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Video of my two year hair growth coming soon…

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Roots4LiA.

Protective Style

These past three months I've been manipulating my hair way toooo much and I've finally decided to braid it up for the next 8 weeks! Postpartum hormones has turned my hair into a dry, breaking madness!  Anyways I finally waited till my bubba was asleep at night and decided to get on with the braiding, it took me literally two night to finish, but I DID finish! Peep the pics below, I was actually really impressed with the results.

See you in the next 2 months when i take them out!

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Roots4LiA.

Style Card Wednesday!

WASH DAY

Oh! I dread wash day! It's one of those things that must happen yet I dread and hate it so much I always push it till last minute. Now if only wash day meant jumping in the shower, conditioning my hair and calling it a day, I wouldn't hate it so much. But my wash day involves hot oil treatment, deep conditioning, sitting under a hooded dryer for the full effect of deep conditioning (because my hair is a dry circus thanks to postpartum hormones), THEN jumping in the shower, sectioning my hair, detangling, washing section by section, re twisting each section, conditioning each section, rinsing, then applying a leave in conditioner. It used to take me a total of two hours to just wash my hair, that was before I became a mother. But now, I don't have two hours to spend washing my hair!! The most I take in the shower is maybe 45 mins, and even that is pushing it. So I found something that cuts my time in half, and that is sectioning! Washing my hair in sections is so much more convenient than washing it all matted together as one. It also saves me time after getting off the shower because I don't have to deal with major shrinkage and twisting again. For the moment I'm using olive oil deep conditioner which I love but I might have to start using a DIY deep conditioner because my lovely olive oil deep conditioner is so expensive in Germany I'm not willing to shell out 10 Euros equivalent of $14 every two weeks for a deep conditioner. In the states I used to buy it for $3.99, but darn! Things are on another level of expen$ive here!

Hair saturated with Deep conditioner.

Check out the length. Shrinkage is REAL! 

Later,

Roots4LiA.

Procrastination: The PUFF & The REST.

So the day after my failed attempt at getting sick flexirods results, I decided to see what other mess I could create before the much procrastinated wash day! Honestly, I don't even know what I created but in the end I came back to my to go to style, the lovely puff. My hair on this pic is two weeks old, yup, in need of a wash!

My hair is looking dry because I've been slacking with moisturizing, plus it needs to be DEEP Conditioned. #WashDay.

The Puff. 

Don't know what to call this. #Caption it!

My hair has definitely grown! Though Pregnancy is taking whatever is left of it! oh! the breakage! Postpartum hair shedding is REAL! 

Style FAIL: FLEXIRODS!

While on the hunt for a hair steamer on the German Amazon, I came across these flexirods and had to get them! I was eager to try them out because I've seen many naturals on youtube using them with dope results. I have to say that for my first time using them, I was a bit annoyed that they weren't going on the way I wanted them to or maybe my expectation were just a tad bit high or maybe, I did them in a hurry since my Bubba was being extra fussy! In addition, I didn't really give my hair enough time to dry before taking them out so maybe that also contributed to my trial disappointment! I'm definitely going to try them again and see how it goes. In the meantime, peep the pics below.

Hair was still literally wet when I took off the flexirods, as you can see, the results aren't so great! 

Maybe next time I'll get the definition am looking for!

Later, 

Roots4LiA. 

MINI TWSTS, NEVER AGAIN!

Having a newborn and no time to do my hair, I'm always on the hunt for a good protective style that can last me two to three weeks or even four weeks! Of course I jumped straight to youtube to see what styles I could find.  I have always liked mini twist since going natural and I guess when my hair was still a TWA, mini twists were my to go to style. So of course I decided to instal mini-twists, and regretted the decision two hours later because it was already past midnight, and I was functioning on no sleep for almost a week! But still, I was determined to finish! I finally did finish, but my hands and shoulders suffered a great deal! It took me a total of four hours because I had to stop in between to breastfeed my baby otherwise it would've taken less time, but I will not be doing mini twists again for a very long time. I had them in for three weeks, but it was the takedown that literally did it for me. It came to a point where frustration met exhaustion and all i could think of was getting the darn things out of my head. The mini-twists left my hair in knots and the sheer thought of detangling the mess literally gave me hair anxiety.

Shrinkage is a beast! On the other note, my hair has really grown, Past my collar bone! 

For styling, I just gathered them in the middle and added a faux bun! simply and easy. 

After taking them down, my hair was this knotted MESS! I almost wanted to cry detangling this mane, but luckily I have found a new detangling method that has really REALLY saved my sanity! and time!

Later,

Roots4LiA.