Let's see your face changes!

From blob to throb!

LOL

You look like a compleely new person!

Me (on the right) and my cousin cindy. Around 200 pounds.



Me with my sister (on the right again) a few pounds ago at 158.

You were pretty before, but WOW, the weightloss defo enhanced your natural beauty!

Here we go!

@ 291lbs (September, 2011)




@ 182lbs (Today)

Big difference!

ok. You look amazing! My question is do you have naturally curly hair and if so how do you get it so defined with curls or straight in the last pic? Are there any products you recommend?

My daycare girls have had thier hair thinned and the straightening they have had hasn't helped. I tried to look information up online to help their mom, but really can't figure out what products they should be using?

Any advice for them? They are only 9, 11 and 13 and on a very limited budget, so hopefully it isn't an expensive fix, but even if it is... every girl should be proud of how they look

Yes, my hair is naturally curly

I don't use products in my hair, but I do take good care of it. I wash it with conditioner instead of shampoo (I use shampoo once in a while). I don't dry brush it.

When I've rinsed my conditioner out with cold water, I get my PVA chamosis and gently scrunch the excess water out of my hair. Then I flip my head back up, put the chamosis on my shoulders and gently finger comb my hair down, then I scrunch it again. After that, I do not touch it until it is dry. Curls need to clump to gain definition.

This is what works for me, however, some curlies can not get definition without product. In this case, I would recommend gel with a softer lotion/butter on top, a curl definer (alcohol free) or conditioner left in. One of the most important things is to not touch your hair while it air drying, though.

Heat damage can cause curl patterns to loosen. I would recommend not using a blowdryer, ever, unless on the cool setting, and limiting flat ironing to once every few months, if not abolishing completely.

Ends do not need to be trimmed on a schedule, only if they are split. Buy hair cutting scissors and upkeep the ends by searching for split ends individually and cutting them off.

My hair was flat ironed in the straight haired pics, but I rarely do it. It's very damaging and I always run the risk of loosening my curl pattern.

Getting curly hair to look good is more about the health and technique than products

Naturallycurly.com, CurlyNikki.com, and longhaircommunity.com can help if they need more advice

Hope this helps!

You are SO BEAUTIFUL! It's seriously making me swoon, will you be my new internet crush? :-D

I'm going to assume that's to me, seeing as I was the OP.

Thank you I will certainly be your internet crush!

You look amazeballs. Love that pic

Oh yes, it was to you! and w00t
Thank you so much ^_^

Yay

You're welcome!