I have not posted at all this year, so let me start by saying ... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! (^_^)
Let me update you all on my hair progress thus far...
Last week I took out my fabulous kinky twists exactly three months to the date that I finished installing them . Naturally , this is the first time that I have had extensions in my hair since removing heat any other stress related methods of hair treatments from my styling techniques. This is also the first time that I installed the extensions myself. I was a bit concerned that with my lack of experience I would suffer a really serious setback from not properly installing the hair or maintaining the style in a healthy manner. What I made sure to do several times a week was moisturize my scalp by spraying it with my water and oils mixture. I also made it a point to set my hair under the shower head for at least 10 minutes three times a week and massage my scalp to remove any excess product and dirt to keep my scalp from getting too dry. I believe that because of my efforts I was able to notice that my hair did not feel dry or brittle once I removed the extensions. As a matter of fact, I was surprised that my hair was as soft as it was after I washed it with the Indian clay and acv treatment and deep condition. I detangled my hair once again while I had the deep conditioner treatment in. After that I put my hair in three twists, and let the deep conditioner sit overnight in my hair. ( I do not have a picture for that though) I had no problem at all setting my hair with flexi rods. And man did they look good after I removed them too!!! Below are sets of pictures throughout the process the first two days that I had removed the extension hair and transitioned back to wearing only my hair.
This is what my hair looked like when I first removed the twists:
This is what my hair looked like after I finger detangled for about 2 hours, and then applied the Indian clay and ACV treatment to my scalp and hair:
After leaving the deep conditioner in my hair overnight, I rinsed the conditioner out, put leave in conditioner and all of my oils for my hair in, and styled my hair with flexi rods.
Man, I was surprised my hair looked this good immediately after taking the extensions out!!! I did notice though that the new growth frizzed out faster in this hair style than the rest of my hair did. So it seems like the new growth was pretty extensive. I think I managed to get about 2 inches or so out of the deal which I think was really REALLY good considering this was the first time I have ever done this with the new information and no heat regiment.
I was only able to leave the flexi rod curls in for about 4 days . Mainly because I did not want my hair to start drying out. Especially since I do not yet have a product that I like to keep my hair moisturized when I have it set in this style several days into wearing it. So anyway, yesterday I took a few hours and devoted my Martin Luther King day to setting my hair into a protective style. I noticed that in addition to my hair gaining some length, I noticed that my ends were on the scraggly side. BUT, since I have decided not to trip or cut my hair anymore, I am going to leave the ends like they are and protect the ends by keeping my hair up and away from my clothing. Here are some pictures of how I have styled my hair. These are basically two strand twists that are the same as the twists I had in for three months except I do not have extensions here.
I am really starting to enjoy how my hair looks in this style. I am not sure how long I will keep it in this form, but I believe that for the next month or so, I am going to continue to wear my hair in protective styles since it is still winter time. But not only that, I am going to try and see exactly how long I can grow my hair by manipulating it less than how I have been doing while I have had my hair out of extensions.OH YEAH... as you can clearly see, I have finally purchased a replacement for my phone that allows me to take pictures . LOL. Not like you all have not figured that out already, but I just wanted to officially comment on said accomplishment. LOL
Well, I think this is about all I can share for the time being. If I think of anything else interesting that I had forgotten to mention, I will do so in the next blog. As always thank you for reading, and I look forwards to sharing more with you very soon!!!
Until Next Time.... Agur (^ _ ^)
