Grow African Hair Long GAHL: July 2013

Hello Dear readers,

So it's been a while since I re-started my healthy hair journey.

I haven't posted any update to date but to be honest it has been quite a challenge dealing with such short hair.

The mega trim that I had last time left my hair so short that even holding all my hair into a ponytail needs bobby pins support.

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I've been washing weekly and I've realized that the moisturising Deep Conditioner is really minimizing breakage and so I haven't used my protein Deep Conditioner for a while.

My new growth and the texlaxed hair form such a dense base that has to be treated differently from how I normally treat my straight relaxed hair.

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I have been spraying a water/aloevera juice mixture on these two textures and moisturizing my relaxed strands with my moisturizing lotion and sealing with coconut oil...
I'm currently about 9 weeks since my last relaxer and I got braids installed last week.
I'm not as gentle with handling my new growth as Joanne is with hers so braids come in handy at times.

Protective style: medium braids

I plan to keep them in for 4 weeks,wash them fortnightly,oil my scalp with castor oil and spritz water/glycerin/aloejuice mixture if need be.
Till next time.
God bless

Finally I am able to write a blog post! The last few weeks have been so busy and just was not able to do any posts. But I do have great news for you. The long term transition is going very well. The back of my hair and the edges are officially 1 year post relaxer. And the crown is now 6 months post relaxer.

washday: different textures!!!

This was one of my goals and I am so happy to have reached it, now I am more sure than ever that I will have a successful long term transition. What is really working for me is keeping my hair moisturised all the time. This keeps my new growth soft and manageable. Not combing on a daily basis has also proven very effective in combating unnecessary breakage.

Many of you have been asking me how I pull that off since I don´t put my hair in protective styles like braids.

texture on wet and air dried hair.

Well it does take a little practice. If you are just beginning try combing every two days, then proceed to three and go on until you are comfortable going for days without using a comb on your hair. It also helps to decide what hairstyle you are going to wear that week. Maintaining one hairstyles is much easier than changing it up everyday. A nice soft bristle brush and some kind of styling cream/ gel will also come in handy in order to keep your edges down all through the week. But remember to only use a Gel that will not leave your hair hard to touch. A good example is aloe Vera gel. In the pictures below I Used a mixture of water and glycerin to moisturise my hair and Aloe vera gel and the soft bristle brush to keep my edges down.

My magic weapons: water and glycerin mixture, brush and aloe vera gel for edges.

Are you on a long term transition journey? what is helping you go through with it? I still need more tips ;)

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