Hair we go...off to the races!

Hubby was invited to the racetrack today so I had to come up with a hot style that wouldn't leave me looking like a hot mess.  I washed and conditioned my hair yesterday, twisted it in about 25 sections and set each section on small perm rods.  I twisted each section before putting in the rods.  I let my hair air dry overnight and kept the rollers in until this afternoon, so they had been in my hair for pretty much a whole day.

I was planning to wear my hair out, thinking the rods would curl my hair up so much that it would shrink up, and not touch my neck or face. Not so...  Used to work before.  Ah well.

So I ended up having to pin it all up on the crown of my head.  It was soooo HOT today!!!

I used about 8 large pins.  Four across the back of my head, and two on each side.  I intended to leave curls in front, but they frizzed up on me when my forehead started to sweat.  And I was still in the house!  So I grabbed the ends and swooped it all to one side.  Off my neck, off my face, off to the races!

Couldn't take the hair in my face.  But sometimes necessity = cute :-)

The pins are waaayyyy up in the crown and high on the sides.

I like the end result.  Regardless of what I had in mind, I wasn't going to *make* my hair do anything.  I can't.  She always wins.

I forgot to take a pic of my entire outfit, but here's the clutch I carried.  I heart this bag!!!  I got it at a thrift store in PA for $12! I got my black and white snakeskin Etienne Aigner belt for $8 as well.  The store is called "Second Story High End Thrift".

I wore a black two-layer BCBG dress with nude Nine West "Vishelle" peep-toe pumps.  I really saw the value of this little black dress today.  I bought it in Macys about 8 years ago, and it's STILL one of my go-to pieces after all this time.

My little flower earrings were another great find. I got them for $12(TT) in a little store in Arima.

The races were...well...races...  Hubby and I didn't get into the whole betting thing so it was a cool event but not "us" I guess.  A nice day nonetheless!

Off to relax and watch movies with the Hubs.  Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings...

~ AfroTee