Official 2010 Length Check

I was suppose to wait til today to take down my weave, but it was itching waaaay too much. So I gave in and took it down last night. Ah! It felt great to scratch my scalp.

This is my hair Nov 2008. The begining of my journey.




This is today.

The purple line is my APL goal. I'm trying to reach that by October. It looks like I have 3 more inches to go. The pink line is of course, bottom of BSL. I'm going to give myself til January of next year to be at top & by summer to be full with blunt ends. Whoo! Hope you enjoy.

Kisses,
KF.

Letting Go of the Dead Weight

Doesn't that image make you frown? Ugh. This is one of the reasons I get scissor happy with my hair. Not only splits, but knot balls also. Due to being natural, I tend to get a lot of those. All I can simply say is Let them go. It maybe hard, but let it go. You can't repair splits or dead hair, so your basically wasting your time and products on something that can't comeback to life.


I give myself a trim every 3-6 months, but also in between that I do a search & destroy to cut down on the knots too. I usually get the long and triple split. Please remember that you are not capable of removing all the bad ends from your hair. So don't fret if you see a couple still. It's natural.


Kisses,
KF.

Exercising with weaves

I'm currently going into my 4th week of having this sew-in and I just recently started exercising New Years Day. Now, I've tried this perviously in late 08 (exercising with the weave) and I always would sweat and I hated to scratch my scalp because the build up from products and sweat just don't mix. Yuck!

I figured that if some of you ladies are wearing weaves as a protective style, as well as braids, it is very necessary to keep your scalp/hair fresh. So, I recommend (and depending on what hair you use, Synthetic or Human) to keep a small spray bottle filled with water and a choice of your favorite oil mixed in to make it smell nice. This not only helps with the constant itchiness, but also aids the sweaty smell. Now I don't co wash my weaves unless I have wet & wavy hair. This is my alternative to it. Oils the I recommend would be peppermint, vitamin E, Jojoba, or Castor or something that has a really great smell. I hope this helps you guys =)

Kisses,
KF.

My natural texture.

I took these pics before I started my current sew in (which btw is due to come out 1/23) I'm for sure my hair texture is 4a/b. I think I have corkscrew curlies in the middle and it really doesn't have a patter towards the outside of my head. I just caught pics of the back though... I will have my official length check for 2009 by next weekend. Then I will start my journey to APL. Exciting! So be on the look out for that update.