I can’t really take a good picture of how far the short, broken part of my hair has come. I can tell you how awesome it is for me to be able to braid my hair without too much of a break in continuity. It’s awesome to be able to put it into twists *which are still ugly for my head IMO* and not have to make up for the shortness of the back part of my hair. It still has about an inch or 3 to go before it is as long as what I already have. When it all grows out 2 more inches, I am cutting off the 2 inches of damage that are still on my head. That will be a great day indeed!

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I hate hair. It is such a defining factor in the way you are seen and the way you see yourself. Sometimes I wish I could just shave it bald and never deal with it again.

I am still on the search for what my hair type really is. I have it grown out enough to be able to tell something more about it. I can give you an idea of what it’s like to have the hair that I have.

When wet, uncombed, and air dried, I end up with a massive ball of frizz that has ringlet curls and small waves that never lay down.

When combed in the shower and air dried, I have straight hair at the roots that move into to medium wave intervals, and lots of volume/body.

When brushed while wet, I end up with about the same thing I have combed in the shower, except that the brushing makes the waves more uniform.

What do you do with hair that has so much volume and body that you cannot get it to lay down without beating it into submission? It does NOT fro…I repeat does NOT fro. It FRIZZES, even with use of frizz control, it can only do so much.

So I decided to get some more things for my hair, because I am switching a few things in my regimen. My hair has never been so soft!

I am still using the Profectiv Strengthener, but have cut down a bit on the use of the Wave Noveau moisturizer. I bought some Olive Oil spray sheen, which is working really well for my hair and a defrizzing gel with no alcoholic content. Joyful stuff! It doesn’t gag my hair at all. I can use it to straighten with the flat iron, blow dry (ut I don’t do that), or just wear natural. Works like a charm.

I even got rained on, and my hair barely puffed. I am having a ball with my hair right now. The short spots are long enough to hold in braids, so I am doing that some days. Just glad to be able to stick with this natural thing.

My buddy Dr. Victorine aka idadi has posted the interview we did on the IM Saturday morning. I was the star of her recent Journey Feature for natural hair. I was more than honored to get in on this blog. Make sure you check out my story. She had some really good questions that made me think!

Okay so I have a serious problem. I do not have “typical” black hair. What does that mean? Well, even if it is picked and teased it won’t stand up straight. It does not like twists. It doesn’t lock, even if you roll around on a bed with it out, it just breaks. I don’t have tight little curls. I have the beginning of a curl that turns into a wavy curl as it gets longer, hence the reason I cannot fro my hair. It takes to the flat iron VERY well and always comes out lovely when I use it.

I like my curls, but it is going to take a LONG time for my hair to get long enough for me to even consider having it out in all its truly natural *glory*. I have 3 lengths of hair right now, so it’s definitely not a good look. I am resolved not to do any more drastic cuts on it.

Products: Dove Intensive Care (dark blue), Wave Nuveau Moisturizing Lotion (left over from when I had Wave Nuveau in my hair), hair strengthener and leave in conditioner.