CaramelKiss
New Member
How is your hair growth progress coming along?
I am extremely pleased with the progress. I started off with relaxed shoulder length hair before doing my big chop in July.
How long is your natural hair now?
My natural hair is now almost nape length.
Have you tried any new products, vitamins, herbs, or oils lately?
Pantene Hydrating Curls is a keeper. I use it for my conditioning washes. I deep condition my hair once a week for 30 minutes under my soft bonnet dryer. I use Kerastase Masquintense. I find that the conditioner combined with heat penetrates and moisturizes my natural hair better and “sets” my hair up for the rest of the week. If my hair is feeling dry during the week, I will use the Pantene and leave it on for 10 minutes or so before rinsing or do an extra heat treatment with Pantene for 5 minutes.
I follow up with a creamy leave-in. I love Nexxus Headress mixed with jojoba oil and I use a 98% aloe vera gel from the health food store to hold the style.
On days when I am too lazy to do conditioning washes or if it’s too cold in the mornings, I spritz my hair with Infusium-23 followed with aloe vera gel.
I use satin pillowcases now to sleep on. At night, I spritz my hair lightly and then apply some coconut, or jojoba or avocado oils or a combination.
I tried Biotin 2 mgs and it broke my skin out. I stopped using it.
I’ve been using Silica and Omega-3 but it’s been a little over a month and to be honest I don’t know if it has made any contribution. I think the real test will be to see what happens if I stop taking it.
Do you have healthy hair or have you been experiencing breakage?
My hair has never been so healthy. No breakage whatsoever.
What have you done to change your hair care routine for the better?
I stopped the daily usage of curling irons and blow dryers and products containing petrolatum and mineral oils. I’ve also cut back shampooing to once a week but I would like to stretch it out to every two weeks because shampooing is extremely drying to natural hair. I would like to try other alternatives to cleaning my scalp. I make sure my hair is moisturized.
I am extremely pleased with the progress. I started off with relaxed shoulder length hair before doing my big chop in July.
How long is your natural hair now?
My natural hair is now almost nape length.
Have you tried any new products, vitamins, herbs, or oils lately?
Pantene Hydrating Curls is a keeper. I use it for my conditioning washes. I deep condition my hair once a week for 30 minutes under my soft bonnet dryer. I use Kerastase Masquintense. I find that the conditioner combined with heat penetrates and moisturizes my natural hair better and “sets” my hair up for the rest of the week. If my hair is feeling dry during the week, I will use the Pantene and leave it on for 10 minutes or so before rinsing or do an extra heat treatment with Pantene for 5 minutes.
I follow up with a creamy leave-in. I love Nexxus Headress mixed with jojoba oil and I use a 98% aloe vera gel from the health food store to hold the style.
On days when I am too lazy to do conditioning washes or if it’s too cold in the mornings, I spritz my hair with Infusium-23 followed with aloe vera gel.
I use satin pillowcases now to sleep on. At night, I spritz my hair lightly and then apply some coconut, or jojoba or avocado oils or a combination.
I tried Biotin 2 mgs and it broke my skin out. I stopped using it.
I’ve been using Silica and Omega-3 but it’s been a little over a month and to be honest I don’t know if it has made any contribution. I think the real test will be to see what happens if I stop taking it.
Do you have healthy hair or have you been experiencing breakage?
My hair has never been so healthy. No breakage whatsoever.
What have you done to change your hair care routine for the better?
I stopped the daily usage of curling irons and blow dryers and products containing petrolatum and mineral oils. I’ve also cut back shampooing to once a week but I would like to stretch it out to every two weeks because shampooing is extremely drying to natural hair. I would like to try other alternatives to cleaning my scalp. I make sure my hair is moisturized.
