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Wash And Go, To Grow And To Dazzle 2020 Challenge

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I hopped in the shower. Cowashed with Oyin Mint cowash. That mint hits different when you’re surrounded by steam. Then conditioned with PJN Shea Mint conditioner and photogenic again.

I wanted to add something under but didn’t feel like dealing with the what if it curdles so I stuck to just using it alone.

under the dryer. Gonna try for 20 min stretches at a time.
 

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It’s finally august. My hair usually grows more in the fall months vs the spring/summer. I’ve been tracking my growth over 10 years and I’ve noticed this pattern.

I hope that stays true this year. Would be nice to end the year close to where I was before my haircut.
 
I have half of a huge bottle of ICH sitting in my shower that I need to use up. I think I’ll try UFD/ICH/MD this weekend.
I also have a small bottle of ICH under my sink. Once I finish these I think I’m done with ICH. I really like it, but I prefer jello shot, and I want to stick to black owned products.
What is MD? Thanks in advance :-)
 
My doctor complimented my wash n go a few days ago. She said there was no frizz and I thought, Are we looking at the same hair. She asked me what gel I used, and I told her Uncle Funky's Daughter. She got a kick out of the name. She's typically a straight haired natural. Here's my doctor's visit hair.

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In other news, I reset my hair. I did the whole shebang, washed, conditioned, detangled, and and set it with UFD. I still can not get a super defined WNG on the days I do more than finger detangle. My hair poofs out from the brush, the gel calms it down a bit, then the elements do their work and I'm back to a curly fro in two days. I think I may try to condition again after I've detangled and see if that helps.
 
My doctor complimented my wash n go a few days ago. She said there was no frizz and I thought, Are we looking at the same hair. She asked me what gel I used, and I told her Uncle Funky's Daughter. She got a kick out of the name. She's typically a straight haired natural. Here's my doctor's visit hair.

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In other news, I reset my hair. I did the whole shebang, washed, conditioned, detangled, and and set it with UFD. I still can not get a super defined WNG on the days I do more than finger detangle. My hair poofs out from the brush, the gel calms it down a bit, then the elements do their work and I'm back to a curly fro in two days. I think I may try to condition again after I've detangled and see if that helps.

At what stage are you using your brush? Which brush?
 
I have used a brush to detangle my hair when wet once and it didnt disturb my curl pattern. The brush I used was this one ,https://www.fhiheat.com/collections/unbrush

I cant use a brush if i want perfect curls. If I do use a brush my hair stays in the elongated wave shape which results in a shorter washngo cycle. I finger detangle throughout the whole wash day. @shebababy

I only use a brush when Im going to twists or braids to unclump my hair to have smooth detangle strands
 
I have used a brush to detangle my hair when wet once and it didnt disturb my curl pattern. The brush I used was this one ,https://www.fhiheat.com/collections/unbrush

I cant use a brush if i want perfect curls. If I do use a brush my hair stays in the elongated wave shape which results in a shorter washngo cycle. I finger detangle throughout the whole wash day. @shebababy

I only use a brush when Im going to twists or braids to unclump my hair to have smooth detangle strands
I have that brush in my collection but I haven't gotten around to using it on my hair yet. It works great for my daughter's hair but she has a completely different type of hair and she's still in pigtails, lol. I'll give it a whirl on my next heavy duty detangling day.
 
usually i wet my hair and prepoo with conditioner to detangle, then i wet my hair and add my cleanser. As im doing that im finger detangling. Then I add my conditioner and finger detangle as Im adding. I let that sit and wash dah body. Rinse the conditioner out and finger detangle as Im doing it. Then I add UFD to the sections and get out ( sometimes). Then finish styling out of the shower.

I have in the past, added all my stylers in the shower and then finished styling out of the shower so i can see what im doing.

The one time I used the unbrush it was at the conditioner step. After I let it sit, I went section by section with the brush. Then wet, added UFD and then proceed to set my style.

The one time I tried the tangle teaser new brush after rinsing the conditioner out, I lost all the curls but the hair elongated into waves. I got some back when I added the UFD but it wasnt like it was prior to the brush

@shebababy
 
usually i wet my hair and prepoo with conditioner to detangle, then i wet my hair and add my cleanser. As im doing that im finger detangling. Then I add my conditioner and finger detangle as Im adding. I let that sit and wash dah body. Rinse the conditioner out and finger detangle as Im doing it. Then I add UFD to the sections and get out ( sometimes). Then finish styling out of the shower.

I have in the past, added all my stylers in the shower and then finished styling out of the shower so i can see what im doing.

The one time I used the unbrush it was at the conditioner step. After I let it sit, I went section by section with the brush. Then wet, added UFD and then proceed to set my style.

The one time I tried the tangle teaser new brush after rinsing the conditioner out, I lost all the curls but the hair elongated into waves. I got some back when I added the UFD but it wasnt like it was prior to the brush

@shebababy
I'll try the prepoo method next time. I think my curls need a longer time to settle before I go in with the gel. Brushes tend to take much less time to detangle for me, so hopefully the unbrush (or the five other brands of brushes I decided to buy) will work out for me using this technique.
 
This time I used the Red Tangle Teezer for thick and curly hair. I detangle while I still have conditioner in my hair.

I wonder if the bristles are too small and compact. I had that issue when trying to use combs that have lots of teeth and they are close together. I do my detangling during the conditioning step as well.

ETA: I was using a wide tooth comb, then upgraded to the Unbrush @Bette Davis Eyes mentioned, now I use the Kamaleje paddle comb (looks like a brush to me).
 
@shebababy your hair looks great! I don’t see any frizz either.

I can’t brush my hair after I apply my stylers if I don’t want my hair to get frizzy.

But I can brush with LOTS of conditioner and LOTS of water. The brush elongates my curls and makes them look wavy, but then I rake when I style my hair and the curls shrink up and lose a lot of the elongation.
 
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