What's Rachie up to? - Hair Update Week 10, 2014... :-)

Hey There Guys!

We have reached the 10th week of the year already. And its been a little while since I've done my weekly update. Not much has been happening really. I have kept my hair in twists this week - the low manipulation will help to keep my hair on my head and out of my brush if I can help it! 


I washed a Deep Conditioned yesterday. I was noticing a few broken hairs when I was de-tangling prior to the wash and so I decided to do a protein treatment as well... Oh lordie I'm getting ahead of myself, I'll get to my wash-day details in just a bit...

Onto the Update... :-)
Last relaxer date: February 22nd, 2014
Currently: 2 weeks and 2 days post relaxer.
Next Relaxer: I'm not sure, Seriously considering doing a "corrective relaxer" at 8 weeks post, I'll definitely keep you guys informed.

How I'm feeling about my hair today: about 7/10 today :-)
Points gained: 

  • I've been good about my protective styling, moisturizing and sealing nightly as well as my daily 3 liter water intake and daily vitamin intake.
  • I've been diligent with wearing a scarf or having a silk pillow case to sleep.

Points lost:
  • My hair has a lot of texture still, so, as I mentioned in my last post, the line of demarcation is still there, and my hair is prone to breaking. I was hoping to wear my hair "free" for about 3 weeks to 4 weeks post relaxer, but for the health of my hair and my length retention goals I'll have to just bite the bullet and stick to protective styling for now.
  • My exercising has been sporadic and needs improvement, *side eye TO MYSELF* Lol.
  • I could be more diligent with my juicing and smoothie-making. I have all the ingredients in my fridge, I just need to get cracking.  

What have I been up to???
Hair-wise this week went well...
  • I've kept my hair in twists throughout the week, re-twisting on the weekends.
WASH DAY 09/03/2014
  • I undid and carefully de-tangled each Twist.
*Eeps! do you guys see my 2 new grey hairs in the second picture? Sigh! Lol.
  • The hair lost at the end of de-tangling was not bad:


  • I did a pre-poo with Shea Moisture Restorative Conditioner and Vatika Oil



  • Rinsed and finger de-tangled in the shower with warm water
  • Shampooed with Shea Moisture Moisture Retention Shampoo - focusing on the scalp.


  • I then did a Protein Treatment with Nexxus Polymedic Emergency Reconstructor for approximately 20 minutes - I finger detangled for the first 5 minutes of this time, because this conditioner gives AMAZING SLIP! Luv it!
  • I then rinsed this out with warm water and shampooed with Shea Moisture Moisture Retention Shampoo,  a very small amount this time, just to get the protein conditioner out thoroughly.
  • I coated my hair with HEHH Conditioner followed by a healthy helping of Coconut Oil root to tip. 


  • I Deep Conditioned under the over-head dryer for 20 minutes.
*Guys forgive me, I so tired I HAD to lie down!*

  • After my hair cooled down a bit, I rinsed my hair with cool water, finger de-tangling under the running water, massaging my scalp and smoothing my hair out to the ends.
  • I then did a quick ACV rinse, rinsed with cold water, then proceeded to air-dry with my scarf as a I normally do. To see how I typically Air-dry my hair you can check out this post. 
So that's about it. This week I'll be keeping my hair in Twists. I'll do a deep conditioning session and re-twist again next weekend.
For this week's posts, I think I'd like to focus on a topic that has been coming up a lot lately in discussions with friends and family when we talk about my HHJ - and this is "Hair Typing". I have quite a few thoughts on the matter specifically how it pertains to healthy hair care.

Worry not, its not anything heavy or controversial at all, I like to keep things light - pshh life can be heavy enough as it is. I will basically be focusing on what exactly Hair Typing entails/ should entail and how it affects/ should affect our hair care regimens.

I hope you guys are having a great day,
See you again soon!

Xoxo,
Rachie :-)


8 comments

  1. You are grazing waist length already cos the tiniiest part of your waist ain't that far...great job and your ends are tight

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    1. Thank you so much! I've been paranoid about my ends of late so I didn't even stop and notice that I was actually almost grazing WL, I'm happy and thankful for that. I really hope I can avoid setbacks and attain my goal of WL by maybe June? Thanks so much for stopping by!

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  2. I was just about to say the same thing ^. I had that feeling the last time I relaxed.. Feeling it was super underprocessed but after I passed the first 4 weeks it didn't matter much. Hope all goes well with the PS.

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    1. Heyah girlie! Thanx for the advice. I hope by 4 weeks post my hair starts to behave again, lol. I'm still in twists and its goin ok so far. Thanx for stopping by!

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  3. Sounds like everything is in order. Good stuff. Now I hope it remains that way. Smooth sailing wi seh! lol HHJ!

    Abbi of BelowtheWaist

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    1. Yay Abbi! Yeye HHJ to dih worl' ! Lol. Girl I really praying hard for no setbacks. I really do want to sailing smoothly to my hair goal by about June. Wish me luck! Hugz

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  4. I love Nexxus Emergencee! It always nips my breakage in the bud.

    KLP | SavingOurStrands

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    1. If?! Its amazing!!! lol. And you know the funny thing is, I found it by searching "protein conditioner" in Amazon and basically read reviews for the products that got 5 stars, and the Nexxus PER got such great reviews I decided to order it and give it a try. I was hooked ever since! :-) Thanx so much for stopping by! hugz :-)

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