Week 3 ~ wash day

Today... I will once again experiment...

By the way...

I am getting my basic recipe format from using the book...

The Herbal Spa Book

From there, and researching different herbs as well as minerals, I came
up with my choice add-ons. This time I experimented with an infusion of
the herbs in two different methods...

One, by boiling hot water and letting the herbs seep for 10 to 20
minutes.

Two, by slowly heating up the water in the blender, then adding the
herbs in... making sure the herbs aren't being over cooked.

After infusing the mix, I strained the blend using a muslim cloth bag
(its finer holed than cheese cloth).

Then I tried both out...

The product worked a lot better, without the tiny pieces of herbs. My
hair stayed conditioned and soft... I personally perferred the raw
version compared to the cooked blend. Only because I know that the
benefits would be better, with the material in its raw form.

I didn't use Shea Butter in the conditioner, like before. But I did
grease my hair with the Shea Butter, afterwards.

Still felt like I was getting there, but not quite there yet with
perfecting my recipe.

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Latoya

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Week 3 ~ summary

My hair has styed relatively soft, since I washed my hair with my
homemade shampoo and conditioner.

I also noticed that my hair has appeared thicker and my skin has
appeared... clearer???

I find that quite odd, since I am not using any of the Shea Butter on my
face... just my scalp. Another interesting fact is that I am still using
chemical based products on my face...

Neutrogena oil-free products...

And my skin has suddenly become much more radiant and clearer than it
has ever been.

How do I know this? People keep coming up to me and complimenting me on
my skin. I find that amazing since, that is one of those types of
compliments that you rarely hear.

It makes me also wonder...

If my skin is quickly improving due to the change of hair products that
I use. That must mean that the chemical based hair products I was using
were a form of cause of acne and bad skin...

Going back to hair... my hair remains thiick and seems really healthy.
The color is a rich deep jet black.

Can't wait until wash day...

--
Latoya

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Week 2 ~ wash day

I decide to make up my own hair shampoo and hair conditioner recipe.

I blended alvocado, sage, basil, rosemary, almond oil, olive oil, shea
butter (in the conditioner only).

The result was noticable. When I washed with "Mane n Tail" my hair
shrivelled and almost instantly changed its texture. To a more dry and
wirery feeling type of hair. But when I washed with my homemade shampoo,
my hair felt light, non ichy, it gently turned to ringlets under water.
And stayed soft and oiled.

The disadvanteges to my home blend, was that I forgot to strain the
formula. So particals got in my hair, and showed when my hair dried.
Other than that, I think I am on the right road.

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Latoya

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Week 2 ~ summary

It took a while to regain the quality of my hair, in the 2nd week of
using the raw form of shea butter as a regular hair food replacement.

The texture of my hair went bad after washing my hair with the chemical
shampoo and conditioner (for this experiment I am using Mane and Tail
deep moisturizing hair shampoo and deep moisturizing conditioner.)

Thru out the week, it was like catch up game on trying fix what was
lost. Eventually, by Friday my hair was beautiful soft, rich in color,
and thick.

End of Summary
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Latoya

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