Category Archives: Beauty

Protective style: Marley Twists on Locs

January 14, 2013Hairbraids, dreadlocks, extensions, locs, protective styles, twistsTimiKomo

These days I have been protecting my hair with some Marley twists. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s possible because I did it! My sister, cousin, and I twisted my hair. Watch the video to see how I twisted my locs using Marley aka dreadlock hair.

Feeling Myself Friday

December 8, 2012HairTimiKomo

I think I’d enjoy red hair…

Hair Growth

November 15, 2012HairTimiKomo

I used to think my hair wasn’t growing because it always shrank and curled up. I stumbled upon one of my older Youtube videos of when I tried coils for the first time (Watch it here). Compare my length then (May 2011, the week of my college graduation) to the length of my fingercoils update in September 2012 (Watch here). It actually is growing! I also look quite different. It’s good to see I’m growing all around.

Natural Hair updo!

November 13, 2012Haircoils, natural hair, updoTimiKomo

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My Life through Instagram 11.8.12

November 10, 2012Fashion, Hair, LifeTimiKomo

Life has been a little busy but I’ve had time to snap some pictures. Enjoy!

1. Limo ride with @MalibuMara (of MalibuMara.com) to #GirlsNightOut at Bebe’s in the Galleria.

2. Pipe cleaner curls

3. Me & Bunmi at Bebe’s #GirlsNightOut event. Blazer was on sale at F-21.

4. Dressing up at work, Lenithia’s a school girl and I’m a French/British stewardess

5. Trying out a new style, a pompadour for short hair, thanks to Fauryn78‘s tutorial! The snazzy yellow blazer was a gift from Lenithia. It’s one of my favorite pieces in my closet.

6. Outfit for church. The pants were thrifted and only about $4! Yesss!

Follow me on Instagram- @NatChronicles

Coiling Around

September 3, 2012HairCoil, Hair, natural hairTimiKomo

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having a great labor day!

Just thought I’d show y’all what my hair is looking like these days. They’re still in coils. As you can see, the coils have matured and have been retwisted a few times since I first out them in around mid-May. The crinkly texture in the picture above is from a braid-out.

I’m loving the texture of my hair. I can see my growth easily with this. I can tell I’m getting some length because I’ve had to constantly push my bangs out of my eyes. I like the size of the coils. At this point, they’re still pretty lightweight when dry. They still curl up after a good wash. I wash them every few weeks and retwist right after the wash.

Check out this picture of them after wash:

The coils are by no means perfect. The right side is a little fuller and longer than the left. And the front coils are smaller than the back ones. But I love all 175 of them just the same. Yes, I counted! About 175 coils total.

Like I said, post-wash the coils do shrink. Honestly, I prefer them a little shrunken.

Here’s the actual stretched out length:

Although, I’m loving my hair these days, I wanted to see if I could still put braids on top of them. I tried putting on yarn braids— mini-fail. I’ll try to look into my options so I don’t over-manipulate my hair.

5 Minute Makeup Challenge

June 28, 2012Beauty5 Minute, Challenge, Makeup, youtubeTimiKomo

I decided to give in a join the 5 minute makeup challenge. The results were quite comical. But hey, I tried! And I did it in less than 5 mins (the Drake song is technically 4:45 mins long). I also apologize for my tragic eyeliner— such a mess! heheh

My get ready anthem really is “Fancy” by Drake. I’m sorry that this wasn’t the clean version. I had no clue, obviously heheh.

Happy 3rd Nappy-versary

June 27, 2012Hairafro, big chop, black, Do it yourself, Hair, natural hair, protective styles, TWA, yarn braidsTimiKomo

Whoa, it’s been 3 years already! That’s cray. My BC was on June 20th, 2009.

When I went natural, people mourned for the loss of my silky tresses, telling my hair would never be the same and that it wouldn’t grow back. Well, they were right about one thing. Ever since I did my big chop, my hair has been constantly evolving.

If feel like hair is supposed to grow and mature with you. My hair represents different stages in my life.

I had shiny shoulder-length hair that was often up in a ponytail. There’s only one thing I miss about my permed hair– my bangs! They look so much better than the time I tried to cut them by myself in the 4th grade. Funny enough, I never notices how much forehead that I had back in the day.

My TWA stage was all about “What makes me beautiful?” I experimented with makeup for the first time and started dressing differently. I threw away all my t-shirts and started wearing red lipstick with everything!

My puff/afro stage was my “DIY” stage. I started experimenting with my hair. You can find my styles here. I found blogger and Youtube channels to teach me things. My favorite phrase was “I did/made it myself.” I was discovering myself, who I was, and what I liked. During this time, I started riding a bike on campus, got really into “Going green” and started making Youtube videos/blogging seriously.

Yarn braids are my favorite protective style. A girl at school did them for me for the first time in the Fall of 2009 and I was hooked. Ever since, I’ve been fending off rumors that I am loc’d.