FroRocks - Discovering Natural Hair

Imagine this scenario: Take some amount of leave in conditioner, rub it all over hair, then seal with oil.

And that's all for moisturizing? Really?

Getting as much moisture as possible is really important for the well being of our hair. Most people go about the wrong way when they add moisture to their hair.

This post is focused on moisturizing hair when it isn’t in protective style but running wild and free.

Try this the next time you’re moisturizing:

Section, section, and section: Dividing your hair into smaller sections is key. Moisturizing hair in smaller sections gets more moisture to the strands than doing so in bigger sections. You could section it into 4 parts or more.
Take down each section, one at a time, and apply the conditioner from root to tip, concentrating on the ends.
Please don’t be stingy with the conditioner, be generous and distribute it evenly by combing hair after applying.
Now it’s time to seal in all that moisture, to prevent the moisture from evaporating from the hair shaft. Use your preferred oil or butter to seal in.

Tip: You could put the conditioner in a spray bottle mixed with a little water, for easier application.

PROTEIN CONDITIONING

Doing a protein treatment to your hair? Protein conditioning makes the hair harder and is usually accompanied by deep conditioning to soften hair. Usually, protein conditioner is added to hair, hair is put under a shower cap for some minutes, then rinsed out before a deep conditioner is added to conclude the process.

To spend less time doing both, just mix the protein conditioner with the deep conditioner and apply at once!

Warning: 😆In this post, the time accounted for is when one's hand is occupied with their hair. Time utilized for deep conditioning under a shower top isn't included(that takes at least 30 minutes, that is already more than half the time used for a shorter washday). Assumptions are that your hair has been detangled and is now in twists. Twists are usually 6 - 8, not more than that. Additionally, time spent washing hair may rely upon how filthy one's hair is.

As with most naturals, washday ain’t something I anticipate. I’m yet to meet a naturalista that’s always anticipating a washday. 😓 I dread it every time. From detangling, putting hair in sizable twists, to shampooing and deep conditioning. Tedious!

I'm generally open to new thoughts on the most proficient method to make my washday shorter and voila! A few months back I was washing my hair when I thought to myself: Instead of washing and rinsing each twist twice, why not shampoo the whole hair first, then do a second washing to each twist to save time?

Now, let me just let you know how my ancient washday went down:

I take one twist, apply shampoo, scrub and rinse it out.
Apply a second round of shampoo, scrub and rinse out again.
Then take the next twist and repeat step 1 & 2. So if I had 8 twists, I would have shampooed 16 times and rinsed 16 times!
Then apply a deep conditioner to each twist by unraveling it, combing through and retwisting it.
At least 30 minutes under a shower cap to let the deep conditioner do its work.
Rinse hair.

I'm not sure of the time spent in this method but I'm guessing 1 hour+ - 2 hours.

Now, to my latest tweaked method:

Apply shampoo all over my hair, lightly scrub to remove most of the dirt and rinse out - 5 minutes.
Take each twist, apply a second round of shampoo and scrub. - 10 minutes
At this point, I don’t rinse out until I’m done shampooing and scrubbing all the sections of my hair.
Rinse out shampoo from all the twists at once. - 5 minutes. So if I had 8 twists, I would have shampooed 9 times and rinsed out just twice! Amazeballs!
Then apply a deep conditioner to each twist by unraveling it, combing through and retwisting it - 25 minutes.
At least 30 minutes under a shower cap to let the deep conditioner do its work.
Rinse hair - 10 minutes

The difference in time-saving is so clear! Not only is my time saved but also energy expended.

Hope you try this on your next washday. It may not be less than an hour but it will definitely save you some time. Also if you have a tip for making washday shorter, holla in the comment section.

Keep ‘fro-ing

I've been looking for ways to jazz up my twist out for a while now. Twist out has been a go-to hairstyle like forever and to be honest it does get quite boring. I finally stumbled on a tutorial on how to accessorize my twist out, Yippee!

I’ll be recreating this style in this post but first off, I’ve been thinking about what to call this hairstyle:

1. Twist out with a dash of bling?

2. Twist out with some bling bling(No? Too cheesy?)

You can give me some ideas about what to call this hairstyle in the comment section.

Now the recreation:

1. As usual, hair should be clean and well detangled.
2. Section a small part of your hair, this is where the clips(blings) will be attached. Usually, I just do a side part, then further divide it in two.