QuoteReplyTopic: Layla’s Hair Diary! Posted: October 23 2005 at 10:03am
HAIR HISTORY
I
have 4a hair and am extremely tenderheaded. When I was a child and even
now I hated getting my hair combed so I was glad when my mother offered
for me to get it cut all off. I was about 5 years old. My hair was I
guess waist length or almost waist length. I got it cut to about 1". I
loved having short hair that I could comb myself and didn't hurt. When
I was 12 and my hair was about bsl when stretched and I was tired of
getting it combed again, my mother put Curl Free Relaxer (which is
really sort of a texturizer) on my hair. It relaxed the curl some and I
was able to wear my hair in a huge ponytail since I didn't know how to
deal with my hair. Back then I didn't know about shampoos and
conditioners so I used whatever my mother bought me, which happened to
be the cheapest, biggest bottle of shampoo -Pantene Clarifying
Shampoo-. I then went to a hairdresser to get my hair evened up so I
lost a lot of length and my hair ended up being past my shoulders. I
may have used Curl Free one more time but I can't remember because my
father didn't want me to use it. I let it grow out and cut the relaxed
hair off. When I was 14 and upset with my hair again my mother let me
get it relaxed at a beauty shop. It was straighter than using Curl Free
but still not straight. When I was 15 or 16 I started getting it done
straighter. The last 4 times I've had my hair relaxed my mother has
done it at home with Phytorelaxer. Now I'm 17 and I'm transitioning
back to my natural hair. I hope to be able to deal with my hair now
that I've learned more about taking care of it. I'm still just as
tenderheaded as ever.
Edited by Layla
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
Before starting this journal I was using a normal journal, so now I'll copy some of the things I want to remember.
October 27, 2005
Because of my flaky scalp I shampooed my scalp really well. Good news
no more flaky scalp. Bad news new growth is huge, undefined, and frizzy.
October 29, 2005
Scalp massage w/avocado oil, Fox's Shea Conditioning Cream on ends, and
CO wash. Roots are back to normal. Today's leave-ins: Sebastian Potion
9, FSCC, and Aussie Tizz No Frizz gel. Hair pulled back into very sleek
bun.
So shampoo gets rid of my flakes but isn't good for my hair.
Conditioner is very good for my hair but makes my scalp itch cause of
the cones. I bought V05 kiwi lime conditioner to see if that helps.
I've been shampooing every 4-7 days and haven't CO in awhile. My hair
gets really flat when I deep condition so I don't have that shampoo or
CO problem anymore.
Edited by Layla
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
CWC with TRESemme and ARTec just now. I used Sebastian Potion 9 and
Aloe Vera Gel on my wet hair and braided it in two braids. I love Aloe
Vera Gel for my natural hair it brings out all the little waves just
like conditioner even after I comb it out which usually wrecks all the
waves. It even worked on my frizzy coil at my nape, turning it into a
beautiful little coil.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
Hairstyle of the day: 2 cornrows.
Shampooed for the first time in 19 days. My scalp feels so lovely and
fresh. I followed it up with KPAK and Heavy Cream since I'm out of
ARTec and was in need of a deep treatment. I didn't use any heat
though. My cousin came to visit for winter vacation and brought me some
new shampoo and conditioner. I asked her to bring Regis cherry almond
shampoo and olive oil conditioner. I haven't tried it yet. I put Potion
9 on my towel-dried hair. I love how slippery it feels when I put it on
but it dries kinda clumpy and crunchy.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
I'm sitting here with olive oil on my hair and shea butter on my ends
about to go wash my hair. I plan to use Aloe Vera Gel as a leave-in and
put my hair in 2 twists. They probably won't stay or look right but
it'll keep my hair neat to dry. I was planning to CWC but I might just
let this oil replace the first C. I was planning to BC for my birthday
on Friday but my mom said that the salons will all be busy for New
Years. So I might do it in a few weeks instead. I finally found some
hairsticks but my hair is now too short to use them. I didn't buy them
but they were pretty and spirally and only $10.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
Lovely Curly Roots
My roots seem to like the new Regis Olive Oil conditioner. They are all
wonderful and wavy. I remember when I used to have that one frizzy
undefined spot smack in the center. So glad I'm over that stage. My mom
dyed her hair last week. I used a little bit on the tassels of my
cornrows. You can't really notice it now that I've washed it. I think
it just looks like my natural highlights so it just blends in with my
hair. The color was feisty pumpkin a light spicy brown.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
Tuesday Evening I'm doing Psychology homework. I'm really behind in it and I took a test today so I'm reading the next chapter. The topics are: What
is Consciousness?, Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, Altering Consciousness
through Concentration and Suggestion, and Altered States of
Consciousness and Psychoactive Drugs. It's a pretty interesting subject but I always put off starting it. It's 6:41 p.m. My mom says I should do homework.
On a hair related note. I wore the headband my little sisters sent me
for my birthday. It'll look great once I do the BC. They got me two
headbands. A tan one with black and gold embroidered designs and a
bright green sequined one. I washed my hair yesterday with ARTec poo
and Heavy Cream. My hair was so tangled I couldn't detangle it. The
weird thing is the roots are easy to comb out and the ends are easy but
where they meet is awful. It's usually much easier to comb out. I don't
know what I'm doing different or wrong.
Edited by Layla
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
I just detangled my hair and put it in two braids. I put the shea
concoction on the braid tassels. New ingredients added: olive oil, aloe
vera gel, and honey. I plan to wash my hair tonight. Then I'll ask my
mom if she can take me to get my relaxed hair cut off either tomorrow
or Monday or soon after that. For once my relaxed hair is behaving good
and my natural hair is what's hard to comb. Maybe my relaxed hair likes
only shampooing in the shower but my natural hair needs the moisture of
conditioning. Or maybe it's just because I didn't detangle in the
shower last time I washed my hair.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
I
think I'm going back to my old routine of washing every four days. I
had switched to every three days but I usually forget and end up
watching every four days anyway. I would actually plan to wash on the
third day but I'd oil overnight instead.
I
plan to wash with diluted shampoo, do a protein treatment, and let my
hair air dry since I flat ironed it. It's kind of weird taking care of
my relaxed hair that I plan to cut off in a couple of days. But I can't
be mean to it.
Edited by Layla
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
I met my goal! Last night I cut all of my relaxed hair off.
I love my new short hair. My mom did most of it for me with clarifying
shampoo (used for the foam) on my hair.
* I followed it up with Regis OO
conditioner. I put my naturallycurly products on. Oyin Whipped Pudding
and Qhemet Biologics Honeybush Tea. I went to sleep with damp hair. I
couldn't sleep because I was so excited about my new hair. In the
morning it was flat so I used my spritz and Princess hairdressing to
style it with 2 sparkly bobby pins.
I wore my new earrings I bought yesterday, with my birthday giftcard to
Rave. Everyone says I look older and more mature. They say I actually
look 18 instead of 14 or 15.
I went out and when I came home my hair was flat all over, from the hat
I wore under my scarf. I spritzed it again and tried to rearrange it.
It didn't work so well. My hair didn't look as good as it did this
morning. Frustrated with it, I picked it into an afro and got my mom to
even it up for me and cut off some more straight ends.
This evening it was feeling dry so I sprayed some Infusium and oil sheen spray on it and got my mom to brush it for me.
*For using a clarifying shampoo and having it left on for almost an hour my hair was surprisingly soft and moist.
--------------------------------------------------- List of stuff I've used on my fro so far: Regis OO cond
Oyin Whipped Pudding
Qhemet Biologics Honeybush Hair Tea gel
Ebene hairdressing creme
spritz
Infusium
oil sheen spray
Edited by Layla
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
February 10: Rinsed
out my hair, applied shea butter, finger coils with Redken Ringlet. I
loved my finger coils and kept them in for two days. It looked like I
had a pixie cut. February 12: Undid the coils
and had a corkscrew afro with my sparkly green birthday headband. I
went to a plant talk thing. I learned how to make shampoo out of
hibiscus flowers. Today: I'm about to try my hibiscus shampoo.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
February 13: Applied
Oyin Whipped Pudding and Fantasia IC gel. Wore a headband. It came out
good. I think I put too much gel on the front though but that was good
becuase it still was perfect for 2nd day hair and it wasn't as crunchy
anymore. I still have annoying straight bits in the back that I can't
see. I have to ask my mom to get them but she doesn't have time. February 14: Put a dollop of Whipped Pudding in my palm and added water to make it easy to spread and refresh my wash n go style.
Today: Same as yesterday. Switched to a double headband today. Before going out I used my shea concoction and water to fix my hair.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
I haven't shampooed my hair in a while. My mom used wonder 8 oil with
paraffinum liquidum on my hair when she cornrowed it. I really plan to
clarify and use my Jessicurl WDT in a couple of days so today I'll just
CO as usual. I plan to do bantu knots after washing.
Hair Type: 3c-4aNiii
Edited by Layla
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
Today's Plan: CWC with V05, HE Purifying poo, and Jessicurls WDT.
I did my first ponytail the day before yesterday. Well half ponytail. I
did bantu knots only on the front half of my head because I didn't want
to sleep on them in the back. I put the rest of my hair in a ponytail.
Edited by Layla
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
I did Jessicurl WDT but I didn't really notice a difference. Maybe I
didn't use enough because the jar is so tiny and I paid so much for it.
But my hair felt the same as if I did a normal wash. Maybe it was
because I clarified first and dried out my hair so much.
I think I'll do a deep oiling with olive oil while I go out to a museum to see if that helps any. Today's Style Plan: flat twists in the front
I am really bad at actually sticking to a routine and I think it's starting to show in my hair. So here is my routine:
Every 2-7 days:
1. Pre-treatment of olive oil the morning of my wash day. 20 minutes before getting in the shower apply conditioner.
2. Wash scalp with diluted ARTec shampoo (I can't believe I still have this stuff*) . Rinse.
3. Condition with Regis OO.
4. Rinse, leave a little in.
5. I've been using Infusium as a leave-in but I don't think it's moisturizing enough. Instead I'll use Jessicurl Aloeba.
6. Usually when I wash n go I use gel. I'd like to see what my hair
looks like without gel so I'm only going to use a teensy bit mixed with
water in my hand.
7. style
*I think I should stop buying big bottles of shampoo at the same time
as conditioner. I hardly use the shampoo. I should just buy a normal
sized bottle of shampoo and the big conditioner. I'm halfway through my
Regis Olive Oil conditioner already.
Edited by Layla
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
So far I am doing my routine. This will be my second time doing it. I
am currently sitting here with olive oil on the back portion of my
hair. It is 8:27 PM. Ten minutes later. I'm cutting the olive oil part
down because it's getting late. I will continue with the shampoo
routine experiment. If my hair starts to get dried out, I will just
trash the idea. 8:34 PM Today's style: braids. I
haven't wore braids since before I relaxed my hair. I had some big
sleeping braids in about a week ago but not braids as a style. I may be
lazy and just do sleeping braids again. 8:30 PM
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
April 9: Sleeping braids.
April 12: braid out
Today: I woke up and put shea butter instead of olive oil on my hair
and ate breakfast. I'm about to wash it, deep condition it, aloeba, and
pull it back with a headband/scarf. I've been good about doing my wash
routine.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
I'm about to wash my hair after going to the beach. I'm pre-pooing
w/Suave Aloe cond. I'm going to CO with Regis OO & Jessicurl
WDT(leave some in). No special style today just headband. I'm going to
try out my new moisturizer that is chock full of bad ingredients. Maybe
my hair likes bad ingredients.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
Hello, I usually only CO once a week not because I don't like it or
anything but because I'm afraid of wasting water. Since I'm going on
vacation I figure I can use a little extra water and CO today and
shampoo tomorrow. I think I actually like my new KeraCare moisturizer.
It makes my hair look good and feel soft. The only thing is I don't get
those cute little curls on the end and my hair looks a bit greasy. I
totally forgot to mention that I got my hair trimmed on Thursday(I
think). I don't think she evened it up but I'm glad to be rid of those
damaged ends. My hair looks a lot better now. But I'm a little worried
about build-up so I'll skip it today and just use Elasta QP Mango
Butter and just wear it out parted down the middle.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
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