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Just did a CLT. It's so funny, I always delay the hell out of doing it, but when I finally get around to it, it's like

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Honey Bee said:
Just did a CLT. It's so funny, I always delay the hell out of doing it, but when I finally get around to it, it's like

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:lol:
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LOL. Girl you are funny. I'm getting ready to go to the store to buy some yogurt to do a CLT myself. Today is my mother's birthday and I'm off so I'm getting this hair thing done early so I can go spend the day with her. Today is also my "de-wigging" day and hopefully for good.
 
I just finished clarifying (Elucence Volume Building Clarifying), CLT (yogurt, braggs amino, BS :look:, honey) and Clay (Bentonite, Rhassoul, ACV and a lil EVO) and I can tell that I did not need the KKNT that I used anyway. I went under the dryer with the CLt for 10 mins to speed it up and then I left the clay on in the shower while I did my thing and that was about 14 mins. I detangle with the clay all the time so that was easy but I'm on to this modified and I think it might be a winner. It was sooooooooo fast.
 
Ok, I just have a few quick questions Ladies. Please forgive me if they have already been addressed in this thread, I'm still slowly making my way through all the information here ( at first I misread and thought this thread was 128 posts, not 128 PAGES :look::lachen:).

Are there any other readily available , store bought conditioners acceptable for this challenge. I saw Tresseme Naturals listed, any others ? What about readily available gels?

If I am understanding correctly everything used in this process is diluted with water? The dc, leave in , clay and gel are all diluted before use? thanks in advance.
 
http://maxhydrationmethod.com/2014/08/16/mhm-recommended-product-list/

PuddingPop said:
Ok, I just have a few quick questions Ladies. Please forgive me if they have already been addressed in this thread, I'm still slowly making my way through all the information here ( at first I misread and thought this thread was 128 posts, not 128 PAGES :look::lachen:).

Are there any other readily available , store bought conditioners acceptable for this challenge. I saw Tresseme Naturals listed, any others ? What about readily available gels?

If I am understanding correctly everything used in this process is diluted with water? The dc, leave in , clay and gel are all diluted before use? thanks in advance.
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Hey, have you seen this page on the mhm website?
 
DeeLiteFulEKinky said:
http://maxhydrationmethod.com/2014/08/16/mhm-recommended-product-list/



Hey, have you seen this page on the mhm website?
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PuddingPop said:
Ok, I just have a few quick questions Ladies. Please forgive me if they have already been addressed in this thread, I'm still slowly making my way through all the information here ( at first I misread and thought this thread was 128 posts, not 128 PAGES :look::lachen:).

Are there any other readily available , store bought conditioners acceptable for this challenge. I saw Tresseme Naturals listed, any others ? What about readily available gels?

If I am understanding correctly everything used in this process is diluted with water? The dc, leave in , clay and gel are all diluted before use? thanks in advance.
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You can use the Tresemme Undone. It should be easy to find on the ground.
The kinky curly products can also be found on the ground: Target, Walgreen
Some of the Giovanni products can be found at Whole Foods.

If you are low porosity its definitely worthwhile to dilute with water. However, you may find that somethings work well diluted while others need to be full strength. Start off with diluted and if you feel like you need more moisture dilute less.

Also consider trying DubaiDee's method. You will only need clay and gel and can skip the conditioner.
 
PuddingPop said:
Ok, I just have a few quick questions Ladies. Please forgive me if they have already been addressed in this thread, I'm still slowly making my way through all the information here ( at first I misread and thought this thread was 128 posts, not 128 PAGES :look::lachen:).

Are there any other readily available , store bought conditioners acceptable for this challenge. I saw Tresseme Naturals listed, any others ? What about readily available gels?

If I am understanding correctly everything used in this process is diluted with water? The dc, leave in , clay and gel are all diluted before use? thanks in advance.
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128 pages is a big difference :lachen:go to the official max hydration website and look at the list of approved products. Some of the brands can be bought in a regular beauty supply store. I don't always dilute my products so it's up to what works for you and your hair. Unfortunately, reading is fundamental girl because there is a lot of info in here due to trial and error.
 
faithVA said:
You can use the Tresemme Undone. It should be easy to find on the ground.
The kinky curly products can also be found on the ground: Target, Walgreen
Some of the Giovanni products can be found at Whole Foods.

If you are low porosity its definitely worthwhile to dilute with water. However, you may find that somethings work well diluted while others need to be full strength. Start off with diluted and if you feel like you need more moisture dilute less.

Also consider trying DubaiDee's method. You will only need clay and gel and can skip the conditioner.
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Thanks so much. I actually have about 1\4 bottle of KKKT and an almost full bottle of Giovanni so Plan to try those. I just have to go out and get a gel and some clay from Vitamin Shoppe then i'm in business. I have like 7 different gels in my stash but of course all of them have unapproved ingredients :cry3:, lol. I making my list now so I can get the ingredients for the Cherry Lola treatment and other stuff after work today. Can't wait to try this.
 
nycutiepie said:
I just finished clarifying (Elucence Volume Building Clarifying), CLT (yogurt, braggs amino, BS :look:, honey) and Clay (Bentonite, Rhassoul, ACV and a lil EVO) and I can tell that I did not need the KKNT that I used anyway. I went under the dryer with the CLt for 10 mins to speed it up and then I left the clay on in the shower while I did my thing and that was about 14 mins. I detangle with the clay all the time so that was easy but I'm on to this modified and I think it might be a winner. It was sooooooooo fast.
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How long does it take for you to detangle with the clay? Can you describe your length/ density to give some context?
 
@Honey Bee, Happy Belated Birthday!

Good news, bad news. The Good news is that after about a week and a half of my hair not looking quite right, it looks like it is back on track! My braidouts were not as shiny or defined as they had been and my edges looked dry.

The bad news is my hair doesn't like a little bit of anything. My clay and flaxseed gel were both too watered down. I forgot that once I mixed the Bentonite with milk powder, sage, and slippery elm, that I needed to use more of that mix to ensure I still had enough actual bentonite in there. I also have denser hair and more length than Dubaidee so I needed to increase the ratios in her mixes. I discovered I was adding way too much water to boil my flaxseed gel too and then I was diluting it with more water on top of that. I took all the gel I'd frozen, defrosted it, added more flaxseeds and boiled it again. This time it is stronger and still thin/ slippery from the added marshmallow root, slippery elm, and okra gel.

So, it's looking shiny again. I should be set when I take down the plaits to be cute for Mother's Day. We should all post "Mother's Day" pics of our current do's, those of us who are mothers and those of us who have/had a mother (I think that should cover all of us!).
 
I also think the shorter detangling sessions were not working for me. I tried @AbsyBlvd time line and rinsed my hair for 15 minutes, quickly put the clay on and then did an hour detangling session with the clay out of the shower. I put the gel on in the shower, clipped it in sessions and then did an hour long defining/ detangling session out of the shower. I will have to see if this is the reason too it looks like my hair is getting back to itself.

One other thing and this might be controversial after DanaB Natural's announcment, but I feel my hair likes a little bit of BS. I add 2 tbsp to 1 lb of Bentonite, which takes me about a month to go through, so it's a really small amount but when I skipped it, it just didn't seem like my cuticles were opening enough for my hair to get heavy and fully elongated under the water. My hair also loves the CLCT which I plan to do once or twice a month. I'm continuing to monitor for any negative impact but for now it seems to be what my hair likes. I figure the ACV added to the clay mix should help balance out such a small amount of BS.
 
Holla4mom said:
I also think the shorter detangling sessions were not working for me. I tried @AbsyBlvd time line and rinsed my hair for 15 minutes, quickly put the clay on and then did an hour detangling session with the clay out of the shower. I put the gel on in the shower, clipped it in sessions and then did an hour long defining/ detangling session out of the shower. I will have to see if this is the reason too it looks like my hair is getting back to itself.

One other thing and this might be controversial after DanaB Natural's announcment, but I feel my hair likes a little bit of BS. I add 2 tbsp to 1 lb of Bentonite, which takes me about a month to go through, so it's a really small amount but when I skipped it, it just didn't seem like my cuticles were opening enough for my hair to get heavy and fully elongated under the water. My hair also loves the CLCT which I plan to do once or twice a month. I'm continuing to monitor for any negative impact but for now it seems to be what my hair likes. I figure the ACV added to the clay mix should help balance out such a small amount of BS.
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Am I reading your post correctly? You put baking soda in your clay?

I don't know why but the baking soda in the clay concerns me. I know it's a small amount, but how come you decided to add it to your clay, and not use a little BS/diluted conditioner beforehand, or a little BS mixed with diluted shampoo?
 
Holla4mom said:
I also think the shorter detangling sessions were not working for me. I tried @AbsyBlvd time line and rinsed my hair for 15 minutes, quickly put the clay on and then did an hour detangling session with the clay out of the shower. I put the gel on in the shower, clipped it in sessions and then did an hour long defining/ detangling session out of the shower. I will have to see if this is the reason too it looks like my hair is getting back to itself.

One other thing and this might be controversial after DanaB Natural's announcment, but I feel my hair likes a little bit of BS. I add 2 tbsp to 1 lb of Bentonite, which takes me about a month to go through, so it's a really small amount but when I skipped it, it just didn't seem like my cuticles were opening enough for my hair to get heavy and fully elongated under the water. My hair also loves the CLCT which I plan to do once or twice a month. I'm continuing to monitor for any negative impact but for now it seems to be what my hair likes. I figure the ACV added to the clay mix should help balance out such a small amount of BS.
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What announcement?
 
AbsyBlvd said:
Am I reading your post correctly? You put baking soda in your clay?

I don't know why but the baking soda in the clay concerns me. I know it's a small amount, but how come you decided to add it to your clay, and not use a little BS/diluted conditioner beforehand, or a little BS mixed with diluted shampoo?
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Yes, I add it to the clay. I don't use any conditioner or shampoos anymore, so I couldn't think of where else to add it in the simplified regimen. If I use conditioner, my hair declumps and I get more breakage when it's not clumped together. I was wondering if it would make the clay too stripping, so that's why I haven't been doing it every time but my hair does seem to like it when I use a tiny bit. I wonder if the ACV brings the PH of the clay down too much for my super lo-po hair?
 
Holla4mom said:
Yes, I add it to the clay. I don't use any conditioner or shampoos anymore, so I couldn't think of where else to add it in the simplified regimen. If I use conditioner, my hair declumps and I get more breakage when it's not clumped together. I was wondering if it would make the clay too stripping, so that's why I haven't been doing it every time but my hair does seem to like it when I use a tiny bit. I wonder if the ACV brings the PH of the clay down too much for my super lo-po hair?
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A 'stripping' clay is my concern too. I don't mind dabbling here and there when it comes to occasional shampoo (if I've used a product that won't easily wash off) and conditioner. Especially when it comes to protein and a good DC session after (or whenever I feel my hair may benefit).

I guess the low ph will depend on how much ACV you're using. I tested my clay (only once) with my current mix- I don't measure the ACV but I do put it a measure jugo_O- and the pH came to about 6 or 7. Have you tested yours? If so,what pH are you getting?
 
Damn you Cherry Lola and your treatment :mad::mad:!!!! ( is she a member here?) .

I followed the recipe to a T but when I went to open the blender it was really hard to get it open and when it finally did it exploded all over my damn kitchen :lachen::lachen::lachen:. Its kinda funny now, now that the mess is all cleaned up.
Nutribullet + CLCT = no bueno. Something told me to use the hand mixer, should've went with my gut.

Was there a warning about this somewhere in this thread? Probably on page 59 or something like that ( I'm only on page 10 :lachen:),
 
AbsyBlvd said:
A 'stripping' clay is my concern too. I don't mind dabbling here and there when it comes to occasional shampoo (if I've used a product that won't easily wash off) and conditioner. Especially when it comes to protein and a good DC session after (or whenever I feel my hair may benefit).

I guess the low ph will depend on how much ACV you're using. I tested my clay (only once) with my current mix- I don't measure the ACV but I do put it a measure jugo_O- and the pH came to about 6 or 7. Have you tested yours? If so,what pH are you getting?
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I never tested it. I figure it has to be below 9 because baking soda and pure clay are 9, right? Is the safe range 4-9 or something like that? Where did you get your PH test strips?
 
PuddingPop said:
Damn you Cherry Lola and your treatment :mad::mad:!!!! ( is she a member here?) .

I followed the recipe to a T but when I went to open the blender it was really hard to get it open and when it finally did it exploded all over my damn kitchen :lachen::lachen::lachen:. Its kinda funny now, now that the mess is all cleaned up.
Nutribullet + CLCT = no bueno. Something told me to use the hand mixer, should've went with my gut.

Was there a warning about this somewhere in this thread? Probably on page 59 or something like that ( I'm only on page 10 :lachen:),
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Oh man, I forgot that happens to people the first time with CLCT. I do think I read it in this thread, but I actually read all the pages but it still seems like I forgot and shook it up or something and there was some overflow for sure. It also swells so much that I didn't have nearly a large enough container the first time. That nutribullet is serious business though!
 
PuddingPop said:
Damn you Cherry Lola and your treatment :mad::mad:!!!! ( is she a member here?) .

I followed the recipe to a T but when I went to open the blender it was really hard to get it open and when it finally did it exploded all over my damn kitchen :lachen::lachen::lachen:. Its kinda funny now, now that the mess is all cleaned up.
Nutribullet + CLCT = no bueno. Something told me to use the hand mixer, should've went with my gut.

Was there a warning about this somewhere in this thread? Probably on page 59 or something like that ( I'm only on page 10 :lachen:),
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Yeah, sorry about that lol. Clay explosions, CLCT explosions- they happen:lachen:. Next time add your baking soda last when everything else is already mixed. It causes the mix to swell.
 
Holla4mom said:
I never tested it. I figure it has to be below 9 because baking soda and pure clay are 9, right? Is the safe range 4-9 or something like that? Where did you get your PH test strips?
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I think it should be lower than 9. I think the general recommendation is somewhere between 4-7. Funnily enough, I've never tested the clay + water alone. I ordered mine online via Amazon.
 

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