MY NEW WEIGHTLOSS BLOG

Hi there divas. Just wanted to share my weightloss journey with those of you that are interested. Don't wanna read any jokes about my before pics. LOL

So check out my new blog when you get a chance.

Thanks...

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY, PART II

Hiyas ladies. I hope your weekend is going okay thus far. The weather is bad here & I've been on the web all night. I'm about to launch another blog tonight & I've been working on that (will post the details later for those that are interested). I don't know if any of you have ever heard of the hCG diet but I will be starting on it tomorrow with the hopes of slimming down alot. I have seriously slacked off on the running but plan to get back in the swing of things. My new blog will document my weight loss journey.

Anyhoo...I decided to show y'all what I look like when it's time to go to bed. Except for the nights that I'm extremely tired or extremely lazy, I baggy my hair. To keep the baggy on, I tie a faux silk (polyester) scarf around my hair. My real silk scarf always comes off in the middle of the night.

Just want to credit CurlyNikki (one of my fave bloggers) for this idea. I don't remember when & the exact content of the series but I know she has done something on her blog about nighttime routines.




I'm thinking about doing a giveaway. Don't know what would be good though, being that there are so many different curls represented on here. Can someone tell me what is a universal item for curly perm wearers. I can't think of it since everyone doesn't baggy & of course everyone doesn't use the same maintenance products. Any ideas?

Well ladies I may be out of the loop until Monday. The hubs & I are supposed to take our 2 year old to see Thomas the Train up in Tennessee this weekend & I may not have time to post anymore until Monday.

As always, have a FABULOUS weekend! Cya...

HOW IS THE WEATHER AFFECTING YOUR HAIR?

I've always heard people complain that the winter weather was harsh on their strands. Well, maybe it's just me but it seems that the hotter it becomes outside, the drier my hair becomes.

When I got my curl back in March, of course the temperature was a lot lower during the day than it is right now. I wasn't having a problem with my hair drying out so quickly.

Now it seems like the heat/sun is drying my hair out & in no time, my hair is parched & thirsty.

So for all of my curl veterans out there, what do you think about the weather & how it affects your hair?

GROWTH CHECK

I'm sure most of you have heard/read that the average person's hair growth is about 1/2 inch per month. Usually I'm pretty average. When I was anal about measuring & using all sorts of topical growth aids, sometimes I would see 3/4 inch, up to 1 inch per month. However, topical growth aids are big commitments & I usually would slack after the 1st month.

I had posted previously that I felt down because I felt like my hair was growing slower than normal. Well, my wonderful stylist, Natalie, informed me that I probably couldn't see much difference between the textures of my new growth & my curl. And basically she was right. However, though I can't see the difference, I definitely can feel it.

So, I decided to pull out my tape measure & see if I was at least seeing average growth & HALLELUJAH, I am! My one month anniversary was on the 11th of this month. So basically I've had my curl for a month and a half. I have about 3/4 inch of new growth. That puts me on target for having one inch in two months.

I know these pics aren't the best but my photographer of choice tonight was my 13 year old. I didn't feel like trying to explain to hubby what I was doing with a tape measure to my scalp. LOL

I basically put the clip at the very edge of my newgrowth. I also took the flash off - so no my hair isn't quite that dusty looking. (:-)

Divas, what are your growth rates like? Is everyone prettymuch average? I'm thinking if we grow 6 inches of hair per year, exactly how much should we be retaining? I would like to at least retain 5 of the 6.

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY

It seems that even with a curly perm, my hair tends to have a mind of it's own. So that leads to some good hair days as well as some bad hair days. Here are a few pics just to show how my hair differs from day-to-day.

Here's wishing each & every one of you a FABULOUS Monday!

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

Hi ladies. I've been having some serious technical difficulties & am unable to post pics at this time. I have a post ready to go but I have not been able to get the pics uploaded. Hopefully I will have this problem resolved by tomorrow. Please be patient with me. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Take care...

Overnight Baggying

In an effort to make sure that I maintain the proper moisture level in my hair at all times, I baggy overnight for added moisture. I've been concerned about hair loss around my hairline due to the elastic in the plastic cap. So some nights I'll wrap my hair in saran wrap. However, the saran wrap seems so much hotter than the plastic cap.

Well someone on LHCF posted about a new invention called the Hydracap. Thing is, this isn't a new invention. It's simply a dome shaped shrink wrap bag.

I tried it out & overall it works much better than a plastic cap. There's no elastic to pull at your hairline. Because you use heat to mold it to your hair, it actually will stay put & not come off during the night. The only downside is the noise!

Because it is composed of really thick plastic, it has the loudest crunch ever. I didn't even make it overnight with it on. My hubby made me take it off due to the noise. So...if you're single this might work.

Here's a pic of what it looks like. Also I did a little research & you can definitely beat the Hydracap website's prices. When the hydracap website first launched the prices were like $10 for 50 caps or 20 cents per cap.

Of course I was able to beat that price big time! I found a website where you can get 500 caps for $34 or 7 cents per cap.

Let me know if any of you ladies decide to try this out.