Hair Porosity Test

Many of those in the hair world have heard about the Hair Porosity test as well as what Low Porosity vs High Porosity means for your hair. I'll admit that while I have heard a lot about porosity I personally did not know what it means for my head of hair! While enjoying a lazy post Thanksgiving Saturday and doing a little reading on BlackHairMedia.com I was inspired to give the hair porosity test a try!

How do I Perform the Low Porosity Test? I went into my kitchen to grab a small glass and filled it with tap water. After running my fingers through my hair I found about 3 shed hairs, which i dropped into the water and then set my timer for 3 minutes. After the 3 minutes were up I looked into the glass to see that my hair was still floating at the top, which means that I have low porosity hair.

What does having Low Porosity hair mean? Basically it means that my hair is resistant to moisture...there's a shocker! Ultimately because I 'suffer' from low porosity hair many products may 'sit' on my hair instead of absorbing into my hair. From various articles and forums I've noticed a trend that hot oil treatments, DCing with heat, and use moisturizing products and/or humectants. Some also recommend minimal protein treatments.

Will this information effect my regimen? The short answer to that question is not really. Most of the information and tips that I've read about low porosity hair I've actually already learned throughout my hair journey! Knowing this earlier in my hair journey probably would've reduced the dry hair struggles I went through. However now I deep condition regularly and normally throw in a mid week cowash because my hair tends to be on the dryer side and doesn't hold moisture quite as long. I've also found my holy grail moisturizer that keeps my hair soft and supple (Giovanni Direct Leave In). The one thing that I did learn is that Roux Porosity Control isn't really a product that's made for my hair as it is intended for high porosity hair, which would explain why I've never noticed a true difference in my hair since using the bottle that I have at home. Even though minimal protein treatments are recommended by some I will continue my 1x/month protein treatments because I firmly believe that all hair needs protein as some point and too much of anything include moisture can be bad!
    

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Wash Day & A Top Knot Bun!

Today's wash day was quite long simply because the weather sucked and I was in no rush! I'm sure y'all will also notice some random products coming out of the wood works and the reason is because I'm tired of products that I don't care for taking up space in my stash so I'm on a mission to 'use em up!' Here's what I did...

• Prepooed with my VO5 moisture milks conditioner mixed with Hemp Seed Oil on the length of my hair and my tropical isle red pimento oil on my scalp for about an hour. 
• Rinsed and then shampooed with my Shea Moisture  Raw Shea Butter Retention Shampoo.
• Deep conditioned under my Gold N Hot conditioning cap with Macadamia Natural Deep Repair Masque mixed with a bit of olive oil and tea tree oil for about 30 minutes. 
• Rinsed and applied my Jazzing clear rinse. I sat under my heating cap for another 20 minutes or so. 
• Rinsed and applied a bit of my Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Daily Treatment. 
• Did a final rinse and wrapped my hair in my turbie twist for about 20 minutes. 
• Applied my leave ins (Chi Keratin Mist on the lower half of my hair, Kimmaytube leave in, Macadamia natural healing oil) using the LCO method.
• Sat under my hooded dryer for about 25 minutes.
• Moisturized and sealed using my beloved Giovanni Direct Leave In, coconut oil, and JBCO on my ends. 

Style: After rocking a bun with my own hair and then a lovely flexi rod set for a few days I opted to create a top knot bun using kanekalon hair. I plan to rock this style until my midweek cowash (unless I see fit to skip although I doubt it) and will redo it then. As for moisturizing and sealing I will make a moisture mist using a bit of aloe vera juice mixed with water, my giovanni direct leave in, and coconut oil. Basically my daily product in the form of a sprtiz to keep my tresses moisturized. The great thing about this style is 1) Super quick in the morning 2) Ultimate protection for my ends, which means length retention!  

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Wash Day!

I thoroughly enjoyed rocking my hair out this past week, but it was definitely time for a good ol washing! Here's what I did:

1. Mixed an egg with grapeseed oil and some of my GVP moisturizing conditioner and applied to the length of hair. 
2. I left my homemade protein treatment on for about 15 minutes and then rinsed with cool water. 
3. Next I cleansed my scalp with my Shea Moisture Retention Shampoo
4. Wrapped my hair in a towel for about 20 minutes to absorb the excess water
5. Deep conditioned with the Macademia Natural Deep Repair Masque (*Newbie Alert*) for 20 minutes under my Gold N Hot conditioning cap.
6. Rinsed and applied a bit of the Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Daily Treatment. 
7. Rinsed and wrapped my hair in my turbie twist for about 30 minutes
8. Applied my leave ins using the LCO method (Chi Keratin Mist, Kimmaytube Leave in mix, Macademia Natural Healing oil). 
9. Sat under my dryer on a low cool setting for about 30 minutes.

Results: Incredibly soft, fluffy, shiny hair! My hair felt AMAZING! In fact it felt so good that I almost skipped moisturizing and sealing, but I know better so I didn't. Overall this is the most successful wash day I've had in a while. Let's hope I can get these type of results consistently! Here are some pictures of my hair with nothing except my leave ins. 

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November Goals Recap & December Goals!

Hi guys! Can you believe it's already December...where did the year go?! Well it's time to recap my November Goals so let's see how I did!

1. Massage JBCO mixed with grapeseed oil into my scalp every 1-2 days. Done!

2.  Successfully remove my braid install. Done! 

3. Do an egg protein treatment. Didn't do, but I'm actually planning on doing one today so it'll be a December goal!

4. Complete my Jillian Michael's 30 day shred program. This was by far my hardest goal, but I did it!!!

5. Lose 5 lbs. I'm not quite sure where I stand with this seeing as though Thanksgiving just passed and I REALLY enjoyed myself, but what I do know is that I'm back on track and excited to get back to my healthy lifestyle! 

Overall I managed to successfully achieve 3/5 goals and I am super proud of myself for doing so! Now onto my December goals:

DECEMBER GOALS:

1. Do an egg protein treatment
2. Exercise at least 5 days a week leading up to Christmas. (I want to be in tip top shape for my trip home!).
3. Try the Inversion Method for a week. After reading tons of information on this I've decided to give it a try. I'm interested to see what my results will be!
4. Finish my Christmas shopping by December 14th. I'm about halfway there!
5. Apply JBCO to my edges daily. They are a bit sparse from my braid install, but I'm determined to help them make a full comeback! 
6. Use up at least 1 hair product!

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Thanksgiving Day Hair!

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First of all I want to take the time to wish everyone a Happy Belated Thanksgiving! I pray that each and every one of you enjoyed the time that you spent with your family and were able to reflect on all of God's blessings!

On Wednesday I decided to cowash my hair because quite frankly I was over the flat relaxer hair feeling and wanted my hair to have more body!

1. Spritzed my hair with a mixture of aloe vera juice and water and applied my Kenra Moisturizing Conditioner to the length of my hair. 
2. Sat Under my heating cap for about 25 minutes
3. Rinsed and applied my Hair One Cleansing Conditioner to my scalp for about 2 minutes
4. Rinsed and wrapped my hair in my turbie twist for about 20 minutes
5. Applied my leave ins (Chi Keratin Mist, Kimmaytube Leave in, Macademia Healing Oil *Newbie Alert*) and sat under my hooded dryer for about 30 minutes.
6. Moisturized with my beloved Giovanni Direct Leave in and sealed my hair with coconut oil and my ends with my JBCO. 

On Thanksgiving Day I decided to do a Caruso Steam Pin Curl set. What is that you ask? Well to put it simply I used my Caruso Steam rollers to curl my hair and then pin curled my hair to allow the curls to set. 

So far I'm absolutely loving this newly discovered way to curl my hair. The best part is I can either take the curls down and lightly finger comb or leave them in overnight! This is a great alternative to the normal way of pin curling for those who struggle with it like me!

Here's a picture of my Thanksgiving Day Outfit.

I'm a huge Black Friday shopper so in order to prepare for the cold weather I put my satin bonnet and cute black winter cap on my head. My curls lasted all day. I'm in love! 

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