Late night locking

My daughter has beautiful hair. Not all negro like mine thanks to her Daddy and his multicultural heritage. Not that there is anything wrong with all negro hair but for the sake of my fingertips, I am happy to comb her hair everyday with ease. As she is getting older I am in search for age suitable hair styles. In my search these past few late night hours, I have somehow managed to find more information for my natural hair than hers. Shaking my selfish head.

So on that note, I think I am going to try a few natural hair care products for my already natural hair. I have been perm free since senior year of college but I not the no heat natural chick, although I adore (most) of them. I am a girl (as you may have been able to tell from the background photo) but I am not the girly girl who does her own hair. I don't even know how to perform such a thing, so this project is going to be both entertaining, enlightening and educational.

I go get my hair straightened once a month but I have been disappointed in the technique of my current stylist and the way my scalp has been shamefully dry and my hair drastically shedding. Ask my brother Torrance who says that I would be the perfect roommate if not for my bathroom floor full of hair follicles. It seems that I have attended college with a lot of women who have come to be fashion, beauty and natural hair gurus so I am going to take some of their hair care advice and see if it works for my (not entirely) natural hair.

Wish both my daughter and myself luck because whatever I do to her hair I will (attempt to) do to mine. So my guinea piglet and I should be flyer and fresher in just a few weeks...right? Ok maybe longer but I hope to see changes in my scalp soon. I may even post photos. Stay tuned.

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