Johnny Bravo and Gumby Had a Baby

My hair was looking all types of busted this morning so I decided to try an updo so that I can just tuck in all my ends. After over 20 minutes in the mirror, this is what I came up with:

I guess its kinda cute. I got a lot of compliments. I don't know though. I'm not really an updo type of person. Plus this style made me look like the offspring of Johnny Bravo and Gumby.





Lol. Oh well. I did say that I need to step out of my little comfortable box and try new things didn't I?

New Hairstyles

I was never really into styling my hair. When I was relaxed I would unwrap my hair, comb it down and part it on the side or in the middle. And maybe, just maaaaybe I would pin it up in the front if I wanted to get a little fancy lol. Yeah, I never cared enough to stand in front of the mirror to come up with intricate styles. That laziness is still present. So I have to push my self to spice things up every once in a while. I need to commit to trying new styles on a weekly basis. Starting with today:

Very simple. I just twisted the front and pinned the twists together in the back. Since my hair is completely stretched, its all big and fluffy :)


By the way, I looooove my hair stretched. Over the weekend I had it all big and scary looking and I was in love lol. I had planned on doing mini twists but I think I just might wash my hair and braid it up instead. I'm enjoying this big hair too much to put in twists lol.

New Protective Styles

So my last set of crochet braids was a fail. The hair kept slipping out, I didn't like the color and I didn't like the curl pattern. So after 1 1/2 weeks, I took it out. I was having an intense lazy moment so I kept my hair braided under a hat for 3 days before I washed it. Even after I washed it, I continued to wear a hat lol.


Right now I'm rocking a twistout but I need to do something else with my hair. I need to find new protective styles so that I can just leave my hair alone for an extended period of time. So I'm thinking about doing mini twists so that I can just pin up my hair and leave it alone.

Updates soon...

Crochet Braids Pt. 5

I usually get big, curly hair but this time around I decided to try something a little different. I chose to use  Freetress Loose Appeal to get a looser wave type of look. Initially, I was intending on having it past my shoulders, just to try something new. But the hair was curlier than I expected so having it long would not look right. After having it put in, I'd have to say I'm not that big a fan of this hair. It's cute but I don't think it suits me well. I've gotten a lot of compliments but I'm not really feeling  this hair as much as the curlier looks. From now on, I'll probably only get tighter curled hair that looks a bit more natural. Anyway, here's the look:

Kinda cute. Not my favorite look. So far I've had it in for one week but let's see how long this will last...

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Whooo! Big Hair!!!

After doing the roller set Sunday night, my hair was completely stretched and almost straight. So I took advantage and decided to have big hair all week!

Tuesday - Bantu Knot-Out

Wednesday - Fluffy Braidout

Thursday - Bantu Knot Out pt2

Friday - Braidout pt 2

I am sooo glad that I can get big ass hair! It's been a struggle but now I'm glad to be in the big hair club! Whoop whoop! This week I've been called Diana Ross and Chaka Khan and I'm looooving it :). I know I'm nooo where near to being on their level yet, but I'm working on it.

Too bad that come next week I'll have my hair back in hiding lol. Updates soon...

Sweet Love

I decided that my first song would be "Sweet Love" by Anita Baker. I love her voice and I figured I could handle this song. It came out, ummmm...interesting? I sound a little flat at times and I still sound like a 12 year old but ehh, whatever. I did it right?

Sorry for the rambling and hopefully I don't sound too horrible lmao

I think my biggest problem is that I don't know what MY voice sounds like because I always try to emulate what I hear. So it becomes a bit scary when I have to sing and actually make songs my own. I'm not too sure how to do that yet. Working on it though :)

I need to find my voice

I'm completely terrified of singing in public. I finally figured out why - I don't trust my voice. I've been hiding from my voice for as long as I can remember. I have never allowed myself to break out from the background, out of my fears that I won't sound good or even worse, that I will. Crazy, I know. Most of the time I hold back and I don't allow myself to actually sing. For as long as I can remember, I've been complaining that I don't have a strong singing voice and I sound like a little girl. But how the hell could that ever change if I don't let myself just sing??? Yeah, so I have a plan.

I need to find my voice.

In order for me to do that I need to start singing...publicly. I am going to start recording videos of me singing some of my favorite songs and posting them here on my blog. Since I'm still a punk, I will not be posting them on YouTube lol. But its all good right? Baby steps, baby steps...