How To Use Hot Rollers (and sweepstakes!)

May 1, 2013 by 3 Comments

Do you know how to use hot rollers?

I’m SO BAD with rollers. I tried a thousand times but I always end up a raggedy mess. I like making big waves/loose curls with bantu knots overnight, but this looks like something I could do to give myself waves when my hair is straight and it won’t take too long at all. I think I’ll try this out after I cut my hair this summer, I like how hers turned out.

Let me know if you have any hot roller tips! What brand to buy, etc?

Check out the whole video and the sweepstakes at the end. Good luck!

 

Sweeps rules: http://www.blogher.com/hair-sweepstakes-official-rules-week-7

Prizes & Promotions page on Blogher.com: https://www.blogher.com/blogher-tv-weekly-hair-style-sweepstakes

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How Having A Baby Will Ruin Your Hair

April 23, 2013 by 10 Comments
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he’s just thinking about pulling that braid!

If you have healthy hair goals, or even length goals, I urge you: Never. Have. Children. Babies may look cute and innocent, but they were really brought here for no other reason than to ruin your healthy hair progress.

We’ve all heard how pregnancy will help your hair grow, but it’s all an evil ploy to get you to have that hair-harassing baby! Once he or she arrives…it’s all downhill from there. It begins with postpartum shedding, continues with possible texture changes, and after the baby has drawn you into its web with gurgly smiles and sweet coos….it’s all over.

Here are just a few of the tactics these mini saboteurs will use to ruin your hair:

  • They’ll pretend they are capable of sleeping through the night. Once they know you’re planning an elaborate wash night, they’ll pretend to go to sleep without a problem….then they’ll wait until you’re in the shower with a head full of shampoo to begin screaming their brains out.

  • They’ll take any opportunity to yank your hair right out of your scalp. Their tiny fingers move at super human speeds so they get tangled in a wash-n-go faster than you can say “Ow!”

  • They’ll be sure to grab your hair, only when their hands are as dirty as possible. Caked with oatmeal during breakfast? Perfect time to grab mommy’s braid!

  • They’ll pretend to be helpless…but when you turn your back they’ll have your Silk Dreams conditioner smeared all over their little legs and the leg of your bed…FORCING you to go online and buy more…even though you’re on a shopping ban.

They’re tricksters I tell ya.

But there are great solutions I’ve been using lately that helps protect my strands from the little hair ruiner:

  • tie him up 

  • Buns at the top of my head. And no cute loose ones either. A tight librarian bun, that little devilish fingers cannot penetrate and yank.
  • give him to his dad and run away from the both of them 

  • distract him with something shiny while you quickly style your hair (or better yet, hide in the bathroom to style your hair while he’s trapped in his high chair with a snack.

You’ve been warned. Have babies at your hair’s own risk!

Did your baby try to scalp you and sabotage your hair? Or is it just my wicked lil bundle?

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Hair Donation 101

April 10, 2013 by 1 Comment

 

Now that my hair has almost reached hip length again, I’m ready to cut it all off to donate. In the past I donated to Locks of Love and am sending hair in to them again later this summer.

Have you donated your hair? Not sure how to go about it? Not sure if your hair even qualifies for donation?

There seems to be a lot of confusion about donating hair, whether you can have colored hair, curly hair, grey hair etc. So I’ve consolidated a little bit of information using the FAQs.

Here’s the scoop:

How do I donate my hair?

  1. Grow your hair out (have 8-12 cuttable inches in good condition)
  2. Wash and dry your hair
  3. Put it in a ponytail and chop it off! (or have it chopped off for you)
  4. Choose your charity and fill out the donation form
  5. Send your hair to the charity
  6. Feel awesome about your new short ‘do and your good deed :)

Where can I donate my hair?

Here are a few of the popular places you can send your hair to:

Who can cut my hair for me?

You can go to your favorite stylist, or search for donation events in your area. Some salons and chain salons offer discounted cuts to people donating their hair, so that’s an option too. I prefer to go to my favorite stylist Mike at Studio Mohair to chop off the length and then give me a cute short ‘do.  But honestly, you can cut it on your own if you wanted to. Just make sure your hair is clean, in a ponytail and snip away!

What do I get for donating my hair?

I always find it funny when people ask me what I got when I donated it. My standard answer used to be “shorter hair” but my new answer will be “satisfaction.” However if you want to receive a thank you card, you can request one when you send your hair in. Even though you’re not really chopping off all of your hair for a thank you card, it’s nice to know it has definitely been received.

What kind of hair can be donated?

Hair in GOOD condition is required of all charities. Curly, Straight, Wavy, Kinky, it’s all good. For all charities the hair must be clean, dry, and in a ponytail or braid (so the strands are all facing the same way) Here are the requirements for each charity:

Locks of Love:

  • YES: Virgin hair, Permed, Color Treated, Grey*, Curly
  • NO: Bleached

*note: grey hair, and hair shorter than 10 inches is SOLD to offset costs, not put into wigs.

Wigs for Kids:

  • YES: Virgin hair, Grey hair
  • NO: Color Treated, Bleached, Permed,

Pantene Beautiful Lengths:

  • YES: Virgin Hair, 5% or less Gray hair
  • NO: Color Treated, Bleached, Permed, Chemically altered, Grey

Children with Hair Loss:

  • YES: Virgin Hair, Non-Chemically Treated Hair is PREFERRED, Grey Hair
  • NO: Chemically Damaged, otherwise, the accept it all :)

How long does my hair have to be to donate?

Here are the length requirements for each organization:

  • Locks of Love: 10 inch minimum (Layered hair OK if longest layer is 10 inches, the shorter layers will be SOLD)
  • Wigs for Kids: 12 inch minimum (no maximum)
  • Pantene Beautiful Lengths: 8 inch minimum (no maximum)
  • Children with Hair Loss: 8 inch minimum (no maximum)

I hope this helps you make a decision on which organization will receive your hair.

Have you ever considered donating your hair? Are you currently growing it out to donate?

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Cute Loose Bun

April 3, 2013 by 2 Comments

I’m a bunhead. I wear them often as a good way to just wrangle all of my hair and protect my ends from breakage/splits from rubbing against my clothes all the time. In the hair obsessed enthusiast world it’s called protective styling.

The only bad thing about bunning is that it can get repetitive and a lil boring. But styles like this can jazz it up:

 

Do you do styles like this on your hair? What’s your go to hairstyle?

Check this sweepstakes from BlogHer!

Sweeps rules:

http://www.blogher.com/hair-sweepstakes-official-rules-week-3

Prizes & Promotions page on Blogher.com:

https://www.blogher.com/blogher-tv-weekly-hair-style-sweepstakes

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Quickie Update: Almost Hip Length!!

March 21, 2013 by 2 Comments

I finally straightened and I’m excited to see that I’m almost hip length!!

hip length natural hair

I’ll be able to claim it in an inch or two I think!

And then I’ll chop it off to donate and start all over again lol.

Have you hit any hair goals lately?? Coming Close to any?

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