"What do you call it?" dinner, December 2006 (Wash and Go)
This is Cherrywood tones and textures, May 2007 (Wash and Go)
Here's our wedding pic, April 2008 (twist out)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Ok, so if you read my very first blog or my “On the Couch,” you know that I have been questioned about what I do to my hair, and many would like to know my regimen. So, here goes it…I don’t have one. You may think that is crazy, but that is the truth. I have been natural for 7 years, and just this year I truly began to learn how to manage my hair in a healthful way. Prior to February of this year, I used whatever shampoos and conditioners I pleased. I didn’t worry about good cones, bad cones, no cones, low cones, etc. All I did was wash and condition my hair, add the styler de jour and keep it moving. Now, I had tried Miss Jessie’s, Carol’s Daughter and Jane Carter products, but save one or two products from each collection, I wasn’t that impressed.
When I became a Youtube junkie in February, I was introduced to the tightly curly method, which I began to use because I already had some Aussie Moist conditioner. I have to admit that I noticed a huge difference in the manageability of my hair and breakage was at a minimum. The funny thing is that, prior to February, I had this patch in the back of my head, that I DREADED whenever I was styling. It was thick and always tangled and seemed as if it would break off whenever the wind would blow. When I started the tightly curly method, that bit of hair began to take on the texture of the hair around it. So, I think that I have adopted this method of leaving in conditioner, but I don’t have a set schedule on when or how often I wash and condition my hair, I just do it when ever my hair tells me to.
I also lacked a protective style. I would wear my hair in two strand-twists and twist outs, but I would rarely do anything to protect my ends. I would barely even wrap my hair up at night. Granted, I owned to satin bonnets, I just didn’t use them. I would also use heat whenever I wanted. Now, I haven’t put a hot comb in my hair in at least 11 months, but I do use the blow dryer and curling iron. I haven’t had the desire to do it this year, but I do like my hair straight every now and then. I would always add a heat- protectant before I added the heat. Now, that I am more aware of how to manage my hair, I try to twist or put my hair up every night and I do sleep in a satin bonnet.
I would also color my hair with box dyes as often as I wanted. That started when I was a teen, so it is a bit hard to break. My last box dye was in February, but my hair recovered from it really well. As a matter of fact, 1/3 of my hair, didn’t even take the blue-black dye. I still have these red what I like to call highlights from the failed attempt, but I recently, thanks to Nikki, purchased some henna and look forward to the results.
So, now that I know that I need to put a little more thought into what I use on my hair, I will attempt to build a regimen. I welcome you along on this journey as I create a customized routine for my hair. I love my hair; I want it to be healthy. I am a bit nervous about this regimen thing, I don’t mind experimenting on myself, but I don’t want to mess up what my hubby calls his “baby doll” hair. But, operation healthy hair is beginning, and I will chronicle as much as I can on CN. Any thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Here are some "before" pics:
This is my bridal shower, blown out and flying
Yet another twist out, October 2008
Here is my press out Summer 2009, I cut the bangs that May. The other is the same press out after I curled it. The curls last 2 weeks.
This is Fall 2009, all picked out:
Here's a winter 2010 wash and go that I elongated with the blow dryer and Kids Organics Olive Oil + Shea Detangling Hair Lotion (see the red?):
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