As stated in a previous post, 2012 Natural Hair Challenge, my goal is retain up to 3" of growth every 3 months or an inch a month. It's a pretty ambitious goal, but I believe it can be achieved through a strict hair and diet regimen. My current regimen is simple. Every other week or every 10 days I:
- Apply Greek yogurt recipe (Naptural85) prior to shampooing (rinse out); finger detangle in the shower
- Shampoo with Kinky Curly Come Clean or Mizani True Textures
- Condition with Suave Almond and Shea Butter Conditioner (rinse out); awesome slip and consistency!
- Final rinse with ACV (depends on how I feel)
- Apply leave-in -- Qhemet Cocoa Detangling Ghee; Coconut Oil to seal, and SM Deep Treatment Masque as styler
- Set my hair in flat twists, twists, braids, etc.
It is now day 3 and I've been taking it one day at a time. I have been in the gym a lot lately, so protective styling certainly is a plus for my sweaty hair. Here are my styles so far:
Day 1: Roll and Tuck
Day 2:
Twisted Updo: I don't have a good photo from yesterday, but here is how they always look.
Three months is a long time, especially for a girl who looooves big, wild hair. I'm just gonna have to get creative to keep from boredom. In a couple of weeks, I'll be getting some baby twists put in to hold me down for another six weeks. In the meantime, I'll be taking it one day, one PS at a time until then. :) How are you ladies holding up?
Doing pretty ok! For week 2 my hair is as your day 2 photo. I only style 1x per week. Nice pics!
ReplyDeleteHi MoiVal! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm going to narrow mine to 1x a week, too. I love twisted pinups. So easy and no fuss.
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