Dry hair be gone!

Hello ladies,
Welcome to my blog to all my new subscribers! I am here taking you through my hair journey from unhealthy, dry, neck length hair to long beautiful healthy hair! So far I have reached about Shoulder length! yay me :)

Dry hair:4 weeks post
So my hair, well actually just my ends have been really dry. No matter what I did they would not hold moisture for some reason. I've tried trimming the ends, DC for hours, Hot oil treatment everything I could think of. So I decided to seek help from hairlista site, and I found the answer. My hair was porous, I needed to use something with acidity or pH control to help my hair. One of the suggestions was to use Apple cider vinegar (ACV rinse). I cowashed my hair, then ACV rinsed then I DC, with ORS replenishing conditioner with my Aphogee 2 min reconstructor. I did this for about 15 mins under a hair dryer. I rinsed it out and my ends were lovely! They held some moisture. I still need to do this probably one more time to keep my ends moist. I also started bagging my ends after I moisturize and sealed. So far my ends are liking it.

Next week I will be 5 weeks post. I plan on flat ironing my hair for Christmas. This will be the only time I will flat iron my hair this month. I plan on stretching my hair til my Birthday in March! (I'll be 22, man I am getting old lol) I'm trying to go to Florida for spring break so my hair has to be on point! I will be around 16 weeks post.

My goal for 2011 is to have APL (Arm pit length) by my graduation in May! Then to have BSL (bra strap length) by December 2011. We will see how that goes! Hope I reach those goals.

I will do a product haul of what I use on my hair now, either today or some other time. Until then Have a blessed day!

Relaxer at 12 weeks Post November 2010

So I decided to relax at 12 weeks because of an event coming up and I need my hair done. I let my mom put in the relaxer, and she was talking about how relaxers are bad for the scalp and stuff like that because she just watched good hair by chris rock. I was like I seen that but you need to know how to take care of your hair and scalp to be relaxed and maintain healthy hair. She didnt want to hear that. So when I let it air dried and then flat ironed and she saw how healthy and how long it gotten since the last time she seen it she was like oh what do you do to your hair. So I showed her the site and now she might get in to it. Then when I got back to school everyone was complimenting my hair and how long it got. I was showing off and doing the flip! lol So I am happy at my progress for the past few months I am finally SL almost APL. I plan on doing a relaxer in March around my BDAY! here are the pics

Why I've been gone

the past few weeks I've been grieving, my grandmother passed away nov 13th. She had cancer and was diagnosed with it last Dec. So she made it almost a yr even though the doctors said she wasn't going to make it after so many months but she did. I was at college in Iowa when I got the call that she probably won't make it in the next few days. So I hoped in the car and drove 20 hours to New Mexico. Where I made it just in time to say I love you grandma. When I saw her it wasn't the grandma I knew. I had some hope that she would get better. But from the looks of it I knew this was it. But I thought she would have a few days left in her. But she passed away the same day I got there. I had prayed that she would still be here when I got there just so I can tell her that I loved her. I am still in shock. It feels like she is just gone on vacation and she'll come walking in the door anytime soon. I cried that night she passed but I haven't cried since. I think when the funeral comes I'll probably break down and cry. I never had anybody this close die so this all feels too unreal. I just wish she made it to my graduation in May. It seems selfish to say that because she isn't in pain anymore. but i just wanted to see that proud look on her face knowing that her granddaughter is the first in the family to graduate from college, but I know she was proud of me she always told me so. On the other hand my grandfather is not doing well. They been together for 52 yrs. And I'm afraid he will not make it either due to heartbreak, But I will keep praying for him

Update

So I'm about 8 weeks post. Goal is either 12 or 16 still deciding when I will put my next relaxer in. So I did a length check at five weeks and I forgot to post it up. I put it up on hairlista though. so here was the blog:
http://www.hairlista.com/profiles/blogs/length-check-at-five-weeks
I'm going to ATL with BSU here at school this week. I plan on doing this technique again (read my blog on hairlista). Too much heat in one month but I can't look bad going to ATL! I finally have two followers I am very happy about that! I hope I get more followers in the future.

Til next time! have a blessed day!

Random post

I was just sitting here thinking why some women believe they are not beautiful. I know I used to think that at one point in time. But my reason was due to people used to call me names and stuff when I was little. i believe that every woman, young woman and girls are beautiful no matter how you look. Its your personality. That makes you even more beautiful. I was watching true life. And this one episode was about two women who thought they were they ugliest things in the world. But I thought they were both beautiful. One was a model but she thought her body distracts people from her face. and the other was a regular girl but did things to distract people from her beauty. i do believe that the media portrays beauty with makeup, clothes, being skinny, and many other things but what makes you beautiful is YOU! only you make yourself beautiful and don't forget that!.

So my challenge to you is to write down what you think makes you beautiful!
For me its my personality, my smile, my kindness, and my compassion for others.

Also listen to this song. it talks about being beautiful

Hair Regimen

I just started my HJ May. I wish I knew about this before my hair was badly damaged in 2007. It was so badly damaged that i had to get a short cut style. It has grown since then but it is not healthy, I want to grow my hair APL and healthy.

Regimen
Wash 1x a week
Co-wash 2x a week
DC 2x a week
leave in conditioner after each wash
moisturize and seal 2x a day
air dry
dont use heat! ( on a noheat challenge)
use heat only after a relaxer
Stretch relaxer every 8-12 weeks (wrking on getting to 12)Made it to 12 weeks next goal is 16 weeks
Trim every other relaxer
Wear protective styles

Products I use:
Shampoo:
Elasta QP
Creme of Nature

Conditioners and Leave in Conditioners:
Olive oil Replenishing conditioner
Africa's best Deep Conditioner
Cantu shea butter conditioner

Protein Conditioner:
Aphogee keratin 2 min reconstructor

Co wash conditioner:
Suave coconut conditioner

Oils:
Sweet almond oil
JBCO
Kemi oyl
EVOO
Shea butter
Argan

Moisturizers:
S-curl
Carrot oil creme

Make your own Countdown Clocks

Shea Butter review

I love this stuff. I would recommend to go get some. I had bought some shea butter a yr ago or so and forgot all about it. On youtube I was watching fgrogan and she had made some whipped shea butter. So I went digging in my closet and found my shea butter and whipped me up some! lol. Anyways I added Evoo, JBCO, Tea tree oil and Coconut oil. I'm in love with this stuff, I put some on last night and woke up this morning with nice soft hair and I didn't need to moisturize this morning!Go and get some you will like it plus its organic, non processed. You can get it at amazon, costalscents.com, butter-n-bars.com. It is a good investment for your hair!

Comments on my hair!

So I have been receiving alot of comments on my hair! A few would say your hair has gotten long! im so happy because I dont remember the last time I got a comment on my hair. I did a braid out a few days ago and it didnt turn out the way i wanted it to, but still sported it. And got compliments on it! I will do it another time and I will take pictures.

Relaxer update

So i started my journey in May. My first relaxer on my journey was in June and my second one was Sept 4, 2010. My second relaxer I waited for about 12 weeks. Here is a pic to show the diff.
The relaxer was on sept 4 not aug

Update at 12 weeks post!

So I am 12 weeks post and luving the waves in my hair lol. I plan on putting a relaxer in sometime next weekend or the weekend after not sure yet. I will be posting pics I hope that my hair is about SL now. If it is that will be the first time in a LONG time that my hair was healthy n that long! so i cant wait.

Hair update 8 weeks post

Haven't been on here in awhile. but I am 8 weeks post now and have some new growth. I plan on stretching for about another 2 or 3 weeks. If I can I might get my hair in kinky twist to stretch even longer but we will see. So I have been on my journey for about 2 and half months. I have seen a big difference in my hair its starting to be more healthy and NO MORE BAD DANDRUFF! yay! I hardly have any now! right now Im about SL hopefully in the next few months I will be APL at least. well ttyl.

PS. I will post pics later on today

Hair update July 11

So i have been lazy with my hair....I still  moisturize n seal (m&s) 2x a day..it s just i have not been taking care of my ends. they look frizzy rite now. So lately Ive been trying not to put my hair into a bun so i wouldnt have to use a hair tie. Ive been mostly putting on a hat. I need to buy a half wig. So i wont have to touch my hair except to m&s. So I decided to stretch my hair for at least 12 weeks or more. Or just until i cant take care of my New growth anymore. hopefully itll grow some. Bt i need to stop being lazy!

Hair is a lil dry after swimming!

So since I went swimming on saturday. My hair has been feeling dry. I am not sure if its the water here (hard water here) or I need to keep moisture in my hair. I dont know why its feeling like this. but for the past few days Ive been cowashing, hoping that this would help moisturize my hair. last night I left the DC in my hair all night. But hair still feels a little dry. Well I'm going to continue to cowash and DC til its soft again.

Swimming today!

So I went swimming and yes i got my hair wet! But I quickly let water run through my hair for a few mins. Then i washed with Elasta QP shampoo. Then I DC with ORS deep conditioner with JBCO, Tea Tree oil and almond oil. I had that in for about 3 hrs. After I rinsed I put in Africas best leave in conditioner then moisturized with Wave Nouveau moisture lotion followed by kemi oil. Now Im air drying. Im hoping the chlorine won't break my hair. That would be a bad set back!

Quick hair update

So Im in New Mexico visiting family. AND ITS SUPER HOT out here! So i have to take extra care of my hair in this dry area. I just bought some wave nouveau. I would use this and s-curl in rotation. I hope it works pretty good wit my hair. Especially since its thick. For the past couple of weeks been wearing my hair in a ponytail. I need a new protective style so my hair wont fall out from the ponytail being in all the time!

Mane-N-Tail conditioner and Sweet Almond oil

So I bought some Mane-N-Tail Conditioner yesterday. I've heard good reviews on it. I plan to wash my hair today and use the conditioner with oils in it. So I will post my review of it later. I did use the conditioner on my sister hair and I mixed the conditioner with tea tree oil, olive oil and castor oil. And it made her hair pretty soft hopefully I will get the same results. I also bought some almond oil I will use that in my conditioner today.

Hair cut went well!

So I went to get a hair cut. And i didnt go to a black stylist I actually went to a caucasin lady! and let me tell u I went to tons of salons and every time I went I end up not liking wut I got. But this time I LOVE it. See my hair was shorter on one side due to a mistake from another stylist so I wanted to get it cut even so it would grow out. And she did just that and I didnt lose that much length! I am definatly going to go to her after every relaxer to get my hair trimed! And she knew about how to take care of black ppls hair! We were just talking about how grease was bad for the scalp, how u need a protein and moisture balance, how u need to shampoo 1 a week n cowash in between.! I give her 5 stars!!!!!

Relaxer Today!

So I relaxed today at 8 and half weeks post. Now that I am taking care of my hair I've notice that my hair is uneven so I have to cut it. :( bt thats ok Health before length! here are some pics from last yr to now.

 First pic is 2009 when I had to cut my hair short, second and third pic is today, its about neck length.
Tomorrow I am going to the stylist to get my hair cut even so it will be shorter. I will post pics later.










 

Jamaican Black Castor Oil (JBCO)

So I brought some JBCO a couple of weeks ago and I have been applying it to my scalp 1 or 2 times of week. So I heard about JBCO from hairlista.com (good site to learn about how to take care of your hair). So what they said on there is that JBCO helps stimulate hair to grow. I wouldn't know yet if it is working but I am on the 4 month Castor oil challenge. In this challenge I took the basic one. This is where I apply the oil 1 or 2 times a week. So I hope I see some results soon. Also I use the oil on my eyelashes to see if it will grow too lol. So I will post pic results next month hopefully there is a difference!

hair update

So I'm about 9 weeks post. Ive decided to put in a relaxer this wednesday. I will put pics up after.

Hair @ 8wks post

So I just started my hair journey just last month, I am 8wks post and plan on putting in a relaxer this weekend. I will try to post pics up. I am NL and I want to have APL. By the end of this year hopefully i can make that happen. I am apart of hairlista which has helped me in finding ways to take care of my hair. So far I have eliminated bad dandruff and shedding.
Regimen
Wash 1x a week
Co-wash 1x a week
DC 2x a week
leave in conditioner after each wash
moisturize and seal 2x a day
air dry
dont use heat! ( on a noheat challenge)
bt might use heat after relaxer
Stretch relaxer every 8-12 weeks (wrking on getting to 12)
Trim every relaxer

Products I use:
Scurl
kemi oyl
Jamaican Black castor oil
carrot oil
tea tree oil
ORS Deep conditioner
Africas best leave in conditioner
Elasta QP shampoo
Suave conditioner