adw425
Well-Known Member
I have good hair days all the time since discovering LHCF. My hair is always wonderful, with few exceptions. Some days my hair is more wonderful than other days, but that is the way of things...Yesterday, the aloe vera thread got me thinking how much I really love aloe vera and how good it is for hair and how I am so inconsistent using it. Therefore, when I got hom from work, I poured some aloe vera drink in a spray bottle with filtered water. First I spritzed my hair just with filtered water to dampen it. Secondly, I saturated my hair with the water and aloe vera drink. I got on my Gazelle exerciser for a few minutes until my hair dried some. Then, I saturated it with my shikakai infusion that I made up Saturday. [I put some shikakai powder in my muslin baggie and infused in filtered water for two hours with rosemary, nettle and burdock. I put in a spray bottle and added a few drops of tea tree oil and honeyquat as preservatives.]
I exercised some more and then went to take my bath. I settled in the tub with a good book and a glass of Pepsi. About 15 minutes in, I got out the tub and rinsed my hair in the shower for about 30 seconds to rinse out the aloe vera and shikakai infusions which had marinated in my hair about 45 minutes at that point. When I got out the tub, I put some VO5 Juicy Mango Passion in my hair. Now usually I saturate my hair with conditioner, but I just used a little conditioner last night. I left the conditioner in for three minutes and then got in the shower and rinsed -- hair was soooooo soft, no tangles in sight and silky. I had installed my new shower filter when I got home from work, by the way.
After rinsing, my hair felt like I had deep conditioned it, curl pattern was loose and my hair was uber-soft with slip. (I have only used the word slip in one other post and that was describing hair that had already dried.) I put some of the aloe vera mixed with filtered water in an applicator bottle and put on my scalp and scalp-rush was incredible -- tingle-city, way more than with peppermint oil or cayenne pepper concoctions. I then spritzed a small amount of Ojon revitalizing mist all over and put my hair in a ponytail as per usual. I smoothed a dime size amount of my olive butter over the front of my hair from forehead to crown and then spritzed my whole head with the aloe vera and filtered water. I slept in a satin scarf as usual.
I woke up with the softest hair I have ever had and my hair probably in the best condition of my life. My hair hung beautifully and it was fluffy with just this incredible bounce and body. I could have just gone ahead and left it down. As I did not want to mess up a good thing, I was skeptical about putting the hand lotion on my hair this morning, but I put about a dime-size in my hair which caused the longest parts to just wave up beautifully and the shorter parts to just curl beautifully. I have this huge bun now. My curl/wave pattern is just about non-existent. My hair is incredibly shiney and the smoothness and softest is just absolutely amazing.
I am not sure what contributed most to the condition of my hair -- the filtered water, the aloe vera or the shikakai or whether this was just an incredibly synergistic combination. I just know that today I have the best looking and best feeling (and best-conditioned-feeling, if that makes any sense) hair of my life!
I exercised some more and then went to take my bath. I settled in the tub with a good book and a glass of Pepsi. About 15 minutes in, I got out the tub and rinsed my hair in the shower for about 30 seconds to rinse out the aloe vera and shikakai infusions which had marinated in my hair about 45 minutes at that point. When I got out the tub, I put some VO5 Juicy Mango Passion in my hair. Now usually I saturate my hair with conditioner, but I just used a little conditioner last night. I left the conditioner in for three minutes and then got in the shower and rinsed -- hair was soooooo soft, no tangles in sight and silky. I had installed my new shower filter when I got home from work, by the way.
After rinsing, my hair felt like I had deep conditioned it, curl pattern was loose and my hair was uber-soft with slip. (I have only used the word slip in one other post and that was describing hair that had already dried.) I put some of the aloe vera mixed with filtered water in an applicator bottle and put on my scalp and scalp-rush was incredible -- tingle-city, way more than with peppermint oil or cayenne pepper concoctions. I then spritzed a small amount of Ojon revitalizing mist all over and put my hair in a ponytail as per usual. I smoothed a dime size amount of my olive butter over the front of my hair from forehead to crown and then spritzed my whole head with the aloe vera and filtered water. I slept in a satin scarf as usual.
I woke up with the softest hair I have ever had and my hair probably in the best condition of my life. My hair hung beautifully and it was fluffy with just this incredible bounce and body. I could have just gone ahead and left it down. As I did not want to mess up a good thing, I was skeptical about putting the hand lotion on my hair this morning, but I put about a dime-size in my hair which caused the longest parts to just wave up beautifully and the shorter parts to just curl beautifully. I have this huge bun now. My curl/wave pattern is just about non-existent. My hair is incredibly shiney and the smoothness and softest is just absolutely amazing.
I am not sure what contributed most to the condition of my hair -- the filtered water, the aloe vera or the shikakai or whether this was just an incredibly synergistic combination. I just know that today I have the best looking and best feeling (and best-conditioned-feeling, if that makes any sense) hair of my life!
