Hair

Belle is African American. When we started this journey I was scared we would get an AA girl and that I would have to figure out the hair thing. Let me tell you...it has been a journey. I tried a few things the first week and a half she was here. They didn't last long. At the end of the first full week with us I took her to an AA salon. They put corn rows across the top of her head and then straightened the back. I like natural hair on AA girls (which is not straightened). The straightened hair didn't look good for very long either. I left the corn rows in and did twists in the back of her hair to give her a twist out for two days. Last night I did a better job of putting twists in her hair (this is called a protective style) and this morning it still looked great! Yea! This hair style is my best yet. It is getting easier. It is kind of fun. I use to feel sorry for my friend Korienne because of how long it would take her to do her girls' hair on the weekend but now I realize that even thought it may take an hour or two to fix her hair you don't have to touch it (fix it, wash it, etc.) for days...even up to two weeks or more if the style looks good. It is so great to just have her get dressed and brush her teeth in the morning and she is ready to go to school. (Google twists and twist outs to see what I am talking about.)