Deep condition

My crown was feeling dry, again!. I really need to wear my scarf to bed. I've been sleeping on satin pillows and obviously thought my crown would be okay without a scarf. I guess not. I found an old bottle of Main and Tail moisturising deep conditioner, so I wet my hair and applied the conditioner with lots of JBCO on my crown. I left that in for 4 hours then rinsed. I then scratched my scalp and saw build up under my nails. I undid the cornrows and then did some twists. My hair felt soo full of product from the previous DCs, so I rinsed again and used some VO5 conditioner to semi clean my hair.

I have to say I loved the way the main and tail made my hair feel, so I'll definitely get another bottle.

My hair looked like it had crown so I just had to take some more pictures. I still have a little bit of relaxed hair on my ends, maybe 3 inches at the front and one or two at the sides - the legacy of my tapered cut.

Tender scalp

A few months ago, I noticed that my scalp was quite tender around my crown area. It still itches sometimes, but only momentarily. It feels really good when my boyfriend rubs that part of my scalp. I just purrr. Yesterday I scratched my crown area and noticed something that felt like a pimple. I tried to see it in the mirror but I couldn't see it, but it feels tender. I noticed two other places on the left of my crown where my scalp feels particularly tender and it definitely feels like there are pimples in those spots.

I put lots of caster oil on my crown as it was feeling very dry. Even with the caster oil my hair still felt rough, so I decided to D/C. I put lots more caster oil on my crown and then applied peppermint oil let that sit for a while. I then wet my hair with a water from a spray bottle then put Herbal Essence conditioner on my hair and left that on over night. Once I washed it out, I applied my MN mix. This evening however, my hair feels really dry in the crown, not sure why. I think it may be the peppermint. I noticed all those essential oils do dry my hair out. I may need to create a new mix without the peppermint.

Breakage

My hair is sooo dry. I did a d/c for about an hour yesterday with Herbal Essence and grapeseed oil. I rinsed it out and went to bed without a scarf. When I woke up, my hair was sooo dry, so i put some JBCO on my hair but it still felt dry. I took out my cornrows and found that my hair was so dry and was breaking. As I was combing it my hair just kept breaking. Anyway, i liberally applied some generic caster oil, hope that helps.

I've been so lazy

I hardly d/c or co-wash these days. I do it maybe once a week. Oh, I went on holiday to California last month and got cornrows done but with hair extentions. No matter how often I told the braider to go easy on my edges she would not listen and I left there with a throbbing head and painful edges. I took them out after 2 weeks as they were fuzzy and itched like a mofo. Unfortunately, my edges bore the brunt of the braiders onslaught on my scalp. I had a lot of breakage around my hairline. It was probably made worse by my constant straightening of the hair there, trying to blend it with my lacefront.

Anyway, I did a length check a few days ago and I have five inches of hair in some places. The middle continues to look shorter - it seemed to be around 3 inches in some places. I upped my biotin uptake but am suffering spots as a result. I'm taking a B12 vitamin to counteract.

Since i discovered how to cornrow my own hair I've been so lazy with haircare. I hardly remember to sleep with a bonnet or scarf on and my hair feels dry as a result. I think I'll up my co-washing to maybe 4 times a week. 2 months from today will be one year post relaxer. I'm excited to see where I'll be and if I'll relax my hair. I really am tired of the wigs, but I need enough hair to make a bun or pony tail or put it up in some sort of protective style that doesn't involve a wig. I'm so tired of wearing them.

Yesterday I did a deep condition with Organic Root Stimulator Hair Mayonnaise, which I left on over night. I then rinsed it out about 12 hours later. I scratched my scalp since I had a momentary bout of itching and saw a whole load of white gunk under my nails, courtesy of the MN, MT and JBCO mix. I had to wash, so I took out all my cornrows and shampooed. I then put the Aphogee 2 min reconstructor on for 5 mins and rinsed, then put some VO5 conditioner on. As I combed I saw lots of broken hairs. I was really disappointed,as I thought I'd resolved that issue. Maybe I used too much protein...

I cornrowed my hair and after it dried, I used a little Fantasia Frizz Buster serum to straighten a little under half of hair. It took several passes to get my non relaxed hair straight. Once it was as straight as I could get it, I noticed lots of little broken hairs on my shoulder.