Relaxer Prep Wash Day - 18 weeks post relaxer!

This month has flown so quickly that only when I picked my calendar few days ago, I realised it had been 18 weeks since I last relaxed my hair!! I have never gone beyond 16 weeks in my life so this was in a way an achievement. I will do a separate post to share the techniques I used to reduce breakage and all the not nice things that could happen on a long stretch.

I really wanted to get to 20 weeks post, but I am going on holiday next week and I definitely do not want to be dealing with new growth on holiday so it will have to be a 19 week stretch....

I must confess that due to my busy schedule I have washed my hair only twice this month #smh. This is my last wash day before I relax my hair:

0.) Generously applied coconut oil to 4 sections of my hair and detangled each section separately. This step took about 30 minutes because of all the growth and shed hair from 2 weeks of not combing.
1.) Scalp massaged with castor oil mix: Castor oil, peppermint oil & rosemary oil.
2.) Did a dry protein treatment to strengthen my hair ahead of relaxing it: Mix of aPhogee 2-minute Keratin Reconstructor & ORS Hair Mayonnaise, and sat under my steamer for 20 minutes.
3.) Let my hair cool before washing it with Creme of Nature Sulphate-free Moisturising Shampoo. Lathered twice.
4.) Applied a mix of some of my new deep conditioners: Mane 'n Tail Deep Moisturizing Conditioner + Neutrogena Triple Silk Moisture + Aussie 3 minute miracle moist. My new growth absorbs ALOT of product, so I have had to use my deep conditioners generously in order to get my growth to become soft and manageable after a wash. This is why I find that mixing helps coz I do not want to finish one product within 2 wash days...

*on a side note, I like how clear my pics are coming out with my new phone*

5.) I was too tired to sit under a dryer again, so I deep conditioned overnight.
6.) Rinsed out the conditioner mix the next morning and t-shirt dried for 30 minutes.
7.) Sectioned my hair into 4, and applied Kinky Curly Knot Today to my new growth and length of my hair before detangling. I first detangle each section with my hands, and then with a wide-tooth comb - this step took about 20-30 minutes.
8.) Sprayed ApHogee Green Tea & Keratin Restructurizer + Herbal Essences Split End Protector to my ends, and then sealed with my favourite wash-day oil = OGX Anti-Breakage Serum.
9.) Dried my hair with my blowdryer on cool air before doing my protective style for the week, a simple halo twist.

Hope you had a great wash day, join in the linkup by posting your #washdayexperience on savingourstrands.com or justgrowalready.com!