Sistaslick said:
girl your hair wasn't even fully bone straight in the pics so its even longer than what we are seeing! BEAUTIFUL!!!! I love it! *ahem*now cough up your regimen
are you doing crown and glory?
Thank you so much!
Now for the coughing up of my regimen! My regimen is sort of like crown and glory but with twists.
To give you ladies some background, when I first went natural in Dec 2002, I was doing crazy things to get my hair to grow. I had a semi-complex hair regimen, I was taking countless vitamins, and I was changing products and vitamins every few months depending on board recommendations.
I decided in 2005 that I was going to really simplify my regimen. I cut out all the biotin, MSM, expensive hair vitamins, and protein supplements and now I only take One-A-Day (the vitamin you can buy at the grocery store.) And after spending some time in PJA (Product Junkie Anonymous), I decided to stick with hair products that I know work for me. And no matter what other topical growth stimulant or conditioner was mentioned, I stuck to what was working for me.
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So here's Ebony's Hair Regimen:
I keep my hair in twists 90% of the time and wear twistouts the remaining 10%. My hair stays in twists for 3-4 weeks. When my scalp is feeling icky, I will rinse them in the shower and pour diluted lemon juice (1 tbsp lemon juice to 1 cup of water) When I feel like "letting loose", I wear my afro puff and conditioner wash everyday.
When it is time to wash my hair and put twists back in, I put my dry hair in 6-8 sections and apply Suave Milk and Honey conditioner to each section. I then detangle each section from ends to root with a regular wide-tooth comb.
While in the shower, I wash each section with Tresseme Anti-Breakage shampoo. Then I put some Aubrey Organics GPB and Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose into my hand, mix it up and apply it to each section, concentrating on the ends. I leave that mixture on my hair for about 15-20 minutes. After the first 5 minutes, I "detangle" each section with my fingers.
After washing, I put on a leave-in conditioner. The leave-in conditioner is Ms. Sue's hair souffle. I proceed to twist my hair. I do not section with a comb and I do not use any gel. It takes me 2-2.5 hours to twist my hair.
It takes 5-6 hours to detangle, wash, condition, and twist my hair but it's not bad considering I only do it monthly.
I take care of my twists by spraying them twice daily with my homemade braid spray:
- 8 oz water
- 1 tbsp vegetable glycerin
- 1 tbsp aloe vera gel
Every other night, I grease my scalp with Ms. Sue's Lenzi's Request to promote growth.
Twice a week, I treat the ends of the twists with a little Hair Souffle.
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Sorry that was so long!
Great progress, too! 
Now that's some healthy hair. Keep up the good work!
