Relaxed Hair Tings

Another month has gone by and progress is made.  I can easily put my hair into a ponytail now. Low or high which is good. That also means the bun is coming in nicely. I have been wearing my hair out mostly.  Still blow drying and not flat ironing and it's been working well for me. I have started working in four sections when blow drying to make the process easier. This has certainly helped as my hair has been growing longer. I had noticed a missed section in the back where the roots where not dry. My scalp on the other hand is still a work in progress.  I noticed after reaching the six week mark it sort of rebels. I have decided to add a midweek cowash to help. I have relaxer scheduled for next month which I might move a week or so to make sure my scalp is not irritated when I relax. If the cowash helps I'll also keep it as part of the regimen. How is your hair going? I hope it is healthy and flourishing!

Still making good progress and I've kept up with my blow drying routine. I relaxed early on in the month and that was successful.  One thing I have realised regarding the ORS relaxer I am using is there are different formula of it in the market. Especially it being an imported product you don't know what you will get in the store. I don't know if it's just me but I realised one formula works much slower than the other. The one that I like I haven't seen anywhere for ages. Both boxes say new look on them and they are both not on the US website for ORS so hard to tell. Another thing I noticed is some countries have products tailored to them. I have seen the relaxer in the form of sachets etc on instagram and YouTube too. So it could just be matter of where the shops can get their supply of the relaxer that's adding to the mix. Before using the relaxer I check the expiry date. All of them have been well before expiry so I can not blame expired product for how slow ...

It's been a minute. Life keeping me busy. Hope you are all well and keeping busy. Relaxer touch up went well in July. I did have challenges with lining up my dates and the longer I stretched the more irritated my scalp became. I hope to keep the schedule going forward. If it looks like there might be challenges it would be better to get it done earlier than to hope to get it done when things 'settle down'. Reader they did not settle hahaha.  Making great progress with my hair. I was even able to do a top bun! Small but still a top bun. I will keep my weekly wash and blow dry routine. I have decided to add in the two braids for the low maintenance and it makes it much easier for wearing head scarfs. I am a little out of practice but we will get there. How has your hair been going?

The month of June has gone by and I decided to flat iron my hair. It's been a while, my hair is longer and I need help with my hand eye coordination. Needless to say it was a bit of an arm work out. The flat ironing step alone took me just under an hour. I hadn't really thought through my game plan but it all worked out in the end. There's definitely progress. I think the next time I flat iron will either be end of year or in the new year with the first relaxer. Then I'll see if it will be worth doing it more regularly if not for practice.  Growing out the hair in layers is interesting. I can put my hair in a bun just not all of it regardless of the position. This calls  for some creativity in styling with clips, side combs etc. In the background I am continuing to work on deciding my staple products. A mix of allergies and wanting accessible products that work is the reason behind it. It's not as easy as I thought it would be but progress is being made. Once I have...

Not only am I not great at taking photos, I don't always remember to take any. I had my relaxer touch up and this went well. My hair is growing and thriving. I have been enjoying my blow dry wash routine. I need to properly time it and will report back. Wash routine including blow drying is about an hour. Adding in relaxer steps on relaxer day comes to just under two hours. This is so good! My current challenge is finding a shampoo that agrees with both my hair and scalp. The ors shampoo is the only one working for me at the moment.  I'd like to have a moisturising shampoo as well and potentially a back up. Next step would be to do the same for my conditioner and other staple products. Having a go to line up and back up mean when something gets discontinued I'm not completely left out to dry. Having a focused line up also means I can work on my technique, diet, exercise, rest etc because I know the products work. Hope your hair is thriving. Do you have back up products that...

I can't believe April is over! The past couple of weeks since my last post I have been trying to see what my hair and scalp like.  Making my scalp happy continues to be a challenge. My hair on the other hand is happy and growing along nicely. I need to find a solution for my scalp to make sure more issues don't come up down the track. I am not too worried as some of my staples are ok. Some of the areas I am looking are shampoo, conditioner and deep conditioner. After eliminating the use of any oils on my scalp I noticed a big difference. It might just be the combinations I was using weren't working. I have been thinking of reintroducing some coconut oil on my scalp at least on wash day and see how that goes. I use it to seal in moisture and my hair likes it. In other words the experimenting continues. I usually give it three to four weeks to see how my scalp is reacting. If it's super irritated and itchy I stop clarify and give it a break. I also had a few washes were I...

It's been a while since my last post. My hair is growing out nicely.  Since the last post I have been washing my hair weekly and decided to just blow dry and not flat iron as well. I am mostly home and generally keep my hair covered under a scarf. Blow drying gets my hair dry and stretched in less than 10minutes. The brush attachment really helps with the process.  As my hair continues to grow, we are up in another level of awkward length. It's not quite ponytail length but it's rubbing against my neck in the back. I had to do a few experiments to find a way to keep it off my neck. This led me to the pictured side comb. I have two sizes small and the pictured large. I basically twist my hair in the back and put it up and use the comb to hold it in place. It's quite good and so far I had no issues. No more little fro on the nape area! With exercising and weather changes I had found that area would shrink and frizz up. If I want to go out I just wear my scarf over or a ha...