Something new soon

The air is getting a little chillier around my way, so I'm about to be researching lots and lots of protective style options. Last week I just did three flat twists on the side and twist-n-curled the rest, so it looked slightly pinned back on one side and free and curly all over the rest of my head.


What I've discovered, though, is that co-washing with the Tea Tree Tingle conditioner from Trader Joe's hasn't been cleaning my hair and scalp enough before I put on the deep conditioner and add my moisturizers and stuff. To fix that problem, I headed over to Target today and got some Giovanni 50:50 Balanced Hydrating-Clarifying Shampoo to try tomorrow night. I also grabbed the Smooth as Silk Deeper Moisture Conditioner I've heard people rave about. I'm going to give this combo a try and see if I haven't found my new 1-2 punch combo for deep conditioning Sundays.


Another thing I discovered last week is that sealing my ends with jojoba oil truly does work wonders. When I was twisting-n-curling my style last week, I did the twists then put jojoba oil on my fingertips and caressed the twist all the way to the end before I rolled it up in the rollers. The next day my hair came out so touchably soft from root to tip it was amazing. I fought HARD against hand-in-head syndrome all week.

I'll definitely be doing that again this week. I want to try my hand at a curl-hawk, but I think I've twist-n-curled my poor little hair quite a bit over my last month and some change of transitioning, so I'm going to give my curls a little break. This week will be all braid-out and stretching styles so at the end of the week I can pull it up into a wild-looking puff or something like that. I'm also leaning toward putting kinky twists in my hair in the very near future. We'll see.

I've been working on a kinder, gentler way to handle my hair, and so far it's been going very well. I'll keep practicing though. I also need to get myself in gear and find some fabric and flowers and start accessorizing my fabulous hair. I did a semi-length check, but I can't really tell if there's been any growth or not. I focus too much on what my hair feels like that I don't really measure it very much.

Maybe I'll try to focus on taking better pics. Ha ha ha. I can't hardly tell what's going on in there! I believe it is growing and thriving mainly because when I reach my fingers in there I feel REALLY defined curls. The growth will be more noticeable soon I'm sure. We'll check again next month...around my birthday!!! Yaayyyy!

P.S. - I'm excited about my upcoming birthday because I'm going to celebrate it with someone very special in my life. Yes, this blog is the absolute only place I can share even that much about it. I can't stop smiling, so I'm going to go ahead and get on that protective styling mission. LOL.