Sunday, July 1, 2012

End of Day 2 CG Method

So tonight I noticed that my scalp was feeling a bit dry in the areas that I diffused. Time for a DC and oil treatment, so I pulled out my BC (big chop) staple: "Olive oil" and put some on the parts of my scalp that were feeling dry and for added dc (deep condition) on those areas I added a small bit of castor oil. I then coated my hair with my Nourish spa conditioner and added a bit of Olive Oil to my ends and let that sit on my hair for about 15-20 mins. I followed up with my Daily fix Condition wash.
I tried my best to follow the instructions from the curly girl manual of squashing the the condition w/my paper towel to help blot and train my curls.
To elevate blow drying I'm trying the technique that the book also suggested while the hair is air drying put clips on the parts of the hair you want more volume. I DID notice a bit more curl to my hair and a my hair is loving the moisture!
Trying for volume and No diffusing

 Curls !!

Moisture

Conditioned


2nd day hair-CG Method

VLog: 2nd Day hair-CG Method: 
You know I'm committed when I don't use my beloved Volume Pick
Not Bad :) it definitely does not look as good as my first day 
  I wonder will I get 3rd say Hair........?

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Conditioning Wash with Curl Junkie Daily Fix and Trader Joe's Nourish Spa

Added Curl Junkie smoothing Lotion Oyin Honey Dew, curls in Bottle and Eco Styler "aragon"  

Summary of results









I'm very please with the results! 



Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Style experiment #2 Part 1:

So the no diffusing idea was a fail. Partly because I could see as my hair was drying that I have a lot of frizzy straight damaged spots. I am no surprised considering all the shedding and knots that I've combed through in the past few months. Asking my hair to fall into lovely uniform ringlets is a bit unreasonable right now. So, I've move on to my second style experiment: Two strand twist on air dried hair with perm rods at the ends. Lets face it right now I have frizz so I might as well go with the flow and try a less defined style and move towards a wavy fro-like style....? 
*fingers crossed*


I will post my results tomorrow!


UPDATE:Not pictures it was an epic Fail!

Diffuse or Not to Diffuse? Can I Let my hair air dry and still get volume?




2 pictures of my hair wet


Yay Curl Junkie!

YaY my curl junkie products arrived yesterday, I'm so happy!
Of course I could not wait to try them so soon after I opened the box I tested out the products.
Here is what I had to say


Here are some pictures of my hair from my First use:


I'm still a bit frizzy in the back BUT I think it has something to do with my diffusing technique and not distributing the product evenly throughout my hair. But the level of shine and softness was amazing


Here are pictures of my hair at the end of the 2nd  day. I used Nourish Spa by Trader Joe's along with Curl Junkie Cleansing Conditioner. Nourish Spa really does define my curls and make them bit tight. So, I'm not sure if my curl definition was from the Curl Junkie Products or Nourish Spa. I still have to work on remembering apply product in sections so that I don't miss any spots.



Still frizzy I did not distribute product evenly and I diffused. 
Diffusing tends to give me frizz.



 
Look at the sheen no oil only product on my hair! 











Saturday, June 23, 2012

My hair has been on a downward spiral the last few months. I've been experiencing crazy shedding and my hair has been breaking off because the shed hair is getting tangled in my curls and causing knots. My mane has be taking on the appearance of a birds net and I was left with no other option than to do a second BIG CHOP, well not a complete chop but enough to make me cry.
So I'm back to my BC hair regime of giving extreme TLC to my hair so that I can maximize my hair growth and maintain length.
Of course I'm allowing myself some product junkie indulgences and the first on the list of my indulgences is Curl Junkie products. Specifically:

  1. Curl-Junkie-Bottle-Styling-Solution
  2. Curl Junkie Smoothing Lotion
  3. Curl-Junkie-Daily-Cleansing-Conditioner
I can't wait for them to arrive! I also want to re-vist, Kinky Curly "not today" conditioner.

My hair regime today:

  • Black Tea Rinse w/ essential oils (anise, cinnamon, Baobab oil, peppermint oil)
  • Washed with Shakai Natural shampoo
  • Conditioned with Jason Biotin conditioner
Styling products
  • Jane Carters Curl Define Cream
  • Eco Styler Aragon Oil Gel 
  • Qhment Biologics Moringa tree Conditioning Ghee
Here are pictures of my hair 3 days post chop and todays regime result: