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I love not doing my hair on the weekend. Maybe I would love to have Mondays and Thursdays be my hair days. I'm just not sure how feasible that is. I may try it to see how it works out.
 
faithVA said:
I love not doing my hair on the weekend. Maybe I would love to have Mondays and Thursdays be my hair days. I'm just not sure how feasible that is. I may try it to see how it works out.
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My schedule used to to be Sundays and Wednesday or Thursday. It's still kind of the same except sometimes I'll do a cowash on Saturday if my hair isn't behaving. Go for it if your schedule permits.
 
Based on some pull test yesterday by the end of the year all of my hair should at least be grazing SL with a lot of the back at full SL.

That's good news. I have to stay on top of these ends.
 
faithVA said:
What length are you now?
EL unstretched NL flat ironed
Natural/Relaxed/Transitioning?
Natural, bc'ed in August
What's your plan to reach SL?
12/30/16
What's your regimen?
Wash weekly alternating Joico MR and K-pak lines. Twist using APB leave-in spray and hair creme. Trying to incorporate a midweek DC or cowash and then I halo braid while wet. Can't do wng or its SSK city.
How will you celebrate/reward yourself when you reach SL?
Going to dinner or something simple like that
Anything else you want to share?

Post your starting pic:
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This was taken the last time I flat ironed 10/15/15
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Cowashed a day earlier than I wanted to. I have a work thing tomorrow night and I know I will not feel like doing my hair when I get home. Going to do my trusty perm rod set and call it a night.
 
I clay washed my hair on Sunday night. Since then, I've had it styled half up in a banana clip. Last night, I wet the loose part and smoothed some more gel through...the way this cold snap has me, I feel I need to wet it more often. The dryness encouraged by the weather and all this wool lol.
 
KammyGirl said:
Can I ask is the clay moisturizing or cleansing? I've read a little of the MHM thread but it's so long.
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For me rhassoul and sodium bentonite are both moisturizing and cleansing. Calcium bentonite is cleansing but not moisturizing for my hair.
 
KammyGirl said:
Can I ask is the clay moisturizing or cleansing? I've read a little of the MHM thread but it's so long.
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For me, they are both moisturising and cleansing. I too find rhassoul clay more moisturising but too much sodium bentonite dries my hair out. I prefer a mix (usually calcium bentonite and rhassoul). I add silk amino acids to my clay. If I want it more moisturising, I will mix in some steeped marshmallow root.
 
Yeah. By November, I should be full sl..I just wish I knew what to do with my ends, they are brittle dry and thin..and I hate having to keep trimming them :/
 
I don't know where my hairs at as I didn't end up straightening last year. I had the flat iron right there... looked at it...looked at my hair... looked at the iron again.. Couldn't face it:oops:

I want SL in a twistout. Will post a picture soon after wash day.

May try this washing with just water thing and see how it goes. Biggest problem is dryness atm, so need to trouble shoot my regimen.
 
Cowashed tonight with TVO and then used the Hibiscus Curl Milk as my leave-in. I put in 2 strand twist with the Twist Cream and sealed with the pumpkin butter. I decided to get back to using my wide tooth comb which shortened my wash day a great deal.

I'm supposed to wear a twist out tomorrow but it's also supposed to rain :ohwell: I will wear it as long as it last and then put on my cap.
 
I sprayed my hair with braid spray, put cream moisturiser over that, then sealed with castor oil. Feels soft and fluffy. I think the castor oil is what I'm missing with the products I'm working with atm.

My favourite cream is actually the Dark and Lovely Anti Breakage Butter. When I use that there's no problems, but I've lost it :rolleyes:
 
So DarkJoys always wearing her hair in a tuck and roll so I figured I would try it. It looked ok in the mirror but it was uneven in the camera :ohwell:

I think flat twist would last longer because no bobbies and I can get it tighter. But its at least another styling option.

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Shampooed and Dcing under heat cap with Paul Mitchell super charged moisture something or other. I think I'm going to straighten later if I'm not feeling too lazy.
 
I thought about cowashing my hair tonight but just didn't feel like it. But since I wore a braidout yesterday and today I figured I should sleep with it loose another night. So I did a water rinse, oiled my scalp and my hair and put in some flat twist. Since I've done a twist out and a braid out this weekend, I figured I would see what a flat twist out looks like. Usually it's a fail. If I had more time off I would try a cornrow twist out which probably would come out better than a flat twist out.

I will cowash tomorrow and probably color the front of my hair. Will throw it back into flat twist since I don't feel like fooling with it any more.
 
I thought I was going to cowash today but I don't feel like it. I don't feel like coloring my hair either. I think I will water rinse again and just throw it into flat twist. Maybe I will wash and color mid-week.
 
I just water rinsed, applied some oil, spritzed each section with Alikay Naturals leave-in and then put in flat twist. I may water rinse again mid week and then do a full wash next Friday.
 
I didn't end up doing anything to my hair until tonight. I've been home all day but still didn't start early. Procrastination is a beast.

I haven't been doing much to my hair. The past two washes I just water rinsed because I didn't feel like cowashing because it was so cold. But my gray was starting to show and I'm snowed in so I really have no excuse for not washing.

Started with Cleansing with AIA Cleansing Pudding
Olaplex 3 treatment for 15 minutes
TVO Quinoa Protein treatment for 40 minutes
Carmeltini treatment for 2 hours
Mudwash for 30 minutes
Apple Cowash
Ion Precolor treatment
Ion Color

Now sitting with color in under 5 conditioning caps for 45 minutes.

Will rinse with cool water. Then I will apply the ION After Color Treatment and KKNT and put in flat twist.

I'm thinking of putting in 2 strand twist but we will see how I feel tomorrow. I probably won't and will just put in flat twist and save 2 strands for another day.


I wish two strand twists would just install themselves. If I knew they would look good and if I could leave them in two weeks I wouldn't hesitate. But my twist get a mind of their own after 3 days and start sticking up in the air :perplexed:
 
faithVA said:
I wish two strand twists would just install themselves. If I knew they would look good and if I could leave them in two weeks I wouldn't hesitate. But my twist get a mind of their own after 3 days and start sticking up in the air :perplexed:
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My hair is the same. I used to try 2 strand twists when I first went natural but I have 2 problems. 1. My hair is so fine that I practically have to separate a twist into 5 sections for fullness leaving me with a mess. And 2. They never lay down for me. They always stick up or out and it's hilariously frustrating. Lol I figured when my hair got longer the twists would cooperate. I've given up on them for now.

Going to do a rollerset today and try not to touch my hair for the rest of the week.
 
I had such a great wash day yesterday! I tried the Shea Moisture jbco line and my hair feels lovely.

Shampoo- Shea Moisture JBCO shampoo
Deep Conditioner- Shea Moisture JBCO conditioner
Conditioner - Shea Moisture JBCO conditioner
Leave in - True Nourishing Leave-in
Oil- Jojoba
Butter- True Hydrating Butter

Last but not least, patience.

Usually I wash my hair in the hours before I go to bed. Once I get tired I usually rush through then end and sometimes skip steps which is not good because I get less careful. Yesterday I started at about 5 and I definitely noticed the difference.

Have a great week ladies!
 
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