Umich-Princess
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I'm FINALLY educated on how to take care of my hair. I learn more and more everyday. I am SO inspired & obsessed, I'm thinking of owning a natural hair salon...we'll see...of course I wouldnt work in it, cuz I dont wanna get certified *lol* I'm an expert already. Haha. Anyways, this is part of my nappy journey, the other is in the new website *currently under construction* The link is on my album. My hair story is there as well! Enjoy! :)

Regimen:
-Co-wash whenever needed
*co-washing is basically washing the same way you wash with shampoo but you use conditioner. Not just any conditioner, you may not get good results if you use the wrong stuff. You need a light conditioner w/o protein and whatever else are in those heavy conditioners. Most common ones are like Suave or VO5. It is helpful because it gets your hair clean without the stripping/drying feeling of your hair. It also moisturizes double! Therefore your curls *POP* more, meaning they are more defined, less frizzy. I think co-washing has made my hair stronger. Also, if you choose to co-wash you cant be heavy-handed with the products. You need to be able to gauge if you are applying too much. The conditioner has to be able to remove the products. It is helpful to me to use spray moisturizers more than creams. I also rinse my hair in between co-washes. I dont have a set schedule. I do it when its needed.
-As much protective styles as I can possible do
*Protective styles help you retain length, by not combing everyday, splitting your ends or pulling hair out. You dont have your hair rubbing on your clothes, depending on the length of your hair. The harsh weather wont affect the moisture levels as much. You still need to moisturize daily. You also get some cute styles. :) (Some protective styles: buns, twists, braids, etc)
-have FUN!
* I am obsessed with the health of my hair. So obsessed that Ive cut a lot off at times, because of paranoia. I know that I didnt have to the last time I did. All of this protective style, and conditioning stuff will make you go insane if you are not having fun with your hair. I still play in my hair. I love it! Im not TOO worried about breakage or how its looking a certain way. The length will come with patience and I assure you, as much as we do all of these things, it wont hurt to play in your hair every once in awhile, just to have fun *lol*.
-moisturize everyday, whether its with shea butter or my spray concoction
*see Products album
-baggie method *whenever* (I plan to do this as much as possible for the rest of the winter semester)
-My baggie method is different because my hair is short. I braid some fat or medium braids and take pieces of a bag and wrap it around the ends of a few braids, cuz the ponytail thing wouldnt get all of my ends in the baggie. Because its so difficult to do, I mostly just condition my ends a lot with a bag covering my full head.
-Shampoo only when I have product buildup, which is very infrequently...sometimes I use beeswax (I dont need to, but I have it), it doesnt break my hair out because I dont rely on it...I might use it a day or two and shampoo it out and super condition
-Be gentle with my hair
*my hair is very fine. I cant rip through my hair, or all of my hair would be in my comb. Some people can do that and they still have hair on their heads. I cant. And for optimum health, I dont want shabby looking strands. So I dont use brushes. I only use wide tooth combs, unless my hair is already detangled and Im braiding. I dont pick my fro out to the max. I dont blow dry at all. Maybe sometimes but its rare and its really not that effective for me. Im content with people not knowing how long my hair is. I want ya'll to know though, to track my progress.
-Trim whenever my hair tells me too (I dont need to that often, b/c my hair doesnt need it that often and also doesnt grow very fast)
-I'm not trimming my hair for awhile. Im paying extra attention to my ends. Extra conditioning and moisturizing and Im doing protective styles as much as possible to minimize combing, therefore, less breaking, means to split.


And thats about it! ENJOY AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU ON YOUR HEALTHY JOURNEYS!!!
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Sunday, February 5, 2006
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Age:
25
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In college
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Some extra baggage
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Taller than average
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Christian - other
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