Monday Morning Cowash

Since I'm working the 'graveyard' shift at work this week it left me with a lot of free time today to do some chores around the house, exercise, and cowash my hair. This morning I decided to take advantage of this ridiculously humid weather we've been having by going power walking around my neighborhood. Before I left I applied my oil mix of EVOO, grapeseed oil, and coconut oil to my scalp and to the length of my hair. I then dampened my hair with water and applied my Silk Elements Kera Minerals DC to my hair. I placed a shower cap and satin scarf over my hair and went on with my exercise routine. When I got back home I was soaked and I could tell that my hair had gotten a really good deep conditioning treatment.

I hopped in the shower and rinsed my hair thoroughly with warm water. After squeezing the excess water out of my hair I applied some of my Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Daily treatment to my hair and allowed it to sit while I showered. Once I finished I did a final rinse with cool water and then wrapped my hair in a cotton t-shirt to soak up the excess water. About 30 minutes later I removed the t-shirt and spritzed both my scalp and the length of my hair with my Chi Keratin mist. I then applied about a quarter sized amount of my kimmaytube leave-in w/ a twist and a dime sized amount of my Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum and allowed my hair to air dry for about 3 hours while I did random chores around the house and caught up on my tv shows.

Next I detangled my hair in four sections using my fingers and then applied my Giovanni Direct Leave in and sealed with coconut oil. I applied my Liquid Gold sulfur based growth oil and JBCO to my scalp and gently massaged it in. Lastly I sealed my ends with a tiny drop of JBCO to lock in the moisture and voila I was done! Since I will be working odd hours this week my hair plans will be limited to bunning and a mid-week cowash! Here's the final product!

This Weekend's Beauty Buys

In celebration of the fact that I survived my month long 'no buy' hair product challenge I decided to take a little trip to Ulta and pick up a few beauty items that I've been eying for quite some time. Here's what I picked up...

• Chi Keratin Mist - I've been a fan of the Chi Silk Infusion for quite some time even though I've recently switched to the Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum (because it's lighter) so I thought I would try out their Keratin Mist. I've tried the Aphogee Green Tea mist a long time ago and didn't really care for it. I'm hoping to use this product as a weekly leave-in as well as apart of my relaxer preparation process. 

• Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Treatment - I'll be honest...Jeni of JustGrowAlready piqued my interest in this product. She practically swears by this stuff and since I can't get enough of Mr. Mitchell's Super Skinny Serum I just had to see if I will feel the same about this rinse out conditioner. I plan to use this conditioner after my tea rinse and cleansing conditioner. I find that my hair is normally a little rough feeling when it air dries when I do a tea rinse so this seems like a great rinse out conditioner option. 

• OPI's 'Mod About You' -  I originally tried this nail color randomly at the nail salon and fell in love with it. It's just such a classy and chic color that I couldn't resist even though I faithfully protest the price of OPI nail polishes! This is a great color for summer, spring, and fall and is office friendly for professional settings as well. 

• NYX Blush in Tera Cotta - Traycee from KISS has been bragging about this blush for months now and I finally decided to pick it up. I'm excited to try this blush out. I'm a newbie to the makeup world, but I know that NYX cosmetics are raved about and at just $5.99 I was willing to take the risk! 

I plan to do in depth reviews of both of my hair product purchases and don't be surprised if any of these products pop up in a favorites video :)

June Goals Recap & July Goals!

I swear these months are just flying by! Can y'all believe that we are halfway through the year already? I'm afraid I might blink and it'll be Christmas, which is my favorite time of the year by the way! Anywho onto what this post is really supposed to be about! Here are the goals that I set for myself for the month of June

1. Lose 5 lbs and get back to my goal weight I'm honestly not sure if I met this goal because I've hidden my scale from myself. It was driving me crazy.
2. Apply my growth aid of choice to my scalp daily. Yay I stuck with this goal and my new growth is definitely showing it!
3. Exercise 4-5 days a week. I halfway met this goal. I had one really lazy week, but other than that I've been on it!
4. Do a flexi rod set. So yeah this didn't happen
5. Do a rollerset. Neither did this :(

July's Goals

1.  Exercise 4-5 days a week
2. Log my daily food into myfitnesspal daily (My username is Courtnea2001 for anyone who wants to add me!)
3. Apply my growth aid daily
4. Try at least 1 new recipe

Relaxer Update #5!

As most of you know read my 'Relaxer Preparation' blog post already know I received my relaxer on yesterday. As usual I'm very pleased with my results and feel like I got a good amount of growth! Stay tuned for my next growth update at the end of August!

Relaxer Preparation!

So tomorrow is relaxer day for me and let me just say that I am so excited! My new growth has been doing it's own thing and it is time for it to be tamed!

In order to prepare for my relaxer I deep conditioned my hair on Wednesday evening with my Silk Elements Kera Minerals DC. Out of pure laziness that's the only thing I did (no cleansing conditioner or anything!). After that I allowed my hair to air dry and then applied my usually leave ins. I like to wash my hair about 3-4 days prior to my relaxer because it really helps to soften my new growth which in turn makes my detangling session A LOT easier on me. Since then I've been rocking buns.

On tonight I pulled out my handy Silken childs detangling spray and began the daunting task of detangling my new growth. The last time I received my relaxer I skipped doing this and my scalp was not too happy with me! I started with the very back section of my hair and spritzed my detangling spray on my new growth only. Next I gently massaged it into my new growth and then proceeded to detangle using the orange wide tooth rat tail comb pictured below. After detangling my new growth I then detangled the length of my hair using my hercules Sagemann seamless comb followed by a random seamless comb that I have in my stash. I repeated these steps until I reached the top part of my hair. Fast forward an hour later and I finally finished. Last I parted my hair into two sections and moisturized with my Giovanni Direct Leave In conditioner and sealed with coconut oil.

As much as I did want to go through my usual relaxer preparation steps I know my hair and my stylist will thank me tomorrow :)