DeeLiteFulEKinky
Well-Known Member
What clay is that?Ugh! Now I feel like my hair is not going to accept this regimen. I know that a few years ago I was very low po hair -- my hair would take quite a bit of time to get wet in the shower. Now it feels as though it's getting wet very quickly, but I've also been noticing what you guys have been pointing out: water sits on top of my hair. I don't think I have a coating of anything more than a little oil which I've been using infrequently (light or medium oils) or sebum which I've been trying to coat my hair with on the days when I water wash/wet.
So, as promised, I took a bunch of pictures (and made a mess in the bathroom in the process! And got some clay in my eye. All in the name of science! HAHA!) I made sure to thicken the clay. I tested one section not clarified and the other clarified. In each set of three I show after wetting or clarifying, then with the clay, then after the final rinse.
Someone asked about the gel. I made flax seed gel with marshmallow root, slippery elm, bamboo extract, magnesium sulfate and some xanthan gum for texture. It was a bit better than when I just used flax seed, slippery elm and marshmallow root. I don't really like gel and found that it nor the KCCC doesn't make my hair feel soft. Maybe the protein from the flax seed?
Side note: I've gone back to washing my hair in twists. I know that's not part of the regimen, but my shedding is horrible and I think that the daily manipulation is making it worse.
I think it looks like it's sitting on your hair better than your last post. And the clarified pics seems better than non clarified. How does the hair feel? Which side feels more moisturized? I think I see some definition and clumping on the very ends.
As far as increased shedding, do you finger detangle with the clay in? I personally can't detangle *well* with the clay step. I can rake and separate but not detangle. So I detangle in the previous step of DC with diluted conditioner. Also... I forget if you already posted this, but how long have you been doing this, what products are you using from start to finish and are you doing the original method or modified? If modified, have you tried original and if so, why did you switch?
I think a lot of this is trial and error until things fall into place.