On Deployment

Happy New Year!!! I hope you all had a very Happy Holiday Season. Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanzaa! Ok, so, I am on deployment and I will be for at least the next few months. I am actually on deployment in Italy, and I am not on a ship, so I have a little more freedom to do my hair how and when I want. What I mean by that is, on a ship you can wash your hair in the shower and you would have to do your hair (braid, twist, oil, condition and seal, detangle, etc.) in the head (bathroom), berthing common area, or your rack (if you can work that out… I had a top rack when I was on the ship, so I could sit up straight, LOL). Oh yes, a rack is a bed/bunk, for you non Navy types =) Entywayz….The day before we left, I did my hair in a microweave (braids around the perimeter, weave in the middle) I realized when I was braiding how long my hair had actually gotten, because I was going to just braid to the end of my hair and tie it off well, at one point I was like, “gosh, I’m still braiding this one braid”, LOL.

I maintained this style by spritzing it with a rose water/glycerin mix or a leave-in conditioner mixed with water and Vitamin E. I also slept with a satin bonnet. BTW, I also have a satin pillow case for those nights I just passed out, LOL. I recently took these out. I had them in for a little over a month. I totally detangled my hair with my denman brush and parnevu leave-in conditioner before I washed it. I washed my hair with my medicated black soap (from butters-n-bars.com) and conditioned with my Aphogee 2-minute reconstructor. Then I moisturized and sealed my hair with “grow my hair” shea butter (also from butter-n-bars) and castor oil. My scalp was all tingly and cool, my hair was soft, it was great =)

And, of course, shrinkage is very deceiving. At this point, it’s been a little over 3 months since my BC. I’m pretty happy. My hair feels thick and healthy. I seems like it’s growing, even in my trouble spots, YAY!!! Thank the Lord, hallelujah!!! And I still wear my wigs to work. Speaking of wigs, I just spent entirely too much money on some new wigs from hairsisters.com. They had an after Christmas/New Year sale!!! Wow. Plus I ordered some things from besthairworld.com They were shutting down their website, so I got a few things I had my eyes on =) I’m waiting on my hairsisters.com order (they ship to military FPO/APO) I had two, one shipment on its way here, and one on its way to Marbles’s house in the states. I will pick them up when I get back, if she doesn’t confiscate them first, LOL. But here are a couple pictures of the 3 new ones I received from besthairworld.com. Tell me what you think. Peace and many blessings, with much love always...HHG!!!

-Ms. Natural-N-Navy