Curly Girl Method (Month 3)

I am still doing and loving the curly girl method.  I have modified the method to include comb detangling once every three weeks or so.  The first time I detangled with a wide tooth comb (while doing the curly girl method) I was pleasently suprised that my hair was very, very easy to detangle. 

In the beginning I used Tresemme Naturals silicone free conditioner but my head was itching like crazy.  That conditioner smelled so gooood but the itching and flakes were more than I could handle. 

Beautiful Twist Out

I was browsing in Target the other day when I came across Loreal's EverCreme sulfate-free nourishing conditioner.  It was only $5.99 so I just had to give it try (my old product junkie tendencies reared up, lol).  The itching wasn't as bad but the shine was amazing! 

I wore the twist out above and the definition lasted all day long.  I guess it was pretty moisturized, lol. 

The longer my hair gets the more I am able to do with it.  It can only get better with time.  You know if God gave us the longer natural hair immediately after we big chopped we wouldn't know what to do with it and would probably have no other choice but to go back to the creamy crack. 

O and about the itching, I have purchased some tea tree oil and it seems to work a little.  I filled a spray bottle with water, conditioner, tea tree oil, extra virgin olive oil and vitamin E.  I spritz my hair (not my scalp) with this occassionally.  Every three days or so I do add drops of tea tree oil directly to my scalp.

So long for now.  My next topic will be on protective styling.

Reflections on All I Have Done To My Hair

Over the years I have done it all to my hair.  It's been fried, dyed and laid to the side, lol.  I had a jeri curl then returned to a relaxer only to return to the jeri curl.  I remember dying my hair an auburn color and it eventually turned fire red.  I also remember (while being relaxed) a bald spot when my hair fell out.  But you know what, my hair always grew back.

Once I got married and had kids I had no time to experiment on my hair.  I was addicted to the creamy crack so I relaxed my new growth every 4-5 weeks.  My hair grew really fast back then.  Once I reached age 40 things began to change.

I noticed that my hair was beginning to thin out.  So my solution to this was to visit my sytlist more often and get frequent trims.  Eventually that stopped working.  Look at the picture below.  It shows my trying to save my fried hair.  The ends needed clipping and it just wasn't as think as it use to be.

A couple of weeks after this picture I got a hair cut and the girl did not cut it the way I asked her so that was IT for me.  That's when I made up my mind togo natural. 

I always knew that my hair was curly because my mom didn't let me get my first Jeri Curl until I was about 14 years old.  Before that mom would wash our hair, let it air dry and use a straightening comb to tame the beast.

I transitioned for about 6 or 7 months but I couldn't take dealing with both textures so I decided to big chop on Thanksgiving day in 2010.  My relaxed hair was so fragile that I had a big ball of hair everytime I washed and detangled my hair so my sister MsRosieVelt did my big chop.  My only regret now is that I didn't do it sooner.

Look at those ends!!!  Scragly (is that a word) is all I have to say.  My relaxed hair was even longer than this.  I would get the ends clipped about 3 times a year so it was about time to get another trim.