Been MIA, Now I'm Back!

Wow!

Haven't posted on here in like forever! The last post I did was a year ago and since then, a lot has happened! Life has happened and it has blessed me with such grand things! 2013 was incredibly an amazing year. My whole life changed, I become a mother to the most beautiful son in the whole entire world. It's been a great journey, learning new things as I go along and adjusting to my new home in Germany. Before I jump to the hair talk, let me just summarize why I've been MIA for a whole year!

1). I was pregnant, gained tons of weight and by nature, did not feel like doing anything hair related for the whole 9 months!
2) I moved to my new home- Germany. (NY you still have my heart!) I love it here, but the natural hair scene is almost nonexistent so of course am still learning where to buy my hair products and currently on the hunt for places to get my hair done.
3) Becoming a mother has left me with absolutely no time to do my hair, heck I barely have time to shower!

I've always heard/read how pregnancy makes your hair grow, how it gives you glowing and shiny hair! WRONG!. Pregnancy left me with severe breakage. Like the depressing kind, the kind of breakage that when you wash your hair, the shower drainage blocks because you're simply shedding too much hair. The amount of hair I've lost is too much, and now at 4 months postpartum, my hair is yet to recover. It's dry, no amount of moisture can do the trick. I'm constantly deep conditioning, moisturizing and sealing, but  my ends are so rough, crunchy, and super dry that I don't know what else to do. I want to switch to deep conditioning once a week instead of every two weeks, but I simply do not have the time. I recently changed my weekly wash regimen so maybe that would do the trick, but for now my thirsty hair is in dire need of some serious moisture!

During pregnancy, I wore my hair in either kinky twists or senegalese twists. I didn't have neither the patient nor the strength to do my hair. When you're pregnant and your back is aching and you're constantly nauseated, throwing up and what not, the last thing on your mind is doing your own hair.


I had these senegalese twists done when I was 8 months pregnant. They lasted me almost three months!

Senegalese Twist.

After the take down, my hair of course was on another level of damage! But I was kind of prepared and expecting the damage because I knew going 3 whole months with a protective style was a recipe for a complete disaster. Split ends, fairy knots, dryness, breakage, you name it, I had it! Check the mess below...

Later.

Root4LiA.