Before bed regimen

Taking care of my hair is a cycle that literally starts when I get up and "ends" when I go to bed.
Emphasis in this post is how I protect my hair when I go to bed. An aunt (Aunty Laura) so dear and close to me taught me how to "swirl" hair before bedtime.  A few steps are to be followed as below:

• Section hair from the centre and brush hair down like a mushroom

 

• Open a line from the back of your ear

 

• Place one hand at the centre of your head to avoid having a "cone" on your head- ideally you want a flat top

• Brush hair right round your head-using your hand on head to grip hair into position and achieve the look below

• Apply a bit of moisturiser just to ensure hair is nourished

 

• Brush some more to distribute the  moisturiser into hair

• When hair is neatly swirled around the head, put a cap on rotate the cap while on head-this ensures the hair is held in place. Try and get as much hair under the cap as possible.

Then pics from the following morning

•  The cap pretty much stayed in place overnight. If you check on the side you can see it slightly went up.

• Below are shots of the hair at different angles

That's pretty much it, easy hey!

Bye bye braids

It's been a good  9 weeks since I relaxed my hair and 8 weeks in braids...time to let my hair down I've been following a pretty simple hair care routine...i think it's early days to classify it as a regimen.

Washing hair procedure:

• Add a bit of Olive Oil Creamy Aloe Shampoo to a bucket of warm water and apply the lather.
• Rinse off the shampoo
• Add to a spray bottle a tsp of Extra virgin Olive Oil, tsp Plain Avocado oil(my latest buy thank you Pick 'n Pay), tsp Miracle Oil and a tsp Olive Oil Replenishing Conditioner and I mix with warm water, shake to mix well and spray generously on the scalp as well the braids
• Air dry my head
• During the week, I sprayed braid spray on scalp and hair spray on the braids to keep them shiny.

It took me 3 days to undo my braids huge mission and it had to done. No one is quite gentle and patient with my hair as me, so I do my own thing.

Washing my hair takes some time in order to avoid a rushed job, I left it for the next day.
Steps I took when washing my hair

• I mixed equal proportions of African Pride Olive Miracle oil, Olive oil and Avocado oil 

•       Put the bottle with oil mixture in a warm bath

 

•  Applied the warm oil on hair and covered with cling wrap for an hour 

• Washed hair with ORS Creamy Aloe shampoo
• Conditioned hair with ORS Replenishing Conditioner
• Applied Avon Moroccan Argan Oil leave in conditioner
• Put my hair in rollers....yes old school like that ;)

• Air dried my hair
• Applied ORS Oil Moisturising Hair lotion and used a roller brush to brush my hair
• Applied T444Z on my scalp
• Seal the moisture in with Olive oil and silicone
• Viola the final product.

During the week I intend to moisturise daily  and let my hair down....enough of pony tails, they strain  my hair. Haven't thought what to do next, odds are pointing in the direction  off getting a weave on...time will tell.

Cheers :)

Confessions

My hair mistakes...

1. Exposed my hair to too much heat-where possible minimise the use of hair straighteners, blow dryers. Now that I know better I air dry or sit under a hooded dryer at the salon. Hair is protein in nature and excessive use of heat disrupts the bonds that hold the hair together thus hair breakage.
2. Didn't wash my hair as often as I should. It is recommended to wash hair at least twice a week, I will confess with my tight schedule I can wash twice. Will dwell into it in coming posts. Bottom line is we wash hair to remove product build up, aerate scalps pore
3. Retouching/relaxing my hair within 6 weeks. I stretched the time between relaxes to 12 weeks. When I do relax, focus will be on the growth only.
4. Not trimming my hair...well my excuse is I haven't found someone I trust with my hair. Until then I will try and have protective hair styles.

Below are the hair products I use on my hair

My relaxer:

My maintenance treats:





Hair Rescue-Silicon, Avon Moroccan Argan Oil, ORS Replenishing Conditioner, ORS Creamy Aloe Shampoo, L'oreal Elvive nutri-gloss, Isoplus hair sheen spray, t444z, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, African pride braid sheen



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Hair rescue, Argan Oil, ORS, L'Oreal, t444z 

Nurture your hair

Experience is indisputably the best teacher, my hair under went cycles when it was long and healthy to short and unkempt . This prompted a reality check on my hair care. I did a bit of research on how to take better care for my hair. Love your hair, take time to nurture it and you too can have good healthy hair and this is the sole purpose of the blog.