(Video) Twist Out & Dresses At 'Fro Fashion Week!

I bet I was saying 'fro when this was captured. lol As a matter of fact, I know I was. I'm back from Atlanta ya'll & I had a fantastic time! I met so many beautiful people. Recap coming in a few days. I've already started posting pics on my facebook page: facebook.com/thehairgurl.

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1st Time Flat Ironing My Natural Hair!

Tired face...

I'm late posting this, but if you follow me on Twitter you've already seen pics of my newly flat ironed hair! This past Friday, I flat ironed my hair in lieu of celebrating me being 8 months natural. :D I told ya'll last week that I was gonna do it...and I did! :D Boy, that was the longest night ever. I was so tired. I didn't start prepping my hair until 12:30-1am (was waiting for Khlo-Child to go to sleep) I ended up finishing around 4am (i think). I don't know if you ladies can tell, but the ends of my hair were anything BUT straight. Chile....I really should've watched a few YouTube videos on how to effectively straighten natural hair ends. It is NOT as easy as relaxed hair I'll tell you!

 the edges felt wonderful & so smooth! As you can see my hair is around the length it was when I started my hair care journey.

Here's the breakdown:

1. Clarified my hair with VO5 Herbal Escapes Clarifying Shampoo

Clarifying made my scalp feel WONDERFUL! It's been way too long since I last clarified. It's great to do this before a flat iron session because it removes product buildup from the scalp & hair. Perfect for creating light, bouncy hair! :-)

2. Dc'ed with Mixed Chicks Deep Conditioner for about 2 hours. ( won a gift set back in April...)

3. Applied Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Restructurizer & Garnier Fructis Anti-Humidity Smoothing Milk. I realize now that I should have applied either more of the Smoothing Milk or added an extra product. The Smoothing Milk gave my hair a silky feeling though.

4. Sectioned off the hair & began flat ironing with the GHD. Love this flat iron!!! Don't think I can say that enough! Remember my review?? I've written about this flat iron several times. It was just as amazing on my natural hair & made my hair feel so silky. Had I used the comb-chase method, I'm confident the entire length of my hair would have felt just as great.

 After I was done flat ironing, I didn't wrap my hair. It was just too thick & the ends were curly so the wrap wouldn't have been that effective anyway. I simply wrapped my scarf around my hair & finally went to sleep. I took a shower the next day & the somewhat straight hair I had became extinct. LOL

Will show you guys the style I came up w/ in the next post!!! Very easy to do!
For a next peek of the style visit the Facebook page...It's the hairstyle in my profile pic. ;-) There's also some on Twitter...

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Hair Stare of the Week: Rocquelle

1. Who styled your hair? I did. It was an experiment that turned out great, lol.

2. How long can you uphold this style? With proper maintenance, maybe a week. I am not very good at tying my hair up, so I only kept it up 4 days.

3. How do you maintain it? I didn't really do any maintaining of this style, but for someone who wants it to last, I recommend tying it up nightly.

4. Finally, what city can we find you rocking this style in? Lol, HOUSTON

 You may remember seeing Rocquelle from the Green & Glamorous Recap post. Yep, I just met her & she's already on the blog! lol She tweeted some photos of this hairstyle & I was in awe. I just had to share this style with you ladies. It was too pretty not to! Tweet her @considermeluvly for additional questions on creating this beautiful hairstyle for yourself & also check out her fantastic vintage inspired fashion blog: considermelovely.com! Thanks Rocquelle!

If you wanna show off that fabulous hairstyle submit your pics to be considered for Hair Stare of the Week! Email me at thehairgurl@yahoo.com.

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Helmet Head turned Pompadour

Helmet head...

Pompadour

I'm back! Off we went with family to the Houston Aquarium on Saturday. Something told me before we even left the house that my hair would not hold up...and I was right! It quickly went from my side puff & bangs to a helmet head!!! My hair frizzed right up. I quickly removed some bobby pins from my hair to put it in a quick pompadour. I still love the side puff & I'll be rocking it again very soon (probably this weekend). Right now, I'm currently getting ready for the hubs basketball game tonight & I'll be rocking my signature 'fro. ;-) Off to slather my hair w/ conditioner/oil & rinse!

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My 1st Bantu Knot Out!

My bantu knot out! Why did it take me soooo long to try this style?! I heard out about bantu knots when I first started my hair care adventure in Aug. '07. I was like, "I'm cool on those." I pre-judged them & never thought they would look great on my relaxed hair. LOL How wrong I was ya'll...I actually did these by accident on Friday night after washing & dc'ing. Initially, I planned on doing my  birthday hairstyle again. However, I saw Eboni's hair from The Fashionista Next Door on her latest posts & her curls are so CUTE! You may remember me featuring her on HG last summer for my short lived HG Hairstyle Headliner series.  She inspired me on Twitter to give them a go & I'm so glad I did. :D

Before twisting the hair around I applied my store bought Bertolli Extra Virgin Olive Oil & my Tropical Traditions Virgin Coconut Oil to my hair. Either I didn't use enough oil (very likely) or I should've used a thicker leave-in. Still getting to know my natural hair...

As you can see, I twisted my hair, then did the bantu knot...

The next morning...

The bantu knot out on the left is slightly picked out. The one on the right is freshly unraveled.

This was the photo i posted a couple of days ago on the fan page. Excuse my 'need to be redone' nails, lol.

I did the bantu knot out again for the hubs birthday yesterday & I styled them in this really cute style. I'm loving seeing my hair stretched out like this. I'll be posting pics tomorrow.... :D

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My Birthday Hair!

My birthday was yesterday! So...I'm officially 29. :-) On my last leg before 30.... I wanted to do something different with my hair besides the usual 'fro so I tweeted late the night before that I would be rollersetting my hair. I was up at 2am doing this, but I was determined. Been trying to stretch my hair for awhile now. I washed & dc'ed as normal except for this time I dc'ed with Redken Smooth Down Butter Treat. I had a little left from purchasing it a long time ago so I decided to finish off the bottle. I bought this after Tracy recommended it. I used Mixed Chicks Leave In Conditioner to set the hair (remember I won a set a few months ago?). Then...I braided my hair and rolled it with random rollers. I chose to braid it because ya'll know I'm partial to the braid out look. This time I was going for a more curly look. Next time, I'll twist & roll.  I chose to braid it just to stretch it more.

I undid one of the bottom braids & roller....

Some of the braids were still wet when I awoke the next day (remember I was doing this at 2am). I unraveled them a little...not much though. It wasn't as 'curly' as I thought it would be. No worries! Still gotta rock it. ;-) It took me sooooo long to decide on a hairstyle. This is what I came up with. Basically, it's a side puff with a bang. I brushed my hair up, twisted the side & some of the back.

My "other way around" outfit: The top is a skirt & the bottom is a shirt.

Voila! I LOVED IT. I wish I'd thought to do this style when I was relaxed. I could've rocked this with a braidout.... For the last 6.5 months, I've just been rocking my 'fro (which I love), but now I'm going to be trying some different styles. Ya'll knew me just rocking my 'fro wouldn't last for long. I have to create hairstyles. That's just how I am. It took me awhile though because I really love rocking my 'fro, but now I'm getting a little bored so let the creative styling begin! The 'fro will forever be my go to style though. So easy & convenient! Oh & I forgot to tell you ladies...when I took my hair down last night my head was sore. : \ I blame me because like I said my natural hair is not used to hairstyles. haha The hubs relieved it with a head massage. Wish I could get those everyday!!!

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