4 Month Co-Washing Challenge!

Checkin' in!

-Co-washed with V05 Vanilla Tea Mint
-Rinsed w/ Capillo Suela y Canela...mmm:lick:
-DC'd with ORS Replenish
-Salerm21 & Chi Silk Leave-in
-JBCO to seal and rollerset!
 
Eisani said:
Give me your addy, I'll send you some :yep: My daddy fixed it today and said "Stop taking all those long showers, I know ya! You did it at home, you probably doing it here!" He considers 30 minutes long:lachen:Then he went into some long explanation about the heating element and how it's electric, not gas yadda, yadda, yadda...I was just blinking until he got done and was like "So when am I supposed to wash my hair then?" He just rolled his eyes and left. LMAO Umm, great progress by the way...I see you creepin up on BSL all incognegro-like...

On to other business...Billy Jay- :nono: I'm trying to wait til the 7th to order but a sistah's trigger finger is itching. I needs ta re-up!
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Apparently you're not the only one:spinning:...Somebody hacked in and placed an order anyway:lachen:

Dad just doesn't understand, lol!:lachen:
 
Eisani said:
In my family there are two pronunciations, depending on who says it: EYE-sah-nee and ay-sah-nee. Grandma calls me Sunny.
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That's how I've been pronouncing it in my head :yep: Very pretty! I love unique names. What's the origin? Do you know?
 
did a protein treatment wih Dumb blonde recontructor and followed up with elasta qp dpr 11. rinsed it out with Garnier moiture works. Used Freeman moiturizing conditioner as leave in sealed with castor oil.
 
Well Mizzbrown, I've been a member since 2006 but I really never got into
logging on daily and let it go by the waist side. However, I'm back and I have more time to log on. Enough on that. I am interested on learning about co-washing is to see if it will help stop my shedding.
 
shan8756 said:
Hello Ladies,

I'm a newbie to this forum and I would like to know what exactly is
pre-poo and co-washing?
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Girl, by the looks of your hair you ain't no newbie! :lol:

Pre poo is something you put on your hair 30 minutes-to a few hours before shampooing. It can be conditioner, oil or both

Co washing is washing your hair, but only using conditioner. You wet your hair, apply and massage in some conditioner, let sit for a few minutes and rinse out
 
tiffers said:
Girl, by the looks of your hair you ain't no newbie! :lol:

Pre poo is something you put on your hair 30 minutes-to a few hours before shampooing. It can be conditioner, oil or both

Co washing is washing your hair, but only using conditioner. You wet your hair, apply and massage in some conditioner, let sit for a few minutes and rinse out
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You right, I'm not a newbie to doing my hair. I've been doing own hair
for over 14 yrs now. But, I'm getting older and I am noticing that the thickness is thinning but the length is there. I know alot of my issue is my diet. Anyhow, what kind of conditioner is considered appropriate?
 
shan8756 said:
You right, I'm not a newbie to doing my hair. I've been doing own hair
for over 14 yrs now. But, I'm getting older and I am noticing that the thickness is thinning but the length is there. I know alot of my issue is my diet. Anyhow, what kind of conditioner is considered appropriate?
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Most people co wash with cheapies like Suave, V05, White Rain, Tresemme, Aussie, Herbal Essences, etc

Sometimes you need to play around and try new conditioners because one thing can work wonderfully, but the next can suck. For instance, Herbal Essences Hello Hydration is horrible for my hair, but LTR (Long Term Relationship) is wonderful in my hair :)
 
tiffers said:
Most people co wash with cheapies like Suave, V05, White Rain, Tresemme, Aussie, Herbal Essences, etc

Sometimes you need to play around and try new conditioners because one thing can work wonderfully, but the next can suck. For instance, Herbal Essences Hello Hydration is horrible for my hair, but LTR (Long Term Relationship) is wonderful in my hair :)
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Thank you lots!
 
Actually Tiffers,
I did co-wash years ago not even aware of it, I think I was out of Shampoo. Most recently keeping my hair saturated with oils Amla etc. during braids, i'd noticed extreme dryness after washing and thought to change shampoos. I thought I was choosing good moisturizing shampoos, yet after washing and conditioning had really dry hair, so co-washing is definately what i'm gonna start doing most of the time and will use shampoo seldom-ly, maybe for build-ups etc. also have a shikakai & aritha bars haven't yet tried. How well does Ayurvedic powders and co-washing work together? Thanx in advance.

Anna
 
Anna9764 said:
Actually Tiffers,
I did co-wash years ago not even aware of it, I think I was out of Shampoo. Most recently keeping my hair saturated with oils Amla etc. during braids, i'd noticed extreme dryness after washing and thought to change shampoos. I thought I was choosing good moisturizing shampoos, yet after washing and conditioning had really dry hair, so co-washing is definately what i'm gonna start doing most of the time and will use shampoo seldom-ly, maybe for build-ups etc. also have a shikakai & aritha bars haven't yet tried. How well does Ayurvedic powders and co-washing work together? Thanx in advance.

Anna
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Anna, I have an actual ayurveda co wash recipe in my fotki. This is an awesome co-wash recipe that really softens and moisturizes my hair. You're welcomed to check it out if you want. And oh the answer to your question, ayurveda powders work very well with co-washing.
 
shan8756 said:
Well Mizzbrown, I've been a member since 2006 but I really never got into
logging on daily and let it go by the waist side. However, I'm back and I have more time to log on. Enough on that. I am interested on learning about co-washing is to see if it will help stop my shedding.
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Hmmm, you might need some garlic for the shedding but remember though that shedding is a normal process that the hair must go through for new hairs to come but if it's excessive, garlic can help curb it somewhat, both internally and externally.

Try taking odorless kyolic garlic supplements and try putting garlic oil on your scalp and massaging it in for about 30 minutes as a pre-poo and wash and condition as normal to get rid of the garlicky smell. I do have an awesome homemade garlic recipe in my fotki for shedding and breakage. Check it out, you won't regret it. It has curbed my shedding tremendously as I am in the OCT/Mega Tek challenge and we are using garlic for our shedding there.

My last recommendation is to purcahse some Alter Ego Garlic Treatment and use that as a deep conditioing treatment to curb your shedding, it works. I also have Nutrine unscented garlic shampoo and conditioner. The Nutrine garlic conditioner can be used as a co-wash conditioner as well but cowashing with the cheapie conditioners work better to provide slip IMO. I hope some of this helps you.
 
tiffers said:
That's how I've been pronouncing it in my head :yep: Very pretty! I love unique names. What's the origin? Do you know?
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Thanks :grin: It's a family name from my Cuban side, but I've never been able to find any info on the meaning or origin. I just know it was part of my great grandmother's name.

CW this morning w/V05 Calming Chamomile, rinsed then CW'd again w/Sunsilk Captivating Curls. I'm finding for my WnG's, it's better to use a moisturizing cond 1st then using one for curly hair for the 2nd wash. This is only my 2nd day doing it that way but I've had nice hair both days :grin: and it still feels super soft and moist. Even my nape which is always thirsty. I'll give it a few more tries to make sure the results are consistent.
 
Co washing now with Salerm mascarilla mask mixed with some Elasta QP DPR-11 conditioner. I'm trying to use these up as my hair does not like them as deep conditioners.
 
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