Every natural has heard of and seen Ciprianas "loose twist" hairstyle. However another YouTuber "Ashababe56" is the one who inspired me to give it a go! Our hair textures is quite similar and it looks fabulous on her. The style took me almost 3 hours to finish on detangled and deep conditioned hair. Here are my results: My hair has grown a bit since I left … [Read more...]
Natural Hair update
Right now my natural mane is doing pretty good :) I am testing out some products and experimenting with new hair styles and having fun doing it! Also I am trying to overcome my "UTS". Which stands for ugly twist out syndrome :( For my next travel venture I will be in Jamaica for an entire month. I am so excited and can't wait to put on even MORE weight since returning home … [Read more...]
LuvNaturals Hair Products review
Yes I know! I write about my travel life and rarely about product reviews. As you know I've have been back in America now and of course I am finding new things to write about :) But let me just say that no one is paying me to do this mess. I just needed to share what I've been wasting my money on since I returned from Asia :) Out of obvious boredom and frivolous spending I … [Read more...]
What’s Pink and Orange and Black all over?
Sunday wash day was a trip! 7 hours of Henna, Indigo and Curlformers! *Whew! Crazy! I've been watching too many YT hair videos. This is how I ended up with darn Curlformers ha ha. But I thought it would be a great addition to my traveling arsenal of hair supplies. Here is a picture of my hair Monday morning when removing the curl formers. I don't like how the end came out … [Read more...]
Henna, Tumeric and one laid back saturday!
I'm tired. So tireeeed that I feel it in my bones. I know I sound like an inactive 90 year old, but this past week at school was hella crazy. Starting to think there is something in the kimchi and really glad I don't eat school lunch anymore. My students were absolutely insane this week. Ha ha well just the boys. I think they were just SUPER amped up since sports day is … [Read more...]
Traveling with Natural hair: picture of growth
This is a picture of my twists in October 2010. I was sitting in my bedroom in my host mothers host in Madrid, Spain. I miss that room :( ...and Spain. This is my hair last month, March 2012, after washing and styling in the same twist. Just a lot juicier :) How do you care for your hair while traveling?? … [Read more...]
The Unbeweavable MISTAKE!
Wednesday April 11th was a holiday here in Korea. Everything was closed so that people could go out and vote! One of my friends is very much into politics now because of the guy that wrote this book in the picture below. His name is Kim, Oeo Jyun. The only way I can explain him based on what she told me is he's like Barack Obama or JFK. Someone who rallies the youth to get … [Read more...]
Head wraps in Korea
Today I am wearing a head wrap. Can you believe that some of my students ran, gasped and screamed when they saw me? My students are so freaking ignorant I don't know what to do with them sometimes. I started giving the first graders a lesson on headwraps. Especially since one of the key phrases they are learning is " My son doesn't know much about the world.">.< … [Read more...]
Natural Hair Health while traveling
I thought I should do an update or at least show you some pictures of how my hair has reacted to the new and improved regimen. Left side Right side Current Regimen: * Let's pretend its hmmm...Friday evening after work. Step one: -I take my spray bottle that is filled with a mixture of bottled water & aloe vera juice and dampen my hair. -Since my hair is usually in … [Read more...]
My natural hair
I love having natural hair! If you have no idea what I mean by "natural hair". Basically just wearing my hair in its curly natural state how it grows out of my head. I use to chemically process my hair to have it straight for many years ( look at the picture in my about me section). But that is in the past now. Lately I've been trying out a new wash day routine. Its been going … [Read more...]