Luxurious Deep Conditioning & Detangling Treat for Hair

Yesterday I did a deep conditioning treatment that also doubled up as a great way to detangle my strands. I often use oil during the process of detangling to add sleep to the hair and preventing breakage . This is a variation from using conditioner during the  detangling process. As my hair gets longer it seems to need more moisture at the ends. In order to help my hair to retain moisture I decided to use honey as the base for the deep conditioning treatment. I came up with the following concoction:

Ø  3 tbs of runny honey

Ø  2 tbs of coconut oil

Ø  1 tbs of olive oil

Ø  2 tbs of avocado oil

Ø  1 egg yoke

Info on  the conditioning cap

Mix all the ingredients together.  The honey and egg makes the consistency of the oils thicker allowing for the mix to be applied to the hair with my fingers. I used this mix for adding sleep to the hair during the finger detangling process.  Once this process was complete, I covered my hair with a shower cap and used my Aphrodite hair conditioning cap for 90 minutes.

The Aphrodite conditioning cap heats the hair allowing the oils to penetrate the hair shaft enhancing the conditioning process. I used the time to relax and watch a film fit for a Saturday afternoon in rainy England!

I then washed my hair as usual. The result was amazingly soft, moisturised and shiny hair. I will certainly use this recipe again. My Afro is now ready for Christmas. 

 Enjoy your festive season and keep nurturing your hair.

Marisa X 

Protective Style Update

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This my forth week of the protective style learning curve. So far so good, I found some nice styles to try out and each week I look forward to wearing something different.

Week 2 - Vintage Roll, Tuck & Pin

I opted for the roll, tuck and pin style. This style is so easy that I did it on Monday morning. I usually do my hair for the week on Sunday eve just in case it takes me longer than expected. This prevents me from getting flustered before work should the intended style not work out...  My ability to roll & tuck is improving as it took about 3 minutes! I kept the style for 5 days. One of my friends described this style as vintage and told me she loves the way it looks on me, hence the title of the paragraph. Here is one I have done earlier.

Week 3 – Retro Updo

I returned to flat twisting and did a variation of the  Retro Updo.  Instead of two flat twists I did three. My pompadour was made with two strand twists. This allowed me to keep the style for 5 days. By Friday I missed seeing my hair out, so in the morning I decided to free the Afro and enjoy my curls by wearing a Puff.

Week 4 - Yet Another Flat Twist Updo
This style took me about one hour to achieve but it was worth it. I prefer it to my strait up flat twist updo as this looks much nicer. So I will definitely do it again. Interestingly I had come across this style a few months ago but was put off trying it because it looked difficult to achieve. Actually it turned out to be easy to make. I am pleased that my hair is long enough to do it too. Check out the tutorial here.

Marisa. X