Showing posts with label protective style. Show all posts
Showing posts with label protective style. Show all posts

Nape Update pt 3

03:34
It is no secret that my nape is a problem area for me.



                                                                        April 2014


                                                                     October 2014



After my relaxer in September I cut my hair in my nape area as I felt I needed to start again.



June 2015


The above picture from June 2015 Is what my nape currently looks like, its still not great but aat least there is a bit on progress. I am hoping that by the end of the year I will have no thin spots.


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Maintaining my hair under my wigs.

02:40


Whilst I protective style my hair, I usually braid my up and then apply my an oil mi to my scalp and onto the ends of my braids.

Every other day I spray my leave in onto my hair and re apply some more oil to my scalp. 

Whilst I am protective styling I will not be redoing any of my braids not will I be washing my hair


my leave in and oil mix


My braiding pattern from the front.


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Bad Hair Week.

16:07

This has been one of the worst weeks for my hair since I began my hair journey and I can only really blame myself. 

Last wash day I clarified with ORS creamy aloe shampoo, I followed up with a protein treatment and my deep conditioner. After deep conditioning my hair seemed soft however after air-drying my hair I noticed a difference in the texture of my hair. 

My hair looked and felt really dry so applied some more leave in conditioner and oiled my scalp. 

I chose to wear the goddess braids as a protective style for the week however my hair still looks and feels horrible. 

I think it was the shampoo and protein treatment together that has made my hair like this so I will not being doing that again.

I have never been soo excited to wash and trim my hair. I really cant wait.  
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New Wig Cap.

03:45

It's no secret that I love wearing wigs as a protective style however I recently noticed that the way I was securing them to my head was causing more harm than good. 

When I stared making my own wigs I would use a basic mesh dome cap which you can purchase at a local beauty shop and just sew my weave onto that. Then I would sew it to my braids. This was fine at 1st but I starred to notice that my edges were starting to thin. 

I stopped sewing it down and started using combs, however everytime I would secure the wig I would feel like I was ripping my hair.

I have since purchased a mesh cap from eBay    I love this cap because it has adjustable straps, once I have positioned my wig I just pull the straps in place and my wig is secured.




Be careful when buying this kind of cap, the plain dome caps seem to be one size fits all where as these caps come in small, medium and large. So if you don't pick the correct size them your wig will not fit properly. 
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My Hair Vacation.

13:58

I am currently protective styling with a wig I made, I am calling it a hair vacation. My last was day was on the 1st of Nov and once my hair was dry I braided my hair back. Since then I have been wearing my wig and keeping my braids flat with a stocking cap.

For the last 2 weeks I have been applying an oil mix to my hair, the 1st week the mix contained coconut oil, avocado oil and olive oil, this week the mix was castor oil, avocado oil and hemp oil. once a week I have been using a leave in to moisturise my braids and using the oil mix to seal it in.



My braids look untidy but its fine, my wig covers them up. lol. I will not be washing my hair until the end of the month, this will allow me to keep my hands out of my hair and hopefully stop unnecessary manipulation. 
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Wash Day - Bye Bye braids

07:53

Yep the braids have come out, I lasted about 2 weeks before I was over them. Ever since installing them my scalp has been soo irritated and will not stop itching. I apply an oil to my scalp 1- 2 times a day and co washed my scalp. However the itching remained and I no longer want to deal with it.


Prep and Pre poo: I took down the braids in sections and applied coconut oil to each of the sections. Placed a plastic cap on my head for 40 mins.

Shampoo: Using Shea Moisture, Moisture retention shampoo.

Deep Conditioned: Aunt Jackie's In control Conditioner for an hour.

Air Dry: I wrapped a t-shirt around my head until most of the water was soaked up.

 Styling: I parted my hair in to 4 sections and moisturised with African pride shea butter leave in and sealed with coconut oil  before detangling each section.


I let my hair air dry over night, then I did 10 braids and pinned them up ready for my wig.











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Styling my box braids.

01:13
I try to stay away from styles that would cause more harm than good, so styles like tight high buns or up dos. A typical every day style was either a loose low bun or a half up do using no more than 10 braids wrapped into a loose bun and held with an ouch less hair band.


Loose bun


Half up do.


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Maintaining My Braids

07:11


I maintained my braids for the last 2 weeks by following a very simple routine.

Moisturising and sealing: I moisturised and my hair twice a day with Crème of Nature leave in and sealed with an oil mix.

Co-wash and Deep conditioned: I used Aunt Jackie's in control conditioner (this conditioner acts as a co-wash and a deep conditioner). I applied it to my hair and worked it into my scalp before leaving it to sit for an hour under a plastic cap.

Once I rinsed out the conditioner I left my hair to air dry then blow dried my hair on a cool setting to make sure my hair was completely dry before re doing the braids at my nape and edge area.. 








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Protective Style : Box Braids

08:31
After 2 weeks of wearing my wig whilst on holiday I decided I wanted a change. I was in Nigeria on holiday and contemplating getting braids however I didn't want to suffer a set back due to tight braids and decided to do them myself. 





I parted my hair into 3 sections started from the back of my hair working my way to the front. Altogether it took me about 6 hours to complete everything.


I'm hoping to keep these braids in for at least 4 weeks.
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Wash Day.

13:36
I started off by removing Senegalese twists and detangled each section.

Shampooed with Shea mouisture shampoo in 2 sections 

Deep Conditioned : applied Aunt Jackies in control conditioner for an hour. 

Texture shots of my hair at 17 weeks post.



Leave in conditioner: I used my Darcy Botanicals leave in and detangled. 

Styling and Protective style: I decided to blow-dry my hair due to lack of time, so I sprayed chi iron guard on my hair and blow-dried my hair in 4 sections.


I finished up by braiding up my hair and sewing down my wig.


How wash your most recent wash day x
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Protective Style Series: The Low Bun

03:24

So I have recently been exploring my protective styling options and recently I rediscovered my love for buns. I prefer low buns to high buns because of the current state my nape is in, this allows me to wear buns and stop breakage at my nape.












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Wash Day.

08:14
I started off by applying coconut oil to my hair and scalp whilst it was still in my braids (from my wig), I then placed a shower cap onto my head and wrapped a scarf around my head and left it overnight.

 

Shampoo: I used cream of nature with argan oil to cleanse.

Co washed: Tresemme Naturals

Deep Conditioned: Aunt Jackie In Moisture Conditioner.


Styling: After rinsing my hair I towel dried it and followed up with a t-shirt. 

I decided to blow dry my hair today so I applied my leave ins and Chi silk serum and blowdried on a low setting with a brush.


I finished up by putting my hair into a low bun, this will be my protective style of choice for a few days.



How was your wash day? x




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Protective Style : Faux Bob Inspired

02:12




I'm really trying to enjoy my straight hair and stay away from the usual protective style of buns and braids. So I decided to try something different, after my original faux bob did not work out so well I ended up free styling a hairstyle that seemed to mimic the faux bob.






Instead of tucking my hair into my nape I twisted my hair up into 4 loose sections and pinned it up.


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Protective Styling: Back to wigs.

02:58







We all know that my favourite protective style is wigs so whenever I get my hands on some new hair, I end up making a new wig. For this wig I used 3.5 bundles of hair and added a lace closure.

I have decided to keep this wig sewn down until my next relaxer day which will be in near the end of the month or the beginning of April.








Over the last year or so I have gotten a lot better at blending my edges with my lace closure, it almost looks real. lol

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Wash Day (7 Weeks Post)

04:29


(1) Started off with a Pre shampoo with raw shea butter base, I added some Kanechom conditioner along with some of my homemade garlic treatment. I applied the mix to my hair and placed a plastic cap for and hour.

(2) I shampooed with Shea mouisture shampoo. 

(3) I then applied Aunt jackies deep conditioner and left that in my hair for 2 hours.

(4) After rinsing my hair I left it to airdry wrapped in an old top.

(5) Applied Darcy Botanicals leave in and sealed with my Shea butter mix, braided my hair into 3 sections and left my hair to air dry over night.


 


The next day I undid my braids and mouisturised with African pride Shea butter leave in and applied an oil mix to my scalp and left my hair alone for a few more hours. I then braided up my hair up ready for my wig. 

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Hair Update and Protective Styling.

14:22


So I am now a week post relaxer and I got the opportunity to enjoy wearing my hair in straight hairstyles for about a week until the weather had a different plan for me and decided to rain on Friday. I was hoping to try out some other protective styles but once water touched my hair it was officially over.

I started the week by wearing my hair in a low bun with a side fringe.


By the end of the week my ends were frizzy and puffy so I decided to go back to wearing my goddess braid for the rest of the week.



Its been raining a lot lately and Im ready to start wearing wigs again. I plan on making 2 new wigs which I will hopefully wear through out the winter.
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