Long Hair Don't Care

My girls side by side...

I just wanted to show y'all my girls' hair in its natural state compared to what it looked like when I ironed it out in December. 

Their hair in these pics is uncombed and completely dry - pre-treated in preparation for a much needed co-wash!

Shrinkage is a motha! is all I can say!!!

Enjoy!

Long Hair DON'T CARE!!! - My Girls!

I flat ironed my girls hair with my MaxiGlide for the holidays and I was SHOCKED to see how much their hair has grown!  This was Baby Girl's first time getting her hair straightened with the flat iron.  These are crappy camera phone pics but you get the idea.  The pics are of Big Girl and Baby Girl's hair respectively.

And just for a reminder, you can click here to see pics of their blown out hair from earlier (maybe like late Spring early Summer) last year...

READER MAIL!!!

Reader: My kids are adopted, all boys, all black American. I am not. My 3 yr old cannot grow hair... he grows fuzz. Any suggestions? One of the boys' birthmothers suggested Sulfer 8 shampoo and cream. Will that help?  My husband and I have a blog about raising kids of color in rural ohio If you want to see our little men:
Http://coldnoodlesforbreakfast.blogspot.com

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READER MAIL!!!

Dear LHDC,
 
In true Momma form, my natural girlfriend styles her daughters hair in natural hairstyles. She does these twists that I just love and after my niece CUT MY DAUGHTERS HAIR this weekend (deep breathing) instead of her typical bushy braids (I canNOT cornrow but I try) I decided to try twisting my girl's hair myself. Here is what I did:
 

• I wash her hair because it was a bushy mess
• Put conditioner and coconut oil in her hair for moisture
• I parted her hair in rows as if I was going to braid it
• I then took small square sections (parted with my fingers) and split it in two (for twist, instead of the three sections for braids)
• I twisted the pieces together then pulled the pieces all the way up (tightening the twist) each time, so twist, pull/tighten, twist, pull/tighten... (I've found that if you don't tighten it will unravel)
• Once I got to the end I just wound her ends around my finger for a little twist/spiral action.

Topic of the Day: Halloween Hair!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Are you (or your little girl) going to any Halloween parties or dressing up for Halloween?

What are you going to do with your (or her) hair?

 

My girls

One of my loyal readers requested that I post some styles of how my girls wear their hair on a daily basis.  This is one of the styles in the rotation...that's right y'all, my girls rock a bun just like they momma!  During the week, I'll bun their hair - only redoing the whole bun at the beginning of the week.  If their edges need touching up (and most times they do) I'll take the ponytail down and use water and a toothbrush and brush up them edges then tie it right back up.  The braids don't get redone.  I don't mind if the bun part gets a little frizzy - THAT'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO! Besides, I firmly believe in allowing little girls to be just that.  Anywho, here's the bun with Baby Girl as the model and then the weekend "bun-out" with Big Girl modeling...

Baby Girl's Graduation Day Hair!

I love the fact that my girls love their hair despite all the blond flowy that they see every day.  I asked Baby Girl how she wanted to wear her hair for her graduation and she said "curly." So I did that for her and, yeah, she looked a little like Angela Davis, or Diana Ross back in the day, but that's OK!  She wore her fro with pride and confidence!  I must be teaching them SOMETHING right about their hair LOL cause even though it ain't the blond flowy, she was swangin' it like nobody's business!  GO'HEAD BABY GIRL!!!  MOMMY'S SO PROUD OF YOU!!! 

BLOW oWWWWWWt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My youngest daughter had graduation pictures recently and I decided to blow-out her hair so that her pony tails can have a bit more length underneath that mortarboard and since I was doing one I HAD to do the other! 

Topic of the Day: "How do y'all grow your hair so long?"

I was asked this question recently by one the other parents in my oldest daughter's class in reference to her hair.  The question completely caught me off guard and I didn't really know how to answer it.

2 Little Easter Heads!

I asked my girls on Saturday how they wanted to wear their hair for Easter and my oldest wanted her's curly and the youngest wanted her's in 2 buns...I had been planning all week to shangle (not SHINGLE; "shangling" is my version of shingling hair! ) their curls.  Anyway, I did what they asked and when I tell you that my girls thought they was FLY that's what I mean!!!

They were pretty fly actually!