the curly girl wonder diaries - 3 is NOT a charming number

**Sigh**

I've been 100% natural for 3 months. And now presenting my apple ass head...

Ya know, I have to tell the truth. I am having a love-hate relationship with my hair...and this month, el numero tres, has been sprinkled with more hate than love. My wash and gos are taking me longer to style. I never realized how much time exactly until my new job ushered in the morning time crunches. Plus, fall didn't waste anytime and I assume winter will be an early bird as well. This, we must rethink. I have started doing finger coils at night after a cowash. These take me about an hour and a half. I've actually gotten them to last me for 3 days. I could probably go longer if I stopped being so anal about frizz and fuzzies...which are usually kept at bay with my wash and gos. My longest strands are about 3 inches and my shorter strands (the ones that I got tapered when I big chopped) are around an inch. I know what my goal is but I'm not sure if I'll be able to control myself the next time that I take J to the barber...I start twitching everytime I think of a pair of clippers. I miss that fade, mayne! But much like adolescence, I must push through these awkward phases.

And then I went wrong somewhere. I started seeing more broken strands in the shower and it seemed as if I couldn't stop my hair from breaking off. Stressing about it probably didn't help the situation. I dunno...it could also be in my head and ya'll know me to be a little off. I think that my hair may have been over-conditioned...if there's a such thing. It was extremely soft, almost TOO soft. I have a protein conditioner that I started using to get me back on track. So...tomorrow night is spa night. I'm buying a new pair of shears and I'm dusting my ends. I will henna and deep condition my hair and assess the situation afterwards. If I can't stop the breakage, then this will give me an excuse to start over and fade it up...I have all the time in the world to grow hair, I suppose.

Still keeping it simple. I haven't bought any new products outside of the ayurvedic treatments (Am.la, Brah.mi, Shika.kai) that I've begun to use as part of my weekly deep conditioning. I also copped some Vat.ika oil from an indian grocer close to my job. For $2.99, this stuff is the business. My hair feels so silky b/c of it. And really, its just some high-falootin' coconut oil. I have been using this to nurse my hair and so far, so good.

This Month's Mythbuster

I read A LOT of hair blogs and watch A LOT of youtube vids on natural hair. The general consensus is that natural broads like to dance, sing, sex, and play in the rain...now that they don't have to worry about their hair reverting. We've had our share of rainy days here recently. I can't say that I had some overwhelming urge to run out and do sommersaults while its monsooning. Just seems silly to me. If its raining hard, I use an umbrella regardless. I don't like to be cold once I get where I'm going. And if its drizzling...well...I never took off running (for fear of the invasion) when I was relaxed. Then again, I did wear ponytails often. I dunno...I just don't see this as a convincing argument to go natural. But I'm not in the business of converting anybody. Pretty is pretty...relaxed, texlaxed, or natural. I don't care what you do...but if you should come down whith the flu b/c you started moonwalk.ing and electric-boogaloo'ing in the rain while celebrating the natural you, then you deserve it.

Comment of the Month

"Where you going? Lookin' like El Debarge..." - cuz's hubby.

Hmmmm...methinks that I have this year's crossdressing Halloween costume, lol.

Still...growing, I guess...

Curly Girl Wonder aka LB