I wanted to say thank you to everyone who wrote in to give me advice on the henna breakup. There was some great comments and if I decide to henna again (I’m thinking about it…) I will definitely use your recommendations. No yogurt with the henna. Try green tea and honey instead.
I have to share something. Today, I was really frustrated with the state my hair was in, and had been in all week. Fuzzy and not wanting to curl no matter how many times I DT. (I did stay clear of protein conditioners)
I decided to strand test the Cherry Lola treatment to see if therer was any improvement on my sad, sad hair. I liked the results so I did the treatment to my whole head. I left it on for about 10 minutes. Then I rinsed and co-wash and then styled with the Henna Wax Treament. What can I say… the curls came back! Hurrah!
This is not a twist out- this is strictly a wash and go. I did try a new technique in the shower though. I’m going to try it again tomorrow and if the technique works again, I’ll post about it tomorrow. Here are the results :
After Henna
After Cherry Lola Treament
Back of Head
Side View
Front View
Crown
Bangs
How I wore my Hair
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Give yourself a couple of weeks before henna-ing again. It takes a while for hair to re-coop and re-establish 100% moisture. It takes about 1 1/2 weeks for me, that includes a DC or two.
Try just the henna and honey. The green tea has properties similar to that of protein, so I would leave that out for now.
I would recommend adding amla powder if you could find it.
By Breezy on 04.04.09 9:16 pm | Permalink
cl, the results of your your a.a. treatment are fantastic! im waiting for a bottle to come in the mail and i will be trying this myself. in the interim, i am interested in your styling process. do you use a denman on small sections *like teri* or twistout/coil out, or… ? my hair normally looks like your post henna pic. thanks!
By michelle on 04.05.09 10:01 am | Permalink
Thanks Michelle. On this post this was a wash and go- Once the treatment is on the curls form themselves, and then it a case of be very gently when you rinse the treatment out and co wash, so you don’t disturb the curls once in. I’ll be posting about a good way to achieve this the next few days…
By admin on 04.06.09 6:12 pm | Permalink
found you thru alelia, and gosh, are you ever cute! love your hair, girl! sorry that henna doesn’t work for you. since i started wearing my hair natural (ten years, give or take) i haven’t even attempted a colour for fear of the results you described earlier. my colour is a boring 1B and i’m always looking for ways to make it shine. jojoba oil is my best friend…
By dalia on 04.07.09 3:07 am | Permalink
Great curl definition!!!!
By Shelly on 04.07.09 9:44 pm | Permalink
Love those bangs over your face. Lovely style, very retro.
By Suburbanbushbabe on 04.13.09 5:17 am | Permalink
[...] cherry lola does this braggs amino, baking soda, and yogurt deep treatment which makes her hair look AMAZINGLY DEFINED! thats the type of definition i crave without using gel. it didnt work for me. at all. it just annoyed the crap out of me. im going to try it one more time but i doubt it’ll do anything. [...]
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