Hello hello hello!!! So, over the past few months I realized my hair hasn't been growing like it used to. It may have just reached the max length it will grow. If that's the case, that's fine. I'm APL (Arm Pit Length) so no real big. But, if it can grow more then great. My hypothesis though, is that I have been too rough on my hair and stressing out the last few months causing excess breakage. So, what I've decided to do is really get into protective styling. This time around instead of sew-ins and wigs I opted to go a more fun route and try faux locs!! Honey chile-boo let me tell ya this is no hair style to do by yourself if you want it done quick. I did it by myself for the most part and had a few hours of help from a friend of mine. Honestly, it took around 20 hours to complete. I broke the work up over five days. Granted it wouldn't have taken nearly as long had I done them as big as I had seen people do them on YouTube, but I wanted the to look thin and natural. I succeeded, but my hands were feeling it for another week. Also, what no one tells you is this mess is heavy. It is really two hairstyles in one (box braids which are then wrapped in marley hair). All in all I used about two packs of braiding hair and eight packs of Marley hair. I used two different kinds of Marely hair because I went to different beauty supply stores to get them. You cant tell the difference though they both look the same. I used the method from Mariaantoinettetv's YouTube channel only I did burn the hair at the ends because it began to unraveled at the ends and I couldn't commit to redoing this ish all over again. I have had these twists in about 3 weeks no and they look good still, a lot of people believe they are my real hair. I do love them I just think I should have waited until the weather cooled down. This Georgia heat is relentless. I will probably keep them in another two weeks. Hopefully this is the break my hair needs, but its killing me not to touch my fro.. It will be worth it, I hope. Here is a couple of styles I've worn while I've had them in.
