Coffee,Tea,ACV,AVJ & Ayurvedic Challenge 2013

It's time for either a protein treatment or a cassia treatment. Which would you all suggest? It has been about 5 weeks since my last protein treatment outside of fenugreek. About 10 weeks since my last cassia treatment.
 
Have Kera Brahmi on my scalp..mist with HH big city punch & sealed my length with blue Roze pumpkin hair whip...hair up in loose bun..satin scarf to cover..Ready for bed.

Happy Hair Growing!
 
Jobwright if your hair is feeling mushy probably should hit the regular protein. Have you tried to do one after the other? I've never had trouble doing a reconstructor after an ayurvedic. They seem to go nicely together.
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Been drinking bamboo tea nightly. IDK if it will give my hair a spurt like oolong does, but it really has my muscles relaxed. I usually doze right off. :)
 
Jobwright
AVJ and AVG seal the cuticle nicely, is mega moisturizing and has protein too. Its awesome! :yep: I use it to moisturize sometimes. I usually put a cap full in my tea rinse.

divachyk
I might try your dunking method. It seems quicker than catching and repouring the tea.

I LOVE this HHJ!!
 
I tried something different two days ago and thought I'd share!
I found a big, really fine coffee filter and that inspired me to make a concoction with the most ingredients I've ever put together at once: green tea, saw palmetto, horsetail, sage, peppermint, chamomile, marshmallow root, burdock root, and lavender. Normally, I find it tricky and a bit messy putting even small amounts of herbs/powders/teas in a filter to steep but my new coffee filter has made making a strong concoction in bulk super easy. This concoction had about 80g of powder and it made 2 liters of liquid which I plan to keep in the fridge and use for the next 30 days. I'm super happy with the results too! I rinsed my hair with about 16 ounces of chilled tea and only squeezed out the excess, not using a towel.
I've never liked leaving in a tea rinse because I've not liked the texture of my hair with the tea left on, but this mixture was really, really nice.
Thanks for all the wonderful ideas ladies!
 
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divachyk[/USER];19012647]I tried something different this past wash day. Ok so it might sound disgusting but hang with me. I cleansed my bathroom sink really well (before & after), dumped my tea concotion over in the sink and just dunked my head in the bathroom sink with alternating left side, right side for about 5 minutes+ -- or until my nose got cloggy. I used a cup to dip tea out the sink and pour over the back part of my head until it was nice and soaked. I felt it saturated my hair better than pouring tea over my head and having to catch the runoff to pour back over my head again and again. I wash in braids so this dunking technique really worked. AND, I like that my body was not soaking wet in the end. I'm looking for ways to improve wash day come winter as I hate all the in/out shower experiences during that time of year. You pros may already be doing this so pay me no attention should that be the case! If not, happy dunking!!!
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How much tea did you make? What was your ratio of tea to water?

I have done this with an oil rinse. I placed the water in the sink and then put the oil in the water and dipped. It turned out much better than applying the oil to my hair. I stopped because I felt I was using too much water. Supposedly I was going to get a larger container to use but that never happened.
 
I've never tried the dunking or catch method. I just pour the tea over my head and that's it. That's why I usually make a concentrate of tea so that I don't have to catch all that tea and redunk and all that good stuff. Wash day is already a lot for me.

Which reminds me, I haven't coffee rinsed in three weeks. Shame on me.

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@Saludable84, agreed - my blend is concentrated to a point where it's effective but not to a degree where it will dry the hair. Even with that though, I've notice a shedding and softening difference with:

pour once, wait a few minutes, rinse - least effective for shedding

catch & repour, wait a few minutes, rinse - better

soaking (allow tea to sit on hair for 15 mins+ via catch or dunking) - the best & far more effective
 
divachyk said:
@Saludable84, agreed - my blend is concentrated to a point where it's effective but not to a degree where it will dry the hair. Even with that though, I've notice a shedding and softening difference with: pour once, wait a few minutes, rinse - least effective for shedding catch & repour, wait a few minutes, rinse - better soaking (allow tea to sit on hair for 15 mins+ via catch or dunking) - the best & far more effective
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I don't rinse though. I out conditioner on top of the coffee/tea. I notice far less shedding.

I'd try you method, but I have cats. They will get caught up in the mix.

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I had about 30 minutes to myself so...of course although it wasn't my (co)wash day I decided to treat myself to an uninterrupted wash:yep: I did a shikakai and aritha based blend for my first rinse. Then did my tea/coffee/oil rinse and then my final leave in rinse of ACV and SAA.
 
Nix08 said:
I had about 30 minutes to myself so...of course although it wasn't my (co)wash day I decided to treat myself to an uninterrupted wash:yep: I did a shikakai and aritha based blend for my first rinse. Then did my tea/coffee/oil rinse and then my final leave in rinse of ACV and SAA.
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All of that sounds awesome! How did you like the shikakai/aritha rinse?

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Duchess007 I actually LOVE it:yep: It is moisturizing yet it cleans my hair. It is balanced nicely with amla which totally reduces breakage for me. AND I just leave it out in the shower for up to 2 weeks:grin:
 
Moisturized with BR coco Amla/Brahmi leave in & sealed my length with Kera soufflé Amla/Brahmi whipped butter..Satin Scarf on my head..Ready for bed..

Happy Hair Growing!
 
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Saludable84 said:
I don't rinse though. I out conditioner on top of the coffee/tea. I notice far less shedding.

I'd try you method, but I have cats. They will get caught up in the mix.

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:lol: Saludable84. I would leave mine in but the tea residue leaves a film that my hair doesn't like. My hair doesn't seem to mind if I rinse the tea out.
 
Hello Ladies! Thursday was my mid week.I initiated with Olive oil, sunflower and coconut oil and applied my Fenugreek Paste and left it on for one hour. I rinsed and did a light shampoo with SM moisture retention, Giovanni deep moisture and Eden bodyworks tea tree shampoo. Just a small amount of each highly diluted in water to get the fenugreek out. Seabreeze diluted to scalp, and then SSI okree reconstructor for 1/2 hour under the soft bonnet for 1/2 hour. Rinsed and then AE hot oil on top of coffee to the scalp with hemp seed oil to my length and sunflower and rice bran in the AE with 2 cubes of coconut milk( Frozen and dissolved easily) and steam for 1/2 hour. Rinse and ACV then my herbal blend poured on top. Blot dry with t-shirt. Jojoba EO spritz to scalp with massage and Kimmay tube leave in premixed from fridge. Toppoed that with HH coconut yuzu love and HH peach pomade to seal and braided up in four braids. 2 plastic caps on top and a silk bonnet. It was nice!!!!:lick:
 
Jobwright said:
It's time for either a protein treatment or a cassia treatment. Which would you all suggest? It has been about 5 weeks since my last protein treatment outside of fenugreek. About 10 weeks since my last cassia treatment.
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Prepoo'ed last night with EVCO on length, sulfur mix on scalp, JBCO on edges, baggied, bed. Rinsed this morning, clarified with As I Am, rinse out, Aphogee 2 minute, rinsed out, conditioned with VO5 passion fruit, applied my fenugreek, marshmallow root, slippery elm, AOHSR mix...added AVG to the mix this time. Baggied, got under the dryer for an hour, skullied with no heat for an hour while I was working, rinsed, VO5 passion fruit mixed with AVG as a final rinse out.
 
About to brew the LACE Naturals Hair Tea for Shedding for my Tea rinse Sunday/Next Week.

Used a Brew of: Green, Peppermint, Horsetail, Marshmallow Root, and Red Rooibus for the last two weeks. I really like it. Next time I'll add Slippery Elm to the mix :).
 
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About to brew the LACE Naturals Hair Tea for Shedding for my Tea rinse Sunday/Next Week.

Used a Brew of: Green, Peppermint, Horsetail, Marshmallow Root, and Red Rooibus for the last two weeks. I really like it. Next time I'll add Slippery Elm to the mix :).
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Girl where you been? Work got you in lurk mode!
 
Did a bentonite clay wash...I simply put a spoon of the powder in a bottle added water and shaked it up. In the shower I applied it to my scalp and hair and rubbed. Let it sit for a while then proceeded with my wash. It was very easy to do...I like that:yep:
 
Used my shikakai with amla (and others) once too many times this week:ohwell: I used it again last night and my hair isn't feeling so good.

I knew that too much amla isn't for me BUT you know how I like to go hard.

In any case, I didn't really detangle (finger or otherwise) last night I just left my hair alone...today I'll treat it well with a nice steamed DC and we'll be good:yep:
 
lisanaturally said:
Where are you ladies getting your red rooibos tea from. There isn't any Indian grocers in my area that I could find. TIA. :)
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I bought rooibos from vitacost -BOGO

Steeped some fenugreek, rosehips, rosemary, nettle, horsetail tea. One of the fenugreek tea bags broke in my mix when i tried to squeeze every ounce of goodness from it. :grin: Thinking I'll use a bit of that mix to make a paste of rose powder on top of the keravada green tea oil prepoo today. :look:
 
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