Hi ladies. How was your weekend? I hope it was
restful cos mine certainly was. I ordered a pack of curlformers and perm rods
about 3 weeks ago and finally got them last week. I couldn’t wait to take out
my twists and try them because I have heard the amazing stories of how it blends
all textures on your head for both natural and relaxed or texlaxed ladies. I’m
sure you can tell I was excited especially after all my complaints about not
being able to get a style that blends check out the post here.
I took out my twists after having them on for a week
and a half. I wasn't feeling the jet black color anymore and probably would
have left it in a bit longer if not for the color. My hair was still soft
though after taking the twists out. I guess I have my gel to thank for that and
would certainly incorporate it into my regimen. Here’s how my wash day went;
- Detangled my hair properly with my fingers and then
a wide toothed comb by working in sections to remove all shed hair.
- Did a hot oil treatment overnight with heated oils;
coconut, olive and grape seed oil and a little shea butter. Covered my hair with
a black nylon, bonnet and silk scarf and went to bed. By the next morning, I
was so glad none of them came off.
- Shampooed twice with V05 moisturizing milks shampoo
and then decided to condition with V05 moisturizing conditioner and V05 repair
and protect strengthening conditioner for 5 minutes. I did this on impulse after
realizing I hadn't used any of the V05 conditioners in a really long time. My hair didn’t feel soft or hard it was kinda
in-between.
- Rinsed with warm water and did a tea rinse with 2
bags of Lipton green tea steeped in hot water for a while.
- Didn't rinse out my tea as usual and deep
conditioned without heat for 45 minutes using Organics cholesterol on ends and
Motions moisture plus on roots.
- Air dried till my hair was 80% dry and applied my
leave-ins Mega Profective leave-in strengthener and Elasta Qp olive oil and
mango butter. I also did a scalp massage for two minutes with my old faithful
Emily millionaire coconut oil and herbs.
- Sealed with Olive oil all over my hair and Jbco for
my edges and nape.
The next day I decided to install my curlformers.
Jen of Just Grow Already uses this often to stretch her hair and the curls are
always to die for. Lol! I have coveted curlformers since the first time I
heard about and I’m so happy I finally have mine. I got 2 packs of curlformers
(10 in each pack) for £17.90 – ₦5,549, the styling hook for £2.65 – ₦821.5k and a
pack of perm rods (picture not shown) for £2.49 – ₦771.9k. I had my boyfriend
order them and send them to me when someone was coming to Nigeria.
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| Curlformers Short and Narrow |
I installed all 20 and thought my hair won’t have
dried by morning but I was so wrong and the curls were beautiful. The blue ones
on my right side curls clockwise and the green ones on my left side curls
anti-clockwise. I had 2 problems using this product which isn't really with the
product itself; the first was I bought a small size because I didn’t think my
hair was that long. Can’t believe I underestimated the length of my hair
*covers face*. So of course the ends of my hair were sticking out as you can
see below even though I tried to push the cf’s down a bit from my roots. The
second was sleeping in them. I had to push the cf’s at least 3 inches away from
roots so I could sleep in them and I was still a bit uncomfortable. I’d
probably get used to it as time goes on.
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I looked like I was ready to fly along with my hair. Lol!
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Installing the curlformers wasn't hard though I
quickly realized I’d need more than 20 if I wanted defined curls and also
because I had problems trying to put a large section into the curlformers. I
experienced a lot of tensions at my roots trying to do this and I've placed
another order for a longer set of curl formers. The curl formers were made by
Hair flair and there are others by various companies. I had to Google to read
about all of them to be sure which one I got. I later realized I could just
check the pack and found out mine was by Hair flair. So much for reading
labels and instructions.
I really loved how bouncy my curls turned out but
mostly how the curlformers stretched my hair. I would definitely be doing more
of this as a protective style.
Ps: I couldn’t leave my hair like this even though I
loved how the curls turned out and I was going out so I combed out the curls
and did twists again this time with my own hair.
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| My new growth is springing forth slowly |
What
new product or method have you tried out lately?
Have a blessed week ahead ladies…
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