Drive Thru Style: Post Wash Scarf "Braid"

Today was wash day, but I'm headed out of the house so I needed a quick style.  I came up with the scarf "braid" which is really a basket weave sort of deal, but it looks like a braid so I rolled with  the name lol.

Hope you like... off to get cupcakes.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAPPTURALITY.COM

I'm just posting to say... I love you.  I stopped relaxing when I was 15 years old.  At the time I did not know what I was doing or the implications, so I got on the computer (dial up was a bish)  and got to searching... I found Nappturality.   Back then it was an old school message board, and I was scared, but I looked anyway.  That was it... From then on anytime I had a question, a worry,  or a rant, I went straight to NP. In a small town where every Black woman relaxed, wore a jerri curl, or bad weave,  NP was my only real friend.  She never told me that I was making a bad choice, and she never pushed me back toward the relaxer.  The women there offered me advice, and support.  It's been a long time (9 years) since I had no clue, and since then NP has given me laughs, support, a shoulder to cry on, and some really awesome friends.  So I just have to say Thank You to Nappturality and Deecoily for all that you've done.  This is one loc rocking sister who will never forget you, will always love you, and will always be thankful for what you do. 


So today NP and NP'ers we gone party like it's our birthday... cause hell it is.

Not Locs, but

I was bored today and made some earrings, just felt like sharing.  If I had to make this loc' related I'd point out that they do look really good with my locs...

21

That's the number of  hair and bobby pins I used to hold up the style I posted yesterday.

Loc Updo

Here's a drive by post of the updo style that I randomly created today.   It took me ~20 minutes to do the style.  Initially.  I was just going to do the front and cover the back with a headwrap. The knots you see below were created by creating a twist from several locs, wrapping it around itself, and pinning it down.

Before I decided to create an updo*

I couldn't get the headwrap to look right so I decided to try and basket weave the back.  Before doing that I pulled hair from just over my ears, on both sides of my head, and crossed them beneath the knots.  I then flipped my head over and basket weaved from the nap of my neck up to just before the crossed hair beneath the knots.  After that I just gathered, tucked, and pinned until there were no more loose locs. 

front/top

the knots lean to one side a bit

left side

side/back

right side

Back (note the glaringly obvious black bobby pin)

top

* my friend noted that I was not smiling here.. I had to explain that I look insane when I smile and photograph myself. 

I hope you guys enjoyed the style. 

Guess Who's Featured on IRockLocs.com

It's ME!!!!! I submitted a request to be featured ~ a month ago.  I didn't know if Kim would actually post my interview, so imagine my surprise when I saw this in my Facebook feed this morning.   Thank you for the feature Kim.  As for my other readers, please check out Kim's site IRockLocs. 

If I Didn't Know Better... (Warning Randomness Ahead)

I'd be convinced that my locs have not grown in the last 15 months... Good thing I know better huh?  What bought this on, you may ask.  Well it was a coworker telling me how long my locs were getting.  In my mind I called bullshigitty, then came home and took a pic for proof.  I present the evidence:

Day 1

15 months

See!  No difference.  I understand that this is the loc'ing process, and the lack of length is due to my hair condensing and matting, but dang I just want longer locs some days.  Thankfully my hair dye addiction makes it easy to see the new growth lol.  Seriously, though I'm patient and can appreciate this.... Getting long my ass.