I left the twists in for a week and then wore the twistout for a little less than another week. I know I wanted to straighten my hair one more time before it starts getting humid here. I don’t plan on fighting the humidity this summer. So I blow dried and flat ironed.
I don’t blow dry very often, so I’m a bit more nervous than usual. I also blew a breaker while blow drying,so that might have been you-know-who giving me a sign that I didn’t need to be doing that. I took this oppurtunity to trim about 1/2 inch. I had a few knots and splits, and I haven’t had a serious trim in awhile, so it was needed.
Ponytail
I did a big bantu knotout to give my hair a little body
After taking out giant bantu knots
After a few hours! My hair wants to be big no matter what LOL!
And just for fun, here are my flat ironing picture from 15 months ago
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Gorgeous!!!
So thick and health.
Straight relaxed hair ain’t got nothing on straight and natural. lol
You have so MUCH hair!!! I just love it! Looks great!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Wonderful growth progression. So lusciously long and full of body.
Gorgeous Hair!
I enjoy your blogs; this has been the most informative blog I’ve read so far. I love your product reviews and the simplicity of your regimen advice. One of the things that kept in in a relaxer so long was after getting my hair wet set every two weeks I didn’t have to fuss with it much. Once I went natural in 2006 I spent so much time trying to figure out a low maintenance regimen. I think I have finally found it! Thanks to discovering this blog. Thanks again, KCurly
good googly moogly you got some hair on you!!! i love it, lol, big hair don’t care
Go ahead, miss ross! lol…for real though, very nice progress with beautiful well cared for hair. lovely
Omg, it’s so long and healthy looking! Lucky you!
This is SO inspirational! Thanks for sharing these pics – it’s so awesome seeing your hair now and “then.”
LOL @ “you know who” giving u a sign. I was thinking the same thing! Love the PROGRESS in 15mo, woohoo!
excellent growth…your hair is absolutley gorgeous!…your 1 of my hair idols and i love love love your blog keep up the good work =)
I love your hair. Its so thick, beautiful and healthy.
It’s gorgeous.
Your hair has grown so much in one year. I have to ask this question – What did your DH think of your straight hair?
Maria, he *loves* it…
Wow your hair is really long. Maybe a dominican blowout could be a little bit better than blow drying. My hair is wavy, so I’m scared that if I use too much heat, I will lose my curl pattern.
Serena, I don’t know, they seem to use a lot of heat with dominican blowouts. I’d be scared to get one. At leastI could only blame myself if my hair failed to revert. lol
Wow your hair really grew in 15 months. It just goes
to show if we really take care of our hair and eat healthy
our hair does grow long against contrary belief.
Thanks for sharing your hair is beautiful!
Tons of growth you lucky woman!