Thursday, 25 February 2010

Aphogee 2 step


My hair is very weak when wet. As soon as water touches it and I touch my hair in any way it breaks and doing a little research I see that its suggested that I probably need more protein. I keep doing treatments with MNT conditioner and the aphogee 2 min reconstructurizer, but I still have the same problem. I decided to do a 2 step instead. I combed out all the braids I had in before. Oh forgot to say that the last tine I did a cowash I did it while my hair was in braids and didn't take out the braids until my hair was dry and then I rebraided and did not comb my hair very much. This time because the 2 step requires me to wash, I had to take out my braids. I combed through and saw a bit of shedding. At this stage I think its normal as I haven't really combed my hair for 2 weeks. I followed instructions and washed first then applied the 2 step. When it was hard I rinsed it out and my hair was soooo tangled. I nearly freaked. I used some Herbal Essence moisturising conditioner and I have to say it was one of the best conditioners I've ever used. My hair felt like silk. It still had tangles, but I managed to get most of them out with my fingers and a wide tooth comb. Rather than manipulate my hair too much I braided it with the conditioner in and then rinsed it out. My hair felt soo good, silky and soft. I put some motions leave in on and some JBCO. I'm really pleased with the results. My only concern was that some of my hair did shed some more in the shower while detangling but I had very little breakage.

So far so good. I'm also pleased with my growth. I'm 9 weeks post relaxer and have a lot of new growth. I just want the back to catch up.

Monday, 22 February 2010

Main n tail conditioner

I did a d/c with MNT and rinsed. I used just my fingers to detangled and I braided straight after while under the shower. I used JBCO mixed with some organix conditioner. My hair felt great. I didn't comb at all until my hair was dry. I mixed some JBCO with doo grow growth oil and my hair felt soo dry after no matter what I did.
I got myself some daktarin as I heard it helps your hair grow. I've been using that along with JBCO. It hasn't helped with my itching at all. I also bought some Salfer8 which sinks and doesn't help me either.

Thursday, 18 February 2010

growing..




Update pics show some growth.I can't pick it up properly on cam. I think I have about 2 inches of hair from where I had none. I pulled a couple of hairs out and despite being so short I saw clear signs of breakage along the hair shaft. I think it may be from the demarcation line between the relaxer and the new growth. I still experience breakage as soon as my hair gets wet.

Friday, 5 February 2010

Jamaican black caster oil

I got JBCO finally. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. It's actually quite good. I put it between my cornrows and it kept my hair moist. I took out the cornrows today and I didn't experience that much shedding but I did experience some. I mixed roux porosity control with olive oil and motions conditioner. My hair felt soo moisturised. I washed out the treatment after an hour and noticed a lot of shedding. I wasn't sure if this was the shed hair from when I combed my hair after the braids or not. I also noticed some short thick hair, so I guess I'm still experiencing breakage. I noticed some long hairs shedding too. My hair did feel nice though. I washed with main n tail shampoo. I did a quick protien treatment with main n tail conditioner and olive oil and rinsed. I used doo grow oil and applied JBCO to my scalp. I'm gonna keep an eye out to see how this works. I cornrowed and I'm back in my wig.