Jojoba oil and keratine.

Months have passed, and I have tested a few things. I've been testing two things at the same time, which is rather stupid but the second one wasn't planned, it just happend because I am way too clumsy.

First, my plan was to replace the coconut-oil I'd been using for quite a while (and was still in love with!) for Jojoba oil. Just to see how it would be. I have to say it made my hair even softer than the coconut-oil, hard to imagine that was even possible. I am thinking my hair could've gotten used to the coconut-oil, therefore after a few months of Jojoba I will go back to coconut, before trying the very very populair Argan-oil :D *Cant wait to try that one* But for now, I am pretty fond of my Jojoba-oil, and loving the softness.

By the way, I also tried to use Jojoba oil as a facial moisturizer, but that didn't end very well. I ended up having a few pimples and quit out of fear of looking like a 14year old again, haha! I read it works very well for other people, but I'm afraid my skin needs a less greasy moisturizer, the search continues!

And second! Sometimes when using leave-in conditioner I would use some of my small bottle of keratine. Keratine is one of the things that hair is made of, can also be found in nails, so it's a very natural thing. But do NOT confuse this with the "Brazilian Keratine Treatment", I am very much against that, I don't see how heating the hair (even with good and nurturing keratine in between!) can be good. So I will never do this, however my treatment looks a very small bit like it, except for you know.. the BOILING of all hair cuticles.

Anyway, as I said, I've been clumsy. The keratine comes in a very small bottle, and pouring just a little bit is a very hard thing to do. So now I had WAY too much, which seemed just about right :D After putting it in together with my leave-in conditioner (Yes to Cucumbers) I blow-dried my hair. So yes, some heat, but not 230 degrees like the real Keratine Treatment. It also looks good without blowdrying, but I noticed the incredible shininess after I blow-dried it, so I guess it had something to do with it, but I am not sure yet, will continue to test on that.

That's all for now. Gonna continue to use Jojoba and Keratine for while! And desperately search for a good facial cleanser, and moisturizer. Maybe I should visit the Lush store again.

Conditioner Only

So. I have been trying out some conditioner only washing. I am still not fully happy with it, actually.

This is what I have tried with 3 different conditioners:
I put it on my hair when it was still dry and left in in there for about half an hour up to an hour. When in the shower, I put my hair under the water for just a second, and then massaged really well, just like I would with a normal shampoo-wash. Rinsed it out and did a normal conditioner treat with another conditioner, I will get back to that! Then let it air-dry, didn't use any leave-ins or oils, really wanted to see the effect of this wash!

My results:
Pantene conditioner (Got it as a gift, don't know the price xD)
My hair stayed clean just as it does when using normal shampoo. BUT, this conditioner has cones in it, which I don't want to use anymore. I was happy it worked, but still wanted to get this working without cones, I only used this one first because it was the only one I had, figured that if it would work, I'd go out to get a new, conefree conditioner. The second conditioner used, was in this case also the Pantene cause as I said, only one I had!

Europrofit (Kruidvat & Trekpleister, 0.79 cents)
Tried washing with thise one 2 times. First time I left it in for half an hour, bad good results, my hair didn't get very clean and was greasy a LOT faster. Second time I left it in my hair for 3 hrs, rinsed it out, and somehow I still had some very greasy parts, the ones that were clean, were ok. But then again, after 2 days, it was totally GROSS.

Wonderwel (Bas, Dirk, 0.50 cents)
I heard good things about this one, so I had hope! But again a little part of my hair was still greasy, not as much as with the second Europrofit try, but still enough for me to feel "eww". I tried this today so I don't know how this will turn out in a few days, so I will update this in a few days!


So obviously putting conditioner on dry hair is a no-go for me, I'd need way too much conditioner to get it all covered, cause now I already used a handfull of it! It's not that it's expensive or anything, but I just think there has to be a way to use less. So my next (& last!) CO-try will be to put it on wet hair, leave it in for an hour and then rinse out. We will see..

2) Europrofit

1) Pantene

3) Wonderwel

SMT for my hair!

I had heard a lot about this so called "SMT" on various webpages and forums. SMT stands for "Snowymoon Moisturizing Treatment", Snowy is one of the users on LHC* and made a great moisturizing recipe! A lot of people on LHC are enthusiastic about this, so I just HAD to try it.

* http://www.longhaircommunity.com/forums/index.php

My hair BEFORE smt :)

I am not sure if I used the right ingredients. (see pictures below) The recipe says you should use a moisturizing conditioner without cones, not sure if I did that but if it this turns out awesome (it's on my head right now!) I will retry with a better conditioner!


So, I found a very good post about SMT here, you should go read it there, there's no need for me to re-explain the whole thing xD Here it is: http://www.longhaircommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128


So I started by getting into the shower and just wash my hair like I normally would, without using conditioner. After that I kept my hair in a towel so it would dry just a little bit and I used that time to make my SMT-potion :D  I mixed 4 tbls of Pantene conditioner, with 1 tbls of honey and 1 tbls of Aloe Vera Gel. You can also put some oils in it if you like, I didn't because I want to see what this basic-recipe will do. I put it in the microwave for 30 seconds, but 10 seconds would've been enough, just making it a bit warm is ok.

The *potion*

Applying it was very easy, it looked just like a normal conditioner, it was a lot more slippery tho, the spoon I used for mixing was SO slippery I dropped it several times! :P After applying I put my hair up in a knot, put on a showercap, and a normal bonnet (hope that's the good world, Googletranslate!) over it to keep it warm.

Applying.

With the shower cap.

I'm so AWESOME! :')

I put this in my hair at 2PM, and I'll take it back out around 1!PM, so it has time to absorb it all! *anxiiiooouuuus*


Alright, I rinsed it out after 9 hours! It felt really soft in the shower, but that doesn't really mean anything, it tends to be soft with certain shampoos as well. I was quite amazed when I got out of the shower and I was able to comb my WET hair, that is NEVER EVER possible, since it tangles so so so much when wet. And now, no struggle at all, W.O.W. ! !


Now, 2 hrs later it's starting to dry just a little bit and I can feel that it IS softer! Especially on top of my head, the only place it's dry now xD Can't wait to post about it when it's dry in the morning!

Right before rinsing it out.

My WET hair, combed !!!

3PM the next day.
Ok, I can't say I am VERY happy with the result. My hair does feel different and healthier, but it's quite poofy. Some people would totally LOVE this extra volume but I don't, haha! So next time I will just use my hairdryer again, yes I know it's bad... I might also leave the honey out next time, and add some cocunut oil. Once I have done that, I will come back with an update!

In the morning, after combing.

In the morning, before combing.

THE PRODUCTS

Aloe Vera Gel.

The Pantene Conditioner

Honey. It expired last year, yes!
But I figured it wouldn't do any harm.
Got it in Aldi.