Wash And Go, To Grow And To Dazzle 2020 Challenge

So this is what I've done today

Wash: water
DC: CRN Algae Renew and The Miche mousture DC: 30 minutes with the electric heat cap
Stylers: UFD Curly Magic then DE Almond and Avocado Mousse

I stole this recipe from @oneastrocurlie though I feel like I may have applied too much mousse because my hair is white all over now. I will dry my hair in the morning and we'll see how this turns out.
 
Has anyone here tried the adwoa beauty wash and go products?
Related: has anyone looked into Abena Palmore? She has a similar online salon thing, I think.
 
It's too hot not to try out a new combo!

I clarified with Trader Joe's Tea Tree Tingle shampoo, and I used Cantu's TXTR Treat Moisture mask and my d/c + detangler. I sectioned my hair into 5s.

On soaking wet hair, I smoothed Mielle Pomegranate & Honey Coil Sculpting Custard on my hair as my leave-in. I also smoothed Xtreme Wetline Aloe (green) gel on next as my styler. I'm currently air-drying my hair.

On my hair, the Mielle Custard was instantly defining my curls + it moisturized my hair!
 
Alma Petra said:
So this is what I've done today

Wash: water
DC: CRN Algae Renew and The Miche mousture DC: 30 minutes with the electric heat cap
Stylers: UFD Curly Magic then DE Almond and Avocado Mousse

I stole this recipe from @oneastrocurlie though I feel like I may have applied too much mousse because my hair is white all over now. I will dry my hair in the morning and we'll see how this turns out.
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My hair dries with no white residue. Hope yours does too! This was my combo for today too.
 
I tried to use Curl Junkie Aloe Fix on top of the Curl Junkie Smoothing Lotion. As soon as I put it on the first section, I knew it was a fail because there was no hold. I ended up putting my hair in a puff and the ends were crispy dry.
 
Alma Petra said:
So this is what I've done today

Wash: water
DC: CRN Algae Renew and The Miche mousture DC: 30 minutes with the electric heat cap
Stylers: UFD Curly Magic then DE Almond and Avocado Mousse

I stole this recipe from @oneastrocurlie though I feel like I may have applied too much mousse because my hair is white all over now. I will dry my hair in the morning and we'll see how this turns out.
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How did this combo work for you?
 
I tried out some new (to me) products today!

I clarified w/ Trader Joe's Tea Tree Tingle shampoo. I used The Mane Choice Peach Black Tea & Vitamin Fusion conditioner as a d/c. I forgot to check the label correctly, but this doubles as volume enhancing conditioner. Yeah, so it volumized my hair and tangled the ends. Luckily, I was able to detangle with my r/o V05 conditioner.

I dampened my hair, with my Turbie Twist and sectioned my hair into 5s.

I smoothed The Mane Choice Cheers Gel-ato onto each section. This was instant definition and moisture! Even my problem areas weren't that difficult with this!. It is thicker than the other Mane Choice gels/glazes, and it was a bit sticky. Yet, it was so easy to apply to my hair. I'm currently air-dry my hair.



P.S.: I think I'm going to give the conditioner another try by combining it w/ a slip-filled conditioner. I did notice that it drastically reduced my shedding.
 
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While there's cooler weather today, I decided to go back to an old fav combo.

I washed with HE Blue Ginger + Micellar Water Shampoo. I used Mielle Moisture Rx Hawaiian Ginger mask as my d/c. I dampened my hair with my Turbie Twist, then sectioned my hair into 6s.

I smoothed CRN Almond Jai Twisting Butter on as my leave-in, followed by Wetline Xtreme Aloe (Green) gel onto each section. I'm currently air-drying my hair.

I felt like I was letting my pj-ways get to me a little. So, I turned to one of my favs as a reminder.
 
Okay, I didn’t forget!! This is the imgur album of my dry wash’n’go since I couldn’t load pics directly.
LavenderMint said:
Hi hi!
I think I was in a different wng thread a while back but I just stopped doing them, no special reason, just stopped.

  • Please tell us about your hair (texture, pattern, porosity, length, etc)—— I have majority hipo hair, about shoulder length all around after a cut that took off about 6 inches of lingering damage from locs. I think the texture has changed as I’ve gotten older but it is currently average, I think. My curl pattern also seems to be changing but I’m firmly in the 4 neighborhood.
  • What is your current regimen (frequency, techniques, products, etc)—— I wash once a week & I don’t have any fancy products that I use, typically just Cantu cream shampoo & conditioner or the last of the DevaCurl in my stash. I’ll use whatever dc I have laying around and doctor it up appropriately. Recently, I’ve seen immediate moisturization results with “squish to condish” and I’ll show some of that in a bit. My hair styles for the past year has been salon twists (hate salon “detangling” techniques), home style chunky twists/brists in a bun, beanies/head wraps, Dutch braids, etc basically protective styling.
  • What are your length goals from joining this challenge?—— I actually don’t have a goal other than to keep the length I have.
  • What are your styling goals from joining this challenge? Learning to do a quicker/more efficient wng and after lurking the “is your natural hair a lot of work” thread, I kinda just want to see what my hair wants to do & if I can cut the amount of work I’m creating for myself.
  • Any current struggles or concerns?—— I posted in the random hair thoughts thread earlier that my hair seems to be changing in a new way & I don’t know if it’s age, pregnancy or both. After today, I could clearly see that the front quarter of my head has much less curl definition and clumping closer to my scalp, as well as seeming more resistant to being moisturized. So possibly that area is lower porosity or just chronically dry, no idea but I’m going to keep working on it.
  • Please share a starting photo of your hair (optional but highly recommended)
I wanted to post a starting picture but it’s not working for ANY of them.... pre, during, post wng. I’ll try again later.
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Did a wng for the first time in forever today. Almost felt foreign. I used TMC Cheers GEL-ato which is great once I figured out the best way to apply it. I of course figured that out once I got to the second half of my head. Oh well, one side will just look better than the other lol.

EDIT: Eh, drying kind of frizzy but there's a number of reasons that may be the case so I'm not gonna write it off just yet.
 
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water_n_oil said:
Did a wng for the first time in forever today. Almost felt foreign. I used TMC Cheers GEL-ato which is great once I figured out the best way to apply it. I of course figured that out once I got to the second half of my head. Oh well, one side will just look better than the other lol.

EDIT: Eh, drying kind of frizzy but there's a number of reasons that may be the case so I'm not gonna write it off just yet.
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That's what happened with me! At first, I thought it was an application issue.

I know noticed this 1 too, has volumizes on the label. Anything with "volumizes" is an instant no-no for my hair. It's just not worth the excess frizz (tangles/matting by next wash).

How is your hair with volumizers? Or do you think something else may be causing the frizz?
 
Shadow_Lace said:
That's what happened with me! At first, I thought it was an application issue.

I know noticed this 1 too, has volumizes on the label. Anything with "volumizes" is an instant no-no for my hair. It's just not worth the excess frizz (tangles/matting by next wash).

How is your hair with volumizers? Or do you think something else may be causing the frizz?
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Ohhhh, I didn't even notice. No wonder my hair is huge today lol. Explains a lot. I definitely don't need any help with volume so I'll just keep using it for my daughter. She has superfine low density hair. Mine is coarser and very high density. I ordered the 24k gel during the sale today so maybe that can be my go to. Also considering giving Wetline yet another chance.
 
I think I want to give gels a break. I have a theory that gels, because of their overall purpose and characteristics, make my hair seem dryer than it is. It makes my already coarse strands...more coarse. I've tried several different gels to be convinced it's not a specific gel, but just what the gel is meant to do that makes my hair feel this way.

I'm going to try and find some sort of creamy styler. They give me less hold and definition, but they give me softness (if I find the right one).

With gels, I don't like to leave my hair out because it just gets big and dry. At least with a creamy styler, I'll have soft buns and ponytails.

Layering a creamy styler under a gel doesn't work because my low-po hair doesn't want to absorb all of it.

Does anyone have any recommendations? I've used one of the Camille Rose creamy stylers in the past and it actually worked great but I've forgotten which one I used.
 
CurlyWhoCrux said:
I think I want to give gels a break. I have a theory that gels, because of their overall purpose and characteristics, make my hair seem dryer than it is. It makes my already coarse strands...more coarse. I've tried several different gels to be convinced it's not a specific gel, but just what the gel is meant to do that makes my hair feel this way.

I'm going to try and find some sort of creamy styler. They give me less hold and definition, but they give me softness (if I find the right one).

With gels, I don't like to leave my hair out because it just gets big and dry. At least with a creamy styler, I'll have soft buns and ponytails.

Layering a creamy styler under a gel doesn't work because my low-po hair doesn't want to absorb all of it.

Does anyone have any recommendations? I've used one of the Camille Rose creamy stylers in the past and it actually worked great but I've forgotten which one I used.
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No recs but I totally get what you mean with gels. I haven't explored creamy stylers much myself but I want to do so. I remember people liking Oyin's Shine & Define back in the early natural hair forum days.
 
CurlyWhoCrux said:
I think I want to give gels a break. I have a theory that gels, because of their overall purpose and characteristics, make my hair seem dryer than it is. It makes my already coarse strands...more coarse. I've tried several different gels to be convinced it's not a specific gel, but just what the gel is meant to do that makes my hair feel this way.

I'm going to try and find some sort of creamy styler. They give me less hold and definition, but they give me softness (if I find the right one).

With gels, I don't like to leave my hair out because it just gets big and dry. At least with a creamy styler, I'll have soft buns and ponytails.

Layering a creamy styler under a gel doesn't work because my low-po hair doesn't want to absorb all of it.

Does anyone have any recommendations? I've used one of the Camille Rose creamy stylers in the past and it actually worked great but I've forgotten which one I used.
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CR whipped aloe gel. Gel is in the title but I consider it a cream.
I just tried Eden bodyworks curl jam to do a twist out that I think will be good for a wash and go based on how my hair looked when I was raking it in.
 
oneastrocurlie said:
CR whipped aloe gel. Gel is in the title but I consider it a cream.
I just tried Eden bodyworks curl jam to do a twist out that I think will be good for a wash and go based on how my hair looked when I was raking it in.
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Part of me is thinking that the CR whipped aloe gel is the one that I mentioned trying in the past. I will try to pick some up soon. Thanks for the recs!
 
I co-washed with Nature's Gate Pomegranate & Sunflower conditioner (it has slip & a good detangler). I didn't dampen my hair this time because I wanted to test something.

I noticed that my front roots seem to be a lower porosity than the rest of my hair. Only because products don't seem to readily absorb... idk or something?

So on soaking wet hair, I sectioned my hair and smoothed Adwoa Beauty's Leave In Conditioning Styler onto each section. It seems to have less of a difficulty absorbing this (on that one area).

I'm currently air-drying my hair.
 
Shadow_Lace said:
I co-washed with Nature's Gate Pomegranate & Sunflower conditioner (it has slip & a good detangler). I didn't dampen my hair this time because I wanted to test something.

I noticed that my front roots seem to be a lower porosity than the rest of my hair. Only because products don't seem to readily absorb... idk or something?

So on soaking wet hair, I sectioned my hair and smoothed Adwoa Beauty's Leave In Conditioning Styler onto each section. It seems to have less of a difficulty absorbing this (on that one area).

I'm currently air-drying my hair.
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Well that product is certainly a day 1 (only) wash n go. I'll have to revisit it underneath a stronger styler some other time...

Yesterday, I received some new products all from Nature's Little Secret.

I clarified my hair with the Vanilla Bean shampoo (it's like a gentle clarifying shampoo). Next I used the Rose Hydrating Conditioner (to detangle and re-moisturize my hair). I rinsed w/ cool water.

I sectioned my hair into 6s. Then smoothed the Irish Moss Styling Cream onto each section.
I'm currently air-dry my hair.

Hopefully this Irish Moss cream can last more than one day.
 
I tried la looks sport from the dollar store with my as I am long & luxe leave-in. There was no hold. My hair looked terrible, even after I put it up.

I have two gels left in my stash to try - World of Curls and Long Aid Curl Activator.

After I use up my gel stash, I think. I'm just going to stick to EcoStyler Olive Oil and UFD Curly Magic as my gels and make a list of what works best with them.
 
I'm having my best run of wash n go's ever... and my last combo is my best... I'm going to stick with this for a while...
(I just have one last combo I want to try, once I purchase it- the Uncle Funky's Daughter gel)

Other than that, I do a 2 product wash n go... this time I used Kinky Curly Custard on my roots and tips, I brush that through with my denman,
then I cover the whole section in wetline xtreme gel, and denman again or finger coil the stubborn curls.

My curls, are now on day 4, soft ringlets and curls all over my head. Shrinkage, yes. but it's growing...

My hair is officially 2 years old! (as of Sept 15th)
You can't tell, but it's bra strap in back and Apl on the sides, so I know that the consistent washing and taking care of my hair through wash n go's have been helping.

Here are pics:
(Note: the first 2 pics are the most recent wash n go from this week, the last 3 pics are from my wash n go in mid august, where I said in this thread that I had perfected my denman brush technique for my wash n go's. -I had no way of uploading then-)

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metro_qt said:
I'm having my best run of wash n go's ever... and my last combo is my best... I'm going to stick with this for a while...
(I just have one last combo I want to try, once I purchase it- the Uncle Funky's Daughter gel)

Other than that, I do a 2 product wash n go... this time I used Kinky Curly Custard on my roots and tips, I brush that through with my denman,
then I cover the whole section in wetline xtreme gel, and denman again or finger coil the stubborn curls.

My curls, are now on day 4, soft ringlets and curls all over my head. Shrinkage, yes. but it's growing...

My hair is officially 2 years old! (as of Sept 15th)
You can't tell, but it's bra strap in back, so I know that the consistent washing and taking care of my hair through wash n go's have been helping.

Here are pics:

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Your hair looks so pretty!

Congrats on your 2 yrs & finding a method that works for you!:dance7:
 
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