Gratuitous Photo Post

[browngirl]

Behold my new default icon! Made for me by WD from a photo Tigerlily took of me, one of these four:

http://pics.livejournal.com/browngirl/pic/00037xe9/g18
http://pics.livejournal.com/browngirl/pic/00038c2a/g18
http://pics.livejournal.com/browngirl/pic/0003arp6/g18
http://pics.livejournal.com/browngirl/pic/00039qq7/g18

(Yes, I am being too lazy to determine proper sizing so I can embed the images in this post. I have chili to make and a Bambina to entertain.)

I asked Tigerlily to photograph me with wet hair so that one of these days I can ask a knowledgeable person "how do I get my hair to look like this all the time"? And because her photographs always make me look quite nice. :) The photo with the doll was just silliness. :D

Comments

[catalana.livejournal.com]

Oh, your hair looks really awesome here - I can see why you'd like it to do this all the time!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it would be really cool. I'll find out one day how to make my hair stay in curls (rather than tightening into a solid mass).

[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

I love your hair like that. And you have the most beautiful eyes...

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*blush* Thank you.

I should have stopped relaxing my hair years and years before I did!

[cappyhead.livejournal.com]

Hot, sexy and adorable, and I love love love the hair! I'll ask my friend Sarah what product(s) she uses, as you two have similar hair.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*blushes very much* Thank you. :D

And yeah, if you could I would love to know!

[cappyhead.livejournal.com]

Here's the info I got from my friend:

"Well I've used a few different things but have found that using John Freida Frizz Ease Curl Around shampoo and conditioner works best

Most nights I sleep on a satin pillowcase plus I never use a comb or brush. After shampooing I gently work the knots out with my fingers using a lot of the daily conditioner (which I don't rinse out). I'm the morning I spray my hair with water and if necessary I smooth a bit more conditioner in to tame the frizzies and to freshen my curls."

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I should really get myself a satin pillowcase.

Thank her for me? And thank you, for thinking of me.

*beams and hugs you*

[thespian.livejournal.com]

you are so pretty.

[susanscookietin.livejournal.com]

Seconded.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*blush* Thank you. :)

[ailbhe]

I love your hair. I don't know any black women here with black women's hair - all my friends are either almost shaven or straightened to helmet-shininess. So I don't know what black women's hair LOOKS like. Yours is lovely.

[ailbhe]

Er, that is, "untreated hair" and "looks like usually."

It also occurs to me that Americans sometimes use a capital B for Black - is there a rule to follow for this?

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

That tends to be an archaic usage.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I completely didn't know what my hair would do when I stopped straightening it--- I'd been straightening it my whole life! This process has really been a revelation.

Oh, on capitalizing/not capitalizing Black; I do as an indication that I'm discussing people and not colors, but it's not really a big deal, I think.

[ailbhe]

I wonder what proportion of black women straighten their hair? My observation here is about 90% of them, 5% braid it, and the other 5% trim it very very close to their heads.

Is it easier or more difficult to maintain, day to day, unstraightened? Obviously it no longer eats 6 hours of your life every 6 weeks, or whatever, not to mention the budget and the chemicals, but does it take less time each morning, too?

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Here it's more like 80/10/10, but the vast majority still straighten their hair, I'd estimate.

It's much easier in all particulars. Instead of having to comb it in the mornings I just fluff it up with my fingers. Instead of having to roll it up in rollers after I wash it I can let it air-dry. It's much easier all around.

[sage]

so pretty!

And your smile is lovely. :D

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*big smile* Thank you. :) Three years of braces were worth it!

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

Looks cool! I especially like the close-up photo. Looks like you already made it into an LJ icon :)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

bikergeek kindly did, yeah. :D

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Lookin' Good!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*blush* I try.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

You look great!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) I am blushing like a house on fire as I go through these comments to reply, I really am.

[jenny_evergreen]

You. Look. So. Perfect!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*blushes very much* Between my freckles and my ashy chin, not quite. But thank you for telling me so!

And I should really figure out how to get my hair to look like that all the time.

[jenny_evergreen]

The freckles are perfect and I see not this ashy chin of which you speak. So there. :)

[ailsaek.livejournal.com]

Because I'm a geek and I can't help it, "width = "75%" fixes it so the browser decides the exact size needed, but it's generally a good proportion.

Great pictures. :)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Hey, all knowledge is useful. Thank you.

And isn't Tigerlily a great photographer? Most pictures of me are a black circle with a white crescent of teeth and ovals of glasses inset.

[cellio]

You look great!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*beam* Thank you. :)