Regimen Overhaul

So I have to admit...with my busy BUSY schedule I haven't had much time to really stick to my regimen and believe me, my hair is screaming at me.  After my last relaxer in Aug I noticed that my hair was thinning out badly on the ends, making me realize how badly I need tostart clipping my ends.  I'm frowning as I'm saying this...no one wants to lose length but in the end I have to think of theoverall health of my hair.  I also stopped taking my vitamins, no real reason why but I'm back on it now :).  So to the point of this post, because I'm so busy I decided to make my regimen a little less time consuming lol SIMPLE is always better.

I started watchn Shorty2sweet59's youtube channel and reading her blog for inspiration.  Her hair is amazing!  It's soooooo thick and long and her regimen is simple that it will encourage even the laziest folks (me) that we can do it too.  So I adapted her regimen with products my hair likes and will continually update my blog with results.  I can already say my hair loves her prepoo advice.  

Last night I prepoo'd for about six hours and clarified my hair.  I've been experiencing problems with itchy scalp, seems even at my old age I still can't seem to wash my scalp properly lol.  This time I massaged my scalp for about five minutes to make sure it was clean.  I am still experiencing a little itching but that might be because I haven't oiled my scalp yet.  I DC'd with heat for the first time in months and followed it up with a conditioning rinse.  After I got out the shower my hair felt different, in some ways better and in some ways bad.  It took longer than usual to air dry but I felt like I had lost less hair due to shedding.  I plan on keeping this up for my current stretch. 

New Regimen: (inspired by Shorty2sweet59)

Nightly Routine:
1. Moisturize w/ Elasta QP Mango Butter Moisturizer or moisturizing mix
2. Seal w/ coconut oil
3. Apply JBCO every other day

Shampoo Washes (2x/month):
1. Pre-poo
2. Shampoo w/ moisturizing shampoo
3. DC w/ heat for 35 minutes
4. Rinse w/ moisturizing conditioner
5. Apply leave-in w/ coconut oil
6. Air dry

Clarifying Washes (1x/month):
1. Pre-poo
2. Shampoo w/ clarifying shampoo
3. DC w/ heat for 35 minutes
4. Rinse w/ moisturizing conditioner
5. Apply leave-in w/ coconut oil
6. Air dry

Co-Washes (2x/week):
1. DC (alternating between heat & steamer)
2. Co-wash w/ moisturizing conditioner
3. Apply leave-in w/ coconut oil
4. Air dry

* No direct heat!