Cultured in Media

I FAILED. I must take these box braids down tonight. As in RIGHT NOW. I miss my hair. I'm tired of looking ragged. And generally, I am bored. On top of everything else, we are in the middle of a freakin' heat wave. Come on! After I take down, I plan on Deep Conditioning and either wearing a wash-n-go or a bun. Either way, I will feel much better. So much for lasting a month right? At least I am continuing the "No Heat" challenge. So don't shake your head too much at me. ETA: I finally took down these braids after 6hrs of labor. Wow. You do not know how relieved I am. This 100+ weather in Brooklyn is too much. That + no AC is  a no-go. I am about to DC overnight, then wear a wash-n-go for work tomorrow. I will gladly take pics. Ciao

I'm beyond bored with these box braids. You already know how I get bored with my hair easily, so imagine having these braids in. Yea. Sucks. I'm trying my hardest to maintain until the end of the month. That will make four weeks of these braids. My hair is growing quickly. Already I have new growth that is killing me just to look at. (images below)  So pretty much I have been keeping it in a loose bun. Now to help me get over this hump/funk I'm in with styling options on loose braids, I went to youtube for some ideas.  I found a few styles I am going to give a try. I will post pictures of course as I do them. For now, I will go off and sulk in my own braided misery. 

I'm far from style challenged. My problem is I get bored with the same styles. Usually, I find a few styles I do, do not go with my face to kindly. With strong African features, I had to find what really looked right to me. Well It has been two weeks since I got these box braids in that I did myself. As I stated, I am going to keep them in for this entire month of July. Hopefully, this will give me that extra inch closer to waist length that I need. Last length check I did was back in May. I stopped using heat in June. In box braids until August. Man, I can't wait to see what the next length check has in store for me. Surprise galore, I'm sure. Anyway, here are a few pics of styles I have work with these braids. These are after my first wash, and conditioning treatment