My Hair Today

I kept it simple and wore my hair down today, despite the high temperatures. While driving, I pulled it into a low bun.

Relaxer Results (Video)

Waist Length! (And a Hair Cut)

Blow dried, before hair cut

If you follow me on Facebook, then you may already know that I reached waist length after my relaxer yesterday. But I was waist length for less than 5 minutes because I promptly got a 3" haircut.

Bantu Knot Ponytail

I love wearing this style for a full ponytail with lots of body.

The challenge is that with my hair being so thick that a regular ponytail ends up looking a little "young" on me, and I need to look professional at the office. With this style, I get the illusion of long hair coming out of a high ponytail. This is how I achieve this look...

Previously, on Kibibi Hair...

Here are three of the most popular posts from this time last year...

1. Splitting with Split Ends

2. Hair S.O.S. - "I did my relaxer and now my hair is breaking!"

3. Steam + Hair = Healthier Hair

Tension Blow Dry Method (Video)

My Hair Today

This is how I wore my hair today. After I washed my hair on Sunday, I did the tension blow dry method, lightly flat ironed and did a bantu knot set.

Natural Detangler: Aloe Vera Juice

A few days ago, I read a tip about spraying aloe vera juice on dry hair to help make wash day uneventful. The tipster said that the aloe vera juice melted her new growth and allowed her to detangle her hair without any problems. After my setback with using Mane and Tail detangler, I all but gave up on the idea of using a detangler on dry hair. I have used aloe vera juice in my spray bottle mix for when I wear my wig and need to moisturize my real hair.  So I know that my hair likes aloe vera juice. I just never thought to use it on my dry hair to detangle.

Mini Product Haul, Part 2

I just got back from Walmart where I bought the Sta Sof Fro and a couple other products.

I bought 2 bottles to save me the trouble of going to another Walmart

Mini Product Haul

During this stretch, Sta-Sof-Fro has been my saving grace. It softens and moisturizes my new growth, which makes it less prone to breakage when I comb it. The last time I used Sta-Sof-Fro, I finished the bottle. Today, I went to Sally and Walmart but they did not carry it. Fortunately, there is another Walmart that does carry it so I will go there tomorrow. (I love that the Walmart website tells you which stores has the products you want). Although I did not get the Sta Sof Fro, I did get the following:

New Growth is Winning 2-0

Yesterday was game night at one of our friend's house and my hair put up quite a fight. Since I went riding on Thursday, my hair was not in an ideal state for styling. I planned to just throw on my go-to hat and wear a low ponytail. Well, that was a fail.

Follow Up: Embracing the New Growth

This is how my hair came out after I took down the twisted bantu knots. My hair felt soft and fluffy, but as soon as I stepped outside the heat made having my hair on my neck, and back simply insufferable.

Embracing the New Growth

In a recent post, I shared my attempt at taming my new growth without using direct heat. Since that didn't work, I decided to go back to my usual approach - embrace the new growth without using heat. Well sometimes I take it a step further and amplify the body by wearing "big" hair styles. Tonight I moisturized my hair and thoroughly detangled, then did 8 twisted bantu-knots.

Update: Neutrogena T/Sal Shampoo

My scalp is behaving well considering that it has been 2 weeks since my last wash day. As a reminder, I didn't get to wash my hair last weekend because of my birthday plans.

In the past, if I wait more than 7-10 days to wash my hair, my scalp goes crazy. The issue seems to have worsened with me wearing a helmet to ride, because I sweat under the helmet. On the other hand, the exercise helps to promote healthy growth.

Ideally, I would love to co-wash after my riding lesson and then do a regular wash on the weekend. But the time needed to dry and style my hair is too demanding for a mid week co-wash.

The Neutrogena T-Sal Shampoo I reviewed has lived up to its promise to prevent scalp build up. Just to be safe, I'll use it for my first wash this weekend and then resume my usual wash day routine.

Has anyone else missed a wash day this week? Or was I the only "delinquent" one? (smile)

Follow Up: Taming 10 Weeks of New Growth

The scarf method was a bust because it slipped off at some point in the night. So my edges were not tamed by any stretch of the imagination. I didn't tie the scarf tightly because it would give me a headache. Yet, I'm a crazy sleeper, so the scarf didn't stand a chance of staying on. I did cover it with my bonnet, and I hoped the bonnet would help. It didn't.

As for the bantu knots, they came out so-so. The knots didn't set well because my hair was so dirty and weighted down. However, my roots were nice and soft from the Sta-Sof-Fro.

This is not the best picture but I was running late and didn't have time to retake it. 

Taming 10 Weeks of New Growth

10 weeks of new growth

With all of the birthday festivities this past weekend, including my sister's surprise visit, the last thing on my mind was washing my hair. I need to do something to make my hair presentable tomorrow, so I'm trying out the scarf method to smooth out my new-growth and some bantu knots for a quick style.