Daughter’s Wash Day

 I haven’t written up a wash day post in years. And the last time I documented them they were so thorough, I spent the whole Saturday going through them. But at the start, I enjoyed them. Over the years they started becoming tasking and steps were slowly cut off. 

Now we two daughters later, wash days have become a luxury. I just get the job done. Gone are the days of 3 hours aimless walking around with a heat cap. Nowadays if I leave the shower with conditioner on my head, the chance that will be rinsed off again (within the day) would be rare. I have a 7 month old and a 3 year old.

Now my wash day glories have shifted to my 3 year old daughter. They aren’t long and elaborated, she doesn’t have the patience for that, and my 7 month old would not be amused either. 

So how do they go, well this is the process, it really takes no more than an hour from start to finish with the longest part being detangling 

1. Detangle - I finger detangle with a diluted conditioner and then proceed to go out her hair in sections from tip to root. This is the only time I detangle it use a comb. 
2. Shampoo - one lather
3. Tea rinse - I limit any treatments to once a month. Today we used fennel tea, fennel has really get properties to stimulate blood circulation and is a great antioxidant 
4. Deep condition - or just condition, the conditioner doesn’t stay too long on her hair, 5-10 mins tops 
5. Rinse
6. Moisturise and air dry

And there you have it. I am living my best hair days through my daughter because heavens know I couldn’t do this process on my head without a crisis going on - ‘the chair bumped me’, ‘Ahhhh, mama, spider, wait, no it’s a fly’, ‘mama, mama, mum, can you make my Peppa Pig talk and I’ll be Georgie Pig’

What quick wash day hacks do you use?

Current Situation

So I have not posted on my blog in a long time. This blog started as a relaxed hair journey documentary, this lasted for about 3 years. It soon became a natural hair blog, since 2015. Down the line I have had 2 baby girls, time robbed from me and a silk press gone wrong, so I ‘big chopped’, in December 2018. My intention was not to grow my hair out again, I loved the ease of short hair. 

 

Then came quarantine, this forced me to start growing my hair again. 

After reviewing my life, I feel the best thing for my hair and my self at the moment is to get locs. To keep things easier for myself, I will start on two strand twist and maintain my new growth using the palm roll method. The aim is to be able to maintain my hair by myself, but also go to the salon should I need to. But my trust levels with salons is at an all time low, after my silk press and also the flaky products they always use when I would get a twist out.

As I have 2 daughters, one who is 3 years and a new born just gone 6 months, I will be dedicating my time to maintaining healthy loose natural hair for them. For my 3 year olds, her hair is just over shoulder length, but I could do better with detangling, moisturising and styling. 

I am hoping to get to re-learn how to maintain loose natural hair and to incorporate the fun aspect of healthy hair maintenance with my girls, so they don’t feel like caring for their hair is a chore, but rather the same as taking a daily bath or brushing their teeth. 

My aim is to be more consist with my documentation of my locs and their loose natural hair journeys and see where we end up in this new rediscovery. I will aim for twice a month posts to hold myself accountable, also because really not much happens to our hair on a weekly basis.