My Weekly "Regimen"

Hello all! I have a new regimen that I've recent started in order to rebuild my scalp strength after my allergic reaction to the Terresentials Mud Wash. I've used Shea Moisture before but I used their African Black Soap Deep Cleansing shampoo for my dandruff. Now that my dandruff problem is fixed, I've began to use their Organic Raw Shea Butter Moisture Retention shampoo for my dryness and let me tell you, my hair is soft even before I apply the conditioner! I usually co-wash one or twice a week and use the shampoo whenever I feel like my hair have heavy buildup. I then apply their Organic Raw Shea Butter Restorative Conditioner, I apply in the shower on soaking wet hair, comb through and pin up while I actually shower lol. I like to get my hair and body done at the same time! After I'm clean, I flip my hair over and rinse the conditioner out with cool water (I actually rinse my body with cool water too). Once I'm out the shower, I apply my Giovanni Direct Leave-In, shea butter or coconut oil to seal in the moisture and place about 6-8 twists in my hair and let air dry. I like to do my styles on damp hair so once my hair is as damp as I want it, I apply a fingertip sized amount of Shea Moisture's Curl Enhancing Smoothie to each section and twist or braid, do whatever style I'm doing. On my hair, it doesn't take a lot of the smoothie, if I apply to much my hair will never dry and it'll feel waxy, so be weary of how much you use. In combination, these products keep my hair soft, moisturized and manageable!

Hot Oil Treatment

As you all probably know, I suffer from extremely dry scalp, so a hot oil treatment is right up my alley!

Ingredients:
(3 tbsps of the following oils)
Safflower Oil
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Castor Oil
Jojoba Oil
Vitamin E Oil

Directions:
1. Combine oils in a small glass bowl.
2. Heat oils in microwave until warm enough to where you can stand the heat on your head.
3. Apply oils, in sections, to dirty hair. This is a pre-poo treatment!
4. Cover your hair with a plastic cap and wrap with a warm towel.
5. Apply oils to penetrate your hair for 30 mins to and hour.
6. Rinse and shampoo and regular.
7. Enjoy your moisturized hair!

NOTE: I usually apply this treatment every 2-3 weeks. If you notice your hair starting to get oily, ease up on the treatments. Just use the oils as needed.

DevaCurl Review!!!!!!!!

Hello people!!! It's closing in on Christmas and I just decided to do a quick review on DevaCurl products!

So my mother is a master cosmetologist and I am apprenticing under her in her BRAND NEW salon! This is a perk that allows me to shop in the professional products stores! I've tried just about every shampoo out there and my fav is def DevaCurl!

I recently (around a month ago) purchased DevaCurl No-Poo shampoo, DevaCurl One Condition and DevaCurl Arc AnGEL.

To start, I washed my hair with the No-Poo shampoo, I HATE shampoo that lathers, it strips my hair and makes it extremely hard and dry and I need moisture seeing as how I have eczema in my scalp. I first noticed the tingly sensation of the shampoo! It is a very mildly scented shampoo that leaves my hair AMAZINGLY SOFT! It's even mild enough to use everyday lol, in fact I do use it everyday during summer months!

After I rinsed out the shampoo (that I only had to use once! No repeating means more product lol), I applied the One Condtion. I LOVE the fact that the whole line has one major conditioner! So I applied the conditioner which felt really weird. I automatically hated it, but as soon as I rinsed it out I fell in love! It left my hair feeling like BUTTA lol

So usually after this I would apply a leave-in and Curls Whipped Cream (My ABSOLUTE FAV PRODUCT!) but I decided to try the Arc AnGEL, this I hated lol, my hair needs moisture and this made my hair extremely sticky and stiff so i rinsed it out and applied my Curls lol

All in all I LOVE DevaCurl and will continue to use it! I has knocked Miss Jessie's and Kinky Curly out of product cabinet lol

Leave comments if you decide to try DevaCurl! Enjoy :)