Wash And Go, To Grow And To Dazzle 2020 Challenge

i've been rocking my wash and go the past few wks for the summer. What i do is wash my hair and do the full routine on wed and then on fri just dc with my dc with heat until i'm ready to get in the shower and after washing up etc... rinse out the dc and apply my leave in and styler. My hair gets a double shot of conditioning and it takes no time. Here is how it came out this wk

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i think i'm going to dye my hair purple with joico's amethyst purple again for summer. i can only find it at one place but that color is the only one that shows up on my dark brown hair.... it makes it a pretty shiny deep purple. I'll post pics of my hair if and when i do...
 
I have been experimenting and experimenting and all I've learned is that I already knew what I was doing :lachen:. Trying out these new fangled techniques have resulted in one fail after another. I've washed my hair so much in the past few weeks. I did relearn that my hair is totally fine with being shampoo'd, and that I get better definition after a shampoo.

Another update is that I took measurements and my hair is retaining length very nicely! I think that my hair would potentially do better being washed once a week, but I enjoy washing my hair often. The only thing is that I get breakage every time I wash my hair. So the more times that I wash, the more breakage I get and that's counterproductive to say the least :confused:. I also know that the only combo that gives me week long hair is MJ Coily Custard and Leave-in Condish. I think that I'll stick with once a week wash n'gos for the month of June and see if my hair quality is better.

Pic is day 2 of a naked wash n'go. I shampoo'd with MJ Harm Me Knot, and used Obia Babassu Moisturizing DC as a rinse out condish. I didn't apply any product to my hair, and I put it into 3 pineapples overnight. I love how big my hair is :D

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oneastrocurlie said:
I try to book my next one before I leave my current one. I got lucky getting one this month but at my last appointment in February I booked one for October. Before my stylist went out on her own I used to book a whole year worth of appointments at a time.
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My stylist travels so her calendar is not open until 30 to 60 days before the date. She sends an email or text to let everyone know when her calendar opens up. Even if her schedule was open, I'm not sure I would know when I would want to get my hair cut again. That would be tricky.
 
toaster said:
My mom is going to trim my hair when I go home at the end of the month.

This is her audition. If she does a good job, she might become my stylist :look:
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i trim me and my moms hair.... its super easy.... i like to trim on old dirty hair though that has been stretched by detangling and leaving in a braided ponytail for a few days. My method is best done on hair that wasn't in a wash and go prior to doing it so there's no gel in it.... i section it with my fingers into one inch thick sections from ear to ear. then i detangle the small horizontal section of hair and trim the very ends. no more than 1/4- 1/2 in... then twist that section and move on to another section. I cut the way it lays so when i do the sides of me or her hair i do the parting from the ear to the forehead (hope u understand what i mean) in one inch sections til i get to the middle and then i do the other side starting from bottom up. It really refreshes ur layers and brings on a really great even shape.
 
oneastrocurlie said:
Milestone reached: a 7 day wash and go. Usually by day 5 it's sticking straight up and out in a semi defined fro which I put into a puff. I haven't pineappled this week either. Idk if I'm axing that yet or not. UFD and ICH is a winner. Washing tomorrow.

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My wash n'goes last a week if I don't pineapple or band my hair too!! Thank you for accidentally reminding me of that LOL!!
 
So I’ve been daily cowashing since I posted about trying it, which makes this day 9. I don’t really have any complaints. I’ve been traveling so my routine has been extra simple. I packed pretty light, since this was a road trip, so when we arrived, I went to a drugstore and bought a small Aussie moist conditioner bottle and a small tub of ecostyler, so it’s literally been just that.

I like it. It’s very refreshing to get water in my hair after my daily morning workout, my detangling is super quick, and I don’t have to worry about preserving my hair at night. I have a dryer bonnet attachment that I use for about 15 minutes, and then I air-dry the rest as we go about our day.
 
I dragged that wash and go out for another three days. I got round to washing today. I left Olaplex no.3 on for an hour before shampooing with no.4, and DCing with SSI Juicy Curls Hair Mask in the shower. I used UFD and Jello Shot and diffused for about 30mins. Roots at the front are still damp but the rest is dry.
 

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Did my wash n go today. I’m experimenting with using a quarter size of leave-in for my whole head versus what I did last week of saturating the hair with leave in. Trying a mix of Anthony Dickey with BlackGirlCurls.

I notice my hair dries a lot faster and isn’t soaking wet all day from using less leave-in. Coil definition seems to be even more defined, but I did apply a lot more gel than I usually do.

I applied the gel outside of the shower this time and it was much harder to apply than in the shower. My hair dries pretty quickly now, but even though I kept rewetting the hair I still had to use more gel to feel like I was coating everything sufficiently. UFD has no slip until enough gel is used to make the section slippery.
 
fluffyforever said:
Did my wash n go today. I’m experimenting with using a quarter size of leave-in for my whole head versus what I did last week of saturating the hair with leave in. Trying a mix of Anthony Dickey with BlackGirlCurls.

I notice my hair dries a lot faster and isn’t soaking wet all day from using less leave-in. Coil definition seems to be even more defined, but I did apply a lot more gel than I usually do.

I applied the gel outside of the shower this time and it was much harder to apply than in the shower. My hair dries pretty quickly now, but even though I kept rewetting the hair I still had to use more gel to feel like I was coating everything sufficiently. UFD has no slip until enough gel is used to make the section slippery.
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I am wearing a second day wash n go. This is a first for me, having my hair actually still defined and soft the second day. All I had to do was fluff out the bed head and it looks just like it did yesterday. I noticed my hair appears to be springier- maybe this is an improvement in elasticity too.

Tonight I am going deep condition on dry hair with heat and then leave it in overnight, rinse out in the morning and wear a fresh wash n go tomorrow.
 
I’ve finally tried Kinky Curly after being in the natural hair game for so long. Idk what took me so long, I like it :yep:
-Shampoo and condition with Redken all soft mega
-Wide tooth shower comb to detangle
-Raked through the KCCC in large sections with nothing else (probably 8 sections)

I probably have 10 more minutes till fully dry but it’s looking good so far.55FB04C9-EDC1-47FE-9954-652E52C70EF0.jpeg
 
Y’all I think I will continue with my experiment but actually start shampooing daily. :look: I know that is typically considered natural hair blasphemy but I stumbled upon old threads where people did this and were quite pleased with it.

my shampoo and conditioner combo (Redken all soft mega) leave my hair feeling sooo good. I think I will try for 10 days and evaluate how my hair feels.

the details:
Shampoo and condition
Only detangle with wide tooth comb (can’t do a brush daily)
Rake through a botanical gel or foam with nice ingredients (uncle funky, Nairobi, or KCCC)...maybe add wetline as topper depending on weather.
 
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