Washday Sunday!!

Today is my designated wash day. I detangle my hair the night before to prep it for washing. I shampoo my hair 3 times and condition once before deep conditioning with a foil conditioning cap (Use steamer or heated cap if available). I leave the deep conditioner with EVOO on my hair for as long as possible. I rinse with warm water. I use 2 leave in treatments before blow drying and moisturizing. These are the products and tools I use:

1) Wide Tooth comb

2) Shampoo- Creme of Nature Argan Oil Shampoo (Sulphate free)

3) Conditioner- Creme of Nature Argan Oil Conditioner

4) Organics Hair Mayonaise Hair Treatment

5) Extra Virgin Olive Oil

6) Conditioning Cap

7) Elasta QP H-Two Leave in Conditioner

8) Extra Strength Hair Placenta

9) Blow Dryer

10) Elasta QP Hair Moisturizer

11) Wild Grow Light Hair Oil

Relaxer Day!!- My way!

Today was my relaxer day. I based my scalp with JBCO to prevent burns and overprocessing and self-relaxed with my usual Mizani Butter Blends Relaxer for Sensitive Scalp. I used a sprush (pictured above) to apply the relaxer to my new growth and then dusted my ends with relaxer 2 minutes before neutralizing with Mizani Butter Blends Sensitive Scalp Balance Hair Bath.

I always do a protein treatment on relaxer days to put back the protein taken away by relaxing. Today I used the Organics Hair Mayonaise mixed with extra virgin olive oil. I applied it generously all over the hair and covered it with a foil cap for 3 hours before rinsing it out.

I applied my Elasta QP H-two leave and conditioner and Extra strength hair placenta to damp hair which I left for 5 minutes to penetrate. I then blow dried my hair and applied castor oil hair treatment to my scalp and Elasta QP hair lotion and coconut oil to my hair to moisturize and seal.

I'm wearing a bun as a protective style.

Do you self relax?

My Hair Regimen!!

Hi Everyone,

To say my hair is thriving would be the under statement of the year, so I've decided to share what I been doing to increase my length and volume which I know can be quite the challenge with Afro-Caribbean hair.

Protective style:

A weave is usually my protective style of choice, especially in the cold winter months. This does a lot to protect my hair from the elements thus protecting it from dryness and breakage. It is of upmost importance to keep your hair and hair extensions clean and moisturized (I was my hair extensions every 1-2 weeks). I usually used the Herbal Essences Hello Hydration range for my hair extensions as it is hydrating and leaves minimal residue on the hair. Argan oil and heat protectants are the only product I use on my hair extensions and really all that is needed.

In between weaves I tend to go for the mother of all protective styles; the bun. It's simple, quick and pretty much suits every face shape. I sport this styles mainly in the summer months as I usually prefer my hair off my face and neck during this time.

Relaxer:

As my hair is no longer in it's natural state I relax my hair on average every 3-4 months with Mizani Butter Blends relaxer for sensitive scalp. I love this relaxer. It's mild and does not have the usual god-awful relaxer smell. It also does not leave my hair over processed or leave my scalp with scabs and burns.

I follow the relaxer with a neutralizing conditioning shampoo also from the mizani butter blends range.

As I rarely use heat on my hair due to the fact that my hair is usually in a weave I blow dry my hair after it has been relaxed and washed. I use hair lotions on my hair usually from brands like motions and Elasta QP, and any hair oils on my scalp.

Wash days:

I wash my natural hair once a week with creme of nature argan oil moisturizing shampoo and conditioner which I adore and it is relatively inexpensive in comparison to the mizani products. I follow this with either a protein or moisture treatment which I alternate. I don't usually stick to the same treatments as I have found they all pretty much work the same way.

My Holy grail products:

Mizani Butter Blends Relaxer

Creme of Nature argan oil range

Castor oil

Wild grow oil

Elasta-QP H-Two leave in conditioner

Hask Placenta Leave in treatment (Extra strength)

Elasta-QP glaze

Motions hair Lotion (Pink Bottle)

Herbal Essences hello hydration Range

Argan oil

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What are your hair favs?