rope braid

This braid was hard earned! I had been trying to get it for about 3 weeks before I stumbled onto the correct way to do it. I was giving up for the morning and did something a little different. Well, that little change I made was the thing I was doing wrong and I was able to finally get all the pieces of the puzzle. It's so easy once you know what you're doing but figuring it out is not!

Here it is with a flip through at the top. I really like the look of this one, but it makes my hair look shorter.

I did it again a few days later to make sure I knew how to do it. This time, it was just done with a regular ponytail. Success, finally!

sock bun curling

I found this video on youtube about sock buns. I was curious so I watched it. It is the most amazing thing. You take a sock, cut off the toe and roll it into a donut shape. I have a white sock and I then rolled a knee high (one of those cheap ones you can buy in a little plastic egg) that was close to my hair color. That way it doesn't show through if you don't get your hair all the way around it. So to make the bun, you make a ponytail and put a ponytail holder in it. The you thread your ponytail through it. Then you proceed to roll your hair in it as you bring it down to the scalp. It stays like magic! No pins, no scrunchies, no nothing. It's just too neat. And the thing is, it looks really nice too. Way better than my buns ever look. I watched another video by the same girl about how to use this technique to curl your hair. She had these beautiful curls so I tried it after spraying my hair with a water bottle. No curls at all. So I tried again with wetter hair. I think I let it dry way too much though before putting it up because the curls disappeared the moment I brushed it.

So here it is before I went to bed.

This is after I woke up. It really holds well!

Then I took it down and this is what I saw. Not as much curl as I was hooping for but I was happy enough with it.

Then I put it up and that was all the curl that was left! Uggghhh! I really dislike my hair's stubbornness!

I am going to try again though with wetter hair...and maybe put some gel in it to help it hold.

Rag curlers

I was cleaning out my master bathroom when I found my rag curlers. I made them by cutting strips of fabric. I put my hair in them after I washed it and slept in them. They are much more comfortable to sleep in than the curlers with the hard plastic clips. But I haven't figured out how to make them tight on my head.

For the time that I was awake, I had to wear a bandana to keep my hair out of my face. After I woke up, I took them out. It's really hard to undo a knot when you can't see it. I combed my hair out to undo the knots which really frizzed it out. I have never figured out how to make your hair look good after taking out the curlers (these or store bought) and combing it. I put it up to corral it. I felt kind of ridiculous with all the frizzy curls on my head but I had already planned on going to Wheeler Historic Farm today so I went anyway. By the time I got back into the car, it had relaxed some and looked better. I love having curly hair because it feels like I have so much more! And it's something different.