With this stretch I’m focused on retaining my length. In the month of March I was on my A game with protective styling my hair. I would braid my hair and kept them in for a week or two. This really helped me with keeping my hair moisturize and protected from the weather.
With this stretch I am really focusing on retaining my length. My hair is growing the way I want, but holding on to my length has been difficult. I keep hanging on Arm Pit Length (APL), but now it’s time to move on to full Shoulder Length (SL).
In my last post I wrote that I wanted to go to a hair salon for a professional haircut. Well I planned to find a salon and get the job done, but something else happened.
Problem areas
During my hair journey there have been some parts that have been my problem areas. I decided to do a little project and concentrate on the parts that need some extra TLC.
The problem areas are my edges, nape and crown area. For now I’m mostly focusing on the nape and edges. My problem is growing out both areas. The growth rate is a bit slower than the rest of my hair and the sensitive part.
Routine schedule
I planned to do more protective styles. During my hair journey I noticed that bunning my hair 95% wasn’t the best style to do. Because of the pulling and styling in a tight pony tail.
My protective styling consist of:
By applying one of the styles, it gives me a chance to leave my hair alone for a period of time and also helps to grow out my hair. I also need to work on applying an oil to my scalp on a weekly basis. The oil that I prefer for my scalp is Jamaican Black Castor oil. Using this oil will make my new growth thicker.
Here are some pictures that I took when my hair was freshly texlaxed – August 16 -.
Since September 19 have been protective styling with a wig. I plan to keep on protective style my hair in the month October and hopefully also in November.
Protective styling to the rescue!
Texlaxed hair | how to deal with your edges and nape
Ow woow what a week .. my hair has been shedding like crazy .. I think it’s because of the weather and also too much direct heat. I live in the Netherlands so its autumn season #smh. Normally my wash day is on Saturday .. but I had some plans yesterday. I went to a M.A.C. workshop .. I had a good time.
So I’m washing my hair today. Because of the shedding I’m going to steam my hair with a towel .. yes a towel and a hair dryer. I learned this technique from http://kara-zeytin.blogspot.nl/. Below you will find here YouTube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHx4M3HFN5g
I DC with ORS replenishing conditioner and mixed it with different oils (Olive/Castor/Peppermint/Rosemary/Almond oil). I sat under the dryer for 30 minutes and then co-washed my hair with TRESemme.
I really need to concentrate on my hair more. Lately I’ve been slacking.