My Winter Mini Braids- First Look & Details
JayI spent my 4-day Thanksgiving weekend (plus a few days during the week) braiding my hair. I did things a little different from my usual routine (which can be found…
My Niece’s Winter Braids…in detail
This is my 5 year old niece. Here's the post with pics I took while braiding. Here's a larger set of braids from the summer. You can see the shrinkage…
My Niece’s Winter Mini Braids
I'll upload pictures of the finished product with more detailed information. Here's a quick look at her mini braids on 4B/4C hair.
How To- Trimming Mini Braids
Here' s a quick rundown of how I trim my mini braids. The pics are low budget and my nails look awful, lol...so I will retake the pics the next…
My Fall Mini Braids- Update Week 4
It's been a whole month...yay! I'll have these in for about another 1-2 weeks. I have a wedding to attend on the 19th and I'm flat ironing my hair for…
Let’s Talk Deep Conditioning
For the past 6 years or so (as a relaxed head, natural, relaxed and natural again) I've deep conditioned my hair every weekend. Sure, I've missed a few weekends here…
My Fall Mini Braids- Update Week 1
Here are pics of my hair after having mini braids in for a week. Over the week, I worked out 2x a day but it only totalled around an hour…
My Fall Mini Braids
Just finished my latest set of mini braids. I did them over 3 days. If I subtract out the time I was multitasking and off doing over things, I'd say…
Tips For Braiding the Back of Your Head
If you are new to self-braiding, one of the most difficult things to master is braiding the back of your head. It took me a while to really get the…
Top 5 Tips for Undoing Mini Braids
Here's a list of tips to keep in mind while undoing your mini braids. I'm almost half way through the process of taking out my braids that were started on…
Take Down Time
It's official. I will be taking out these braids. I ultimately decided to take these mini braids out because of some tension at my roots. Each and every strand doesn't…
Growth versus Retention
This is something that's common sense but something I never really considered or gave a lot of thought to before I joined the online natural hair community. I noticed in…