YouTube Special: Straw Set

Check out how I achieved this style below!

Straw Set Day 2

 This straw set is holding up nicely!

Straw Set Day One!

 I took the straws out on Saturday to attend a church banquet.  I was running late and wasn't able to undo every curl but it didn't make a difference.  Let's just say this straw set was everything I could have hoped for! My favorite style yet! Video Tutorial on the way.

My First Straw Set!

I'll be playing catch up on these next few posts.  This one was supposed to go up on Friday but here it is.  I was inspired by backsyncfan and WomanInTheJungle on YouTube to do a straw set on my hair.  I practiced it several months ago but my hair was too short then.  I figured now was a good time to do it.  I was hoping for an outcome similar to an outcome of a finger coil out.  I used regular sized bendy drinking straws.  I cut them up and ended up doing about 80-90 curls with the straw pieces.  I used Shea Moisture's Curl Enhancing Smoothie on each curl. 

It seemed like it took an eternity.  I started at about 3:45pm on Friday, and didn't finish until about 1:30am on Saturday! Of course I took many breaks in between, one of which included twisting my mother's hair, so I'm just going to guess that it took about 4hrs or so altogether.  I had my sister do the back of my head because it gets pretty easy to miss hair if you can't see what you're doing.  After all that, this hairstyle had better be worth it!

The Search is Over!

I made a post several days ago explaining my search to find a new deep conditioner since I'm almost out of mine and it cost way too much to buy again.  So I narrowed it down to 4.  I sampled the Argan Oil and wasn't crazy about it.  I was very put off by the last Beautiful Textures product I used so that took their Rapid Repair off my list.  So it got down to the Eden Bodyworks deep conditioner and the Nothing But Intense Healing Mask.  

I was at Walmart and I knew they carried the Eden BodyWorks, so I decided to get that one. I literally had the product in my hand ready to buy, then I looked down and saw the Nothing But product and began to rethink it.  I had never seen it in Walmart before so I was surprised. I picked it up and smelled it and the citrus/lemon smell wasn't as bad as I imagined.  Then I called my sister over to help me compare ingredients.  In the end, Nothing But won.  Mainly because I thought it was cheaper (I was wrong) and the list of ingredients and what they do to your hair are all listed on the website (very informational).  Anyway, I can't wait to use it, and I hope it works well.

Song of the Day: Fine China

http://www.last.fm/music/Chris+Brown

For the record, I used to be a huge Chris Brown fan.  I'm talking posters all over the wall, buy every magazine with his face in it type of fan.  For a while there, I was afraid to even claim him in that way because I think we can all agree that he lost all of his mind at one point.  He's so talented but all the negativity he brought on his self made his talent worthless.  Not only did I get over him and his outrageous behavior, but I was over all his techno poppy fist pump songs.  He seemed to have fallen into the trap of the crappy music being put out.  I'm not sure if he's in his right mind yet, but his new single Fine China gives me hope that he's on the right track.  The song and video are very Michael Jackson-esque so that's already a plus.  I don't care what he does from now on, but he definitely needs to keep songs like this coming.  Check it out below.

YouTube Special: Chocolate Hair Fail

 Watch the video below to see how I attempted to color my sister's hair chocolate brown...