In a good place

My hair is finally doing what I hoped it would all along. It's got this fun twisted look that I'm able to manipulate into a face-framing coil fest and I'm loving it! So how'd I get here?

I had my hair colored a few weeks back - a really warm cinnamon brown I wasn't exactly expecting but my stylist, aka mom, took matters into her own hands and luckily I always like what she does. SO, while she twisted my hair she suggested I take small sections and run a moisturizer through each one so my hair won't be so dry.

"My hair will be a greasy mess," I retorted.
"Okay then, do what you do," she replied.

When I got home and was finally forced to take out the twists (my mom's an hour away and I'd gone on a mini-vacay) I decided to try her method. None of mine were working after all. It took FOR-EV-ER to oil each little section before I twisted it and I hoped, with each twist that this would work.

I went to bed, woke to some serious oil slicks on my pillow and my hair tie but as I untwisted each twist I discovered gorgeous coils that actually shined! Yes, MY HAIR shines using this method. Oil was too greasy, my hair didn't absorb it all and I don't know how to use any less so I tried a leave-in conditioner and didn't like that. Recently I tried a light hair "dressing" or grease by TCB and it looks and feels really great!! Then I can gently separate the twists for this gorgeous twist-out. I'm just lovin' it.

The lesson? Some naturals have to force moisture into the hair and if it's thick enough that requires we divide that stuff up. Grease may not be moisturizing my hair, but it holds in the moisture I do have after washing/conditioning/and deep treatments. It looks and feels happy so I'll stick with it until this head of hair decides it doesn't want to do it anymore...then we'll be back to the drawing board!