What Day Is It Today? It's My BIRTHDAY!

Me in my birthday hat!

Today is my birthday and I had a wonderful birthday weekend. It started on Saturday when my husband  surprised me by having my sister, MsNastassja, fly in from med school to spend the weekend with me. I was so shocked, I started screaming and backed up to the wall. LOL. Then I started crying hysterically because I was so happy to see her. They had a whole weekend of events planned and I enjoyed every minute of it.

A Gentle Way to Dry Curls

 By: MsNastassja

Up until recently, I had either let my hair air dry with a regular towel on my shoulders to catch drips, or used a t-shirt to attempt to dry it. Regular terry cloth towels rough up the hair cuticle and aren't a good idea. I just bought a microfiber towel at Bed Bath and Beyond, made by Aquis. This thing is magical and I was pleasantly surprised by how dry it got my hair without messing with the curl pattern.

How do you cut down on drying time? 

Tension Blow Dry Method

Roots before tension blow dry method

Back in March, my stylist suggested that I stretch my relaxers, and throughly detangle my roots during the stretch. I am 9 weeks post and my roots are a force to be reckoned with at this point. I usually avoid manipulating my new-growth, but Reniece pointed out that doing so would allow my roots to get tangled and potentially break on relaxer day. My next relaxer is scheduled for June 25, and this stretch will be 14 weeks long.