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Spring/Summer '09 Cowashing Challenge

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Cowashed this afternoon with some mega tek conditioner followed by CON ultra Nourishing conditioner mixed with GVP k-pak conditioner.
 
deep cowashed with gvp conditioning balm mixed with coconut oil. ALSO discovered the mebco shower comb and promptly through my jilbere shower comb away. there's no comparison. this comb slid through my 7 month post hair. love it, and cowashing.
 
LOL Girl I've been working like a slave with da massa on her *ahem* butt. I'm doing pretty good though lol. I haven't bought much. You'd be proud. :lachen:
 
Cowashing with Lustrasilk Olive Oil Cholesterol. Will post results when I wash out.


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That Lustrasilk is something SERIOUS!!!! My hair was very soft, especially my NG when I rinsed. Will be cowashing with this often!!!!
 
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Rinsed hair w/ Ayurveda tea mix, cowashed w/ Suave ocean breeze, dc w/ GVP conditioning balm mixed w/ wonder 8 oil (trying to use up some of my products). My hair was so soft and silky. I roller set and am sitting under the dryer as I type.
 
Prepoo'd overnight (Saturday) with Amla and Vatika oils... addes a tiny amount of HE TT to my hair in the morning, worked out at the gym (cardio session).... rinsed hair, applied phyto intense nutrition mask (I have a lot of samples of this and an almost empty bottle, all from last year) in the shower... left it in for 8/10 minutes... cowashed out with HE HH.

Leave in - nexxus headdress... airdried hair down, held back with a headband. When hair was 80% dry, I applied a small amount of lustrasilk shea butter cholestrol to sections of my hair before cornrowing for a braidout.

1.5/2 hours later, I took out the braids - my hair felt so soft and nice!!!

P.S. This was my 1st time trying Lustrasilk cholestrol... I think it's a keeper for braidouts, twistouts, bantu knot outs.

Results at the end of the day, I pinned up my hair...
 

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ILuvsmuhgrass said:
LOL Girl I've been working like a slave with da massa on her *ahem* butt. I'm doing pretty good though lol. I haven't bought much. You'd be proud. :lachen:
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Mm hmm...I miss seeing you post mama!


I just took my plaits down this morning, forgot I had to go to work today because otherwise those two plaits would've stayed in until I finished moving and unpacking a few things. Oh well, braid out today, no cowash :nono:. My scalp is craving that water so hopefully I'll be able to CW tonight or in the morning.
 
So I co-washed last night with some OLD (as in I don't know how long they had this!:nono:) Herbal Essence Conditioner I found at my aunt's house (I was on another island for a funeral over the weekend). I added honey and some EVCO I took over in my traveling spray bottle and applied to dry hair. Rinsed out after about 10 minutes and plait my hair in two. Tied on my satin scarf and air-dried overnight....missed using my regular products :sad:, next time I have to travel with all of my arsenal of hair products!!!
 
Cowashed with a mix of coconut oil, aloe vera gelly, ayurvedic herbs, and V05 Passion Fruit Smoothie.
 
Okay, so we started our Fitness Challenge at work yesterday and I was so hot and sweaty and feeling disgusting afterward that I co-washed again last night (2 nights in a row). Nothing fancy this time, all I did was use Shikai Everyday Conditioner w/Amla, rinse, squeeze out excess water, added Lacio Lacio Leave-In, plait in one and tied on satin scarf. Air dried overnight, loose plait, added NTM Silk Creme, EVCO and JBCO on ends.....fashioned a bun without a ponytail tie/holder and out de door I went :yep:
 
DCW this morning after sleeping in Hairveda Moist 24/7 mixed w/Amla Gold. Lustrasilk Shea Cholesterol as leave in, sealed w/Amla Gold, bunned.
 
cowashed yesterday with hello hydration. still loving it. have my hair cornrowed for a braidout today, but will be cowashing tomorrow with garnier fructis something or other and a 3 minute megatek treatment.
 
I co-washed last nite after going to the gym with VO5 Rebalacing Conditioner. I think today after my workout--I will be co-washing tonight followed by a deep conditioner.
 
CW with Yes to Carrots Sunday. I felt like having an all natural wash day and used only natural products (Hot Oil Pre-poo, CW,ACV rinse, AOSHR DC, Yogurt Protein Treatment, KCKT, EVCO). My hair loved it...Loved it so much the tub clogged and the maintence man had to come fix it.:lachen:
I did a roller set and silk wrap and ran a cool curling iron on the really curlie part. I think it'll hold up for my seminar presentation Fri. I'll post pics this weekend.
 
This week is when I will start cowashing 5 days a week so today is day 2. The plan was to tea rinse and cowash it out. I forgot to make the tea rinse but I did cowash with Moist PRO mixed with aloe vera gelly. OKay I know now that I need to make the tea rinse either the night before or right when I get up in the morning.
 
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Shay72 said:
This week is when I will start cowashing 5 days a week so today is day 2. The plan was to tea rinse and cowash it out. I forgot to make the tea rinse but I did cowash with Moist PRO mixed with aloe vera gelly. OKay I know now that I need to make the tea rinse either the night before or right when I get up in the morning.
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Did you see your induction info in the Afroveda thread? :look::look:
 
So I'm still using my a-vedic co-wash after an oil pre-poo treatment 2 times a week. I'm loving co-washing. Co-washing along with weekly DCing has made my NG so manageable that I fell over on the transitioning-to-natural side of the fence. If I would have known the benefits of co-washing pre-LHCF I'd probably have never texlaxed.
 
Friday -- HE HH + wash n go; left some HE HH in

Saturday -- same thing

Monday -- GVP conditioning balm + steam treatment via Bikram yoga; wet bun

today -- aphogee 2 min for 5 min + GVP leave-in + wet bun
 
co washed this morning with HE HH and used totally twisted as a leave in.
i have been using TT so much lately that i forgot how much i love HH. good thing i have 2 extra bottles lol. then i have to move on to using the 4 LTR conditioners i have.
 
DC'd on dry hair with Phyto Intense Nutrition Mask (using it up, had since last year and forgot about it), 40 minutes later I applied ORS Replenishing Con mix without rinsing out the Phyto. Left in for 30 minutes.

Cowashed out the DCs with HE Totally Twisted, leave in - Giovanni Direct Leave In. I'm airdrying right now, my hair is ridiculously soft... I am amazed. I haven't done a Shampoo Wash in about 3 weeks and my hair doesn't feel weird at all! I'm tempted to keep cowashing (3 times a week at the moment) until I henna gloss next Saturday... I'll see.
 
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Checking in for the month, I'm still daily co-washing and bunning. I just got a touch-up last thurs, and the siggy picture is the most recent picture of my hair.
 
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