GROW YOUR HAIR LONG WITH DEEP CONDITIONING CHALLENGE 2008 - PART 2

[Healthb4Length]

I DCed this afternoon. I got my hair relaxed with Mizani Butter Blends and deep conditioned with Alter Ego Nequal or something with garlic. It didn't give much slip but it did make my hair strong. Did that for 35 minutes . My hair has alot of swang! I am a happy girl today.

 

[TexturedTresses]

have you guys been seeing a difference in your hair since starting your challenge.

 

[Mandy4610]

I did my DC under my new pibbs dryer today. I feel all pampered and everything. I did a prepoo with hair mayo and Keracare essential oils and then I did a DC with Oyin honey hemp. Used Oyin Greg juice for leave-in and Oyin Whipped pudding for moisturizer. I am in TWA heaven

 

[monikr]

DC using NTM mask and coconut oil.. I was planning on an hour with heat, but this medium setting is starting to feel too hot so we may just go for overnight.

 

[Healthb4Length]

have you guys been seeing a difference in your hair since starting your challenge.

Oh Yes! My hair is stronger and I have less split ends (rollersetting also helped with this). Prior to this challenge no matter what I did my ends always looked busted. I can say that DCing 2x a week along with rollersetting has helped me retain so much length and keeps the split ends at bay.

 

[Shonni]

I DC'd earlier this morning after doing an over night oil pre-poo. Evoo and coconut oil. My hair full, soft and bouncy

 

[Mrs. Verde]

DC'd overnight with La Bomba.

 

[Aggie]

have you guys been seeing a difference in your hair since starting your challenge.

Oh Yes! My hair is stronger and I have less split ends (rollersetting also helped with this). Prior to this challenge no matter what I did my ends always looked busted. I can say that DCing 2x a week along with rollersetting has helped me retain so much length and keeps the split ends at bay.

ITA with Hb4L, in addition my hair has become a lot softer and more manageable since I started DC'ing more regurlarly. My hair ends really are doing wayyyy better now.

 

[MonaLisa]

Got over an hour in tonight under plastic cap.
Slapped on a lil Avocado conditioner from shescentit just because..

Will do Cassia treatment tmrw, followed by Joico/Pantene RN mask mix.

I have done too much moisture, not enough protein.
I can't believe not doing that for almost three months made such a difference. I will not fall off like that again. Protein does make a difference for the already thin/fine haired IMO.

*Dee is supposed to be my protein usage support person *

 

[tiffers]

Pre pood with Jehan Pre Poo oil

Pood with Komaza's Moisturizing Aloe Poo

Dc'ing with a mix of Kenra MC and Redken Butter Treat. I don't think this mix is gonna be as fab as I imagined it would be Oh well, I'll see when I rinse it out......

 

[myronnie]

Washed with Garnier shampoo and CON green label and DC'ing with Proclaim Aloe&Shea mixed with avocado oil and castor oil

 

[DivaD04]

hey ya'll i''m back! dc'n w/ mizani moisturefuse co overnight w/a plastic cap.

 

[Blessed2bless]

Hey ladies,
I may have to fall off the bandwagon! Doing the dc's on my hair 2x a week is very drying on my hair (because of our hard water). I have purchased a water softner, but to no prevail! I'll cut back to once a week for the next two weeks to see if this helps! Any suggestions will be helpful. btw.. I started in June and i did get 1/2 inch should i keep going:erplexed?????

 

[JustKiya]

Hey ladies,
I may have to fall off the bandwagon! Doing the dc's on my hair 2x a week is very drying on my hair (because of our hard water). I have purchased a water softner, but to no prevail! I'll cut back to once a week for the next two weeks to see if this helps! Any suggestions will be helpful. btw.. I started in June and i did get 1/2 inch should i keep going:erplexed?????

How often are you chelating?

 

[Aggie]

Hey ladies,
I may have to fall off the bandwagon! Doing the dc's on my hair 2x a week is very drying on my hair (because of our hard water). I have purchased a water softner, but to no prevail! I'll cut back to once a week for the next two weeks to see if this helps! Any suggestions will be helpful. btw.. I started in June and i did get 1/2 inch should i keep going:erplexed?????

What's the name brand of your water softner. The reason I am asking is because not all water filters are created equal. The brand I have is the Sprite HOC brand and it 99% effective and most of the other ones are less than 40% effective at filtering water.

Now, like JK just asked, how often are you clarifying/chelating your hair? If you haven/t been doing so and you are putting other products on your hair then it's recommended that you chelate/clarify your hair at least once or twice a month. Product builup causes the hair to suffocate and moisture can't get through the hair's cuticles so take this step first before you look into to reducing your DC treatments.

Also, what DC treatments/conditioners are you using?

 

[Aggie]

Okay, I'm sitting under my dryer now with some Alter Ego Garlic Treatment (AEGT) and Pantene R/N Hair Mask on my hair for about an hour or so. I got lazy with my garlic treatments and started to have some shedding so I'm back to using them full force again.

 

[JustKiya]

I'm doing a steam treatment now, with Caramel in my hair. I've been under here for an hour, and I'm going to try to shoot for two - but it's HOT!

 

[Blessed2bless]

How often are you chelating?

Hi JK,
I have never done this... I have clarified my hair but not to often...Maybe once in 3 months. I'll look up chelating and give it a try. I really do want to continue the challenge until August.

 

[Blessed2bless]

What's the name brand of your water softner. The reason I am asking is because not all water filters are created equal. The brand I have is the Sprite HOC brand and it 99% effective and most of the other ones are less than 40% effective at filtering water.

Now, like JK just asked, how often are you clarifying/chelating your hair? If you haven/t been doing so and you are putting other products on your hair then it's recommended that you chelate/clarify your hair at least once or twice a month. Product builup causes the hair to suffocate and moisture can't get through the hair's cuticles so take this step first before you look into to reducing your DC treatments.

Also, what DC treatments/conditioners are you using?

On the bolded....
Hi Aggie,

I do not clarify often maybe once every three months. I have never heard of chelate.... are there certain products you recommmend? I brought my WS from Home depot. Where did you get your WS? Maybe changing can also help with the hardness of my hair. I use Keracare DC and Keracare MC. I aslo use the leave-in and the moisturizing oil. The MO has mineral oil in it. I just read the ingredients today.
Thanks for your response in advance.
B2B

 

[JustKiya]

Hi JK,
I have never done this... I have clarified my hair but not to often...Maybe once in 3 months. I'll look up chelating and give it a try. I really do want to continue the challenge until August.

If you have hard water, you HAVE to chelate. Clarifying just gets rid of the product buildup. Chelating gets rid of the mineral buildup from your hard water - without getting rid of both (regularly, and more so now since you are getting your hair wet more often, now), you aren't fully 'cleaning' off your hair.
I don't know any brands off of the top of my head, but I'm sure some of the other ladies will chime in......

 

[morehairplease]

dc today with joico moisture recovery treatment balm for 1 hr. w/heat.

 

[Aggie]

On the bolded....
Hi Aggie,

I do not clarify often maybe once every three months. I have never heard of chelate.... are there certain products you recommmend? I brought my WS from Home depot. Where did you get your WS? Maybe changing can also help with the hardness of my hair. I use Keracare DC and Keracare MC. I aslo use the leave-in and the moisturizing oil. The MO has mineral oil in it. I just read the ingredients today.
Thanks for your response in advance.
B2B

Okay since JK chimed in on the difference between chelating and clarifying, I will make some recommendations for you to use. For clarifying/chelating, I use Mizani Puriphying Intense Cleansing Shampoo which removes residue AND polluting elements from the hair and scalp. I also use Mizani Phormula-7 Neutralizing Shampoo for chelating my hair and Elucence clarifying shampoo. Now I know many ladies here use ORS Aloe Detox Shampoo I think it's called for clarifying their hair.

Other clarifying poo you can look into are:

Kenra Clarifying Shampoo
Pantene Pro-V Purity Shampoo
Nexxus Aloe Rid Shampoo
RESOLVE Chelating Shampoo from JOICO
Suave Shampoos (entire line)
V05 Shampoos (entire line)
Shampoo Three by Paul Mitchell
Aveda Detox Shampoo
Elucence Moisture Acidifying Shampoo
Oiudad Water Works Shampoo
Artec Texturline Daily Clarifying Shampoo
Nexxus-Phyto Organics Kelate Purifying Shampoo and believe it or not
Infusium 23 Moisturizing Shampoo.

There are many others but I'm sure you can find one among these you can use immediately. I guess you couild finish up your Keracare moisturizing oil and remember to clarify about once or twice a month and then switch to something that does not have mineral oil in it. I use BB Oil Moisturizing Hair Lotion with Castor Oil, Mane and Tail Olive oil and carrot oil in the jar but they still have cones so I still have to clarify often.

Also I got my water filter from http://www.showerx.com/sphioudemahe.html and the one in the pic is the exact one I have and I even bought the replacement cartridge as well Here is an article you might want to look into before you make your decision http://home.roadrunner.com/~reviewguy/shower_filter_test_results.html. I read the article before making a my choice on which filter I wanted and I recommend that you do the same.

More info on Clarifying your hair can be found here http://www.associatedcontent.com/ar..._or_breakage_understanding.html?page=4&cat=69. Read and learn to take great care of your tresses honey and it will thank you for it by being long, strong and healthy.

 

[rhapsdyblu]

Hello, Ladies, I would like to finally, officially join this challenge. I have been doing it since Part 2 began (I think) but I never joined.

I deep condition twice a week with Miss Key 10 n 1 or Venetian Blinds Mask (forgot specific name) and now I do the Alter Ego Garlic treatment as one of my conditioners. I usually do overnight with one and now starting to do the Garlic as the other (just got it this week). The second treatment is done under a steamer.

Today I am doing a hot oil treatment for a prepoo, which I am doing now, then I will do a cw with Lady Aggie's CW recipe & then dc (it is so hot today, that I may just put on the plastic cap & not sit under the steamer).

These are the pics I took on Friday. If you want the pix I took back in June, let me know, but I was not taking any pix of my hair prior to that, I was too embarrassed. So I am hoping these pix will suffice for my start up pictures.

Thanks

 

[JustKiya]

Welcome RhapsdyBlu!

Okay, the caramel is out of my hair.....and my hair was INSANELY easy to detangle - I didn't have to section it, or anything. I don't know if it was because I was finger combing it every day this week (and touched it lightly with the Denman on Wed.), or because of the caramel + steam combination, but I'm HOOKED! It took me about half the time it normally take me to detangle my hair - amazing!

I'm letting it dry a bit in braids, then I'll take it down, megassage it, and put my leave-in and some Survivor Detangler in.... then rebraid and let dry. I'll figure out what how to style it later.

 

[Aggie]

Hello, Ladies, I would like to finally, officially join this challenge. I have been doing it since Part 2 began (I think) but I never joined.

I deep condition twice a week with Miss Key 10 n 1 or Venetian Blinds Mask (forgot specific name) and now I do the Alter Ego Garlic treatment as one of my conditioners. I usually do overnight with one and now starting to do the Garlic as the other (just got it this week). The second treatment is done under a steamer.

Today I am doing a hot oil treatment for a prepoo, which I am doing now, then I will do a cw with Lady Aggie's CW recipe & then dc (it is so hot today, that I may just put on the plastic cap & not sit under the steamer).

These are the pics I took on Friday. If you want the pix I took back in June, let me know, but I was not taking any pix of my hair prior to that, I was too embarrassed. So I am hoping these pix will suffice for my start up pictures.

Thanks

rhaps, the pics you have here are fine. This is your official starting day for this challenge and these are your official starting pics of where your hair is currently and they are fine with us. Just have fun and updating about once a week will suffice. Yay, it's good to have you honey and welcome to the challenge.

ETA: I love the new avatar pic there rhaps. You even look more radiant and confident in it.

 

[Highly Favored8]

I really need to post my pictures very soon.

I DC on Thursday and I might DC tonite. I used ORS Deep Cond. Paks and yes, my hair as a result of this challenge have gained and kept 2" of hair growth in a span of 12 weeks. I love the way ORS DC packs feel on my hair as a result so soft, smooth and manageable.

 

[rhapsdyblu]

rhaps, the pics you have here are fine. This is your official starting day for this challenge and these are your official starting pics of where your hair is currently and they are fine with us. Just have fun and updating about once a week will suffice. Yay, it's good to have you honey and welcome to the challenge.

ETA: I love the new siggy pic there rhaps. You even look more radiant and confident in it.

You just wait till my nappy hair reaches BAA stage. & then if I flat iron it? I will swang that hair. LOL Those Sunsilk girls will have nothing on me.
(I'm trying to be like JK when my hair grows up)

 

[Aggie]

You just wait till my nappy hair reaches BAA stage. & then if I flat iron it? I will swang that hair. LOL Those Sunsilk girls will have nothing on me.
(I'm trying to be like JK when my hair grows up)

I'm gonna be swangin' right along side you and JK for sure.

 

[JustKiya]

You just wait till my nappy hair reaches BAA stage. & then if I flat iron it? I will swang that hair. LOL Those Sunsilk girls will have nothing on me.
(I'm trying to be like JK when my hair grows up)

Thank you!!!

 

[SoSweet08]

Wow I haven't posted in a while. I dc'ed last night with Keracare Humecto. I definitely need to clarify with my baking soda and water mix and give myself a protein treatment. I'm going to do that tomorrow.