Hot Ass Mess

Today I co washed for the first time.

The PROS of the day:

My new comb glides through my hair.

The conditoner wash gave me great slip

Putting my hair into sections made it eeasy to detangle

The CONS

Roller setting was a hot ass mess

Braid out was a hot ass mess

De-tangling in the shower was a hot ass mess

I can NOT roller set to save my life. What on earth was I thinking. I'm so awkward when doing the back of my hair I should have known. The rollers didn't want to stay next to each other and they flopped about like NO ONE'S business. I was nearly in tears. All the ladies on you tube made every thing look so easy, how on earth was I going to manage on ym hair journey if I couldn't do any low manipulation styles?!

My hair when it is wet or dry is so disobedient it's like I'm trying to get an actual person to do something they don't want to do.

I finally plaited my hair into about 8 plaits and that's where it shall stay until tomorrow morning.

I don't know what to do, it feels like everything I'm doing, I'm doing so awkward and wrong.

HELP?!

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Updates Updates Updates and my first challenge!

I'm using this picture as my official hair care journey starter picture"

I've been keeping on top of moisturising and sealing twice a day. I've noticed my hair isn't sheddingas much but I've oticed a few broken strands. I guess no one's hair can ever be completely free of either of the two right?

I joined BHM (black hair media) yesterday and joined a APL in 2012 challenge, my first ever one :D Even though I am very determind to reach my goal, seeds of doubt have begun to plant themselves inside my head. APL seems a long way away when I look at myself in photos or in the mirror; my hair isn't even shoulder length yet. But I must stay positive!

Anyone else on any challenges?

I'm hopefully going to co wash my hair today, I was meant to do it yesterday but was too busy. After I co wash I'm going to do my first braid out with rollers at the end! I hope it turns out thick and wavy and not stringy! I'll post pictures to let you know!

Hope everyone's hair journey is going well!

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Hair comparison!

Taken 27/08/11

Taken 24/10/11

I'm generally happy with the comparisons but my hair on the picture I took today looks a bit to greasy so I need to STOP being so heavy handed with the oil and moisturizer! :']

What do you think?

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October Goals!

Right-io, time for some goals I think.

In November I am planing to go full speed with...

*Operation APL*

In June I will be having my School Year 11 Prom and I am hoping to look my best on that night. Operation APL is to grow my hair to Arm Pit Length by June 2012. To do this I will be

a) Investing in Jamaican Black Castor oil

b) Stretching my relaxers

c)Keeping on top of my regimen

d) Protective styles and low manipulation styles

e)Not jumping on EVERY BANDWAGON MY EYES HAPPEN TO FALL UPON.

I shall do it! Feel free to join in if you want :]

So that is Operation APL!

My October goals are as follows:

1)Get my regimen down solid.

2)Prepare to take part in Operation APL.

3) Do not give up!

4) Do not become obsessed over every little piece of strand of my hair.

5) Do not buy any more products!

6) Do not drive Mum/Sister/Auntie crazy by talking non stop about the hair journey

7)Do not be lazy

8)Try a different protective style every week

9)Drink at least 2 glasses of WATER a DAY and eat VEGETABLES and lot's of PROTEIN!

10) Try a hot oil treatment

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:D

I got the hair length chart Hair De La Creme blog and I drew on where my hair is at the moment ^.^

Hmm

I'm wondering whether to make my stylist change my relaxer back to olive oil because this shedding craziness started after she changed it to Elasta QP, and I told her this but

a) She said she didn't think my hair was falling out

b) She said that the hair has to get used to the change

Another thing that really annoys me is I'm trying to tell everyone my hair is falling out and EVERYONE'S reaction is either

a) You're hair still looks thick so why are you worrying.

b) Why are you suddenly interested in your hair now?!

IERNIOERNGEORNGOEINGOINGIOERNIGRNGEOIR!! >:[

Those two reactions really annoy me.

I understand I have thick hair and I am grateful for it but THAT IS NOT THE POINT. Am I supposed to let my hair fall out until it doesn't look thick any more? So just because my hair look thick it's okay for my hair to fall out?! No no no no NO!

And I also understand that I haven't taken care of my hair in the past but that's because I and I didn't know what I was doing. now I have researched into black hair, I want to take care of my hair the proper way.

I swear my sister is the only one taking me seriously on this journey.

Well hey ho I guess I'll just have to prove everyone wrong! >:]

Day 2: How's your hair today Faye?

Well.

I don't even know what to say. Yesterday I thought the shedding had stopped and I was loving how thick/reinforced my hair was. Then this morning was a different stupid story. My hair is already thick but right at this moment 3 weeks post relaxer and it honestly feels like I'm about 10 weeks. The biggest thing that upset me was that when i combed my hair it was still shedding. I don't even know if I call it that because they don't have the white bulbs on the end but the shed hair is the length my hair is.

(My hair is layered, the back of my hair is shorter then the front)

Right I'm going to get down to the bottom of this!

Things it could be:

-Doing ApHogee 2 minute reconstructor and then a black tea rinse straight after.

-Leaving the black tea rinse on for half an hour after I had let it steep all night

-I don't really know if my moisturiser is actually moisturising my hair.

-My porosity is out the widow

-I don't really think my deep conditioner was strong enough to moisturise or I didn't put enough on after a black tea rinse and ApHogee so it might be protein overload.

-Stress because I'm stressed out that my hair is shedding.

-Combing my hair to much.

-Stepping outside when my hair was like 95% dry, so still a bit damp (and it's like freezing here).

-Impatience- it's probably going to take a while Faye!

Right thing's I am going to do to rectify the problem:

-Moisturise and seal twice a day!

-Co wash on Wednesday!

-Next wash day use Roux Porosity control shampoo, (my darling sister gave it to me :]) to kick my hair's porosity's ass!

-Next wash day do not do an ApHogee treatment (only every 3 weeks)

-Put more deep conditioner on!

-Not be so heavy handed with the coconut oil (I nearly drowned in the stuff)

-Apply my leave in when my hair is around 50-60-70% dry!

-Detangle using my fingers!

-Not comb too much

-Not STRESS too much

-Leave the black tea rinse on for 10 minutes MAX!

-Do not leave the house until your hair is FULLY DRY!

-Protective styles all the way!

So I'm feeling determined guys! I think the main reason is because my hair's ability to retain moisture is horrible so I'm hoping the Roux shampoo will help with this!

Wish me luck and if you have any suggestions I'd be INCREDIBLY grateful

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Protective styles!

This is going to be a post full of protective styles I'd like to do because as of Monday it's protective styles all the way! I need to go and get some rollers from the hair shop soon so i can do rollersers which I really want to do! Well ayway here we go

A one, a two, a one two three four:

Modern French Roll at the Dolce and Gabana show.

A HUGE Chignon (LOVE the Prada one)

If I clip the back up, leave a few strands hanging down should be good to go :D

The Results of my FIRST wash day

I've just finished moisturising and sealing and I have some pictures for you all to see the results of my first wash day! Please tell me what you think!

Overheard shot

Random view of half of the back of my head LOL

The ends

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Overall I think I'm happy with how my wash day went. Hopping in and out of the shower was no bundle of fun though, but I most be committed and prepared to freeze my cheeks off!

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Hey guys!

I'm currently sitting here typing with black tea in my hair under a conditioning cap that supposedly heats up using your body heat. Well it does feel pretty warm actually.

Right so this is what happened

I went in the shower and applied the shampoo. It was the first time in my life I've ever washed my hair in the shower. My hair felt so smooth! And then after that I patted my hair with a towel and applied the ApHogee 2 minute treatment. Then I washed myself for about 5 minutes and the washed it out. After THAT I put the black tea on my hair and here I am now. I'm planning to wash it out in 20 minutes and I'm mega excited to see how my hair feels!

I'll update when I'm sitting with the deep conditioner on my head ^.^

Plan B (Plan A's never work)

I didn't wash my hair tonight because it was just too late and I needed to leave the black tea to steep. I've been researching the ApHogee 2 minute reconstructor and how to use it. I'm thinking of using it tomorrow on my wash day as follows:

Shampoo (R)

ApHogee 2 minute Reconstructor (R)

Black tea rinse (R)

Deep condition (R)

Leave in

Moisturise

Seal

The (R) stands for 'Rinse'. So all in all I'm only going to end up leaving 3 products in my hair. I think that looks okay. It sounded much more confusing in my head. I'm hoping that it will be okay to do the black tea rinse after the reconstructor.

Going to go to bed now SO TIRED

x

My Regimen

A one, a two, a one two three four:

Faye's Regimen:

Wash every Saturday

Co wash every Wednesday

Protein Treatment Every Month

Trim every 6 months

Relax every 12 weeks

Shampoo wash days-

-Shampoo (Elasta QP Creme conditioning shampoo

-Black tea rinse

-Deep condition (Elasta QP DPR-11 Conditioning)

-Air dry

-Detangle

-Leave in (Cantu shea Butter Leave In)

-Moisturise and seal (Elasta QP Mango Butter and Olive Oil & Coconut Oil)

Co wash days-

-Conditioner wash (Herbal Essences Hello Hydration)

-Air dry

-Leave in (Cantu Shea Butter)

-Moisturise and seal (Elasta QP Mango Butter and Olive Oil & Coconut Oil)

Decided to start my hair journey TODAY! Product List!

Tea bags (Black tea rinses)

Elasta QP Creme Conditioning Shampoo

ApHogee Keratin 2 Minute Reconstructor

Cantu Shea Butter

Elasta QP DPR-11 Deep Penetrating Conditioner

Coconut Oil

Olive oil and mango buter moisturizer

Herbal essences hello Hydration

All of my goodies :D

Going to go and wash my hair now and I'm not going to do a braid out/twist out because I have nothing to secure the ends with :[ I'll let you know how it goes! So excited to be starting!

x

Revised Product List

So as you now if you read my blog post down below this one, I had to revise my product list because most of the products I wanted, aren't to be found in the UK, and shipping fees are to expensive for me!

So without further ado:

ApHogee 2 Minute Reconstructor

Black Tea (For rinses!)

Herbal Essences Hello Hydration and Smooth and Soft conditioners for co-washes (Smelt the smooth and soft one in the supermarket and nearly died a happy death. It smells like...just...wow) They don't do the Long term relationship product in the UK :'(

Elasta qp creme conditioning shampoo. I haven't heard a SINGLE bad review. Not ONE BAD ONE!

Creme of Nature Moisture-Active Deep Conditioning Treatment with Jojoba and Olive oil.

Apparently this moisturisers like it's on a mission which is what I definitley need!

Coconut oil and Grapeseed Oil for sealing my hair after moisturising with....

Elasta QP Olive oil and Mango Butter Moisturiser. Meant to have lovely natural ingredients and be very moisturising! Can't wait to try it!

And that's the products I'm going to get on Friday! Please tell me what you think! Also I'm wondering how to wear my hair for night. At the moment I've been throwing on a satin scarf and going to bed but my edges are out of the scarf. I heard wrapping is not good for edges and stuff. And cross wrapping, wouldn't your hair break under the clips? Am I being to paranoid? Any ides anyone?!

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Updates updates updates (2 more days to go!)

Hey folks!

So I have plenty of updates for you! First of all:

I've had to change/re think most of the products I was planning to buy for the moment, as most of them I couldn't find when I went hunting on Monday. I'll post the revised list after :]

Also my hair shedding has increased, it was falling out in biology, all over my scarf and on my shoulders, in my glasses! Don't worry hair, only a few more days to go D:

Another reason I had to rethink the list was because it came up to quite an expensive amount (£35.67) so I managed to reduce products until I do it down to £22.67. Hoping the man at the shop will give me a discount cause his nephew is in my class at school! LOL.

I've made another decision and that is that to start my hair journey off, I will be wearing more low manipulation styles than protective ones for TWO REASONS:

1) The main protective style I was going to do was a bun, and my hair in a bun isn't really successful because of the short ends at the back.

2) Is that I've been thinking, my hair would probably end up breaking if it was in a bun all the time, and at the moment I can only do a low one, so I wouldn't really be changing the place.

HAVING SAID THAT, I am going to be doing buns and throwing up my hair and clipping it! I'm thinking on Sunday that I might do a twist out, because I've seen lots of pictures and they look yummy!

Also as of 22nd October I am going to be on a strict water only regimen! I think this'll be important for healthy hair!

I'm currently thinking of a goal I'd like to set for November! Any suggestions? Please post comments and suggestions and feedback, I do love reading it!

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My first blog award :']

Hey Folks!

I am very happy today because my starting date for my hair journey is drawing closer and also my blog has been SEEN by people :'] Thank you very much for the comments everyone it cheered up a boring ICT lesson :P

And -drumroll please, I have been awarded a AWARD! Already! Yay :']

Kreativ Blogger Award

RULES

Link back to the person who passed you the award
Complete the form below
Award 10 Blogs & drop them a line about it
Share 7 random things about yourself

I was awarded by the beautiful Shereen (Check out her blog here) Thank you so much!

Name your favourite song: Uhmmm oh gosh this is so hard at the moment it's probably uh (think Faye think) it's probably 'Kids' by 'Sleigh bells', the beat is incredible.

Name your favourite dessert: PANCAKES ALL THE WAY!

What pisses you off: Slaggy girls, can't stand them. Also boys who think they are the next God. AND when someone thinks you're lying and you're actually not.

When you're upset, you: Fiddle around with something, blink really hard to stop myself crying and leave the room as fast as I can.

Your favourite pet: They WERE spaghetti and Macaroni, my two goldfish but they both died :'[

Black or white: White ^.^

Your biggest fear: My Mum or sister dying. That would kill me. I also have a phobia of the sound of sick, that makes my heart pound and my palms sweaty.

Best feature: My legs I guess >.<

Everyday attitude: I'm going to come home and do all my homework. AS IF. I NEVER LEARN.

What is perfection: A lovely smile, loyalty, caring and being understanding.

Guilty pleasure: Pasta cheese and tomato sauce. This will make me obese one day.

7 random facts about myself

-I am tall for my age (15 years old and 5ft 10)

-I haven't broken a single bone in my body (-runs to touch wood)

-I am an aspiring model >.<

-I devour books and my dream is to be a WRITER!

-I can NOT hold grudges.

-I am terrified of the dark and walking home in it.

-I think Drake's voice is INSANE *-*

And this award goes to!

1)It better grow!

2)taysnotebook

3)Sunny Side-Up

4)Beautiful Flower

5)The Natural Haven

6)The Tea on T

7)Hair I am World

8)All about the hair

9)Simply into my hair

10)Beautiful and Thick

Well done girlies :]

Hair inspiration!

Nicki Minaj

Jada Pinkett Smith

Aaliyah

To do list/ Wish list/ Buy list.

My hair journey officially starts on the 22nd October 2011 which is next week! So I am busy preparing the products I am going to buy!

Current list:

Herbal Essences long term relationship! Heard so many good reviews about this product, don't know exactly whether I'm going to use it as a leave in or moisturiser. Any suggestions?

Aphogee 2 minute reconstructor .SO many good reviews on this and I definitely need some protein treatment!

Shea moisture retention shampoo. Lot's of good reviews and I definitely need to retain moisture as my hair finds it hard to retain it.

Can't WAIT to do black tea rinses, supposedly stop shedding in it's TRACKS. So I got to have some of that!

Sealing oils:

Carrot Oil

Grape seed Oil

Cantu Shea Butter leave in conditioning repair crea,

Heard about this a HELL of a lot and it has some great reviews, also my sister has it too!

Just researched this and it seems like an amazing moisturiser and everyone's said how a little goes a long way. On this one website, the woman said she'd had it for a year and she isn't even a third of the way through! Credit crunch moisturiser!

Hullo!

Hello Everyone, thank you for taking the time to look at my blog! Please look at the About Me page on the right to see why I am starting this hair journey and my hair history!

Thanks lovelies :']