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I Love my Hair!

Tyra Banks Segment on "Good Hair"

Excerpt from the film "Adopted"

Good Hair - The Movie

One day, comedian Chris Rock's daughter came home and asked him, "How come I don't have good hair?".

The result of his attempt to find the answer to that question is: Good Hair - The Movie.

I'm getting better at this Hair Thing ...

Have now evolved to proper parting before twisting. And, since these pics, have learned to put in a few braid "stitches" at the beginning of each twist to make the base tighter - so hopefully the twists will last longer. Some moms are getting 3-4 WEEKS out of their daughters' twists - I am lucky to get 3-4 DAYS before they are super-fuzzy.

Hopefully the new technique will pay off ('cuz it takes a little longer to put these twists in).

When time and/or patience (mine or Ebba's) is in short supply, little puffs (pigtails) are quicker. Have tried 4 and 8:

They will last maybe 3-4 days before needing re-doing. I think her hair is a little short "around the edges", and the short bits pull out and go wild. A friend is making me some satin crib sheets that will hopefully reduce friction (and therefore fuzziness).

Her hair is getting long enough now (4+ inches when pulled out straight) that leaving it free is not really a good choice (tho I usually do it for a day or two a week), bec it pulls so much to comb it through (even when I wet it down with water and de-tangler btw baths) that we end up in tears.

My First Real Stab at "Doing Hair"

Altho I did once re-do Ebba's bobble-y pigtails (about 12 of them) while were in ETH, since then I have left her hair au naturel. In honour of our 1-mo anniv (tho mostly bec we were all up at some ungodly hr and had lots of time on our hands), yesterday after breakfast I decided to try putting in some simple twists.

It went fairly well - Mei Le handed me the beader & snaps, and Ebba mostly co-operated.

Here are the results! A bit loose & fuzzy, but I am pleased for the first try! And if it saves on the daily comb-thru hassle for a few days, I'm all for it!