Spring Is Here and Vi Just Loves The Humidity!

Today it rained and then the sun came out, and it was humid. Earlier this morning I took my hair down from a braid and curl and Vi shrank in a matter of hours.

But that's okay. You know, I'm totally loving my fro. Today is wash day and I'm thinking about doing a wash n go. Now, Vi shrinks up much smaller than this, but I don't want her shrinking to a TWA. I get horrible tangles if I do that. But this right here is looking awesome.

She's healthy, moisturized, and growing. I love how I can enjoy my length with twist outs and braid outs, or even ponytails. I've been bunning off and on for the past two weeks to give her a break.

 Anyway, I love my natural hair. I wish I went natural years ago when I used to write for The Coil Review. Yardley Messereaux suggested it and I guess I wasn't quite ready. I'll never go back, and that's a fact. I've kicked the creamy crack!  Ha, ha, haaa!  I'm a poet and don't even know it.   ; )

Violet is Blooming

Honestly I can't believe I didn't take the time to learn about my hair up until now.  We're totally co-existing in a peaceful manner.

While I absolutely loved my wigs, I can't believe I stifled Violet beneath them since April 2012. It's been a few weeks after my twists extensions have been taken out and let's just say I think I've adjusted well.

Violet has been in a bun all week and I just took her down to moisturize her with KeraCare...Boy I love that stuff!!  I've been using this as a moisturizer because to be honest I must remind myself that oils aren't to be used as moisturizers!!  See what I mean? Same goes for hair grease. I can't believe it because that's all we used back in the day was grease and water. Go figure.  Well peeps, until next time.

Two Weeks after Nubian Twists

And my scalp has been continuously dry. I've never experienced dry scalp before in my life, however, during past winters I've had problems with itchy skin. It seems like the older I get, the more I suffer from dry skin.

Olive and Jojoba oils have been my best friends and honestly, I should have started this regimen a while back. I'm happy with this natural hair care journey and plan to post pictures in other posts. It will be two years in December since my last perm and I'm now just documenting my natural hair care journey so I have a lot of catching up to do.

Violet (my fro) and I seem to be coexisting very peacefully, especially since I haven't been smothering her with wigs and extensions.