Day 54 - UWI Fete

Di my hair today for the UWI fete.

 I started yesterday, with an ACV rinse that I left on for over an hour. Then put the conditioner in for almost 12 hours. Around 11pm I applied clay ad left it overnight for about 10 hours.

I did a lot of finger combing to remove shed hair and it was a lot.

Here;s what my hair looked like witout product.

And here's what it looked like with product after an afternoon and evening of dancing at the UWI fete to Machel Montano -

homemade Marshmallow root and Slippery elm conditioner

DIY leave-in conditioner -

http://www.msdeekay.com/4561/diy-marshmallow-root-and-slippery-elm-leave-in-conditioner/

It is an alternative to KCKT

Based on Love your tresses detangling spray with Marshmallow Root and Slippery Elm.  I left out the Argan oil because I wanted it to be more of the consistency of the KCKT).   I only use a fingertip amount of extra virgin olive oil mixed with castor oil before applying my Flax seed gel after applying this leave in because my hair is very fine but dense and APL which can get weighed down and oily with a lot of product.  I am still playing around with the ingredients but so far I like it.  I also leave it in the fridge.  I hope this is helpful.
MARSHMALLOW ROOT-3 TBSP
DISTILL WATER 3 CUPS
VITAMIN E OIL 20 DROPS
ALOE VERA 1 TBSP
LAVENDER ESSENTIAL OIL-15 DROPS
LEMONGRASS ESSENTIAL OIL-15 DROPS
SLIPPERY ELM- 1 TBSP
1/3 DISTILL WATER
SPRAY BOTTLE
Combine MARSHMALLOW ROOT, WATER, SLIPPERY ELM and boil on low to medium heat for 15 minutes. Allow to cool and strain herbs.  Fill 1/3 of spray bottle with distilled water and add strained herbs mixture.  Add 1 TBSP OF ALOE VERA GEL, VITAMIN E OIL, ESSENTIAL OILS and Shake.

Day 50 - my hair is back on track!

Yay!

Its been a week since.I did my hair in trinidad and about 3 days.since I did a modified MHM with tresemme naturals.

Today, I went into town and got the 16oz kccc and a bottle of kckt pkus some olive oil. I came home and did my hair to good results.  Heres what it looks like -

 Nice and cute. Yay!

 Here's what it looked like - no bueno

Day 49. DRY HAIR!

So, I spent about 12 hours travelling back to DA from TNT over the weekend. Yes, I can't believe it! But that time included waiting for my flight in TNT for about 2 hours, waiting for luggage and travelling home in DA and wasted time disembarking at two airports. *sigh*

Anyway, my hair was super dry by Saturday, despite the fact that I had washed it on Friday night. I did a protein mix so that could be part of it.

I went to the beach on Monday but was unable to wash out my hair so today, I am going to do my MHM. It will be a bit different because I don't have ACV and oils. As such, I'm gong o try DanabNatural's baking soda mix - 1-2 tablespoons of Baking Soda in a whole bunch of conditioner. I am using the Tresemme Naturals conditioner.

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Okay, I did a baking soda/conditioner mix, then applied clay, then applied some conditioner and went out. My hair is frizzy and something tells me that's the way it'll be for a minute. I will try to do my hair again over the weekend. I hope by then to have a little olive oil. I will also try to make some homemade fsg (flaxseed gel) by then. I saw the large KCCC in town for $120 but want to try to make mine as an alternative, even though I will still buy some to take to TnT.

Day 48

Do I have done MHM approximayely 46 tines. Thats quite sad in s way because when I got to Trinidad I eas at cycle 31. That means I have only done my hair 15 times while in TNT.

Anyway today was a quickish job. I had protein in for just over an hour, conditioner for just over an hour, clay for just over an hour and then haphazardly applied conditioner (not dilited) and gel.

My hair was dry and more tangles than normal. I think that leaving the protein in for son ling so often is not a great idea. Assuming my hair doesn't suggest otherwise I will wait until the 10th or 17th for anothet protein treatment.

I liked that I didn't have to separate my hair into sections. It allowed for a quicker finish.

Here is a pic of my hair when done. Its still wet and will be that way as I fly to dominica.

I will say that despite my hair not being at its best, matia asked how I do t, asha made me have conversationss about it and mikey also wanted advice. Hooefully th hosr are good signs.

day 46 hair review

I have bern doing 4-6 day stretches as that is what my schedule has allowed for. Fortunately,  I have not experienced as much shedding as I thought I would.  I think that is because I have been leaving my clay in overnight. In fact, I have been stretching my cycles iver days. As such, I clease with ACV on Friday night and apply conditioner for an overnight conditioner. Then on satirday, I apply clay and leave on until sunday or monday as the need may be.

During thr course of the week, I simply spray my hair with water and then use my butterfly clips to stretch my hair. The results arr consistently great.

I continue to use less and less produxt? Which is a good rhing. I am beginning to wonder whether I should create a butter to use on my hair instead of gwl but forbnow that isn't a sonething want to worry about. Anyway, here is a pic of my hair when last I did it

day 43

Since the last time I wrote I did 2 protein treatments and 2 normal MHM cycles.

My hair has been fabulous and I have been stretching overnight, sometimes wearing a showercap to sleep.

Although I just did my hair on tuesday this week (2 days ago) - protein yreatmnrt - I plan on washing my hair on saturday and rhen again on tuesday next week.

Day 39

Although I was aiming to wash my hair once a week, I washed midweek. On Wednesday night I did a wash that took longer than expected with mist of my time spent on part 4&5.

Anyway, it was for the best ad my hair looked and felt great on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

On Sunday, i started my day with an ACV rinse, which I left on for about thirty minutes.  It was followed with a 1 hour cowash and then a 1 hour mud treatment.

My hair feels good and I like the way it looks -

 Hair in the morning

 Hair In the morning

freshly-washed hair

Hair a few hours later

I'm going to wash my hair again on Thursday, preferably in the morning. In fact, I'll mix my protein mix on Tuesday/Wednesday evening and put it on for about 3 hours on Wednesday and then sleep with conditioner to then finish everything else on Thursday morning.

I can't believe how much my hair has changed since I started the method and I hope it continues to thrive.

day 37

It was over a week between washes.

I started the process on friday night - acv rinse then deep con treatment. I slept with conditioner overnight and in the morning I rinsed and put on my clay mix. I left it on for about 9 hours then finished steps 4 & 5.

I then put my hair in braids and slept with a showercap which I left on for the whole sunday till monday morning.

Today, my hair looks great and feels lovely. Here are a few pics and I'll add more later tonight.