Moisturize Your Hair with E.A.S.E.: 4 Easy Steps

Whether you are relaxed or natural, we all have challenges keeping our hair properly moisutrized. This challenge is magnified during the colder months when there is little to no moisture in the air to aid in moisture retention. Yet it is ever more imperative to keep proper moisture balance in the colder, drier months.

It would seem easy to moisturize our hair, right? After all, most of us remember sitting between our mother's, auntie's or grammy's legs getting our hair "greased" on Saturday evening? :)

When we began our HHJ (healthy haircare journey), we were told this was NOT good for our hair. However, we were told to still moisturize our hair. And ever since, the moisture balance has been a cat and mouse game.

Hopefully the following 4 easy steps will help add some "method" to the madness of keeping hair properly moisturized. Believe me, you can do it with E.A.S.E.!

Edges

The first step in moisturizing hair properly is to apply your moisturizer to your hair's edges. You do this by applying some moisture mix or oil to your fingertips and apply to your edges all the way around your hairline. Do not rub in circular motions, but from your forehead going back to your crown area. This will also help smooth your edges.

All Over

Next take a quarter-sized amount (at least) and apply it all over your hair. This will help to make hair more pliable for the next step. If your hair is longer and thicker or finer, you may have to adjust the amount based on what your hair is able to withstand.

Sections

Part hair in 4 sections: ear to ear and front to back. Take at least a  quarter-sized amount of your moisturizer and apply it to each section. You will have to determine exactly how much moisturizer your hair needs in order to maintain proper moisture balance without being greasy or heavy.

Ends

Sealing the moisture in the ends is extremely important to maintaining proper moisture balance. The ends are the oldest part of your hair strand. It's drier than the rest of the strand. Excessive dry ends can lead to split ends and breakage. We often do not pay enough attention to our ends. But in order to really obtain the full benefits of properly moisturizing your hair, it is imperative to apply some sealant oil to the ends of your hair. It is easy to do this since your hair is already in sections from the previous step. Among the most popular oils to seal your ends with are EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil), coconut oil and castor oil.

Now that you know how to moisturize your hair with E.A.S.E., your hair will thank you by retaining length even during these cold, dry months ahead.

Day 3 of Twist Out

I'm feeling the "chunkiness" of today's twistout...

What did I do?!?!?

I arrived home at 1 AM from Memphis (that is a long a*# drive LOL)...I had thought I would wear a puff today (quick and simple), but I really like the twist out and thought that hairstyle would better go with what I was planning to wear.

So while I was unwinding (I still couldn't go right to sleep despite being exhausted) I sat in bed and did LARGE two-strand twists. When I undid them this morning, this is what I came up with. I picked it a little to blend, sprayed with shine and I was done in 10 minutes....I sorta like that notion.

I like my hair fresh, so depending on how I feel when I get home, this may get washed and done over. But at least now I know that I can hold on to it for three days and revive it with larger twists!

My Secret to Two Strand Twists

I've fallen in love with 2 strand twists. I tried them when I first BC'd but wasn't as satisfied as I have been the last two times I've done them.

For me, the difference has been the use of Hawaiian Silky 14-1. It has made my hair soft and silky and moisturized.



Below is a video from the first time I did a two strand twist out with Hawaiian Silky:




Here is a video when I completed two strand twists that I left in for 2.5 days:




The results of the 2.5 day old two strand twists:




Finally...a brief tutorial on the 2 strand twists and my latest results:

ACV is THA TRUTH!!!!!

Ok, so I've been feeling "some kind of way" about transitioning. My texture all of a sudden felt real jacked up and I was feenin' for some creamy crack. I just wanted my bangs to lay down...is that to much to ask for?!?!?!? LOL

So I've been reading on LHCF and Mane and Chic about ACV rinses. ACV=Apple Cider Vinger The users claimed that it left their hair super shiny and bouncy. Now how exactly ACV which should be pretty acidic leaves hair shiny and bouncy, I didn't know. And I was skeptical. But there have been very few things (none really) that I've tried from LHCF that didn't work on my hair, so I thought...why not?

So off to the health food store I went yesterday and bought Bragg's Organic ACV

Here is what I did...

• DC'd using the home steam and the 15-10-10 methods on dry hair with ORS Replenishing, EVOO and 2 other conditioners from Sally's I can't remember the name of


• Co-washed with Aussie Moist (the jury is still out on this condish, but I guess it did ok)


• ACV final rinse with a color applicator bottle (1 oz. Bragg Organic ACV to 4 oz. water)


• Plastic cap for 5 min while showering


• Lacio Lacio (as leave in), Coconut Oil and MN mix


• Rollerset on pink magnetics with Rollersetting Lotion mix (Aloe vera juice, water, EVOO, Castor Oil, Africa's Best Oil--my hair needs some oil and moisture)


• Hooded Dryer for 90 minutes


• Unrolled hair and applied Coconut Oil to ends


• Re-rolled with satin foam rollers (can't sleep on magnetics)


• Sleep


• Style in the morning

Here are the results...

Unfortunately I'm working today so I had to take these with my camera phone, so you may not be able to see the shine, but trust me it's there. My hair is super soft, shiny and swingy.

I know for a lot of LHCF sisters you can't use as much oil as I did, but my hair loved it. I shouldn't have to put anything in my hair til next wash day.

ACV will definitely be part of my reggie going forward!

The Best $2-3 You Will Spend on Hair Care

I sleep wild...very wild!!!! All over the bed; under the cover, on top of cover....I'm never quite sure how I will wake up the next day. Needless to say, this is problematic for me while trying to protect and hide my hair. Because after a night of wild sleeping I wake up with my hair on top of my head and uncovered. I've tried every type of product known to man, so of course of I was skeptical when this product was recommended on LHCF.

I purchased it at Wal-Mart a few days ago. And can I tell you that I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the first time I have found a head cover that stays on all night. Through tossing and turning, flipping and flopping...it stays completely on.

If you purchase this and it doesn't work, you clearly sleep wilder than I do (if that is possible). You might want to get that checked...LOL

The only CON I see with this product...it's a head cover! It's hard to be cute (when going to bed with your DH or SO) when wearing most any head covering, especially one that is meant to protect as opposed to one for fashion. But if that's the only thing that I can find wrong with it, then I'll suffer through it...

I truly believe this is the best $2-3 you can ever spend on hair care...I don't think you will be sorry!

Simply Fascinating Hair Candy

My latest obsession...making flowers for my hair!!!! Hair candy at it's best