theeREALmccoy
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Sooo I just wanted to come in and update you guys (in case anyone cares lol).
Straightened my hair for the 3rd time in the almost 2 years that I've been natural...and I can say this is the first time it's actually been successful!! Wore it for 4 days and then I played the Wii.
I still wore it but I plaited it into about 8 sections and braided it up at night. I actually ended up with a nice wavy hairstyle that wore for about a week. When that got old I ended up using my Shea Moisture CES mixed with a bit of eco styler for a braid out. BEST. BRAIDOUT. EVER. It had definition & body but it still hung & showed off my length! and I don't have pictures of it. 
Sorryyyyy!!
In other news, I can now make a ponytail! I was deep conditioning overnight one particular day and when I woke up I had like 20 minutes to get out the door...so I attempted to do a wash & go...Note that I have not done a wash & go in literally about a year (I strictly do braidouts and twistouts because my shrinkage is horrifying and I hate the detangling process after wearing a WnG.) Needless to say, my technique has to be changed because I have entirely too much hair to just smooth some product in and shake like I used to. Smh. So I grabbed my eco styler and slicked it on back because it wouldnt cooperate and go into an acceptable puff.
1 - Length check as of April 2012
2 - Length check in July of 2010 (I big chopped in August 2010)
3 - my wet ponytail
4 - another photo of my straightened hair
As you can see from the pics I've pretty much gained all my length back!!
Straightened my hair for the 3rd time in the almost 2 years that I've been natural...and I can say this is the first time it's actually been successful!! Wore it for 4 days and then I played the Wii.
I still wore it but I plaited it into about 8 sections and braided it up at night. I actually ended up with a nice wavy hairstyle that wore for about a week. When that got old I ended up using my Shea Moisture CES mixed with a bit of eco styler for a braid out. BEST. BRAIDOUT. EVER. It had definition & body but it still hung & showed off my length! and I don't have pictures of it. Sorryyyyy!!In other news, I can now make a ponytail! I was deep conditioning overnight one particular day and when I woke up I had like 20 minutes to get out the door...so I attempted to do a wash & go...Note that I have not done a wash & go in literally about a year (I strictly do braidouts and twistouts because my shrinkage is horrifying and I hate the detangling process after wearing a WnG.) Needless to say, my technique has to be changed because I have entirely too much hair to just smooth some product in and shake like I used to. Smh. So I grabbed my eco styler and slicked it on back because it wouldnt cooperate and go into an acceptable puff.
1 - Length check as of April 2012
2 - Length check in July of 2010 (I big chopped in August 2010)
3 - my wet ponytail
4 - another photo of my straightened hair
As you can see from the pics I've pretty much gained all my length back!!
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Congrats.
