Egg [With a bit of honey]:
Putting on the egg was a lot more difficult than getting it out. I now understand why people usually mix it, but I will not do that in the future because the egg is already so strong. You know how uncooked egg likes to stick together? Well it was like that. There was no way I was getting more than like a teaspoon of egg at a time, and I tried using different grabbing methods /utensils. In the end, it just took a lot longer than a regular DC would have taken to put on, but it wasn't horrible or messy. It was pretty sticky on my hands, but that was in part due to the fact that I hadn't melted the raw honey. Then I washed it out.
Left is side that had egg on it at the time, right is before I did those. As you can see, I do things in braids now, but as of this afternooon, I have clips! Finally! So that'll make everything a whole lot easier!
Cowashing [Since last week, I have decided to cowash twice a week, shampoo every other week]:
I used VO5 Moisture Milks Strawberries and Cream conditioner to cowash my hair, sense I've been doing a cowash only thing. My natural curls are getting more defined as the days without shampooing pass [I can only tell when they're wet because my hair is always stretched, but yeah, definitely more defined], so I might actually keep this up longer than I was planning. I'm definitely skipping this weekend's wash.
Then I did a black tea and ACV rinse, which I definitely did not wash out all the way [accident] before applying Silk Elements Megasilk as an overnight DC.
Hair as I started to put the DC on it. Left has it, right does not.
Bad Hair Day?:
So...I get up, wash out the DC, add some Grape Seed Oil and some Raw Shea Butter and start to put in my Curlformers, and about 30 minutes after I finish my mom calls me saying, 'We have errands, so if you want to come you need to be ready in 3 minutes". Well, I love going out because I'm a huge nerd who does programming and never leaves the house [yay stereotypez]. But my hair is still very very wet.
- Blowdrying?: So I grabbed my mom's blowdrier [I've only ever blow dried my hair, in any way, about 5 times. Including this one and a few weeks ago when I tried the same thing] and started. But her blowdryer is old and doesn't have a 'cold shot' button, so I couldn't cool my hair down without waiting. I tried this, but just like last time my hair didn't get dry, though I did a much better job in those three minutes [plus the two she gave me] than any other time I've blowdried. Still, not doing that again. It was useless.
- Flat Twisting and eggs, result: Now I have even more love for my curlformers. Normally I do not style my hair when wet because I get huge breakage, but I figured the best way to keep my hair stretched was to flat twist, so I did. I'm still not good at flat twisting, I don't seem to have the strength to pull it taught, so I knew it wouldn't be very straight in the end, but no real choice. I made it look as cute as possible and we headed out. But I had to detangle wet hair to do this. I lost less than half the hair I usually lose, when my hair is dry and straight. [NOTE: I do not comb my hair on wash days. The Curlformer sets do a great job of getting rid of the vast majority of tangles in my hair.] So the egg worked amazingly! Even better than the treatments I've bought, which is good because the main reason I tried this is that I'm running out of them. My mom said the hair didn't look bad, just kind of puffy. We were both surprised by the huge shine the eggs gave me that I normally don't have unless my Curlformer sets have dried. So, bonus points there. Seriously though, my hair tangled up on itself like nobodies business and I was unhappy that I had to take out my CF. But it was worth it because I got to leave the house. Yay!
[I LOVE butterfly clips, but have 0 clips at all {too poor}, but it was metal and worth it because it wouldn't break like the last one :S. Then I realized it's probably not big enough for my hair either way.] I might still return and get it, it is one of the bigger hair claws that exist. Instead, I bought [for less than $5], 100 hair elastics [the clear ones that are larger, I have tiny black ones that I use to tie ponytails] and 12 large metal clips. So I finally have clips!
Got back home at 21:00~ish, put my hair in Curlformers, and I haven't taken them out yet.
Products Mentioned List: [new section! I didn't necessarily get them from the links, but it will always be the version in the picture.]
Raw Egg [Just...eggs from a store...nothing special at all]
Worked extremely well. I'll probably do this once a month. This is the best protein treatment I have ever used, including the ORS Hair Mayo I really like, so at least I have a very cheap replacement!
VO5 Moisture Milks Strawberries and Cream -- Got this from a food store that had a hair section. .72 cent there. Don't pay more than $1. This is amazing at cowashing. Firstly, you can use as much as you want because you don't need to worry about price [looking at you, salon brands] and it gives so much slip and smells so delicious. I'll keep buying this for cowashing, and it's one of the two 'made' products I'll keep buying.
Black Tea -- Can't find a link yet, no brand that I can remember. I'll try again and update. It was 100 bags for $1. I'll probably try Lipton next, though. It works well for shedding and making the smell of ACV slightly more tolerable. [I mix them.] It also gives shine and holds moisture a bit better [I've heard the caffeine makes protein stick longer, which makes moisture stick longer, so that...sort of makes sense?]
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ACV, I actually got mine from GNC. Either way, never pay more than like 3 bucks for this. It smells horrendous, even worse than the ApHogee stuff people complain about. It's so bad that I will never buy it again. It's so useful, though, and cheap, but I've heard that Aloe Vera Juice works the same way [note: Aloe Vera Gel, does not. ACV is a ph balancer, and a clarifier, AVG is a good moisturizer, but ACJ actually has the proper ph levels--I'll need a new clarifyer, though]. Maybe if I ever start buying essential oils and can mask the smell, I'll try again.
Silk Elements Megasilk Moisture Treatment -- This goes on sale all the time. Only buy it if it's on sale. Mine cost like $7, I think. Can only be bought at Sally Beauty, I think. This is a good conditioner if you've got it on sale. It works really well, it smells nice, and it moisturizes better than lots of salon brands. I really like it, and if I didn't have Hair One to fall back on [and if it didn't cost MORE when it's not on sale O_o. I'd never seen the real price before today. $15? Cray] , I might even consider buying it again.
Grape Seed Oil -- about $7-8, but it's common and you can probably find cheaper and more expensive ones everywhere. I love grape seed oil because ceramides are awesome and because my hair loves using oil as a serum, especially coconut, jojoba, or grapeseed.
Raw Shea Butter: link coming soon. I love raw shea butter for hair and skin care. I use it in my lotion, and it's much better than other lotions to the point where I've tried to use other lotion and it's just depressing. Especially because theirs usually smells better :(. In hair, I use it as a sealant with light hold. My hair loves this stuff as a sealant.
Curlformers, bought from Sally Beauty Supply because it's slightly less if you're a member, and no shipping. I love these. We know this. I mean, for Cthulhu's sake: I don't have to comb my hair, it keeps it stretched for the entire week so I have no tangles to deal with on wash day, it's a great style, it's PERFECT for transitioning. I learned today how badly my hair needs to be stretched at all times, I'd taken it for granted because I didn't have that much ng before I got them, but they are almost necessary. I mean, I can think of how I could do this without them, but given that I've tried before, several times, to stretch more than 4 months [that was my average throughout my entire relaxed life, really], but it always got so bad. I have experienced none of those issues since buying these. Also, sexy hair, shine, so much bounce and movement...it's a dream. They're a dream. OK. They're not paying me. I wish they were. Honestly, I wish they were giving me those Extra Long and Extra Wide so I wouldn't have scraggly ends the first night >_>.
New items that aren't tested much:
100 Large Clear Hair Polybands: I don't do regular hair things [like the Goody Ouchless bands] anymore because the stuff inside is disgusting and my hair keeps making it come out [if they get stretched too much; almost all have], and the part that connects them breaks my hair [it's not metal, but it still snags. In the end, it's the same as just having metal for me]. I need to get silk ones, but I lose these too much. I have small black hair elastics, which cannot be used to hold even a fourth ponytail, so I use them to tie my ends, or hold tiny sections in place. They're great for that because they break way before doing anything bad to my hair, whereas normal bands just break my hair. I have about 500 of them, so literally I just pull my hair down / the elastic down and the elastic pops off without bothering me, then I trash it if it's broken. It's a much better system for me since they're cheap and easily replaceable, whereas the others are not. Plus, the material feels like it probably doesn't suck the moisture from my hair like regular bands. These stretch a lot more, so I'm enjoying them so far.
Conair Metal Hair Clips, pack of 12:
I dunno., Nothing special. They're medium sized, duckbill-y and metal. They're MUCH better than the various ways I've tried and I don't see them getting broken. I usually do 4 parts, so 12 means I can keep them in seperate groups and I'll have some if any get lost. Wewt wewt. They are extremely bendy, tthough.
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