Researching For My Hair's Sake

So, I am home for this Labor Day weekend. I washed my hair today. I look into the mirror at my airdrying hair, and I am so bored with it. I am getting frustrated with so many things about my hair that I have two choices: find some solutions asap or cut it all off. Since no one is gonna go for that last one, I am going to attempt to research all of September to get on board by October or this ish is getting the boot. I have so many problems that I am about to face:

boring hairstyles - need to find better styles with little manipulation and heat

breakage - my bonnet is breaking off my edges all the way around my head

thin ends - that should be easy to treat

overall thickness - something should help it

more growth - i would like to see an extra but of NG with my relaxers

lack of moisture - ehh

find balance with protein - ehh

The list goes on and on. I am so ready for change, regardless of the overall result. Ugh!!!!!! Wish me luck...I'll keep you updated.

Back at School

Hello, everyone. I am back at school now. I am about three hours away from my home town. I feel guilty having to leave because no one is going to have full time care of my mother's and grandmother's hair like I did. Also, when I was home, I would sway both of them from unhealthy habits, like grandmother use a lot of heat and my mother picks in her hair which leave bare spots. BUT, I am going home this weekend. I am going to relax my mother's hair and take a pic for everyone to see. I also need to have a list of products made up for them both to use as reference while I am not there. I could also refer to it, for I am not an expert, lol.

A little update about my hair. So, I decided to blow dry and flat iron my hair Friday. I tugged on my hair to do a quick length check. I had to do it over and over and over and over. Why? Because I could have sworn that a couple of strands were touching my BRA! I was too excited! But I am almost five weeks post. I will relax in another five. So, I will just see what my October relaxer will bring me. This weekend I am going to try another roller set and start wearing them for a few months to help with low manipulation between classes. I am still working on my problem areas, and I will have a complete update on those when I am either closer to my relaxer or post relaxer. I would love to sit here and talk about hair all day. But I do have a class in 19 mins. So, I will end here. But I am going to pick up on another post about a friend of mines and how I may be assisting in growing her hair back, also.
Muah, with love,
Lexie

Still working on my BLOG

So, I promised to have my blog up and running, but I haven't tweaked all the way. I had a very devastating death in my family. That put me way back, plus I had three finals to take. The classes are over and my grandfather is put to rest; maybe I can start getting used to this new adjustment.
Before he passed, my grandfather told me that he would never want to see me with short hair again. He got his wish, and I going to continue to push for longer lengths. I am going to make him so proud.

Time for updates:
I was going to relax next week on August 7th, but because of the untimely passing, I decided to cut my stretch short to a very shocking 7 weeks. This is the shorts stretch on record for me. I will NOT do this again. I did not lose any hair nor do I feel like I over processed. I feel like I was very mindful of my NG and my treated hair. I had to be more careful which made my relaxer time longer. That I did not care for. But I had a great relaxer. I will one week post tomorrow. As of right now, I do not have any updates to address about my mother's and grandmother's hair.

I will enter my last semester of my BS this month. I am so excited! I will attempting 19 hours, whoo! I know people have had more, but this will be the most for me. Graduation is December 9th, 2011 and I am hoping for BSL hair to go with my cap and gown. Oh!...and also straight A's, lol. But that is all I have to report at the time. Check out the new additions to my blog coming up REAL SOON this time, I promise.
Until next time,
Muah, Lexie

Sad, sad day.

Yesterday, July 23, 2011, 3 days before his 63rd birthday, my grandfather lost his short battle with lung cancer. My heart is absolutely torn to bits.
My grandfather meant the world to me. I love him with all of my heart. I am going to miss his conversations (mostly about fishing). I am going to miss his jokes (mostly about how others sucked at fishing). I am going to miss his laugh. He and I argued everytime I saw him because I would ask him how he was doing and his same reply was, "I am going alright for an old man." We would bicker for a while about that. I would hug him tight, even when he was drenched in his fishy smells from being out on the river all day long. I am going to miss him falling asleep with the remote in his hand on the couch. Even when he was down sick, he could make you feel like there was nothing wrong in the world. He was in better spirits in his last days than a healthy person was in.
One day my granddaddy saw my hair and told me it was beautiful. I thanked him and he told me it would hurt him something bad if I cut it. So, I am on a mission, to grow my hair to MBL in memory of my granddaddy. I promise, Granddaddy, I will grow it and I will take great care of it. I know you are smiling down on me. I am sorry that I am choking up and crying as I type this about you. But you know that you were a great impact on me and my life. I touched your things at your house today and broke down. You are no longer here. Your things seem cold and untouched. I wish you were, but I know that you are in so much peace that you would not trade it for the world. We all know that you are in heaven. You may not have had real gold in your life, but I hope the golden paved roads in heaven feel good on your feet. I love you, and I am wrapped eternally in your love and comfort from heaven. Love you always, you will never be too far away, Alexis.

My Hair Blog

Hello, bloggies. So, my page is getting pretty blah! I am so bored with it. I have decided to spruce things up and re-decorate. I want a little more organization and a lot activity. So, I am dedicating the next two days to re-designing my page. I am going to send out another blog when I feel like I am totally satisfied with everything. This up-coming blog will explain everything on my page also. I am going to adding additions to my page. I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!! Excitement!!!

Muah!

Hair Updates

Hello. I want to give everyone an update about my hair and the two heads that I am taking care of. I hope you do not find this entry boring, but I must warn you...this one is going to be quite long.

So, I will talk about my head first. I am five weeks post. I want to do a nine or ten week stretch. However, if I am not satisfied with the amount of NG at the time of my intended relaxer, I continue to stretch. I just started showing signs of NG this week. I have plans on rinsing my hair in about two weeks. I want to try this auburn color. My regimen is quite simple. I wash once a week, sometimes once every other week. I have been doing more DCs and protein treatments. I am APL, on my way to BSL. I have a few goals that I am trying to accomplish this year. One, I want to have overall softness to my hair. My hair is becoming more dull. Two, I am struggling with breakage around my edges all the way around my head. Three, I want to work on my ends. I want my hair to have an even look. I want have 50% improvement by the end of the year. I want to be BSL by christmas.

Today, I saw this girl of the mother I work for. Her hair is clearly BSL. I was so excited to see this on her. I longed for this length for myself. BSL all one length on me would be a dream. I cannot wait until it is my turn. I asked her who was she under, as far as stylist. She said this new stylist that just began her business as a hairdresser. I feel like I can accomplish the same if not more on my own. I may not have a degree or a certification, but I am equipped with the knowledge to take care of my hair. I am even taking care of two heads including mines.

My mother's head is quite different from mines. She has four problem areas: big thin spot at the top, each side of her head and thinning hair in the back. My mom was very unsupportive when I began my HHJ almost three years ago. However, after my first year, she saw a huge difference in my hair. So, I have been taking care of her hair for about a year and a half. Sadly, my mom hair shows no difference. It is because of her lack of protecting her hair at night. I feel like if she improves that 100 percent, she will a big difference in her problem areas and her overall hair. My goal for my mom hair is to grow out her hair at the top of her head and grow it out in the back where it is thinning. I recently trimmed and relaxed my mom's hair. It looks good straight and very curly, but between washes and five weeks into her stretches, it can really look like a disaster at times. I am afraid because I am leaving next month for school, and she will home taking care of her hair by herself (except for relaxers). But, I am planning on sitting her down and talking to her about the dos and don'ts of taking care of her hair without me. She is going to have to help with my grandmother's hair.

This grandmother I speak of is my mom's mother. I have been taking care of her hair for about a month. Her hair was in bad shape. It was very dry and very hard. It was also very uneven. But I woke up from a nap one day and asked to my grandmother's hair. This was my first time doing her hair. I was so glad that I could finally do something to it. She washed it, and I dried it. I cut a good deal of her damaged hair. If it was up to me, I would have cut a lot more, but I knew she would not be down for that. So, I have this personal goal for my gran's hair: to cut her hair even all over. This is a goal that is going to take a while to acheive, but I am willing to do whatever I can to grow her hair out and even it all over. Even though my gran's hair needs alot more work, I have successfully styled her hair three times with the flatiron and a gorgeous roller set. More importantly, she absolutely loved it. It was very soft and it moved with her. I was so proud of myself, but there is still plenty of work to be done.

So, that is my updates. Also, I am changing the entire look of my blog page. Check it out when you get a chance. Stay tune for more!

Hiatus, and I am sorry

Sorry for being gone so long. I have been trying to graduate. I think I am at the point where I can juggle school and my social networks now, so I am back and ready to get back on my HHJ for real this time. I have not blogged since July 2010 (long time). So this is what has happened sinc I have been away from my desk. I relaxed twice more in 2010. Here in 2011, I have relaxed only once so far in January. At the moment I am one day from being five weeks post relaxer. I have decided not to try several long stretches. I will leave my long stretches for the summer and do small 8-10 week stretches. My hair does not like long stretches during the winter time. Weird, my hair is more dry in the winter than the summer. So that is my plan. I wish that I could get my relaxers down to four times a year. That was my resolution this year, but the year is not up. so I am going to try, try, try but we can only hope, lol. My goal for December 2011 is to have BSL hair. I am slightly APL. You only can tell if i stretch or if my hair is wet. Im like four inches away and I am claiming that length. So this is what I am doing differently to acheive this goal: I only use heat once a month. I have cheated in the past. I am also washing my hair every two weeks. It sounds disgusting to the people who washes every week, but my hair does not like weekly washes. This is what I do - I wash my hair, the next week I will apply Suave Humectant Conditioner to my entire hair and let air dry and wear either a bun or my hanging dried hair for that week and wash my hair the next week. During these two weeks, I still seal, moisturize and protect my hair with satin covering for bed. That is pretty much it. I decided to really, really simplify my regimen. So, I did. I will post a list of my products in the next few days. Also, I going to show pics on how I my two week process. I promise you this takes alot of time off my hair and into other things. I cannot wait to show you everything. Also, I am saving money for three new material things, lol: a tattoo, a smartphone and a laptop. I am trying to achieve these things by myself before August 4th!!!!! Nothing special about the day, so follow me as I do that too. Later I will tell you how I am achieving the finances for these items (nothing illegal or immoral, lol). Until time, sweeties.
Muah!!!