"My" Hair Today

My winter wig regimen is in full swing! Here is how it looks today.

I keep forgetting it's a wig and try to rub my scalp lol. I hardly feel it on my head.

What do you think?

Wig Prep Results

Bantu knot - Dry set / wet set

In my last post, I shared how I did an experiment with a dry and wet set on my winter wig. I let the wig air dry and then removed the bantu knots and curlformers.

Winter Wig Prep

I know many of you have been patiently waiting for me to implement my winter wig regimen (Thanks for being so patient!). Well you may already know that the "trigger" (so to speak) for me to wear my wig is snow. Well guess what? It still hasn't snowed here (And "they" say global warming isn't real).

My Hair Today

I snapped these pictures today while at the office. The cell phone reception in the building is shaky, so I wasn't able to post them in real time. Today has been a long day, and I prefer to look fresh for my videos (rather than exhausted lol). So I'm hoping to record my relaxer update video this weekend.

Relaxer Preview Video

Relaxer Prep - The Night Before

If you follow me on Twitter (@kibibihair) then you already know that I am in DC to get my relaxer done.
To prep for my relaxer, I used the following products and techniques.

Shea, Oh Shea [Butter]!

I love shea butter for the wintertime. It is thick and heavy, which is perfect for sealing in my moisturizer. I completely forgot that I had some pure shea butter that I bought from coastalscents.com a couple of years ago. It occurred to me this week that it was still packed in a box. So I unpacked it and proceeded to slather it all over my hair and newgrowth.

Puffs of Rage!

This was how I wore my hair this week. I let my hair dry in a fro, then to sleep I pulled it into two puffs towards the top of my head so they don't get tangled from being slept on. The only product I have in it is "Curl Creme Brule" by Curls. That is also what I've been refreshing my hair with each morning.

You're never too old for some "Puffs of rage"! Do you wear afro puffs?

Are 'New & Improved' Products Better?

New Affirm Relaxer

Presumptively, yes. Automatically, no. Granted, improvements in chemistry/technology and the addition of new (and hopefully) better quality ingredients can lead to wonderful products that perform miracles for your hair.

However, It is possible that your favorite product will stop giving you the same results after the "improvements." Any change to the product formula means there will be a change in how it works on your hair. With that in mind, you can imagine my chagrin when my relaxer was recently revamped.

Relaxer in T Minus 7 Days!

11 weeks of newgrowth, I will relax at 14 weeks

If you follow me on Twitter, then you already know that I got extremely sick this past week. I'm not back to 100% yet, but I am feeling much better.

My relaxer is next week Saturday and I'm beyond excited. I will find out whether I made waist length in 2011. Now I know this is 2012, but since I only do length checks after each relaxer I had to wait.

Lessons from this Relaxer Stretch

11 weeks of newgrowth

After each relaxer stretch, I learn something new about my hair and how best to retain length. The lesson I learned from my last stretch was that 14 weeks is my absolute max. Anything beyond 14 weeks and I run the risk of damaging my hair with excessive manipulation as I try to achieve a half-way attractive hairstyle. The last two weeks between week 14 and week 16 of my stretch made enough of a difference that I had to trim my hair at my last relaxer.

I'm on Twitter!

Please click here to follow me on the Kibibi Hair Twitter page. 

I was up until 4am designing my page and I'm excited about having a more up-to-the-minute dialogue with you. Woohoo! 

New Year's Eve Style Recap (lots of pictures)

As promised, here's a recap of my New Year's Eve style. 

I Co-Washed!

Breakage and shedding after air-dry mishap

On Tuesday, I shared about my air-dry bantu knot malfunction. Well last night I sprayed my hair with aloe vera juice, gently detangled and twisted my hair to go to bed. I experienced more breakage than I'm comfortable with along with normal shedding.

So, I Had a Bad Hair Day

Yesterday, I washed my hair and then let it air dry in bantu knots. I had the best intentions to lightly blow dry and flat iron it in the morning before I went to the office. Well, I woke up and started working on the KibibiHair Twitter account (more details to come) and that took longer than I expected.

When I got around to styling my hair, this is how it turned out. Now I remember why I don't like to air dry in bantu knots, especially this far into my stretch. Sigh.

Happy New Year!

I'm so excited about the new year. As a general rule, I don't make resolutions. After almost 10 years of unsuccessfully "resolving" to gain weight - yes, you read that right - I gave up on the whole institution.