My Hair and Coconut Oil :-(

Ok, I am not pleased! After giving my hair a good cowash on Friday, sleeping with the conditioner in, washing it out and supposedly sealing with coconut oil, my hair now has the consistency of dry greasy straw at the end of the SAME DAY!!!

Stupse!!


No, I'm not going bald. That's how I had my hair sectioned.



I went to choir rehearsals and when I returned home tonight to finish retwisting my hair I found this mess! After I co-washed my hair, while it was still wet, I tried sealing with the oil.
On the left is hair retwisted with 100% Raw Shea Butter and on the right, the hair I didn't get to before I left home. I was wearing a 100% cotton scarf, yes, but the left half of my head isn't a rustling mess. :-(

I guess Shea Butter's the only thing that'll work, for both sealing my hair and styling it.

Ttyl peoples!

Love,

Lee.

My Hair: Hair Diagnostics

Hello Beautiful People.

Last night I was reading up on posts I subscribe to on Google Reader and came across the idea of trying out different oils on different parts of my head. I can't remember where I found it but it was a flippin Light Bulb moment! I don't know why I didn't think of it myself as, 3 years into this journey, I still don't know what my hair likes!!! It's getting frustrating but there's No Way I'm giving up the fight.

Today I went into the shower and just soaked my head, and kept on soaking it because, as I learned last night, I wanted my hair to become totally saturated with water. I rinsed my hair with warm water to open my cuticles then set about cowashing and detangling with my afro comb. I got rid of the loose hairs with my goody brush and left the conditioner in while I showered. I rinsed, patted my hair with an old t-shirt and sprayed my leave-in onto my hair.

Here's the diagnostic part. On the left side I used EVCO to seal my hair. On the right, I used this aloe vera blend of I bought eons ago.

Ingredients: Pure Aloe Vera Oil, Vitamin E, Castor Oil, Fragrance, etc.

What the heck does etc. mean in an ingredients list?!?! I chose this one because I want to try out both castor oils and aloe vera on my hair but I have a few things I want to get rid of so I'll be trying out others also to see which one my hairs likes the most.

This curl sprang out when I used the oil mix.

I'm putting my hair in twists and I'm doing more trying out. My Shea butter mix v.s. DAX Super hair conditioner with 100% Lanolin. Yes, I know we've all heard bad things about it but when I first went natural my hair grew while I was using it. Before I eliminate anything, I'm going to make sure it doesn't work.

I'm patiently waiting to see how things turn out. Thanks for reading and stay tuned.

Love,

Lee.♥