Here’s to Finding Love in 2010!

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The Hair Journey Continues: Brazilian Keratin Treatments, Lace Front Wigs & Hair Weaves!!

So, the saga with my hair continues. Last time we talked, I had taken out my weave after 7 months and my hair was a wreck! I went in search of a Dominican Stylist and found her in Dallas. She worked wonders with my non-relaxed mass of kinks and turned my hair in to a cute swingy bob. I loved the results, but sadly, her work did not last. My hair lost the swing after 48 hours and I was in search of
another alternative for my natural hair. For the uninitiated to the world of Black Women and our hair struggles, natural hair means hair that is free of chemical treatments such as relaxers or perms that many of us put in our hair to make it “straight” and manageable. Relaxers are affectionately referred to as the “creamy crack” because once you start getting relaxers, you have to get them redone every 8-12 weeks like clockwork due to kinky new growth hair coming in and taking away the straightness. Going to the hair dresser every 2 weeks does feel like going to your Dealer for an expensive and necessary fix!! LOL I am happy to report that I have been relaxer free for over a year as my hair has been in a weave the whole time. When I took my weave out, I was left with the delima as to what to do with my very kinky natural hair. I refuse to become a creamy crack addict again. I decided to alternate between wearing Lace Front Wigs and wearing my own natural hair just as Tyra Banks is this season on her show.

After a lot of research, I decided to apply a new hot hair treatment called The Brazilian Keratin treatment. Some refer to it as the Brazilian Blowout. I ordered the kit on ebay and completed the 2 day process. Yes, I did say 2 DAY!!! I fully chronicled the process in a very raw and real way on facebook with the dreaded “before” pics (they were pretty damn hysterical, including one of my niece Cara laughing
at my short, kinky afro in one of the pics) to the jaw dropping “after” shots. I went from a super kinky, very tightly coiled (as in could not get the comb thru it) afro to shoulder length, shiny, swingy gorgeous hair with the process. The results look just like results from a relaxer without subjecting my hair to harsh chemicals. For those that have asked me, since I did the process 4 weeks ago, I have shampooed my hair times and the results are still the same. I go from kinky afro to swingy, straight hair after an hour with the flat iron. It is truly miraculous each time!!! Another amazing result, my hair has grown 3/4 of an inch in a month after this treatment. I washed it and flat ironed it this morning and it is touching my shoulders. It was definitely not doing that a month ago as I lost a ton of hair removing the weave. This is exciting news indeed!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE BRAZILIAN KERATIN TREATMENT!! FYI…I made my Facebook folder that has tons of pics of the process visible only to me. I am no longer in the mood to have people see me with the natural state of my hair. There are videos on this blog though of my weave removal drama & my Dominican Hairstylist results.

What’s next with my hair??? Glad you asked. While I am pleased with the results of the Brazilian Keratin Treatment, wearing my own hair brings it’s own challenges. First, with my own hair, I have to think about it all the damn time. How will I style it, is it cute, how do I camoflage my wrecked hairline as I am working to grow it in?? etc… Also, I have decided to grow it out again to be well past my shoulders and down my back as it was last year and with my constant flat ironing and styling, I run the risk of it breaking off and not growing. I found that I was wearing my Lace Front wigs more frequently as it is a hell of a lot easier to throw on a wig vs. spending an hour doing my own hair and not being totally pleased with the results. I decided to go back to my long Indian Hair weave! This is for a couple of key reasons. First, when my hair is braided under my weave, it is left with nothing to do but grow, grow, grow! It is protected from the
elements and will grow like crazy which is what I want. Second, a weave is so damn easy to maintain. I simply wash it, let it air day and go. As an added and important benefit, I get my “glamour girl” look back that I love so damn much! Whoo Hoo!! Another benefit to having the weave back that only my Sista Girls will understand…I don’t need to figure out how the hell I’m going to keep my wig on and undetected if I am spending the night with my dude, LMAO!!! Ya’ll know what I’m talking about!!! Lawd, that is a lot of damn pressure!! You know how when you get home after having your wig on all day and all you want to do is snatch that sucka off and let your hair breathe. Imagine having to sleep in that sucka cause you can’t go “natural” in front of your man. This is one of the challenges of dating white dudes – they aren’t as informed about our hair traumas as the Brothas are!! LOL

Off to get my weave and pose for pics with my new stylist! Yay!!

For those of you that don’t know what the hell I am talking about, here are videos that explain what Brazilian Keratin Treatment, Lace Front wigs and Hair Weaves are.

BRAZILIAN KERATIN TREATMENT:

LACE FRONT WIGS:

HAIR WEAVES:

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My Hair Weave Journey – A New Look!!!

Hi Everyone,

As I blogged about a few posts ago, I made the decision to release the weave for a little while. After taking several weeks to decide what I wanted to do, I stumbled across the world of Dominican hairstylists and their amazing ability to take natural, kinky hair and turn it into soft, silky, swinging hair with just a hair dryer and a flat iron. I was intrigued since I do not want to become addicted to the Cream Crack (relaxers) again and I’ve made the choice to have natural hair. I was able to find an amazing Dominican stylist in Dallas and she worked wonders on my hair today. I am left with an above the shoulder, swingy, chemical free, layered bob that I really like. Now, I do not know how long I will go without my weave as I have several high profile events with multi-millionaires (including Donald Trump) during the month of November. I have found that since I am typically the only Black woman at such events, it is in my best interest to play up my best assests – one of which is my sexy Barbie hair. The weave may go back in at the end of October if I feel like flying to Los Angeles to see my stylist. We’ll see. Until then, enjoy the video diary I did to document this process. Ciao!!

The final day with the weave:

After 7 hours of torture, this is what is left at 4:00am!!!

This is not me, but a VERY accurate representation of what I went thru at the Dominican Salon. And yes, my hair looked exactly like the chick in the video when the process started! Truly amazing transformation!!!:

THE FINAL RESULT!!!!! CAN YOU TELL I LOVE IT??? LOL

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Missing Aaliyah

Many times over the past 8 years since her death, I find myself thinking about Aaliyah. When celebrities die, I usually note it and move on, but ever since her untimely death on August 25th, 2001, I have felt overwhelming sadness as I reminisce about how incredibly young, beautiful, talented, vibrant and amazing she was. She accomplished so much in her short time on this earth and I simply wish she was still here to share her gifts with the world.

Here are some of my favorite Aaliyah songs. Enjoy!

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Interracial Love – Expanding My Options…

As I have mentioned many times in this blog, I LOVE MEN!!  Tall ones, short ones, skinny ones, round ones, Rich ones, Middle-class ones, etc….  Hell, I’ve even kissed a redneck or two.  LOL!!!  However, it is no secret that I have a particular preference.  Hell, even Stevie Wonder can see it.   One of the things I want to accomplish with this blog is to open people’s eyes to the possibility of opening yourself  to finding love with someone that may not look like you.   I am a Woman that is DRIVEN by having options and I’m glad that I fully exercise my option to love and to be loved by Men of all races.

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