Hey Kitty18!!!
I am so glad that this thread continues to inspire you! Miss K and I basically have the same regimen, except that I don't do braids with her, no suppliments. She also uses the Affirm Lye regular strength. I'll cut and paste my regimen below. I used to have this thread as a favorite until we switched over to this new forum format, so I was unaware people were still posting. It's taking a little time to catch up as I'm tending to baby and trying to do braids as well. Please bear with me, Everyone!
AJamericanDiva’s Regimen
As per your request, here's my regimen:
Hairtype~ 4a/4b Relaxer~ Affirm Lye Regular strength Touchup Frequency~ 4+ months
Shampoo 1/wk with one of the following:
Pantene Relaxed and Naturals
Keracare Hydrating Detangling Shampoo
Condition 2-3/wk with one of the following:
Pantene Relaxed and Naturals
Keracare Humecto
Miss Key 10 en 1 Super Conditioner
Protein treatment every 6 weeks or so:
Nexxus’ Emergencee followed by one of above conditioners
Leave-ins, varies:
Salerm 21
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Serum
50/50 Mixture of Infusium for Dry hair and Infusium for Relaxed and Damaged hair
Moisturizer, dependant on how much I need at the time:
S-Curl
World of Curls gel
Oil to seal in the moisture:
Wondergro Shea butter mega moisture Protein complex fine mist hair and body oil
Or any other light oil
To detangle massive new growth and take down braids:
Better Braids UnBraid Spray
Relax every 4+ months. There was 7 months between the last relaxer and this one that was done in April due to the fact that 1) I was pregnant and wanted to limit chemical exposure as much as possible and 2) my hairdresser went to Dominican Republic for a good while. I am now 4 months post relaxer. I'll wait until the end of my year long braid-a-thon to relax. I use Affirm Regular strength, but will request Affirm Mild as I don't want bone straight hair. When my hairdresser hits it with the heat, it'll be straight enough. Whenever I get a touch up, that's the only time I get heat on my hair (you know relax, set and blow). It's not like I wear it down anyway and my hair is healthier with a little kink. I think Mild relaxers take longer to work, but I won't allow the hairdresser to go past the recommended time listed on the side of the tub.
Supplements, per day:
Designer Whey Protein shake Chocolate flavor 1 (2 scoop) shake made a day
GNC Women's Ultra Mega- 2 caplets
GNC Evening Primrose- 1300mg
Flaxseed oil- 1000mg
Freeda Super Dec 100 B-Complex-1 caplet
Freeda Biotin- 10,000mcg = 10mg
Drink at least 2+ liters of water a day
Hope this helps and I didn't leave off anything.