{1} I separated my hair into 4 sections. I do every step of my wash day in these 4 sections. This is also when I started my initial henna mixture.
{2} I pre-pooed using Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose Conditioner and a mixture of grapeseed and coconut oils for about 30 minutes with a plastic cap.
{3} Rinsed and shampooed with Shea Moisture ABS Deep Cleansing and CON Argan Oil Moisturizing shampoos.
{4} After letting the excess water soak up in a towel, I added the conditioners & oils and, using gloves, applied my henna gloss treatment while standing in my tub. I did not feel like covering my bathroom with newpaper again and knew it would be easy to clean up any splatter this way.
{5} I sat under my bonnet dryer for about 30 minutes then let my hair cool for a few minutes before going to the shower rinse.
{6} After rinsing, my hair felt strong, yet still soft, but I decided to apply some moisturizing conditioners anyway. Just to be safe. I used Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose (yes, again! I need to review it) and Organix Argan Oil Deep Moisturizing Conditioner. Both of these conditioners have instructions of 2-5 minutes and I feel they actually work in a short amount of time. I put on a plastic cap for maybe 10 minutes and rinsed again.
{7} I t-shirt dried my hair for 30 minutes then began detangling.
{8} As I detangled, section by section, I also applied my leave-ins, Aphogee Green Tea & Keratin Restructurizer and Elasta QP H2.
{9} At this point, my hair was about 70% dry. I wanted to blow dry it (on low) so that my my new growth and texture did not present any tangling problems to whomever was going to be braiding my hair. I wanted to make it as easy on them as possible to get thru all this hair of mine.
{10} After doing a quick once over with the dryer, I decided to add Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Restorative Conditioner, which can be used as a deep conditioner or a leave in, and a little grapeseed oil. My hair just felt like it was going to need something more by the time I was done. I then finished getting my roots together with the blow dryer.
My hair seemed huge! It felt great and the color was much more noticeable than it was before. It's like a deep, richer burgundy color. Yesss! Very successful wash day. I felt like my hair was in great shape for its upcoming box braid installation.
I love the thickness of your hair, looks very smooth too :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Shereen! I have to give the henna credit for the smoothness. :)
DeleteLove your big hair and it's color. After reading your last post on henna, it makes me want to try it. Looking forward to your box braid installation post :)
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Thanks Jas! You should definitely give it a try. You might love it like I do. And that post will be up soon!
DeleteThanks for reading!
That color is amaze-balls Mel!
ReplyDeleteKLP | SavingOurStrands
Lol thankssss! I am almost scared to henna again because I love it so much and don't want it to change again.
DeleteOh!! Your hair is gorgeous....
ReplyDeleteDivachyk @Relaxed Thairapy
Aww! Thank you! I feel the same way about yours :)
DeleteAHHH Your hair is so lovely!
ReplyDelete:-D thank you!!!
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