Cultured in Media

I CUT MY HAIR. I MEAN LITERALLY A FEW INCHES. IT LOOKS SO MUCH HEALTHIER, AND IS SO FULL OF BODY. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO LIMIT HEAT AND FIND ALTERNATIVES TO THAT FOR THE NEW YEAR. AIMING TO REACH PAST WL IN 2014 SINCE I DID NOT HAPPEN THIS PAST YEAR. ANYWAY, I'M ENDING THIS RANDOM POST WITH PICS FROM TONIGHT. HAVE A FUN AND HAPPY START TO THE NEW YEAR.

It's that time again, and since I flat ironed my hair this last week of December, I decided to post my "End of the Year Length Check." ( Here is last year's length check ) This year I have had a lot of growth, a lot of experimenting, and a lot of damage due to not using heat protectant. I ended up trimming four times this year due to breakage from the heat, and from constantly wearing a styles with bobby pins that I would keep in the same position. Towards the end, I started back my old routine - oil rinsing and deep conditioning weekly. So far it seems to be going great. I can not wait to see what 2014 holds for my hair. Maybe finally I will be able to reach Waist Length. Ciao I will not post until the New Year! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!! If you are with me for the No heat challenge like last year, please update me on how you are making out as well. I tried to link the past mini "no heat challenge for 90 days results" but I coul...

Day 19 through 21: Okay, oil rinsed Wednesday night, and dry wrapped hair again. I wore the following styles all week. Saturday, I washed and conditioned. After letting hair air dry over night, I decided to flat iron. It came out beautifully. I made sure I used heat protectant as always. So no complaints over here. ETA: Okay well day 23 was pure hell for me. First I OD on Nyquil. So I was extra drowsy. Plus it was rainy outside all day, so I was just miserable. Now to complete this messed up day, I went left work, headed to my car that was parked down the block to find this: A DAMN FLAT TIRE. IN THE RAIN. WITH THIS FRESHLY FLAT IRONED HAIR. AAAAHHHH. I looked a pure mess afterwards. All that time flat ironing went to waste. So I am here tonight as I type this update, re-flat ironing. Don't worry, this is my last time flat ironing for a while. My friend, who is natural, did not flat iron her hair for a whole year and finally did it for Christma...

Well, after the oil rinse, I decided to shampoo and condition. I ended up doing a wet wrap on my hair which turned out gorgeous for this work week. I have been wearing it in a banana clip with it hanging thickly in the back and the waves flowing through the scalp giving it a textured look. I also work a braid across the front for most of the week thus far. Will upload pictures later, I can not seem to find my phone with the pictures at the moment. Ciao!!

As I type this, I'm giving myself an oil treatment just using Shea Butter and Coconut Oil. Not sure how long I'm going to let it soak into my strands but I do know that I needed it. My hair was so dry, it soaked the oil right up. Now the big question is, am I going to shampoo afterwards, or go straight to conditioner and wait another week before shampooing? Hmm... Then, if I do shampoo after, am I going to try roller-setting? am I going to dry wrap like I have done in the past? or am I going to wear it naturally curly? Decisions, decisions, decisions. Stay tuned...

Nothing to blog about. Same thing. Did nothing at all. I'm slouching. But at least I'm not practicing unhealthy habits.

Again, I didn't do anything but wear a wrap. Then raked it down. Half of this month is almost here. Yaaaay!!!

Random post: Gorgeous mane. This model has it all. Just thought I would make a random hair post on a hair crush.

A few quick selfies. Again didn't do much. Just unwrapped, then took a hand full of hair from the back and swooped it up. I pinned it down with two bobby pins. I did oil my scalp and apply some olive oil.

Still flat ironed. I wore a head wrap to work until I got into the building. This rain is not going to mess up my shine. Yea yea yea, I know pics right? I promise tomorrow I will have pics and also do a length check.

I know I was not supposed to use the flat iron...BUUUUUT I had to. I got tired of wetting my hair everyday. Tired of the braidouts etc. I shampooed, deep conditioned, then flat ironed. I did use heat protectant, I notice my natural curls are coming in, especially after I trimmed off a good amount.  So for this week, I will be wearing my hair straight.

Again, I did not do anything. Wore the same ponytail to work. I don't know what's going on with me, but I just haven't been in the mood to do anything to this mane. This weekend, I am going to give myself an oil treatment then see what to do with it for this week. Maybe a dry wrap.

I didn't do anything at all. I didn't wrap my hair. Did not apply any product. I simply just put my hair up in a ponytail.  Don't judge me.

Last night I decided to follow my routine to do a two strand twist out, following the routine from here . Products used: Curls unleashed jelly Shea Butter Comb Brush If everything goes as planned upon take down, I plan to wear my hair similar to this: I will unveil the results later on. So far this no heat/ 30 days of healthy hair practices are going easy for me.

Since it is mid-week, I decided to do a wash-n-go. Nothing spectacular. Of course I will post pictures later but at the moment the hair is still wet. I so want my wash- n-gos to come out big, culy, and fluffy like so: Sigh!! I love it. Will share the results later with you.  ETA: So the results didn't come out the way I liked, lol I started off nice, then as the hair dried, it got bigger and bigger and bigger, until I was forced to put it into a bun. sigh But here are a few pics before the bun as it dried.

For day 3, again, I didn't do much. I had a hard time trying to figure out how to style it but I ended up using a quarter size amount of Profectiv Hair Lotion. I Then left out a small section of hair for a front hump/bang. With the rest of the hair, I brushed back into a banana clip.  Since I combed the hair from the braidout, the banana clip  was hard to close, but I made it happen. I then twisted sections of the hair in the banana clip into two strand twists, pinning them around the banana clip. It actually came out really cute. 

After I did the  Coconut Oil Treatment  last night, I didn't do anything else as far as day one was concerned. I just put four conrows in over night to do braidout. I did trim off a lot of hair last night. I didn't like the way my ends were feeling. After cutting off a few inches, I found that in certain areas, my curls were popping again. So I may just continue to slowly trim off the heat damaged hair every three months if need be. DAY 1 PRE-POO'D  SHAMPOO'D CONDITIONED APPLIED SHEA BUTTER AND CURLS UNLEASHED TO HAIR, THEN PUT INTO FOUR CORNROWS DAY 2 TOOK OUT CORNROWS TO DO A BRAID OUT NIGH TIME: APPLIED OIL MIXTURE TO SCALP, WRAPPED HAIR UN-BRAIDED.

Dear December...Day 1 Keeping it simple. Coconut oil treatment to add moisture and shine to my hair. I want that strength, elasticity back in my strands. To view step by step on what exactly to do, follow my other pre-poo routine ( Pre-poo for softness ). For this round, I'm only using coconut oil, about a spoonful of olive oil, shea butter, and some cinnamon oil mixture. Planning on letting it set on my hair for about an hour. Rinse, shampoo, then condition. Most likely I will dry wrap my hair to put it up in a high bun for work tomorrow.

A post a day will keep me on my way....to great healthy lengths. Hehe! I promise to try my best to post at least one post EVERY day this month. Let's see if staying focused on my hair due to posting everyday will help me achieve my hair goals. Also I will be posting helpful tips, tricks, hairstyles, and confessionals in this "Dear December..." Stay posted. Any questions? Shoot me an email here .