Friday Saturday - Take down 3 month braid PS. Protein pre-poo with Mill Creek Keratin. Wash with Keracare 1st Lather. Overnight DC with ORS Curls Unleashed Conditioner.
Done - It wasn't Mill Creek Keratin I used, it was the Biotin* one. First I sprayed just my very ends with Aphogee GTK, then put the Biotin conditioner from scalp to ends (it gives the scalp a nice cooling sensation). 30 mins saran wrap, then I put my heat cap on top for 30 mins. Took off the heat and left to cool for an hour. My hair was very strong (but not hard) and very curly and clumpy on rinsing out the pre-poo. Normally my wet hair is wavy-straight. The strong feeling remained through the wash process. After rinsing, I poured MSM water on the left half of my head only (my second time trying this experiment, I wanted to compare the softening effect of MSM after doing a protein treatment). I used the ORS conditioner, saran and scarf to overnight DC.
Saturday Sunday a.m. - Rinse out the DC. Leave to airdry. Hair STILL felt so strong and clumpy even after the o/n DC. I now consider the MC Biotin conditioner to be a medium-hard PT using it the way I did (certainly it's more effective than Aphogee 2 Minute), and will use it without the Aphogee and for 15 mins only (but still with the heatcap) going forward for less strengthening to avoid potential protein overload. Sidenote: the hair that had the MSM water on it under the DC was distinctively softer during and after rinsing than the hair that just had conditioner alone. I will continue to test using MSM water on the LHS of my hair for a while longer. Turbie for 1 hour then remove it to airdry before applying henna in a few hours.
Sunday - Henna/Amla. I mixed about 60g Nupur with half plain and half MSM water. Added 6 drops lemon juice from a bottle in the cupboard lol. Mixed in about 15g amla. I am leaving this to sit for 6 hours. I will then add in a little wheatgerm oil and rose water I think, apply, saran wrap, heat cap 1 hour, no heat 2 hours ( leaving it on for a total of 3 hours). I will then mix and apply Indigo.
I realise that this thread is titled "What are your hair plans" not "Tell us your life story". Next time I'll put the gumf in the relevant thread.
*Mill Creek Biotin Conditioner - Deionized water, biotin, panthenol, hydrolyzed keratin, hydrolyzed collagen, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, dicetyldimonium chloride, oleamidopropyl dimethylamine, cetearyl alcohol, ceteareth-20, hydrolyzed glycosaminoglycans, hydrolyzed RNA, hydrolyzed DNA, retinyl palmitate, cysteine HCI, citric acid, corn oil, sodium chloride, quaternium-15, peppermint oil, organic aloe vera gel, organic essential oil, citric acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, botanical fragrance.