A Very Hairy Background
Spell an Indie K disaster: having frizzy hair and not being Yoko Ono (left photo).If I have all the patience in the world, I will dedicate most of it to my hair, which is why I only have my hair tied up almost all the time. Shoot me but I've had my fair share of hair-straightening, rebonding and probably all hair-ironing-related activity (torture). I even bought myself a flat-iron and still entertains the though of buying a good hair iron brand on very bad hair days and/or very kikay days. And for almost 7 years, I was a constant hair-straightening customer. Couldn't even believe it's that long.
In early 2011, I cut my hair real short, never felt so good in a long while, and maintained a short 'do for a year. Last year, my hair started growing and I had it straightened again while at its awkward length (that ear-length awkwardness wherein one is left groping how to deal with flying hairs everywhere). I didn't like it, straightening my hair again was a bad idea, I knew it, but I did it anyway (I am stubborn like that, sabid). These treatments cost money normally and to have itchy scalp and dandruff (again, since this always happens everytime I have my hair straightened at a salon) is not the wisest way to spend money, I see you nodding in agreement and we're off to a good start. I was quite hesitant to have the treatment in the first place because the not-so-nice feeling of strong chemicals applied on my head to straighten my hair is all too familiar but I did it anyway (sabid) and regretted my decision (beh buti nga).
So this year, I am keen on having no more hair regrets and decided to keep growing my hair, and slowly explore different ways to manage it, naturally (i.e. without costly chemical-based treatments, please I beg thee). If you are a girl and of generally fun-loving, un-superficial, curious and of experimental nature, come and fret with me on this hair journey. The aim is to find natural and cost-free (as much as possible) ways to take care of our hair, feel pretty and have a bunch of fun while exploring. Taralets bagets!
Basic Hair Tricks Every Indie K Should Know
Our first G4G exploration is as natural as natural can be! It's a video called "Basic Tricks Every Girl Should Know" that I found on Youtube, which leads us to our first little G4G secret: Youtube is one of our bestfriends. Remember, we want it to be cost-free as much as possible and Youtube provides gazzillion of free resources to mark the Indie (independent) in the Indie Ks in us. And the comfort in prettiness to mark the K. Haven't you guessed what K stands for yet? Tell me!If you want a step-by-step demo of how the hairstyles shown in the video are done, click here to jump to the site and see the photos to make sure we are following each step correctly. Let's go K!
