T-shirt Method

"I got my t-shirt and my panties on..." That's the song I sing in my head when I think about the t-shirt method. Lol! I haven't done this before since my hair is in twa status but read about it and got a nice visual aid from the one and only MSatch. (For those who don't know, she has and awesome head of hair and she does the texlax method of straightening her hair. A rare method from what I've seen but it works awesomely for her. It I should ever go back to a perm, I would definitely texlax.)

Anywho, I washed my Senegalese twist on Saturday. Since they are almost waist length and I was having issues with my hair coming out of them, I wanted to be extremely careful when I dried them. While still in the shower, I bent over and flipped my hair over my head, towards my feet. I held the middle (like a ponytail) and then shook the ends to dispose of the excess water.

Now, I did the t-shirt method a bit differently because of the twist and the lengh. (Check out MSatch's description for a better way) I took a t-shirt that I "borrowed" from one of my best guy friends. I was too big for the neck to fit around my head so I stuck my head through one of the armholes. I wrapped the shirt around my twist then twisted that, again, making it into a type of ponytail. I took the the end and knotted it, to hold it together. I may not do the ends that way again as it was heavy and I could feel it pulling at my hair line. I ended up placing the knotted end on top of my head because it was so uncomfortable.

I only needed it on for about 10-15 minutes and my hair was over 60% dry. I took it off and rubbed shea butter on my scalp, following that up with castor oil.

I'll probably use the t-shirt method when my natural hair has grown out a bit. Mostly using it for when I'm going to style my hair though; ie, twist, twist out.

It never ceases to amaze me how MSatch can lead my in the right direction without even knowing it. Like any other day, I go to her blog to see what's going on with her Telaxed tresses and I notice a link saying "Top Sista Sites." I click and after about 30 seconds of browsing this site, I find the article "How to make a manicure last."

I hadn't told anyone this but I was gettting frustrated with the Orly Enchanted Forest polish I'd purchased because it was chipping so quickly. I knew it wasn't the polish because it's a good brand and not cheaply manufactured. I knew it had something to do with my application. I just had no idea what it was.

Well, this article has let me know what I was doing wrong. I was trying to do what I'd seen done at the nail salons. Two thick coats of polish. Apparently, I'm supposed to do 3-4 thin layers. And I wasn't letting the polish cover the tips and go under them a little bit. I never realized that manicurist actually did that for a reason.

With these tips and a few others from that article, I will try my polish again and see how long it last. I'll give an update

Slander

Just thought I'd mention this. I've been seeing my name slandered an awful lot lately. I won't mention the name of the telaxed diva with the fierce new hair cut, but below, you will find a list of post where the good name of Renise B. has been dragged through the mud. Enjoy! Lol!

Hair Cut

Review of ORS

How could I forget?!?!

I saw my best friend on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!! First let me just say, it has been almost a year since I'd seen her and her family. Her GORGEOUS daughters have grown so much. I hate that I can't see them as much b/c the don't know me and even though I was to give them hugs and kisses, they are very young and don't remember so I don't want to freak them out and make them cry. But anyway, the hair on these girls heads is ridiculous! They both have very long curly hair. My best friend had these cut twisted styles in their hair. They looked adorable. (I'm a little jealous they have more hair than me! lol)

So as I have said before, my friend texlaxes her hair. It's looked really good. I could see the beautifully wavy texture of her hair. It looked a lot thicker than her hair used to and was very soft. She is doing a great job on her hair. She had it up in this cute bun type style. It wasn't actually a bun but just pinned up. It was cute. I can't wait til my hair get long enough for me to do sutff like that. I have hair envy of 2 toddlers and their mommy! lol! I love them all though!

Great start to my weekend which only got better as time progressed. Sad I couldn't see them again before they headed back home but thankful for the time I spent with my homegirl and her entire family.

Excited

At the end of this week my best friend will be back in VA!!!!! Yay! I'm super excited as I have not seen her and the family in a looooooooooooooooooooooooong time. And I'm thrilled to be able to see her with texlaxed hair for the first time. Her pictures show how healthy her hair is becoming and it looks great. Can't wait to see it in person and touch it. She's been blogging about her texlax/healthy hair journey on her blog BTW. She's always trying something new and it what give me inspiration to pretend to be the mixologist she is becoming.