MHM day 30

Did my hair on thursday evening and put it in plaits. The next day, it looked like this -

Day 27: 3rd day hair

Washed my hair on Thursday and put it in plaits in the evening. Since I was home all day Friday, I didn't bother to take out the plaits. I opted to undo them today though, so my DD could take a picture and here is what it looks like -

Looks good!

Although my plan was to do a few more washes, I think I'll aim for two more before I travel on Wednesday. I want to have some clay for when I get to Trinidad and I also just want to take a bit of a break between now and my flight.

MHM Day 26

So I'm actually on cycle 26 and not 25 as I thought. Thank God I've been keeping track so I was able to realize my mistake.

Anyway, yesterday was another beach day and as usual, I ACVed and DCed on the way home. The con was In my hair for over 2 hours. I made dinner and then rinsed out the con and put clay in my hair in small sections. I then put each section into a Bantu knot and wore a shower cap to work out.

I rinsed out thoroughly, making sure not to leave clay in at the front as I had the previous cycle and then finished up with steps 4 & 5. I put my hair in plaits and slept.

 

My hair after a full day running around in town with the kids.

Second-day hair. Not too bad.

I noticed that my hair dried relatively quickly while running around in Roseau. Not sure if it was because I squeezed out excess liquid after applying the gel the night before, or because that town is super hot!

I need to do my hair 4 more times between now and the 10th to get to 30 cycles by the time I land in Trinidad. I think I'll do my hair tonight or tomorrow (Thursday), on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. Hopefully.

3rd Day Hair

Not too bad. Going to get my hair done later today though.

MHM Day 24

I slept with clay in my hair!

Okay, I had to. I had gone to the beach around 4pm and didn't get home until after 7pm. As is my usual beach routine, after frolicking, I did an ACV rinse, then put conditioner in my hair. It was in for about 2hours.

After feeding the kids, and myself, and then washed out conditioner from my hair and took my time applying the clay. I had it in for 3 hours while I worked out but, I was too tired to start washing it out, so instead, I had a bath, put on an additional shower cap and my scarf and then went to bed.

This morning, my hair shed a lot more than usual when I was applying my leave in and gel.

Not sure if this is because I didn't wash out the salt water from my hair enough. Anyway, I do not plan to sleep with clay again, save for an emergency. And if I do, I'll use full-strength conditioner for stage 4.

Sadly, no pics of my hair as my phone is acting up. *sob*(Got my DD to take pics with the ipad mini. Not great quality, but it'll have to do for keeping track of my hair's progress.)

I definitely like the way my hair looks.

Yay!

Day 23: 2nd day hair

Did my hair yesterday and finished last night. As such, my hair was nice and wet in the morning.  It didn't hurt that I wore a shower cap to bed.

Here are pics of my hair the night before (freshly washed) and the next morning (after taking out my braids). I managed to destroy my phone's screen and couldn't take pics of my hair at night.

MHM: Day 23

I have to admit, I spent most of my day dealing with hair today. I started around 1pm and didn't finish until just before 9pm.

The reason was that I was busy doing other things.

I ACVed for about 5 minutes and then left my conditioner in for over an hour. Then, I left the clay in for over 3 hours.  This stage.worked.wonders as usual.  I applied the.clay then decided to work it in in small sections. Each section I put into a bantu knot. Doing my hair this way I could feel which sections needed more clay. It took an hour Once I'd wrapped it into knots I put on a shower cap and worked out for 2 hours then dealt with laundry. It was actually over 3 hours before I washed it out.

My hair felt different. T he coils were more evident and actually looked like protective princess's in that they hung low and didn't just go straight out. I have been wondering about why mu hair never lays down I now think its because my roots needed ... well I'm not sure.

Morning hair.

Hair after washing out ACV.

I pulled down my hair strands because they were pointing upwards.

Hair with gel.

Hair with gel.

day 22: 2nd day hair

 2nd day hair in the morning. 

 2nd day hair in the morning.

 Crown of my head

At night, I started to shingle the fuzzy parts - don't like the look though.

Shingled some of the fuzzy parts

MHM Day 22

I got cycle 22 done today and even managed to do an MHM cycle for my daughter.

Here's what I did: Baking Soda - Cowash - Clay - Leave-In - Gel

My Clay mix contained eucalyptus oil today and it tingled on my scalp. Nice!

Things went well and I spent a lot of time focusing on still-frizzy bits.

Baking soda step.

Front of head with baking soda.

Clay Stage (worked superhard to coat as many strands with clay).

Product-free hair.

Hair with Leave-In and Gel.

Hair with Leave-In and Gel

So far, no setbacks. I didn't notice improved definition at the clay stage. But, I did notice that when I washed my hair there were no straight bits and the coils were prominent to the touch.

Will wash tomorrow evening and maybe do an overnight DC with jojoba oil on my scalp.