Yes, I know.  We’ve been through this before.  I disappear then come back with promises to be more diligent.  And then I disappear again.  Well that can best be explained by saying that after four years of being natural and three years of running this Blog, the novelty has run out of the whole process.  I mean, I still love my natural tresses with an unadulterated passion but… The over-saturation of the “market” gets to be a bit too much to compete with on a daily, or even weekly basis.  Of course I’ve said this all before so I won’t bore you all with the details but I’m sure those of you who’ve started hair care Blogs and “abandoned” them understand.  I really don’t want to give up on the Blog since 1. I paid for the URL for another year and 2. I enjoy sharing information about natural hair care.  So I guess I’ll keep up appearances with posts about new products (which may come very sparingly since I don’t switch up very often) and maybe a rant or two.  Of course I plan to continue posting articles at the Columbus Natural Hair Examiner page in order to “keep up with the Joneses” (and make a little money in the process), so those posts will appear here too.  Other than that, I probably won’t be as active as I have in past years but at least I’ll stay somewhat current.

So what have I been up to?  Well I’m coming up on my one year anniversary at my day job and there are some very exciting changes coming down the pike that are sure to make our terminal shine.  To say I love my job would be an understatement so any additions that make it fun for me to be there and worthwhile coming back each day are welcome.  I’ve moved into my very own apartment after close to three years of living as a “room mate”, something I consider a major accomplishment (first time renter here… HOLLA!) and will allow my two youngest sons to move down with me.  Hair-wise, my tresses are healthy and abundant.  From root to tip my strands measure in at approximately 9′, unstraightened and my curl pattern seems to gain a bit looser grade with each inch gained:

That’s freshly washed hair in the pic, moisturized with a lil bit of grape seed oil.  My products as of late are water (if you consider that a product) coconut oil and/or grape seed oil, an occasional dab or two of Emmy’s Elixir (instead of the two aforementioned oils), Herbal Essence Totally Twisted shampoo and conditioner  (review coming soon) and Going Natural’s Herbal Styling Gel (second review coming soon as they’ve changed the formula).   I have tried Herbal Essence Tousle Me Softly Finishing Cream but not as an everyday option (review soon to come).   My regimen is wash and condition once a week, water and moisturize daily.  I detangle when I condition and not a minute before.  Nothing complicated or over the top.  I just let my hair do what it wants to do.  I don’t/won’t take any vitamins, do that 100 strokes thing or even experiment with a million and one styles because over the span of four years, my hair has trained me on what it likes, and I listen to it.

So that’s update in a nutshell.  I’m here, my hair is still growing and I’m still very much natural.

Healthy Hair Wishes…