Hair Around Here

Blog's been quiet.  Not much to report on lately ... except a steady stream of hair around here. :}

Six sections and bantu knots again.  I think it is SO neat how her hair holds itself in place at the ends. I  just tucked the ends of the twists underneath the knots and she was good to go.

I was inspired by how my friend, Emmie, just whipped her daughter's hair up in a partial french braid around the crown of her daughter's head when they were visiting last week.  I had her give me a couple pointers and I tried it on Anna that day, though I finished it off with another go at a fishtail.  Not bad!

Lasa was inspired watching me work on Anna and wanted to try her hand at the doing of the hair, too.  So I set her up behind me and let her get to work.  It was so funny!  She would try to brush my hair and then cry, 'Uh Oh!' with every stroke when she didn't manage to brush it down to the end and found the hair still stuck in the brush.  She wasn't quite ready for all that.

So we settled for selfies and giggles and messing with the brush alone instead. 

Speaking of hair, I wanted to share this pic of Anna's hair on a day when she is left to her own devices.  Raggedy Anna is an understatement ... and it melts my heart.  I love her messy look.  It's so her.  It's so her in fact, that when I asked her to grab my camera so I could take a pic of the hair all over the place and in her face, she owned the look and took the selfie herself.  See that big natural grin! Love.

Back in Lasaland, we have fallen in to an easy routine of doing two-strand twists for the most part.  I am trying out some homemade moisture sprays and ingredients which is a real trial-and-error process.  My next ingredient to try is some aloe juice!  This 'do I did after a daily refresh with water, conditioner, and fractionated coconut oil ... seeing if the fco is any easier (but also effective enough) to spray than the regular coconut oil that clogs my bottle up.  True story, when I took this picture of the back of her head, this sweetie pie was grinning and saying cheese for the camera still.  Adorable!

And lastly, not exactly about hair, but still in the hairy department, this kiddo finally got a haircut.  His thick curls were driving him crazy.  And then he took me to see Beauty and the Beast with my birthday tickets. 

The Beast counts as hairy, too.  Fun fact, at the end of the movie, Belle asks hims to consider growing a beard.  Which reminds me, Josh shaved his off and it took us all a day or two to get used to it again.  HA!