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!

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........?

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!