I'm so excited! Protective challenge starts-TODAY!

Remember the twist out i did? Last tuesday??? Remember that? All the pics, with the fun bows and the what-not? It lasted ALLLLLL week! The only reason I'm washing today is because I'm closing tomorrow night and I'm SO not gonna wanna deal with this when I get off!

So my routine tonight (I have a routine! And it actually works! woohoo!):

• Shampoo 2x with CASTILLE (rose)- is there gonna ever be a time that I DONT get it in my eyes? So doesn't feel like sunshine!
• Applied my henna/shikakai/neem mix: 4 tbsp henna, 2 tbsp neem and shikakai, dollop of castor and coconut oil
• Let it sat for about an hour, or until Kev became incoherent on the other end of the phone
• Rinsed, castilled, conditioned with Giovanni tea tree and aubrey organics lavender-brush and wet...BRUSH AND WET!
• smooshed in IT'S A 10 Miracle hair Mask- we sell it at work. I can't very well tell people it works if I don't use it. Besides, the girl at Cosmoprof gave me like 50 sample packs...no really, there's like 45 left.
• BAGGIE!
• Rinse, towel dry (only...ONLY when I'm twisting! Towels are bad...towels are baaaaaad!)
• Grab and twist. I don't part out. Don't wanna see parts. Don't like makin em. Don't like it one bit.

And here I sit, typing this here blog. And watching Wanda Sykes. Funny, this was on the last time I twisted my hair! Must be a sign...

In other news...My hair feels SO FRIGGIN SOFT!!!! I seriously want to make up a cheer about cassia! It makes my hair soooo much happier than the henna did! No loosening of the curl, none of that nonsense. It felt a little rough initially, but I had yet to rinse it out. I guess instantaneous softiture is too much to ask...I seriously want to make up a sonnet about this blasted cassia...

So once I rinse the hair mask out, I'm planning to do a leave in with my moisture maniac and water mix as per usual and rub in some of my caster/coconut mix. Then twist as I laugh at crazy Wanda Sykes!

-sidebar: who DIDN'T know she was a lesbian??? How many males was she cast with? In a role as their significant other??? Come on guys...even Queen Latifah played the girlfriend!! Be yourself lady, who gives a rip what people think. Either they're gonna talk about you for doing, talk about you for not doing. Give em something to talk about! By the way...LOVE Wanda's hair!

ETA: This protective challenge thig? We're going to see if we can keep this up for a month. At least until the end of November. Hopefully by that time I won't be so afraid of the hairdo of pain. AND...I won't have to be wetting my head everyday and waiting until the end of time for it to dry.

SO EXCITED!!!

Getting to know you...or me...or...whatever!

Right now, as you can see, I'm rocking the TWA. I actually shaved my head February 1st, but since then I've done more than I care to admit to my poor hair...it never stood a chance...

June 17th I cut about 2 inches off 4 inch hair. Doing the math correctly ( I do hair, not math...shut up) I have a little over 2 inches right now. There's no real rhyme or reason to my routine if it can be called that.

My Hair:

• 4a with some weird 3c business in the top right corner pocket and 4b around the hair line
• color treated (I feel kinda bad because it's not TRULY natural)

Nightly:

• Co-wash with Pantene ( I know it sucks on ice, but it makes my thick coarse cork-screwy hair feel good...for the moment)
• Shake my MTG ( Mane-Tail-Groom...Shapley's), apply front to back and side to side
• Massage it in, tie up in a scarf and put a bonnet on ( have to preserve my pillowcases!)
• Take 1 MSM 1000mg

Daily:

• Rinse MTG with water that's so hot it should NEVER be used on human skin
• Co-wash with Pantene (listen buddy...I'm almost out, so just hush! lol)
• Cold water rinse, shake my shimmy
• Tiny bit of gel...who are we kidding?? A golf ball size dollop of gel!!
• Drive with the windows down...cheaper than a diffuser!
• Take 1 MSM 1000mg and 2 chewable multi-vits from GNC (can't swallow pills since they stole my tonsils)

I just bought some Aussie and Suave, which as a stylist I know full well that they are NOT the best for your hair. But I'm SO not co-washing with Matrix Biolage Comditioning Balm every morning. I haven't started using it yet, but I'm going to try the aussie tonight with my henna treatment...

Did someone say...henna? Why yes I did dahling! I love...LOVE henna for many reasons. First off, it just makes me feel like sunshine! Secondly, it's the most natural and raw protein pack I can think of. It strengthens the hair shift, making it thicker, shinier and more resistant to breakage. Because it is so fortified, definitely...Definitely do some sort of deep treatment to put the moisture back into your locks. Here's my most recent henna recipe:

no measuring, none of that crap

1 or so cups of boiling water
enough henna to make it pasty, stir stir stir!!!
a nice dollop of honey
enough olive oil to make it shiny on top

I mix all this together and let it sit. I store it in a place that I wont be able to fiddle with it...yes, I'm a fiddler. It's been sitting now for about a day and a half. This helps to release the dye. I'm going to squish it in, and let it sit for however long I can stand the smell and the feeling. then wash, scrub, and deep condish. Probably with the conditioning balm...love this stuff...I want to rub it on my sheets and luxuriate...that's a blog for another day...heh...Pics coming to a screen near you!

Later chickletts!