Hi Everyone!
I'm mad!
I just finished completely detangling my hair 100% after washing and dc-ing my hair last night. Here's what I did:
1) Pre-pooed all week with Caster Oil since last wash/dc Saturday.
2) Made DIY DC with a mixture Creme of Nature Moisture Extreme Condition, EVOO, Organic Plain Yogurt, Honey, and a bit Various Natural Oils (Jojoba, Carrot, Coconut.
3) Made DIY Clarifier with Bentonite Clay and Organic ACV.
4) Sectioned hair into four sections and then divided those section in half. Finger detangled each section a bit before adding bentonite clay. Added clay in smooth unidirectional motion. the Bentonite seemed to stretch out my kinks to the length of pressing. Let it sit for 30 mins on hair.
5) Went in show washed Clay out completely. Undid each section and added DC in unidirectional motion.
6) Used Jilbere Shower comb from Sally's I detangled each section if the comb did not go through a bump with gentle force. I used my fingers to get out the knot, added more Conditioner until comb slipped completely through from root to end. *Note: I detangle from end to root* I did this until each section was done.
This step took a total of 1.5 hours!
7) I washed the conditoner out after 15 more mins.Lastly I did an ACV rinse to make sure all the clay and condition were out. I undid each section and re-combed hair with shower comb to make sure it was still detangled and BY GOLLY it was!
8) So I added In some Infusium 23 Moisture Formula each section while still damp, sealed with Castor Oil and re-braided each section tightly while pulling to stretch my hair a bit.
9) I went to bed happy knowing that I had completely clarified (I've never clarified before!), DC, cleaned my hair w/o shampoo, detangled, moisturized, and sealed my hair all in a span of 4 hours! Before I have never even done anything
nearthat much only shampoo, condition, dry, and detangle but the process would take me 8 hours! Mostly 6 hours of straight pointless detangling, pointless because I would think I did a good job, but then someone else would comb through my hair the day after and it would be darn near MATTED!
10) Ok here comes the ANGRY part.
this morning, I was so in shock about how well I did the night before I pulled off my silk scarf that was tightly wrapped around my head and I noticed that my braids were a bit shrunken! Grrr! So I keep hope and think well at least they must be detangled.
LO and Behold I try to comb through a section that I so painstakingly dentangled the night before and the comb doesn't even move an inch! Not even with moderate force with a VERY WIDE TOOTH COMB at that! ROOOOAAAARRRR! I was so mad! The only thing that saved me from tearing through my hair in anger was the fact the my hair was extremely moisturized. So MY DIY DC did work! YAY!
So here I am up tonight at this late hour 12:40 am EST just finished detangling hair for sure with a D3 Denman brush and a generous helping of Jane Carter N&S Sealer + Moisture and Water-based Moisturizer Taliah Waajid Protective Mist Bodifier. I KNOW it better to be truly dentangled now because that Denman has so many hard bristles, it seems really impossible that it would miss a tangle!
In the whole process, I collected the hair lost one whole palm full. Some shed and alot of little broken pieces. Hey it's a gain though my detangling process b4 I started using LHCF last month I was losing almost 4 palm fulls. I would still like to see less than a palm full though. Any tips ladies?
ETA: I will let my mom test my hair and I will report if my hair is still dentangled tomorrow. It HAS to be I'm going to get my hair in cornrow extensions tomorrow and I don't want to give that lady any extra reason to tear out my hair. If my hair is not detangled, I'm busting some random car's windows! J/K