My Hair| Straightened and Cut

What I needed was a break from the curls, coils, kinks, tangles and single strand knots and that's just what I got.  5 weeks ago Gah! I've been away for that long?!  I'd gotten totally fed up dealing with my hair.  It was either cut it or straighten it for a while and after complaining to Chief about my hair "getting on my nerves", I chose the latter.  Of course he wants me to be Repunzel but I don't have the time for that much hair and I really want an edgy cut sooner rather than later.

After using the Denman brush to detangle my hair for a few weeks, I realized why CurlyNikki has dubbed it a nickname "The Shredder".  It really does do a number on your strands if you're not particularly careful.  The density of my hair is already at medium but over time, it started to feel more like low density.  Upon further inspection I  noticed, especially at the top of my head, that I had chunks of strands that were only 2 to 3 inches long.  Tell-tale signs of my recklessness with the Denamn brush.  On top of that, my hair was still in a layered style so my already thin hair was looking and feeling even thinner.  Even my usual flat twist out styles were lack luster and limp-looking.

I hightailed it to the salon and had my hair straightened and trimmed and after seeing that my hair was still too many different lengths, my stylist advised that I have my hair cut closer to one length.  This way, as it grows out, it will look fuller. Grand idea!  I was happy to have it done.  I had 3 inches cut to bring the longest pieces closer to the length of the rest of my hair.

To maintain my style over the 4 weeks that I kept it straightened, I either pinned curled it or wrapped it at night and of course tied it up with a silk scarf.  Other days, I wore a bun and when I was in the mood, I'd put my hair into Bantu Knots to create soft waves.  Check it out (some of these already made their way on to Instagram so if you follow me there, you've already seen these):

Day 1

Pin-Curled on Night of Day 1

Day 6

View of Back - Day 6

Somewhere Between Day 8 and Day 10

Somewhere Between Day 8 and Day 10

Bantu Knot Out to Make Waves

Needless to say I'll be staying away from my Denman and I've also began a curly-girl regimen since going back to my curls. Of course I'll share that in my next post.

-xoxo, Vee-