Growing My Mane

Hello friends,
I missed you all. I finally relaxed my hair at 29 weeks post relaxer. And oh boy, it was a rough relaxer day. My hair got wet when it started raining and I was picking laundry from the line. I totally forgot to cover my hair. I dried my with a blow dryer prior to visiting the salon and applied silk amino acids to my already relaxed ends.

At the salon, the hairdresser realised my hair was still wet at the roots and asked me to sit under the hooded dryer for a few minutes. That when I knew I was in trouble. She parted my hair into four sections and based my scalp with Scalp Protective Gel. I used the Amla Legend Relaxer. I wanted this relaxer because it processes fast and it will be able to tame my new growth.




















The application process took less the 10 minutes because the relaxer begun to burn so badly. I quickly asked the hairdresser to wash the relaxer out. She then neutralised with the shampoo that came with in the box.

Conditioned by hair using the Amla Legend Hair Mask. Rinsed out and towel dried the hair and applied Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer and Paul Mitchell Serum.
Roller set with brush rollers. And dried using the hooded dryer.

I noticed after my hair had dried that one part of hair had more texture (almost natural) than the other. I was not amused. Two days after the relaxer my hair felt so dry and was breaking. I have used other no lye relaxers before and did not have breakage. Neither was my hair extremely dry like this. I think the breakage is also due to the fact that I did not deep condition on relaxer day. But this is the last time I will use the Amla Legend Relaxer. The first time I used it it turned out well but this time it's a no no.
My subsequent was wash days consisted of extreme prepooing, chelating/clarifying/neutralizing and deep conditioning with my steamer.

First Wash After Relaxer.
1. Prepooed with Roux Porosity Control and Paul Mitchell Moisturising Conditioner for several hours.
2. Shampooed with ORS Aloe Creamy Shampoo. Patted hair dry with a towel.
3. Applied Aphogee two minutes keratin conditioner to my hair for 3 hours.
4.Deep conditioned for 20 minutes under my steamer with the ORS Hairepair Conditioner. Rinsed out conditioner and dried my hair with my turbie twist.
5. Applied Keracare Leave-In and Paul Mitchell Serum
6. Roller set with magnetic rollers.  My hair came out soft and the breakage reduced drastically.

Second Wash 
 1. Prepooed again with Roux Porosity Control Conditioner and Paul Mitchell Moisturising Conditioner overnight.
 2. Shampooed with ORS Aloe Creamy Shampoo.
 3. Deep conditioned under the steamer with Silicon Mix conditioner ( Will share my thoughts about this conditioner later) for 20 minutes. Rinsed out conditioner and dried hair with a towel.
4. Applied Aussie Luscious Leave-in, Keracare Leave-In and Chi Silk Infusion. (this serum is the bomb.com!) better than Paul Mitchell Serum.
5. Roller set my hair with brush rollers and dried under a hooded dryer. My hair was feeling good. Soft and smooth.






 This is how my hair looks now. I will be getting a protective style soon for the yuletide.

Thanks for reading!

Stay hairbulous.

Nitty xxx

Hello dearies,
I'm back with a hair update. I must be sincere things did not go as planned. I started undoing my hair Friday evening around 4:30 pm. And before I could say Jack, the power went off. I took me about two hours to remove all the braids. I did not use my usual detangler because I was not at home at the time I was taking off the braids. When I eventually made it home I applied coconut oil to my hair to soften it a bit.
The detangling process was tiring. My arms were tired and my hair matted in some places because I had kept the braids in too long. Lesson learnt! I'm sticking to 6 weeks maximum for braids next time.

Fallen Soldiers! Keep braids in for almost 10 weeks

Finally, I finished detangling around midnight. Everyone was asleep and I was up doing hair. The extent we go for our hair. I'm over 20 weeks post relaxer and I felt my shedding was too much. Then again, the length of time I kept the braids in tells it all.

Before going to bed, I apply a mixture of coconut oil, Jamaican Black Castor Oil (JBCO) and essential oils to my hair. Wrapped with a cling film. Covered it with a Turbie Twist and went to bed.



Washed my hair in the morning, using Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Special Shampoo with my Scalp Massaging Shampoo Brush . I really like this brush. Cleans the scalp as well as massages it. The shampoo however is ok. It lathers well and cleans your hair well but it's not moisturising at all. It actually stiffens the hair a bit. To prevent any further breakage/shedding I detangled my hair under running water. The shower was on full blast.


I bloated the water out off my hair and applied Silk Amino Acids (SAA) to my hair and topped it up with Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Wild Ginger Keratin Intensive Treatment. The SAA immediately loosened my new growth. It was easier to finger detangle. I kept both in my hair for about 30 mins. I covered my hair with a shower cap.
I rinsed it out and deep conditioned with Paul Mitchell Lemon Sage thickening conditioner with my hair therapy wrap.
I rinsed the conditioner out and applied Paul Mitchell Smoothing Super Skinny Daily Treatment for a few minutes and wrapped my hair in a towel.

By this time my hair dresser had arrived, she put in Keracare Leave-In (not in thee pic) in my hair and  Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer on my ends. Applied the Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum to my hair and then did a roller set.




I decided to put my hair in cornrows because I was not ready and did have the time to deal with both textures.


This is how my hair looks now...

Thanks for reading!

Stay Hairbulous.

Nitty xxx

                                                 Share your wash day experience!

Hello Lovelies,

Amount of hair lost after taking out braids and detangling

Hair under satin cap for Hot Oil Treatment

The Hot Oil Treat

Hair With Protein Treatment

Amount of hair lost on Wash Day

Thanks For Reading!

Stay Fabulous as Always.

Nitty 

a) Did a hot oil treatment with coconut oil mixed with essential oils on my hair and applied Red Pimento Oil to my scalp for about an hour.


b) Shampooed with the ORS HaiRepair Invigorating Shampoo.

c) Tea rinsed with a mixture of black, green and thyme tea. Left the tea in my hair for about fifteen minutes before applying the conditioner. I did not rinse out the tea.

                          
d) Deep conditioned under my steamer with ORS  Replenishing Conditioner mixed with glycerin for added moisture.

e) Rinsed out conditioner with cool water and wrapped my hair in a cotton dress for 10 mins.

f) Detangled hair when it was partially damp.

g) Applied KeraCare Leave-In and roller set with mesh rollers and Lotta Body Setting Lotion.

h) Applied T444Z to my scalp.

This has been one of the best wash days I have had in a long time. Everything went smoothly. My hair felt soft and well moisturised. I have also noticed that my hair is no longer breaking badly like before and shedding has also reduced. My hair is still recovering from the setback. I need a trim too. Will get that at the end of the month. I plan on keeping tea rinsing and deep conditioning with a steamer as part of my regimen for a long time.

Thanks for reading and as always stay FABULOUS!!

Nitty   
                                        Share your wash day experience.

Helloo Lovelies,

So I was unable to wash my hair over the weekend but finally had it done on Monday after work.

Here goes,

Prepooed my hair with coconut oil mixed with grape and lemon essential oils and Red Pimento Oil on my scalp. I wrapped my hair in a cling wrap for about an hour. Then headed for the salon.


Shampooed twice with ORS Hairepair Invigorating Shampoo. It was a good scrub.  I was actually enjoying it when the hairdresser was washing my hair. My scalp felt really clean.


Deep conditioned with ORS Replenishing Conditioner mixed with glycerin and Bell's Castor oil under a hooded dryer.

Rinsed out the conditioner and applied KeraCare Leave-in to my hair.


Roller set with Lottabody setting lotion. After my hair was dried I applied T444z to my scalp.

I really liked the results. For the week , I just put my hair in a low bun or pin it up. I'm still nursing my hair from the set back. It will probably take me to the end of the year to nurse it back fully.

I'm also thinking of getting a protective style soon but I'm torn between getting twists, crotchet braids or a weave.

Thanks for reading and as always stay FABULOUS!!

Nitty 

Hello Lovelies,

I'm back to my long wash day routine.

a) Sectioned my hair into four parts and detangled each section using my fingers and a wide tooth comb.

b) Did a hot oil treatment with a mixture of grapeseed oil and almond oil on my hair whiles I had Red Pimento Oil on my scalp for over three hours. ( was doing chores)



c) Shampooed my hair with Amla Legend  Shampoo

d) Deep conditioned with Amla Legend Replenishing Mask mixed with essential oils under my steamer for 10 mins.
             

 

             
e)Rinsed out conditioner and wrapped my hair in a cotton dress for 5 mins.
f) Applied Keracare leave-in and Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer.



g) Roller set with brush rollers and Lottabody setting lotion.

 

Thanks for Reading!

Nitty   
                                     

My bun finally gave up on me so I took  it down and co-wash my hair.




I put some VO5 moisture milk conditioner on my hair to soften it up since the styling gel made it hard and covered it with a shower cap for about 30 mins.

Got into the shower, poured some warm water over my to rinse out the conditioner and styling gel.  

And proceeded to wash water with the same conditioner.

Deep conditioned with ORS Hair Mayonnaise mixed with grapeseed oil with my hair therapy wrap for 20 mins.

Rinsed out the conditioner and towel dried my hair.

Applied Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer ( I looooove this product) and Keracare Leave-In to my hair.

Allowed the hair to air dry for a while and and continued to blow dry on warm heat setting.

Tools

My hair came out puffy so I combed it all back and pinned it up. Put some Ecostyler gel on my edges and scarfed it to give it a presentable look.

Front ( Hours after scarfing)

Back ( Hair pinned up)

Thanks for Reading!

Nitty   
                                                  Do you co-wash?

Another simple wash day routine.

No prepoo.


a) Detangled my hair using my fingers and a wide tooth comb.

b) Shampooed with Keracare Hydrating Detangling Shampoo

c) Deep conditioned under the dryer with a mixture of ORS Replenishing Conditioner and grapeseed oil for 10 mins.

d) Applied KeraCare Leave-In and Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer.

e)  Rollerset with Lotta Setting Lotion and brush rollers.

For the first time I opted for a low manipulation style. The Donut bun style. Styling gel and spritz were used to create a sleek look.

The Bun ( 2 days old)

Thanks for reading!

Nitty