Lori'sNaturalLocks

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June 10, 2011 by Lori Leave a Comment

Hi there!

The dog days of summer have kicked in. Here in Cleveland the weather has gone from cold, to rainy then right into scorching hot. We have not experienced spring time temperatures nor have we eased into summer temperatures. This will be my first summer that I am wearing my natural hair without synthetic twists, braids or flat ironing so I have to begin pulling together a summerizing hair plan for those hot, humid, scorching summer days ahead. Continue Reading

Filed Under: Nurture & Healing, Products I've Tried Tagged With: frizz, natural hair, Natural hair style, product junkie, twist out

April showers style

April 11, 2011 by Lori Leave a Comment

Hi! With the April showers that have begun, I’ve had to experiment and be creative with natural hair styles that will hold up during rainy weather. Thought I’d share a picture of a style that I came up with to protect my hair from the rain. I put in a lot of work the night before washing, detangle, conditioning , doing a twist & curl and didn’t want it to turn into a frizzy afro because of the weather. I found a cute crotched knit cap to wear. I left all of the twists in (except for one in the front) put the cap on covering all of my hair with the one twist in the front out. I separated it for a little curly bang style. After a little separating and adjusting this turned into a kinda cute look. :)

: Twist & Curl with a cap

Filed Under: Natural Hair Styles Tagged With: curly, detangle, natural hair, Natural hair style, twist and curl, twist out

Hair do’s since my last relaxer

April 5, 2011 by Lori 4 Comments

Since transitioning from a relaxer to my natural hair texture I have worn my hair in quite a few different styles. I’ve worn everything from double strand synthetic twists, flat ironing, had it lightened for a while, cut in a bob after some damage when it was lightened, pony-tails, buns just to name a few styles. Over these last 5 1/2 years I’d been notorious for wearing it straight. And, my idea of protecting it and letting it “rest” is to get it put up into 2 stranded twists with synthetic hair. Reminiscing about these past hair styles, gives me the encouragement to embrace my natural texture, experiment with healthier hair style alternatives and continue to learn to be a bit kinder and gentler to my locks. Here are some pics I thought I’d share of some of the hair styles I’ve worn between Oct 2005 – Dec 2010.