The good news is that my ends remained intact and my new growth is popping! I have about 1.5 - 2 inches of new growth, which is in line with what I would expect at 16 weeks post relaxer. The bad news is that my fully relaxed hair is looking even thinner as the new growth and texlaxed hair keeps outgrowing the texlaxed hair.
This is how the rest of the wash day went:
(2.) Applied coconut oil to my hair and my scalp and used my hothead conditioning cap to do a hot oil treatment.
(3.) Shampoo'd with Creme of Nature Sulfate-free Moisture & Shine Shampoo and lathered about 4 times. There was a lot of build-up in my hair, so a few more lathers than usual were needed.
(4.) I started off with a protein conditioner: Parnevu Hair Mayonnaise. Under my hothead cap, I kept the conditioner in my hair for about 30 minutes.
(5.) I rinsed with warm water and then deep conditioned with Creme of Nature Intensive Conditioning Treatment + olive oil. I used my hothead conditioning cap again....The heat lasted for about 20 minutes, at this point I was too lazy to wash my hair again so I did an overnight deep condition.
(6.) I rinsed the conditioner off in the morning and my hair felt so soft, rejuvenated and strong.
(7.) I applied my leave-ins, i.e. Kurlee Belle Thirsty Kurls Conditioner + OGX Coconut Oil Serum + ApHogee Keratin Restructurizer (for an extra protein boost to my ends).
(8.) I then did a braidout later that day , and the next day I tried out a braidout bun. It still needs some working on, but I liked how it came out as a first try.
I hope you had an awesome wash day :-)
Yay! I'm so glad that the Mambo braids were a winner! How did your ends fare?
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Thanks KLP! This time round I moisturized my cornrows every other day without fail, and ensured that the ends of the cornrows were always tucked in. My ends did so well, really happy about that!
DeleteWhat are your thoughts on the Hot Head conditioning cap?
ReplyDeleteI really like it so far! It distributes the heat very well around my head, and I can multitask as my hair gets deep conditioned! The only con is that the heat doesn't stay longer than 20-25 minutes, but I am ok with that because it is really easy and quick to warm it up again.
DeleteI am glad you recovered from your last setback. Is it necessary to protein treatment and moisture treatment same day?
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Hey Lebo, my hair gets protein sensitive from time to time, so I feel it is safer to do both protein and moisturizing treatment so that I can get the balance in my hair between the two. Some people mix the two, but I prefer doing them separately.
DeleteWell done Becca! Your hair is getting fuller and bigger and I'm glad your crochet protective style worked this time.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bee! Yes it was such a relief when I saw how good my ends looked.
DeleteWell done Becca! Your hair is getting fuller and bigger and I'm glad your crochet protective style worked this time.
ReplyDeleteI have used the Mane n tail detangler with olive oil too. It worked really well for my detangling but I felt bad that I had to Shampoo it out... It was like I just moisturise and sealed lol :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Juditherese hahah I know the feeling, feels like a waste but it does its intended job I guess
DeleteOh yasssss, that Parnevu Hair Mayo is such and underrated conditioner!!! Hair is looking full and fab girlie, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI knoww I used to think that this hair mayo is only available in Kenya, no one else seems to be using it. I am glad that I have found someone who appreciates it :-) Thanks Ebony :-)
DeleteYour hair is super thick! I've never heard of Mambo braids before.
ReplyDeleteThank you Michelle, I have been diligently doing my castor oil scalp massages and it is helping. Mambo braids are like crochet braids, except that you buy the hair pre-braided :-)
DeleteYour hair is coming along nicely Becca! That hot head cap looks interesting, do you heat it up in the microwave?
ReplyDeleteWhen are you planning to touch up again?
Thanks Lungi! Yes I heat the hothead conditioning cap in the microwave for about two minutes in intervals and voila!
DeleteI'm trying to stretch to 8 months so that will be in August, but I won't hesitate to relax my hair if the growth becomes too much to handle.
I totally get your relaxed hair especially your ends may appear alot thinner than they are because the body of your hair is thicker. Your hair looks so healthy and strong. I haven't used the CON DC in a while but i know it worked well on my hair
ReplyDeleteThanks Tomi! I like the CON DC it is definitely going to be a staple product in my collection of deep conditioners
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