The Healthy Hair Diary: Dusting

Wash Day Diary: 2 Weeks Post 21.06.14

Monday, June 23, 2014

I decided to wash my hair on Saturday afternoon as I was having a lazy day and planned to have a family day out on Sunday.

These are the steps I followed for my wash day:

I pre-pooed my hair and scalp with my Coconut oil for 40 mins with heat using my hair therapy heat wrap.

I shampooed my hair twice times with ORS HaiRepair Invigorating Shampoo and when towel drying my hair to apply conditioner noticed I had a white residue build up in some areas on my scalp and roots so I lathered once more just to ensure I hadn't missed those areas. I towel dried and checked again and the build up was still there. I picked up my clarifying shampoo but something told me to my staple shampoo Creme of Nature Moisture and Shine Shampoo and with one lather and rinse my hair was clean. I have used the ORS Invigorating shampoo twice before with no problems so I will try it again to see how it performs before doing a review.

coffee rinse

Wash Day Diary: 6 Weeks Post & Dusting!

Sunday, May 11, 2014

4th May 2014

I'm a little late at posting this as I started a new job this week and with all the training and new systems etc by time I got home in the evenings, I couldn't bare to look at the laptop...

These are the steps I followed for last weeks wash day:

I pre-pooed my hair with my Coconut oil for 45 mins whilst I had my breakfast.

Dust my ends

Dusting My Ends 13.03.14

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Over the last week I've been noticing that my ends were in need of a mini trim which brought back the painful memories of October last year when I asked my hairdresser at the time to trim my ends and ended up with a hacked hair mess.

Instead of picking up the phone and making any hasty appointments, I decided to dust my hair myself. My ends were not terrible, they just needed the very ends to be trimmed.

I combed through my hair to ensure there were no tangles and then parted my hair down the middle. On each side I sectioned my hair into 4 sections, twisting them as I went along. Then going through each section I re-twisted the hair and using my hair scissors I trimmed off the short stray ends which stuck out along the length of the twists.

To trim my ends, I parted my hair into four sections, securing each section with a clip so I could deal with one section of hair at a time. Pulling the section of hair taut, I gently clamped the hair between my fingers running them down to ends leaving 0.5cm of the ends which I trimmed off. I went through and did this to each section.

This is the amount of hair taken off from the whole head. Pretty Painless!

After my dramatic cut in October last year, the front of my hair was layered so I parted my hair as if to create a fringe and pulling the hair taut, trimmed the ends using the same method I used throughout the hair.

Call me crazy but just taking off half a centimetre made my hair feel healthier and thicker. I will continue to dust my hair as and when it is needed.

De’Onne x

Dust my ends

How I: Dust My Ends

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Over the last few weeks I have been noticing my ends starting to get a bit wispy, nothing major at all but in need of a little dusting.

Last night, I moisturised and sealed my hair, oiled my scalp and put the length of my hair into one big pin curl and secured my hair with my satin scarf. This morning when I took my hair down, it was lovely and soft and my ends were well moisturised which highlighted I would say 5 millimeters of wisp.

What is Dusting?

Dusting your hair is when are just snipping off the tips of your hair. You will not lose any of your length and won't have a breakdown when you look down and see what has been left in the sink. It's like hair dust!

Dusting is not a quick fix for anyone in need of a good trim. Once you have a had a trim, dusting will maintain your trim for longer.

Here is what I did:

I sectioned my hair into 6 and secured with clips.

One section at a time I twisted my hair in a downward position. I have long layers in my hair from my last trim, the ends of the layers as well as any split ends stick out of the twist.

Holding the ends of the twist taut; I went up the twist carefully snipping off the layered / split ends which stuck out of the twist.

After going through each section, I took my twists out and combed my hair down straight before clipping off just the very tips of my ends.

This is the amount of hair that was in my sink after my dusting session. Nothing to lose any sleep about and my ends are looking and feeling much healthier and rid of split ends. Dusting my ends every 4-6 weeks will keep my ends healthy.