So I know this is not the picture you expected to see when talking about my braids but walk with me through the story for a while.
If you've perused my journal any (especially 1999
& 2001) you'll see that I love
love love individual extension braids. I've had all kinds! Thing
is, I was suffering from hair loss
because of them plus my relaxer so I vowed to give them up for a
while. Well, about 3 weeks ago I got an itching for braids again,
my spring-summer hairstyle. I went to book the appointment but just
kept questioning that I'd came this far and didn't want to mess
up my hair. But I wanted a 'take-a-break' style
like I usually have around this time of year. ... so I decided on
crochet braids even though, in the past I wasn't feeling them on
other people at times.
Here's why crochet braids: 1. I only have to cornrow my real hair and that means less stress on my edges 2. They wouldn't take as long to do 3. The wouldn't cost as much 4. I could do the 'get-up-and-go' thing for a while and lastly 5. I could change how I look...something I miss somewhat.
The picture to the right is right before I went to the shop. I deep
conditioned the night before, cleared out my hair in the shower
with a wide toothed comb,
added jojoba treatment
and placenta treatment
oils and let it dry. This morning I woke up and cleared it out dry
section by section spritzing with glycerin
and water as I went along. This is what I had, a nice, cleared
out afro for the girl to braid. I shaped it and walked right
out the house *smile*
