greetings from greasy hair!

Hello I'm SugarCube's daughter and I must say those braids are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!  My mom braids my hair similarly and I admire your patience! That's why my mom does my braids. I have similair hair to Sugar Cube's so when you see her first pic don't be srprised if its me and her or just me. Is that okay mods I don't want to get mom in trouble

LOVE that look on you HOlly!  Well done for doing that so well yourself too

The braids are perfect, Holly!  You did a technically excellent job putting them in.   It's really cool... you've got me thinking of doing this, sometime...

Wow your braids are stunning! I would love to have a go at doing something like that myself but i am all fingers and thumbs!

Why hellooo long hair forum frequenters. It sure has been awhile.

I put the annual summer braids in last week and then went on a 5 night, 6 day concert/camping/partying trip. So I washed my hair last Wednesday and got a quick rinse yesterday morning before my 7 am shift at work!

So yesss, I am queen of the greasy hair right now. The front corn rows are very fuzzy and loose, but upon arriving home from my trip I was suddenly let into a summer class I wanted to take and was 2 weeks behind! So as soon as I catch up with the class, I'll be able to re-do the corn rows.

I have every intention of leaving the braids in for more than a week this year. My "goal" is 3 and some, because I have another trip at the end of the month. Shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Anyhoo, here are a few pics of the finished product as taken last week (notice the lack of fuzziness).



A number of random strangers I encountered on the trip felt they had to run up, stroke the braids, and tell me how much they loved the hair.

One passerby was like, "Wow! That's so sick hair man! I only know one other girl that got them done in Jamaica! Looks so good on you!" I think he was a little bit intoxicated. I believe he meant sick in a good way.

And then there are the total strangers that ask me if it's my actual hair. Yes, it is my actual hair. It doesn't look plasticy and tacky like the faux braids that are so trendy (no offense to those that like them).

Other questions: "Is it heavy? Did it take long? Can you braid mine? You didn't REALLY do those yourself, did you?"

Oh, and to answer the time question, I actually have no idea how long it took this year. It was 9 last year... I did something like 8 braids in 3 hours the first day, but I was a little unsure of how I wanted to part them and fiddled and re-did some stuff. Finished the rest of the back the following day and did the corn rows at the front a few days later.

I was using ouchless elastics in the photos, but all but about 3 of them fell out by the end of the trip. So I went out and got some rainbow coloured goody rubber bands (back to the basics!) which I'm currently in the process of incorporating. So far the grease is doing a fabulous job at keeping the ends from unraveling, hahaha.

ALL RIGHT. I think I'm done rambling about my head now. I was studying music theory for my class all day and this was a much needed break! Ciao for now!