Soooo, I read through the first 33 pages. Its probably going to take me all week to read the rest lol. This thing is LONG! I have enjoyed it so far though, you ladies bring lots of lol's and smiles.
I kinda feel like I jumped the gun now though, everybody else who was late
asked if they could join, I just kinda jumped right in there and was like "HEEEEEY"
I hope its ok for me to join this group. Better late than never eh?
So, I uploaded my starter pics to photobucket. I tried my first bantu set last night and it didn't come out well
Lol, so you ladies know I love yall to be posting pictures of this
bird's nest that I have sitting on top of my head right now!
LOL, its a mess. I'll be wearing it like THIS until I can figure something else out. My products need to get here like YESTERDAY!
I will post my first set of pictures for long-term comparison as soon as I get some magnetic rollers. I have some velcro rollers that I had bought like a year ago and I put one in my hair last night....Let me just say don't ever buy velcro rollers lol. Those things are in the TRASH as we speak lol. On the bright side, I did my first co-wash last night also. It went well. Breakage reduced about 75% from my normal wash, condition, comb, routine. I know it was because I combed it in the shower while I still had the conditioner in it and was really gentle with it thereafter.
Finding Me: I ordered the 5oz Ojon restorative treatment yesterday, then when I was reading through the posts I saw that you use it too
And Ms.AmerAKA, does your name mean what I think it does? If so, SKEEEEE-WEEEEE! :Rose:
So, when my stuff gets here, I think my regimen will be:
Fridays:
1.) Pre-Poo with Ojon Restorative Treatment overnight
2.) Shampoo in the morning with Keracare Hydrating/Detangling, clarifying with Keracare 1st Lather as necessary.
3.) DC with Kenra Moisturizing rotating with Nexxuss Humectress, and using Aphogee 2-min restorative treatment as necessary. I will use heat with this when I get my Pibbs in the near future.
4.) Apply leave-in: Nexxuss Headdress and maybe rotate that with Biolage.
5.) Rollerset/Twistout/Braidout/Bun, w/e I'm feeling that day.
6.) Moisturize with Carol's Daughter Hair Milk
7.) Seal with coconut oil.
Tuesdays:
1.) Co-wash with something...not sure what yet, then follow same steps as above, most likely using a protective style like a bun.
I want to use a serum also. I love Biosilk Silk Therapy, but I'm not sure where to fit that into all of this. The whole moisturizing/seal with oil thing really confuses me. I don't understand how if your hair is "sealed" you can then moisturize a couple of days later and expect it to penetrate. I also don't understand how so many conditioners and leave-ins and moisturizers contain natural oils, but the theory is that oil seals moisture out, how can one product do both?
I also ordered some Carol's Daughter Hair Honey. We'll see how this all works. I'm sure I will need to tweak here and there, but my main goal at this time is a moisture overload. My hair is sooo dryyyy.
K, thats enough
for now.
I am pretty chatty. So much to learn though...
P.S. THANK YOU for your warm welcomes