11/10-used dollar store shampoo, hair was left feeling extremely hard, but scalp was clean. Left a very squaky clean feeling-even after using tons of cond. to attempt to combat the dryness.
11/15-Co-washed scalp w/tender apple-this cond. felt more like a shampoo-not moisturizing enough, but doesn't leave hair feeling stripped like almost every shampoo I use. The coconut cond. felt much better on my lengths and a lot more moisturizing. I'll have to try washing w/ this on my scalp.
11/21-Wash, cleansed scalp w/ 1 tbs baking soda mixed w/ water. My hair absolutely hated this and it felt like hay afterwards. I followed-up w. Keracare conditioner ( I don't like that con. but I bought a big tub and trying to use it, but don't think I'll continue w/ it much longer). I even applied neautrogena and suave cond. mixed w/ a few drops of peppermint oil, along w/ coconut oil, shea butter and castor oil to try softening my hair a bit--it worked temporarily. However, my hair was back to being very dry and crispy as soon as it started to dry. The next day, my hair felt very brittle to the touch, looked very dull and still very hard.
11/25-Cowashed again because I hated the feel of my hair. I co-washed scalp w/ Los Caballos Cond. which was alright but kinda felt filmy, a little squeaky on my ends. It was my first time using this conditioner-it wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great. I then applied neautrogena which helped upon immediate contact w/ my hair, I also applied the suavae natural coconut cond. on the lengths as well and my hair started softening immediately. Once my hair started drying fully, I applied ORS olive oil creme/lotion about 30-minute after the wash and retwisted. I then used castor oil to seal. My hair felt quite moisturized the following day, but a bit greasy, but at least it wasn't hard and rather soft for a change.
12/3-Washed due to very itchy scalp. 1. Coated hair with castor oil. 2.Rinsed hair under faucet thoroughly and scrubbed scalp with finger pads. 3. Added diluted shampoo (Natures Gate Hemp shampoo) -1 spoonfull of shampoo diluted w/ 1.5 cups warm water. 4. Took spoonful of diluted shampoo and applied to scalp until I felt all areas were sudsy and massaged vigorously. 5. Rinsed very well 6. Applied suave coconut conditioner, left on for about 10 minutes and rinsed. 7. Wrapped towel around ends and pressed ends of towel to dry. 8.Applied ORS creme and castor oil to hair and braided each one this time around. 9. Once moisturizers were applied, detangled with fingers only. Once you apply moisturizers it's easier to catch the shed hair at your ends.
Note: I did the right side of my hair first, then moved to the left side. I had to mist my hair again w/ water as it started drying and would dry up completely I did mist to sfoften. So, I misted then applied the ORS/castor oill.
Result: Hair felt less squeaky/less drying. Think my hair responds much better on damp rather than wet esp.when applying the castor oil. I saw much lesser amounts of broken hair. Also, when using shampoo, diluting for me is KEY. From now on, I will stick to using a spoonful of shampoo and def. no more than 1 tbs of shampoo when washing my hair. I don't care if my hair or scalp doesn't feel "clean enough", I will just have to wait for the next wash, cause I hate HATE that very dry/brittle feeling after using too much shampoo-makes detangling and handling my hair just too difficult/dry.
12/9-Started to co-wash as my hair just felt hard and thought co-washing would soften my hair a bit. I then got out the shower and started to part my hair and just noticed A LOT of while build-up, yuck! So, I shampooed this time with diluted Suave Kids shampoo w/ smoothners, sprayed on my scalp and/or dipped my hand in the spoon that I had used to measure my shampoo (one spoonfool). I sprayed/massaged the shampoo to my scalp and opened each twist and made sure the shampoo distributed to about 25% of the length and twisted loosely back up. All shampoo was rinsed by re-opening each twist and gently detangling/running hand through my length to catch shedded hair. I had an errand to run, so I placed a shower cap on my hair and stepped out for about an hour w/ hat over the cap. Surprisingly, my hair was slighlty softer once I returned home to remove the cap-I'm guessing from the warmth/steam. I then applied Aussie 3-minute reonconstructor. My hair still felt squeaky clean after words and the cond. didn't help much, but it didn't feel as bad as when I had used too much of the suvae clarifying shampoo.
I then toweled dry each twist esp. the ends unti it felt damp, but not wet, working quickly I applied a mix of castor oil and olive oil only (I didn't measure). I just mixed this around in a little bowl, lossened/re-opened each twist, applied the oil by running my hand through the lengths to catch any additional shed heair.
Result: My hair felt very nice and spongy w/ lots of sheen AND it wasn't hard after it dried unlike the ORS lotion. I'll wait to see how it feels in the next few days.
Edited: Come to think of it, scalp started itching a lot afer 3 days. Hmmm, I'm not sure if it was the shampoo or the conditioner (both new products I tried).
12/16-Rinsed w/ water only, scalp felt itchy, but I didn't feel like washing and I'm try not too over-shampoo. I rinsed the 8 or 9 twist I had w/ warm water directly under the showerhead, untwisting each twist and detangling w/ my fingers and retwisted again. I then towel wrapped my hair ( no rubbing) and blotted until hair felt just damp. I proceeded by reopening each twist and applying a mix of coconut oil, castor and olive oil-my hair responds well to these oils esp. the castor/olive mix and did the final twist in the same 8 or 9 twist. Tiring process, but I will not be unleashing my hair anytime soon.
Dec-26
Started giving myself a mini-trim on the 24th and finished on the 25th-I took about half an inch, more or less all-around depending on where had the most knots ( I get a lot of these little suckers no matter how much I cut and trim). I was suppossed to wash my hair, let it dry completely, stretch and then trim, but I just stretched it out from the previous style (twist) I wore for weeks unravel each twist, added conditioner w/water and detangled w/ my fingers, a larger comb, then smaller to ensure my hair was complteley tangle-free and stretched. Once all was done-after my hair was dried completely, I unravelled each twist again, stretching/pulling taughtly and trimmed (this was a long process as I was searching through my hair for split ends as well-just checking for anything I have missed, although it's probablly impossible to get every single split-end/knots on one's head). To give myself a trim,I had made sure all the parts on my head were evened. But, because I had already sectioned my hair from the previous large twist I wore, it made the trimming process much easier-all I had to do was retrace the parts to make the fresher and quartering them into smaller sections-this will be my last trim for the year. Because I am contemplating getting braids, I will start prepping my hair for the braids to ensure it's in good condition.
12/30-Had a chance to wash my hair in my 14 or so twist where I concentrated mainly on my scalp and leaving the shampoo in for a few minutes. This time, I used about a tbs of diluted Global Balance shampoo for babies/delicate hair (a no sulfate, fragrance-free shampoo). My scalp felt very clean afterwards, but surprisingly, was not left feeling stripped whatsoever, I think this will be my permanent shampoo. I then followed up w/ the cheap Whole Foods conditioner. I then unravelled each twist to hair that was damp and applied a tiny, tiny squirt of glycerine to each twist and retwisted back up. My hair was left feeling quite soft w/o feeling or looking heavy at all, I'm really liking this!
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