Beginning of Hair Journey

Hey guys this is a blog about my relaxed hair journey. in May i got my hair braided and just felt my hair was a mess so i decided to take care of it and this is how my hair journey began.

First i decided to buy products, i bought aphogee products such as the shampoo for damaged hair, pro vatimin leave in and the keratin green tea recontructorizer. I didn't buy the conditioner because i already had a light protein conditioner the organic root stimulator (ORS) replenishing  conditioner. Also i bought moisturizers such as the ORS carrot oil and S Curl no drip activator. I also bought a wrapping mouse from ORS there edge control and there hair mayo, Africa's best herbal oil and Mane N tail detangler. In terms of tools i bought too use in my hair i bought a wide teeth comb, rollers, pins and a spray bottle. I will give you guys a review of the products as I go along.

After just two weeks of having the braids I decided to take them out they where itchy and not cute the girl who did them did not do a good job, I also was not moisturizing my hair enough but when i did i uses African pride braid spray and poured some olive oil in there. Con: The braid spray did not do a good job when it came to moisturizing my hair, an from what I have learnt from reading hair forms and watching youtube videos, synthetic braid dry out the hair fast so if you are going to braid your hair make sure you can dedicate the time to keep it moisturized, pro: natural ingredients Anyways I sprayed some of the Mane N tail detangler on my braids before I pulled them out and might I say this detangler is really good it usually take me awhile to pull out braids cause i don't want to damage my hair when it gets knotted up in the braid but with this detangler little to no knots, if i came across a tough one i just sprayed some detangler on it and bam knot gone.

pulling out braids

synthetic hair

only product used

end result

 After i finished pulled out the braids, i then pre pooed my hair. This was an important step causes pre poo is done to help limit the damage that can be caused when you shampoo due to most shampoo's containing sulfate, so this helps to put moisture in your hair to so not all moisture is stripped from the hair leading to breakage. The reason this was so important is because I was going to clarify my hair with ORS creamy aloe shampoo (i already had this thats why its not in the list of products about) which contains alot of sulfate.

How I pre pooed:
  After I pulled out the braids I sectioned my hair in four using some clip and filled my spray bottle with water, i then placed my herbal oil which was in an applicator bottle in a cup of warm water. I sprayed my hair with the warm water and applied ORS carrot oil to my hair and then my oils. When i bought the ORS hair mayo i got a free small sample of the carrot oil, some people use conditoners too pre poo but i prefered to use the carrot oil cause i think the conditoner would be too heavy i then applied my oils all over my hair and to seal my ends and put my hair under a plastic cap and that was it. Some people sit under the dryer, some sleep with it over night you can do as you please and I recommend you research more about pre poo.

hair sectioned

pre poo

After i pre pooed i then clarified my hair and did a protein treatment with the ORS hair mayo (I applied it too my hair and sat under the dryer for the recommended amount of time). Guys when i washed out the mayo and looked in the mirror at my hair it was so damn GORGEOUS, i mean it was shiny and smooth my god that stuff is amazing can you say "hair staple". I then applied my my aphogee leave-in and some wrap mouse and sat under the dryer. I comb my hair straight down, i didnt do a rollerset because of the style i was going to do with my hair. After it dried it felt a little dry so i applied ORS carrot oil and sealed my ends with oil. Then pulled my hair in a ponytail and covered it was a satin scarf and went to bed.

drying my hair

end result

end result (new growth)

end result

The next day i went to a stylist to get my hair flat twist (i cant flat twist), the style i did was a protective style. She applied only one product to my hair spritz, i never had spritz in my hair before but soon after i left the salon i realized i hated it, it dries out the hair so fast i think its due to the SD Alcohol, and i think that is why after my hair finish drying it felt dry cause the ORS wrap/set mouse had in alcohol and alot of different types so i don't recommend that type, i reccomend the smooth n shine mouses theres some wiithout alcohol try those, anyways. When i reached home i applied so S curl no drip activator this stuff is good it definately moisturizes the hair, you can use it for braids sew in etc I like for styles like those cause its liquid i took off the spray thingy it had though because i didn't like the way it sprayed and used my africa's best braid spray spray thingy cause it allows the product to be better distributed in the hair. So that was my first week on my hair journey, I know alot right but i will keep you guys posted.

products i use, the oil. seals and
moisturizers my scalp

style, i have on a clip on bum to protects
my hair ends