Sew-Ins

So my cousin came over here yesterday to put in my sew-in for me. Unfortunately, I let my dad pick out the hair because I couldn't come I just described it. Its just yaki, not silky, so she deep-pressed its more silky. My stupid ASS cut it last night, in the front, like, on one side just a chinlength bang, but the whole cut section is wide. Luckily, I've figured out how to hide it. Yesterday I liked it but today I loved it! Its all wavy at the ends because I slept with it in a bun. Tomorrow for school I'm probably going to wear it down with the ends bumped. Or something. I didn't know she was going to leave some hair out but even though I got #4, it still blends nicely in the front with my #2 hair. It looks like I just have brown highlights. And I have enough hair left over to add in for a weave ponytail. But anyways, when she takes it out for me, I'm probably going to do a wetandwavy one. Not sure how, but I might do it so I can have a ponytail. But I'm not sure. I would take pictures .. but I'm having camera issues. My othercousin will probably bring hers to school tomorrow though.

I'm finally figuring out my hair ..

I'm about .. 2 weeks into this Healthy Hair Challenge ..

&& thanks to the water pumping moisture back into my strands, they're thicker.

[YAY]

I washed my hair today. I pre-pooed with Dr. Miracles Medicated Damage Conditioner .. or something like that. And I rinsed it out .. then shampooed with Dr. Miracles Moisturizing Shampoo .. then [I dont like the Dr. Miracles smell] washed with the Garnier Fructis [but by then I had gotten out the shower and washed into the sink .. I gotta stop doing that ..] and then went to the mirror and separated into 4 sections and conditioned .. waited about 10 minutes .. then rinsed. Airdryed into ponytail. But the front was kinda hard. So I put some Profectiv BreakFree on it, brushed through. And some more HealthyEnds on the end. And now its all nice and soft. New growth and all.

But I've realized .. less is more for me.

When I only used the 2 products the hairdresser gave me when I lived in Philly, it grew. So now that I've discovered a few products I really like, I'll stick with them. Because the prepooing actually made it worse.

But hey, [I have no split ends] Some of them are just going in different dirrections from the way I do my buns.

I just need to take extra good care of my ends [because whenever I have braids people tell me how fast my new growth came in] and KEEP MY HANDS OUT OF MY HAIR. No combing. Until wash day.

Macherieamour says to break your goals down one-by-one. So right now, my current healthy hair goal is healthy ends and no breakage. [My length goal is gaining on APL by Dec.07]

[new staple]

Garnier Fructis - OMGOSH I LOVE IT ..

I bought it, because it was on sale, for like $2.88 .. I got the Fortifying Shampoo and the Conditioner for Colored or Permed Hair .. [they didn't have the deep conditioner :[ ] WOW. I shampooed, conditioned for about 10 minutes .. and airdried into a ponytail .. My hair was silky, smooth, soft, moisturized. I LOVE IT.

Seriously. It smells sooooo good. :]

GET SOME !

Still In BootCamp .. && HYH Challenge [++Twistout]

I'm still in Rickelle's Bootcamp until the end of August ..

Then I'm gonna have my cousin [shes a hairdresser && she doesnt charge me that much] put a sew-in for me.

I'm gonna be in the Hide Your Hair Challenge until December 18th [my birthday] then I'll get a touchup and a wrap, and it'll be the first time anyone at my new school sees my hair. Besides my brother and other cousin.

So here's the schedule:

End of August- Sew in Straight [most likely]
End of Sept/Beg of October - Sew in Curly [most likely]
Beg/Mid November- Individual Box Braids
Beg/Mid December - [if the box braids cant make it] cornrows for a week or so until I get my touchup.

My hair THRIVES in braids .. thats how I got from basically chin length [may] to shoulder length [mid july]

Anywho ..

the other day .. [yesterday] I did a cowash with Pantene .. [too much olive oil I put in there] and then put some Profectiv Break Free Strengthener in my hair .. and did a twist out. I did it kind of sloppy and didnt get close enough to the roots [I have some new growth yay] so it was kinda krinkly so I just brushed it into a ponytail .. and put some Dr. Miracles Oil in [my hair loves his oil] .. which I'm running out of .. && I don't have any money right now to feed my product junkie habit :[ so I'll have to use it sparingly ..

Well, I'm out !

LHCF BootCamp ..

I'm only doing [my version] until .. August 26, because school starts the 27th.

Protective styles only.
Daily scalp massages.
NO HEAT AT ALL.
Co-washing 2-3 times a week. [mon,wed,fri]
Weekly deep conditioning.[saturday]
Trying new protective styles so I can see what I like before school.
5 bottles of water daily.

And um .. what else.

Ohyeah, little to none manipulation.

And daily moisturizing.

Lets hope it goes well!

EVOO .. ACV

So I know I was supposed to wait until Friday .. but I had nothing to do I couldn't help it ..

So I did my hair right, and here's what I did :

Prepoo- Extra virgin olive oil

Washed- Dr.Miracles Moisturizing and Conditioning Shampoo
2nd-Softsheen Carsons Optimum Oil Therapy [SCOOT]

Conditioned-SC OOT Conditioner [but I heated it and added some extra virgin olive oil] I waited about 15 minutes then rinsed.

Then I poured some Apple Cidar Vinegar through my hair .. waited about 5 minutes and rinsed again.

Put some Profectiv Daily Strengthener in .. and blowdryed [low setting]

Then added some more Profectiv . and some Biosilk Silk Therapy .. flatiron then wrapped.

All in all, the texture of my hair didn't feel or look that different. It was still kinda dry. Perhaps next time I'll skip the ACV .. because it didn't seem to affect it. I'll skip the prepoo too.

It didn't make a difference at all ..

Next Day Edit-
Okay, so I could fingercomb my hair .. and it was pretty soft. But still lacked moisture. Then again, my hair ALWAYS is dry .. Still on the lookout for supermoisturizers with no buildup.

August 07 .. the beginning of my hair journey ..

I'm starting a new hair care regimen.

My Goals-
Healthy, stronger hair by Dec.07
3'' past shoulder length by Dec.07
APL by August 07

Current Length is just hitting shoulders. A little breakage coming on, due to a crappy hairdresser in North Carolina [just moved here] who overproccessed my hair .. and underprocessed my new growth. Working on it, before it gets worse.

Went to the hairdresser yesterday. I didnt like the way she did my flat wrap before, so I wanted to see if her doobie was any better .. It was cute .. but I could've done that .. It was [again] entirely too greasy ! IF I decide to go back .. I'll have to tell her to lay off the grease and oil sheen .. and if I go back .. I'll either tell her to use a flatiron on my wrap [ceramic] .. or blowout and pull out [ceramic] and if she can't do that then I'm gone.

I already brushed my hair back into a ponytail .. I'll wash it and do it myself on Friday. So I guess that'll be my next update !

STARTING POINT .. NOT RECENT .. BUT THIS IS THE GENERAL IDEA