Me 'n My 'Fro ~ How I care my natural hair

Another protective style

There are just certain times when you have to "stay low" curvy divas (to coin a phrase) in order to take care of (or protect) something. Most times that something might be an individual; or your health; or even a body part (for the athletically inclined); or anything else of value to you personally!

In fact dear readers, for some women, their hair will be listed among their valuables. Our hair is what we consider a part of our beauty so why not?! This is why once in a while, or as often as I do make the time to, I will do what some black women do with their hair, put it in a twist. This is when you take a section of your hair, separate it into two strands, and wrap it together (like a braid). Twisting my hair gives it a break from always combing or brushing it; and my hair is also not left out to the elements, sun, wind, and other weather-related happenings that may cause damage to my hair.

Me 'n My Fro in the Twists I did myself; this is before I changed the color of my hair

What I also love about this look is that I can pin it up, to give me a different style-look. I also untwist it and it becomes a "twist out"! During one of my recent twist-outs, I text-messaged a photo of the look to one of my BFFs because we were talking about our hair;

One of my favorite Twist-outs

When I shampoo, I have to use a conditioner to make my hair soft and help to retain moisture. Have you ever heard the phrase, a Co-wash? That is when you use only a conditioner in your hair to moisturize and bring out your natural curls. I do this quite often. You've probably seen many YouTube hair videos or read that we should never go to bed without a satin scarf covering our hair. This does work because I have use one in the past. However, for me personally, it gets too bothersome and hot while I'm sleeping. The one thing I do instead is to get two hair bands and put my hair into two ponytails, either separate on both sides, or one on top of the other. That is all I need to do and when I wake up, a quick co-wash in the shower keeps my hair looking fantastic.

In my next hair article I will share some of the products I use.

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