October Hair Game Plan...

Hey there hair lovers, I’m back full-time now, I have my laptop back...

I digress, I left off on my last hair trip in Micro-links, yes ya’ll Micro-links.

 I purchased them with my own self’s money a while back and waited till I could get help with the install. They were a wonderful install but a pain to maintain. I suppose all weaves can be a pain to maintain but, I thought that this one would be the best for me to do while I was still in my growth process. While it kept me semi Heat free I did enjoy the easy “bunning”. It was fun to just be able to do a bun without the hassle of a donut/silk covered sock that I really enjoyed them and contemplated doing them again.

There were two issues that I had with the hair that I purchased. One the color I had ordered a 2, which in hair is black brown, when I got the hair it was very auburn and I had to color it. It took the color and matched my color with ease. Number two: The hair was not in my hair texture. It was so smooth and silky that I kind of ignored that it didn't really match my own texture. I have the natural yaki straight texture but I got away with it just a bit on twist outs. I did enjoy taking the links out, it was soooo very easy to take them out. I just gently pressed them the opposite way that I was back to my neck length hair in no time. *le sigh* I will no longer be seeking out the Micro-link hair extensions well for one the cost is very high and I think I will do better with hiding my hair till the winter is over with a nice U-part wig and a closure, or just the wig. 

Here’s what the Micro-links looked like in a braid out.

Now to my sew-in, so I had decided to get my hair in a sew in with an invisible closure. I strongly disliked the closure. STRONG DISLIKE. It seemed cool at first and then I went to shampoo my hair which I didn't like doing either. But I enjoyed my braids my sister in law can braid her some hair. Check out the pattern below. 

I had worn my hair like the above photo for a month now and it’s time to relax but I think I will wait, just to be honest. I did a Growth Aid tonight and my choice GA is Gro-Aut. The stuff works for me I will be 13 weeks post relaxer and it was un-comfortable for a while. When I got it braided it was nice and I of course I didn’t have to mess with my own hair except for days I oiled my scalp in essence I will be hiding my hair until the New Year 2013. I just have to get my hair game back together.

I plan to relax 10/6/2012 which will be my 4th relaxer of the year. WOW! I never noticed that all this hair loving I do.  On that note, since I switched to the ORS brand relaxer, I switched to a No-Base relaxer, what’s a No-Base relaxer you ask? It’s a Lye base relaxer that is more gentle on the hair and does not need to be mixed. It also has a longer shelf life than its yang the “no-lye” relaxer. The No-lye relaxer is a harsher type of relaxer for the hair rather than the scalp. So why did I choose to switch it up in the hair game, well one reason was to gain thicker hair, I’ve always had thin hair from the first kit relaxer my Mom applied to my head till last year. It’s gotten a lot healthier appearance than before I plan on doing a couple of snapshots and posting them later.

My plan for October is to get my hair plan in action, gather all my needs to that I can proceed with the plan. I will be using my half wig this month as a whole wig I will take photos of it once its dry from the co-wash I just gave it. It’s got life again J

Hair plan for November to January:

1.   Purchase Hair (Brazilian Hair in lengths 12, 14 and 16) I’ve been looking for some very reasonable sellers and I think I found one.

2.   Purchase a closure

     I have all the needed items to create the u-part wig of my desire and will be using clips instead of sewing it to my braided hair. That way I can take off the wig and care for my hair and re-braid if I need to. Well I think that is all the Shenanigans I have been up to with my hair for the past two months and I will not stay away so long next time. In fact I will make blogging a habit. I do not Youtube and I love Instagram, catch me there chelle2707 and until next time…

Happy healthy hair trip

Xoxo

Chelleshock32

Coming Soon...

Yes, I hear you all waiting with baited breathe. Ok,ok, ok, maybe not baited breathe but, I know you all are waiting for my newest shenanigans. 

I'll be happy to report them to you all

Thank you for staying tuned

:)

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 

May Goals Revisted

I didn't commit to my May goals because I was so busy with my personal life that i got caught up, but any way, I will be going to recap my May Goals but in the midst of my Hair Journey I will be also going on a life changing weight-loss journey. Yea I know, you've heard it all before well, Its really different this time. All jokes aside, I got sicker than I thought and looked at some pictures of myself now and thought, "who is this person I'm looking at? I don't recognize her? This really can't be me, I will be completely honest with you all. This is the heaviest I have been and I'm not very comfortable in my skin any more. Sooooo, I'm committing to be fit. Not only for me but for my daughter.

So here goes my May goals

Here are my goals for May:

1. Moisturize and Seal once at night, no matter what.

I actually failed this, because of the fact I got sooooo busy.

2. Sleep in Satin Bonnet.

Winner!!!! GOAL met!!! it was the easiest ones for me to meet

3. DC 2 times a week

I failed this one too, got way too busy to do this.

4. Educational Research: Vegetable Glycerin 

I meet this one, see my article about it :-D

Now for June, its about wearing protective styles, I wore nubian twist for two weeks I will be wearing the curls from it for the last week of June, so I will not be having any hair goals for this month to post. I do know that in July I will be wearing more protective styles i just don't know which ones to wear. I've looked at creating a u-part wig, a quick weave with a wig cap, braids and I even thought about cutting it off. I won't go into that one at this moment i will revisit it (cutting off my hair) just not right now.

Off to go Deep Conditon

Happy Hair Adventures

xoxo

June Hair update...

I apologize for the late blogging entry but, I'm here :)

I recently explored for two weeks nubian twist braids. I was a good protective style because I could do it myself Here is what they looked like and yes these are from my Instagram

Nubian Twist
Instagram name: Chelle2707

So, I took them down and wore the curled hair from the braids for about two days, so today I will be deep conditioning my hair for a minute I wont be shampooing because I already shampoo'd my hair for this week.

I will be experimenting with other styles for the summer as I will be getting physically fit  *again*

!!! I COMMIT TO BE FIT !!!

Hair-ducation: Session 1, Topic: Vegetable Glycerin

Vegetable Glycerin...


It has many uses in my educational research for proper hair care, I've found at least three ways to use Vegetable Glycerin. I'll name them


New Growth Moisturizer (hair)
Cleanser (face)
Toothpaste (can you believe that?!?!?)


I have been reading so many articles on vegetable glycerin that I think that I'm ready to try a couple of experiments and find the mix that will work for the ultimate summer moisturizer. I live in the Midwest and there are plenty of humid days in the city, in fact humidity stays at about 60-78 percent in the recent days. Which is perfect for adding vegetable glycerin to your hair care arsenal. I have relaxed hair, so its wonderful during my stretch, it can also be used on natural hair and used while you have braids.


Vegetable Glycerin is a humectant, which means it works very well when moisture is around by becoming a magnet attracting humid/moisture in the air/surroundings. Vegetable glycerin will pull in moisture into the hair shaft creating a moisture home for the hair to keep on thriving, you should now know your hair can not thrive on protein products along, there is always some form of moisture that you will use. In my case I need lots of moisture. You can decide on your personal needs. Below is my spritz that I have been using after the shower. Why after the shower? Remember Vegetable glycerin is a humectant and will draw in moisture to the hair. The steam from the shower actually gets pulled into my hair allowing more moisture to get into the hair shaft. LOVE IT!


***I do have to advise that if you live in dry climates and have no Moisture in your air, the vegetable glycerin will work in reverse and draw in dry air making your hair loose moisture***


hydrating glycerin hair spray recipe:

• 1 part of pure vegetable glycerin
• 5 parts of spring water

Mix the ingredients in a spray bottle, shake well. Spritz on hair after showering. 

As far as a face cleanser this is what I found to work on my skin and has been making it glow. I love the fact that it has not caused an acne breakout on my face. I use this during a pamper shower day which I have every shampoo day

 glycerin mask for a dry and dehydrated skin:

• 1 tsp glycerin
• 1 tsp honey
• 2 tsp milk (i used condensed milk)
• 1 tsbp spring water
• 1 tbsp oatmeal

Mix well. Apply to clean face for 20 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.

Toothpaste, the third way I have used it, I had to mix it with other things but found that it had the same effects as my regular toothpaste. Well I still have my teeth to say the least :D I ran out of toothpaste and this is what I came up with... 

Homemade glycerin toothpaste recipe:

• 2 tbsp baking soda
• 2 tbsp pure vegetable glycerin
• 1 tbsp hydrogen peroxide
• a few drops of your favourite essential oil (I use peppermint.).

Mix the ingredients well. Store in a small bowl. I used the mini glad bowls, my teeth get the whitening power and they feel great. 

What are some ways that you have found multiple uses for products that you have in your stash?

 I'm so glad I found you Vegetable glycerin :D

***Coming Soon: Heat Free Curls Photo series***

Happy Hair Adventures

xoxox Chelleshock32