naijamerican
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I am so excited to read all these good things, since mine comes today! I'm really pleased with how quickly it shipped (then again, I live in MD where it's based, so it make sense ).
Has anyone notices a straightened effect? My kitchen is no longer a kitchen... my coils are gone almost like a relaxer in some areas... My hair was and is very easy to detangle, I didn't lose alot of hair and the hair is softer.
I finished my detox and I am still happy with my outcome and Using Qhemet AOHC as my moisturizer my hair is no longer dry with a bunch of products added on and still dry..
Glad everything went well. Looks great
@ LadyMacgyver:wowh my god, your hair looks amazingly healthy and shiny. That's what I call mega watt Excuse me as I .
@ LadyMacgyver:wowh my god, your hair looks amazingly healthy and shiny. That's what I call mega watt Excuse me as I .
OK LADIESSS!!! I found the mud wash in a store here in ATLANTA for $15.00. She also has many other natural products I always wanted to try but refused to pay shipping. Store name Sage Naturalcuticals.
So I purchased the lemon and will start my detox tonight!!! **DOES HAPPY DANCE** ;-)
Wow that's wonderful news congrats. I admire your decisiveness. Hopefully your hubbie is supportive. How did your hair feel after the mud wash? Would love to see pics of your hair post BC.Okay because of the mud wash, I BCed last night. Well 3/4 of the way. I still have another 1/4 to go but I left my scissors on my truck so it'll have to wait until tomorrow.
I started detoxing & it occurred to me - why I am I wasting time/product/money on these chemical ends if I'm not planning on keeping them. And the next thing I know I was cutting.
So I have a TWA and have been hiding it from DH but I'm looking forward to my new journey.
Okay because of the mud wash, I BCed last night. Well 3/4 of the way. I still have another 1/4 to go but I left my scissors on my truck so it'll have to wait until tomorrow.
I started detoxing & it occurred to me - why I am I wasting time/product/money on these chemical ends if I'm not planning on keeping them. And the next thing I know I was cutting.
So I have a TWA and have been hiding it from DH but I'm looking forward to my new journey.
After following this thread for a few days I took the plunge and purchased the Terreessentials Clay Wash - Left Coast Lemon Formula on Monday. It arrived yesterday and today was day one of my hair detox.
A little background about myself. I am relaxed AND bleached with a color on top of that. APL, nearly BSL. My last relaxer was about 7 weeks ago. Normally I wash and DC my hair with Silicon Mix weekly then get it roller set by a friend.
So, I mixed about two and a half tablespoons of the clay wash with 4 oz. of water for each of the three washes I did back to back tonight. First, I saturated my hair with the solution and rubbed it onto my scalp. I let this sit on my hair for about 45 minutes.
Next, I washed that out and followed up with the other two washes.
After completing all three consecutive washes my hair felt gummy and looked angry, as if it were disturbed and agitated. I’ve gone through detoxes in the past so I kind of expected my hair to react a little like how the rest of my body does when it detoxes from something. I will say that I half expected it to feel the way hair feels after you’ve used a harsh clarifying shampoo but it didn’t.
As it dried, it softened up to where my hair felt like I had used a regular shampoo with a regular rinse out conditioner. HOWEVER, the difference between the traditional wash and this one for me is that I NEVER go without a leave in. EVER. Or a traditional conditioner for that matter (rinse or deep). My hair didn’t feel super moist but it did feel like I had some sort of water based leave in on it.
I began detangling a bit with my fingers but my hair clung together a bit so I left it alone and let it air dry until it was about 50% dry. Then I went back to test it with my fingers. I lost a few short bits of hair so I left it alone again until it was 75% dry.
At 75% dry detangling became so darn easy. I mean I lost less than maybe 25 hairs? And when I threw the hairs in the toilet, they just sat there! They didn’t sink like they normally do!
At 90% my hair was just hanging there on my head. Not in a flat ironed way but not it the way that my hair normally hangs when air dried. Usually, when air dried, my hair gets super frizzy, even with the best of leave ins.
I kept examining my hair quizzically because this experience was so strange. Finally I sectioned the hair into 4 and put them in bantu knots and tied it with a scarf.
My hair isn’t shiny, but I figure this is just the beginning of the detox and there must be gunk still embedded in the hair shafts. I don’t really like the scent of wash and the hair also isn’t as soft as I would like, especially the new growth but I really cant beat the fact that I lost so few hairs on this wash day. Tomorrow is another day and I can’t wait to see how my hair will feel in the morning. Not sure when I will be doing the second series of washes.
[USER=324781 said:theNaturalWonders[/USER];14195873]my my has this thread grown
@faithVA have you heard back from them regarding the discount?? (can't read the prior pages at the moment so if you did and mentioned it i am sorry)
No I haven't. And I sent them a follow up email on Wednesday. No response so far.
Detox Day 1:
-Used 1oz of mud and mixed with 3oz of water
-Was only able to wash twice
-Scalp has cool sensation, but still have build up (when I scratch w/ nail it's dirty still)
-Hair feels sticky, and is heavy (used dax on my last wash to seal, maybe I should of clarified and then detoxed the following wash week:scratchch)
-Stickiness makes it hard to detangle, unless under running water
-Slight ashiness (seems like I didn't get all the mud off...I thinkerplexed)
Not sure how I feel right now, but I'm optimistic. I really feel I should have clarified and then detoxed later. I know I have a few layers of mineral oil and petroleum on my hair. Ugh, I don't want to waste product detoxing so I may sit with it for a while tomorrow.
ETA: FAQ said hair may be sticky, until detox is complete.