Hair Talk | Feb 17

1| washed scalp with Shea Moisture black soap shampoo, conditioned with macadamia oil Organix conditioner, spritzed with my own leave-in and cornrowed for hair hat | Sunday
2| left in hair hat, moisturized scalp every other day with aloe+carrot oil, moisturized ends every other day with olive oil | Sunday - Thursday
3| washed with Shea Moisture black shampoo, used Aphogee's 2-minute reconstructor, left-in Shea Moisture Restorative Conditioner | Thursday
4| slowly installed faux dreads. post to come soon | Thursday-Saturday

Overall, I must admit that I don't like this macadamia oil conditioner. It leaves my hair too limp and stringy.

Hair Talk | Feb 10

So I'm too lazy to remember to document my regimen each day. The basics of last week?

1| continuation mohawk | mon.
2| kept hair in 4 thick cornrows under my wig, 2-strand twisted the front with aloe+carrot oil | tues-sun
3| applied vitamin E (scalp) and aloe+carrot oil (scalp and ends)almost daily | throughout the week 
4| about to take braids out | today

Pictures look the same as last hair talk. I know I've been slacking on washing/co-washing/deep conditioning but I've been at a conference for the last few days. I just know that when I do wash, I will not be using Garnier Fructis' Triple Nutrition Conditioner. It left my hair too mushy, overly moisturized. Time for a new regimen for February. I know they differ based on the season/location, but let's see if I can get this together by 12 twenty thirteen.

Hair Talk | Feb 4

Sunday-Thursday*: each day I spritzed with my homemade leave-in, showered for steam, applied dermatologist-recommended topical gel for my CCCA, retwisted top row of hair + sealed with shea butter, plopped on my hair hat and went about my biznazz!

Friday: @ night I took out the cornrows under my "hat"+ applied vitamin E oil to my scalp, aloe vera and carrot oil to my ends and washed my hair with the Shea Moisture Black Soap Shampoo, and conditioned with Organix Macadamia Oil Conditioner**

Saturday: I put my hair in a bun to go run errands

Sunday: I attempted a mohawk with a shoelace and 4 bobby pins.*Note, on Thursday I went to a different dermatologist and he said my medicine instructions weren't aggressive enough. Instead he told me to apply my gel twice a day instead of once, and gave me an oil to use instead of the gel. He also complemented me on my wig, saying he thought it was my hair and I blended it well :) 

**Because I didn't deep condition this week, I read my book on Sunday (instead of doing so under my bonnet dryer).

Hair Talk | Jan 27

Sunday: in the wee hours of the morning I LOC'd my hair with some water, JBCO+vitamin E mixture + Jane Carter Moisture and Shine then twisted into ~10 twists and bantu knotted each group of 3-4 twists

Sunday's bantu knot-out

Monday: didn't like the next-day hair so I co-washed + created an impromptu braided up-do for dinner with friends

Friday's blended "hair hat"

Tuesday: took out the braids but my ends looked dry so I ended up creating another random PS, this time pulled back into a bun

Wednesday: kept Tuesday's PS, spritzed with JBCO+shea butter oil+Carrot/Aloe Vera oil

Thursday: took out Tuesday's PS and decided to wear a hair hat

Friday: My roots and the hat didn't match so I spritzed my hair with water and twisted a 1 in front row into individual twists using Design Essentials oil (for sheen), halfway untwisted these twists so it would match the "hat"

Hair Talk | Jan 19

Week of 1/13
Sunday: braided my wash n go into 3 flat twists

Monday: kept my hair in the braids, oiled scalp with vitamin E oil

Tuesday: moisturized ends with Shea Radiance Nourishing Hair Repair Cream, pre-pooed with JBCO + Vitamin E mixture overnight

Wednesday: washed with dermatologist shampoo, deep conditioned with Organic Root Stimulator's Olive Oil Hair Masque + used Shea Moisture Restorative Leave-In Conditioner afterwards; I then parted my hair down the middle and did horizontal flat twists to the sides and twisted these ends back into 2 large twists, pinned then together and went about my daily biz-nazz


Thursday: PS from yesterday

Friday: ~4pm I took out the PS and had an AWESOMELY curly and shiny twistout but not sure if that was due to the pre-poo or the deep conditioner, hmmm...

Saturday: absolutely nothing but pin in an updo
This week's rating: 4/5 stars


My hair had shine after Wednesday and I accessorized with flowers throughout the week but Friday's takedown resulted in some breakage on the ends. No bueno.

Hair Talk | Jan 13

Week of 1/7
Styles(s):

1. braidout, left out for 4 days then co-washed*, LOCd**
2. co-wash n' go*, spritzed with a carrot oil, aloe vera + vitamin E homemade mixture
3. puff**

*co-washed with Garnier Fructis triple moisturizing conditioner

**LOC'd either with L= water or steam from the shower, O=carrot oil, aloe vera + vitamin E, C=Jane Carter Moisture + Shine

Hair Talk | Jan 7

As promised for my new year's blogolution, I'm going to start a series of posts documenting my weekly regimen. Here comes week one!

Week of December 31st:
Style(s):

1. Took out mini-twists + kept in a twistout throughout the week
2. Co-washed*, braided into 7 braids and rocked a braidout for 1 day
3. Washed** hair and currently back into 7 braids, planning the braidout for tomorrow

*Co-washed with Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition conditioner, didn't rinse out the conditioner

** Washed with my dermatologist-prescribed shampoo (no name) + conditioned with Shea Moisture Restorative Leave-In Conditioner, didn't rinse out the conditioner