Half Mohawk

 

Over the weekend my sister was kind enough to braid my hair for me. We both came up with ideas and here is the outcome. A small section braided into box braids and around the perimeter is cornrows going up int the box braids

 

Latch Hook/Crotch Bulk Hair

In a two week period I have explore the wonderful world of latch hook/ crotch braids. Usually when you think of crotch you think of the 1990s curly braids but thats not the case. Instead of using the already braided extensions you are now able to create a style with bulk hair.

In the above pictures I did my hair(top) and my sister hair (bottom) with marley hair

In this picture I use Freetress Bohemian Braid Bulk hair cut in half

The style is fairly easy you start with your hair cornrow straight  back or how ver you wish the hair to lay. get a latch hook and a pair of scissors in 2 hours you will be finish

Dying and Growth

July 29,2014 I decided I wanted to be a red head. Last year when I dyed my hair red I was force to tone it down which eventually lead me to just cutting it all off. This time my job is okay with the color so here I go.

I will be completely honest I did not do any pre steps before I dye my hair. I was caught up in the moment. My sister in law bleach my hair and it turned out horrible. A lot of spots in my head was still black and my tips were cotton candy pink and the middle was golden yellow color. I use a semi-permanet Adore raging red and crimson together. The whole experience was frightening. All my hair is not red its actually four colors, black, a golden patch, crimson red, and a dark red. When I initially washed out the color my hair was hot pink. It was 12 am and I couldnt go anywhere so I prayed that the color would just go away. In the morning my hair was not pink but the red was better than before.

Here is a picture of my bleaching and afterwards.

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Styling Natural Hair

I am having a difficult time figuring out what to do to my hair. I have had:
1. Box Baids
2. Sengalese Twist
3. Locs

I now dont know what to do! Cutting off all my hair and starting over again sounds like a good idea but when I get back to this length I will be in the same place.

Urghh
HELP

Texture

 

There is a myth that when you cut your hair it grows back thick. This is most commonly said when cutting a baby hair. In my opinion this is absolutely not true. My son has curly silky fine strand hair and when his grandmother cut his hair (without my consent) it grew back the exact same way. In my hair my sides are my “trouble’ they are coarse and not as define as the rest of my hair. When I shave my head my hair grew back the same. In the back of my hair the texture is a loose curl, in the middle and front it’s really curly, and on the sides in the front it has no definition.

 

Much Love

wishWASH

Locs

During the two months that I had the pleasure of having locs I was in love with them. I love how low maintenance they were, how diverse they were, and how they overall look. Locs to me are some beautiful. They come in all sizes and lengths. Every loc head have their own story on why they started and what they have learn since having locs. The reason why I had to remove mines was because my boyfriend didn’t like the fact:

1.       I look like a boy

2.       They wasn’t uniform

3.       The frizz that comes when they are going through their stages

I work in a doctor office and I receive a lot of stares and looks. No one actually said anything but I know that they did. I thought about getting loc extension but that only depressed me because I didn’t get to actually see my hair progress. Soon I will go back the locs I know it’s my destiny

                   I  have took out my locs due to my boyfriend saying I look like a little boy :-)

4-27-14

5-2-14

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6-4-14

6-14-14

 

 

Much love

wIShwASH

Summer Time

Its summer time and I know everyone will be either on youtube looking up "how to" for braids or going to the hair salon. I have tried almost every style in the books and I learn its best to DO THEM YOURSELF!! Why waste your money and time on someone who half the time is not doing it correctly. I will tell you about my trip to the Braiding salon

So I decided I wanted sengalese twist done professional so I asked for $200.00 from my boyfriend and went to my near by shop. Let me tell you the whole experience was terrible. My stylist did not want to do my twist the size I wanted which was in between medium and large. She talked about everyone that came in the shop and on top of all that after 2 weeks my twist started to look old. I know you saying did you wrap and take care of them. Well yes I did I spent $200 on them I took extra TLC but nothing worked. After this horrible event I started installing braids myself. They didnt turn out professional looking but I know with time and price the will.

This is the braids the salon did they were good at first

Much Love

WIshWaSH

PS The above braids I done myself and it was a protective style over my dreadlocks I was trying to form

New Journey

Sorry everyone for being away for so long. Alot of things have happen since my disappearance and heres the list:

1. Shave off all my hair
After a whole year of going natural I decided to cut off my hair on my one year anniversary
2. Grew back hair and started dreads
I have alot of friends with dreads and started following _locology on instagram and I feel in love with dreads
3. Started rocking my natural hair
After only two months of dreads my boyfriend talk me into wearing my natural hair


It has now been a total of two years without relaxers and one year since I cut off my hair. My hair grew back the same way as when I first started my natural journey. My hair is at my collarbone in the back and to my neck at the top. This time around I plan on taking real good care of my hair. I will keep you all updated on my journey for real this time


Much Love

WishWash