It’s Vera vs Her Natural Hair Again (Plus Pantene Giveaway!)

Ehen. Remember a few days ago I told you about my most coveted holiday hairstyle? So I asked Funmie to come over and help me achieve anyone of them. Little did I know what I was setting myself up for. Funmie came over and started watching Nollywood movies on her phone while I suffered and washed and conditioned my pair with my Pantene Clarifying Shampoo and Pantene Deep Conditioner. Funmie finally decided to join in.

Before we started, my hair was so brittle. I won’t lie, I had been treating it badly. Funmie applied some of my Pantene products (Pantene Advanced Keratin Repair Kera Gloss Oil Mist and  Pantene Shine Serum with Argan Oil)  and we – Igwe included – were all so shocked at how nice it looked. My hair was shiny and smooth. Funmie told Igwe to bring a camera FAST! We took the pictures and then disaster struck.

 

Funmie did not know what the heck she was doing on my head. I told her several times: I do NOT want tiny twists on my head. Still, Funmie proceeded to do them. The funniest part was when she decided to do a twist out. I may not know much about my hair, but I knew for sure that a wet twist out is just wet hair. Period. Funmie twisted my wet hair and then untwisted it 5 minutes later, only to tell me that my hair wasn’t twisting *one brow up*

Then, just when I thought it couldn’t get worse, it did. Funmie started doing a flat twist on my head. This wouldn’t have been such a bad idea if she actually knew how to twist. That was when I vexed and said forgerrabourrit! I will do my hair myself! I didn’t know what I’ll do to it — or how I’ll do it.

I did average-sized twists on my head and went to bed. Then the next day, I decided to play with it. Remember in my first natural hair post, I told you about how springy my hair is? Well, that’s why it looks so little in the picture above and the picture below with the twists. And the white stuff is just extra product. I ended up with an afro bun, but it wasn’t as nice as I intended, and that’s mostly because I am still learning how to do my own hair. On the plus side, Pantene has made my hair feel like cotton candy. Shiny cotton candy.

And now, the giveaway time!!!! Woo hoo!!!

Here’s how to enter:

1.  Leave a comment. Say anything.

2.  Do some fasting and prayer.

Rules of the giveaway:

1.  Enter a valid address that you have access to because when you win, this is the e-mail address I will contact you at AND this is the e-mail address you MUST reply me from.

2.  The winner will be announced tomorrow at midnight. I mean tomorrow, Saturday, December 2013, after which I will send you an e-mail, and you will have 20 hours (8pm EST) to respond. If I don’t hear from you by 8pm EST, I will have to put up another post for a new winner.

3.  Giveaway is open to only US residents.

Now, go forth and win. May the force be with you.

P.S. The winner will be selected randomly, so leave as many comments as you want to give you a higher chance of winning, BUT readers who have been regular commenters will automatically have their comments doubled (and therefore given an even higher chance of winning).

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.