Hair salon visit!

I went to the salon. and it was a mess it was the second week of may and my hair was thicker than thick @ 9 weeks. I wanted to stretch my relaxer longer so I went to the salon and boy was that a mistake. I had to tell the stylist how to detangle my hair and she just keep letting me know how much of a perm I needed. Lesson learn do not go to the hair salon with several months post hair I am pretty sure she pulled out some strains I had to stop her several times.

In the mist of all of that I only went for a wash and set with a deep condition and having someone else pamper me for a change felt good.

My 2 year hhj anniversary is on august 5th 2014, and I am trying to hold out on a length check until then because I realize checking all the time is just no good. I just don't see the progress that I want to see so I am just going to take a break at looking at my hair and where it meet up on my length check shirt. I haven't put that shirt on in so long that I really don't know where I meet up. Like 2 months ago I was at an 8 so, I just pray with the help of the aphogee products I am way past that by August. BSL is really taking way to long for me.

Scratching my salon visit this month!

Well, this month on February 5th marked my 1 year and a half being on this hair journey to waist length (growing my entire length of my shirt #20). In an older post (under my hair salon visits tab above) I told myself that twice a year I was going to the salon to have my hair straightened which would be every 6 months, for me those 2 months are February and August.

I have decide that I am not going. Those salon beauticians will mess me up with all that heat. So, instead I want to do it every year (every august). In 6 months from now there will be a salon update and that would be my 2  year length check. My goal is Full MBL (#15 on shirt) by August 2014, and Full WL  (#20) by August 2015 (giving myself a year because I will do some cutting along the way to make sure the majority of my hair is full and meets the line).

Still on this Journey, WL here I come!

2nd salon visit

Let me confess. I told myself that I was going to the hair salon in august. well, I couldn't help myself and I went in July and got a blow dry and flat iron. I was not happy with the way my hair looked that straight and when I washed it I was so happy it thickened back up. It actually looked longer in its thicker state compared to the straight state which left me feeling bald due to the thinness.

 

These picture was July 17th after coming from the salon

 

This picture was 4 or 5 days after the salon my first wash

New decision!

I have decided that even though I hate the hair salon, there are benefits there for me... so I will visit the hair salon every 6 months. In an earlier blog from February I mentioned that I see less breakage when my hair isn't so coiled and because I will not use heat on my hair any other time why not. The way at which I go to the salon will change drastically though because I do not need a set back...

• go to the salon with deep conditioner in my hair
• allow them to wash it out
• apply my heat protectant (always bring my heat protectant)
• roller set
• blow and flat iron

The salon will not relax my hair or trim my hair ever... I basically want to use the hair salon as my 6 month heat pass and that's all. My last salon visit was In February so my next salon visit is this august (after I self relax)

wish me luck!

FIRST SALON VIST IN A YEARS TIME!

So, I stopped going to the salon a year ago for 2 reasons I wanted to learn how to do my own hair, and it was getting too expensive. Now that I have been taking care of my hair myself I have maintained the thickness... going to the salon before this I would always leave with thin, thin, hair due to excessive heating, or over processing till I have bone straight relaxed hair.

Since I have been on the journey for these 6 months I have relaxed my hair 3 times on my own and on all occasions I have under processed my hair, which is better than over processing because it keeps more protein in the hair strand making it stronger than bone straight strands. My last relaxer and heat pass was feb. 14th 2013 and there was a lot of texture left in my hair which made it take longer to straighten my hair with the blow dryer at the salon (this was a sign that I am doing something right!!!).

I may incorporate a salon visit once every 2 months or so into my regimen. The reason why is because manipulating my hair in a straight state leaves a hell of a lot less breakage, when it is thick and coiled I see way more broken hairs in my wide tooth comb or on my hands even with gentle manipulation. So, I choose less breakage over more breakage.


I made it to line 6, a whole 2 months before my goal!!