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It’s day 4 and my hair is still well defined with minimal frizz and I’ve done 3 sweaty workouts this week. :yay: I don’t think I’ve ever had this happen.

This is the first time in a long time that I’ve used KCCC straight without diluting it. I think applying it in fairly small sections (~16) and diffusing gave me this result.

I’ve done the same with UFD/ICH and it’s never lasted this long.
 
This heatwave! 93° here today! I already miss the random cooler weather days! :cry3:


I finally, truthfully, clarified my hair with Kinky-Curly Come Clean Shampoo.
Next, I used Miche Beauty STRENGTHEN Protein as my balancing d/c and detangler.
I sectioned my hair into 6s.

(On soaking wet hair) I smoothed Curl Junkie Smoothing Lotion, then re-sectioned my hair.
(On less wet-more damp hair) I smoothed Curl Junkie Pattern Pusha onto each section.
I'm currently air-drying my hair.



I'm so glad she kept the old formula for the CJ Smoothing Lotion!
It still has the same amazing 1-of-a-kind slip! & light Vanilla scent!

Same lightweight, milky lotion, consistency.

This brings back memories fr! Still the best leave-in after all these years!

So I finally took the plunge & tried CJ Pattern Pusha!

It's more of a jelly consistency. Similar to UFD Curly Magic.

Smells like Honeydew Melon!

Curly Girl friendly &
Free of: Glycerin, Protein, Aloe.

In spite of that, it still has slip!
Didn't seem drying upon application.

The hold is supposed to be medium, but I found it to be a buildable hold.


I will come back later with the results.
 
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GettingKinky said:
It’s day 4 and my hair is still well defined with minimal frizz and I’ve done 3 sweaty workouts this week. :yay: I don’t think I’ve ever had this happen.

This is the first time in a long time that I’ve used KCCC straight without diluting it. I think applying it in fairly small sections (~16) and diffusing gave me this result.

I’ve done the same with UFD/ICH and it’s never lasted this long.
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Fabulous. Congratulations.
 
Made it 3 days and reset this morning. I have the Hair Rules No Suds Cleanser and I have been trying it out. It seems to work OK. So I rinsed really well to get the gel off. Then I used a nice amount of the Hair Rules Cleanser added some water and then worked that through. I used the Jessicurl Aloeba Daily Conditioner, added some water and then detangled with the Tangle Buster.

I've been using one of higher pressure nozzles on my shower head and squeezing water into my hair. I think this nozzle is closer to what they use in the salon, so I've been using it before the gel step. I used about 2 T of Kinky Curly. I applied one layer, added water and then added another layer. I tried to go in and smooth it in. It's still a bit hard at my current length.

I used 1.5 T on Friday and it worked fine, so I figured 2 T should work just fine. I did the hair shake thing and then tried to shape it with my Hercules Sageman mini. I'm going to air dry and then diffuse later in the day so it is dry for bed.

Right now I like my second day hair better, because it shrinks up into small coils and a shapely Afro. On day 1, my hair doesn't really have a shape because everything is elongated and different lengths :sad:

It's not quite 90 days and making some definite progress.

I'm going to try UFD again next week and see if my scalp burns or if that was a fluke. My scalp doesn't burn with the KCCC, so it isn't aloe I have an issue with. That is good news because I think flax seed gel on my hair is a fail.
 
oneastrocurlie said:
I've been pretty boring with my hair since working from home for the last 2.5 months. Wash and gos are pretty much just UFD curly magic and the doux mousse. Still styling without towel drying my hair and diffusing. My black color is fading but I have a color retouch appointment at the end of the month.
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Pretty! Are you using the gel under the mousse or on top?
 
@GettingKinky I just signed on to say something similar. I haven't "redone" my hair since Tuesday. And the curls are still hanging in. I used the cheap Sephora "Air Dry Styler" and a little shescentit coco-cream.
Granted, I'm only hanging around the house, doing zoom meetings and then walking with my dog. But shoot. I haven't even felt the need to do anything else. Wore it down for workouts. Put it under a cap or in a "pineapple" (as close as I can get) at night, then kinda just shook it out, and sprayed water on it in the morning.

Shoot.
 
Finally did a wash-and-go after the fall, winter and most of spring in twists/twistouts

Still using my LOG method (leave-in, oil, gel), with KCKT and KCCC still my staples for a wash-and go. I've found that using a heavier oil like JBCO gives a little extra weight to my hair to combat my shrinkage just a tag. That and it takes out some of the crunchiness of KCCC if I'm ever heavy-handed with it.
 
oooh making a little progress. This morning woke up and only one side was completely mashed down to my head :lol: But I will take it. My right temple is still having a hard time hydrating and coiling but fingers crossed in the next two months with more hydration and length, it will come around.

So today was the first day I didn't spritz my hair with water to reset. And it is somewhat wearable. I will spritz to reset tomorrow.

I am getting super lazy with my hair though. I am hoping my salon visit at the end of the month will inspire me to put more into it. I've gotten to the point that once I put the gel in I do very little smoothing or anything else. And I'm OK with it looking some kind of way :lol: :look:
 
Y'all.. this stuff is pretty good... and cheap!
Smells good.
Supposedly it has silicone in it, but I can't figure out what the silicone is in the ingredients.
Really easy to wash out.
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Hey ladies, I've come back to wash n'go land :toocool:!! I officially BC'd all to a TWA the beginning of April! Been doing wash n'gos ever since and I've definitely seen growth! My hair's different now. I only wash once every 7-10 days. I'm able to spritz and slap on product everyday without my hair flaking. My hair's looking good while be so low maintenance! I'm loving it :weird:
 
ckisland said:
Hey ladies, I've come back to wash n'go land :toocool:!! I officially BC'd all to a TWA the beginning of April! Been doing wash n'gos ever since and I've definitely seen growth! My hair's different now. I only wash once every 7-10 days. I'm able to spritz and slap on product everyday without my hair flaking. My hair's looking good while be so low maintenance! I'm loving it :weird:
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Hi friend. Glad to know you are having some good hair days.
 
My wash n gos have been lasting longer lately - at least for days before I have to wear it in a pony/puff. I’m not sure if it’s because I switched products or because I’m applying my gel in small sections. I’m pretty sure it’s the application.
Trying to apply the way @iamblackgirlcurls does just doesn’t give me lasting styles. I’m sure I use more product than they recommend, but it works for me. :-)
 
Two weeks in a row I’ve made it to Day 4 and my hair is still defined with minimal frizz. Sweaty Shaun T workouts and all.

I didn’t think I would have good results this week because I thought maybe I needed to clarify, but it’s doing ok. I’m going to clarify this weekend. I think I will clarify every 4 weeks
 
faithVA said:
oooh making a little progress. This morning woke up and only one side was completely mashed down to my head :lol: But I will take it. My right temple is still having a hard time hydrating and coiling but fingers crossed in the next two months with more hydration and length, it will come around.

So today was the first day I didn't spritz my hair with water to reset. And it is somewhat wearable. I will spritz to reset tomorrow.

I am getting super lazy with my hair though. I am hoping my salon visit at the end of the month will inspire me to put more into it. I've gotten to the point that once I put the gel in I do very little smoothing or anything else. And I'm OK with it looking some kind of way :lol: :look:
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I need to follow a moisturizing routine, I've gotten lazy in the last 4 months... so I'm going to go re read your posts
 
Ok guys....
So... we should do a semi- annual BEST of... in this thread...

Right now... it should be the BEST Gel or Holding Product for Wash n Gos (in your opinion)


....
I'll start... best gel for me will always be Wet Line Xtreme.... but I'm having really great success with Ecostyler Coconut and Gold gels (the gold one isn the shea butter and olive oil mix)

.... when I refresh with either of those 2, I am literally able to extend my wash n gos for multiple days...

....

Any contenders for you guys?
Do you find some gels work better in the summer than winter? Do you need more or less hold at different times? Etc..
 
metro_qt said:
Ok guys....
So... we should do a semi- annual BEST of... in this thread...

Right now... it should be the BEST Gel or Holding Product for Wash n Gos (in your opinion)
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I've only used this twice so it's probably too early to declare this as the best, but I just started mixing Cantu's combine and shine custard and their curl activator cream (combining the two for more moisture and hold is recommended in the custard's instructions) and I'm liking the results. When I picked up the custard, I was expecting something with a thicker consistency, but it's more like a runny gel. My WNGs stay moisturized and the curls look good for a week.
 
Wow, this was on the 3rd page. I'm not used to that :lol:

LONG ENTRY

I finally got my hair cut/shaped last Saturday. Thank goodness. It had grown but it was so many different lengths and it was hard to style. Its now back to be super short but at least it is shaped.

She took pictures and said she would send them to me but I'm still waiting :tantrum: I wanted to post them here. When I color my hair this weekend, I will take pictures and post them.

Anywho
I went to a CutItKinky stylist in VA a little over an hour away. It was nice. The place was easy to find and I was her only customer, so there was no wait :yay: They were wearing mask and social distancing, etc. I had a virtual salon visit with her in March so she was somewhat familiar with my hair.

I had cleansed, conditioned and styled my hair the Thursday prior so she could know what my day 3 hair was like. I had spritzed it that morning and let it dry on the way there. She said my hair was doing fine. And she said I had a lot of hair. She said it during my virtual visit and she said it again. She said when my hair gets longer, I would really understand I have a lot of hair. (take your word for it).

She rinsed and then did a hard water treatment. Then she cleansed and conditioned with Innersense. We talked about detangling but I told her when you put conditioner on my hair, tangles just drop out. It isn't really an issue with me. Shed hair is my issue. And as she conditioned she realized I was right.

She did 4 pumps of UFD on the front and 3 on the back. She let that sit for 5 minutes. Then she used 3 pumps of ICH all over. She put me under the dryer for 20 to 25 minutes. I love that she didn't put me under high heat or for super long.

She used way less conditioner than I do. And she used way less gel and less water. I'm probably using twice as much of everything as she did.

We talked about my cut. I told her I don't like the hard angle people have when they taper. I like a softer more gradual taper and she understood what I meant. She let me hold a mirror through the entire process so I could watch the cleanse, condition and style steps. And I watched as she cut.

Of course I was disappointed that I had to lose the little length I had gained in the past months. But there was nothing that could be done if I wanted a decent shape. I was glad to have the mask on because it hid my face :lol: Fortunately, she let me see the back before asking me how I liked it and I really liked the back, which helped me deal with the front. The whole thing looked sooo much better because it was even and shaped.

The entire experience was good. Just miffed about the pictures :lol:

What I noticed though is my hair holds more moisture as it gets longer. With the extra 2 inches, I could keep my hair moisturized for 3 to 4 days. Now that it is back down to 2 inches, I can only hold moisture for a day and I'm back rinsing every other day. I tried using a small amount of gel but that doesn't hold water in my hair for the extra day. And I think using a dryer right now really dries my hair out.

But I learned a lot and have a nice cut. I think I know enough to grow my hair out. And I will just have to deal with the every other day rinsing until it grows out again.
 
@faithVA I can’t wait to see the pictures.
My last cut was in early February and I definitely need a shape up, but the salons here still aren’t open. And our county health supervisor is super conservative so I don’t think I’ll be able to go for quite a while.
 
Kinky Curly works great on my hair for definition and keeping the frizz away, but it shrinks into weird shapes when I use it.
 
GettingKinky said:
@faithVA I can’t wait to see the pictures.
My last cut was in early February and I definitely need a shape up, but the salons here still aren’t open. And our county health supervisor is super conservative so I don’t think I’ll be able to go for quite a while.
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I don't think its going to be exciting but it at least looks better. It was super uneven. But I will try to get decent pictures.
 
GettingKinky said:
@faithVA I can’t wait to see the pictures.
My last cut was in early February and I definitely need a shape up, but the salons here still aren’t open. And our county health supervisor is super conservative so I don’t think I’ll be able to go for quite a while.
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The one with gray is the stylist work and the other is my work today. I'm not motivated to make it look better :lol: Maybe when it's much longer.

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