Drying my Dreadies... UGH!!

Dear blog,

In my last blog I had pictures of my hair up. Today I took it down and washed my locks. Throughout this journey I never had a problem with washing and twisting my hair. I didn't have a problem with the timing it took for my hair to lock up because it didn't take long. Naturally I have kinky, nappy hair. Which worked out to my benefit because it only took 8-9months for it to lock. Those aspects I didn't have a problem with. This made my experience easy.

thus far I've only had two issues with this journey. The frizzies (which I mentioned a few blogs ago) and drying my locks. This is a new issue with this journey which I didn't have a problem with in my other journey.

Before I started going natural, I've always had problems drying my hair. Even when I was getting relaxers, I would be in the salon under the dryer for more than an hour and a half just drying my hair. Naturally my hair is really thick and nappy. When I was little combs could hardly get through it.

In my intitial journey I didn't have a problem with drying because it never took long for it to dry up completely. I had one of those dryers that you sit under. Lols I had my own lil salon in my house. And the dryer worked so well that I can wash twist and dry my hair in under 3hrs. 4hrs max.

Somewhere along the line my dryer broke :( and I had to use a regular dryer. Which was jus as effective. Sometimes alil faster.

This time was no such case which is why I'm finding it so hard. This set I didn't go from relaxers to dreads like my first set. And this set I don't have the drying tools for my hair. So most of the time my hair air dries and it takes forever! It sucks!!!

Then sometimes it has a foul smell if I leave it that way for too long... It doesn't smell moldy but it just doesn't smell good.. I can't describe it..

Today I washed my locks with a new shampoo.. Suave Naturals. I like it alot.!! I got it on sale at Target for $1.67 (sweet deal!). It leaves a strong fresh scent that I just love!

When I was done washing it I wringed out most of the water in the shower. It really got rid of all the gunk on my scalp. Then I blow dried my hair which got rid of most of the water.

Right now its not damp but then its not dry. It doesn't have a smell which is a good thing. ima blow dry it some more a lil later.. then I'm going to twist it.

I'm thinking about keeping my hair down these next few days. My hair has gotten a little longer these past few weeks.. yay!!! I want to curl my hair soon but I'm going to wait until after I dye my hair. In two weeks I'm thinking about dying my hair to a rich auburn color. I had that color in my hair in my first set and I really loved it. And plus I'm going to by some more trincets for my hair. I saw some nice ones at this beauty supply store around my house..

Ima post soon!

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Loving this updo! :)

Hey blog!

Writting this post jus to upload some photos of my latest style.. its nothing new cuz I've done it before but it looks so much better cuz my hair is longer. Plus its more durable cuz I've used hair pins and rubber bands to hold it together.

15 months yay!!!

Dear blog...

Can't believe its been 15 months.. I'm so loving my locks right now in more ways than one..

Last night I washed my hair as I normally do. And for the first time I've noticed that my hair is long. Its officially at shoulder length. It has grown sooooo much since last year!!!!! When I started this set, I dyed my hair bronze so that way when it grows out, I can be able to measure how long it is... Now my hair looks back wit bronze tips.. I plan on dying my hair auburn probably next month. We will see.

Okay here's an update. My frizzies have gone away. I don't know when cuz I haven't done much maintenance these past few weeks. Maybe its because I had my hair up in a style and ponytails. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that's why..

My hair has gotten a lil heavier... But that's ok. I also noticed that my locks are uneven in length. its like a nightmare all over again cuz I delt with this in my first set and that's why I cut them... But its okay cuz this time around I refuse to. This time around my hair isn't too uneven to where I can't style it. My patience has really developed so ill wait until it grows out and then cut it even. Chances are ill forget over time but if I do remember then ill do it. I also noticed that the more developed my hair becomes, the longer it takes to dry. Not good at all cuz I hate hair dryers and I tend to let my hair air dry. I tried looking on the internet to see what I can use and tips to dry my hair faster. I came across this forum and some girl was talking about how she used this SHAMWOW cloth to dry her locks.. I've seen the infomercials about it.. I think its made from chanoir or something (think I spelled it wrong sorry). That kind of material is known for sucking up a lot of water. Ima try it.. I'm tired of air drying my hair... After a while it begins to smell funny.. But what helped me this time around is...
1. I squeezed most of the water after I washed it (as much water as I could)
2. I let it air dry for a few hours...
3. I blow dried it until it was completely dried..
4. Proceed to twist and style as normal.

My scalp hasn't been itchy lately.. Thank god! Maybe its because I'm drinking more water and getting vitamins in my diet. Need to oil my scalp more often. And lately I've been going to the gym. All of this helped my hair grow.

My hair doesn't require a lot of maintainence now. Only washing and twisting and some oiling every now and then. Thank god! I can wash my hair as little or often as I want now.
Can't wait till my hair reaches 2yrs... Can't wait to see how long it will be. We will see!