Thickening Program & Retaining Length

I have decided to start a thickening program for my hair. I was inspired by nunaavane  to do this program. On this program I will focus on thickening my hair.  I will not be flat ironing, curling or using any direct heat whatsoever. I will mainly be rollersetting or airdrying. Also in this thickening program I will be texlaxing my hair instead of relaxing. Texlaxing gives the hair thickness and texture, its not bone straght, its like a relaxer and texturizer combined. I will also be using castor oil on my scalp and my deep conditioner. I will also be massaging my scalp at night and will be going back to my Cayenne Pepper mixture to stimilate hair growth. I will be doing a video on my thickening program soon! I will also give more details in the video.  Now on to the retaining length part. I have gotten so lazy on my hair journey that I hardly moisturize and seal. I deep condition for a short period of time, like 5 minutes, when it used to be an hour to 45 minutes. So it's time for me to wake up and really focus on retaining length. I will be moisturizing and sealing at least every other day ( I would say once a day, but I have to be realistic lol). I have not abandon protective stying because I do that mainly everyday I HARDLY EVER wear my hair down I stick with the buns & pin ups. Rollerset definitly helps retain length, I have gotten lazy on doing those as well, but I'm starting that back up. I actually roller set my hair last night :). Alrighty I will make a video with more details on these things. :)

BYE yallzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Mariah :)

Beware of "some" V05 Conditioners

Thanks to the Happy Hair Journey Blog I found out my V05 has protein in it. The previous V05 conditioner i had didn't have protein but the one I'm using now " Herbal Escape Free me Frescia" has protein. If you rinse the conditioners out, you should be fine but if you leave the conditioners in as a leave in it may not be that good, especially if your not keeping your moisture and protein in check.Solution: Co-wash with V05, then co-wash with a moisture conditioner (Giovanni). No more leaving this particular V05 in my hair as a leave in nor as a moisturizer.

********No Protein*********

• VO5 Repair & Protect Strengthing Conditioner
• VO5 Tea Therapy Revitalizing Conditioner, Blackberry Sage Tea
• VO5: Herbal Escapes Strengthening Conditioner Pomengranate & Grapeseed Extract
• VO5 Tea Therapy Vanilla Mint Tea Conditioner
• VO5 Silky Experiences Champagne Kiss Conditioner
• VO5 Blackberry Sage Tea Therapy Revitalizing Conditioner
• Vo5 Tea Therapy Chamomile Tea Nourishing Conditioner
• VO5 Herbal Conditioner for Normal Hair, Sun Kissed Raspberry

*********Protein***********

• Vo5 Moisture Milk Conditioner, Strawberries and Cream - Soy Milk - *Some variations may say soybean seed extract
• VO5 Moisture Milks Moisturizing Conditioner, Strawberry and Cream - Soy Milk
• VO5 Silky Experiences Lavender Luster Conditioner - Hydrolyzed Silk
• VO5: Passion Fruit Smoothie Conditioner Moisture Milks - Soy Milk *Some variations may say soybean seed extract
• VO5 Silky Experience Shea Cashmere Conditioner - Hydrolyzed Keratin
• VO5: Kiwi Lime Squeeze Conditioner Herbal Escapes - Hydrolyzed Collagen
• VO5 Extra Body Volumizing Conditioner - Hydrolyzed Keratin, Keratin Amino Acids
• VO5 Moisturizing Herbal Conditioner for Normal Hair, Free Me Freesia - Hydrolyzed Keratin
• Split Ends Anti-Breakage Conditioner - Gelatin/Keratin Amino Acids

Rethinking Sulfate Shampoos

When starting a hair journey their are two major bad ingredients  Sodium  Lauryl Sulfate and Mineral Oil. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is bad for your hair it makes hair dry very quickly. It also strips your hair off its moisture and other essential oils. It does a whole lot of other things as well. Lately, well for about a year now, I have been just co-washing my hair and  deep conditioning every wash and clarify(Shampooing with a sulfate shampoo) once a month. Recently I found a sulfate free Shampoo, thats amazing, but it doesn't do the job like sulfate shampoo. I HATE an oily scalp/greasy roots. I find that my sulfate-free shampoo and conditioner doesn't do the job that needs to be done. What is really the purpose of a sulfate-free shampoo if it doesn't do any cleaning? About a month or two ago I was talking to my hair stylist and I asked her was Sulfate Shampoo bad for the hair and she said " Yes but as long as you do a deep conditioner after shampooing with it your hair will be fine." Right about now I am researching and trying to find what works best for my hair, not others, but mines :)


--Fashionguru95

Not going NATURAL :(((((

I know you all get tired of me saying "I'm going natural" but never do. Transitioning and big chopping is drastic for me. When i transtion my hair always looks a mess. I try doing braidouts, bantus, twist, etc.. but after i hit the 4 month post mark those hairstyles just look awful. I then turned to a roller set but they always came out looking frizzy and dry but when relaxed they look GREAT. I then turned to flat ironing but that just loosened/ damage my curl pattern, made it less curly. So then i turned to airdrying and doing my flat twist hair style and thats why i'm here today saying I"M RELAXING. I plan on relaxing the last week or second to last week of May but I might just do it sooner. I really want a texturizer though.We'll SEee. Take a look at these photos of how i'm looking and feeling lol:

Dear Olive Oil Relaxer,
I missed yoouuuu BOOO!!!! :))) Kinda

Its Time for APL :))

Since school i have been still on my hair journey but not to the extreme during the summer. I trimmed my hair today to get rid of the split ends and raggedy ends(well dust, heavy dust). I am still not APL, i'm about still 2 to 3 inches away. Hair grows 1/2 inch a month. So if i went on a 6 month to 7 month stretch i could get their. So my goal is to get to APL! My one year annivesary is in 3 months!!! :)))

Regimen to APL

- Dust when needed(no unnessary)

-Oil scalp with castor oil(massage scalp atleast everyother day)

-M&S every night

-DC every wash for atleast an hour( i have been slacking for about the last 5 months)

-Co-wash once a week 

-Protective styles during winter (no time for split ends)

- ROLLERsets or airdry hair

 --- No flat ironing!!!!

-Steam Hair, Hot Oil 

April 11, 2011

March 24

March 21

I have been discouraged for the past week now, because when i look at my hair its still the same length, but i have regected my hair journey for about 5 months since i've been in school, so my one year and a half on hair journey i'm expecting APL july or august 2012 for sure! Mark my words! I will be APL!

How to: Homemade deep condtioner & leave in conditioner

This video shows how i make my homemade leave in and deep conditioner when i have ran all out. It is very simple and easy, also very affordable.
What you will need:(Leave in)
` Conditioner
`water
`Oil

Deep Conditoner:
`Conditioner
`Oil

Finally found a airdrying routine that works!!!

I had been looking for a airdrying routine that works for my hair that would give me a look as if i just blowdryed my hair with the comb blow dryer. I tryed the scarf method (hair hanging) it made my hair frizzy and a mess. I tried the wet wrap (loved it) but just too much manipulation for my hair, i only do it like once a month. I tried basically all the airdrying routine out their lol

Here what id did:
` Co washed hair
` DC
`Applied detangler on hair & detangled
`about 1 to 2 mins later i applied creamy leave in condtioner to my hair (fingered combed through)
` 1 to 2 minutes later, i applied wrap lotion to my hair and combed through
` Combed hair back and put scarf over my head
` Used tangle tweezer to just smoothedout hair but did not used tangle tweezer on ends (while scarf on)
` Let aidry for about 30 mintutesn, Moisturize & seal hair
NOTE: While airdrying continue to smooth out hair with fingers to prevent frizz
` After letting dry for 30 mintues, i tucked my hair ends into the scarf pouch & let airdry
` Occasionally take hair ends down and smooth with fingers to prevent frizz and tuck ends back in
`WaLAH! After hair is completely dry it should be frizz free


VIDEO COMING SOON!!!!

COWASH DAY !!! (FRIDAY)

The first thing i do before i start my wash is do a strand test, to see whether my hair needs moisture or protein. My strand proved that i needed protein becasue it stretched more than normal. So this is what i did:

1. cowash w/ Herbal Esssence Long term Relationship (light protein conditioner)

2. deep condition w/ Cholesterol Conditioner (light protein deep conditioner)

3. Leave In condtioner w/  (African Pride leave in <protein>)

My hair strand felt much better and normal. MOISTURE & BALANCE PEOPLE !!!

My hair regimen

 My Hair Regimen (Freshly relaxed now)

-Shampoo 1x/month  (Sat)

- DC (every wash day)

-Protein Treatment (once a month)

-Co-wash 1x/week 

Hot Oil Treatment (once a month)

-Moisture&Seal (3xs a week)

-Oil my edges,nape&scalp with oil/potion (everyday)

Protective or low Manipulation hair style:(Everyday)

or wear hair down (when feel like)

-Roller set (every wash that i'm not airdrying)

-Aridry hair (when lazy)

-GHE (braidout & twistout days)

-Trim my ends 3 times in a year

-Dust every month

-Get a touchup 20-24 weeks post (4 months)

♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~(♥)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥

Relaxer

01/04/11

-Last Relaxer-06/13/11

-Next relaxer (00/00/11

How many weeks post- 3 weeks

Supplement --- NONE !!