update on Cowash/curly girl method
I AM IN LOVE with my hair. When using shampoo I NEVER would have thought I could use conditioner on my scalp. But it's the best thing for my hair. AMAZING.
I wash with conditioner...condition the lengths...leave in a teensy bit of watered-down conditioner...gel and let dry. I can let my hair go for a couple days. (and day two hair is even better than wash day hair!!) Day three or four I do a wo wash...condition ends...apply some leave in...gel and dry. I couldn't do wo when I was doing the bs/acv routine. It looked awful. Now, it buys me another couple days. I was even able to apply a little coconut oil to the ends and it didn't get greasy looking from it like it would before. I am so happy with my hair!!
I no longer brush my hair- that is one of the worst things you can do to curly hair and why my hair would frizz after using the bbb. I do use a wide tooth comb while washing- after it is wet and full of conditioner. I am hoping that after it is fully conditioned and the ends are trimmed off I will not need to do that even. (I want a curly hair stylist and there is a salon in the town we travel to to visit family that has several DEVA trained stylists...so I will wait to get my hair cut next time we go.)
This has been quite an adventure!! I started no poo July 1st...I had a nasty transition phase that lasted about a week...I tried several regimens...I had a horrible misadventure with a garlic treatment...and discovered I have naturally CURLY hair...lol. But I will NEVER go back to using shampoo...and my conditioners will forever be "nasty-stuff" free. I can't imagine having nasty, greasy, frizzy, unmanageable, hard to style hair ever again...which is what I had when hooked on shampoo.
I wash with conditioner...condition the lengths...leave in a teensy bit of watered-down conditioner...gel and let dry. I can let my hair go for a couple days. (and day two hair is even better than wash day hair!!) Day three or four I do a wo wash...condition ends...apply some leave in...gel and dry. I couldn't do wo when I was doing the bs/acv routine. It looked awful. Now, it buys me another couple days. I was even able to apply a little coconut oil to the ends and it didn't get greasy looking from it like it would before. I am so happy with my hair!!
I no longer brush my hair- that is one of the worst things you can do to curly hair and why my hair would frizz after using the bbb. I do use a wide tooth comb while washing- after it is wet and full of conditioner. I am hoping that after it is fully conditioned and the ends are trimmed off I will not need to do that even. (I want a curly hair stylist and there is a salon in the town we travel to to visit family that has several DEVA trained stylists...so I will wait to get my hair cut next time we go.)
This has been quite an adventure!! I started no poo July 1st...I had a nasty transition phase that lasted about a week...I tried several regimens...I had a horrible misadventure with a garlic treatment...and discovered I have naturally CURLY hair...lol. But I will NEVER go back to using shampoo...and my conditioners will forever be "nasty-stuff" free. I can't imagine having nasty, greasy, frizzy, unmanageable, hard to style hair ever again...which is what I had when hooked on shampoo.