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 :-)