It is Friday. I love Friday's. Any other day you couldn't pay me enough to roll out of bed before 6:45AM [that might be negotiable], but today I jumped up at 5AM ready to start my day. I was so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I decided to attempt yet another wash and go. It came out eh, by the time I left my house my hair was in a high pony.
I have come to face the grim reality that the longer I go without pressing my hair, the more shrinkage I get in the back. I am definitely not a fan of the shag, and I didn't appreciate not one bit that I looked like Billy Ocean when all was said and done.
It was a pretty sunny day in L.A, so I decided to throw on my most comfy pair of shorts, and my American Apparel tights. I absolutely love their tights, talk about instant toning of the gams! Please forgive the pic quality, the lighting was awful this morning!
I luv the tights with shorts look. I don't have any shorts so I'll have to make some. Lol. I just keep having this vision of wearing some black shorts with grey tights. Hahaha.
ReplyDeletefirst of let me say that i luv ur hair, style, and blog. I had the same shrinkage issue with my hair and found this lady on youtube (taren916) who gave the best tutorial on preventing that whole "shrinkage" thing. So basically you pre-poo,wash,condition,jel (or watevr u do to define ur curls), and then seal with the oil of your choice (i love evoo). After that you dry your hair not all the way through, leave it a little bit wet with a diffuser. The diffuser is realy good because it drys your hair without blowing it out (if you get what I'm saying-- it keeps everything in palce) then, after that you take off the diffuser and stretch out your roots by blowing them with ur regular blowdrier. It works like a charm. I do it all the time and it adds an extra 2- 3 inches. Try it. As a matter of fact while I was writing this my frend reminded me that there is a tutorial by taren916 on this on youtube. Here is the link. Good luck and please don't press out your hair :-(. Love the leggings!
ReplyDeletexo. From London, England
http://www.youtube.com/user/taren916?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/17/klU9RV4gkt0
I randomly happened upon your blog and love it! I'm working on a hair blog post and this is the perfect coincidence. I am considering transitioning...again. I've done it a couple of times and eventually succumbed to the relaxer. But for now, I'm focusing on natural hair products...while I come to terms with the fact that I'll have to make a big chop.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog. Great hair. Great outfits. Definitely following.
Love the outfit in this post! What kind of red lipstick are you rocking? I'm a fan on MAC's Viva Glam I but I like how bright your shade is...
ReplyDeleteOf course your hair is fab too...
Love, love, looooove that fau fur scarf! Such a killer look!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Jesa
@Milan So do I. Plus I can cheat and not have to worry about toned legs, because the tights make everything look irie..lol
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the idea of wearing grey tights underneath black shorts. Go for it!
@Anonymous Thank you for the support! And I think you may have just saved my life [and my hair]! I am going to try Taren's technique next wash day!
ReplyDelete@Latoya Thank you very much!! And natural hair products are definitely the way to go! Good luck if you decide to do the big chop! And if not, you can always have a beautiful relaxed head of hair!
ReplyDelete@South Loop Social Light It is Ruby Woo by MAC!! And it is one of my favs!
ReplyDelete@Jesa Thank you soo much, I got that thing a long time ago!!! It was cheap too.
ReplyDeleteYour wash and go looks great! That style never works out for me. I have a big poof by the end of the day, major shrinkage and serious dryness!
ReplyDeleteLOVE THE LOOK WISH MY NATURAL HAIR HAD GOT THAT LONG.I GOT A RELAXER ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO BUT KNOW I'M FED UP OF IT AND I'M TRANSITIONING .ITS BEEN 6 MONTHS,SO HOPEFULLY MY HAIR WILL LOOS THAT HEALTHY WHEN I FINALLY CUT MY RELAXER OFF.
ReplyDeleteLOVE THE OUTFIT