Wash Day...

My next to last transition hair day!

1. I prepooed with Ojon Restorative Pre-Cleansing Treatment.
   
2. Shampooed with Ojon Tawaka Rejuventaing Cleanser.
   
3. DC with ORS Replensihing Pak, Suave Humectant, Texture Smoothing Conditioner & Rosemary EO with heat for 30 minutes.
4. Leave in is Giovanni Direct, Pantene Relaxed & natural Conditioner for the leave in comb out conditioner. Sealed with Castor oil.
5. Placed hair in about 20 twists, secured at base with hair clip.
6. Air dry over night.

Different textures of hair on my head

After washing my hair last night, I applied Pantene Relaxed & Natural Conditioner for my combout. I detangled & finally used my Denman. I brushed my hair up into a high bun, planning to look cute with uniform waves in my natural hair & wear a kinky puff that covered up my relaxed ends......The front of my hair was not wavy, just kind of there, I don't know if that makes any sense or not. The back, waves! the sides, waves! the front, just doing it's own thing!
Now I know, by getting back to natural, I have to let my hair do what it do....I guess I will just learn to work with it. In an effort to increase the texture in the front, this evening I decided to lightly dampen the front & section and twist into about 7 twists.

I'll update tomorrow to show if it worked. If it works somewhat, I will thoroughly dampen and twist in uniform sections for definition in my up do this upcoming week.

PS- Ok, this definitely helped with the defintion, but I need to start closer to the root.

Definitely getting mentally ready to BC!

This morning I was taking down my french braids in order to DC before shampooing & it just came to me to wet my hair and just cut it RIGHT NOW! I don't know where this came from, but it was just like CUT IT!!!!! DON'T WASTE TIME DOING YOUR WHOLE HEAD OF HAIR...JUST CUT IT AND WORK WITH YOUR NATURAL HAIR THIS WEEKEND!
I decided if I still felt like this after the DC & shampoo, I would do it this evening....
This passed...

Doing the deed....

So I think I have finalized my BC date....DRUMROLL PLEASE! July 2nd is my planned date for now. I plan to make up a batch of Curly Pudding on the weekend. I also need a backup wig...IN CASE I HATE IT!

One of my best comb outs!

After being somewhat frustrated with my hair last week, I did some researching on curly hair sites and came across http://tightlycurly.com/ . I tried Herbal Essence Break's Over, one of her suggested combing conditioners which is left in hair & not rinsed out. This combout was one of the easier EVER!!!

Here's what I did this time:

1. Prepooed with Ojon Restorative Pre-Cleansing Treatment. The label says leave it on for up to 5 minutes, but whatever, I put it on, went to the grocery store, & then rinsed it out.
2. Shampooed with Ojon Tawaka Rejuvenating Cleanser. Conditioned with Ojon Tawaka Rejuvenating Conditioner for 5 minutes. Rinsed out.
3. Sectioned hair into 4 sections and applied Giovanni Direct Leave-In. Applied HE Break's Over to each section as a leave-in. Combed out without very few tangles or knotting YEA!Sectioned each quarter section into 2 sections and did Bantu knots.
4. After this I proceeded to go get my hair cornrowed by my mother, in the two layer style so I can pop on my half cap whenever I want.

I will definitely be using this method going forward. The only other thing that worked this well was the oil rinsing method I tried a few months back. I can't wait until my BC, when I can try the fingercoil method with the conditioner like the tightlycurly.com site recommends for the ultimate curl definition with no friziness.

Vacation Hair

So I was on vacation to the Dominican Republic for a week. I got my hair corn-rowed to the back in 2 layers. It was so carefree!!! I think I have found my style for the rest of my transition. My Mom braided it for me & she kept saying I should just cut off the permed frail ends, I was really surprised that she felt that way. I bought a new wavy, braid out textured half-cap (NBF HW Aspen 1b/27) and it was perfect!

Still lovin' my Maxiglide!

I was kind of wanting straight hair, so I decided to Maxiglide this week.

1. I prepooed with the Ojon Conditioning Treatment.
2. Shampooed with Ojon Hydrating Shampoo.
3. Deep conditioned with Joico Hydrating Balm with heat for 45 minutes.
4. Giovanni Direct for a leave in & Mizani Heat serum.
5. Sealed my hair with Castor oil.
6. Sectioned & detangled in 4 sections.
7. Twisted in 12 Bantu knots & air dried overnight.
8. Maxiglided in sections and put a flexirod on each section while still warm.

Wash Day

This week's regimen:

1. Applied the Ojon Deep Conditioning Treatment overnight.
2. Shampooed with Ojon Hydrating Shampoo.
3. Deep conditioned with Motions CPR with heat for 30 minutes.
4. Giovanni Direct for leave in and sealed with Castor oil.
5. Braided into 12 braids and put rollers on the ends.
6. Air dried overnight.

For styling purposes this week, I will take down the first and wear a half-cap.

2nd time with Maxiglide

So this wash day:

1. I prepooed with the Ojon treatment overnight


2. Washed with Ojon Hydrating Shampoo


3. Deep conditioned with Ojon Hydrating Conditioner & EVOO


4. Applied Beyond Straight Serum


5. Sealed with Castor oil & placed in large 2 strand twists to air dry


6. Air dried overnight


7. Maxiglided the next morning


8. Straight hair ooolala!!

The Maxiglide process was much smoother for me this time. I however am not used to the texture the hair reversion serum gave my hair....last time it was silky, this time not silky :( But it did resist moisture. I took a hot bath as a test, I just put a silk scarf on first before my bath and IT DID NOT SWELL UP, YEAH!!

I was did not like the texture of my hair AT ALL, so I heavily misted with water & sealed with coconut oil which helped immensely.

I wore my Maneclip in an up do and I thought it was pretty cute.

So want to cut my hair!

I so want to cut off my relaxed ends! I don't know how people make it 1 to 2 years transitioning....I guess they are just more patient than me. I tend to be frustrated when manipulating the 2 textures; independently I have no problem with either of them but combined is another story. Anyway just venting!

Today's regimen

Todays hair wash regimen:

1. Pre-poo with coconut milk, EVOO & honey whipped up and applied with color applicator bottle to get to my new growth completely.
2. Sit with heat cap 30 minutes.
3. Rinse, shampoo with Giovanni 50/50 shampoo.
4. Deep condition with blended egg whites, yogurt, honey & EVOO.
5. Sit with heat cap another 30 minutes.
6. Attempt ponytail rollerset as highlighted by Mane and Chic http://maneandchic.blogspot.com/2008/09/cheat-set-ponytail-rollerset.html
7. Sit under Revlon Amber Waves Ionic Dryer until dry.

After my hair was dry, I flat ironed the root sections to straighten it out more. My hair was full, thick and seemed like it was relaxed again. This came out very well and I will most likely attempt this again.

It's official!

I have officially decided to no longer subject my hair to a harsh and damaging chemical relaxer every 7-8 weeks, I am done with chemical relaxers. I will let me hair grow out naturally. A BC is out of the question for me, I will just transition by trimming of my relaxed ends every 3 months.

Some background info

• current hair length is close to back brastrap, no color
• unsure of texture, but I experience some definite wavycurlykinky new growth
• last touchup was 7/3/08
• I have been relaxing my hair for 25 years!

I will be posting pictures of my progress, sharing my hair regimen and product reviews, and providing tips and resources for transitioning out of chemical relaxers.