Syle Of The Week: Nothing to Report : (

This weekend I continued my experiment with Ayurveda, specifically Amla and Brahmi powders (adding them to my deep conditioner). One word of advice if you decide to try this at home, make sure you wash all of the conditioner out of your hair. I know it may seem like common sense however I left my twists in while rinsing and discovered as I was applying my leave-in conditioner later on that my hair still had the powders in it.  Since it was late and I was feeling a bit lazy I decided against revisiting rinsing and grabbed my Organic Root Stimulator Edge Control Gel and a soft brush and slicked my hair into a puff. I then created a Cinna-bun. I didn't take any pictures because I wasn't fond of the style or the fact that my hair had residue in it (100% transparency here). I hope these texture shots of my hair (from last week) are sufficient until next week. 



Soaking wet hair...anyone know what my hair type would be?




Close up shot. I'm thinking 4b. ; )

 Until next week...

Style of the week: Keeping It Simple

To say that this past weekend was hectic for me would be an understatement! Despite this I refused to neglect my hair. So after my wash and deep condition session on Sunday I decided to pull out  my staple style. Twists, twists, and more twists:

These twists are about medium sized..I was in a rush.

I rolled the sides inward similar to the Cinna-Bun style in order to ensure my ends were protected. 

Until next week...

Style of the Week: Cinna-bun Anyone?

This week’s style was inspired by a few YouTube video’s I watched last weekend. I was on a search for something quick and easy that required little skill to implement (then again isn’t that always my criteria).

I will just do my hair section-by-section in an effort to reduce the risk of not being able to recreate the style when I re-moisturize. Honestly, I’m not a big fan of the way this particular style looks on me. In fact, I would have loved for it to have been a bigger bun. Nevertheless, I have received many compliments on this style, so I’m rocking it for the rest of the week, and then it’s on to the next one!

I tried to make sure I captured the look from different angles!  ; )

Style of the Week

Hey Ladies,
As I mentioned in my Hair Goals  post I am looking for hairstyles that serve a dual purpose - both fashion-forward and protective. This by no means is an easy task; and I am pretty sure I have missed my mark in one of the above categories (either once or several times. LOL) Despite the challenges I face, I continue to hunt on the web (specifically YouTube) for practical, stylish, and protective styles (almost oxymoronic...I know). This past weekend was no different and as I sat under the hair steamer, scouring YouTube, I came across this video by vintagebashment:

I immediatly thought JACKPOT!! It was simple, chic, and - most of all - something I can re-create. After my attempt, here are illustrations of my results:

The Front!

The Sides...

The Back...need to work on getting an even part. : )

This is the hairstyle for this week. I will re-flatwist the sides (after moisturizing) every other day. What do you think? Where do you get your protective style influences from?