Hair Diary #9 Jamaican Black Castor Oil

I’m back you guys! This post won’t be that long though. I’m just coming through to tell you about a new product I bought. Now as you saw in the older posts I’ve been using castor oil. I mentioned how I wanted to try Jamaican black castor oil. Well I got it and I’ve been using that in my hair for about a month and a half now. I’m definitely starting to see the difference already. My roots have become a lot fuller in the front. For a little while the front of my hair was becoming a little scarce because of my BC especially in the temple area. My hair was breaking off in the front leaving a lot of short hairs in between my long hairs. I’m so glad it’s starting to grow longer for me so it can start matching my longer and the back of my hair again.

 I’ve been applying it all over my scalp and when I remember I massage it into my scalp as well. I would like to massage it into my scalp at least 3-5 times a week. The only thing is this stuff doesn’t smell too good lol. Like it smells like burnt wood or something. How I’m able to counteract this smell a little is the peppermint oil that I have in my daily spritzer. Overall I really like this product; I’m even using it as a sealant mixed with jojoba oil for my hair after I apply my KCKT. Afterwards I apply a little bit of my macadamia nut butter and my hair is in business.  Have you ever tried Jamaican Black Castor oil? If so what is your thoughts on this product?

                                          

Hair Diary #8 Hair after flat iron

Hello, hello, hello!  Okay before you say anything I know I should be ashamed of myself for being away for so long. I really am too. I’ve planned on coming back a few times but then I got distracted with more things. I will try to do better this time around. So on the last post I talked about how I straightened my hair for the first time. Well I let that style stay in my hair for 2 weeks. A few months before I saw some videos talking about beer rinses and how to wash your hair with a beer rinse once you’re ready to wash your straight hair. I got the non alcoholic kind the cheapest one in Walmart. I don’t really remember the name but I was feeling kind of lazy that day and sarcastically asked my boyfriend could he wash my hair lol. To my surprise he said yes and was willing to wash it for me.  I thought this was a good way he could see all I go through to wash my hair. He knows it takes me hours to my hair on wash days. So he did everything for me but put my DC in (I chose to do this one myself).  After that he washed the DC out for me, I’m so thankful for him helping me out so much wheew!! I wasn’t feeling like dealing with my hair that day.

Results: NO HEAT DAMAGE, YAY!!!  I wasn’t feeling it that day and forgot to take pictures of my hair lol. So after my hair was completely washed and was clean I applied my KCKT(Kinky Curly Knot Today) leave in conditioner to my hair and literally put in like 8 twists in my hair. Two twists in each of the four sections. That was it no moisturizer or oil, I told you guys I was feeling lazy that day lol. I wrapped my hair up and went to sleep, with good intentions to put a better style in the next day. I didn't they stayed in for a few days and I wore a beret  to cover the big parts and look stylish at the same time. After a few days I took those twists out spritz my hair a little just slightly damp and applied my Macadamia nut butter and put my hair in mini twists.

lazy big twists 

my mini twists 

I wore those twists for 2 weeks and co- washed them after the first week trying something new. I don’t normally wash my hair while it’s in mini twists but I didn’t hurt anything. Co washing them did make them look really refreshed. I didn’t have my macadamia nut butter on me so I used some of a friends beautiful textures moisture butter. Ummm…. I didn’t really care for it much, but then again I don’t know if it was completely bad for my hair because I just applied it on top of my twists. I think I still should have had better results but needless to say it didn’t keep my hair moisturized long. So I don’t think I will waste my money on that product. Good to know because I was considering buying it lol. I applied my Macadamia nut butter again and my hair was finally happy and moisturized again. Have you guys ever tried the Beautiful Textures moisture butter before? What was your take on it? Well this is all folks…. Until next time! J

Hair Diary #7 Flat Ironed Hair

Hello, hello….. So as I explained in my last post I straightened my hair for the first time. It actually wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Maybe because so many years of watching other naturals straighten theirs on YouTube. Or simply because I did the roller set first, which made it easy because I already had parts sectioned(I used about 35-40 rollers).  Next time whenever that will be I think I’m going to do a flexi rod set first. My main reason for that is because my roller sets pretty much suck lol and my flexi rod sets come out looking GAWgeous!! Lol. They’re also smaller sections which will be even easier and I don’t have to worry about the roots not being smoothed.

Why did I roller set my hair instead of blow drying my hair you ask? Well I’m not too big on heat with my hair. I want to keep my hair as healthy as I can. Blow drying is a direct heat and all the tugging with the brush or the comb on the flat iron can be a little hard and can cause some breakage and excess shedding if you’re not careful. Roller setting is the healthier alternative it’s not direct heat and you wouldn’t have to worry about the heat damage.  Even though heat damage isn’t a problem with roller setting I still applied a little heat protectant all over my head before rolling just as a precaution.

Now with that being said about heat, once I took the rollers out and sectioned my hair in four big sections to work with.  As I pull sections within the four sections I applied a little more heat protectant (Grapeseed oil). You’re probably thinking that’s a lot huh? Well I would rather be cautious then sad at the end because I have to start all over.  I then passed the flat iron through the sections I only used 1 or 2 passes. Some sections in the back I passed the flat iron through twice but the whole front of my hair only got one pass through. I also used the lowest heat setting possible. When I tell you I’m cautious I am so serious lol. I don’t need a bunch of passes on each section or a lot of heat anyways because I never really cared for bone straight hair on me.

During: Back Finished  I don't know why I had a black shirt on while I was doing this lol

Finished whole head and stretching it to it's full length: (Excuse my face I was tired and you can see by these pictures my hair wasn't bone straight)

I put my hair in a low and loose bun and went to sleep. The next day I took it out the bun put my hair in pin curls for body which is how I normally wear my hair to sleep. I didn't ever learn how to wrap my hair lol Don't judge me! If you don't know what pin curls are here is a video that I did the last time my hair was straight.                                                                 

So I took them out out and this is what I had 

 Can you believe I didn't even comb the curls out yet and it was so pretty. So what do you guys think? Well ladies and gents if their is some reading until next time......

Hair Diary #6 Hair Consultation

So it's been about a week and a half since my last post so I thought I would come check in with you guys and tell you what's been going on lately. So this week I set up an appointment for a consultation with a natural hair stylist.  I went to my appointment and the lady was so nice. I was still wearing my bun from the last post and she takes it out and is like "WHOA!!! you have a lot of hair" lol. I thought she was going to just stop or barely look at my hair because of that, but nope. She felt my hair, looked at my ends, looked for build up etc. Then she tells me that my hair is in great shape. I was glad to hear that as I was hoping their wasn't something I was missing. Then she starts asking me questions about what I use in my hair and what I use as a DC because my hair felt very moisturized as she takes the little bit of it from off her hands and starts to rub on her arms like lotion lol.


From their we talked more about my regimen and she told me a little bit of hers. She said she was suprised how healthy my hair was from only doing it myself with no help and that I gained a lot of length in such a little bit of time. I then told her a little of my natural hair story and how I'm pushing for even longer hair. Is it just me or during the first year or two of your natural hair journey did your hair grow crazy fast? Mine did and even though it's still growing it has slowed down a little. I'm starting to think it was because of my Mirena but I don't know. I still will retain my goal of having WL (Waist length) hair.

Anyways now back to the story so during the rest of my consultation we started talking and it seemed as though we had been friends for a long time that's funny how something just as simple as hair can do that. So to all of you out there that are having problems with your hair or are just curious to know how your hair is doing try setting up a consultation appointment with a natural hair stylist. There really is nothing you can lose from this experience because it's free but you can gain a lot about the state your hair is in or if you're on the right track with your hair. So try it out and see how you like it, I would advise it to be a natural hair stylist as some others may have a biased opinion.

P.S. Before I forget their is also something else I forgot to mention I'm going to straighten my hair for the FIRST time ever......I paid somebody to do it for me when I was relaxed just because I knew nothing about hair whatsoever at the time. So this is a warning so PLEASE DON'T JUDGE ME (Chris Brown) If it comes out looking a horrible mess because i'm trying. I don't really get practice at this because I hardly ever use heat, but i'm sitting under the dryer now as I type. So stay tuned for my next post which will be in the next few days to see the results. Until next time.......

Lazy Hair Day!

Hello again! How is your hair journey going thus far? Good I hope. Well today I’m just popping in for a little to talk about a lazy, low maintenance style. These are for the days you just really don’t feel like doing much for your hair. So as you know before I do a style for my hair I deep condition and co-wash my hair (in that order) but whatever way you choose even if you choose shampoo. Then I apply a leave in conditioner than style it. Sometimes I want something really different then on those many lazy days of dealing with my hair I decide to do a bun.  If you’re a newly natural and have a TWA (Teeny Weenie Afro) this style won’t work for you.  This style is for medium to long length naturals and transitioners with enough hair to fit in a puff or bun. Just simply moisturize your hair making sure to pay close attention to the oldest part of your hair (the ends). There you have it, also for some of you that don’t like to wear braids, twists or weaves a bun is considered a protective style.  As for the puff the ends are still exposed so you would have to cover that to make it a protective style.Until next time…

Hair Diary #5

Okay you guys so this post is like a week late BUT it’s always better late than never lol. Okay so last week Dec. 13^th was my wash day. I’ve decided on going back to weekly washes and will only do every 2 week washes if I’m like very very busy. I just realized hey I can’t do that because my black tea rinses need to be weekly for a while to help with the shedding. So yea I ended up going back to my weekly wash days.

So last week I made another homemade DC just trying new things I guess you could say. I mixed in a bowl some yogurt, honey, VO5 strawberry & cream moisture milk conditioner, small amount of smoothing mangosteen yogurt vitamin conditioner (finishing it up), olive oil cholesterol, amla powder, avocado oil, almond oil and castor oil and applied it on dry hair. Once the DC was completely saturated on my hair I held my head over the tub and poured the black tea rinse on my hair concentrating mostly on my scalp then to the rest of my hair.

This is what it looked like :  

After this process I put the shower cap over my head and a regular grocery bag. I watched a movie, got on YouTube, facebook etc and fell asleep lol. I no intentions on falling asleep this time but it happened oh well EXTRA moisture for me ha-ha. So in the morning I washed my hair out. It left my hair feeling really silky and strong at the same time. While it was still pretty much dripping wet I applied my leave in conditioner to my hair KCKT (Kinky Curly Knot Today) which I need to buy more because I’m very low. Then added a small amount of my favorite butter which is Macadamia nut butter to my hair and put it in twists. After I finished the twists I got some castor oil out applied it to my scalp and every twist.

Later on that day when I took my twist-out  out it was so pretty and very moisturized and my curls were seriously popping like so crazy. I have a few things in mind to do with the castor oil. In the upcoming months I’ll be trying a few things with it. Today is my wash day again and my curls are still intact and haven’t started to frizz yet I’m so loving it. If you haven’t already tried out some castor oil on your hair and let me know how it does for your hair. I used Home Health but any will work if its natural/organic ex: Jamaican Black Castor Oil. Until next time..!! J 

Hair Diary # 4

Hello everyone!!! I just thought I would post something really quick about my hair today. So for almost two months now on Facebook and Twitter I've been debating on which day I would  release my fro. Well today was the day, I noticed the weather looked really good and I just felt like doing it. So first thing when I woke up in the morning I took down my four big twists. I spritz my hair with a little bit of water and a little oil I mixed with the water. In addition to that i added a little bit of coconut oil to all four sections and started picking away. Just that simple but you should have a little patience so you don't start ripping your hair out. Especially when its time to comb those curls out.

Doing it this way is a little more work than if I were to blow my hair out....but.... I didn't want to add any heat to my hair just yet. I have plans to add heat to my hair maybe towards the end of this month or the begging of January. Anyways I picked and picked and spritz a little and then I patted my hair down. I can sit there and pat for a while so it can look as close to perfect as possible. Only problem is now my fro is too big for my car :(. As soon as I sat down in my car I noticed the roof of my car and my hair were getting ready for war. I pretty much couldn't turn my hair too much while I was driving or I would have to worry bout picking the top of my hair all over again. Good thing is dropped my pick in my purse before I walked out the door so I was GREAT. I will post my video I just uploaded today of hair as well as my pictures below. Until next time everyone...........Good day!!