If You Like it Then You Shoulda Put a Rinse on it...? - Clear Rinsing

I rambled about my interest in clear rinses before. I shared with you some of the benefits and reposted some testimonials from a few bloggers. The time has finally come for me to try it out.

I did the rinse on the wash day following my relaxer. I skipped it on relaxer day for a few reasons: I didn't have much time and I didn't plan on styling my hair properly. I simply air-dried and went on my merry way. I wanted to see the full effects of the rinse so I wanted to wait until I was able to style properly.

I started the following wash day with a coconut, EVOO, and grapeseed oil hot oil/ pre-poo treatment. I followed that with a mini clarifying wash with ORS (to fully remove any relaxer that may still be present, although I highly doubt that), then I deep conditioned with ORS HaiRepair Nourishing Conditioner (light protein), followed by a moisturizing DC with Queen Helene Cholesterol creme (ginseng) to be on the safe side. **You may remember I struggled with protein overload a little while ago ad I don't want to risk that agin. I think it's important to have the moisture/ protein balance on point as the clear rinse will 'lock' your hair in it's current state.** Finally, I cooled and sealed with Tresseme Moisture Rich conditioner and then did my clear rinse.

Directions

Apply directly from bottle to towel-dried hair. Use protective cream around hairline and keep off scalp. Process 5 to 10 minutes. Rinse and shampoo. can be used immediately after relaxing.

Use immediately after relaxer service

Enhance, refresh, brighten, shine

Semi-permanent (heat)

Temporary (no heat)

No ammonia

No peroxide

Execution

After the process outlined above, I t-shirt dried for about 5 minutes and then applied the contents of the bottle to my hair. I skipped the protective cream they recommend (obviously bcuz it's in clear), covered with a plastic cap, and sat under my bonnet dryer for 10 minutes because I want semi-permanent results.

I hopped back in the shower and rinsed with cool water. I t-shirt dried again for about 10 minutes then I detangled. My hair felt no different from my other wash days (womp womp). It didn't take long to detangle and I only lost minimal amount of hair, but my hair felt a bit dry and somewhat tangled. I was not wowed at all.

Note: I think one of the culprits is that at that point, due to my relaxer, I had used protein for 3 straight weeks. I did it to fortify my hair for the relaxer process and to rebuild it thereafter, but now I wonder if that was a bit much. I still am not back to the soft hair I had before those protein treatments.

I will give it another try to see if there is any difference, but for now I'm not sold.

Have you tried clear rinsing yet?