The day I have been waiting for...

So I finally had my clarifying wash last night. I was supposed to do it Monday, but work got in the way of that. On top of that I was asked to come in the first thing the next morning. So when I did finally come home I went straight to bed.
So anyway let me get back to last night. After I ran some errands around 5 I applied my Burt Bee's Pre-Shampoo Treatment. I left that on until about 11:30. After I rinsed that out I shampooed with my Vo5 Kiwi Lime Clarifying shampoo. I washed with that twice. First time I just washed my hair all together. The second time I parted my hair in to 4 sections and left it on for about 3 minutes. When I washed that out I applied my Aussie Moist 3 Minute Miracle deep conditioner. Left that on for about 3 minutes. Then rinsed it out. I towel dried my hair and applied my leave ins(Elasta Qp H2 & Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Restructurizer).
By the way I forgot to mention in my last post that I joined the Castor Oil Challenge at Hairlista. I'm starting off at the Basic Level and I'm going to try to work my way up to Advanced or Ultimate. Only thing is I don't know if I want to really wash my hair 3 times a week. Since I had intended to use castor oil eventually I went to Sally's when I first started my Healthy Hair Journey and picked up an applicator bottle. So despite all the castor oil application horror stories I've heard mine was a breeze. I love how soft my new growth is. I definitely may make the castor oil a staple.
That being said after this wash I'm in love with not only the castor oil, but with the Aussie 3 Minute Miracle. Not only does my relaxed ends look good my new growth isn't feeling as rough as it usually does. This also could be contributed to the clarifying of my hair. None the less I'm am extremely happy with the results of last night.

Originally I was supposed to start using my Wild Growth Oil after I clarified my hair. Since I decided to join the castor oil challenge I'm unsure at the moment how to incorporate the WGO into my regimen. I may just mix it in with the castor oil and call it a day.
I'm also thinking about getting my hair braided. I planned to do that at the beginning of the summer but never got around to it. For some reason with my bantu knot outs and my braid outs my hair is starting to get tangled quite a bit. So I'm getting quite a bit of breakage. I want to do a protein treatment but I prefer to do those when I shampoo. My next wash day is a co-wash so I'll have to wait until next Monday. Well that is it for now. Peace & Love~

Better late then never...

So I was supposed to do a co-wash on Thursday. I didn't of course and decided to do it on Friday. THEN of course that didn't happen. So finally I had co-wash #2 Saturday. I actually didn't care so much for my co-wash yesterday. I'm not sure what it was. Maybe I didn't do something right. I loved my hair the first time I did a co-wash, but this time it seemed bleh... I co-washed with a mixture of Garnier Fructis Strength & Repair Instant Melting Conditioner, Garnier Fructis 3 Minute Fortifying Deep Conditioner, Jojoba Oil, and Coconut Oil. I also did a scrub with some of my Neutrogena Triple Moisture Daily Deep Conditioner. After I applied my leave ins (Elasta QP H-Two, African Pride Braid Spray). After that I put a little mango butter in my hair as well. Then I let my hair air dry. After that I moisturized my hair with more mango butter(I love this stuff) and some of my Hollywood Beauty Castor Oil. Then I pin curled my hair and went to sleep. Here is the result of my pin curl:

This style reminds me a lot of the Bantu Knot out. Except I find doing those much easier. That's probably because this was my first time doing a pin curl.I think I'll try this again sometime after I flat iron my hair again. Which I'm hoping I can hold off on the flat ironing until next month ,but I'm feeling mighty week right now.

Well about two post ago I said I wouldn't be buying anything unless one of the flat irons I want goes on sale. Well that didn't happen. I ended up buying a few products >.< So these are the products that broke me down:
Silk Elements MegaSilk Olive Shampoo & Conditioner
Hollywood Beauty Carrot Creme (the little bottle of Carrot Oil Root Moisturizer came with it)
Wild Growth Hair Oil
Vo5 Herbal Escapes Kiwi Lime Squeeze Clarifying Shampoo & Conditioner

So far I've only used the Carrot Creme. I really like using that on my hair. The Root Moisturizer however has mineral oil in it so I'm kind of wary of using that. It also smells horrible on top of that. lol
I plan to start using my Wild Growth oil after I do a clarifying wash. I plan on using the Silk Elements Shampoo and Conditioner Monday. So I should be making a post about that tomorrow. That is all for now. Peace & Love~

Yeah I know...

So I haven't updated in a week. I'm getting to that point where I just don't feel like blogging, you know? Anyway the show will go on....

Co-Wash #1
I had my first co-wash Friday night. I had to go to work first thing Saturday morning so I decided to get it out of the way Friday night. I co-washed with 3 conditioners. Is that normal? Well I did it even if it's not. I started off with my Garnier Fructis Strength & Repair Instant Melting Conditioner. I left that on for about 20 minutes. Then I added my Herbal Essences Long Term Relationship Conditioner around the last 5 minutes. After that I washed them out and added some of my Neutrogena Triple Moisture Daily Deep Conditioner. After I applied that I scrubbed my scalp and then washed it out and let my hair air dry.
I must say that I'm in love with co-washing now. It left my hair incredibly soft. I definately will be co-washing regularly. I'll be replacing my second weekly wash with a cowash now.

Wash day #4
I began wash day (not the actual day since it was like evening time when I got to my hair) by pre-pooing with a mixture of coconut oil, jojoba oil, and my Garnier Fructis Fortifying Deep Conditioner. I think I left that on for about an hour then I washed it out with my Creme of Nature Detangling Conditioning Shampoo. I decided that it was finally time for my to try out my ORS Replenishing Pak. Let me just say that, that stuff smells sooo good. I used half of the pack surprisingly. I usually have to use a lot of product because my hair is so thick. I let that stay on for an hour as well. After that I washed it out and applied my Neutrogena Triple Moisture Daily Deep Conditioner. Technically you don't have to condition after if you don't want to. I did this because it is a light protein so I just wanted to balance it out. After that I put in my leave ins and my mango butter