silverthread
April 28th, 2013, 12:22 PM
:pI've been on a hiatus from LHC because nothing I tried seemed to work for more than one or two washes. Straight shampoo fried it, diluted shampoo fried it, CWC fried it. SLS-free shampoo, CO and WO left it lank and/or greasy. I thought I'd finally found what I was looking for with Kiss My Face Big Body shampoo and conditioner, but when the dew point got high, my hair frizzed out more than usual (maybe it was the aloe?). In fact, no matter what method I used, the Florida humidity made it look terrible most of the time. But those days of frustration are over (knock on wood)!
I have very fine, low porosity, 2a hair. It's not oily, and not dry. It's about APL. About 5 weeks ago, at my wit's end, I decided to try CO again, and found Suave Daily Clarifying Conditioner. I figured what the heck. The first time I tried it, it worked very well. My hair was clean but moisturized, and my wave looked decent. But I had too much shedding to be comfortable with it. It dawned on me, it may be because of the 7.0 pH. So, to 8 ounces of the conditioner, I added 1 tsp. of white vinegar, and shook it really well. It brought the pH to about 4.5. I tried it again, this time I had only a normal amount of shedding, and the results were still great.
This is what I've been doing. Soak hair well with warm water, squirt about 3 oz. of the conditioner/vinegar mixture right on my scalp and scrub with my finger pads well, then squish it through the length of my hair, and let it sit for 3 minutes. Rinse out for a very LONG time. Then pour a gallon of my special vinegar/ascorbic acid water rinse over my hair. Squeeze out some of the excess water, but not too much. Apply a pea size amount of Beautiful Curls leave-in conditioner to the length of my hair. Squeeze out most of the excess water, then cover my head with a Tshirt. When the drippy water is gone, remove T shirt and let air dry completely, before combing with a wide-tooth comb. This has worked consistently for almost 5 weeks. It's been high humidity, high dew point in my part of Florida for several weeks, and I've had practically frizz-free hair. The waves are bouncy and moisturized. I'm so happy!! :p If the results start to go sour, I'll report back, but so far SOOOO good.
I have very fine, low porosity, 2a hair. It's not oily, and not dry. It's about APL. About 5 weeks ago, at my wit's end, I decided to try CO again, and found Suave Daily Clarifying Conditioner. I figured what the heck. The first time I tried it, it worked very well. My hair was clean but moisturized, and my wave looked decent. But I had too much shedding to be comfortable with it. It dawned on me, it may be because of the 7.0 pH. So, to 8 ounces of the conditioner, I added 1 tsp. of white vinegar, and shook it really well. It brought the pH to about 4.5. I tried it again, this time I had only a normal amount of shedding, and the results were still great.
This is what I've been doing. Soak hair well with warm water, squirt about 3 oz. of the conditioner/vinegar mixture right on my scalp and scrub with my finger pads well, then squish it through the length of my hair, and let it sit for 3 minutes. Rinse out for a very LONG time. Then pour a gallon of my special vinegar/ascorbic acid water rinse over my hair. Squeeze out some of the excess water, but not too much. Apply a pea size amount of Beautiful Curls leave-in conditioner to the length of my hair. Squeeze out most of the excess water, then cover my head with a Tshirt. When the drippy water is gone, remove T shirt and let air dry completely, before combing with a wide-tooth comb. This has worked consistently for almost 5 weeks. It's been high humidity, high dew point in my part of Florida for several weeks, and I've had practically frizz-free hair. The waves are bouncy and moisturized. I'm so happy!! :p If the results start to go sour, I'll report back, but so far SOOOO good.