Thursday, September 1, 2011

Baggying Whole Head/Ends for Moisture!

If your hair is anything like mine, it begs for moisture.

It seems like the sun and wind love to drink every bit of moisture out of my hair. I drive a convertible and when I tell you my hair gets dry...it gets dry. Even when I wear my half wig-- that even gets dry from all the air passing over the top of my vehicle. But I love my drop top and always will. That said I've been on a mission to keep my locks locked on any moisture product or combination available.

I had heard of baggying many times but literally IGNORED the posts. I saw posts on Hairlista and a few other hair sites and just thought briefly thats not for me without giving it one more thought. But one day I was feeling my hair, especially my ends and just how...DRY they were and thought, there must be a better way. My ends have gotta have a drink and stay hydrated at least for a day.

Then came the thought of how much I've learned about moisturizing and sealing my hair and how I've been doing a good job of it. That is not using too much moisturizer and oil...maybe subconciously I didn't think I was ready for baggying back then and now have Arrived. So I went on my internet research journey and found alot about it from some of the best.

My Baggying Method:
-Plastic sandwich bags (the cheap ones without the ziplock) for my ends, a plastic bag from the store if I'm baggying my entire head
-Kinky Curly Leave-In Conditioner
-Moraccin Oil or Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
-Hairever Tonic (available in Vitamin Shoppe or Amazon)
Jumbo satin covered sponge rollers.

I separated my hair into six sections. Sprayed a small amount of Hairever so hair is slightly damp, then took a dime size amount of leave-in and rubbed it on each section, sealed with oil, then placed a roller on the end of each section. Repeated on the remaining five sections and moistured and sealed my back and front edges. Many of you may be asking why the rollers? Well, my hair does better when its kept as straight as possible,especially ends so as not to break any further- my choice but optional for you. I then covered my ends with plastic sandwich bags or entire head with bag. Cover with satin scarf and its bedtime. Try not to sweat through the night..so turn on a fan or the AC to keep you cool thoughout the night.

In the morning remove scarf, rollers and bag(s) and just feel the moisture and style. My hair finally stayed moisturized all day and the next. Baggying is the best!

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