Home Made Deep Conditioner

I was so over my dry hair that I started looking at www.curlynikki.com. She had some great tips all around. Love that site for this time of transition and trying to learn how to create my head of healthy hair. I am looking for my hair to be soft and manageable. I am not even liking the products that make you hair hard giving the style hold appeal. They maybe necessary for the braid out and twist outs to hold texture and I am determined to find that out.

Even though I just did my hair yesterday, I rinsed it out in the shower tonight. I then made my own deep conditioner:

• 3 pumps of Hair One
• 1 big squirt of Hello Hydration by Herbal Essence
• 1 squirt of honey
• 1 raw egg
• 1 huge squirt of pure coconut oil

While my hair was wet I slathered the conditioner all threw my hair. I then combed it and placed a shower cap on while I went on with my evening. It has been on about 1 1/2 hours so far. I am going to rinse it out and braid sections with no product. We shall see tomorrow how my hair feels. Once I get the desired feel and texture I will then focus on products. (At least that is my plan for now).

Braid out with new products

This product was recommended by my youngest daughters grandma. It is a replica of the "Wen" shampoo. It is sulfate free and does not lather like a normal shampoo.  I bought it at Sally Beauty Supply for 12.99 which was a bit pricey for me but I had high expectations. I parted my hair and rubbed it in my scalp. It had a nice smell and made my scalp tingle a bit which made me feel it was being cleaned. I left it on in the shower for around five minutes and rinsed. My hair was very smooth and soft. The directions say you can also use a few pumps as a leave in, so I did that.  The next morning my hair was very soft and silky. If it was a longer length and had texture I may have been able to get away with no product at all or a light oil. 

While at Sallys I noticed a natural hair line by Soft Sheen Carson. They had a curl cream and I wanted to try it as a moisturizing styler. It was 7.99. Since I didn't set my hair after shampooing it, the next morning I wet my hair, added a little more Hair One as a leave in, took various sections, added the Feather Whip Curl Cream, braided it and placed a roller on the end.  This product does smell amazing. It is also a nice thick cream. 

 Actually, after a few hours I removed the rollers for fear that they would put too much of a bump on my ends.

This is the very back of my hair close to my neck that was shaved when I had my last full hair cut and style. It has grown back from nothing and is so naturally curly. I love it and hope to get my whole head to this state eventually with some length. This hair has never been processed with perms or color. I really like the size of my ringlets. Its so interesting the things we do to our hair and not realizing the pure natural beauty of it on its own.

This was my final result. The curl cream made it a bit hard like a gel, but to hold the hair pattern I assume it had to. My hair is still dry to the touch and I do not like that. Even after spraying it with the protecting mist it was still hard. It has a nice shine and I'm OK with the texture but this dryness has to go. It is causing my hair to still shed. I am still in desperate search of a product to give my hair some pure moisture.

Curly Q Day 3

 I am very impressed as of today with how Curly Q is holding up the box braids. The braids themselves actually have no frizz factor at all. The only issue I have is the braids sticking up in places I'd rather they not.  The protective spray we been using is not effective on her hair because it needs something to weigh it down. I can tell the main purpose of the spray is to moisturize, but for her I also need something to weigh down. I had to resort to a water bottle after I used the protective spray. That was effective. I'm still loving the box braids. I do have to style the top constantly due to the top being crimped from a previous style.

 We went to Bounce town today for free play. I placed the top in two ponytails with bows at the top. This was after each braid on top took on a mind of its own. It was an easy style. She did end up losing one of her bows, but i realized "what can you expect, shes three".

Tiny Twirls final product review

For week one we used Tiny Twirls styler. I did Baby KD's twists, corn rolls and ran it threw her twist out. I am not impressed with this product. Her hair became frizzy really quick. Her twist out also was a bit dryer to the touch than what I would have liked it to be. It did not provide the hold factor that I was looking for. Her twists were only defined in certain places when doing the twist out after five days of having the style in her hair. The Constancy was a bit thin for her hair texture. Maybe I should have used more of the product on each twist. In the end we will not be going back to this product for any more hair styles. I have a friend whose daughter has hair that is not as tightly coiled or as thick as Baby KD's and I plan on passing this on to her.