Getting back in the styling groove.

Rocked my Fro at some point last week

I've been kinda 'bleh' with styling my hair in the last couple of months; apart from the fact that I thought I was over manipulating my strands, I just wasn't feeling my hair, style wise. The one thing I've come to realize in all of this though, is that I'm not a great fan of two strand twists.

Yes they're versatile and quick and bla bla bla but for me personally, it would be one of the last things I would do on my hair when faced with options. Maybe when I get to a longer length and can do really chunky twists without looking like I stuck my fingers in an electric socket :)

I actually had twists for like 2 weeks recently - took them out and was going to get crochet braids in. I had woven my hair and all that in preparation for the crochet braids but I decided to rock the hair that way - at some point, got a wig too and rocked that for a few days.

Rocking my twists at Locitude with the  lovely Aderonke

Then I remembered that I had a stash of Marley hair somewhere and I hadn't rocked any Faux buns/up do's in a while. Hmmmm.................

My hair slathered in my ayurvedic mix

So on Monday, decided to get an Ayurvedic treatment - mixed some Amla, Brahmi, Maka, Kapoor Kachli with some hotwater, and let it sit overnight. I prepoo'd my hair with my Brahmi Hair oil
(honestly, the earthy smell of this oil has a way of relaxing me) and the following morning, mixed in some honey, olive, castor, coconut, almond, rosemary and peppermint oils and added some Aussie Moist 3 minute conditioner ( an old favorite I'm revisiting).

Slathered it on my hair, covered with a cap and stuck my heating cap on for about 30 minutes. Rinsed off, co washed with Aussie Moist Conditioner and then used my Kimmaytube leave in mix. I didn't want to use heat to stretch my hair and wanted it stretched beyond what braiding would give me so I got my threading game on! Yep.

My Nkemji look :)

After taking out the thread 

When it was nice and stretched in the morning, brushed it up into a top bun and decided  on a simple faux bun.

Top bun with Marley Hair

Today I decided to switch things up a little and tried a different look - instead of just wrapping the hair around my bun, I made 4 loose twists with the Marley hair and wrapped 2 twists around my bun and created a little swoop in front with the other two. This one I'm really loving!!

I love Ecostyler Gel! My edges are always LAID!

I'm definitely going to explore other styles this week and bring you pictures next week.  See ya!

xoxoxo