QuoteReplyTopic: Layla’s Hair Diary! Posted: August 15 2006 at 10:04am
On Saturday I attempted to color my hair with Loreal Colour Pulse
Chilled Plum. Needless to say it didn't work. It did work at staining
my scarf though. I fingercombed only and my hair came out great. I had
all these little perfect coils all over my head. I guess the comb
usually pulls them all out.
Currently I'm sitting with olive oil and honey all over my hair. I'm
trying to prevent split ends. I plan to CO this out in 20 minutes. It's
been 6 months since I did the BC so I want to do a little trim. So the
next time I twist or braid my hair I'll do it. I planned style my hair
into twists with aloe but I have to go out.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
My hair feels back to normal after using my new shampoo and deep
conditioner (old Jessicurl). I hadn't even noticed that it's been
forever since I've done one. Then I attempted to shingle with shea
butter and mousse. It didn't work to well. It just looks like I have a
chunky fro.
My hair is 6" long. yay it's growing.
Edited by Layla - August 10 2006 at 10:41am
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
It seems as if my hair hasn't grown this month at all. I think it's
still at 5-1/2". If I can get my hair to look good once I will take a
picture so I can do a growth comparison to see if it's growing at
all. I don't know what's wrong with my hair that's causing it not
to grow and act all sucky. When my hair was relaxed, it would grow 1" a
month now it's not growing at all. The monthly clarifying didn't help
at all it looks exactly the same. The only way i can get any curl
definition is to coil it while it's wet and split them up when it's
dry. I'm finally almost finished with the ARTec shampoo so maybe the
Regis Cherry Almond shampoo will work better.
The shea butter that we buy used to be really soft and great but now
it's hard so I tried whipping it to see if it helps any. I'll be using
a little of that today and start braiding my hair but I'm going out so
it'll only be a few braids.
Today's experiment: honey rinse.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
My hair has been so frizzy and dry looking at the ends lately. I don't
know why. Maybe because it's time for my monthly clarifying. Usually
after I do that it looks great and perfect. I have V05 strawberries and
cream on my hair as a prepoo and then I'll clarify and condition and
moisture as normal.
I guess I'm at that horrible in between stage of hair growth. I loved
my hair when it was shorter but now it's just blah! But it is growing
because I can hold it all together into one ponytail with my hands but
the thicker hairs stop it from staying in a ponytail holder. Maybe when
it'll get longer I'll love it again.
I'm going to do coils. Well start them anyway because I'm going out in an hour.
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 dripping down my face. I'm doing the
oil conditioning treatment from the african american hair section. It
seems really great. I've used olive oil before so I don't know if it's
this Suave Lilac and Lavendar conditioner that smells great but my hair
feels really soft and moist and super easy to detangle dry when a
minute ago it was hard and dry from being in an old twist out. Since
I'm going out in a half an hour I'm just going to rinse this out and
call it george.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
I dusted the ends of my hair while I was braiding it. I plan to trim my
hair next in October. Hopefully by then it will have grown 2 inches. It
is currently about 5-1/2" so that'll make it 7-1/2".
I don't really have a hair routine lately. I just shampoo and condition
it and keep it in a style for a week and do it over again.
I am going to try and avoid cones and see if that will help with scalp itchies/flakes.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
I've been gone for a month and not posted anything about my hair. I'm
back though. Here's a quick recap of my hair. I kept those cornrows in
for a week. I twisted my hair and kept them in for almost a week (I
think). I wore my hair out for some of my trip and since it was cold
with low humidity my curls were so cute without having to use any gel.
Now that I'm back I have the top half of my head in cornrows and the
back loose. Of course the the spot where the top meets the back is my
funky hair that sticks straight up so I'm constantly wetting and
conditioning and trying to smooth it down. I just combed it out in the
shower and for some reason I don't see any curls. Is it the humidity?
It just looks like an afro with straight pieces sticking out
everywhere.
I think my hair grew 1/2" while I was gone. It's now 5" long.
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
So I guess I spoke too soon on the wasting water thing. I didn't even
get around to using a lot of water and we ran out. I'm about to CWC,
microfiber towel, apply EQP Mango Butter, and get my mom to cornrow my
hair for me.
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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I love my new short hair. My mom did most of it for me with clarifying
shampoo (used for the foam) on my hair.