I'm a huge fan of DIYs. And we'll some things turn out like a train crash where all the containers pile up. But.....There are some other projects that flow perfectly to the destination & turn out great! One of my biggest diy projects I have right now is my hair! I have taken the last few months to really repair & protect my locks. About 1 1/2 ago I was victim to a horrible hair dresser. Well at the time I left I had no idea how damaged my hair was. To give a little background. I have ALWAYS enjoyed artistically trying things on my hair. In junior high I was blonde, high school I cut it short & through college it was a major canvas. I went pitch black, burgundy, red, half blond/half black & dark brown. I mean just putting on all these chemicals. I'm guessing the timing of this appointment was ALL THE WAY wrong. She left the color shine on too long & that combined with a particular time in my life where the texture might have been changing & super stress at work just killed my hair. I mean it would barely form curls. And I mean my hair has always had the best natural tightest curls ever! The day I realized how bad it was I cried. Lol It was the end of an era as I knew it. A few months past and it was just breaking off. It was horrible. I had a friend suggest getting sew in extentions to try and let it grow and break off more naturally instead of putting heat on it everyday. So I did for about a year. I loved that. It was really expensive, cause if I was going to wear fake hair & mines had always been so pretty I'm going to have the VERY BEST! The extensions were really low maintenance & still looked natural with my texture. The take down process was a massacare. I basically got to see the murder process of my hair. Every time I took it down and combed it out all of the dead hair would be lying in my sink & I'd just pout. So after the wedding I cleaned out all of my commercial hair products put the weave away & started a cleansing process. I only use organic hair shampoo & conditioner. I have a few brands I really like & I've also tried making my own. But the condition formulas I found have been the best.
My maintenance process.
1) Try to not put heat on it. Find alternative hair styles.
2) Use organic products. This eliminates the bad chemicals/ingredients that dont heal the hair. ( recommended products below)
3) Wash & condition your hair twice a week. I do Sundays & Wednesdays.
4) One of those Conditions need to be a deep condition. (Recepies below)
5) Grease/condition the scalp every other night. (Suggestions below)
6) Braid or roll the hair at night at least twice a week. This will hold the condition in tight with the hair.
7) Have a silk pillow cover. This allows the products to stay in the hair more & not be soaked by the cotton pilow case.
8) Get a trim every 6 weeks. This doesn't cost much. Most places cost $10. I'd recommend using this repair time to look for a hair stylist if you don't currently have one. Tell your story. Make sure they understand you are rebuilding not a test trial on cuts or color. If they are recommending these things they may not have your hairs best interest.
Recommendations
SHAMPOO & CONDITIONERS
*Shea Moisture (available at Walmart now)
*Dr. Broner
*Avalon Organics
*Clarifying cleanser mix 1/4 cup of baking soda, 1/2 cup of water & 1/4 apple cider vinegar in a bottle
* Basic poo 1/3 cup of baby shampoo, 1/4 coconut oil & 1tsp vitamin e
DEEP CONDITIONERS
*Avocado deep conditioner, one avocado pitted & mashed mixed with 1/4 cup of olive oil & 1 egg yolk. Overnight mask leave out the egg.
*Yogurt mask conditioner
1/4 cup Plain Yogurt & half a banana
*Protein mask
1/4 cup of mayo, 2 TBS olive oil & 1 TBS pure honey
*Oil overnight
Heat 2TBS olive oil & coconut oil for 30 seconds. (overnight place shower cap &towel over hair)
*Growth treatment
2TBS ginger juice & 2Tbs coconut oil. Apply to scalp.
DAILY PRODUCTS
*Shea Moisture
* Organic coconut oil
*Pure Olive oil
