4 Month Ayurveda Challenge!

Okay, I've known this for a while but it's been a while since I henna treated my hair and may I just repeat that I love it, lol. So, I mixed my henna with 2 teabags of hibiscus and ginger (bought as sorrel and ginger in a local West Indian shop a while ago) into a thick paste, let it sit for some 7-8 hours for colour release. Meanwhile I went about my day with a mix of Avalon Organics Peppermint condish and ayurveda oil on my TO (compliments galore!). Got back home, detangled, washed hair with a condish mixture AO HSR and HE for dry/coloured hair with a little African Black Soap. This mixture made me the best clarifying shampoo I've ever used on my hair ever! The suds were out of this world, my hair got clean but never felt stripped, and the smell worked out yummy! Anyway, cleaned my hair, rinsed thoroughly, then had to stop for an hour or so whilst we had dinner. This gave my hair time to airdry a little before the henna application. My hair felt really soft, I could've worn it like that had it been daytime.

To my henna mix, I added a glug of EVOO, a generour squeeze of honey that got it all runny and a squeeze of AO HSR to try thicken it up some. Still runny, so I added some brahmi powder - which I've never added to my henna mix before. I applied to hair gently till my whole head was well saturated (felt HARD as I applied but I promised myself I'll be DCing afterwards anyway, so no worries). Covered in cling/saran wrap and secured with some old body wrap and went to bed. Rinsed the henna well this morning then co-washed with pantene repair & protect which I found so decided I'd use up and not waste. Had to run to the dentist for a 9am appt, so didn't DC and just wore a wash and go for a change. Considering I've not DCed and I've not even moisturised my hair, it feels amazingly soft and supple. I contribute this to the brahmi, I think. I've hennaed before with the exact same mixture with oil, honey and condish added but my hair never felt this way. In fact, even after DCing, it never felt this way before and i had to work on it in the following days to get it soft again. Or maybe it's the fact I pre-pooed with oil and condish for over 24 hours? I don't know, but I'll write the exact steps down and try to recreate in the future. And to think I was worried about doing this! I'm glad I did it and will probably repeat again sooner than I originally planned!

Still need to DC, so will be doing that overnight. I'll enjoy my W&G for today only - back to twists tomorrow, I think (don't mention the detangling session that awaits me, lol!)

HHG ladies, glad I'm in this challenge as I'm learning bucketloads!!!

Will update fotki soon.....
 
ltown said:
I'm trying to up my challenge to 3 times a week, I prepoo with coconut oil/amla, condition with vo5 mix with amla/brahmi/shikaki, dc with affirm, leave in giovanni, moist with vatika. Ladies, I receive some maka that expired oct/08 would you say that it is really too old to use? I receive them yesterday and put the distributor on notice to return them.
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Are sure it expires by that date? I'm asking because I got some stuff that said 07 but when I read a little further I realized that it said the expiration date was 3 years from that date.
 
Shay72 said:
Are sure it expires by that date? I'm asking because I got some stuff that said 07 but when I read a little further I realized that it said the expiration date was 3 years from that date.
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The date was at the expiration point but like you said and the company it's the manufacture date. I just want to be sure, I'm not even sure powders can expire? Thanks for the quick response I want to use it this week.
 
I'm on this challenge, in lurkmode, but I decided to post~

I did a Cassia mix in conditioner (elasta qp dpr11 and silk elements moisture silk condtnr) with amla, brahmi and maka with a few splashes of evco, amla oil and water, applied to my hair with a baggie, overnight (6 hrs) and the result was detangled, semi-straight hair...i'm transitioning and this was a lovely result. I detangled with Paul Mitchell's The Detangler---an oldie, and goodie--it was the bomb! My hair was bone straight after flatironing at the salon, my hair is super shiny, smooth and has a nice weight to it. Even my husband noticed.

I hadn't done this in months and I will attempt to do it weekly or bi-weekly.

Carry on, ladies, just know i'm here cheering you guys on, Ayurveda is Awesome!
 
Br*nzeb*mbsh~ll said:
I'm on this challenge, in lurkmode, but I decided to post~

I did a Cassia mix in conditioner (elasta qp dpr11 and silk elements moisture silk condtnr) with amla, brahmi and maka with a few splashes of evco, amla oil and water, applied to my hair with a baggie, overnight (6 hrs) and the result was detangled, semi-straight hair...i'm transitioning and this was a lovely result. I detangled with Paul Mitchell's The Detangler---an oldie, and goodie--it was the bomb! My hair was bone straight after flatironing at the salon, my hair is super shiny, smooth and has a nice weight to it. Even my husband noticed.

I hadn't done this in months and I will attempt to do it weekly or bi-weekly.

Carry on, ladies, just know i'm here cheering you guys on, Ayurveda is Awesome!
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Hmm I've been thinking about trying Cassia. Off to do a search!
 
Oops forgot why I originally came to the thread. Yesterday seeing as it is after midnight I prepooed with vatika frosting for 2 hours. Got under the dryer for 1 hour. Did a tea rinse that included shikakai, neem, and amla. Followed with a cowash that included JASON Biotin, wheat protein,castor oil, and my mix of brahmi, hisbiscus, amla, and bhringraj. Rinsed (my hair felt strong and a little dry but nothing to be concerned about) then dc'd with a mix of sitrinillah & patene's r&n with the same mix of ayurvedic powders used in cowash. Heat for 1 hour and 1 hour without heat. Rinsed, detangled, acv rinse, leave in, moisturized, sealed, and airdrying in a bun now. My hair feels fantastic! Can't wait until the morning for the final result.
 
Loving Ayurveda!! I am using my shikakai oil and amla oil every night. My hair has a wonderful shine and feel to it. My hair looks darker and thicker. It is much healthier than it has been in a long time.

I used a mixture of Kalpi Tone, brahmi, and maka mixed with FG tea and Amla oil. Used heat as suggested by Aggie. Then DC cond mixed with honey. YES!! I love honey in my hair.

I am still working on the powder/tea thing and trying to get the right mix for my hair. Looking for something I can stick to.

I am ordering cassia and hibiscus to add to my stash for April.
 
Aspire said:
Loving Ayurveda!! I am using my shikakai oil and amla oil every night. My hair has a wonderful shine and feel to it. My hair looks darker and thicker. It is much healthier than it has been in a long time.

I used a mixture of Kalpi Tone, brahmi, and maka mixed with FG tea and Amla oil. Used heat as suggested by Aggie. Then DC cond mixed with honey. YES!! I love honey in my hair.

I am still working on the powder/tea thing and trying to get the right mix for my hair. Looking for something I can stick to.

I am ordering cassia and hibiscus to add to my stash for April.
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Love the blunt hair cut you have in your siggy Aspire. That's how I want my hair to grow out for thickness but it likes the "V" shape it seems.
 
I had a tiny bit of henna left over in the frige from Saturday, not enough for a whole head treatment, so I mixed it with a mix of brahmi, amla, kalpi tone, bhringraj and ginger powders and some leftover Miss key 10 in 1 conditioner and put it on brahmi pre-oiled hair. I left it on for 2 hours and cowashed it out with v05 free me freesia. Conditioned for 5 minutes with MT and AO GPB conditioners, now I am deep conditioning with Biolage Conditioning Balm mixed with AO HSR conditioner.
 
I ended up doing a wash without the fenugreek and horsetail It came out nice next time ill do a paste.
how are you guys keeping the powders from clogging your drains?
 
Last night I prepood for 2 hours with a sample of ayurvedic oil from Njoi creations. Used heat cap for an hour. Cowashed with Hairveda's Moist 24/7 mixed with my moisturizing powders mix. Rinsed and dc'd with a mix of coconut milk, coconut oil, and shikakai. 1 hr with heat cap, 2 hours without. Rinsed, detangled, acv rinse, leave in,moisturized, then sealed with Cocasta & Shikakai. Airdryed in scarf and bun. Hair is STRONG!
 
I prepoo yesterday with amla/coconut oil, co wash with VO5 amla, shikaki, maka, brahmi mix, dc with left over OCT/coconut oil, tea rinse, condition again with keracare humt(don't like it so I'll probably mix my ayurveda mix with it), rusk leave in and finally my coconut oil mix.
 
What I'm doing: Prepood overnight with ayurvedic hair butter. I'm under the heat cap now for a hour. Will cowash with AOGPB mixed with Amla, Bhringraj,Hibiscus, and Brahmi. Rinse then dc with sitrinillah, patene's r&n,and same mix of powders. Will do at home steam tx with one turbie twist this time for 1 hour with heat and 1 hour without. I got a headache last time so I'm hoping this may make the difference. Rinse,detangle, acv rinse, leave in,moisturize, and seal with cocasta & shikakai. Bun it up and put on a scarf for at least 10-15 minutes then head out to get my nails done.
 
boldblackbeauty said:
Yes! I do and I love it! It has a very earthy smell but I have no issue baggying with it overnight. I've been using it inconsistently for about 4 months and what I notice most is the smoothness and thickness of my new growth.
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Oh great thank you! I just started using my oil this week.
 
Today I pre-pooed with a mix of amla and vatika oil overnight(guess that's yesterday, lol), applied a paste of a mix of shikakai, brahmi, and amla powders, co-washed it out, DC with ORS Replenishing and air dried. My hair is now in a soft moisturized bun.
 
Prepooing overnight with my ayurveda oil blend of shikakai, brahmi, amla and bhringraj oil mix. I just made an ayurveda tea and it will be steeping in distilled water only tonight. The purpose of the tea is to make a tea spritzer to spray through my cornrows. It consists of 2 Tbs each of amla, kalpi tone and brahmi powders.

In the morning, after I strain it, I will add some of the oil blend and a few drops of rosemary essentail oil to it, put in a spray bottle and use it daily as an ayurveda moisturizer spritzer. I should have about 24oz of it so I can use daily and still stay in this challenge for the duration of it. I can't wait to see how the tea spritzer will turns out tomorrow.
 
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Aggie said:
How do you make the tea for drinking CC, fess up girl and how does it taste:look:?
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It actually doesn't taste bad at all. I like it. It looks the same as when you make the teas for your hair. I just put the powder in the water let it steep and add a little agave nectar and drink. I usually add a green tea bag to it to drink it. This is my third time doing it but first time straight. I got the idea from the healthy hair pills. It has those herbs in it so I figured why buy something else when I have the whole herbs already.
 
:wallbash::wallbash: I am so frustrated!!!! Today, I figured I would try again with the powders. Earlier in the week, I took FlowinLocs(sp) suggestion and mixed my powders (brahmi, maka, kalpi tone) into one container. So today, I started out with that mixture, added some Amla, mixed in some FG tea with Amla and Shikakai oils, a little honey and some rhassoul clay. Put it in for an hour. Rinsed it out. Wow!!!! My hair feld AMAZING!!!

Then like and idiot, I shampooed it. I just can not mentally get over just rinsing what looks like mud out of my hair. I used Giovanni Smooth as Silk and immediately feld the difference in my hair. It felt so hard!! I have got to get over this shampoo thing.:wallbash::wallbash::wallbash: even after DC it still does not feel as good as it did when I first rinsed out the mask. Now I have to wait until next week to do it again.

How do you ladies get out all the residue? What products do you use that don't impact the results of the powders?

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I just rinse repeatedly with tepid water. After some time, you may not notice the absence of shampoo from your products.
 
Aspire said:
:wallbash::wallbash: I am so frustrated!!!! Today, I figured I would try again with the powders. Earlier in the week, I took FlowinLocs(sp) suggestion and mixed my powders (brahmi, maka, kalpi tone) into one container. So today, I started out with that mixture, added some Amla, mixed in some FG tea with Amla and Shikakai oils, a little honey and some rhassoul clay. Put it in for an hour. Rinsed it out. Wow!!!! My hair feld AMAZING!!!

Then like and idiot, I shampooed it. I just can not mentally get over just rinsing what looks like mud out of my hair. I used Giovanni Smooth as Silk and immediately feld the difference in my hair. It felt so hard!! I have got to get over this shampoo thing.:wallbash::wallbash::wallbash: even after DC it still does not feel as good as it did when I first rinsed out the mask. Now I have to wait until next week to do it again.

How do you ladies get out all the residue? What products do you use that don't impact the results of the powders?

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I don't have a problem with residue, if I feel like I need to do a little extra rinsing I will do so, If I have what I consider grit still in my hair or scalp, I'll cowash with Suave Humectant ONLY, I have totally stopped using shampoo altogether, My scalp always feels clean & I don't have build up, If I want that extra clean feeling, I use my cleansing powders, Shikakai & Neem. This is usually only about twice a month. I have tried to go back to regular shampooing & I felt the difference IMMEDIATELY, even when I use my most moisturizing shampoo, it doesn't compare :nono:, I figure if my scalp is clean, my hair feels soft and strong, without the stripping feeling shampoo gives, plus my hair seems to be thriving from this reggie, why go back? I use the powders mixed with water & less cond. when it's easy to rinse, (usually when I'm no more than 4 wks. post relaxer), from 4 to 8 week, it's less powder mixed with more cond. & no water, this allows for easier rinsing with the NG, from about 8 to 12 weeks , it's mostly tea rinses, & cowashes because my hair is usually so tight by then.
 
Aspire I don't have an issue getting the powders out. I use Flowinlocks technique of mixing the powders in my cowashes and dcs. So I have this stuff in my hair 2x and I add heat. I am still able to get it all out.

Today I prepood with Vatika Frosting for 4 hours. Then I used the heat cap for 1 hour. I cowashed with V05 Passion Fruit Smoothie mixed with brahmi, amla,bhringraj, and hibiscus. Rinsed then added dc of greek yogurt, wheat protein, cocasta & shikakai oil mixed with the same ayurvedic powders listed above. One hr with heat cap, one hr without. Rinsed, detangled, acv rinse, leave in, moisturize, and sealed with cocasta & shikakai oil. Put it in a bun with a scarf to air dry.
 
ok so yesterday i did a pre poo with coconut oil for a few hours, then did a alma/shikakai mix. co washed with Hairveda's Moist 24/7. Then did a protein treatment with Aphoghee for 2 minutes. I followed up with the balancing conditioner and Aveda condtioner mixed. Left that on for 30 minutes and rinsed. Beautiful.

I gotta tell y'all I"m LOVING this Ayurveda lifestyle. It's really not so time consuming and it really seems to agree with my hair and my scalp.
 
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