| | SimplyGorgeous
 | Welcome to my Fotki Page !!!!
~~~~If you are new to "fotki" visit my journal for some helpful hair terminology~~~~
**** I started my journey in December 2007 and now I am obsessed
and in love with not only keeping my hair healthy, but mind body and soul.
*** I am currently in medical school and find this experience to be a way to rejuvenate my body and not burn out.
** My main purpose is to share my journey with you all. I have been
deeply inspired by some of the amazing progress everyones
having. Feel free to leave me comments on some of my methods
and products used. Tell me what worked for you or didn't or share with me some of the things you believe I am doing wrong or right. The whole purpose of me starting this is to be motivated, encouraged and to track progress.
Thank you to everyone who are going to remain with me on this journey and encourage me. :-).!!!!Stay tuned as I get longer and healthier hair!!!!
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A little about my past and present. (UPDATE 1/19/08)
*Currently (before I begin my regimen) I am using and doing nothing to my hair.... besides styling it every 6 -8 weeks maybe even 4 monts w sometimes that may inculde a perm or I can go 5 months without a perm. There is nothing consistent about the way I take care of my hair, no weekly treatments, and trimming is really a spur of the moment option for me. My ends before I got the cut wer jaggedy from excessive glue in weave that just pulled out my hair. I never washed my hair or anything or moisturzed. I just basically had hair on top of my head. My hair feels brittle dry and lacks shine. I used to go to the beauty salon but I noticed my hair thinned out over the years. Although she did always have my hair looking real good.
I just cut my hair several inches to get to a point where my hair is the healthiest.
HAIR CUT RECIEVED!!!!! 11/21/07
*Prior to this journey I have never really strived for maintaining a healthy life. Including, diet and healthy habits. With all the information that I am learning it has become imparitive that I apply some of the knowledge that I learn to myself. I want to say that in no way am I making myself sound like a know it all. I am any individual who is prone to mistakes or misconception. But I can tell you this I am a BONIFIED HAIR FANATIC lol. So anything I write I have researched extensively before applying in to myself.
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Ok I want to make this a simple as possible
I have two goals that I am striving for by, JULY 1, 2008
- I want to grow my hair to 2' past shoulder length
- I want to get abs, toned legs, cuts in my arms
basically an all around toner body
From Dec. 1,2007
.5yR 07/01/2008 2` Below Shoulder Length ( Im almost there !!!)
1.5yR ***07/01/2009 APL
2.5 yR ***07/01/2010 MBL
***FUTURE*** WSL
At this point I'm not really sure how fast my hair grows but I think it grows faster than normal so I might have to make adjustments to my hair growth goals whether moving things forward or backward Im not sure what the future will hold
**UPDATES** 1/3/08
After recieving my first perm after about 5 weeks. I noticed that my hair grew a considerable amount. I would say enough for me to keep my current hair plan. Check out the comparisons!!!
*~*~*~*I believe that with sticking to a hair regemin taking vitamins daily and excercising 4 times a weeks I will be able to get healthier hair and a healthier body. I believe that the two are connected and if Im going to treat one aspect I need to focus on the other aspect as well.
I do work out about on average 2-3 times a week and I am seeing results but I want to push myself harder and see what the outcome of it will be
---------------------------------------ABOUT ME -----------------------------------------
I am a fun loving person,
I always make it a joke but I am a SUPER NERD
I love learning, exploring, expanding mentaly and all other things that add with that
I have an artistic gift anything that involves artistic skills I love to do it
The most important thing to know about me though is that I am a God Fearing Women.
That is a little summary about me if your intrested at all in getting to know me better just hit me up.
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HAIR CUT RECIEVED!!!!! 11/21/07
-----------WEEKLY AND DAILY HAIR ROUTINE---------------------------------(UPDATES 1/19/08!!!)
1ST STEPS:
PRE SHAMPOO : I have not determined if I need to do this yet. If
anyone has advice for why I should pre shampoo. Hit me up and tell
me something lol :)
(JAN 19,2008) I have been pre- shampooing for 2 weeks and the reslults are faboulous.
I use Castor oil, EVOO, Vatika Coconut Oil (Indian Oil) and Amla Oil. I mix them togther in varying quantities I think that next time I will measure them first. I part my hair with my hands and apply to the whole head. I then put a shower cap on my head and sit under the hooded drier for 15-30 min. The first time I tried pre-shampooing I mixed just castor oil and Evoo and kept it in overnight. The results were not as good. So I recommend using heat because it allows for your hair pores to dilate and absorb more nutrients. It really sinks in beter.
(MARCH 2, 2008)
I have drastically changed my approach to pree-shampooing. Your hair doesn't always need excessive moisture. Thats what I found out. My hair was breaking and I was wondering why not knowing that my hair was stretching because of too much conditioning. ALTHOUGH I do still pree shampoo currently I am almost 10 weeks post a relaxer and in order for my new growth to be manageable I do pre-shampoo.
SHAMPOO: Kera Care Hydrating De tangling Shampoo ( I believe to be my staple product although I do want to try some more Ayuverdic products)
DEEP CONDITIONER: Kera Care Humector; I sit under the drier with this stuff for 15min instead of just doing nothing and then take a shower and wash out. Sitting under the drier has really brought moisture to my hair.
(March 2,2008)
I do not sit under the drier because I was at a point of eliminating heat totally which I did maintain for about 8 weeks but then I am in my 10th week and I sit under the drier to soften my new growth.
Protein Shampoo: Duo Tex, UBH , ORS. I have been using these once a week. I really needed to add prot
VITAMIN : Centrum AtoZinc. (The most I have taken this in a row is 2 days Im still trying to implement this to my diet 100%)
Future: I want to use Women's Ultra Mega Active
and GNC hairs and nails.
Daily Moistruzer: I use S-curl, Elasta QP Mango butter, My oil mixture ( which includes Vatika, Dabur Amla Oil, EVOO, and Castor Oil), Kemi Oyl, Care-Free Gold Curl.
NO NO NO HEAT I don't put heat on my hair unless I am going to
deep condition it or after rollersetting it to let it dry.
PLENTY OF WATER my hair loves and needs water. Everyone needs water it makes the metabolic processes of the body run more efficient. Guess what your hair growing is a metabolic process. Lol sorry thats the SUPER NERD in me comming out. ( I drink water everyday about 16- 64 oz Im trying to drink a full 64oz a day)
~~~(/19/08) Ive decided that as I tweek my hair regmin I would show how and why I did so. So that for my own personal keeping tract and for anybody that might want to try some stuff I did or you can just ignore it. I don't mean to confuse anybody with all my quick notes and Updates.
REGIMEN BEGINS: DEC 1, 2007
I am going to relax my hair every 5-6 weeks. I know your like thats way to often but my hair doesnt grow in with all the kidness in the world. It grows in looking harmless but when I comb through my hair it begins to break excessively and becomes brittle because my new growth is so tough. If anyone has any reccomendations please tell me. Thanks to a kind friend she told me that I might have to wait till my hair grows a little longer before I can begin to stretch my perms. So until I reach my first goal. I will keep it at about 5-6 weeks. I am also considering shampooing my hair every 5 days instead of 7 Ive noticed that around the 5th day I see breakage. My hair has been neglected for so many years that I think it needs plenty of moisture and structure.
I will defiently post what worked and didn't on future updates.
(Currently): Well since my hair has grown I have now been able to stretch my perms for longer.
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