I self-texlaxed today with ORS Olive Oil No-lye. This is my first real texlax. I watched You Tube to get some techniques all week. Conclusion: I really need to find a stylist. The whole thing was a mess. I tried to use the color brush, but it was too large for my sections. I got […]
I did it!!!! I wasn’t sure I would but I did. It wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t as hard as I thought. It is true, it is important to plan ahead and have an idea on how to solve unpredictables.Planning my stretch is what helped me. I knew I wanted to stretch for 8 weeks […]
I hadn’t seen any progress with my hair. I guess seeing is believing. I posted three pictures last week-end. Just doing that reminded me of how far I have come.Indeed, I did a BC last August because my hair shed excessively after my second pregnancy and it was no longer possible to hold on to the length. I […]
I look at my regimen as a cycle. The first day of my cycle is relaxer day. I will try to stretch 8 weeks for the very first time this cycle (started April 8th ’09). I will document the state of my hair at every relaxer.Relaxer dayI will protect my hair and scalp with vaseline […]
When it comes to hair care, I plead guilty, guilty, guilty. The charge is abused to the first, second and third degree. After years of abusing my hair, I had a vision last week. Indeed, it was time to do a retouch of my relaxer, something that I “like” to do myself more often than […]
I have shared a little on my hair care journey and my weight loss journey on this blog and I thought it might be time for a little update. Indeed, it’s time for new beginnings. I had taken a break from my hair journey during my pregnancy because, frankly, I could not handle it. I […]
Last month I started a healthy hair care journey. It is unbelievable the amount of misconceptions I had about my own hair. I sincerely thought I didn’t have the genes or the hair type to have long hair. After researching, I realize that is not true. I can… I simply needed to know how. I […]