#success

Okay so completely 110% scratch that statement in my last post when I said that my hair has no curl pattern. My hair totally punked me! So today I decided I would do a baking soda deep treatment. No big deal right? Well in doing so, I discovered one huge key to my hair retaining that curl that it had been showing me all throughout my transition. First of all, my denman brush? Trash! My hair does NOT like that thing! And it's crazy because all this time I thought my denman was what was giving me my definition. Wrong-o! Okay so I had already had my hair in a bantu knot out from the day before yesterday but today instead of immediately trying to detangle my hair in the shower, I just allowed it to become saturated with water and just kind of scrunching the water into my hair. So once that was done and my showerly needs were fulfilled, I got out of the shower and proceeded to do my baking soda treatment.

[measurements extremely rough]

• 4 (heaping) tablespoons of LeKair Cholesterol plus
• 1 1/2 tablespoons of EVOO
• Baking Soda

...I kinda just shook the baking soda in so I have no idea how much I used but it wasn't a little bit and it wasn't half the box...soooo, yeh..lol.

I parted my hair in my usual 4 sections and started from the back making small sections and applying the mixture from root to tip all throughout my head using the left over all over the edges and ends. I popped a plastic cap on for 40 minutes and sat under the dryer with the heat on high for the last 20 (bumping the total time up to 1 hour). When I rinsed my hair, I rinsed in warm water and then the final rinse in cold water. When I got out my curls were POPPIN! Minimal frizz and silky smooth? What?! In love! So instead of brushing through with my denman, I simply applied a little shea butter and Giovanni Direct leave in and went on abou

t my business. My curls remained in tact, and that, ladies and gentleman, is how I achieved my very first successful wash and go! :)

the first picture below shows how my hair was coming out before. in the picture it does show a slight curl pattern. a curl pattern that was not visible to the naked eye in real life lol. the pictures following are of my first successful wash and go. as always, click to enlarge!