SOMETIMES I'M TEMPTED TO...THE PICTORIAL

Eva Marcille

Alek Wek

I don't condone or advocate the smoking of cigarettes so we'll just say that that's a "natural" smoke from a "natural" product coming from her mouth. Lol. Otherwise, the photo & look are FIERCE.

Kelis

I heart me some Kelis. I have much respect for the woman who is bold and brazen enough to ignore the  fashion standardI  & beauty idea set and followed by most of society and live her life according to how she feels and what makes her happy. I'd love to add color to my hair but I've hennaed waaaaaay too many times. I'll just wait until I start over again. It's all in fun.

Amber Rose

Yes, I added Miss Amber. I fell in love with her short 'do when I first spotted her in Ludracris's video "What Them Girls Like".  She definitely stands out amongst all the other long flowing locks. Say what you want about her but she is definitely rockin' it. Big ups to her for going against the supposed beauty standard.

Lauren Hill

Erykah Badu

And last but not least, moi back in the day, almost three years ago.

me -August 2007

I loved these comb coils.

Oh, and check out Fleurzty (Awesome natural hair blogger and sweetie) of Texture Playground.  She cut it all off. Again, after six or so years. Work it out, Lady! You look maaar-ve-lous!!


Well, I guess you're probably wondering, "Is ChocolateOrchid going to big chop again?".  No. Although, I have to admit that there was a freedom in doing so a few years back.  I'm still trying to see how far it (my hair) will grow. Maybe in three more years I'll revisit the idea. But in the meantime, I will continue to admire (and sometimes envy) the beautiful women with the short crop, baldies, low fades and petit afros.

Much Love To You All,

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TWIST-OUT (THE CALLA LILY REMIX)

Hola Beautiful Ones!

I'm so excited about this post! Calla Lily from BreaKink New Ground wanted to share her method that she uses to preserve her twist-out styles. Her easy-to-do method caught my attention. Also, that fly frohawk. ;)
So check her out.

The first photo is of her setting her twists which she does by the flat-twist method. I think I may revisit this way.

The Calla Lily Nighttime Routine:

I wanted to share my night time routine with all of your readers. I am so excited about a discovery I made in preserving my twistouts for more than a day! Since going natural, wearing twistouts have been my usual style but I would have to retwist my hair nightly (10 flat twist going straight back). I can get 3 or 4 days on my twistouts with this routine. Here’s what I do:


I gently rub a dime size amount of moisturizer throughout my hair (used SheaMoisture this time). I use large bobby pins to loosely pin up the sides of my hair (like a frohawk). Then, I put on my bonnet cap.




In the morning I take off the bonnet cap and remove the bobby pins. Then, I lightly spritz my hair (used Jane Carter Leave-In Conditioner this time) and fluff with my fingers.




Currently, my hair is 6 inches long. For someone (with shorter or longer hair) who may not find success with this, I would suggest doing a few flat twist on the left and right sides and leave the middle loose. This has seriously cut my hair maintenance down. Hope your readers will find this helpful!


Take care,


CallaLily (my blog is at http://breakinknewground.blogspot.com)

I'm so diggin' the frohawk. Her blog brings great information including recipes for your hair, so definitely check her out.

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