Kinky Curly Coily Me Check In

Here are the questions that was asked last week.

1. We all love being natural but is there anything about being natural that you are SO over?

Such a loaded question it can be answered so many different ways lol. What I totally dislike is seeing certain comments towards individuals who straighten their hair, or who have perms being bashed by naturals. In my opinion I feel like how people want to wear their hair, is how they want to wear do not bash them if you do anything just simply state the effects of the things they are doing to their hair. Another thing I am tired of is natural bashing other naturals who have never had a perm. Some of the things I have seen or experienced first hand is people saying "well technically your not natural because you never had a perm" o.O you've got to be kidding me. To me it bait shows ignorance we are both doing the samething to our hair which is wearing it in our natural state which essentially makes you a natural.

2. Do you prefer all natural/ organic products or are you open to anything? Why?

Long as is it doesn't have alcohols in it, I could truly care less. However I do like organic items like coconut oil and castor oil. The prices are very reasonable and the effects it has on my hair are priceless.

3. How did you do last week? Did you follow through with your goals? Any challenges this far?

I did well last week stuck to my goals despite the ish I've been dealing with ;-( but the challenges seem to change week by week.  The biggest challenge is finding out how I want to apply castor oil to my hair that would he beneficial to my hair. I've been applying to my ends but I believe that I might start applying to my scalp in the middle of my hair a day or two before I wash. Since castor oil is super rich and thick it weighs my hair down so I'll apply it to my scalp before I wash my hair.

Much Love,
Bri

Kinky Curly Coily Me Check In....

This castor oil challenge is MAD real!!! So I discovered after a month usage of castor oil that I cannot put it on my scalp. The consistency is ultra thick and forces me to wash my hair more than once a week (eek). Definitely switched up how I use castor quickly because I felt like me washing my hair consistently is drying to the hair and super annoying. And besides it takes forever to dry my hair and the weather is about to dip (I ain't about that life). I now put castor oil strictly on my ends. However for the middle part of my hair which is a whole different breed of hair regardless I put the castor oil further up, the mid part of my hair length to be exact. This is due to the fact that part of my hair does not seem to retain moisture. On a lighter note I have noticed that my hair is retaining length and it has more sheen to it. I was really hoping to have thicker hair with the castor oil, but since I'm not applying it to the scalp that is reason why my hair will probably not be thicker (-_-) I'll figure it out its only been a month lol. Much Love, Bri

Kinky Curly Coily Me Check In

Week 2 questions for the Castor oil challenge via kinky curly coily me.

1. Where do you live?
*I reside in Chicago.

2. Are other members of your family natural to?
*Yes there are other members in my family who are natural, so many to the point where it would be daunting and highly annoying to name them all (lol).

3. How did you use castor oil in your hair last week?
*I was going to do my scalp but I changed my mind knowing that I would possibly have build up and would have to wash more often than usual. So I only use it to seal my ends and that is it.

Much Love,
Bri

Challenge Alert!!!

Kinky Curly Coily Me is doing a castor oil challenge that begins September 1st 2012 and ends December 1st. All the details of how enter is on their website www.kinkycurlycoilyme.com under new post on the left side of their website. I will be participating in this challenge and posting my progress on my blog as well. So join me in the castor oil challenge and let's see the results!!!

Challenge questions answered

1. I will be using cold pressed castor oil
2. Shoulder length hair
3. I will be alternating between scalp and sealing hair 3x a week.
4. Below is a pic showing my starting length

Much Love,
Bri