It's officially been one week since I BC'd

Omg, I never knew how much I would love my hair I Have gotten so many compliments but more important than that is the fact that my hair looks and feels much more healthier.

<<---- Last Week's TWA with a few permed ends left

<<--- TWA after 1 week 99.5% completely natural, still have a few permed ends

If you read my last blog then you know that I was going to try something new with my hair today. I found this on Youtube and the poster is NiaSoPurdy:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HubnRE-QF6o

I think I am going to do this every two to three weeks or as needed when I feel like I have a lot of product buildup. The recipe calls for 1 cup of conditioner 1/4 cup Baking soda and one cap full of you favorite oil, I used Coconut oil just because I love the way it smells and at the time I could not find my olive oil. I tried to do like she did and mix everything in a spray bottle but the baking soda kept the spray bottle clogged so I had to improvise. I basically just poured the mix all over my head and massaged it and raked it through. After I had all of my hair coated I rinsed it out and did a ACV rinse followed by my conditioner. I then applied my shea butter mix to my hair massaged it in and detangled the rest of my hair even though it was pretty much already all the way detangled.

Here is a picture of what my hair looked like with out any product in my hair. I actually can see some curl definition, I can't wait until my hair grows a little longer so I can really see my curl pattern.

The last 2 photos are of my hair after it is completely moisturized with Shea Butter and sealed with Coconut oil. I think I am going to leave my hair like this for at least a day, just to give it a break because I have been seriously playing in my hair for the last week and I don't want to cause any unnecessary stress and breakage.So until next time.

Products Used today:

Suave Proffesionals Humectant Conditioner

Baking Soda

Apple Cider Vineger

VO5 Moisture Milks Conditioner (just a little)

Mane and Tail Conditioner (just a little)

Shea Butter Mix

EVCO

My hair feels so much better

I followed my plan from earlier almost to a tee. Instead of keeping the hot oil treatment on my hair for only 20 minutes I left it in my hair for almost 45 minutes. I warmed a towel in the microwave for 45 seconds and placed it on top of my shower cap.

I washed out the Hot oil treatment with warm water and then applied my Baking soda Conditioner mix, I changed this also instead of 1TBSP I used 2 and in stead of 3TBSP I used 6TBSP.I then detangled while in the shower and applied the ACV rinse. Instead of using Cantu Shea Butter Leave in Conditioner I used the Motions Triple action Leave in conditioner then I used my Shea Butter mix.

I actually think I used to much product because my hair started to feel mushy and was getting tangled. But this could also be due to the cold weather here. I decided to leave my hair alone for an hour before attempting to style it any way.

The eventual style I decided on was some Bantu knots. This is the first time I attempted to do my whole head. I actually kind of like it and plan to do this style again someday but next time I am going to do better parts. I started parting diagonally but I got tired of trying to figure out where the next part should go so I just started parting wherever and formy first attempt I think it came out well.

Dry Brittle Hair

So I'm going to try something new for the next couple of weeks and see how my hair improves. I know I have been slacking on moisturizing my hair and I can feel it all in my hair. My hair is dry, brittle and hard. For the last week I have has a straw set and I really liked the look and feel of my hair but the last few days its just been getting more crunchy, dry and tangled. Like the last blog stated I am going to try to stick to a hair regimen and since tomorrow is Saturday my normal wash day I am going to start tomorrow.

Step 1:
Prepoo- Hot oil treatment with EVOO and EVCO 3 drops of Peppermint oil
I'm going to mix all of these ingredients in a bowl apply from root to tip gently combing through to detangle and coat all strands of my hair, put a shower cap on my head wrap my head with a warm towel and leave in for 20 minutes

Step 2:
No-Poo-wash  1TBSP Baking soda with 3TBSP conditioner
After rinsing out Hot oil with warm water I apply the Baking soda and conditioner mix to my hair and massage in my scalp making sure to clean from root to tip.

Step 3:
ACV Rinse 1TBSP ACV with 1 cup of warm water
After washing the Baking soda conditioner mix out with warm water apply the well mixed ACV water mix to hair

Step 4:
Cantu Shea Butter LIC
Apply to one section at a time from root to tip and gently detangle moving on to the next section

Step 5:
Shea Butter Mix
Apply to each section from root to tip

Step 6:
EVOO sealer
Apply from root to tip and put hair in two strand twists

Step 7:
Put on Satin Bonnet