This weekend I went home to visit my family. The first thing my mother did was say, “When are you going to get your hair done?” I tried to explain to her why I was going natural and she dropped the subject. My father saw me and said, “Oh…your hair looks different…” trying to sound nice. Generally, he’s a sweet guy lol. And my brother of course teased me. However, my whole family, despite their opinions told me it was fine to do whatever I wanted to do.
My mom is turning 60 this year. She’s been perming her hair for years and dyeing it the past 5-7 years or so because she is going gray. The whole sides of her head have broken off 
. I told her this summer (when she doesn’t have to go to work) I would help her deep condition her hair and give it a break or else my poor mom will be bald. We both have the same type of hair, very fine and thick. Those little edges of mine are growing back in with very delicate little hairs that would never have grown if I got my hair relaxed this weekend.
So far, this has been my regimen:
Weekly:
Deep Condition with Organics Olive Oil Deep Conditioning Treatment + Honey
I DT by putting a wave cap over my head for about 2 hours because I do not have a dryer or heatcap.
Daily
1. Wash Hair with V05 Conditioner (or any conditioner I can get my hands on that doesn’t contain sulfates). Wash using tips of fingers and rubbing (not scratching with my nails anymore). I detangle with my fingers in the shower.
2. Come out of shower. Put a leave-in conditioner in my hair such as Kinky Curly Knot Today or Cantu Shea Butter. Comb hair with a WIDE TOOTH plastic comb.
3. Sometimes I coat my hair with olive oil or another sealant and moisturizer.
4. Use Fingers to spread Kinky Curly Curling Custard throughout my hair. Using a generous amount will give it a very frozen geled look that will last all day. Using a small amount will give you a fluffly wavy fro that will really fluff out by the end of the day.
5. Wrap my hair at night with a silk scarf.
Additional Notes
* Ingredients I avoid: Petroleum or Petrolatum Jelly, Mineral Oil, Sodium Sulfate or any sulfate, silicone or any cones
*Currently I’m avoiding using any heat so that the permed hair doesn’t feel the need to go breaking off from the natural hair and create a huge mess.
*Twisting out/Braiding out does NOT stretch my hair. Not the permed hair anyway, it just creates a big mess. Sometimes I put my hair in pigtail braids as a style or braid up over night then wash and go again. But no, braiding out does not help me.
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