Forever and a Day...

Forever and a day ago, I made my last posting - and from the tone, it looks like I was still trying to find that perfect product that did wonders and made my hair elongated, moisturized, bouncy and soft to the touch...yep! still looking.

My regular routine now, if all the supplies are available ( you know keeping up with your products is an expensive business) - I apply Jane Carter's conditioner, mainly to the crown of my head because that's where my hair is thickest...then on top of that kinky curly leave in conditioner...all over...and finally, a touch of mixed chicks. This has been my routine for about 4 months...and I still get questions about how do I get my hair to curl like that, so I guess it looks okay.

I do still question the moisture content, because I still feel like that is the most important step that people tend to forget...they want to do all these styles - and keep everybody guessing, when I want people to focus on the health of their hair.

I did have a touch for curls left in the bottle one day...and that little bit I could see a slight difference. Hey...when you are low on products you look high and low for something that will make your hair look managable. When I don't apply anything to my hair...it looks like it feels. Soft...amost like cotton...just blowing in the wind. It looks much better with a few products in it...and it doesn't look like I'm Kizzy from Roots.

Don't get me wrong, I love my hair...and just recently I tried a new style that I LOVED! It was a two strand twist - flat twist like cornrolls, but twisted instead of braids - I'm sure you didn't need that much of an explination. Anyway, I loved it when I took it out (which was two day after going to the salon) - it almost gave me that look I'm really striving for...BUT, it looked dry and it only lasted one day. I still havent' figured out how to preserve my styles at night...afraid to laydown...anything, unless I've gone where I need to go for the day. Please someone tell me how to sleep...and not have to completely re-do my hair every single day. I live for my work from home days because I can just wet it and do nothing...or not even wet it at all...and it can be free to do whatever - ONLY when I'm not going outside my house! lol.

Anyway, I did see an ad for "as I am" products - and of course everyone has the same slogan. I don't know how recent the products came out, but I'm guessing they are pretty new since I hadn't heard of them...or maybe, I just live under a rock! I suppose the only place to get it is from their website...and for the life of my I can't remember the price point. At any rate...I wasn't totally impressed with the website I suppose, since I didn't order...and can't remember the price point. I judge a lot by the models...but they only had two pictures up - and I couldn't really get a good feel on if the product was decent or not.

Well, that's all for now. If I can find any pictures to post of recent hair days, I will. Lately, I've been straightening my hair for special occassions...about once every three months. My new stylist (blade) is great, but says I need to see him more often...don't they ALL say that...heck, maybe it's true!

Happy, Nappy, Natural - J