2015 APL/BSL Challenge

i took my braids out... i think Friday June 19th.... sometime that weekend. Now, I am in a sew in. I kind of cut it into a bob, but not a short one. its about shoulder length.

i bought a six synthetic wigs that i hope to wear for the rest of the year. one a month. we'll see how that goes. i need to be able to do more conditioning. i want to a GHE overnight some days. but i dont quite know when. I have castor oil. i need to buy some coconut oil and maybe some essential oils. i also want to buy clay wash.
 
I feel like I have a lot of products, but my hair doesn't like any of them. .. just my cholesterol. It loves any brand of cholesterol.

I have never found a staple moisturizing condiitoner. I liked Scala, but never found it again. I liked henna and placenta, but got scared about the "hormones" that were supposedly in it. So, I don't have one.

I would like to try one that's made of natural things, but also that's jelly feeling lol. I usually like ones that are jelly feeling.... I'm still not sure if I want to go silicone free or not
 
apple_natural said:
I feel like I have a lot of products, but my hair doesn't like any of them. .. just my cholesterol. It loves any brand of cholesterol.

I have never found a staple moisturizing condiitoner. I liked Scala, but never found it again. I liked henna and placenta, but got scared about the "hormones" that were supposedly in it. So, I don't have one.

I would like to try one that's made of natural things, but also that's jelly feeling lol. I usually like ones that are jelly feeling.... I'm still not sure if I want to go silicone free or not
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Have you tried Keracare Humecto?
 
It's hard finding a good moisturizing conditioner. Right now I don't have a favorite. My hair doesn't respond well to any of them. Silk Elements mega moisture was great for my relaxed hair, but it's just ok now that I am natural.

Have you tried Silk Elements Mega Moisture or Cholesterol or Olive oil? You can buy the sample packets from Sally's for around $1.
 
Trying out a new dc. Jessicurl Deep Treatment.

OAN, that Shea Moisture Marine Collagen (blue bottle) shampoo gets my curls to popping before I get out of the shower. By the time I reach the bathroom mirror I'm like "oh hey boo! I see yall!". Lemme look into the other stuff in this line...
 
@Prettymetty you know what I got a free silk elements kera minerals with seraseal complex. I really liked it. If I give up on my natural product kick, I think I'll use that again

For now, I searched and searched until I found a shampoo that I wanted to try. I think shampoo is over rated on my hair, but this was so fun that I wanted to use it. ..

Baby shampoo + coconut milk+ olive oil
I didn't get the coconut milk because it has to be refrigerated and only lasts 10 days, so I just got coconut oil. I'll cut out the olive oil too.

For a deep conditioner, I loved the Skala because of the ceramides. Years ago I used Vo5 moisture milks mixed with olive oil I loved it. It worked so well as a dc for me. I'm going back to that only this time I have my Vo5 and I will mix it with grapeseed oil, which has a high amount of ceramides, and burts bees baby oil which has wheat germ which I like. I didn't need both, but I wanted to try the burts bees one.

As for protein, my hair isn't really into a lot of protein. I am going to do a protein dc once a month or less. I got mayo, egg, and honey for that. I'm not too excited about this mixture, so I'll be open for other ideas.

I got black tea to spray on before I dc just to try it.

For a leave in, I may just use my coconut oil and water, but I'm not sure about that either.
 
I have to add a little acv to my baby wash shampoo + coconut oil mix because it's not pH balanced. I didn't check it before, but it's OK. I love acv anyway

Prepoo
Cold pressed castor oil + Jamaican black castor oil (I mixed it together to throw out a bottle)

Shampoo once a month
Aveeno baby wash + coconut oil + acv

Protein DC once a month -
egg + honey + mayo + grapeseed oil
also I grabbed banana baby food because I saw that somewhere, but it probably wasn't necessary

moisture DC once a week -
Vo5 + grapeseed oil + honey
(I wanted molasses as well, but I couldn't find it in the store)

Black tea+acv rinse... twice a week?

leave in... after rinse and as needed
Vo5 + coconut oil + aloe vera juice

I think I will take this Burts bees oil back.

I'm trying to get this all together, sorry. No one else cares to hear about my hair, so I'm so happy for this forum lol.
 
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Hey everyone...Happy 4th
My hair is braided back down for my wigs. Wore my natural hair out mostly all of this week. Had it braided down on Thursday. Been rocking my 2nd curly wig the past few days. Last night was date night with the hubby so I switched wigs. We saw Terminator then had movie with the girls right after to see Magic Mike. Here's pic of my hair before date night (my son is a photo bomber lol)

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Date night
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4th hair and makeup
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beauti said:
@Cattypus1 thank you! I mostly wear my hair in wash and go puffs. I make sure to moisturize my hair enough for the week and I think the gel cast helps seal that moisture until wash day. If my hair feels dry halfway through the week then I cowash but I'm lazy so that's rare :look:
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I'm mostly a WNG girl because nothing else even comes close to looking right. I've been waiting for enough length to do a puff... Maybe by September or October.
 
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