My Friend Undrah (pronounced Andre)

This my good friend Undrah, really he's like my brother. I've been intending to do an interview with him since he got his loc's, but never really got around to doing the interview I did get a few pics of his loc's though. He's been loc'd since mid January & these pic's were taken in February. Talk about putting things off. Well I figured since we never got around to doing the interview to put on the blog I figured hey just post the pics. So here he is in his first month loc'd.

Undrah started his loc's with back comb twists and has to go in biweekly to have his new growth twisted. And yes he loves his loc's!


Who knows maybe somewhere down the road we'll get around to his interview. LOL

Quick Attempt

This is just a quick attempt at a style that I tried last weekend. We were going out with some friends & I was wearing my hair freestyle. Well we were going to an upscale restaurant & I wanted to do something nice to my hair. What I did was pull the back up in the middle & pinned it . Then I took the sides in the back & crossed them over the middle like a basket weave. Then I rolled the top with my steam rollers. It came out really nice. I don't think the pictures really did the style any justice though.

Uh Oh

Sad news! I had an appointment with my loctician saturday, and sadly she told me I have to go back to the banding & braiding routine. ;-( Well let me just tell you what I did. This was my second time washing without banding & braiding, and in my mind I figured I would condition my hair. I said to myself, self, just try it, you're going to get retightened today anyway. Well I shouldn't have done it. My loctician took one look at my hair & said "What is going on with your hair?" My ends got really loose & curly they looked like shirly temple curls. She thinks that she may have to restitch my ends. We're going to wait a couple of weeks & see what my hair does. I just pray that we won't have to do that.
Some good things did come out of my visit though, I left out with a really cute style done by her new braider/stylist Tiffany and I bought some new pieces as well!

The orange set with the copper is a hair tie with matching earrings, a ponytail holder, and her newest creation a Tif Stick! You know those sticks that people stick in their updo's? Well Janela has created her own. It came from an idea of her new braider/stylist Tiffany. These new items should be uploaded on etsy soon so check there often to get yours!

7 Month Comparison

Comparisons @ 7 Months

Wow time sure does bring about change! I had no idea how different my hair looks now compared to when it was first done. I thought just more of the same was going on, but as you can see I have ton's of growth, thickness & density. I love my hair!
Today was the first time I washed my hair without braiding & banding. Boy did I feel liberated! I washed with the Oyin Grand Poo Bar & oiled my scalp with a six oil mixture from my loctician and let it air dry. I was a little apprehensive at first but it went well, as far as I can see there's no slippage at all. Of course I got permission beforehand. Now I'm anxious to color & condition but I'm going to wait until closer to my birthday.

I am starting to experiment more with pinning my hair up, I know it'll be a while before I will be able to wear my hair in the famous pineapple, but I'm looking forward to it. I decided to try & see if I could pull it up into a ponytail & voila! I did it, see! I know it's a bit small but I thought it was cute enough to workout in. LOL

I am looking forward to celebrating being loc'd for one year. Heck, I may even have a party! I LOVE MY HAIR! I think I better start planning now because time is really flying by, but first I have to get my daughter's graduation/birthday party planned out first. Man I can't believe my only baby is graduating high school & will be leaving me soon to go to college. She's planning on going out to Cali to attend school. I won't cry yet, I'll be strong. LOL

Frustrated!

While uploading new pieces on etsy tonight I noticed that my pictures were not clear. I need to change the settings on my camera to make the pictures smaller because when I load them up on etsy they won't load because they're too large. So I had to edit the photo's and make them smaller. This time I think I made them too small, hence, the blurry pictures. So if you stop by the etsy shop please excuse the latest photo's. I'm not changing them because it's too much work! Just bare with me I promise I'll do better next time.

A LudieBell Update

As you can see Ludie is quite comfortable here at home! LOL

We're all doing pretty good with him here NOW. The husband walked around the house with a scowl on his face for about a week but he's stopped now. I've vowed to bathe Ludie often. To tell you just how much, he's only been here three weeks & he's been to the groomer once & has had two bath's since he's been here. I still don't think that's enough for the husband but he's not getting any more than that. I think it's overkill personally, but I have to do it to keep him happy. I just hope I'm not harming my baby.

That's my other baby in the picture. My only daughter who's graduating from high school in June.