Comments on: A Story of Transition: 7 Months http://spelhouselove.com/2010/02/27/a-story-of-transition-7-months/ 7 years, 3 kids, 1 ranch Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: spelhouseLove http://spelhouselove.com/2010/02/27/a-story-of-transition-7-months/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 spelhouseLove Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:41:38 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=2156#comment-1034 Hi Ervin, I designed and programmed the blog myself. Thanks. Hi Ervin, I designed and programmed the blog myself. Thanks.

]]> By: Ervin Coreas http://spelhouselove.com/2010/02/27/a-story-of-transition-7-months/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 Ervin Coreas Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:09:01 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=2156#comment-1032 I love your blog.. very nice colors & theme. Did you design this website yourself or did you hire someone to do it for you? Plz answer back as I'm looking to create my own blog and would like to know where u got this from. thanks I love your blog.. very nice colors & theme. Did
you design this website yourself or did you hire someone to do it
for you? Plz answer back as I’m looking to create my own blog and
would like to know where u got this from. thanks

]]> By: Locs by alisha http://spelhouselove.com/2010/02/27/a-story-of-transition-7-months/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Locs by alisha Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:08:31 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=2156#comment-400 thank you, I love what you wrote! i have gained alot. thank you, I love what you wrote! i have gained alot.

]]> By: spelhouseLove http://spelhouselove.com/2010/02/27/a-story-of-transition-7-months/comment-page-1/#comment-366 spelhouseLove Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:35:26 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=2156#comment-366 if only I had an ounce of skill in the hair doing department! if only I had an ounce of skill in the hair doing department!

]]> By: busybodyk http://spelhouselove.com/2010/02/27/a-story-of-transition-7-months/comment-page-1/#comment-365 busybodyk Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:44:46 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=2156#comment-365 Braidouts are a great way to style your own hair. Just wash, towel dry, braid in a few corn rows or plaits and air dry or sleep on it. You will have a wavy look that will be a manageable cute look. You can wear it free or use a head band and hold the front back using Edges or another hair gel. Google braidout to get an idea of what it will look like. Have a great trip to Trinidad! My hubby is from there too and we are going in December :) Braidouts are a great way to style your own hair. Just wash, towel dry, braid in a few corn rows or plaits and air dry or sleep on it. You will have a wavy look that will be a manageable cute look. You can wear it free or use a head band and hold the front back using Edges or another hair gel. Google braidout to get an idea of what it will look like.

Have a great trip to Trinidad! My hubby is from there too and we are going in December :)

]]> By: Danni http://spelhouselove.com/2010/02/27/a-story-of-transition-7-months/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Danni Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:19:33 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=2156#comment-360 PS--I also wanted to say the reason you gave a while back for going natural resonated with me. When I have a daughter I will not want her using chemicals so that's why I finally dedicated myself :) PS–I also wanted to say the reason you gave a while back for going natural resonated with me. When I have a daughter I will not want her using chemicals so that’s why I finally dedicated myself :)

]]> By: Danni http://spelhouselove.com/2010/02/27/a-story-of-transition-7-months/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Danni Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:18:40 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=2156#comment-359 I have been transitioning since August. I previously did it for 6 months and then I had a HUGE conference in my field and broke down. I too thought, probably rightfully so, that I wouldn't be seen as professional and put together. But now I see my hair as me....I have seen some of my white colleagues go to conferences with red hair. RED, like fire engine red! and they still get embraced. So now I am taking the engineering world by storm with my twist-outs! Advice, keep your hair moisturized and the new growth will stay nice and soft. Keep a spray bottle with a special liquid mixture (mine has glycerin, rosemary extract, and water...I vary the rosemary with chamomile, tea tree, etc from bottle to bottle). This helps my hair on winter days, lus my humidifier. I also did the Dominican blowouts, but for the last month I have started exclusively doing twistouts and bantu knots (which then remove and wear my hair down and curly). These styles help a lot with the new growth and now that I have a few inches some of my friends would swear I have been natural for longer....these styles blend it all nicely and make it look more natural which will give you time to get used to the difference. I have been transitioning since August. I previously did it for 6 months and then I had a HUGE conference in my field and broke down. I too thought, probably rightfully so, that I wouldn’t be seen as professional and put together. But now I see my hair as me….I have seen some of my white colleagues go to conferences with red hair. RED, like fire engine red! and they still get embraced. So now I am taking the engineering world by storm with my twist-outs!

Advice, keep your hair moisturized and the new growth will stay nice and soft. Keep a spray bottle with a special liquid mixture (mine has glycerin, rosemary extract, and water…I vary the rosemary with chamomile, tea tree, etc from bottle to bottle). This helps my hair on winter days, lus my humidifier.

I also did the Dominican blowouts, but for the last month I have started exclusively doing twistouts and bantu knots (which then remove and wear my hair down and curly). These styles help a lot with the new growth and now that I have a few inches some of my friends would swear I have been natural for longer….these styles blend it all nicely and make it look more natural which will give you time to get used to the difference.

]]> By: spelhouseLove http://spelhouselove.com/2010/02/27/a-story-of-transition-7-months/comment-page-1/#comment-358 spelhouseLove Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:06:04 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=2156#comment-358 I love you, Liz! I love you, Liz!

]]> By: Liz http://spelhouselove.com/2010/02/27/a-story-of-transition-7-months/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Liz Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:34:14 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=2156#comment-355 Ok, I am embarrassed to admit how completely and utterly ignorant I was/am of this entire topic. I seriously never *considered* the implications inherent with perming and heat styling (I am also now totally understanding why one of my training buddies will ONLY swim with me on Saturday mornings ... like, DUH, I get it now. *head smack*) I just -literally - spent two hours on CurlyNikki and now feel somewhat up to speed with the enormity of what you are doing. Thank you for opening my eyes to this, and please keep us up to date! Ok, I am embarrassed to admit how completely and utterly ignorant I was/am of this entire topic. I seriously never *considered* the implications inherent with perming and heat styling (I am also now totally understanding why one of my training buddies will ONLY swim with me on Saturday mornings … like, DUH, I get it now. *head smack*)

I just -literally – spent two hours on CurlyNikki and now feel somewhat up to speed with the enormity of what you are doing. Thank you for opening my eyes to this, and please keep us up to date!

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