Journey to good hair

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2009-07-10
9:44 PM

Product and routine likes and dislikes

This journal entry will be edited as I find new things that work and don't work for me, or if something changes. :)


Really Like:
* Honey
* Activate Hydrating conditioner
* Activate Hydrating Shampoo (This is the best shampoo ever I think.)
* the conditioner that comes in the Loreal Feria dye boxes. I LOVE that stuff. There is a cone in it, the same one that is in DevaCare. Cone or no cone, if I could buy this stuff for daily use, I would use it all the time!
* Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee (BRHG)
*Suave conditioner (as a co-wash, and ok as a rinse out)


Things that work ok, but aren't my favorites:
*Herbal Essences Totally Twisted gel
*HE Set Me Up gel



Dislikes:
* Trader Joes Refresh conditioner -This is the worst conditioner for my hair I have ever used! It does horrid things to my daughter's hair, too.
* DevaCare One Conditioner - This wasn't horrible, but nothing great, and definitely not worth the price.

Currently playing with:
Jessicurl Aloeba daily conditioner
Jessicurl Rocking Ringlets
Jessiecurl Confident Coils
L'oreal Vive Pro Nutri Gloss conditioner for Curly Hair
Homemade flaxseed gel
Got2B Kinky Curl Defining Curling Mousse
protein
VO5 strawberries and cream conditioner

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2009-07-09
9:36 PM

Curly Girl routine ~ Take Two

Ok, so there wasn't a Take one journal, but seeing as how I am getting back on the CG wagon after partially falling off for a while, this journal is take two. ;)

My hair looked really great for about a year after discovering CG. Then a combination of a cheap hair dye, and especially getting pregnant with baby #2 made my hair impossible. Looking back, I think if I would have tried hard enough I could have gotten it back into some shape with some major deep treatments or something, but I got so frustrated that after a while I just gave up. For the last 2 years, I have been what you might call a modified CG. I didn't use shampoo very often, and still stayed away from most 'cones, but didn't worry about them too much, and used some products with them. Of course, they didn't help, and my hair just got worse instead of better. *sigh*

Well, for the last couple weeks I have been re-reasearching new products and things, and have been working on taking much better care of my hair. I would just like to find a good routine that I can have and not have to think about much when baby #3 comes. Oh yeah, did I mention I was pregnant again? lol Yes, I am due with baby curly girl #3 in October. (Hoping for curls anwyay. My 4 year old has super cute curls, and my 16 year old has some little curls starting to show. She doesn't have much hair yet though, so we will see how they turn out.)

Laura

My hair is 2b-c, fine, quite porous and I think medium density. (I haven't counted though.)
It is medium brown, but dyed blonde.

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