Day 5~ I didn't do anything for day 5. Home sick all day.
Day 6~ I pretty much did a LOC method before running out to do errands.
I spritzed my hair with Aloe Vera Juice (AVJ) and water, rubbed about nickel size amount of JBCO in my hands and rubbed into my hair in a kind of section/layered process and massaged in. I finished with my Cantu Shea leave-in conditioner, wrapped with a satin scarf then went about my day.
Normally, when getting ready to head out, I just wet or spritz my hair with water; pick, brush, or comb through my hair to style; then slap on a headband and be done. I would end up having major shrinkage or lots of frizz. Not to mention, a great deal of breakage and shedding.
The past few months that I have been researching how to better care for our (my daughter and mine) natural hair, the more I discovered I was doing so much wrong and harm to my hair and learned many styles I could practice with her hair, keeping our regular routines simple, practical, and practice-able.
Being introduced to and learning the LOC method, I found my regular get up and go method could still be maintained with only a couple additional steps. Knowing now how important moisture is, I no longer dread starting the comb out of my hair.
The moisture helps the hair to absorb and utilize the natural oils, in my opinion, helping the hair to better repair itself instead of how other oils that aren't so good, plug holes and cracks in follicles, adding no real benefit except maybe shininess. Adding a cream/butter (thick) base on top of that helps to prevent moisture from evaporating too quickly allowing your hair to transition accordingly to our daily ever changing environment.
The moisture helps the hair to absorb and utilize the natural oils, in my opinion, helping the hair to better repair itself instead of how other oils that aren't so good, plug holes and cracks in follicles, adding no real benefit except maybe shininess. Adding a cream/butter (thick) base on top of that helps to prevent moisture from evaporating too quickly allowing your hair to transition accordingly to our daily ever changing environment.
These little thoughts of mine help to understand why I have to do things the way I do them. It may be a bit OCD, but educating, teaching, and learning the how to the why of it makes easier to implement. Since we gals like to 'share', I like to understand what i'm talking about and not steer wrong. ;-p
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Miss EM
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