Thursday, April 11, 2013

Halfwig-ing It...and Moisturizing and Sealing!

Goodbye Straight Hair! Hello! Wash-n-Go with Low Manipulation Style

With the warm air quickly approaching my straight hair days are slowly saying "goodbye"...ya'll know what I'm talking about.

You know the days in the December when you could rock a blow dried flat ironed do for like 3 weeks and even a month in some cases.  Yes, I know that ain't cool in the healthy hair journey...but shoot sometimes you just don't like dealing with your hair AND if it looks good...rock on!

Anyway, my stuff is puffy at the roots.  I mean really.  So my plan this weekend is the co-wash, wash-n-go and then pin my hair in an updo, low manipulation style (some might say protective) so that I can get some length during the spring season.

Here's the plan:

  • Pre-poo with coconut oil overnight
  • Run 2 miles in the a.m. (for healthy and to warm my hair and scalp to really absorb the coconut oil
  • Co-wash with cheap conditioner- finger detangling only!
  • ACV rinse
  • Add more conditioner and rinse only some of it out-leaving in most
Wash-n-go

  • Separate hair into 4 sections
  • Starting in the back- smooth in Ampro Olive Oil Gel (no longer use Ampro as it caused dandraff like flakes after 2 days) throughout hair
  • Diffuse dry
  • Pull into pineapple to stretch
  • Pin into protective style
Repeat process once hair starts to look and feel dry...about 4-5 days.

That's it!

What's your hair plan for this week?