My hair is doing lovely this week! Monday I wasn't too thrilled about my ponytail/bun. It came out okay, but I needed a clean head. So I ended up working out and sweating SUPER hard. My hair was a complete mess! So when I returned to my room, I immediately jumped in the shower and co-washed with my Tresemme (Yes, I'm still using it because I would just hate to throw it away - it's almost gone). I only used one conditioner (I don't have another travel conditioner yet). However, I did use the Aphogee balancing moisturizer that came with my protein that I bought (I already have another bottle at home). You leave it in for 3-5 minutes and rinse it out.
After I got out the shower, I towel dried a bit and then used my Biolage and Neutrogena leave-in conditioners. I wanted to try something different this week and since I had the space in my luggage, I packed my blow dryer and brush. I blow dried while my hair was still mainly wet becuase I've found that I get better results that way. I did make sure to use my Redken Anti-Snap as my heat protectant. I blow dried like I noramally do now - no sectioning and just brush it down first and then underneath to get it all dry. When I finished my hair looked okay, but I wanted more. I wanted to know how on earth the Dominican lady got my hair so silky smooth! So I hit the net and went to youtube. I found many videos and I noticed that everyone started with DRY hair first. Then I noticed that you had to section the hair, take your time and get really close to the scalp, and then brush the rest. I decided to test it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JtyB-HrEHg&feature=related - relaxed hair blow out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-cMEThw0Os&feature=related - natural hair blow out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PVe224cKe4&feature=related - at home styler
I made sure I used Anti-Snap and the Shea Butter oil on each section that I did. I started in the back and worked my way to the front. It wasn't hard, but I did burn my fingers a few times. My hair turned out great! I did not feel like I'm 7 weeks post at all! More like 2. It didn't come out as shiny and silky as when it was done before, but I'm hoping to get it there soon! When I finished, I just wrapped it and when to bed. When I woke up in the morning, I flat ironed and it was so pretty, I wore my hair down! And it looked great! Additionally, I made sure to moisturize and seal before I went out the door.
Overall, it was a great experience and I can't wait to do it again!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Back to life, back to reality
I took a short break from my hair care regimen this holiday season, just to enjoy life and not deal with the constant hair management. It felt good. But the holidays are now over, I'm back on airplanes, and its time to get serious again.
Brief update - I resisted the temptation to either cut or relax my hair! I cannot believe I made it the entire month of December without relaxing. I would like to say it feels good... But it doesn't. It feels okay and a lot better than what it used to feel like around this time. Additionally I must add, since the layers are long gone and I feel like my hair has been style-less, I've found the a wrap is becoming my weapon of choice again. It's easy to maintain, doesn't require me to use any heat, and it looks great layer-less. Over the break, I didn't co-wash at all. Actually, I only shampooed once. In the between time, I just moisturized and sealed. Over time, my hair got softer and looked better even though I hadn't done anything at all to it. I did use heat and blow dry and I found that it made my hair incredibly more manageable.
I did plan on relaxing my hair this past weekend, so midweek I did a protein treatment. I couldn't find the small bottle or sample packs of the Aphogee protein (plus I ran out of eggs because I was at home cooking!) so I ended up paying the $20 bucks to get the big bottle of protein. On the brightside, it was buy one, get two free, so I also got a bottle of holding spray/shine and the balancing moisturizer. I also bought a small bottle of ORS Olive Oil moisturizer and a small bottle of Shea Butter Oil - I'm growing tired of the curl activator...
This week I plan to get back on track, 2 co-washes and a Friday shampoo. And no relaxer!
Brief update - I resisted the temptation to either cut or relax my hair! I cannot believe I made it the entire month of December without relaxing. I would like to say it feels good... But it doesn't. It feels okay and a lot better than what it used to feel like around this time. Additionally I must add, since the layers are long gone and I feel like my hair has been style-less, I've found the a wrap is becoming my weapon of choice again. It's easy to maintain, doesn't require me to use any heat, and it looks great layer-less. Over the break, I didn't co-wash at all. Actually, I only shampooed once. In the between time, I just moisturized and sealed. Over time, my hair got softer and looked better even though I hadn't done anything at all to it. I did use heat and blow dry and I found that it made my hair incredibly more manageable.
I did plan on relaxing my hair this past weekend, so midweek I did a protein treatment. I couldn't find the small bottle or sample packs of the Aphogee protein (plus I ran out of eggs because I was at home cooking!) so I ended up paying the $20 bucks to get the big bottle of protein. On the brightside, it was buy one, get two free, so I also got a bottle of holding spray/shine and the balancing moisturizer. I also bought a small bottle of ORS Olive Oil moisturizer and a small bottle of Shea Butter Oil - I'm growing tired of the curl activator...
This week I plan to get back on track, 2 co-washes and a Friday shampoo. And no relaxer!
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