Now experiencing Co-Washing...

Co-Washing: using your Conditioner in place of Shampoo

I wake up late today, I was not in a very happy mood from yesterday. I start my Morning by saying my mantra to keep me focused and to encourage myself. I decide to co-wash this morning after i reached into my hair to SCRATCH! My hair was so dry and poofy, it was just down right sad. I guess my hair was feeling the way I was feeling too. So, I started the co-washing process, blindly reaching for the VO5 moisture milk and the bottle felt heavy, it shouldn't. I open my eyes to see that it's my clarifier :(

I did not want to Clairify, I wanted to Co-wash!  So I rinse my hair without agitation and proceed with the right  stuff, my conditioner. Lesson: Don't have all your products in the shower like I do.

Loved my Co-wash this morning since its hot here, 102 daily to be exact. I can do the Co-Washes in the morning so see how my hair likes it. I can say that it felt instant moisture because of the water mostly but when I rinsed and applied my Roux Porosity Control and co-washed again, did a detangle in the water and conditioner, it felt Abfab! (Absolutely Fabulous). I will pick up the co-washing more and shampooing less this month, it felt so great to have that instant moisture this morning and I am happy to report that I didn't have that much comb-out from the process.My hair felt so smooth and slippery. I loved that feeling, it didn't feel coated to me unlike when I dry Deep Condition.

I ended my Co-wash with moisturizing and sealing and I got ready for work and drove away. I will be 10 weeks post on July 12th. I'm considering going another week but we will see how it goes next week when I update with the Co-Washes, Pictures next time I promise.

Until then Happy hair Adventures

xoxox Chelleshock32

July

July is here time for hot days and even hotter nights. I love the summer, heck I even drive round town with the windows down most of the time (when the temp is not above 95 degrees). 

Anyhoo, I have to say I will be having two hair adventures this month. What are they? 

Flexi Rods and Gro-Aut.

Recall my last note about doing a Gro-Aut review. Since then I decided to purchase another round of the hair oil for this month and see how my hair does with the GA (Growth Aid) and I'm excited, even more so because I got my Sister in Law to join me on my Adventure. 

A lil background on my sister in law "K", she has a very thick strand of hair, I would say she is a 4b type grade of hair almost but her hair is soft to the touch without any product. K's hair is really black, there is not a trace of brown in her hair except when she is out in the sun for too long with her hair uncovered. K's Hair has come a long way for the past month. I'm constantly on her about DC-ing her hair and M & S-ing her hair  before bed, I think I have taught her a good hair habit, at least I hope so. K is so excited and willing to learn and try new things and most of all, willing to let me experiment on her hair, so I will be posting some hair photos of K in the future to show what she has been doing. But K's hair has been doing soooo well. I went to visit her and my Big brother this past weekend and to my amazement, she had on her scarf!!!! And she was not scratching her scalp. I'm so happy for her :) So, I will be posting some random photos of K and what lengths she has achieved.

Now, I was talking about the month of July :) What I plan to do in July is a lot of curls, mostly curls with Flexi Rods. I have yet to purchase any of them so I have been bunning for the remainder of this week in July, which I am tired of doing. I will be flexi Rod-ing and using my GA all this month, I'm happy for new styles and I hope that I can commit to them, the tutorials on-line have been making them look so very easy, I thought the same about roller sets boy was I wrong :|

And to start the month off in a great way, here are the July Hair Goals:

1. Oil scalp with GA (Gro-Aut)

2. Add one co-wash

3. Dry and Wet set Flexi Rods

4. Figure out a use for the left-over GrapeSeed Oil

5. Hair-ducation: Research "Co-Washing"

There I think I covered it for this month. I have been keeping up on my water and which is still 64oz each day. I have been using my QT cups to keep myself on track.(good old .69cents cups). I have lost a bit of weight I have not been to my weigh-in at my Doctors Office yet, but I will post another blog and mention it in  my next hair Adventure. 

In the meantime

Happy Hair Adventures

xoxox Chelleshock32