Quick hair update!

I know I was suppose to give a picture before I started the megatek and did my sew in, but it totally slipped my mind. Sorry :( I will say that my hair is doing quite fine. I've had this weave in for 6 weeks already (monday will be 7) and I'm aiming for 8, but I already feel like i'm not going to make it. I do have a great amount of growth tho! Yay. I can't decide if I want to use heat and get a trim in or wait til june to do all that. I need to get me a wig for the next month and baby my ends.

BSL Baby! That's what I'm trying to be by the end of this year. Hopefully there will be no set backs and amazing growth.

Kisses,

KF.

The blogs new face lift!

Spring has passed (for me, at least) and summer is near! The black background was cool, but I needed to brighten it up around here a bit. I don't know how to add images or anything so I'm doing the best I can in my computer illiteracy :) lol. Will have a few topics to dicuss with ya'll soon.

Kisses,

KF.

Megatek, again?

So,

Lately I've been thinking of trying out megatek again (this time consistantly) til summer to see if I'm able to get some growth to get my ends thicker and get thicker hair in general. I got a bottle stashed somewhere around here and I'm gonna break it out like fine wine on Monday. My regimen isn't gonna change much. Just gonna apply it to my scalp straight (no mix) after i use my leave in. Then either braid up my hair and wig it or do a bun. Idk yet. I really wanna weave up my hair since I will be starting cliniclas in 2 weeks. Ugh. a mess. Hope i figure out something soon. I'll have a starting picture sometime monday.


Kisses,
KF.

Pardon my Absence...

(Nervous chuckle) Hey guys...lol. How is everyone doing? I pray all is well with you. I'm doing fine myself. I've made some changes in my life. Definetly for the better. First, I got a new laptop :) & I'm in nursing school now! WOO HOO! I'm soo thankful to God for this opportunity. It's truly unbelievable and amazing. My discipline level has improved and I'm taking better care of myself health wise. To God the glory!

Now to the hair. What was my next length? Oh, apl right? Well..........................................I made it! I took my last sew in out sometime after new years and I officially made apl streched. I really need to work on thickening my ends since this time I didn't do a trim I just did a search and destroy. In april i'll most likely give myself a full trim. For now here's a picture:



Of course, I have new hair goals for this year. I've been thinking of lightly texlaxing my hair for a while now, but who know's when I'll actually get the balls to do it. I wanna make bsl by summer and full bsl with thick ends by Halloween 2011, again (idk what it is about halloween). Although it would be magnificent if I could get to mbl by the end of the year :D I wanna use megatek too to see if I see any rapid growth. I'll keep ya'll update this time fore sure. Pray for me and I'll be praying for you!

Kisses,
KF.

Hair Regimens, Yes 2 or 3!

I really thought I had my hair regimen posted on here before, but after looking over my blog...I guess I didn't. I wanted to give you guys a view of how I was taking care of my hair. I am decideing on whether to do some youtube videos =/ we'll see. I have 2 different hair regimens for when I wear my hair naturally and when I wear weaves. Here it is.

Natural Regimen:
-Clarify with baking soda/water mix bi weekly.
-Wash with Creme of Nature kiwi & citrus moisturizing shampoo (1x)
-Detangle with Suave almond & shea butter conditioner
-Aphogee 2 min reconstructor for 10 min.
-Deep Condition with Pantene relaxed and natural breakage defense deep conditioning mask.
-Apply Garnier Fuctis leave in conditioner and Air day.
-Once aidried, I apply my megatek/olive oil mix then seal with castor

Now that take on average abour 4 hrs. I like to deep condition for at least 2 hrs.

Weave Regimen:
-I basically do nothing to my hair when it's in a weave. I will spray water on my scalp and apply oil about 6 times while I have it in. I know it's not much, but I don't wan't oily looking hair =\ yeah, yeah, I know. Hopefully this will help some of you and if you have any question I'm alwas here to answer them :)

Current Hair Length.

This is picture of my hair today. I'm deep conditioning as we speak. I've been a very bad girl with my hair. So I decided to give it some love. I think I am 1 inch from APL here. Exciting! Hopefully by Halloween (my APL goal) I will be fully there. It seems like since my hair hasnt been weaved up in about a month it's growing slow, but I'm sure it's just me.



That's my dad's hairy arm in the pic holding my hair, lol. I made him do my dirty work. I hate reaching for my own hair. It takes way too much work. For some reason I get really tired, haha. Whatcha think?

Rockin' Wigs!

I've fallen in love with the convenience of wigs! Especially big,curly ones! All I've been doing for this past week is co wasing, 2 braided pigtails & wiggin, lol. But I still suffer from "hand in hair" syndrome. I can't stop playing and streching out my hair. It's like watching a pot of water boil. I WANNA be APL already, Grrr! So here are the 2 wigs I've been rocking. Cant really remember the brand, but I'll see if I can find em on hair sisters or something, k?

So what cha'll think? My fav is the 1st one of course. Retired the 2nd one about 2 weeks ago cause the 1st one had lenght, lol. Good night loves. Will post more tomorrow (:

Kisses,
KF.

Prepare Yourself!

Hello Loves!

I know....Gone for another month, but that's life right? :) Like I was told when I was younger, "Nothing stays the same". Which happens to be the truth. Alots changed for not only me, but also my family. So were taking time and getting things back to normal. I've been doing good myself I should say. Can't complain. Hairs alright. I havent done anything to it really inthe past month so my ends are as dry as the desert i'm in right now, lol. Plus these knot balls are killing me! Ugh! Anywho...I'm gonna put some more posts up on different topics so hopefully this makes up for the month I have been gone.

Kisses,
KF.

Hair One Review

Review: This is Sally's version for Wen's Almond mint conditioner. I used it around 3 months ago in March. I did NOT know it doesnt lather & I LOVE lathering shampoos so this turned me off right away. I believe this was the only reason I hated it. The feeling after rinsing wasnt that great either. It felt me little slip and my hairline felt as though I just clarified. So, i'm giving it a Nay. BTW I used the one that contained Olive Oil.

Ingredients: water, cetyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, amodimethicone, glycerine, aloe leaf juice, butylene glycol and anthemis nobilis flower extract, cofea arabica extract and vaccinium myrtillus fruit extract, roas roxburghii fruit extract, propylene glycol and rosemary leaf extract, olive fruit oil, avocado oil, sweet almond oil, hydrolyzed wheat protein, menthol, panthenol, behentrimonium methosulfate, BHT, Polysorbate 60, PEG 60 almond dimethylamine, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, citric acid, disodium EDTA, 1, 2-hexanediol and caprylyl glycol, phenoxyethanol, sorbic acid, fragrance.

Recommended: For anyone looking to go shampooless. The pump bottle cost about 12.00 & the sample packet was about 3.00.

Hello....

MIA again! I know, a shame, but atleast I'm back right? :) In my 3 or 4 month hiatus these things have change.

-Started Megatek 6/2/10
-Officially on my APL journey
-Considering texturizing when making APL
-Going hard on my education (I can't play around no mo!)
-Moved back home w/ mommy, lol & I'm reclaiming my independace slowly.

That's all for now! I'll talk about My 3 month MegaTek trail in a bit w/ pics of my starting point and all.

Kisses,
KF.

It's Been Too Long...

Life has been taking a major toll on me emotionally, but it's all good. I know God has my back and he has a plan for me in the long run. I just have to stay faithful to his word and Delight myself in him. Every other aspect of my life is decent though! lol.

I'm really starting to treat myself to special things here and there. Buying shoes, new make up and getting my hair done. Since we're on the topic of hair, I've been rocking my real hair for almost 3 weeks now. It's time to braid it back up! I'm neglecting it like crazy. I only co-wash when I remember to and I haven't did a protein treatment in forever.

So today I'm going to be giving my hair all the treatments it needs because tomorrow I'm weaving it up again =) I'm going to be using a new shampoo called Hair One. I know it's not thaaat new, but I wanted to see if I can find something sulfate free that actually makes my hair feel good. Then I'm going back to my original DC which is Silk Elements mega moisture condittioning treatment. Exciting! I can't wait for my new doo. It's them same as my Christmas sew in. I liked the hair so much I hd to do it again.

Kisses,
KF.

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.

My Christmas Sew In Pics

My hair took around 6 hours to complete . I think this is the 1st one I've did that I can really feel the pain, haha. I used my batik Euro j-body wvg. It has Thin wefts so it really easing to fold while sewing and the curls are soo bouncy =) So, without further adieu:

This is the hair that was combed out from my previous sew in. Yeah, it's alot.






These are products/treatments I use before hiding my hair. Very simple regimen.




This is the beehive braid pattern that I use for all my installs. It took me around an hour.

And this is the finished look. I love it =)














Sorry the pics are soo friggin huge. I have no idea how to resize 'em yet. So, What do you guys think? be honest and nice =) lol.

Almond Milk.

I have a regular hair client that introduced me to this. She is a hardcore vegan & has inspired me to take a more healthy route in my eating habits. I've been drinking Almond milk by Blue Diamond for a month now & I love it. It's now my substitute for regular milk. It's, of course, a vegan drink that's a non-dairy, Gluten, Cholesterol & Lactose free. Also has a great source of vitamins. I've been eating it with my Special K Chocolately Delight & Cinnamon Pecan cereal. Recently I tried 1% milk with my cereal & it tasted unusual. So I'm sticking with it, lol. I wanna try and make it from scratch one day if I'm brave enough =)

My personal favorite is the vanilla flavor. It's sweet & goes great with cereal. I just wanted to give my opinion on this. Don't be scared. Try it at least one. It sells for 4.00 in stores. Try it!

Kisses,
KF.

Doing it up for Christmas & A Small Goal...

So the big day is next Friday and I really wanna get pretty for Christmas. It's funny cause I could care less if I get anything this year, I just want food in my tummy, hair on my head and God by my side, lol. Tomorrow I will be taking this old sew in out and rejuvenate my hair, then Saturday I'm going to weave it up. I can't wait to see the finished look. I dont wanna look too done up either.You know that feeling, like your over dressed? ugh. Whoo! I'm excited.

I will also be stocking back up on my health foods again. More fruits, vegetables, bottled water, salad & non sugary cereal. Yum! I'm not giving myself a date or limit, but I would like to loose 30lbs before my 22nd b-day. I'm serious about it this time. I feel like I have the support & finances to really make a difference. Now to find a place to work out...

So, that's about it for tonight. Oh! and I'm getting pretty fed up with all this Tiger Wood coverage. Everytime I turn on the TV another mistress has came out of hiding! Man. I just had to vent a bit. Carry on...

Kisses,
KF.

My Weave Regimen & How I Maintain My Hair Underneath

As you all should know I am a routine weave wearer. They are my staple protective style. As soon as I take one down, I have another up like clock work because I get tempted to apply heat & wear it down constantly. Not good. I choose to wear weaves because I really hate having to sit for 8 or more hrs & at this point in my life a weave is a little more convenient for me.

My "prepping for a weave" Routine:

Step One: Clarify
Step Two: Moisturizing Shampoo
Step Three: Condish to dentangle
Step Four: Apply Protein for 10 min
Step Five: DC for around 2 hours

The next steps are me braiding and then sewing in the weave. I either take two full days to do my hair or one depending if I have other plans within the next few days. I usually leave my weave in for a month- a month in a half tops. To be honest I rarley apply any moisturizing products in my hair while I'm weaved up. It depends on whether I'm rocking straight or curly hair, but either way I'll use oil inside a bottle with a nozle top so I can get to my salp. Below is my regular routine without weave:


-Clarify 1x a month
-Wash/DC 1x a week
-Protein every 2 weeks
-Co-Wash as needed
-Moisturize & seal as needed
-Trim ends every 3 months

Now, I hope this helps some of ya'll that are looking for some advice when caring for your hair while in a ps. Enjoy!

Euro J-body Wvg by Batik

I went on a little spree today @ the bss in search of a new holiday doo. For temporary styles I always use Batik synthetic hair and I was gonna go back to my usual Loose Wave curl, but I came across a new style. It's a layered bumped under look that comes in various colors.The only length it comes in is 7, 8, 9 inches. It looks beautiful and everytime I think about what it's going to look like, I start to drool, lol. I can't resist a heavy, sexy bang in my face, Love it! at 1st I was hesitant about having hair this short, but I did a length check & I comfortable with it.

I plan on installing it before the weekend begins. I may wanna get dressed up & go out. I will of course take pics with my cousins camera once the style is complete. Oh, I also bought some more aphogee 2 min reconstructer and I can't wait to play in my hair =)

Kisses,
KF.