Another Updo

I'm in the process of learning how to crop pics & post. I cropped these pics but have no idea where to retrieve 'em. In a rush now, but will attempt later. But in the meantime...

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From Braidlocz to Traditional Locs

Greetings peeps.

I just wanted to give a brief update on my cousin's braidlocz. I installed his braidlocs at the beginning of the year --> SEE. And since then, he's been for a re-ti only TWICE. So imagine my frustration as I agonized about retightening his hair after going almost 4 months. So, I decided to convert from braidlocz to traditional locs, which took just 2 hours to redo as opposed to 4 possibly 5. Quite surprisingly, his hair held up well. He is definitely on his way to locing. Also, out of the gazillion on his head, only 3 of 'em unraveled. So here's a before & after look of his hair.

Updo - almost 14-month mark

Greetings Everybody.

Tuesday, I will be at the 14-month mark. And I got the "I need to do something different with my hair or Ima do something drastic like cut it all off" urge. So, as fate would have it, I went to nappy headed black girl's page &, whaddaya know, she had a vid of someone tutorializing, don't try to patent my word, a short updo.

Now, I will forewarn you by saying that my style is not exactly like the one in the vid. However, it gave me an idea & I free-styled the rest. So, check out the tute, ck out my pics, then let me know whatcha think? K?

All down...

Back 

Another view

Side

Other side

Voila!! Frontal view

Oh, I almost forgot to mention one key component to this whole thing....I did this without being able to see the back of my head. A few weeks ago my handheld mirror just poof and disappeared. Nooobody has seen it. Kinda strange to me, but I digress. Anyhoo, I think I did an ok job to not have been able to see what the heck I was doing back there. I am going to buy another mirror in the very near future, though. But until then....

Crinkles

The other night, I spritzed my hair with water & used a lil lock & twist gel to plait my hair. Yes, I said it --plait. I removed the braids the next day & this is the result. I apologize for the poor quality/lighting, but, hey, all I have is my cell phone to take pics with.

...to the left

...to the right

...top/back/aerial view

What do you think? I think it makes my hair look voluminous.

Ponytails...2

Ok, so, this is a test to see if the pics I post actually post. Prior, I sent pics of my ponytails from my phone. However, it appears that the link is broken. So anyhoo, here are a coupla pics of my ponytails. Now, I will forewarn you that they aren't "cute" ponys but, ponys none the less.

I got a ponytail...

	Well, ponytails. I was messing around and became excited by the fact that my hair has grown to where I can make ponytails. See....