I had just finished styling my hair into a nice stretched afro; when my daughter gave me the best compliment.  She pointed to my hair and said, “You look cute” in her sweetest two-year-old voice.  It made me feel good to see that she already sees natural hair as beautiful. She then insisted that I do her hair.  Since she liked my afro so much, I decided to style her hair in somewhat of an afro (a full afro and my busy 2-year-old don’t always mix). I opted for a high puff. Here’s her puff:

I used a headband that matched her top to hold the puff back.

Here is the back of her puff.  You can still see a little of the white leave-in conditioner that I put in her puff.

I have not found a good gel that will hold her hair and doesn’t contain a ton of harmful toxins so it is not really slicked back.  I just did the best I could with water and leave-in conditioner.

When I have my hair in a braid-out or twist-out, it can last for weeks.  However, my daughter’s only last about a day.  This is the next day after my daughter wore the braid-out, seen here: braid-out. I finger styled and gently picked her moistened hair until I was satisfied with the shape (I love the messy afro look).  I then applied a small amount of ORS Olive Oil Smooth n Hold Pudding* (my review coming soon) to the front of her hair, gently brushed it and finished it with a headband.

My daughter is a very active little girl, so this style did not stay cute for very long.  It was a matter of minutes before she started rolling around on the floor and flattening the afro   Let’s just say that I may have to wait until she’s a bit older before she gets to really sport an afro.  Well, at least I got a chance to take a few pictures!

* You can currently read reviews of the ORS Pudding here:Organic Root Stimulator Olive Oil Smooth Pudding 13 oz. Tub

I discovered an interesting picture effect while visiting a local aquarium. Sitting next to the large aquarium and angling the camera just right, you get a cool reflection effect.  Check it out:

Here’s my picture next to the aquarium.

Here’s my sister, Co’s picture

Here’s my dear daughter’s picture. You can actually see one of the fish in her picture.

I also took pictures like this of my mom and son.  They all came out pretty cool.

After taking down my daughter’s last box braids, I needed a quick, cute style for her hair. I opted for a puff dressed up with a headband. Here are the results:
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Here are updated pictures of my DD’s afro.  This is a stretched afro done by braiding her hair into about 8 braids, then taking them down and combing them out 2 days later.  I dressed it up with a headband.

Here is a picture of DD’s afro at a  little over a year old. Here is more grown out and is beginning to fill on the sides and in the back.  At this point I had not begun using any products in her hair.  I washed and conditioned it with baby hair products. continue reading …

I wanted to reintroduce my DD (dear daughter). I first introduced her in the archived section of the website, but felt that a reintroduction was appropriate since her hair will be featured in the new Naturalness Kids continue reading …