Au Naturale?

So after 25 years of ironing, coloring and highlighting my hair I'm going back to the basics.  No more coloring, sulfates, silicones and whatever damaging ingredients I've used over the years will be touching my hair for awhile.  I'm following the Curly Girl Method or also knowns as becoming a CG and going "No-Poo"! 

"Do you suffer from curly hair that's dry, damaged, frizzy, or uncontrollable?"

Yes I sure do!

" Are you open to trying something new?"

Yes I sure am!

"The curly girl method (also referred to as "no-poo") is based off the book "Curly Girl" by Lorraine Massey. The nickname "no-poo" alludes to not using a sulfate shampoo, because of sulfates' power to strip the hair of its natural oils. Once you take away the sulfates your hair can retain its natural moisture. Like many beauty regimens, the results vary from person to person, but this one just might work for you. So, say good-bye to the frizz and split ends and hello to soft, healthy curls!"

Yes Please!!!

I ran across this Blog and then this one too and saw the pictures of their hair and thought "with some TLC my hair can look like that!"  I have been researching here and here and determined that I fall somewhere between a 2A and 2B.  I checked out alot of other curly girlies sigs (where they post their hair types and products they use) that are the same types as me and made a list of some of the products they use that I should try out.  I then went out and found them.  Some of them are cheap and at Walmart or any other regular store so that made my day.  Others I had to order and/or were a bit more pricey.  But anything I get from WholeFoods can be returned if I decide in a reasonable amount of time that I don't like it and its just not working for my hair. 

Up until today I have been cleansing and rinsing out with Suave Naturals Coconut Conditioner and also using a dab of it as my leavin and using Herbal Essence Totally Twisted Gel.  Over the weekend I had some ok curls going on given I'm a newbie and just starting out.  I also haven't touched any shampoos since my last sulfate shampoo Friday night.  I haven't really had too much build up which is really surprising.  Before I could normally only go 2 days before I had to wash my hair because of the oil build up on my scalp.  But for some reason cutting out all the bad stuff I'm producing less oil and not needing to cleanse my scalp as much.  I just got in some products from Devacurl that I'm excited to try out tonight or tomorrow morning.  I ordered
the Lowpoo, One Condition and Mister Right spray.  I also picked up some Kinky Curly Curling Custard from WholeFoods and have a deep condition treatment and a curl potion from Jessicurl coming in a couple days. 

This is my hair today.  I didn't put enough product in it and I kept messing with the curls so it frizzed out a bit.  Plus it doesn't help that its windy today either.

But I'm hoping with some TLC and no heat styling I can get it to this or somewhat similar.

And ofcourse once I figure out my hair and get it back into shape I will then work on enhancing Chloe's curls because she has crazy wavy hair just like her momma!!!

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Homecoming!!

So the Air Force finally decided to release my guy from the middle of nowhere they shipped him off to for a week and send him home.   He flew in Thursday morning and we got to spend the whole day together.  I was in complete heaven even though he did take like a 5 hour nap that day lol.  But I got a nap in to so it was all good.  Friday night after my boss was so nice to let me off work early, he took Chloe and I to dinner at our favorite steakhouse The Outback.  Well that was the start and the end of our Homecoming weekend lol.  Chloe started upchucking early Saturday morning and just was not feeling good the rest of the day.  She even had a upchuck episode in the car after I thought she was feeling better.  Guess I thought wrong.  She then proceeded to sleep the rest of the day and night.  Then later that night my guy starts in with the upchucking and then proceeds to sleep all day Sunday trying to recover.  Some how I managed to steer clear of the nastiness that infiltrated our house and even got some shopping done.  But so much for a fun filled Homecoming weekend.  Oh well there is always next time I guess lol.  Oh yeah and I still have that ice cream cake in the freezer that hasn't been touched yet.  Good thing I went with ice cream instead of a regular cake that would have been on its way out tonight lol.




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I did it when I knew I shouldn't have.......

My guy gave me a date of his return and I got my hopes up, rearranged schedules and went and got a cake.  Well yeah needless to say I'm a newbie at this and even though I knew I shouldn't of gotten my hopes up, I did it anyways.  The date has changed and I'm back to a shorter version of the original time frame hopefully.  I'm here trying to think of a easy way to break it to Chloe that she won't get to see him when we thought she would.  Yeah she is only almost 5 and it hopefully won't phase her but I know how much she was looking forward to seeing him.  I knew this getting involved with him that it could and probably would happen, but boy does it suck.  Well atleast its a good thing I got a ice cream cake and  I can just leave it in the freezer till they decide to actually ship him home!

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