Challenge Review – Month #1

Stretch

 My stretch has been going well, I am now 8 weeks post relaxer, and aiming to get to 12 weeks post this month

Expectation: 8 weeks post – Achieved

Issues: My new growth started acting up at 5 weeks posts, it was dry, I started using S Curl No drip moisturise which did help, I was moisturising my hair every day, which I think was a bit too much, as I had a lot of product build up. This month I will listen to my hair and moisturise when needed.

Goals for August: Get to 12 weeks post and baby my new growth

Nape

I have been M&S my nape with S Curl No drip Moisturiser and ORS Carrot Oil.

I make sure I also have a silk bonnet on and sleep on a silk pillow case. So far I think my nape is getting strong and I have not noticed any breaking off. No other issues with my nape, will continue doing what I am doing.

Ends

I have been M&S my ends and protective styling them. I have used direct heat once this month, but I don’t think this should be an issue. I will continue doing what I am doing and most importantly protective styling!

Protective Styling

I did do 2 new protective styles in this month.

One was for my friend’s wedding (midweek wedding in the Mountains of North Wales)



Protective style #1 Bun with crown

 The other is an instant weave, which I am loving the ease of. I will be posting a detailed review of this product soon.



Protective Style #2 - Instant Weave



Overall

I feel my challenge is going well, however, I have noticed that I am now a victim of improper bunning and protective styling! My buns have been too tight, my hair line has suffered because of it. So in addition to the 3 challenges I have for myself I will be doing a hair line challenge which I got from www.phrophro.com/hlc/. As it’s still a sensitive topic for me, I had noticed that my hair line was thinning but thought maybe it is in my head, and over the weekend my bf mentioned that I shouldn’t manipulate my hair as the front is thinning :-( prior to my hair journey I have not had issues with thinning hair lines and I use to weave my hair and straighten my hairline all the time!!!!



 I have taken a picture of my starting point and will show the results after 3 months to see what improvements I have made



Additionally to using castor oil and peppermint oil every-day I will also



1.     Not apply any relaxer to hairline



2.    Use hair clips for protective styling and not hair ties



3.    Use much looser protective styles.



Happy Hair Journey’s Ladies :-)



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