My protective style for this week

I have decided to do a bun challenge with myself. So my hair is in a bun this week again. Over it I put a braided bun that I had made with a pack of kanekalon braiding hair. I will put up pictures of it before the week is out, so you can see it.

Shea Butter

I have sourced Shea butter in Jamaica!!! You have no idea what a great thing that is to me! I will be getting some this week to make my own products and use on my skin, I will let you know how that goes..They only have the yellow one and That concerns me just a little. As I have been hearing something about this not being the best. But it is what's available to me and in my opinion; any Shea butter is better than none at all :) With the black soap that I now have and the shea butter, my skin and hair regimen will be significantly made easier as these two things will be staples for both...as long as the Shea butter works how I am expecting to. Hope I am not expecting too much.

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The one in the picture is the one I speak of

Raw Black Soap

I tried raw black soap as a shampoo this past weekend and it did well. This is my first time trying black soap over all. But with the benefits it is said to have , I will be looking forward to using it many more times in the future.

It does not have a fragrance (of course it is all natural) and I will be honest It does make my skin dry when I am done with it.But, moisturizing after solves that problem. As for my hair, it felt clean yet soft. I like that a lot. Though that may be contributed to my pre-poo with honey, coconut oil and VO5 Moisture milks conditioner. This is a great deep conditioner by the way.

When I used the black soap to wash my hair, all I did was wet my hair, lather the soap in my hands and use my fingers to massage my scalp with it. I kept repeating this until all my scalp had been done. After doing that, I smoothed it over my hair and washed it out. I don't want soap to be on the length of my hair strands too long and dry them out.

Protective style this week.....with pictures!!!! Got my cam :D Awesome stuff

I did the same style that I had told you about last week. But at least now you get to see it!! I am just really excited to have a camera now, because I have not been following my journey well, except mentally. Now I will be able to look back at pictures when my hair stretches down my back. lol. Well, that is what I am working for.

This time around I used Ampro style and jam to sleek my hair back with a boar bristle brush. I have spoken about this product before and I am still not a big fan of it. It has mineral oil as one of it's main ingredients. But I did not get to buy more gel(it finished on Saturday), so I had to improvise :( After next week I should be back on the anti-mineral oil train....I really do hate it. But hopefully a week of it won't kill me. Once again, not intending to pull this style out until Saturday or Sunday next week.

Protective style this week

Sunday after my deep condition, I allowed my hair to air dry, then used my blow dryer with a comb attachment on low heat to blow it out in sections. After using the blow dryer on a section, I would install small rope twists with freehand parting, then move on to another section. When my whole head was filled with little twists, I flat twisted them all to the middle of my head and pinned them in place with bobby pins. This is a style that could probably last me 2 weeks or more, But, as I said earlier, not pushing myself too far right now, plus I intend to do a henna treatment come this Sunday.

Deep condition and face mask results

Ok, so I told you about my deep condton and face mask this morning. Well they turned out great. My face feels really smooth right now and my hair feels like silk. Definitely something to be tried. Update on the hair length too...COLLAR BONE!!!! Yay. My regimen is certainly working so I am going to stick to it. I measured my hair last night and it varied fron 4 and a half inches to 5 and a half inches. Hair growth rate is picking up too, must be the biotin. It's all coming together now(big smile). When I get my camera I am going to post pics to record the growth.

Wash day, deep condition and face mask

Hey guys, I won over my hand in hair syndrome, though by a compromise. Lol. Instead of washing tomorrow I washed today. I did a moisture deep conditioner instead of henna. I am going to do my henna treatment next weekend. For my deep conditioner today, I used VO5 Moisture Milk Strawberries and Cream conditioner, about 2 oz., 1 tablespoon of honey and a teaspoon of EVCO. I still have it in now, going to let it stay in for about an hour maybe two then rinse it and let my hair dry. I am also trying something new today. I mixed 1 tablespoon of Hesh amla powder and 1 tablespoon of honey with about 2 drops of coconut oil and put it on my face. Makes it really hot. Going to leave it on for 30 minutes then rinse it off with some warm water. The honey is said to smooth the complexion while giving the skin a glow, while the amla is a natural cleanser and will get rid of dead skin.Can't wait to see my face when I wash it off.