So y’all know that I am getting a bit tired of my natural hair, but I am
definitely not tired of washing my hair. I love seeing my natural hair curl in its
wet state and it is easier to see my length when my hair is wet. I also enjoy mixing my concoctions and oils for my hair and applying them.
So here we go:
1. Prepooed with hot olive oil over-night, covered
my hair with a plastic bag and used a wig cap to hold it in place so that the
bag stays in place and oil is not all over the place. Since I am at home I had to make
do with the oil at home as I couldn’t bring my special mix of oil Uyo. I was
already carrying a lot of load and just couldn’t add any more itefrom ms. I usually
like carrying my small box but I had to carry my big box because of my
unnecessary and necessary load. I think I have a picture of my box on my phone,
yep I do.
2. The next morning, I decided to try out a new
technique. I applied my mum’s conditioner (Hair fruits, peach fragrance) on my
sectioned hair and detangled. I normally detangle once a week (after deep
conditioning to minimize the amount of hair I see breaking) but today I decided
to detangle with the conditioner and oil on my hair. I lost some hairs but it
was not much.
3. I washed my hair with my diluted sulphate shampoo
(VO5). They say sulphate shampoos are the devil, but I have about 2 full
bottles and there is no freaking way I am throwing away (or giving it out) my
shampoos just to start looking for sulphate free shampoos that would end up
costing about 6 times the price of one of my VO5 shampoo. Call me cheap but I am
trying to reduce the amount I spend on my hair. I want to use easily accessible
products for my hair and also retain growth so that when my hair becomes the
envy of people I can show them that products that are easily (or sometimes not
easily) found in Nigeria that can help them grow their hair. With the exception of my
oils and conditioning caps and towels (which at the end of the day might be
available in Nigeria and last a long time) I am planning on cutting all my hair
expenses. And I also use the sulphate shampoos because I dilute them (40:60, 40%
of the shampoo and 60% of water), I wash once and I always, always prepoo with
hot oil on my scalp and hair or on my scalp and a protein treatment on my hair.
So I reduce the drying effect of the shampoo.
4. Tea rinse with my tea made from Ahmad’s black tea
(strawberry flavor). Bought this tea because of its smell and to drink not use on my hair but at
that time, I was told by my doctors to avoid caffeine when I started having
symptoms of Tachycardia. Luckily for me, I discovered that tea (black or green)
helps with shedding, so it was not all that bad….#smile. I allowed the tea to
run off, I didn’t rinse it off like I normally do. Big mistake! It made my hair
so dry.
5. I deep conditioned with my organics tea tree oil/ cholesterol treatment for about 2 hours. Covered my hair with a plastic bag,
shower cap, my new turbie twist (I soaked it in hot water, squeezed the water
out and wrapped it on my head), covered with another shower cap then put on my
mother’s old conditioning cap. That cap has been in my house for almost 25
years. It was actually a conditioning cap that uses electricity but apparently
it was having some fault so it couldn’t be powered by electricity again. I just
cut the wire and use it like that. #sharpgal.
My Mother's Conditioning cap
6. I detangled after deep conditioning then rinsed
off. My hair was really dry all thanks to the tea. I don’t think I am trying
that method in the next 1 month. It was just too drying for me. I would rinse
it off after it has stayed for about 5 mins.
7. I applied my leave in conditioner when my hair
was about 60% dry, applied my olive oil to seal in the moisture and applied my
shea butter mix and allowed to dry.
I know what you guys must be thinking. ‘She has time o! I don’t think I
can wash my hair for almost 4 hours’. However as I was doing all my hair
rituals, I totally scrubbed my toilet/bathroom from top to bottom, washed all
the dirty plates and pots, arranged some of the items I brought from Uyo and
swept the kitchen. You see, I did some housework. If I wanted to wash my
hair in a salon, I would just waste about 3 hours and i would not be satisfied with
what is done to my hair.
I didn’t do any protein treatment this time because I have been doing
protein treatments back to back for almost 5 weeks and I think my hair needs to
rest before I go into protein overload and experience serious breakage.
Well, that is enough hair talk for today. I am feeling sleepy so I think
I should have a little nap. See ya very soon.
Luv,
Petite Diva.
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