Jen this photo is for you. This photo is two weeks ago (twists with shine wax...these are a week old and still look pretty good), I can't do the big twists like you do on Emmi which I love, they don't stay in her hair.
An fellow adoptive mom reminded me that I haven't posted in a long time and I will try to get better. Would love to know what other moms are using right now that they love!
I have been using the Wen products on my hair and I love it. I originally bought it for Darline's hair, but I didn't like it at all on her tight curls. I wouldn't spend the $$$ to try on your child. But love it on me....so a good find for one of us! I would like to try the Aubrey Organics products but haven't tried them yet.
I went back to th Infusium Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner and forgot how much it I liked it and how great it makes her hair feel, I don’t even need a deep conditioner. Last Friday night we took her hair out and let her sleep all night (with a silk cap) with her hair drenched in coconut oil. Her hair was super soft and healthy when we washed it the next day. I am trying this again tomorrow.
I still like the Garnier water based shine wax for the twists and holding hair in….but I use A LOT or she gets the frizzies. I put a ton and make her hair almost straight with the stuff from scalp to ends before twisting. It looks very pretty, holds well and super shiny for quite a few days.
I did do yarn extensions a few weeks ago (I like them better than the fake hair, they don’t shed out and they don’t itch her). This time I used super thick sweater yarn and it was full and beautiful, she loved it. It lasted for four weeks (I didn’t wash it…but oiled the roots a lot and used a lot of leave in. It could have gone four weeks if I would have redone some at the crown about 2.5 weeks in. It took me five hours. The nice part is if you go four weeks they start to grow out nicely and you can just slide them out when you are ready to take them out rather than unbraiding them. I only do the big hair about once a quarter because it takes so long.
This week it is in the fake twist cornrows (I really need to work on cornrowing...for some reason I am afraid of it) on top and poofs in the back. I love that style makes her look like a little girl. It was starting to look frizzy at day two because she has been playing a lot in the blow up pool in the back yard, so I took the puffs out and rinsed and heavily conditioned the rows and the back with the Infusium and the frizzies went away….for two full days…they are back somewhat today, but tomorrow we take it out anyway.
Let me know what you are trying…still looking for the miracle.
