Supergirl
With Love & Silk
I've been puzzled for the last couple of months over dry hair. I could get it to improve a little, but never significantly. I tried clarifying, protein, all the things that I would've recommended if someone were having this problem.
I got a water filter. --no help there. It was only a chlorine filter, but still it should've helped something if hard water was the prob. I even did a home grown hard water test and the "results" were not the results I would supposedly get with hard water.
I started to search the board about porosity, even found a great thread started by ajoyfuljoy about how her hair was healthy, but just didn't feel smooth. That described me too. There were excellent tips in that thread. I did all the porosity things. It helped a little. I did the aloe/water mix and glycerin/aloe mix.
So then I put myself on a hair "diet." This didn't involve food, but a restriction of products. --absolutely no cones, mostly AO conditioners. So last Thursday, I started with Aubrey's HSR Shampoo. This, my friends, is not the least bit moisturizing. It's rather stripping but this is kind of what I was going for. I followed with GPB, which contrary to what most would think, is very moisturizing.
SIDEBAR:
A little tip for AO Conditioners: The GPB & HSR conditioners are quite thick, cause frustration when trying to get them out of the bottle, especially HSR. You need 2 hands, but if you're using one hand to put it in your hair then ???? So now I use 2 hands to squeeze it into a small bowl or cup before I begin. Also, one member here, God bless her heart, says that when she gets to the last bit of conditioner, she cuts the bottle open so she can get it ALL. I've started doing this too--there's a lot in there.
Anyway, I saturated my hair with GPB in very small sections (about 8--4 on each side and then top, sides, and nape) and even used my hands to part my hair and put conditioner directly on my new growth. I combed it through to distribute it well. (will do more often) I left the GPB in for an hour with a plastic cap and turbie wrap over the cap.
I rinsed and did not towel dry or squeeze dry. I used a dollop of HSR as my leave-in and went on my merry way to air dry. And finally, MY MOISTURE WAS BACK!
I think I had product build up and my Kenra and Suave clarifying hadn't been able to TCB. AND, I don't think the build up was from cones necessarily. That may have been part of it, but I'm starting to believe that shea butter builds up on the hair so I'll have to use it sparingly. I still believe it's a good ingredient for hair.
I really think the HSR shampoo helped me with the build up and I'll use it more often. Some of you out there have excellent clarifying poos and so you probably don't have this issue. I'll be looking for one.
I got a water filter. --no help there. It was only a chlorine filter, but still it should've helped something if hard water was the prob. I even did a home grown hard water test and the "results" were not the results I would supposedly get with hard water.
I started to search the board about porosity, even found a great thread started by ajoyfuljoy about how her hair was healthy, but just didn't feel smooth. That described me too. There were excellent tips in that thread. I did all the porosity things. It helped a little. I did the aloe/water mix and glycerin/aloe mix.
So then I put myself on a hair "diet." This didn't involve food, but a restriction of products. --absolutely no cones, mostly AO conditioners. So last Thursday, I started with Aubrey's HSR Shampoo. This, my friends, is not the least bit moisturizing. It's rather stripping but this is kind of what I was going for. I followed with GPB, which contrary to what most would think, is very moisturizing.
SIDEBAR:
A little tip for AO Conditioners: The GPB & HSR conditioners are quite thick, cause frustration when trying to get them out of the bottle, especially HSR. You need 2 hands, but if you're using one hand to put it in your hair then ???? So now I use 2 hands to squeeze it into a small bowl or cup before I begin. Also, one member here, God bless her heart, says that when she gets to the last bit of conditioner, she cuts the bottle open so she can get it ALL. I've started doing this too--there's a lot in there.
Anyway, I saturated my hair with GPB in very small sections (about 8--4 on each side and then top, sides, and nape) and even used my hands to part my hair and put conditioner directly on my new growth. I combed it through to distribute it well. (will do more often) I left the GPB in for an hour with a plastic cap and turbie wrap over the cap.
I rinsed and did not towel dry or squeeze dry. I used a dollop of HSR as my leave-in and went on my merry way to air dry. And finally, MY MOISTURE WAS BACK!
I think I had product build up and my Kenra and Suave clarifying hadn't been able to TCB. AND, I don't think the build up was from cones necessarily. That may have been part of it, but I'm starting to believe that shea butter builds up on the hair so I'll have to use it sparingly. I still believe it's a good ingredient for hair.
I really think the HSR shampoo helped me with the build up and I'll use it more often. Some of you out there have excellent clarifying poos and so you probably don't have this issue. I'll be looking for one.
!!
