Video: Dry Detangling with Tangle Teezer

Ok, I wasn't even going to post these videos since you can't even see what I'm doing but I asked our Facebook friends and they wanted to see so here ya go! I took A's heart cornrow style out and detangled with the Tangle Teezer. Above is what her hair looks like with (most) of the style out and below is what it looked like half detangled.



She was leaning wayyy back in her chair in the second video, lol.

A's Hair Growth - Pictures 2 Years Apart

I was uploading random pictures on our Facebook page, as I normally do and got to chatting with a few ladies about A's hair growth so I decided to post these pictures on the blog. These were taken 2 years apart.

January 6th, 2009 - 3 Years Old, All brushed out.


January 25th, 2011 - 5 Years Old, All brushed out.


By the way, we have a very active Facebook page so feel free to add us! We talk about everything, from teaching our children to read, to hair, to what's going on in the news, back to hair! lol The women are great and very helpful (not to mention, hilarious!). Our Facebook badge is in the right side column or you can search Beads Braids Beyond.

Quicker Box Braiding Method

Rachael writes:

Hey, I thought I'd let you know I have learned a great time-saver when doing small box braids.

Whenever I'm making square or rectangular parts, I tend to be a perfectionist and the parting takes FOREVER....as if box braids don't take long enough to do! lol

I started making little half-moons instead of "boxes." It made the whole process go so much faster because I wasn't worried about getting the parts just right....and it turned out really cute, too. It ended up looking almost like little diamonds, but all I did was make little half-circles at her nape and worked my way up just by making little curved parts. I'll attach a pic or 2 so you can see. Just thought I'd share, in case you ever wanted to try it on A or share with others. :)

And for those of you who need more of a visual (such as myself), I put this together really quick:


Rachael did three at the nape of the neck and built from there.

Thank you so much for sharing, Rachael! I am going to give this a try next time we do box braids.