So this is my hair right after a wash. I did a henna treatment last night. Then washed it out (which took ages), then i did a cholesterol treatment for a few hours. Then washed it out and this is the result. At the moment my hair is feeling VERY coarse and hard. Which is usually does after I do a henna treatment (even though the deep conditioner is supposed to counter balance this). Anywho, I think i'm going to put it in two-strand twists. And my mother generously offered to plait my hair tomorrow night, which is nice of her, she probably hasn't done my hair since I was 11 or so. Anyway. I'm glad my hair is growing and it's healthy. I'm going to trim the ends while I do my twists as well. I'll put up a picture of the end result.

Hair update

I'm horrible at this hair blog. Probably because I have like a trillion other blogs. Anyway, so I thought i'd post a picture of me with my natural hair, and a picture with my wig.

So the below is the wig I wear daily. This is actually a new one... it's got bangs, and I like it. The one below that is my natural hair. It's grown out SO freaking much, it's insane. I'm thinking i'll start wearing it out in about 2 years. Since I live in Canada and the weather is so erratic I tend to wear my hair in protective styles for the majority of the year. Last year I wore it out during the summer, but because I have a summer job at a camp and I swim daily and i'm pretty active with the kids It means having to wash my hair everyday and If it's "down" then it's really difficult to manage as far as daily washings, so I'm thinking this summer i'll keep it in plaits so I can rinse my hair like that. As far as the winter goes I never wear my hair out. It's far to cold and far to dry.

But in 2 years when my hair gains a bit of length, I'll definitely start wearing it out in the summer time. I love big hair.

Hair growth comparison

I thought I'd put up a comparison of my hair over a 1 year period. The image on the left is from March '09, the image on the right is from April '10. I knew my hair had grown over the year, but I guess I didn't realize just how much.

Hairspiration

I've just dicovered another chicalaties that I'm adding to my Hairspiration list.
This is Chime. She has got the biggest and best hair in town. Seriously. This is my ultimate hair goal. Completely the reason why I went natural...to rock BIG ASS hair.

This is a re-post from naturally obsessed - here It's a great Natural hair care site.

1. Breifly explain your hair routine.

I co-wash my hair weekly with Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose Conditioner only. I also deep condition my hair weekly with Aubrey Organics GP Conditioner. I use shampoo to thoroughly cleanse my scalp every 3 months. I usually wash it when it then load my hair with Giovanni Direct leave-In Conditioner and detangle it. Then I seal it with coconut oil or jojoba oil. I ususally wear my hair in twists for a week to allow my hair to rest then the following week I wear it out.

2. Have you ever regretted your decision to go natural? If so, why?

Not at all!! Going natural is one of the best decisions I have ever made.

3. What is the best thing about being natural?

Rockin big hair!! I love big hair! It is so fierce! I also love that it is ealthy and unique.

4. What 3 products can you not live without?

Giovanni Direct Leave In Conditioner

Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose Conditioner

Coconut Oil

5. What 3 products would you never buy again?

Aubrey Organics Island Naturals and Blue Camomile Shampoo, Giovanni Vitapro Fusion Leave In Treatment. They all made my hair feel dry and stiff.

6. What makes your curls "Glam Curls"?

I use Giovanni Direct Leave In to enhance my curl!! I love the different sized curl my hair has. Some are coily, others loose, some curly/wavy. My curls are Glam Curls because my hair is big and FIERCE!!!! Gotta love natural hair!!

Update

This is the most recent picture of my hair. It was taken two days ago. I just taken out my corn rows and washed my hair. There a tiny bit of conditioner in there.
This was taken over a month ago. I took out my cornrows lathered a bunch of suave conditioner in there and put it back up again.

So clearly my hair is growing. Not as fast or as long as I'd like it. I've been wearing it in protective syles over the long British winter, and I may or may not wear it out over the summer. I wore it out last summer but I would swim daily as part of my job and I think that really did a number on my hair. (despite rinsing it and conditioning it after every swim).

I have completely stopped co-rinsing and deep conditioning. I'm really disappointed with myself, but honestly the main reason is time, money and lack of products in the UK.

I'll be back in Toronto in 2 weeks so I'll get back on regimen then. I'm gonna try some aubrey organics poducts as well as a cassia treatment.

Repost from Curlynikki.com - Short Hair twist out

I don't do a thing to my hair anymore :(

So I've been insanely busy with school. It's finally a new year and a new Semester. I was able to go home for Christmas and brought back some shampoo and conditioner, but aside from that my hair care has been seriously lacking.

I've brought my Organix shampoo and still use Suave hair conditioner and coconut oil, but aside from that I haven't been doing anything to my hair. I haven't been washing it frequently (I wash it maybe once every 2-3 weeks). I basically keep it in cornrows and where a lace front. Which is starting to scare me because the sides where the "hair prong" things go have been rubbing out my hair. (EEEEK!) Anyway, My hair is still growing but i've noticed that i'm shedding a lot. It may be because I don't comb it often. I've also noticed I have a lot of knots in my ends. I haven't been trimming regularly either. Basically I've abandoned all hair care. I think in the summer when I'm back in Toronto i'll try and sort it out again. (Although I usually work at a summer camp in the summer which requires swimming everyday...) ugh. I don't know what to do.

Here are some recent pictures of how My hairs doing. These were taken after washing my hair. There's still conditioner in it.

I'll do a length check sometime soon, as I haven't done one in a few months.