Fast Gro Regimen – Week 3

This is my documentation of my experience with Kena’s 13wk Fast-Gro Regimen. Products used: VO5 Hot oil treatment Shampooed with Nexxus Therappe Shampoo Deep conditioned for 20 mins with Nexxus Humectress Rinsed with Smooth Down Butter Treat Leave in Conditioners – Infusium 23 diluted with water and Lacio Lacio Rollerset with Fantasia IC Hair Polish (in pink bottle) Results: I found one of the 1-minute VO5 hot treatment vials in my cupboard so I decided to use it since I’ve had really good results with these in the past (I’d almost forgotten how good these were). Maybe...
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Fast-gro Regimen – Week 2

This is my documentation of my experience with Kena’s 13wk Fast-Gro Regimen. Products used: Based scalp with Mizani Confiderm scalp oil overnight Clarified with Nexxus Aloe Rid Shampoo & Treatment Deep conditioned for 20 mins with 1/2 Mizani Hydrafuse and 1/2 Mizani Kerafuse Rinsed with Aussie Moist conditioner to give better slip Leave in Conditioners – Infusium 23 diluted with water and Lacio Lacio Rollerset with a dime sized amount of Fantasia IC Hair Polish (in pink bottle) Results: It’s the first week after my relaxer and the clarifying went really well. My hair was not...
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The Importance of Vitamins

First published on HairSnippets (my previous blog). Do you sometimes feel that your whole hair regimin is all for naught? That’s how I felt for the past few weeks. As much as I pre-pooed, DCed and protective styled, it just seemed as though my hair was not responding and in fact to me it starting looking worse than when I first began back in April. I do know it takes time to figure out what works best for your hair etc. and patience is key so I’ve decided to not “cry over spilled milk” and just keep plugging away at it.  In my opinion I’ve been taking really good care of...
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My Box Braids

First published on HairSnippets (my previous blog). About 3 weeks ago I got frustrated with my hair and decided I needed to do something to help me manage my 11 week old new growth from hell. My options were 1) give in and relax 2)pay a professional about $150 to braid it or 3) attempt to braid it myself for about $40. I settled with option 3, so off I went to Sally’s to get the supplies. Talk about a leap of faith – neither have I braided anyone’s hair with extensions before nor had I a clue how I was going to make it happen on my own head but I was definitely optimistic. I bought...
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