Shampoo Brush

I saw a video on youtube about a girl that uses a brush to shampoo her scalp. Sounded interesting so I did a little research. The bushes massages and exfoliates the scalp, which helps promote hair growth and healthy scalp. So I passed my local beauty supply store and peeked in to see if they had any. THEY DID for only 99 cents, CHEAP. So I bought one, it wasn't the one I wanted to buy but it was less that a dollar. Its black and the bristles and pretty thin but not sharp. I rubbed it on my hand and it feel like a nice massage. I didn't use it yet I'll use it in a few minutes.

You must buy a denman

If you are natural, you need a to buy a denman brush. I bought one yesterday and used it a few moments ago and I finally was able to detangle my hair on the top of my head. Which is a miracle. THIS IS A MUST HAVE

Bought some hair products

So I went the spa and as i'm leaving I pass a ricky's if you don't know ricky's has a bunch of natural products as well as make up and other crazy fun things. So I went in a bought some kinky curly products. I always wanted to try the curling custard and knot today and NOW I HAVE IT. Also I invested in a in a Denman brush.

New challenge

SO has everyone knows hair grows slower (or it seems like it does) in the winter time

and we can't have that

also I want to try more protective styles but I have a TWA

so I can't even get all the hair into a ponytail sooo

I what can I do

Since its winter time I can where a beanie all the time

So these are my rules

I stole some of the ideas from the 100 day hair challenge but modified it to fit my needs

Thou shalt not comb or brush thy hair more than once a week.

Thou shalt keep thy hair in protective styles at all times.

Thou shalt not use heat on thy hair.

Thou shalt not dye thy hair.

Thou shalt deep condition thy hair regularly.

Thou shalt moisturize everyday.

Thou shalt spray Leave-in on ends once per week.

Thou shalt cover thy hair with a satin scarf every night to keep the moisture locked in.

Thou shalt eat as healthily as possible and drink 8 glasses of water per day.

I'll try to follow those rules

But I will be adding a few things like treatments and other things

I will defiantly be getting a hair cut the first day of the challenge

And I will be doing the baggy method twice a weeks to keep my ends moisturized

I will also try to wash my hair once a month

and co-wash every week

Health Store Hual

I went to the health food store today and bought to extracts

Nettle and Horsetail

They both contain silica which helps promote hair growth

I'll add this to my water and green tea

Starting a new hair challenge

I always start one but I'm going to finish this one. I have A twa so its no where nears ponytail. So I need a protective stlye and it hit me BEANIES. I love beanies but since its still hawt im not going to start this till mid fall, where I can wear a beanie and not look crazy.

It'll begin mid fall and end the begin of spring...so thats around October- February/March

I haven't thought of it in to much detail besides the Beanie

But I'm not going to fuss with my hair

Mixing and Making

I will try to make more products wit to make with all natural ingredients, it will take some time though to make everything I want. Tomorrow I will try to mix some oils of what I have.

I have Jamaican black castor oil

Coconut Oil

Peppermint EO

Lavender EO

Rosemary EO

I'll be mixing these all together

I also wanna make whipped shea butter and this refreshing spray

16th Review: Dr Bronner's Magic Soap

This is an all over soap that can be used on your hair and thats exactly what I did.

I don't wanna talk about it to much but I love the shampoo

my hair felt clean but not stripped and i will be shampooing more frequently

once a week and 2x a week co washes

15th Review: Bentonite Clay Hair Mask

This is know for clumping, loosening curl and cleansing the scalp

it can be used all over but I'll be taking about hair

I used 1/2 a cup of bentonite clay

and 1/4 apper cider but had to add more

and table spoon of olive oil

so i mixed til it look like pancake mix

I got a spray bottle and sprayed my hair with regular water

and applied starting at the back and smoothed my hair down

I let it dry for 30 minutes but it was fully dried

so next I will let it dry fully

I didn't feel the pulsing

it was easy to wash out

I will try this again my curls did seem more defined

and clumped

Yay, I have a staple reg

yes, My product junkie-ism maybe be a slowing down

because i have a staple hair regimen

I like to do treatments so I have my weekly bentonite clay mask

my organic sulfate free shampoo, dr. bronner's magic soap

my moisturizing deep conditioner, elsta qp

styling lotion homemade shea butter lotion

but i wont be using mega tek so i will need a protein treatment in a while

Over 2 months...

Yeah Its been two and a half since my bc, right now I have my hair in a protective style for 3 weeks

I've been bad with my water

I have not been drink my 4 bottle of water, I might drink 2 bottle but that's not enough. Luckly I do drink my 4 cups of green tea.

What I want...

besides growth, is a steady hair regimin. I love to change things up alot and that cost money. I love being a product junkie but its burning a whole in my pocket. I keep hearing about great products and I want to try them all. I am putting a stop to it, starting with this list of prducts I want to try and like and I will put and keep in my hair regmin.

Hair Regmin

Shampoo: Dr. Bronner's Shikakia Peppermint Magic Soap

Co-Wash: Vo5 Vanilla Mint Clarifying Conditioner

Deep Moisturizing Conditioner: Elasta- QP DPR-11

Spray Refresher: Carol's Daughter Tui Leave-In

Styling: Cantu Shea Butter, World of Curls and Carol's Daughter Some of Margaret Magic

This is just the basic stuff needed for a regimen, atleast I think. I own almost all of these products except for Dr. Bronner's. I lost my cantu shea butter, so I need to re-purchase that too.

Goals

I need to set some goals for this challenge. And here they are

Apply megatek 3x a week

Reach CL (collarbone length- 2-3 inches) by Sept 24

Drink lots of water and green tea

Slow down on my product junkie-ism

Gain Shine

I will check back on this on September 24

My Wish List

I have a new wish list. I know I haven't obtained everything on my other wishlist but some of those items were kind of expensive for me. Also I'm trying to cut back on my product junkie-ism.

1. Elasta-QP DPR-11 deep conditioner: This conditioner is only for moisture, it contains no proteins or anything that acts as a protein. So this will be great for my mega tek challenge. This can be found at any local beauty supply store

2. Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Shikakai Magic Soap: This is a body soap but great for all over. This is organic and does not contain any harsh detergents. I heard so many people rave about this product, so I'll try it. (Can be found at Whole foods)

3. Bentonite Clay: I heard this stuff loosens, detangles and defines your curls. I want to try this also it detox your scalp and can be used as a mask. (Can be found at whole foods)

4. Carol's Daughter's Hair Milk: I am not the biggest fan of carol's daughter. I fond there products to be a little heavy but Hair Milk is suppose to be amazing. I'll be the judge of that. (Macy's and Carol's Daughter store)

5. IC Fanastia Gel (green label ) So many people use this stuff to enhance there curls and I don't want to be left out. But I'm keeping this on my maybe list (Found at any local beauty supply store)

Hollywood Beauty: Castor Oil

This stuff is a no no, when glazing over the ingredient at the store I did not notice that this stuff contained mineral oil. I freaked out because I used half a bottle. hopefully nothing bad will happen and I threw this stuff away.

So I checked my Tea Tree Oil and no mineral oil or anything bad.

Program begins today!

Today July 25 the hair skin and nails program begins.

I have everything need to begin except I used the regular GNC's hair skin and nails instead of the program they have.

New method I tried

I only tired this method on a section of my hair and it worked amazing. I love me hair but the only problem I have with my hair is it doesn't go down and I want more defined curls. So I'm thought of a new method of washing my hair on that section, it worked so much.

Let me explain my method, First:

Do I light co-wash ( VO5 tea therapy)

Detangle

Then With thicker (cheap) conditioner slick down my hair (Aussi Moist)

I slick my hair all down with the conditioner

this makes my hair goes down

then wash and try to to pick it out on move it

keep it all down

Then I apply my leave in and style gel all in a downward motion

My hair will coil up and clump up and still go down

I love the way the section came out

I will try this officially tomorrow

Braid Out

Well I'm a newly Bc'ed and I'm desperate for length

if you didn't know already

So my new plan is to do braids because it'll be a little easier to see length

Why I love Co-washes

1. They are cheap

2. I could co wash everyday without stripping my hair

3. Shampoos suck

4. My hair doesn't get dried so quick

5. My hair is more moisturized