Our journey with health hair practices began with me wanting to give my daughter the best hair care possible. She has a lot of girl cousins that were born around the same time she was. I began to notice that their hair was flourishing and hers was not. That's what started me to begin searching on the web. The first thing I came to was Cathy Howse then BHM. On BHM I heard a lot about this site but I thought it was only for long haired women so I didn't immediately come here. After about a month I got the courage to check y'all out. I think I've only gone back to that site a hand full of times since I found LHCF. I became a paying member Dec '08. Here are our starting photos: (sorry I don't know how to resize)
This is the photo in my siggy. My hair was badly damaged and the sides broken off something terrible! You can see how fried it was.
Here is my DD. She was 3.
Here are some random photos after a few months of care. The dates are correct on all photos. I will try to put them in order....
This pic was at the Southern Meet Up
This pic was a month before I cut my hair. I decided to get rid of the fried ends and start over.
Then there was my CHOP!!!! (4") I did it myself around 4am
I wore braidouts until I had enough to grab and put into a phony bun.
6/09
Caruso Rolled
6 months after my blunt cut:
As you can tell, my DD's PS is braids. This isn't the best pic but here are some box braids that I did on her. They lasted 8 weeks. I added some hair to make it last longer.
Here is her length shot. 9/09
Here are our end of the year photos!!!!
I almost cried when I posted these pics. I know how important hair can be to the self esteem and I'm so blessed to have found this site. It all started because of my daughter. I don't want her growing up wishing she had 1 a/b (yt) hair like I did. I want her to have long flowing beautiful hair. Thank you LHCF:blowkiss:
Reggie:
Myself
Alternate beween poo wash and co-washing every 3 days with Silk Elements Poo and V05 Moisture Milk Condish. I only DC after relaxers (I don't stretch) with Motions CPR. I bunned most of the year but I recently fell back in love with twistouts. I re-wet them every night with my mix of V05 Condish and Water. It's SOOOOO moisturizing and CHEAP!! I seal with either ORS Olive Oil in the jar or with Hairveda Cocasta Oil. Oh, and if I have the $$$, I buy Joico K-pac products. They are SOOOOO moisturizing but SOOOOOO expensive!! but they are really good if you have the money to spend.
I only flat iron my hair for length checks, which is every 6 months (with the exception of my year end photos). I think heat was my major cause of damage, along with no moisture. I moisturize my hair twice a day.
DD
I keep her hair in braids for a low manipulation. I moisturize and seal her hair with the same products I use twice a day as well. I don't believe in letting the hair get dry. I wash and rebraid her hair on Saturdays.
We both are on a no heat reggie. We always air dry and I air dry her in about 4-5 braids. We sleep on satin pillowcases and I finger comb my hair everyday. I stopped using black rubberbands on her hair and just use a little beeswax. It works just as well. We clarify once a month with ION Clarifying Poo and V05 Kiwi Clarifying Condish.
I think that's it. I'm looking forward to this year and hopefully by the end of 2010 she will be MBL and I will be almost BSL. Thank you for reading!!!
xoxo
So touching! Even how you started your quest. *sniff*
You're one brave loony,
or must've been flying like a kite on that good good stuff! But after your cut, I immediately saw the silver lining. The thought that you had now hair that was without much wear and tear got me so excited...I couldn't scroll fast enough to see the rest of the story.
you and your DD's hair are beautiful[/font]
