Winter 2013 Regimen

Hello Beautiful People :-)

 

So since all I see around the blogosphere (well the natural hair one, anyway) is how everyone is taking care of their hair this winter, I decided I'd go ahead and add my two cents as well.

 

In the winter, and any other time of the year actually lol, I don't much like to fuss with my hair.

Whatever will make my hair easiest to take care of over long periods of time is usually what I roll with.

Twists and flat-twisted updos are what I went with this time around.

They take a WHILE to do, but in the end I have a style that will last me at LEAST 4 or 5 weeks.

 

 

Flat-twist updo:

This style took me like about 5 hours to do (over the course of 2 days). They usually never take me that long, but I think that wash&gos made me pretty lazy and I was just being slow... and lazy lol

 

 

I wore it two weeks with the twists on the top twisted, and two weeks with the twists on the top undone.

I usually keep them pinned up majority of the time, but I didn't take any pictures with it pinned.

I was able to keep it up for a month, then I took it down, wore my hair in a bun for a couple of days until my next style....

 

 

Mini-twists:

This style took me about 19 hours to do (over the course of 3 days). It was a VERY tedious and boring task, but I managed to catch up on Scandal, watch an entire season of Deception, Master Chef Junior, and some old Law & Order SVU.

 

 

Hair all swept to one side

 

My faux French roll with some twists left out in the front

 

 

I plan on keeping my mini-twists for 4 more weeks.

It has already been 2 weeks.

(So that's 6 weeks all together lol)

 

I love them because I get the swing and ease of doing styles that I would do with straight hair without actually having to straighten my hair.

My plan is to not use heat again until 2015.

(Last used December 2012)

 

I apply jojoba oil to my scalp every night to keep it from getting dry & flaky.

And every few nights, I add coconut oil to the length of my hair and my ends.

 

 

Wig:

I also have a wig that I will be wearing the last couple of weeks of the life of my mini-twists.

I'll add a picture once I wear it.

 

 

This will also give me a chance to get straight hair out of my system for a while. :-)

 

 

 

For me, the winter is all about protective styling

Maintaining moisture and the ends of my hair are already a task in the other seasons and I like to make it as easy as possible on myself once the winter shows up.

The winter is probably the best time to retain length for me because I keep my ends pretty protected.

 

 

 

In between styles, I:

Deep Condition

Co-wash

Immediately put in another protective style.

 

If  you have any questions please leave it in the comments section :-)

 

 

Any suggestions on what I should do next?

 

What are you doing to your hair this winter?

 

Thanks for reading!

 

See you in the next post!

comment and stuff! ;-)

 

xoxo, Tasha