We have had an eventful summer. We went camping, and spent time all over the interior of BC visiting friends and family. Curlygirl had her first camping experience- and loved sleeping in a tent with Curlymama and Daddy. We on the other hand, didn't love trying to get her back into her own bed when we got home.
Care for Curlygirls hair when we were away was a bit challenging. I had great intentions- cornrows which hopefully would last 3 days while camping (lasted 1 after swimming, sand and dirt).
Then applying yummy smelling product wasn't the best option with all the mosquito's either. So I ended up having to ditch the coconut oil in the hair- bugs loved it too much, and stick to less fruity or food smelling products.
Here are some photos.. for any of you curly mama's or dad's out there, how do you manage curly locks when camping? While I do like her 3b/3c curls, it really doesn't stay in braids or cornrows very well without falling out after a day or maximum 2. I'm open to suggestions!
For haircare we would: spray down hair with water bottle each day we needed to re-style, then add leave in and detangle (++), then for the loose hairstyles we'd add curly curl cream, and for the braided styles I'd use vanilla shea styling butter (which the mosquito's loved).
Our camping hair styles over the weekend went something like this:
Departure day: Put in cornrows.
Day 1: Cornrows
Day 2: Cornrows falling out and frizzing everywhere (see photo below)
Day 3: Natural hair with ponies/ front braid to keep out of her face (see photo below)
Day 4: 6 front cornrows to ponies
Day 5: 6 front cornrows to ponies (see photo below)
