Frequently Asked Questions

UPDATED 7/18/2011


Products
Q. Do you use a leave-in?
A. Yes. For a long time I did not but now I use the mix that Kimmaytube created and posted on her channel. The recipe is on my blog.


Q. What do you use on your hair?
A. I am usually experimenting with some product but I normally keep my product use limited and simple. My staples include shea butter, Fantasia IC Aloe Vera gel, and coconut oil. You can see the other products I use on my hair by looking under "My Regimen"


Q. How do you keep your mixes?
A. I like to add an essential oil that will act as a preservative. See: http://www.fromnaturewithlove.com/library/preservatives.asp


Q. What is Aloe Gro?
A. I found out about it through: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pdINFrPqm0
I only use it during the winter


Q. What products should I buy to use on my hair?
A. I can not and will not tell anyone what to buy. Everyone's hair responds differently to different products. Trial and error is the only way to find out for sure what will work for you.


Regimen/Routine
Q. How often do you wash your hair?
A. I shampoo weekly in the summer and co-wash weekly in the winter-shampooing once each month during the winter. I deep condition every week


Q. Why do you do black tea rinses?
A. I am a heavy shedder. The black tea rinses help decrease the amount of hair I shed during my weekly wash sessions.


Styling
Q. What products do you use for your braid/twist outs?
A. I like to use shea butter and/or coconut oil. Rarely I may use Fantasia IC Aloe Vera gel for extra definition.


Q. How do you get you hair to be so smooth in buns and ponytails?
A. This really has more to do with my texture than anything else. To encourage smoothness I put my hair in a pony when wet and apply shea butter or Fantasia IC Aloe Vera gel to my hair.


Treatments
Q. What is an oil rinse and what is it for?
A. I found out about it from: http://www.ehow.com/how_4422849_do-oil-rinse-natural-african.html


Transitioning
Q. How long did you transition?
A. I didn't. I didn't have anything to transition from.


Misc Hair Questions
Q. What color do you have in your hair? (this is when it was a red-orange color)
A. I started with SoftSheen-Carson Dark & Lovely in Vivacious Red and then a few months later I did a henna treatment. Those two things resulted in the color.


Q. What is your hair type?
A. Honestly, I don't know. I have about 3-4 different curl patterns on my head. I gave up on typing. I never gained any benefits from it anyway.


Q. How long have you been natural?/How long have you been growing your natural hair?
A. Always. Since day 1.