Sunday, 27 October 2013

Trying Something New - Wash Day

I am not one to do wash day posts every week, but since I tried something new, I thought I'd go ahead and do one this week. I had cornrows for two weeks as a protective style. This is how it went down:


On Friday Night...


13 weeks post wash day

  • Loosened cornrows, detangled + mini length check lol. Lost wayyy less hair than I did during my session after six weeks of protective styling and it took only 20/30 mins .
  • Pre-pooed with Aubrey Honeysuckle Rose + a mixture of EVOO and Grapeseed oil for about an hour (hit the gym AGAIN lol)
  •  SOMETHING NEW - rinsed my pre-poo with some rosemary brew. Now, I have no idea if this is beneficial to my hair or not, but I love rosemary essential oil so I thought "why not?" and my hair was really soft after.
  • Again, I shampooed with ORS creamy Aloe shampoo. (One lather, left on my hair for about 5 mins).
  • Deep conditioned with a mix of Aubrey Honey suckle Rose and Queen Helene Cholesterol Cream (Ginseng version) + EVOO - grapeseed oil mix, a little vegetable glycerin, tea tree, rosemary, peppermint and lavender essential oils. 
  • Wrapped my hair up in a plastic cap and twisty-turby and sat under my bonnet dryer for about 20 minutes, after which the DC remained in my hair for another 40 or so minutes.
  • Finally, I used the cool and seal method with Tresseme Moisture Rich as my regular conditioner. I did a final detangle with the shower stream. I braided my hair in four sections, adding a squirt of the Tresseme on each section as my leave-in.
  • I put straws at the ends to give them a curl, wrapped my hair in my scarf and went to bed.

The Next Day...

HOTD - Braid-out

I undid the braids while my hair was still damp. At first it was nice, soft and fluffy, then it turned to a frizzy mess. Hair that was too damp, too much manipulation, and not sealing the hair last night before braiding are the culprits I think. :-( I hated it. Nonetheless, I threw it into a fluffy, high pony tail and rocked it out!

Was your wash day less than perfect? How'd it go?

XOXO,
Abbi





2 comments :

  1. Your hair still came out nice! The fluffy, textured high pony screams 'fun' :)

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    1. Thanks Jen!! You know how it is when you're going for one thing and end up with something else. Disappointed. But I liked the 'fun' feel it portrayed.

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