Emily's Natural Hair Progress Thread

Okay so instead of braids got mini two strand twists done. My hair looks so adorable!! :D So instead of shower co washing I'll be spritz and rinse co washing. Spritz my hair with cheap condish and water and then rinsing with luke-cool water. And instead of sealing with the Shea Butter which I muss up in my hair I'll be sealing with my Carrot Oil spray, I'll still be moisturizing with Mane n' Tail and oiling with JBCO, those are staples in my reggie. I'll also be baggying like regular and still using my Epsom Salt/ACV mix on my hair. Trying to hands out of my hair as much as possible. So far I've been a good girl about not touching and fussing over my hair and just leaving it alone. So hoping that continues and growth happens.

Wrapped my hair up last night with my scarf. I MSOed (moisturizing, sealing, oiling) and now I'm just chilling. Tonight is a baggying night too! =D

So once I got in the shower I ended up applying the conditioner and scrubbing it in to clean my hair & scalp. Felt pretty good too  But anyways, after I washed the conditioner out I deep conditioned my hair with Proclaim Argan Oil Hydrating Masque. I waited for like 30+ minutes to let it soak then washed it out. MSOed like usual. I have my hair in a ponytail now.

Edited by Emily Loretta - Jan 09 2013 at 12:02pm

Is there particular reason you do the sealing and oiling as two different steps? I've never heard of this.

Emily Loretta wrote: SweetNovember* wrote: Is there particular reason you do the sealing and oiling as two different steps? I've never heard of this. I think it's a pretty common practice actually, but no particular reason really why; it's just that the hair and scalp are two different things and have to be treated differently. I'm sure you know this but, the scalp already produces it's own sebum, the hair doesn't. So that's why we moisturize the hair with water based products not the scalp, it won't penetrate on a molecular level. However we also know that oil dissolves oil, so by oiling the scalp, the oil [JBCO in my case] can penetrate the scalp and condition the roots, promoting faster growth then if no oiling was done at all.  Castor oil in general has properties that stimulate a cellular reaction once it penetrate your scalp, you may notice some itching or even flakes when you use castor oil and that because of it's fast response.  So I seal my hair with a light oil but oil with a heavy oil to condition my scalp and promote growth. The light oil would penetrate and would have some conditioning properties but not like a heavy thick oil would and also heavier oils last longer, meaning it conditions longer. So for me sealing and oiling are done in two separate steps. HTH

Ohhhhh thank you so much, I didn't know you meant oiling your scalp. I just got some castor oil and I did notice it was thicker than the other oils. I was still unsure how to use it. This was very helpful.