**New Curly Perms Thread** After 2 Years

I've been upping my protein lately, and have noticed that my curls are nice and defined without any curl defining or holding product. =D I've decided to start using the aphogee pro-vitamin leave in as my main leave in (protein leave in anyways)....I just need a light spray moisture leave in now. The shea moisture leave ins are nice but they are too heavy for daily use. I might just get that curl and shine milk and dilute it with rose water or aloe vera juice and put it in a spray bottle. =D

I'm just seeing this now :D

I stopped posting so much since no one else was posting ;__; lol

My hair is stretched with a twist out right now, this saturday I don't think my brother has to work so I'm gonna see if he can take some pictures of my hair without / with styling product in it (He has a good camera - my phone is a flip phone )

New update~!

I just discovered moisturizers. ROFL

Well not really, I always saw them, was interested in them - but I wasn't sure whether they were to be used on dry hair or wet hair....I always figured "well if I am to use them on wet hair I should just use a leave in conditioner instead....right?"

Wrong!~ I used my Yucca and baobab milk on dry hair after freshly washing, DC'ing, to twist with last night and my hair was nice and soft this morning. So I was like....ohhhhhhhhh so that's how you moisturize. lol Since I was using a leave in almost every day with my wash and gos I never saw how a moisturizer would fit in during my routine of styling honestly.

Anyways I have been sticking my same products for awhile now :D They wont be changing anytime soon.

OH.EM.GEE!

So on a whim today, I took my butt down to the vitamin shoppe, and picked up that aztec bentonite clay that so many rave about for facial and hair use.

I was planning on taking it slow, and just doing a face mask. But the product hoe in me couldn't say no, so I did a face mask and also a hair mask.

The face mask, loved it. My skin looked glowly and as if it had been exfoliated really well.

I should add that with the portion I used on my face I had only added (stupidly) cold water.

My mixture wasn't perfect as I just got it today, it was lumpy. But clearly the clay will work however it is mixed.

Anyways I was preparing to just close off the rest (which was quite a bit left over) and save it for later.

But the product hoe kept calling out to use that mask on my so far 4 day unwashed hair, sweaty from the hot New england weather today and see what happened.

I applied it, I didn't apply as perfectly to my scalp as I will in the future. But I did get alot on my scalp, and covered my hair completely. I remembered from that curlynikki site to not let it dry on your hair, so I quickly put on my shower cap and left it on...honestly for less than 15 minutes since I was so exited to see the results.

I will add that today I had on my hair my curling souffle, jojoba oil, curling custard, and the edgy tamming taffy on my edges and nape.

When applying I just spritz my hair with some water to make it easier to work with.

Also when I was done washing the mask from my face, I used quite a bit of jojoba oil in the mix that was going on my hair.

After rinsing my hair felt like I just had just deep conditioned it, it was so soft....tangles were falling apart, it was just amazing. And after such a short time of leaving it on, and using it on top of days of product usage/build up. I am really in love, I'm scared I might get addicted to this honestly ;_; lol

An issue I had been dealing with, is getting my scalp clean and getting rid of that sebum-y smell that seems to return a day or two after washing. And I will say this clay seemed to clean my scalp so well. I am so impressed, it has done something strange to my new growth and has made it look looser, though I am sure it will revert.

So I used my shea moisture restorative leave in, and then sealed with my pomade mixed with a tiny bit of jojoba oil. My hair is air drying now and feels buttery soft...^___^ I'm so in love right now.

But I am just amazing at how my hair feels like I have just done a good shampoo, and detangling session. I am def. going to be using this....it MAY even replace shampooing for me, but first I have to use it on a regular basis, this is just my initial reaction to using the product today.

 

Right now I'm still wearing my lacewigs and I did a weave for a month. I decided to transition because I would like to see my true texture and see if I would like being natural. I cut my hair from thin ends armpit length to a thicker healthier looking shoulder length so I'll probably just keep it at that length until I'm done transitioning.