Mini twists

Hello there lovely people,


Well...this post is a bit overdo (by about two weeks), but here it goes anyway.  Since I shall soon be moving and starting a new job I figured that my life may be getting a bit hectic soon.  With this fact in mind I had to decide what to do with my hair.  Certainly I don't want to neglect it, but I also want to minimize the amount of time I have to spend on it for about the next month or so while I get settled into my new life.  What did I decide you ask?.....mini twists (as the post title implies;-).  I love Naptural85's mini twists.  I've been wanting to do them in my hair for a little while, but was very much so deterred by the putting in and taking out processes.  However, I decided to just go for it.  It took me about 10 hours to put them in.  I started on Monday evening and finished on Saturday morning.  I spent about 1.5-2 hours each day doing a few twists.  I'm finally finished and I love them!!!! The twists are easy to maintain and versatile.  I'm hoping to keep them in for at least 4 weeks, so I'll keep you updated on how it goes.  Putting them in was not nearly as bad as I imagined.  I think that if I had sat down and tried to do it all in one day I would have been miserable and come to despise them, but doing little by little was simply genius (which means it was Naptural85's idea not mine ;-).


Anyhoo, below is a bit of a recap of the process.....if you are considering putting mini twists in your hair I say go for it!!!

I started with freshly washed hair.  I then put my hair into about 20 large twists and wore that for a day

First day of twisting.  After twisting for about 1.5 hours the front of my hair was done.  I left the remainder of my hair in the large twists I had made the night before

This is a side view of my hair on day 1.  As you can see the front is in mini twists and the rest is in regular sized twists

These two pictures are from day 3.  By this point I had done the front and some of the sides.  I wore my hair pinned up most of the time during the twisting process because this made it easier to blend the two sizes of twists.   

Finally finished.  After 6 days of twisting I was finished.  I felt like this was quite an accomplishment!  I'll be back with some pics of my hair actually styled.

Guess who got a job?!?!?!

Hello there wonderful people,

As most (probably all) of you know,I have spent the past 5.5 years at USC in Columbia working on my doctorate in Biomedical Sciences (specializing in Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience).  Well, I'm finished!!!!  That's right, a billion years later, so it feels, I have finished.  I have also landed a job to begin in January.  Hooray for bills getting paid!!!! Come January I will be the newest addition to the Biology Department at Francis Marion University in the happening town of Florence, SC.  Oh Florence ;-)  Anyhoo, I'm super excited to have been given a position as a professor and oddly enough am also excited about moving.  Now don't get me wrong, moving in general is pretty exciting to me, but to Florence :-/  At first I was bummed because my heart has been set on Chi-town for a while now.  However, I figure that no matter where I go 1.) if I was sent there I was sent there for a reason, 2.) I'm still going to be me, 3.) the place will be what I make of it.  So, with a positive attitude I'm moving on to a new place and new phase of life.  Good bye Ramen Noodles, hello frozen PF Changs.......

So, that's all for now.  I hope that everyone has had a wonderful weekend.  I'll keep you all posted on a move date and the exciting things I find in Florence :-)

Tootles for now,
Love, peace and happiness