Wash And Go, To Grow And To Dazzle 2020 Challenge

GettingKinky said:
I washed my hair for the first time since my cut this morning.

My hair is a LOT shorter. It is barely SL curly when it’s soaking wet. On the plus side
  • My products should last quite a bit longer since I don’t need to use nearly as much.
  • It’s easier to rake my hair since most of the damaged hair is gone and it doesn’t snag as much
  • I still LOVE the shape
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I know it is shorter but hopefully your overall experience is nicer while it is growing out. Glad you love the shape :woot:
 
ckisland said:
Today was wash day for me! This wash n'go didn't last quite as well as the last one, but I still made it to the 6th day :yep: . I decided to try the bootleg tangle teezer brush I bought months ago again, and it was pretty easy breezy to use. I don't know what changed :look: . Only thing is when I went back to detangle as I was rinsing out my DC, my hair poofed like crazy! So I ended up back in the arms of my leatherwood brush :rolleyes: . I think I'll pull the teezer brush out when I protective style. I also tried Eco Style Black Castor Oil Gel and it was great :clap: . The application was so much smoother than Eco Olive Oil! I'm happy! The pics below are of my hair fully dry after sitting under the bonnet for 45 mins. My phone camera is pretty terrible, but my hair is so defined :love:

Cleanser: Harm Me Knot
DC: Obia Babassu Therapy Mask (I ended up running errands, so it was in for like 4 hours :look: )
Leave-in: Obia Curl Hydration Spray and Curl Moisture Cream
Styler: Eco Style Black Castor Oil

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Glad you are loving your hair. Yeah, taking great pics can be really tough. I can relate to how it looks much better in person than in the pic :yep:
 
Rocky91 said:
This is not the greatest picture, but here is a quick snap. I am just desperately seeking the kind of volume in the crown area that you get with shorter hair that doesn’t flop over. I think I’d need some layers to achieve it for real, but this will do for now. You can see that my hair is still kind of determined to go flop over into a side part anyways, but at least I don’t have a super defined “line.”

I think it looks better in person? :look: maybe not. Either way, I got tired of the straight line to the scalp side parts. :lol:View attachment 474355
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They should put the camera in the mirror so it captures what we see :lol: I look in the mirror and love it and then take a picture and :shocked: Then I go look at the mirror to see what's wrong. It is soooo confusing.

But your hair looks lovely in the picture and I know it looks better in person :yep:
 
I really didn't manage my hair well this week. I colored last Friday and styled. The heat, humidity and sweat poofed my roots and really shortened my style. I was over it. Put in twist Tuesday for a meeting Wednesday. I have had on my buff since then.

During my lunch break I shampooed, conditioned and detangled. I put in a leave-in and will put in some twist for a twist out while I watch the olympics this evening. I will wear a twist out to appointment tomorrow. And if I get super lazy it may be in a puff. But she shouldn't have to do much because it will be cleaned and detangled :yep:
 
toaster said:
@ckisland have you tried a wash and go without a leave in? If you put something creamy under a gel it will counteract the hold.
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This is true, but she is using a non-botanical gel and a really intense gel. So wouldn't she want to put something underneath it? I do agree that the cream is probably too much but I'm thinking another type of leave-in might work under the eco styler.
 
faithVA said:
They should put the camera in the mirror so it captures what we see :lol: I look in the mirror and love it and then take a picture and :shocked: Then I go look at the mirror to see what's wrong. It is soooo confusing.

But your hair looks lovely in the picture and I know it looks better in person :yep:
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This!!!

Why does this happen? I hope in real life my hair looks the way I see it in the mirror.
 
toaster said:
@ckisland have you tried a wash and go without a leave in? If you put something creamy under a gel it will counteract the hold.
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faithVA said:
This is true, but she is using a non-botanical gel and a really intense gel. So wouldn't she want to put something underneath it? I do agree that the cream is probably too much but I'm thinking another type of leave-in might work under the eco styler.
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I haven't tried a gel only wash n'go in years because I hate my hair feeling dry, hard and crunchy. I may try one with my MJ Coily Custard, but that'll probably be the only one I'd trust with no leave-in. Like @faithVA mentioned, I used a "real" gel so I definitely don't trust it plan. I'm mainly surprised because I did 2 wash n'gos back to back with Eco Olive Oil using the same leave-in and my results were the perfect balance of softness and week long hold. If the hold of EOO is a 10, then EBCO is like a 8 :laugh:

Forgot to add: Eco has flaked on me horribly in the past (even on it's own), and that's another reason why I'm just coming back to it. I've only experienced 2 leave-ins that worked with my hair and with Eco, and one was V05 conditioner :laugh: .
 
After 1 hour and 50 minutes in the shower, I’m under the dryer.

Definitely need to get tips from Abena to see how she washes her hair and how long it takes. From there, I’ll adjust my hair goal.

Do we think it really takes Aisha less than an hour to wash and style all of her hair?! I know I’ve watched YouTube videos from the beginning of the pandemic and in the digital library of her wash day, but I’m still astounded. She has so much hair!
 
toaster said:
After 1 hour and 50 minutes in the shower, I’m under the dryer.

Definitely need to get tips from Abena to see how she washes her hair and how long it takes. From there, I’ll adjust my hair goal.

Do we think it really takes Aisha less than an hour to wash and style all of her hair?! I know I’ve watched YouTube videos from the beginning of the pandemic and in the digital library of her wash day, but I’m still astounded. She has so much hair!
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An hour and 50 minutes not including drying??? I don’t have the patience for that. Would you really cut your hair shorter if Abena told you that seems like a normal amount of time?
 
GettingKinky said:
An hour and 50 minutes not including drying??? I don’t have the patience for that. Would you really cut your hair shorter if Abena told you that seems like a normal amount of time?
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Heck no! I wouldn’t it cut it shorter, but I’d decide what length was enough for me and then just maintain.

I’m not sure how long my hair will hang if I grow it to say, hip length again. But that’s probably all the hair I want on my head.
 
I'm at the salon. Annazette my stylist is such a lovely person. I keep saying I'm going to find someone closer but I tend to like to find someone and stick to them. So I will be back. :lol:

I was late. Blah . Don't know what is going on with me today. She started my hair between 615 and 620. She did my eyebrows while the conditioner was in. They look sooo much better.

She used 5 pumps of UFD and 3 pumps of ICH. Will find out which size bottles she used.

She put in 3 pumps of UFD and let me feel it. She added some water. And let me feel it. She added 1.5 pumps of UFD. Added more water. Added 3 pumps of ICH. And more water. She let me feel it at each stage.

Then she moved me away from the bowl and took her time separate and styling. Then I pput my head back and shook, to the right side and shook, to the front and shook. And it was a vigorous shake.

I'm under the dryer. I love her dryer. Its notcyoi hot and it's not uncomfortable.

Will update again in a few.
 
faithVA said:
I'm at the salon. Annazette my stylist is such a lovely person. I keep saying I'm going to find someone closer but I tend to like to find someone and stick to them. So I will be back. :lol:

I was late. Blah . Don't know what is going on with me today. She started my hair between 615 and 620. She did my eyebrows while the conditioner was in. They look sooo much better.

She used 5 pumps of UFD and 3 pumps of ICH. Will find out which size bottles she used.

She put in 3 pumps of UFD and let me feel it. She added some water. And let me feel it. She added 1.5 pumps of UFD. Added more water. Added 3 pumps of ICH. And more water. She let me feel it at each stage.

Then she moved me away from the bowl and took her time separate and styling. Then I pput my head back and shook, to the right side and shook, to the front and shook. And it was a vigorous shake.

I'm under the dryer. I love her dryer. Its notcyoi hot and it's not uncomfortable.

Will update again in a few.
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I’m so glad that you’re having a good appointment. Does your hair feel different when she applies products v when you do it yourself?
 
I'm back from my appointment. I estimate that my hair took a total of 1.5 hours from shampoo to end of cut. I did get my ends clipped and I didn't get a shape. We talked about it and I will consider a shape next year.

I think my hair looks better as it dries out a bit. The first pics are in the parking lot right after the appointment. The yellow pictures are in my 1/2 bath. Sorry, the lighting is yellow. I was too lazy to go upstairs and take pics :lol: And my eyes look sleepy because I've been eating too much gluten. I have to do better.

She actually got Peppermint Pattie to lay down :grin:

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GettingKinky said:
I’m so glad that you’re having a good appointment. Does your hair feel different when she applies products v when you do it yourself?
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Yes. She applies very little product. When my hair was very short she applied 3 pumps of UFD and 1 to 2 pumps of ICH. Now that my hair is longer, she uses 5 pumps of UFD and 3 pumps of ICH. I am using way more product than that.

I'm not sure I fully understand what heavy feels like but I'm going to give it a try. She uses way less water but she uses water between every application.

But she also goes more for volume on day 1. And I want more definition. So I will probably use more UFD and work it in more to see if I can get more definition so my hair last longer.

I'm not sure how long this set will last but I don't give it 5 days. It's way too fluffy.
 
And my stylist did create her own hair care line which she sells in her shop. She said some of her customers could afford her appointment but couldn't afford the high price products recommended and would just go home and use what they had. So she made a less expensive line which still was good for the hair so they could better take care of their hair and still use things that were budget friendly.

I think she used the shampoo and conditioner on my hair. But for my coily hair I don't think it is the best thing. I can see how if people use different shampoos and conditioners they can have problems detangling. I never have problems detangling with what I use. But if I were to use what she used it would take me much longer. There is a big difference in results even if you use quality products.

Anyway, I did buy the twist cream because I didn't have anything to use when I do 2 strand twists.
 
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