Sunday 8th February

Here are the steps followed for Sunday's wash day:



Prepooed with Organix Argan Oil & Shea Butter Conditioner sealed with Virgin Coconut Oil, covered with a plastic cap and sat under the hood dryer for 20 minutes before rinsing once cool.

Shampooed with ORS Creamy Aloe Shampoo to clarify my hair.

 Tea rinsed with green tea which was steeped for 24 hours, poured this over my hair and rinsed after 5 minutes.


 Applied deep conditioner mix of ORS HaiRepair Nourishing Conditioner and a teaspoon of Lavender JBCO, covered with a plastic cap and sat under the hood dryer for an hour then rinsed. I seriously forgot how much I love this conditioner, I bought a new bottle on Saturday and am glad to have it back in my life.


T-shirt dried for 30 minutes then detangled using Mane & Tail Detangler.  Applied leave ins; Root2Tip Triple M Moisture Milk, Shea Moisture Baobab & Yucca Thickening Growth Milk and a dab of Crème of Nature Argan Oil to each section and then air-dried using the scarf method.


We were running late for dinner at my mums, so I scooped my hair into a loose bun and hit the road, taking my products to moisturise and seal with me. I planned to do my hair straight away when I got to my mums whilst my hair was still slightly damp but time ran away with me and by time I did get around to it, my hair was dry like the Sahara desert. I spritzed my hair using Evian distilled water, moisturised with Triple M Moisture milk and sealed with my Grapeseed oil and EVOO mix and put it back into a loose bun.


Before bed, I moisturised and sealed again and oiled my scalp with my castor oil mix, secured in a loose bun with a satin scrunchie and then my satin scarf and hit my bed….

Monday's style for work

I have decided to join the Hairlista Castor Oil Challenge which is for 3 months.

Start Date – Sunday 25th January 2015
End Date – Saturday 25th April 2015.

There are four different levels on this challenge; beginners, intermediate, advanced and extreme.

Basic:
Apply Castor oil to your scalp twice a week followed by a scalp massage (2-5mins focusing on damaged areas).

Intermediate:
1) Apply Castor oil to scalp twice a week followed by a scalp massage (2-5mins focusing on damaged areas).
2) Add 1 tsp to your weekly deep conditioner.

Advance:
1) Apply Castor oil to scalp three times a week followed by scalp massage (2-5mins focusing on damaged areas).
2) Add 1-2 tsps to weekly deep conditioner.

Extreme:
1) Apply Castor oil to scalp every other day followed by scalp massage (2-5mins focusing on damaged areas).
2) Add 1-2 tsps to weekly deep conditioner.
3) Seal ends with Castor oil (optional).

I have decided to join at the extreme level, which is to oil my scalp with castor oil every other night and also add castor oil to my weekly deep conditioner.

For those who follow my blog, I was already using a scalp oil mix which consisted of JBCO, Avocado oil and EVOO, which luckily ran out the day before  Sunday 25th January so I decided to switch it up.

When I joined the last castor oil challenge, I used pure JBCO and for the first few weeks I had no problems until one day my scalp started to itch uncontrollably and my scalp felt like it was on fire. After researching online, I found that this was the case for a quite a few other ladies and they advised to dilute it with another oil. I diluted my JBCO with 30% avocado oil which managed to do the trick.



For this castor oil challenge I am using a mix of 80% Lavender JBCO and  20% pure castor oil which I will continue over the next 3 months with the goal of achieving  fuller, thicker and longer hair.



This is my unofficial length check for the beginning of the challenge. This is air-dried hair with a fair amount of shrinkage due to more texlaxed roots. My hair is currently just over 1.5 inches past armpit length.