Wash day!!! Everyone loves a wash day

So today is my wash day!!! Since I have been wearing my wig everyday I only wash my hair twice a month.......ewww I know but it is so much easier on me.



I started off by putting oil on my fingers and started taking out the 12 braids. After I took a braid out I saturated that section with Tresemme Naturals conditioner and used my wide tooth comb to detangle. I love this conditioner because it gives my hair great slip and makes detangling so easy. For not combing my hair in two weeks I did not shed too much so I am happy about that. Once each section was detangled I put four large twists in my hair, covered it with a plastic cap and went to the gym to workout. This was my pre-poo treatment I guess you can call it. Really I just wanted to get the gym out of the way so I could just focus on my hair for the rest of the day. I wasn't at the gym too long probably about an hour and a half.

 

Once I got home I hopped into the shower and started to shampoo my hair with the elasta  qp conditioning shampoo. I tried to keep my hair in the four twists but for some reason I can not get the shampooing in sections down so I just ending up washing my hair regular. I did a green tea treatment on my hair to help reduce the shedding..........even though I did not shed a lot its better to be safe then sorry. I left the green tea in my hair for about five to ten minutes while I washed the rest of my body. I rinsed the green tea out of my hair and followed up with the same conditioner I pre-pooed with which was the Tresemme Naturals. This conditioner also does a great job with softening up my hair. I left the conditioner on for about three minutes because it does not take long for this stuff to work its magic on my hair.

I t-shirt dried my hair to soak up some of the water and then I proceed on to deep conditioning my hair. I used the Nexxus Humectress Ultimate Moisture Conditioner mixed with a couple different oils. I used my heating cap because I was watching tv and did not feel like sitting under the hooded dryer. After I rinsed the deep conditioner out of my hair I t-shirt dried my hair for about 20 minutes then applied my leave-in conditioner, which is the Giovanna direct leave-in. After I put the leave-in on my hair I then put my moisturizer and a serum over that, then I detangled my hair. I also used Mane N Tail detangler and Tui from Carol's daughter to help with the couple of tangles that I get in the middle of my head. Detangling was pretty easy because I had already detangled before washing my hair.

I let my hair air dry and then went to bed. I was too tried to braid it up so I just did that the next morning. Here are a couple pictures of my hair. I think my ends are holding up good. I will be flating my iron by myself at home next week because July 28th marks my one year on this healthy hair journey!!!! I will have comparing pictures talk about what I have learned on this journey.

Quick stop by

So I was thinking about washing my hair today but then I got lazy so I just re-braided my hair. I took each braid out and lightly finger detangled my hair to remove some of the shed hair. After that I applied my moisturize and seal with grapeseed oil. My hair felt pretty soft which was a shock because I did not apply anything to it for like three days.......ok wait that's a lie I did spray some water onto it but that's all.

This is a short post. Just wanted to stop by and let you guys know what I have been doing to my hair, since this is a hair blog lol!!!

Next weekend I will be washing my hair so the post will be longer and I will have lots of pictures. I don't know about you guys but I love hair pictures!!!!

Hey I am Back

Hey guys!!! I know that I have been gone for some months now and I am so sorry! Life got in the way as always lol! But lets get back to the hair talk.

I have been wearing wigs a lot lately because during  my last stretch ( which was 16 weeks) I realized that my ends on the left side were thinning. So I had to trim my hair and lost almost all my growth from the stretch. I was sad at first but I got over it because after my trim my hair looked much better. I trimmed my hair myself because my original hairdresser does not work there anymore so I had to have someone new relax my hair. She did a good job but I still don't trust her yet with trimming my hair.

Under my wigs my hair is in about 12 braids. I part my hair into four sections. I put two braids in each of the front sections and four braids in each of the back sections.......that's 12 right? lol I was always a little slow at math. Hold on let me double check........ok I was right that does add up to 12 lol! I didn't cornrow my hair simply because I suck at cornrowing lol! I know that I need to just keep trying and I will get it one day but my head is too big and my arms get so tried. I will learn how to cornrow when I have a daughter which is no time soon so I have awhile to learn.

Since I have been wearing the wigs I find myself moisturizing and sealing my hair every other night instead of every night. I do the greenhouse effect(I will do a post later this week explaining what this is if you don't know) every night and this seem to be keeping my hair nice and soft.

I also only wash my hair every other week now. I washed my hair this past sunday and used a protein deep conditioner.

I will try to post at least once to twice a week from now on. I cant leave you guys hanging like that again lol it was just rude. Pics coming soon!!!

Also let me know if there is something else you would like me to post about!!!