Hello Ladies
How ya'll derrin....?
I have lurked for like an entire year and just decided to join up. LOL
I need to figure out how to Conditioner washes and pre-poo.
Regimen
--I wash and Deep Condition once a week. I will more than likely wash twice a week since I've slowly weened myself off the Flat Iron! I'm a reformed
Heat Junky and my Chi was attached to my hip! Everytime I washed I'd flat iron.
--I'll usually slather conditioner on my head with oil, slap a bag on my head and lounge around for hours. Sometimes I sleep with it. Then I'll wake up wash it off. I airdry my hair. I stopped using blow-dryers 3 yrs ago.
--I recently stopped wrapping because I'd experienced breakage on my Rt front side. I think wrapping caused it.
--I apply a protein treatment as needed.
--I've never relaxed on schedule. My last relaxer was in the third wk of March. I suppose I will try to stretch my relaxer as far out as possible. The only diff is--I've never stretched without HEAT!
(oh no)
Ya'll pray for me...
--I'm going into protective styles (I did my first braid-out last night) So I think I can rock that for a minute. Then I'll start doing wet-sets.
HAIR TYPE
My research tells me that I have am a 4A, I think. I have an s-curl pattern.
BUT my hair in it's NATURAL state is not cottony at all. It's more bushy and big. And it soaks up humidity like a sponge, becoming--even bigger. The 3C sounds like me but I don't have corkscrews.
Products...(I actually use more but this is what's in my aresenal at the moment)
Nexxus:
-Emergencee (protein treatment I use as needed))
-Humectress (My main Moisturizing shampoo)
-Diametress (Hair thickening shampoo)
-Aphogee Reconstructor
Proclaim:
-Aloe and Shea Butter (Moisturizing conditioner)
Ion:
-Moisturizing Treatment
Keracare:
-1st Lather (seems to be a clarifying shampoo to me)
Detangling Shampoo
Paul Mitchell:
-Entire Tea Tree Oil Line.
****The Generic Paul Mitchell works just as well, btw. Cheaper too*****
Oil:
-Queen Helens's Jojoba
-Hollywood Beauty Tea Trea Oil. Makes my hair very soft. I found this at Walgreens or CVS, I think. It was very cheap (like $2-3)
Check out the ingredients:
Soybean Oil, tea tree oil, safflower oil, vitamin E, carrot extract, aloe ver extract, rose hips oil, peanut oil, sweet almond oil, methypararaben (and) Isoprpylparaben (and) Isobutylparaben (and) Butylparaben, Fragrance, D &C Red #17, D & C Yellow # 11
HAIR CREME:
-Mizani h20 Rosehip--I have to buy more though. I have been using the Tea Tree oil on my hair. I have a habit of not puting anything on my scalp don't know if it's a good or bad thing.
-Olive oil hair Lotion.
Relaxers:
-Elasta QP Relaxer (regular) if I must self-relax.
-If professional I prefer Mizani.
Vitamins
-Biotin
-Women's 1 a Day Weight Smart
AIDS:
-MTG===>>> I tried MTG like 5 mths ago but it was too darn oily. I have a phobia of grease and thick pomades. lol Gives me flashbacks of my aunt slathering Blue Magic and Royal Crown all over my head...You could erect oil derects if you were so inclined.
Although yesterday I did put some around the hairline using a Q-tip. Will document the progress. And if see significant improvement I'll work it into my schedule and just deal with the oiliness for a time.
-Mehandi HENNA for African Hair==>> Just ordered some 2 dys ago. I hope it's not as drying as some suggest because I already have moisture deficiency issues. But I am so excited to try it. And the conditioning benefits far outweigh that negative.
FUTURE GOALS/EXPECTATIONS
I think I'll have to get back with you on timeframes and expectations for length. I know that my hair grows quickly I just don't know how fast to be able to explain in inches.
My goal is BSL. I'm at 12" I think. It's at the level of C-7 vertebrae (that bony protuberance at the back of the neck for those unfamiliar with medical
term.)
I'd like to go natural. I'd attempted tex-laxing some mths ago but the bushiness got to me. But Im going to try--again.
I will post more pics.