If you follow me on twitter, I recently talked about the great results I've had with my new hair regimen and decided I should blog about it too!! Let me add that I have not had a relaxer in six months, which is the longest I have ever gone! I'm on the fence about becoming natural...for now my main concern is just growing my hair back LONG AND HEALTHY. Now, I know that I never told you all exactly what it was that I was doing differently, but now that I see it works...I WILL DO THAT NOW!
THE PRODUCTS AND HOW TO USE THEM:
COCONUT OIL
Ladies (and gents if you have hair)...this stuff is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I'm no hair expert but ever since I've been using this my hair has been so very soft,shiny, and manageable! You can google it and you will find out all the many benefits that using coconut oil can have for your hair. The picture above is of the oil I use...Spectrum Organic Virgin Coconut Oil Unrefined. I purchased this from the Whole Foods Market for about 10 bucks. It's important that the oil is virgin because that means it is in its natural state and hasn't been stripped of the properties that help the hair. The oil does come in a solid form but it melts VERY easily;you could melt it in your hand. For convenience, I melt my oil in the microwave for maybe 10 seconds and pour it into a squirt bottle (the one pictured), that way I can get it all through my hair without creating a big, oily mess!
THE TREATMENT (Weekly)
Before I wash my hair, I part my hair into four sections and I saturate each section with the oil. I make sure to put it on my scalp also. Your hair DOES NOT have to be wet when you do this, I never wet my hair, but some like to do so. After I put the oil in my hair and scalp, I cover my head with a plastic conditioning cap and I sit under a dryer or heating cap for 3o minutes...then the wash begins...
MY SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER
ORGANIC ROOT STIMULATOR OLIVE OIL PRODUCTS
Let me just say that I have NEVER found a product that my hair just LOVES until I started using this particular line. I'm not saying that this product is the BEST for everyone to use, but it works great for ME! It's important to find a product that best caters to your particular kind of hair because what works for the next person may have reverse effects on your hair and you don't want that. Ever since I began using this, my hair has been much softer and I haven't really experienced extremely dry hair! My hair has been very strong and I have yet to experience a lot of breakage during my relaxer stretch. You can find all of these products at WalMart all for under 10 dollars.
HOW I WASH AND CONDITION
I basically follow the directions on the bottles. I don't do anything special. Because I haven't had a relaxer in so long, and I don't want my relaxed ends to break off, I make sure to condition my hair thoroughly. I part my hair into four sections, just as I would the coconut oil, and cover my hair from root to end in the conditioner. I comb it through, cover my head in a plastic cap, and sit under some form of heat for another 30 minutes...then I rinse it out and apply my favorite leave in conditioner by Something Special (pic below)
I love it because it smells great and it's a cream leave-in instead of a spray...I just prefer cream over spray because I feel it moisturizes better!
AFTER THE TREATMENT AND WASHING IS COMPLETE
I normally do heat free-styles...since May I have flat ironed my hair 5 TIMES TOTAL!! When my hair isn't straight, it's normally in a braid or twist out of some sort, bantu knot outs, or a cute bun! I don't spend much time on styling (I will show pictures of my hairstyles in the end).
MAINTAINING MY HAIR
In between washes I make sure to keep my hair moisturized and my ends protected because my over all goal is to retain length. Every 2-3 days I will moisturize and seal my hair with my Organic Root Stimulator Hair Moisturizer and my Coconut Oil. It's quite simple to do this: 1. Part hair into sections and put the moisturizer through the sections 2. Rub coconut oil into hands and put it on the moisturized sections...what this does is help the hair retain moisture so that it will not dry out as you go throughout the day. It's important that the moisturizer you use has a water base so that it will penetrate the hair...(water will be the first ingredient on the bottle if it is). How often you moisturize and seal depends on your hair...for example, my hair isn't really dry so I don't do it daily...but some may see the need to. Below are the products I use for hair maintenance:
STYLE GALLERY:
Heat free styling can be difficult to master at first, but learning how to do it can be fun! You just have to remember that your hair will benefit GREATLY from staying heat free! I will show you just a few of the styles I have been wearing over the past few months and the results of my hair care regimen!
BANTU KNOT OUT
BRAID OUT (USING CORNROWS)
KNOTTED TWIST OUT
SEW-IN (PROTECTIVE STYLE)
AIR-DRIED FRO!(LOVED THIS)
AND MY CURRENT LENGTH AS OF NOVEMBER
THIS IS MY 5TH FLAT IRON STYLE BY THE WAY
I HOPE I HELPED SOME ONE ON THEIR HAIR CARE JOURNEY!! It just takes time and patience!!! I'm getting another sew-in next week so I won't be dealing with most of my hair for a while!! I'll give updates after I take that out!!
COMMENT IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS!! LOVE YA!
Alondra
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