Checking In

My new regimen is the ISSSSSSSSHHHHH!  Forreal :). My hair is loving DC'ing 3 times a week, the heavy protein every 6 weeks, the light protein every week, the switch to Elasta QP DPR-11 DC abd the switch to Silken Childs moisturizer.  Even the chop, my hair is sooooooo much easier to detangle.  And the protein treatments have significantly slowed down my shedding, I wish I'd discovered this a long time ago, my hair would be alot thicker.  I'm seeing about 8-20 strands daily, it's barely noticeable.  I remember only a couple weeks ago I was shedding so much that I was clogging my shower drain :( and now I'm only seeing a couple strands go down the drain.  It's magic! lol. 

My hair likes Silken Childs waaaaaaaay better than Luster's S-Curl, I feel like my hair stays moisturized way longer and I don't feel like I have to use a lot to get the job done...S-Curl makes my hair feel damp and makes it more fragile. Good thing too...cause the new S-Curl formula sucks booty!  I tried to pawn it off on a friend and she didn't like it either lol.  My DC mix has changed also, instead of using Silk Elements I went back to using KeraCare Humectress but now I mix it with Elasta QP DPR-11, glycerin, honey and essential oils...my hair LOVES it!  Soon as I apply it my hair feels so silky and looks so shiny, the DC glides on like butter, with very minimal shedding.  Two DC's during the week I DC on dry hair BEFORE my co-wash.  My hair seems to like that better.  Right now I'm trying out Suave but I think I might go back to my V05 Moisture Milk since Tressemme changed their Naturals formula.  Istopped wearing my sock bun until I find a silk sock to use as the outer layer, my hair was drying up.  

I'm now wearing a ponytail with the loose hair wrapped around in a circle and secured with a bobby pin.  This style keeps my ends more moisturized, my ends more tame and orderly and makes it way more easy to detangle at night.  

I stopped doing the inversion technique, I don't feel like it's necessary but I'm still doin the castor oil challenge.  I'm way less afraid of my blow dryer, on days when I get off too late to sit under the dryer/steamer I just DC over night, rinse and co-wash in the morning, air dry till my hair is mostly dry then I use my dryer on the cool setting.  I don't do this often but it's definitely a time saver.  I'm maintaining my ends after my chop :).  As bad as I didn't want to let those RAGGEDY ends go, it was definitely necessary and I can tell the difference.  

My edges are growing back, the left side way more than than right but I'm hitting it with JBCO daily (rest of head every other day).  Next time I relax I'm aiming at a texlax and not bone straight.  My new growth is still manageable at this point (almost 2 months post).  When I do relax I'm not relaxing my edges, I'm going to try to hold out for a year (HELP!) so they can grow back strong.  Stay tuned for my next length check, I'm going to get my hair straightened at the salon (no relaxer!).