Signature Hair Look

Way back in 2008 I told you guys that a side part was the critical ingredient in my signature hairstyle. Well guess what, 3 years later and that's still the case! Some things never change ... When I want to switch it up, I switch the sides or the depth of the part but that's about it.

Ladies, what's your signature hair look?

Increased Thickness

Quick hair update via photo... It's a camera phone pic so the quality isn't that great but I noticed that my hair seems to be thicker. I've been using JBCO on the back area to help it grow in better and it looks like it's working.

Length Update

I haven't been taking too many pictures of my hair lately, but as I was cleaning out the photo gallery of my phone I saw this photo and decided to share. I can't tell you exactly when it was taken but it was before my birthday (September 10th).

First Edition: Guess Whose Hair!

Guess whose hair this is!  Here's a clue.... she's been featured right here on The Anti Hair Slave before. 

Here's another clue... it's not me! She is related to me...

The answer, more pictures, and her hair care regimen after the JUMP!

If you guessed, GRAM!  Then you are RIGHT!!!! Yup ladies that's my grandmother.  I swear as she gets older her hair just gets longer and thicker and these pics were taken after they stylists cut about 2-3 inches off her hair. 

Isn't gram supercute?!!?  I know!  Okay so basically, Gram uses whatever shampoo and conditioner is in the house.  She leaves her conditioner on for a least 5 minutes with no heat, then she blows and curls her hair.  She does that once a week and she might touch up her bangs once during the week if needed with the curling iron.  She loves Biosilk for shine and that's pretty much it.  How simple is that?!?  None of this moisturizing and sealing every night or using growth aids.  One thing she does do it put her hair in a ponytail and cover it with a scarf before bed. 

She is self-relaxed and she touches it up every 8 weeks and self-trims as needed.  She also colors her hair, either she'll do it herself or I'll put it in for her. 

Hair Cut + Bangs

I got the scissor bug AGAIN!  Yup, I know I said I was going to stay away from the scissors this time, but I just can't.  First, I went and got a haircut.  My hair is now hoovering around APL, some days it looks shorter and other days it looks longer but regardless the swang of my new 'do is crazy!  I'm loving it.  BUT, that wasn't enough.  The week following my haircut, I got a Dominican Cellophane to brighten up my natural color and I got side swept bangs cut!  Now I'm completely satisfied with my hair, I'm no longer bored with it!  It's so light and fluffy, I love my hair...  Yay! 

Spring Summer Changes

I'm serious thinking about getting a cool semi-funky hair cut.  The scissor bug has hit me and although I'm trying to hold off, I'm really leaning towards doing something different. 

How about you guys?  Anyone thinking of changing up their hair look for Summer 2010?!

2010 April Length Check

It's been 3 months since my last length check... let's go back here is my hair in January

So over the past few months I've been using the Mega-Tek and Castor Oil mix off and on.  I've been bunning mostly and moisturizing and sealing every few days, nothing hard core but I've been pretty good with it.  Minimal heat, meaning once a week blowdrying on low with flat iron.  Here is my hair now:

I'm well past armpit length, but still not brastrap length.  This in between-ness is killing me, but on another note my nap is improving slightly, the right side is doing better than the left so I'm still working on that.   

So my next length check in will be in July so stay tuned for that!  I've decided to do length updates every 3 months because it gives my hair some time to make a little progress. 

Hair Thoughts

As we go into the New Year, I always start to think about years past and ways I can improve going forward.  This year I couldn't help but think about my hair goals and how I could possibly be preventing myself from achieving the goals that I "think" I want.  I mean over the time that I've been blogging about hair and hair care, I have been able to completely change my hair.  I went from okay looking, but not so healthy looking hair to great looking healthy hair.  Don't get me wrong I still have problem areas I am working on, but for the most part, my hair is healthy.  The texture has completely changed and become softer and more manageable.  I've gone from getting a touch-up from every 5-6 weeks to every 10-12 weeks, sometimes even longer.  So why am I not waist length yet?  I've had minimal set-backs, that really haven't had drastic results on the length of my hair.  The answer?  I'm scissor happy.  Apart from occasionally dustings, needed trims (read: 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch snipped), and search and destory sessions, HAIRCUTS!  12/30/08 I got a Lob, then eight months later (8/20/09) I got my favorite cut of them all.  Everytime I move past APL I get my hair cut, I never noticed it before but when I look back that's the case.  Maybe it's concidence or maybe I'm subconsciously cutting because hair longer than APL is a hassle, remember this?    So my goal for 2010 is no hair cuts, only dustings and seach and destory sessions.