Tried Something New...to Fight Depression

So, I was feeling pretty bad looking at my boring fro and decided to do finger coils. I had tried a few before and want' thrilled. Now I can't say that I am now, but at least it's a protective style that should last for the better part of the week. I couldn't figure out how to ge the ones in the front to go towards the back instead of the sides. I tried but they went their own way. I'm sure they'll be smushed in the morning, but hopefully during the course of the day they will be normal again.

Depression...lost hair

It has taken me months to grow my hair and I just had an additional .5 inches cut. I feel like I'm not quite back at square 1, but closer to square 2. It doesn't shake anymore...I'm just sad. It looks like I've been left with 4 inches and I was pretty darn near 6...I want to cry but I know it won't make my hair grow back. I don't know if it was the blowdrying I'd done in the past few months or if it was already like this. I guess I'll just stay away from the heat, except to prepare for my bi-monthly trim. I really liked my twists and now I have to wait several months before I even have enough hair for them to hang like they had begun to. I don't feel like doing anything. Every time I look in the mirror I'm saddened. I've never seen my ends in such bad shape and wish I knew exactly what I did to cause such damage. For now, I'll just go back to my boring wash and go...and wait...and try not to obsess about my hair growth...

Trim

Oh my goodness! My ends were a knotty mess. I thought it was just my hair, but I realized my ends were in desperate need of a trim while I was straightening it for my AM trim this morning. I went ahead and trimmed most of it off. I refused to walk in there with my ends looking like that. She'll probably take off a little more to even it up, but my goodness. Not good...not good at all. I know I cut at least 1 inch. It's hard to tell when it's all crispy like that, but it was at least 1 inch. I'm going to have to go every 2 months for a trim like I used to. They weren't that bad when I straightened it before earlier in the year. I'm trying to decide if I should do wet twists or what. Most likely, it's the result of my hair being out so much, but I did blowdry it twice and that probably didn't help. I'm not sure, but I definitely have to join a protective hair challenge and I'm going to stay away from the heat just in case. I really liked my twists better stretched out, but I'm going to have to use other means and take more time to do it if that's what I want.

I hate walking out of the house with my hair like this, but I'm not nearly as vain as I used to be so I'm going to suck it up. I gave away all of my hats because I knew they wouldn't fit on my fro...dag I wish I kept at least 1...My nappiversary is about 1 week away and I'm going to have do better for the next year.

Look at my year's worth of growth!

Big Twist Out

Oooowee! This is what it looked like when I woke up this morning...fluffed right on up! LOL

New Twists---week 1

I started over this week and ended up pulling the front back. It looks much better this way.
They may have shrunk a little during the week, but they are much better than they were when I twisted it wet. I hate applying the heat, but I may have to do it until I can adequately stretch it and keep it untangled without it. Please excuse my greasy forehead LOL. I'm going to see if I can get this to last for at least 2 weeks. They look fine to me now. I don't plan on rinsing them or anything. That just seems unnecessary. They feel soft and I put so much moisturizer on them when I twisted it that I can't imagine it will get dry anytime soon. The twist out from the blowdried twists was fluffy and soft. Not much definition, but that was cool with me. It was a mess to detangle though.

Going to try again

These twists are shriveling up LOL...Virginia humidity. I think I'm going to redo them tonight. I am still deciding. I don't really feel like it, but it would probably make more sense than doing it while I'm out of town.

It's going to be 1 year in 22 days! I can't believe it. I need to a comparison shot after I wash my hair to put beside the baldie shot! LOL. I think I'll be pretty pleased with the growth in the next year if I get at least as much as I got last year.

I need to schedule a professional trim some time next month.

I think I like these

I'm posting these pictures to my blog, because I ran out of space on Fotki.com.

I think I like these twists. I only received 2 compliments, but that's okay...
I blew my hair out some before twisting this time and they came out a lot better.