The MAX HYDRATION METHOD(from my other post)

Hi All!!! Ms Dee Kay/Pinkecube, has anyone used a Denman Brush during any phase of steps
1 - 5??? I tried it today during my deep conditionig phase and it really helped to smooth and separate my strands and curls. Also, I wrapped my hair with Saran Wrap and instead of using ny heat cap I sat under my dryer for 20 minutes

And I think i figured out why my hair swelled after the clay rinse. I purchased some Raw Honey to replace what I had been using. Instead of adjusting the measurement to add some to my bottle with the remainder of pre-made clay rinse I had been using, I just poured I think too much into the mix. Correct me if Im Wrong but Honey is an humectant right??? Is that possibly why my hair just swelled up and lost definition??? Anyway, today I made a new half batch, adjusting the measurements exactly . Do you think that would correct the probobleml??? Or is it possibly because my hair is high porosity I believe and it just absorbed too much moisture because of the raw Honey or do you think the CHERRY LOLA CARAMEL I did last night may have something to do with ot?? This is day 5 for me and Im excited about my progress

Ok I have some conditioner that I bought before I found out about the MHM. It's rapunzel protein deep conditioner, will be okay if I use this as well, because I don't want to waste any products.

Here are the ingredients:
Water, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Lactate, Distearyldimonium Chloride, Stearoyl Alcohol, Emulsifying Wax Nf, Cetyl Alcohol, Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, Jojoba Oil, Avocado Oil, Lecithin, Hydrolyzed Protein, Lanolin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Wheat Germ Oil, Peppermint Oil, Menthol Fd&C Yellow 5.

kaforres wrote: Ok I have some conditioner that I bought before I found out about the MHM. It's rapunzel protein deep conditioner, will be okay if I use this as well, because I don't want to waste any products. .

It's a No-No. You can use it, no one's forcing you to waste your product if you don't feel comfortable with that. But these products contain ingredient that can set you back and build up. You would just be doing the regimen but it wouldn't yeild as good results. Especially if your hair is 4c or 4b, it's going to be sensitive to these ingredients. You are asking for a dramatic change here, so that's why it's necessary to be strict to see results more quickly. I wouldn't recommend this product.

rapunzel protein deep conditioner

 ingredients:
Water, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Lactate, Distearyldimonium Chloride(high on the ingredient list, can build up but since it's only 1 quat salt it might not be too bad), Stearoyl Alcohol, Emulsifying Wax Nf, Cetyl Alcohol, Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, Jojoba Oil, Avocado Oil, Lecithin, Hydrolyzed Protein, Lanolin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Wheat Germ Oil, Peppermint Oil, Menthol Fd&C Yellow 5

FaNcee NATURAL wrote: Hi All!!! Ms Dee Kay/Pinkecube, has anyone used a Denman Brush during any phase of steps 1 - 5??? I tried it today during my deep conditionig phase and it really helped to smooth and separate my strands and curls. Also, I wrapped my hair with Saran Wrap and instead of using ny heat cap I sat under my dryer for 20 minutes And I think i figured out why my hair swelled after the clay rinse. I purchased some Raw Honey to replace what I had been using. Instead of adjusting the measurement to add some to my bottle with the remainder of pre-made clay rinse I had been using, I just poured I think too much into the mix. Correct me if Im Wrong but Honey is an humectant right??? Is that possibly why my hair just swelled up and lost definition??? Anyway, today I made a new half batch, adjusting the measurements exactly . Do you think that would correct the probobleml??? Or is it possibly because my hair is high porosity I believe and it just absorbed too much moisture because of the raw Honey or do you think the CHERRY LOLA CARAMEL I did last night may have something to do with ot?? This is day 5 for me and Im excited about my progress

I personally don't recommend combs and brushes, because they tend to pull out hair. Especially since you'll be working with your hair wet a lot. I recommend finger detangling, as it's better at getting out shed hairs with out yanking on other hairs ripping through tangles, etc. Also brushes tend to force the curls to clumpwhere they don't necessarily go naturally and separate the other curls, and I would recommend letting you hair clump the way it wants to naturally so it can stay in those clumps and return to them more readily. You can use it if it works for you, though. I do like the lorretta featherwood brush better though. It really depends on your personal experience with it, so if you guys like it and it isn't giving issues than you can use it.

Yes honey is a humectant. The issue is if you pour too much oil or honey or even water, these are going to buffer the effects of the bentonite clay so your hair wouldn't get as clarified. And so that would effect your results. Correcting the measurements should fix that.


Edited by pinkecube - Jun 20 2014 at 6:25pm

PINKE I bought a bunch of new products from Entwine before finding out about MHM... I'm probably gonna be out of luck with them (hopefully I can sell them or something since they are unopened), but will you take a look at the ingredients & let me know if any of them are a go please?:

Exotique Butter Créme Hydrator:

Balsamic Butter-Oyl™ Blend* of: (Shorea Stenoptera Seed (Illipee) Butter, Indica angifera (Mango) Seed Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Punica granatum (Pomegranate) Oil, Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Fruit Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil Fruit Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene and Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer), Water, Glycerin, Isopropyl Myristate, Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Ceteareth-20, Dimethicone, Behentrimonium Chloride, Stearyl Alcohol, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol, Polysorbate 80, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Ceteareth-25, Panthenol, Polyquaternium-32, PPG-1 Trideceth-6, PEG-75 Lanolin, Fragrance, Zea Mays (Corn) Oil and BHA and BHT, Phenoxyethanol, DMDM Hydantoin

Créme De La Mold:

Deionized Water Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Ceteareth-20 Cetyl Alcohol Beeswax VP/Methacrylamide/Vinyl Imidazole Copolymer Polyquaternium-7 Myristyl Myristate Isopropyl Palmitate Elaeis guineensis (Palm) Oil Polyacrylate-14 Dimethicone Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Shorea Stenoptera Seed Butter Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter Carnuba Wax PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate C12-15 Alkyl Lactate PEG-90M Aminopropanol Fragrance Phenoxyethanol Propylene Glycol (and) Diazolidinyl Urea, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbomate

{AFRODISIA 9} Exotique Leave-In:

THIS WAS ALL ON THEIR SITE but my bottle has a bunch of other 'technical' ingredients that I can't see (so small) or care to try to type out: Butter-Oyl BlendTM ~An artfully crafted blend of Illipe, Mango Seed, Shea Butters & Avocado, Wheat Germ, Palm Fruit Oils, Aloe, Vegetable Protein + Biotin