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minimum product goal

Ok, so I remember me loving my hair the first year I BC's around 6 months into it. And I could never get that feeling back and I did not know what what was different.
Not I think i know what the difference was.

NO USE of Gel except for a small amount on my edges.

Its totally undefined and fluffy and  a bit frizzy but I think i'm okay with that because get this....its softer and more manageable.

I think somewhere I got lost in the perfect ringlets syndrome.

So I gave myself a major trim and left the gel alone.

THis is 2nd day hair. I made the mistake of putting my hair in a pony puff as I would have done if my hair was coated with a layer of gel.
Bad idea, because my hair w/out get stretches out very easy and the fluffiness was gone and the ringlets stretched and were less defined:

YaY one week of protective style completed!

Okay I feel really good about completing one full week of low maintenance hair. I wore my hair up in 2 strand twisted all week and it felt great!
It was also nice to NOT have to mess with my hair during the work week. Not having to do my hair meant one more hit on the snooze button :)

The down side was that I noticed more knots and tangles when I took them out to wash and condition my hair.

So here is my hair washed and conditioned. I use my Almla and Heavy cream, Hempseed twist butter and gel to mold my two strand twist.

Fingers crossed for a successful week two!

5 day hair YAY

I maintained my co-wash for 5 days


No co-washing at all for 5 days! it felt great and it was not even something I was trying for. It happened by accident.


Tuesday Morning I did a co-wash and returned home and got ready for bed as usual. I normally just sleep on a satin pillow and do nothing to my hair. I get up wet it and go.

But lately my hair has been really wild and it was getting oil on my face so I decided that I would put my hair in a low ponytail and wrap a silk scarf around my edges to keep them flat.

The next morning I woke up, took my hair down and to my surprise---no fuss hair.

I only needed to fluff my hair out a bit and I was then ready to start my day.

I never expected that it would keep happened every day. LOL


Grrr,  I wish I took pictures showing each day. To be honest, I like my day 5 hair better than day 1!


May hair was stretched a bit and the girls became soft and fluffy. It looks more NATURAL albeit not as defined.

Brief hair update.

Since I've been adding a bit of castor oil to my hair I've noticed that it has held moisture longer. However, if i use to much it coats my hair to the point where it gets really dry (if that makes any sense) so I found a solution, a happy balance:

This product applies to my edges and lightly on my hair before I apply my gel

And I get glossy control with out making my hair to "greasy".

Having said that, my hair is going through a bit of a "bratty" stage. For some reason some of my curls are bouncy and some are hanging. I blame it on the multi-texture element of my hair. My finer ringlets hang longer because of the heavier oil :(

Protective style update #1

Okay so my protective twist style did not last. I just did not like how they looked, my hair is just too thin. 

That did not stop me from trying a mini plait style LOL :): 

THen I took them out (it was not a good look at all!!) and decided on the protective Pony.

I found my beloved CASTOR OIL

and used it to moisturize and add shine to my hair. My hair just LOVES castor oil, I'm not sure why I stopped using it. Maybe I left it behind when I went through my " product junkie" phase LOL

I also added a bit to my Aragon EcoStyler, to control my ends.

I like my little pony puff. But shrinkage is a beast!

My New homemade spritz that I'm in love with includes:

Aloe Vera juice, caster oil, Kukui nut oil, tea tree oil, rosemary oil and Oyin Handmade dew moisturizer. 

OMG my hair is so so soft!

Protective Style Challenge!

Well I'm Back! I know I've been MIA for a bit but I'm back on track now.
So, I've set a bit of a goal for myself: protective styling for one month. Today is day 1 and I'm actually hoping I can keep my hair in protective style until the summer. My goal it to have more length for a cute summer pony!

So her is my first set of twist,
I think they came out better than the last time I tried. Mainly because I have more length to work with.







I really like them :)
I decided to sleep on a satin pillow case and not wrap my hair. My hair is so thin, if I wrap it, by morning it will be flat to my head and very unattractive.

Wish me luck!