In the hair community using carrier & essential oils is being most advised to use when you want to grow your hair. Growing your hair by incorporating oils in your regimen is a good thing, but how do you go about it?
After 20 weeks of stretching it’s time to relax my hair
Yeah boooy *flavorflavvoice! 20 weeks of stretching my relaxer is over and I can finally relax a.k.a. texlax my new growth.
Wash day | Which conditioner to use?!
wash day which conditioner to use
In the morning I was all gassed up for my wash routine. I started my day with going to the gym and do some groceries. When I came home, I start thinking of which products to use and there is where I got stuck. Because of my last week wash routine I wanted to make sure that I only used products that have moisturizing elements.
Step 1 Shampoo
I enjoyed using ApHogee Deep Moisture Shampoo last week, so why not using it again. This time I didn’t part my hair in sections. While I was shampooing my hair I made sure to really focus on getting my scalp clean. My work-out in the morning had my scalp sweating. After two rounds of shampooing I rinsed my hair with lukewarm water. Before I get ready for the next step I cover my hair with a t-shirt and t-shirt dry my hair for 20 minutes.
Step 2 Conditioner
Normally I know which conditioner I want to use, but this time I was lost. You know that my focus is on moisturizing my hair. So with that in mind I had to use Creme of Nature Pure Honey Moisturizing Dry Defense conditioner. To give the conditioner an extra boost, I added some oils (Castor oil, Jojoba oil and Peppermint oil). In sections of four I applied the conditioner to my hair, concentrating on my new growth, nape and edges.
Without heat I let the conditioner sit for 30 minutes.
Step 3 Leave-in
Let’s continue with using moisturizing elements. After t-shirt drying for 30 minutes I applied Creme of Nature Pure Honey Knot Away Leave-in Detangler. Although I don’t need help with detangling my hair, I like this product because of the thickness. Concentrating on my ends I applied the leave-in to my hair and sealed with Jojoba oil.
I didn’t have any plans, so I just combed out my hair and let it air dry.
Wrapping up!
My wash routine started a little bit off, but baybey at the end my hair felt sooo good. I really believe that adding the oils to the conditioner really gave my hair some extra TLC. During air-drying I ran my fingers through my hair and let me tell you. My hair felt so soft and thick!
Which moisturizing conditioner did you use lately?
Texlaxing #2 at 20 weeks post | HairJourneyDiary
A proud moment! I hold on to stretching my hair for 20 weeks, but now is time to texlax my hair. My new growth is nice and thick. Although I was ready to texlax my hair, there was one problem. I washed my hair a few days ago, so when I decided to process my hair I still had clean scalp.
Wash routine for texlaxed hair!
Wash routine on August 4!
As a result that I texlaxed my hair view weeks ago, I have been using specific products to give my hair the treatment that it needs.
#1 Texlaxing after 20 weeks post
Time to relax!
Saturday 14 July
After stretching my relaxer for 20 weeks it’s time to telax my new growth. This stretch has really been a crazy rid. As my hair is growing nice and thick my laziness has put me in a position that I wasn’t able to retain my length.
My hair was screaming ‘Girl it’s time to texlax’. Dealing with different textures (new growth, telexed & thin / broken ends) hasn’t been easy. That’s why I decided to start all over again. Start over … Eems what do you mean? All I can say ‘DiaryFam are you ready for this new journey?’.
To texlax my hair I use ORS No-Lye Normal Relaxer. Normally to get the mixture ready, I will add an oil, but this time around I will be using a light conditioner. The conditioner I prefer is Garnier Loving Blends Honey Gold.
Divided my hair in four sections and started at the back and work my way to the front. In ‘big sections I applied a decent amount of the mixture to my new growth.
To be honest my step is really basic. Just apply the mixture and use my fingers to stretch out the new growth. I don’t use a comb. Remember we still want thickness!
While I was applying the mixture I kept notice how my hair reacted to the mixture, because I used a conditioner instead of an oil.
The whole process was less than 15 minutes. Yes, 15 minutes; applying and smoothing out my new growth. I was kind of surprized how my hair felt. At first glance my hair looked bone straight. My new growth was straight hunny!
After washing my hair my scalp felt good, but my hair was DDRRRYYY!. It was screaming for a deep condition treatment. To give my hair the TLC that it needed I picked Creme of Nature Moisture Extreme, Nourishing & Strengthening Conditioner. To give it a little boost, I added some oils (Castor oil x Garlic oil x Peppermint oil) to the conditioner.
Side note; for washing my hair I used ORS Olive Oil Creamy Aloe Shampoo but also ApHogee Keratin & Green Tea Shampoo.
Well I’m happy that I telexed my hair. Every time I tell myself that I need to stop with stretching for 20 weeks, but for some reason I’m still doing it. So I’m just going to accept that my stretch will be 20 weeks max!
Let the stretching begin!
Last relaxer: 18th February 2018
Fresh relaxer: 14th July 2018
Next relaxer: 1st December 2018