Birthday Party at Feed My Starving Children

Hello everyone!  This was a wonderful day for me.  The hubby arranged to have us and 25 of our friends volunteer at Feed My Starving Children.  We spent two hours packing food for an orphanage in El Salvador.  Between my birthday party guests, a Boy Scout troop, and a church group we packed enough food for 70 children to eat one meal a day for one year. 

What I really liked about this experience was that all kinds of people were there.  My group alone had Christians and Hindus.  It doesn't matter what your religion is, feeding hungry children is the right thing to do.  Now, I did have to bring a babysitter for my son because he isn't old enough to pack food, but he had fun playing with his favorite babysitter.  Since this was so successful I just might have the hubby do this every year.  Why not make it a tradition!  I would rather volunteer my time and money than spend money on a party anytime.  Now, the hubby did order cupcakes and we handed out cupcakes at the end to everyone including some of the other volunteers not in our group.

Flat twist out with my no makeup makeup look.  Birthday party hair.

Now for my hair.  I put my hair into about 9 flat twists last night.  I used just a little bit of water and some gel.  My hair came out lovely!  In fact I got so many compliments that I was kinda gushing towards the end of the experience.  The lead volunteer actually stopped me to complement me about my hair.  I liked my hair so much that I wore a pink flower in the morning and then my purple and white flower in the afternoon.  I also got complements about my skin.  Many people thought that I wasn't wearing any makeup but I did admit that I was.  I call this my no makeup, makeup look.  I really wanted a look that showed my face.  Sometimes, I tend to wear really red lips, so this more natural look is more of how I look without makeup without having the "she's wearing makeup" look.
Let me know what you think.  Until next time...
Blessings!

I think I'm in love...well at least a style I really like!

Hello everyone!  I'm totally loving my hair in flat twist outs!  I find that I can control the direction of how my curls will lay better with a flat twist out then a two strand twist out.  I have also learned to cheat a little by just re-twisting just the front.  The results are that my hair gets fuller and fuller as the days go by.  In the last two weeks I think I have worn my hair in a flat twist out on about 10 of those days.

I took these pictures last Thursday and my son demanded to be in a picture.  So, I swooped him out of the tub, tossed a towel on him and snapped a quick picture.  Of course he is chewing on his new car from grandma.  My son loves it when I take a picture of him with my digital camera and then show him the picture.  Until next time...
Blessings!

Flat twist out and loving it!

Ignore my wierd face, I'm just trying to get a good picture of my hair.

 Hello everyone!  The hubby and I both had teacher convention today so we got to spend the day together and actually have lunch alone without our toddler!  Last night I was debating what to do with my hair because I usually co-wash on Wednesdays, but didn't because I was loving my two strand twist out.  So, since my two strand twist out was getting fuzzy I decided to try some flat twists. 

Last night I put nine flat twists in my hair, sprayed a little water (focus on little) on the twists and went to bed on my satin pillow.  This morning I decided to take the flat twists out before I got in the shower to see how they looked and I was in love!!  I still thinking this is the bomb!

 As you can see from the collage, I'm loving this style!  It was wet and drizzly so my hair is even bigger than it was this morning when I left for the convention.  I think plump is a good word to describe how my hair felt after being outside.

Flat twist out before misty weather made it fuller.

I liked the (wet) two strand twist out, but this flat twist out is awesome.  My hair is stretched a little, the curl pattern is lovely and my hair is soft and bouncy.  It only took me about 20 minutes to install the flat twists and that was because I was trying to make the front parts consistent and even.  The back was just part and twist.

This look will easily start coming into the rotation of styles, I just need to figure out how to maintain it for a couple of days.  Until next time...
Blessings!

How I've been wearing my hair lately

Hello everyone!  First of all I want to thank everyone for the prayers for Keith and his family.  I plan to do a post about him sometime this week.

It has been a long time since I posted anything about my hair.  About three weeks.  So, I went through my camera and noticed that I had three different pictures on the exact same style that I wore on three different days.  It's basically a wash n go (about 2-3 days old) style with the bangs in a flat twist and of course a flower.

I'm amazed that I basically tip my head the same way and that this style basically comes out the same way every time.

Next, is a flat twist out from the picture on the right.  I liked the way my hair was stretched and the overall look was big hair.  

Today I wore a wash n go.  Simple and the curls are very nice.  The weather is gorgeous and I decided to take a walk along the creek by my house.  The trees are changing and the leaves are worth maybe a drive to check out.

Thank you for following me even though I haven't posted a lot lately.  Until next time...
Blessings!

Church Hair

Packed full of confidence from my last attempt at flat twists I decided to do two flat twists in my hair for church today.  Instead of the Bantu Knots I just used a hair clip to secure the ends.  I got several compliments at church today.  Surprisingly, from two ladies who were against me going natural and cutting off all my relaxed hair.

Wet hair. Front view.

Wet hair.  Side view.

Wet hair before church.

Dry hair after church.

I am very pleased with the results.  I did try to do some flat twists going to the back of my head, but I need to practice going in a different direction.  I find that my conditioner makes my hair very slippery when wet, so learning to flat twist in a different direction will require more practice.  I love how shiny my hair is and this style show cases the curls in the back.  I'm gonna rock this style this week and continue practicing my flat twists before I move on to learning how to cornrow.  Until next time...
Blessings!

Flat Twists and Bantu Knots

This morning I decided to try my flat twists again with Bantu Knots on the ends.  Following some advice I read on another blog (can't remember the site) I did my flat twists on wet hair.  I am very pleased with my results this time and considering this is my first attempt at Bantu Knots I'm considering this attempt a success.

Wet hair.

First attempt at Bantu Knots and I had to use hair bands to secure them.

Dry Hair

When I do Bantu Knots again I think I am going to try my flat twists going back to the crown of my head and then end the twists with Bantu Knots on top of my head.  So, what do you think?  Until next time...
Blessings!

Second attempt at flat twists

Okay, so they say practice makes perfect.  I'm still far from perfection, but this time around I think they look better.  Now my flat twists still aren't flat, but that's because my hair is still very short.  I decided to part my hair and do just one flat twist from my part to my ears.  This time around they came out looking better.

You'll notice that I have "no look of disgust" on my face this time.  I love being able to see progress and I feel like this attempt was an improvement from my first attempt.  Until next time...
Blessings!

First attempt at flat twists

Well I have been getting bored with my TWA so I have been trying some new styles.  I first did the brush curls, then the finger coil bangs and today I attempted some flat twists before getting ready for bed.  Yes in my house we're dead tired on a Friday night and go to bed around 10 pm.  Anyway, "attempted" is a kind way of saying I tried but miserably failed.  My twists look like a child did them and they are not very flat.  Of course my wonderful husband said they were "lovely", but I don't think I will be going out and about in public with this look until I can make my hair look less messy.  So, take a look at my "flat twists" and let me know what you think.  Any suggestions are greatly welcomed.

Check out my look of disgust over the results.

I parted my hair off to the side then tried to do two flat twists from the part to my ears.  This is one of those styles I have seen on other people and wanted to do with my hair.  I will practice this some more before I dare to go out in public with this look.  I must be feeling brave to post pictures of myself in a style I'm considering a failure.  On the bright side, check out my curls!  I think they are lovely!  Until next time...
Blessings!