OMG
@Chicoro , you have such great timing!!
I was actually thinking of trying a different PS for the summer. Typically, I rock mini twists/braids as a way to wear my hair "loose" and still protected but I was looking to do something with my hair actually loose. When I came to the hair boards in 2009, it seemed like all of the ladies were seeing success with bunning. And wet bunning seemed to speed up growth for many of them! It's right up my alley bc I love good smelling hair.
So seeing this lady's results doing a regi similar to what I was thinking has me feeling encouraged! I think the key is taking the extra time to pay special attention to the bottom 4-5 inches of hair. Intentionally and with a heavy hand, slathering the products onto the ends. And then remembering to stay on top of biweekly DCing. She also incorporates a lot of protein into the regi in the products she's choosing to use. That was another key factor the ladies used to stress, balancing all of the moisture from frequent watering by incorporating some protein-laden products.
I think I'm gonna do a callback to my "backsliding" hair days. Once a week, I would put my freshly cowashed hair into a single braid that was loose at the roots to allow access to my scalp. It also allowed me to move the bun around if I wanted to. I would keep that braid in all week, cowashing or water rinsing my hair daily without taking the braid down. I'm thinking of trying that again but wetting it and applying my scalp stuff every other day instead of daily.
The only hesitation I have is that I've seen my hair look its best by doing this approach of keeping it fully covered 5-6 (but mostly 7
) days a week. It's naturally shinier, smoother when naked and overall very happy. I'm just trying to put more effort into my appearance and rocking my bandana or knit cap daily ain't the way. lol I'm hoping that switching it up just for the summer, won't adversely affect my progress.