I forgot to come here and blog about the little style I gave myself this week. I wanted a "french twist" type of style with flat twists, two-strand twists and some twisted-n-curled ends. Want to see how it turned out?

I loved it INSTANTLY, and not just because I'd worked on it all night. It felt sassy but still presentable. Clearly I wore this to work that day. It wasn't difficult to do at all. The hardest part was making my parts straight. Ha ha ha. I used Elasta QP Mango Butter and aloe vera gel to set the twists. I've been refreshing and recycling this style all week, and it has held up well under the pressure. My friends at school told me they liked it better on day two than on day one...but that's because it resembled tousled beach hair and we're a bunch of pseudo hippies. Hahaha.

I put flat twists on both sides, which is why the straight parting was such an ordeal. I prefer to part with my fingers rather than with a comb -- more out of laziness than out of the more noble intention of protecting my delicate hair. In fact, while I'm experimenting with styling and such, I'm also learning to be much more gentle with my hair. While I'm washing and conditioning and detangling and twisting and oiling and all that I am constantly having to remind myself to be mindful of how I'm handling my hair. I struggled with pulling too tight when doing the flat twists (so I had to correct myself) and rolling the curling rods too tight (more correction). I've got a year in transition to get this right. The more I do it the better off I will be.

So, the twists met in the middle then I twisted them upward and pinned them into place. Here you can really see what I meant about those parts, right? A little crooked and uneven, but I think it gives the style a little character. Ha ha ha.

I curled the ends of the twists, and I two-strand twisted-n-curled a section of hair I'd left out at the crown. Slept on that then unraveled everything in the morning with coconut oil on my finger tips and voila! Couldn't tell me much of nothin' that day.

I know I was supposed to do something in the way of a length check, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I'll be deep conditioning tomorrow, so I'll try and remember to do it then.

Monday I'll do a simple little style while I try to think of another more protective style to rock. I'm considering putting some kinky twists in, but we'll see how that goes. I've never done them before, but I've always thought they looked really cute.

Things are semi-crazy in the school world (I have a quiz in Spanish and an exam in physio Wednesday), and I'm in the process of moving, and I'm starting a new chapter on what we'll call a "refreshed portion of my life." I am as happy as a woman can be right now, and I'm going to just keep the positive energy going.