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