{"id":8888,"date":"2014-03-24T02:23:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T06:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=8888"},"modified":"2014-03-23T23:25:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T03:25:41","slug":"vera-vs-natural-hair-sexy-curly-braids-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/fb\/vera-vs-natural-hair-sexy-curly-braids-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Vera vs Her Natural Hair: The Sexy, Curly Braids Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last year, I wore my wig for a few months, and I did it because I wanted my natural hair to rest. I have told you several times how <a href=\"http:\/\/verastic.com\/fb\/vera-vs-natural-hair-part-1.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>I have no idea what to do with my natural hair<\/strong><\/a>. I watch several videos on YouTube, and I try some of them, but it never ends up like it is in the video. Those people in the videos use some kind of juju, I tell you. But I digress.<\/p>\n<p>So I braided my hair in January, a couple days before my birthday, and it was beautiful. This particular kind of braids is my ultimate favorite. I love them because they have everything I like in hair: not too long, curly, low maintenance, and a little big. I put up the picture below before in <a href=\"http:\/\/verastic.com\/personal\/birthday-pictures-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my birthday post<\/strong><\/a>, and I&#8217;m putting it up again because I don&#8217;t really have a better picture to show the hair (although I stole this version from my Instagram).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/jPRAFcEJk6\/embed\/\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When I went to braid my hair, I told the lady not to make them small. I mean, I specifically told her NOT to make them small. Beyond my hair being natural and my edges still recovering, I have never really liked tiny braids. After the hair was done, I noticed that she did the ones on my edges really small, but I wasn&#8217;t mad cause I figured I didn&#8217;t have much hair in front anyway.<\/p>\n<p>However, Igwe took the braids down for me the other day and some of them were so tiny that my hair was just twisted and tangled. Arrrgggghhh! Even the braids in the middle of my head (where the hair is longer and thicker) were really tiny. I think some of them only had three strands of hair, walahi. I canceled the appointment I made to rebraid my hair (in box braids, this time). \u00a0My hair needs to recover again, so it&#8217;s back to the wigs &#8212; which I do not like!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8891\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8891\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8891\" alt=\"Lost hair. All lost.\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hair.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hair.jpg 750w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hair-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lost hair. All lost.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I washed my hair, this is the amount of hair that fell out (before combing it). This is the ball of hair that I formed from the little knots that were hanging from the tips of my hair. I was so angry that I told Igwe to give me a skin shave. He refused. If he had agreed, you&#8217;d be reading from a very bald-headed<\/p>\n<p>I bought myself a jar of unrefined, extra virgin coconut oil. Let&#8217;s see how it goes. I&#8217;m going to commit to washing my hair every weekend, and while I&#8217;m at that, I&#8217;ll be going wig-shopping after work today. I want something big. The one I have right now is not <em>the one<\/em> at all. I need a wig that&#8217;ll have me feeling like a diva.<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> I was already washing my hair every weekend, except for a few times that I went two weeks before washing.<\/p>\n<p><strong> P.P.S.<\/strong> I&#8217;m going to watch more hair videos. Again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last year, I wore my wig for a few months, and I did it because I wanted my natural hair to rest. I have told you several times how I have no idea what to do with my natural hair. 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