HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEZABEL!!!!!!
It has been a minute since I updated everyone on my hair and the journey that I am on.. Well It will be a year for Jezabel (Steve named my hair). He said I am cheating on him with my hair.. I spend money on it, play in it.. Treat it really nice.. LOL.. He has jokes. So here's what I learned in the past year.. My hair loves moisture.. It thrives on it. I have learned that what I put in my body also goes to my hair.. I have learned that deep conditioning at least once a week is my friend. And I learned that things in the kitchen can always be put to the test of making some sort of concoction for the hair.. And 9 times out of 10 I succeed and my hair loves it.
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| A few days after my big Chop |
There are so many lessons that I have learned over time, and so many pictures that I have taken to remind me of my growth. But somewhere along the way it stopped being about just my hair.. I have grown as a person as well.. I never thought to look at ingredients on hair products. But why is that. I will look at them when it comes to food but never on hair.. When I started looking and paying attention the more it became easier for me. I started listen to what my hair likes/loves and what it will only tolerate. My hair changes like the seasons.. One minute it will like something then it wont the next. I started my Journey on October 14th, 2011.. I only remember the date because I took a picture of myself after getting all of my hair cut off.. The picture << is from the 17th. The one I took on the 14th didn't look cute at all.. LOL. But from there I went to understanding what I should use and not use for my hair. I read blogs and looked at a million youtube videos.. I learned a lot without having someone there to tell me hey try this and try that.. I am still learning. I was once told a smart person never stops learning just because they think they have all the answers. My husband is a great supporter of everything I want to do. He would hear me talk about something I read and I think I would want to try and BAM the next day he would have it. Then I started making my own concoctions for us. I would mix up some African Shea Butter and some other stuff and our skin loved it as well as our hair.. The more I learned I started putting my advice in on questions that was asked on Face book..
Now here we are a year into my journey and I have a blog myself and people that actually read what I write. Haha.. GO ME... I know silly.. But hey Your reading this and I thank you from the bottom of my pen and finger tips. Now I have tried some things that I heard people rave about.. Like Eco Styler Gel and Green housing the hair ( I hope I said that right) Anyway Green house is when you co-wash you hair and put the leave in and all of that other stuff on your hair at night and put on a plastic cap and go to sleep. Yeah my hair couldnt stand it.. And I found that my hair loves my Hibiscus Flaxseed Gel .
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| My curls and Coils after using CC's Naturals Hibiscus Flaxseed gel |
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I detangle my hair while it is soaked with conditioner only. I dont wash with shampoo but I do however cleanse with apple cider vinegar once a month or when ever my hair tells me it needs it. I use herbs in just about everything I make for my hair.. Herbs like rosemary, hibiscus, marshmallow root, lemon grass, burdock root, and so many more. I use coconut oil, castor oil, grapseed oil, avocado oil, almond oil, Shea butter, Mango Butter, Cocoa Butter.. See I told you I treat Jezabel good.. I know this is a lot but I havent updated you guys in a long time.. Today I decided to step out of my comfort zone and dye my hair.. I have dyed it plenty of times when I was relaxed but natural is a whole other horse. I have Henna'd my natural hair but today was a leap forward.. I stated for a while that I wanted to dye my hair a reddish color... So first I tried Henna but that only dyed my grey hairs.. I wanted something that would dye the whole head.. So I sent Steve to the store to pick up some red dye.. I used Manic Panic Vampire Red. Dont freak out.. It is a semi permanent dye unless you bleach your hair. I didn't go the bleached route maybe some other time.. I loved it.. I didn't dye my hair super bright red but it did dye it like a maroonish color.. So here is a picture of the color as well as the length check for the year..
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| Oct 1st, 2012 freshly dyed and washed no products |
It is so much more to tell you guys but that will have to be another post. Im sure you looked at this one and said dang she got the raps.. HAHA.. I will update you guys more on how my journey is going. I promise.. I will get better with this one of these days.
UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!!!
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