Vacation Hair

I am not sure what other people do with their natural hair on vacation but I usually opt for twists with extensions.  Well, for my last trip (a cruise) I decided to wear my hair out and it was a hot mess.  My hair was in a cute twist out for the day of boarding but by the end of day one it was a shrunken afro and not the look I wanted.  I did not bring a ton of products with me since it was unexpected.  I have been to the beach for vacation in the winter and had no problems with my hair getting dried out.  For my last winter vacation to the beach I had used Crisco.  For this trip I used Miss Jessie’s Baby Buttercreme and John Frieda gel.

I washed my hair with conditioner while on the cruise and hoped that would help.  It didn’t.  My hair was looking more dried out after the cowash.  I gave up and put my hair in puffs and buns for the rest of the trip since I had the foresight to take a banana clip and some Marley hair.

If you have some tips for beach hair that does not shrink up to a tiny afro, let me know.

 Cruise hair on day one, twist out

Cruise hair on day one, twist out

 

Twist out by end of day one

 

dried out cruise hair

dried out cruise hair

 

Day 5 cruise hair, cowashed

Day 5 cruise hair, cowashed