Johannah
December 7th, 2013, 03:30 AM
So I'm trying to figure out a routine that works best for my hair. I started a couple of years ago with growing my hair from APL. I discovered coconut oil and grahtoestudio. I used to take care of my hair for a year pretty good, and it grew. Then I went to university. I won't say that I'm dumb, but I'm definitely not the smartest girl ever. I study Educational Sciences and it's definitely not easy. I was so busy I forget about the LHC and my hair. My overall length didn't grow, but I grew out my layers a bit (they reached my chin when I started). I'm at 30" right now.
I studied really really really hard and with a lot of tears, I passed my first year :cheese:. In the summer holiday, I suddenly remembered my dream of having long hair without layers. So I joined back in. And I won't quit this time. :o
I did a lot of experimenting since summer. I went SLS- and silicon free. I tried CO, WO, CWC, different oils, different updo's, stretching washes, vitamins, healthy eating, protein masks, moisturizing masks, SMT, ... You name it, I've done it. So around 6 weeks ago I found a routine that works great.
-Saturday night I do some heavy oiling with coconut oil/avocado oil.
-I wash it out on Sunday morning/afternoon with CO.
-Wednesday I wash my hair again with SLS-free shampoo and condition afterwards (Petal Fresh, tea tree).
-I use a towel to wrap in my hair and leave it like that for half an our when I washed it.
-I use coconut oil as a leave in when needed.
-I sleep with my hair in a braid and I'm doing the 'wear your hair up-challenge' since September. I brush my hair twice a day.
-I eat healthy (a lot of water, milk, vitamins, fish etc.) I take vitamins once in a while when I notice I need to (when having a not so healthy week, for example).
-I S&D when I have time.
-I've clarified once since September with a SLS shampoo without silicones.
My hair went from extremely dry and a lot of split ends to soft, shiny hair with almost no split ends. And my hair color changed a bit, too. :o This worked great till now. On Sunday after I washed it, my hair is like WOW. It lasts like this for 3 days. Then, all out of sudden, my hair is just dry. Same problem with SLS-free shampoo. Sometimes, it also gets frizzy. The weather is changing inhere, it's getting really cold and yesterday it snowed.
So now I'm asking myself: could it be that I over-moisturized my hair a bit, or do I need to moisturize more? Could this be a reaction on the SLS- and conefree products? Any ideas? How do you treat your hair different in winter? Any extra advice on my routine?
P.s. excuse me for the long story :o
I studied really really really hard and with a lot of tears, I passed my first year :cheese:. In the summer holiday, I suddenly remembered my dream of having long hair without layers. So I joined back in. And I won't quit this time. :o
I did a lot of experimenting since summer. I went SLS- and silicon free. I tried CO, WO, CWC, different oils, different updo's, stretching washes, vitamins, healthy eating, protein masks, moisturizing masks, SMT, ... You name it, I've done it. So around 6 weeks ago I found a routine that works great.
-Saturday night I do some heavy oiling with coconut oil/avocado oil.
-I wash it out on Sunday morning/afternoon with CO.
-Wednesday I wash my hair again with SLS-free shampoo and condition afterwards (Petal Fresh, tea tree).
-I use a towel to wrap in my hair and leave it like that for half an our when I washed it.
-I use coconut oil as a leave in when needed.
-I sleep with my hair in a braid and I'm doing the 'wear your hair up-challenge' since September. I brush my hair twice a day.
-I eat healthy (a lot of water, milk, vitamins, fish etc.) I take vitamins once in a while when I notice I need to (when having a not so healthy week, for example).
-I S&D when I have time.
-I've clarified once since September with a SLS shampoo without silicones.
My hair went from extremely dry and a lot of split ends to soft, shiny hair with almost no split ends. And my hair color changed a bit, too. :o This worked great till now. On Sunday after I washed it, my hair is like WOW. It lasts like this for 3 days. Then, all out of sudden, my hair is just dry. Same problem with SLS-free shampoo. Sometimes, it also gets frizzy. The weather is changing inhere, it's getting really cold and yesterday it snowed.
So now I'm asking myself: could it be that I over-moisturized my hair a bit, or do I need to moisturize more? Could this be a reaction on the SLS- and conefree products? Any ideas? How do you treat your hair different in winter? Any extra advice on my routine?
P.s. excuse me for the long story :o