YAY!!!!! MY NEW DISCOVERY

WITH THIS BEING MY FIRST TIME NATURAL ,I UNDERSTAND THAT STYLING MY HAIR EVERYDAY WILL BE TRIAL AND ERROR .DOING RESEARCH ONLINE HAS HELPED ALOT ,BUT PLAYING AROUND IN MY HAIR WITH DIFFERENT STYLES HAS HELPED AS WELL.WE ALL SOON FIND FAVORITES THAT WORK THE BEST FOR OUR HAIR.MINE IS STYLING AND DEFINING MY HAIR WITH ECO STYLER GEL.FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SEEN MY VIDEO ON HOW I DEFINE MY CURLS ON YOU TUBE YOU'VE SEEN HOW IT LOOKS BUT BY THE TIME IT DRIES IT SHRINKS RIGHT UP TO MY SCALP.I MEAN I LOVE THIS STYLE AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT UNTIL MY HAIR GROWS OUT SOME MORE SO WHEN IT SHRINKS ,IT WOULDN'T BE SO BAD.THIS PAST WEEKEND I DID MY FAVORITE STYLE AGAIN BUT THIS TIME I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN KEEP THE SAME LENGTH OF MY WET HAIR WHEN IT DRIES. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID , I DID!!! I'LL BE POSTING A VIDEO ON YOU TUBE ON HOW I ACHIEVED MY STRETCHED OUT DEFINED CURLS .

PROTEIN AND MOISTURE BALANCE

Do you find random hairs in your comb, on your shirt, on your sinks and on your bathroom floors? Are you finding hair everywhere but securely upon your head? What is going on? You may have a problem with hair breakage. For black hair in particular, hair breakage is typically
The Fine Art of Protein and Moisture Balancing for Black Hair Care
a result of an imbalance of important forces within the hair strand: moisture and protein levels.

Moisture

Hair needs water to maintain its elasticity, or ability to stretch. Since water is the ultimate moisturizer, water-based products are best for really getting the greatest moisture benefit.

Moisturizers are simply products that are water-based and nourish your hair deep within the strand. Products with moisturizing properties tend to be your conditioners and other specific moisturizer sprays or creams. Moisturizers may also contain large amounts of protein, but these protein based moisturizers do not have the moisturizing benefit that moisture-based moisturizers have. Check labels to gauge protein content. Good moisturizers will not contain cheap, filler ingredients like petrolatum, mineral oil, or lanolin. Avoid products that claim moisturizing benefits and contain these ingredients. There is nothing moisturizing about them! Petrolatum and mineral oil are sealants that seal out the precious moisture our hair needs.

Sealing in your Moisturizers:

Our hair naturally contains moisture, but because our hair is also naturally porous, keeping the moisture inside is a difficult task. Providing additional sources of outside moisture, or external moisture supplementation, is a must for black hair care. Water molecules and moisture from these supplemental moisturizing products easily pass into the hair shaft, but they pass out just as easily. The moisture you apply needs to held in by something. Oil.

Natural oils like jojoba, olive, carrot, or coconut oil seem to work best.

AFTER THE BRAIDS!!!

THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN AFTER I TOOK OUT MY BRAIDS,I HAD LEFT THEM IN FOR A MONTH CAUSE IT WAS ALL I COULD TAKE.LOOK HOW LONG ITS GETTING YIPPEE.....

BRAIDS..... AS A PROTECTIVE STYLE!!

IN OCTOBER I TRIED THE BRAID THING AGAIN.IT WAS BEGINNING TO GET COLDER WHERE I LIVE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE WASH AND GO'S ANYMORE.EVERY NIGHT I MOISTURIZED AND SEALED WITH WATER,SHEA BUTTER AND COCONUT OIL AND SLEPT IN A SATIN CAP.I WANTED TO PUSH THE STYLE UNTIL NOVEMBER 27TH WHICH MARKED MY 6 MONTHS NATURAL BUT I COULDN'T CONTINUE WITH THE ITCHES ANY LONGER LOL ,SO IT WAS TIME TO TAKE THEM OUT AND DO A CLARIFY SHAMPOO.

ELASTA QP SMOOTH AS SILK STYLING GEL

THESE PICTURES ARE WHEN I FIRST FOUND OUT HOW TO DEFINE MY CURLS,I USED ELASTA QP GEL AND I LIKED IT AT THE TIME ,IT DOESN'T DRY HARD AT ALL AND IS VERY SOFT TO THE TOUCH.I'M NOT SURE I LIKE THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY HOLD ONCE ITS DRIED,MAYBE I'LL TRY IT AGAIN ONCE MY HAIR IS A LITTLE LONGER.THIS IS ABOUT 3 MONTHS POST BIG CHOP.

ECO STYLER CURLS WHEN HAIR IS DRIED

THESE PICS ARE OF MY HAIR ONCE IT WAS ALL DRY,I LOSE ABOUT TWO INCHES WHEN MY HAIR DRIES,WHICH SUCKS LOL.

ECO STYLER GEL CURLS

I HAVE BEEN USING ECO STYLER GEL FOR THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS TO DEFINE MY CURLS AND I LOVE IT.BEFORE THE ECO STYLER I WAS USING ELASTA QP SMOOTH AS SILK STYLING GEL TO DEFINE MY CURLS AND LET ME TELL YOU THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY MY HAIR LOOKS IN THE END.THE ECO STYLER IS SORT OF HEAVIER ,SO IT HELPS MY HAIR HANG MORE,WHICH I LOVE .I'VE LEARNED ALOT THOUGH ABOUT HOW TO USE THE GEL .BEFORE APPLYING THE ECO STYLER ,BE SURE TO MOISTURIZE AND SEAL .I USE WATER,SHEA BUTTER THEN SEAL WITH COCONUT OIL. DON'T USE TOO MUCH OR IT WILL DRY REALLY HARD,ECO STYLER GEL IS GREAT FOR SECOND AND THIRD DAY HAIR BECAUSE IT CAN BE REACTIVATED WITH WATER.THIS AT ABOUT 5 MONTHS POST BIG CHOP.