living for the weekend....

Just stumbled across another natural inspiration from a while ago (when I first got into the hair boards thang) and she's gone for a relaxer, and now - *headshake* her hair isn't 1/4 as gorgeous as it used to be - and it looks significantly shorter, too, especially when you take shrinkage into account.
But then, I KNOW that I'm biased towards thick curly hair, and thin, stringy straight hair just ISN'T my thing - but razorcuts are designed to look that way, so - whatever floats your personal style boat, ya know? *plays hairtaps*

Okay, outta other people's heads and onto my own.

This two week style set didn't last NEARLY as well as the first one - the thought I had last night of doing a flat twist UPWARDS did help significantly, though - most of the twists that wouldn't 'catch' before are caught now. I still think I was using a diferent set of hand motions - I should really videotape (tain't really tape anymore, though is it?) myself flat twisting, so that I can actually SEE which motions produce which results.

My hair also stayed pretty moisturized, which is VERY satisfactory. *thinks* I did a SAF wash over the weekend (with con), and I did an amla massage on Tuesday, I think it was, and last week, I don't think I did ANYTHING to my hair at all.....so, I'm happy with that. The Caramel Treatment is a certified winner, for that reason alone. For my hair to NOT dry out without 'serious' maintenence during the week is a definite plus.

I do think that I 'need' both SAF washes though - my scalps been muttering bitterly at me for the last two days, not really COMPLAINING, but letting me know that it's not totally happy. Damn, I think I might only have enough shikaika and amla for another dose, though. *sigh* I might have to swing through one of the Indian stores next week.

Hrmmmmm.....looking forward.

I'm still not sure what sort of protien mix I'm going to do this weekend - I have some leftover coconut milk in the freezer, and I have the Remedi, and *think* I think that's really about it - eggs in the fridge, and I could have DH make me some mayo..... I don't know - I'll most LIKELY end up using the Remedi with a healthy dash of SAA (I finally get to play with it!) and be done with it. It's way too easy for me to go overboard with the protien - I have to keep that in mind. Hrmm... I should stalk the latest 'Naturals & Protien' thread, and see what products/mixtures they are using...I'm good for jacking a good idea.

I'm also going to mix up a new spritzer.......... I'll keep the TTO and the Amla oil in it, and I'll sub out the glycerin with the honeyquat, and I'll add a little SAA, and I'm debating adding ANY conditioner at all. Cichelle has inspired me to see if I can cut my dependancy on conditioner - and so I'm trying to see how many mixes I can work without it. *nod* I think I will leave the conditioner out - see what the SAA can REALLY do on it's own. Worst comes to worst, I'll give my hair a straight con next weekend, and the weekend after that is Caramel, so I KNOW I'll be straight, then.

DH's birthday is on Sunday, and I would like to rock and cute, out style for him - we planned on being out REAL late, so I already took Monday off to rest up from going out, (I'm old) but it'll also be nice just in case I need the day to restore my hair - gods, but I am SAD!!!

My USUAL 'outstyle' is the puffro - but that's just SOO boring. I'm not doing the Bantu TwistieThings, either. If I thought I could deal with these twists being in my head for another two days, I would go with a twist out but...... ooooh. Maybe I can do a chunky twistout! 20-30 twists in my head, and then take them down and rock that - yes, yes, I think I can. That way, I won't have to deal with the usual 2-3 hour twisting up process JUST to take them bad girls back down, I can have 'out' hair, and it'll be all wavy and wild how he likes it. *wiggleseyebrows*

Hrrm, maybe I'll add a little TwistGel to my Kiya Pudding for that style - the gel should give it a lil extra hold to keep the shape of the twists in better.

*thinks* This will be the first time I've ever PLANNED to do a twist out, so now I'm thinking about how to part it so that it'll look right. I know I want my usual slanted off-center part, thicker on the left side since that's my short side. Maybe I should start in the crown, and circle out from there - I don't want to do any true parts besides the front one, so that I don't have to do TOO much to conceal the parts.

Yeah, that'll rock.

Urm, I think that might be it....for now, at least.