Last night I moisturised my hair in sections using Bee Mine Luscious, sealed with grapeseed oil and oiled my scalp/roots with Tola's Growth Oil then plaited my hair into two french braids.
I made up my henna mix with the following:
1 box of henna powder
2 x tsp of amla powder
2 x tsp of shikakai powder
1 x tsp of Neem Powder
1 x tsp of Fenugreek
3 x tsp of Hemp Seed Oil
1 x tsp Coconut Oil
1 x tsp Blackstrap Molases
4 x Odourless Garlic Capsules
I then added hot water and mixed this to a thick consistency, thick enough to stand a spoon (or my mixing chopsticks in)! I like my henna mix thick at this stage before the oil and conditioner are added as I hate dripping henna all down my neck and in my ears.
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| See my chopsticks are standing all proud!!! |
Next I added the oils and mixed again
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| Once the oil is added it looks like a cowpat! The white bits are the coconut oil which is melting in the residual heat. |
Next I add the HEHH conditioner, I never measure this - I just add enough.... (",)
I've had this blackstrap molases hanging around for about a year now, I used it internally to increase my iron levels and externally in a caramel gloss treament which I only ever did once, so I thought I would throw some into this henna gloss mix.
A couple of pics of my hair prior to starting the long old henna gloss process.
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| That is alot of new growth. Whenever I tell anyone that I haven't relaxed my hair since June the first thing they say is "Why hasn't it broken off?!!!" I tell them it's because I look after actually I baby my hair! |
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| My HAIR with one of the braids removed. I have not detangled my hair yet and this is the state it's in after a week of not combing it! |
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| Check out that new growth! |
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| These are the exact same sections I wash my hair in at this many weeks post. I have 9 sections and I am currently 22 weeks post relaxer. |
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| This is the amount of grapeseed oil that I use for each section. I apply this then spray in two short pumps of the Detangler |
Next I started applying the henna to my hair in these sections
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| Almost done with the application |
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| The henna mix looks pretty brown, this is due to the molases |
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| All done now |
I will be trying out the Matrix Biolage Cera-Repair hair tongiht. I brought it today. Just been looking on Relaxed Hair Health's blog to see how best to use it. I think I will apply it then add the Matrix Biolage Conditioning Balm over the top and then sit under my heated cap for 30mins.
Looks like a late one for me tonight then....
Na-Nite!
Wow, thanks for the detailed pictorial! You are sooo making me want to do a henna treatment, like now!
ReplyDeleteYou do have a lot of new-growth and you're handling it very well!
You must do an update post telling us your results!
ReplyDeleteSorry it's taken me so long to reply!
ReplyDeleteMs D - I have so much new growth, I hope my mum and I can manage to texlax it properly next week. I will miss it though when it's gone...!
Shereen - I'm gutted I didn't take pics fo the results. They were good, but I put my hair staight into my ridiculous looking braids the next day. By the time I washed my hair two weeks later I already had greys showing through the front where my hair had already grown. Next time I think I'll try and video the process and show the results (",)
Ciao 4 Now
T
xx