What is a french roll?

In my last post on 18th November, I discussed a bit about French Roll so of course I thought that it would be in order to get a video about What is a French Roll and how it is done.  So here it is.  Watching this video is like being at the silent movies in the old days.  The author of this video has no dialogue and no music but the content, in my opinion, is good.

This picture is how I had my hair styled when I got married in 2007.  I saw it in an magazaine and right away I knew that was what I wanted.  Eventhough my hair was a good length, my hairdresser added some false in the roll to give it more body.

Here in the BVI I notice most ladies mostly put their hair in one and add some pins on.  Personally I get headaches when I have my hair styled like this so I don't do it.  I don't braid my hair any more because I don't like to be at the hairdresser that long.  Depending of the hair style, it takes about four - five hours!!!  

I remember about two days after I got married, I washed out my hair.  I was so paranoid bout having the gel in my hair too long.

Acrylic Nails

I just felt like doing a post about my co worker's acrylic nails.  She has them done about every two weeks and they are always prettly painted.

Many years ago, I too was in this fashion and really enjoyed it.  I liked the fact that I could wash my dishes and my nail polish would not flake off.  

I fooled myself by saying that my nails were growing.  They were growing but they were VERY soft.  One year I decided to give my nails a rest from the acrylic, only to discover that the beds of my finger nails were extremely soft.  They bent and broke very easily.  I was concerned that my nails would never get back to their original state but after some time, they were back to normal.

The picture to the right is of my daughters nails, she enjoys taking pictures of her nails when are just done.

French Roll

One of my co workers had a weave installed in her hair this weekend and guess what? It was a curly weave!  It looks like my hair when I comb out my Bantu Knots!  I think the ladies at my office are paying attention to my hairdos.  What I would like to see them do is, to focus on their natural hair rather than installing braids and weaves into their hair.

This first lady I mentioned about is an exception, she was ill about a year ago and she was on some heavy medication and apparently it caused her to have a lot of hair loss.  So she wears are wig every day.

My boss also wore a wig for a period of time but her story was that her hairdresser colored her hair black and that was not what she wanted.  So guess what the hairdresser did?  She applied a different color to my boss's hair the same day!!!  So of course she suffered a great deal of hair loss. 

She is now really recovering from that horrible experience and does not wear the wig anymore.  She combs her hair in a French Roll.

Admirer

There is a young man at work that is noticing my curls.  A few months ago he took some pictures of me and they came out great!  I was very pleased with the pictures.  This is one of them.

Last week, I co washed my hair and decided to wrap my hair.  That morning we had a lot of rain and my hair got a little wet.  When he saw me he asked what is wrong with my hair.  I could tell he did not like what he saw.  That night I twist my hair in Bantu Knots and the next morning, by his expression I could tell he was pleased!
I used this picture in my About Me page on my website.

PC fixed

This is the first video that I viewed for the evening and like it.  It is about a lady sharing her hair health and growth journey.  It reminded of my niece-in-law (I did a post about her and her friends at her 18th birthday beach party).  She said that her hair was breaking so she had to cut it.  She even spoke of installing some braids. 

Personally putting braids and weaves in your hair does not assist in making your healthy and reducing hair breakage.  First the hair will stil be dry because you not really be able to fully moisturise the hair daily.  In addition when removing the braids, there is a lot of breakage.  You will notice the thining of this lady's (in the video) hair line.

P.S.  I got my PC fixed so I am back full blast!!

PC crashed

Since I started watching Youtube videos with tips how to style my relaxed hair, I have been twisting my hair in Bantu Knots basically every night or folding it into pin curls.  I recently tried the flex rods.  My husband does not like it when I twist my hair in the Bantu Knots or when I wrap my hair.  Strangely enough he does not complain when I roller set my hair and sleep with the rollers in my hair. 

Occassionally he would run his fingers through my hair but I hardly sleep with my hair open out any more.  When we sleep, we are always  hugging each other.  Some times, my hair would get trapped under his arms and I would have to gently pull my hair to get it from under his arms.  This irritates me.

My computer is presently not working, when I powered it on, it stays in a infinite loop starting Windows and shutting off.  I have to take it to the 'doctor' today.  Hopefully I will get it back by weekend.  I feel kind of lost because I have gotten into a daily routine where I will check my emails first thing in the morning and publish my daily post on my blogs.

Not bad

I washed my hair last night and decided to test these spiral/twist rods.  I had some problems getting the rods to stay in place so I came up with a master plan to keep them place by using my pony Os that I use to keep my Bantu Knots in place.  I air dryed my hair a bit and then I put in the rods.  I just damp my hair ends a bit.

These are pictures of the results after I combed out my hair this morning.  Sorry guys I did not put on any make up this morning.  I was sweating too much.

I was not quite satisfied with the fact that I had to use my Pony Os to keep these purple twist rods in place.  So I went to the store and purchase another set of rods.  This time I got the yellow ones.  There are five rods in the pack and I bought three packs and a bottle of leave in conditioner.

As soon as I got home I put one to the test by folding it and it past the test!  I am satisfied!

 

Plans changed

I don't have much to post about today.  I had planned to co-wash my hair last night and wrap it but my sister-in-law said that she liked how my hair looks (Bantu Knot comb out curls) so I decided to twist my hair in knots again last night.  But thinking about it as my hair was touched up a few days ago, it is still bone straight.  So if I had wrapped it, my hair would have been ablolutely straight.  I would have had to set my roller set my hair first and then wrap it the next morning for a few minutes.  That works well for me.

  Thinking about it the average person I see with long hair, wear it straight.  If you see a woman with curls in their hair, I can guarantee you that it is artifical. 

Touch up pic

I forgot that I had taken this picture of my touch up results.  As much as I think my hair looks good, I just love my curls from my Bantu Knots!