Yay for Sock Buns and crinkles

Dear loc blog,

I haven't blogged in a minute. For that I appologize. I've been so busy with work these past few months that I hardly focused on my hair too much. My hair matured around the perfect time too because these days I wash my hair only once a month..  Bad loc maintenance I know... But once I get in the rhythm of things again, then ill focus on my hair.

But on the flipside I have tried two need things when styling my hair that I've never succeeded in either of my last sets.. Crinkles (or braid outs) and sock buns. Ill start with the crinkles.

When I tried crinkles in my other journeys I failed miserably. Simply due to lack of patience.. I would wash then braid my locks. Leave them over night to dry then the next day take them down only to find that, not only were they still a lil wet (obviously), but they weren't crinkled. This time around, I washed, added some mousse, twisted them and braided them one by one tightly, then I put the braids in a nice lil updo, and let them dry for a few days. While my hair was looking good in the updo, it dried completely. A week later I took the braids out and had nice tight crinkles. Oh I just loved them. They lasted for two weeks straight! :D I will definitely do this again.

Now the sock bun is something more recent. I've always wanted to put my hair up in a nice sock bun because I've always thought they were cute. But my hair was never long enough. My hair now is shoulder length. I looked up on youtube how to do it. It was troublesome at first because my hair wanted to do its own thing but it gave in eventually. I want to get some hair pins with the pearl balls on them to make it look cute but I just settled for my rhinestone hair pin in the front for cuteness :).

When I find other styles I will write.. :)