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

I couldn't take it anymore

So after 2 weeks of having my hair in yarn twists I finally could't take it anymore I missed my hair and I needed a deep conditioner like no bodies business. So I started at 5:30pm and finished around 8pm could have been finished much earlier but I had to stop and eat. Anyway after I finished removing my yarn twists I did a pre-poo application.


These are the products I used: VO5 Moisture Milks Passion Friut Smoothie, Pompeian Imported Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and Pure Bee Kist Honey.

I mixed all of these ingrediets in a bowl divided my hair into four sections applied from root to tip then applied a shower cap and let the pre-poo sit on my hair for 45 minutes. Then I jumped in the shower and began to rinse out the pre-poo mix. I decided to try a new shampoo and conditioner, one that I have heard many things about.

So far I am loving the way this shampoo and condition makes my hair feel. I had plans on deep conditioning my hair but since I did an extensive pre-poo I changed my mind. I think I am going to give my hair a couple more weeks and then I am going to do a big chop. Didn't feel like styling my hair so I moisturized my hair with some Cantu Shea Butter Leave in Conditioner and my shea butter mix and threw in some Bantu knots. I'm really not expecting much curl because it was a rush job.

My very first shea butter concoction

So once again I have to thank the lovely ladies of Youtube, because without them I would be utterly lost without them on this road to becoming natural.I didn't measure out my ingredients this time because I was just experimenting. Anyway I used 100% Natural Shea Butter, EVCO (Extra Virgin Coconut Oil), EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil) and some peppermint oil some honey. Most of the mixture is the Shea butter with a small ratio of EVCO and EVOO because after watching some YouTube videos I learned too much oil makes the mixture come out to runny/oily. I only used the peppermint oil to add a little fragrance and as a preservative, the honey I used because it helps fight off microbes, once again I only used about 1 tsp. I melted the Shea butter and the coconut oil to get a liquid consistency then I added the EVOO, honey and peppermint oil. After I successfully mixed everything to the desired consistency I placed my container in the fridge for three hours until it solidified. This is the final product

I'll have to do another blog about how it works on my hair after I take out these yarn twists. Yep I'm still hanging on to them. But they are not going to last much longer I really do miss my hair.