RayRayFurious
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I joined this board two years ago to learn more about transitioning and natural hair. I did my BC July 20, 2010. This is a few days early for an update, but my hair will be in protective styles for a minute.
It's not as impressive as some of the women who come in here and get to BSL in like a year, but I'm proud anyway.
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My regimen is very simple. When my hair feels or looks dirty, I wash it. Sometimes, a couple times a week. Sometimes, once every two weeks. When it feels dry, I moisturize or co-wash. Sometimes, once a day or every few days. It depends on what products I've used and how my hair looks. I try to protective style, but my go-to style is a pulled-back puff. I'm trying to get away from that because the headbands are hard on my edges. I have only straightened my hair once in two years, so I'm not help there. I don't really do wash-and-gos. I've done one in the past year. It was cute, but more than I'm willing to do at the moment. Also, I'm weird about gel...anyone else have that reaction, too?
I use silicones, sometimes one or two products with mineral oil. I don't care for harsh sulfates, but find them necessary if I used heavier products. I did my first trim in a year and a half after these pics. Don't hurt me now! Sometimes I'm a bad natural.
My favorite products (I've actually run out of a lot of these and have been trying really hard to use up my stash).
It's not as impressive as some of the women who come in here and get to BSL in like a year, but I'm proud anyway.
Pics:
My regimen is very simple. When my hair feels or looks dirty, I wash it. Sometimes, a couple times a week. Sometimes, once every two weeks. When it feels dry, I moisturize or co-wash. Sometimes, once a day or every few days. It depends on what products I've used and how my hair looks. I try to protective style, but my go-to style is a pulled-back puff. I'm trying to get away from that because the headbands are hard on my edges. I have only straightened my hair once in two years, so I'm not help there. I don't really do wash-and-gos. I've done one in the past year. It was cute, but more than I'm willing to do at the moment. Also, I'm weird about gel...anyone else have that reaction, too?
I use silicones, sometimes one or two products with mineral oil. I don't care for harsh sulfates, but find them necessary if I used heavier products. I did my first trim in a year and a half after these pics. Don't hurt me now! Sometimes I'm a bad natural.
My favorite products (I've actually run out of a lot of these and have been trying really hard to use up my stash).
- Shampoo: Shea Moisture Curl Control Shampoo, Organix Coconut, Organix Shea Butter
- Co-wash/rinse conditioners: VO5 (any kind), Suave Almond and Shea Butter, Suave Coconut, Aussie Moist, Herbal Essences Hello Hydration
- Moisturizers: Cantu Shea Butter Mix (I mix the Cantu with pure shea butter, olive, avocado, and grapeseed oils), S-Curl spray, Shea Moisture Hair Milk, Shea Moisture Curl-Enhancing Smoothie, Conditioner spray (a mix of VO5 with water and grapeseed and/or olive oil)
- Styling products: Tresemme Heat Tamer (for blow-outs), sometimes various gels
- Deep Conditioners: Organic Root Stimulator Hair Mayonnaise, Organic Root Stimulator Replenishing Conditioner, Aussie Moist 3-minute Deep Conditioner, Motions CPR, Elasta-QP SoyOyl Deep Conditioner
- Oils: Grapeseed, Avocado, Olive, Jojoba, Vitamin E, Castor (only in colder months, though)
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I can't wait to have that much natural hair.
