Wash Day Coffee Rinse & Bantu Knot Out…

I’m currently 8 weeks post relaxer and to avoid battling with single strand knots (ssk), I’ve been experimenting with hairstyles to stretch out my new growth. I honestly wanted to skip preppoing and just jump into the shower once but I remembered my shedding is still not under control. Here is how my wash day went:

Take down from Bantu Knot-Out hair style

Wash Day with Bantu-Knot Out #Fail...

I felt so lazy that morning because I couldn't decide how to style my hair after my wash day perhaps Flexi-Rods, Roller Set, Bantu –knots I don’t know.

Note: I ALWAYS detangle prior to starting my wash day.

[1]   Prepooed with Extra Virgin Coconut Oil mixed with some peppermint oil on my scalp and 

       a bunch of conditioners that I’m trying to get rid of, mixed with some honey on the length 

       of my hair for 20mins under my heat cap.

[2]   Shampooed with Aussie Moist Shampoo diluted with water and a few drops of peppermint 

       oil because it strips my hair. Followed up with CON Moisture & Shine Shampoo and rinsed.

[3]   Applied Aphogee Two Minute Keratin Reconstructor for 3 mins and rinsed.

[4]   Deep Conditioned with Elasta QP Intense Fortifying Conditioning Treatment (first use) for

       30 mins under my heat cap.  First Impressions it smells great and has a lot of slip. I did not        mix anything with it because I want to see if the product proclaims its word.

[5]   Wrapped my hair in a t-shirt for 1hr to absorb the excess water

[6]   Applied Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Restructurizer, Aussie Moist Conditioner, 

       Herbal Essences Split-End Protector (on my ends) and Extra Virgin Coconut Oil to my

       hair and detangling has been a breeze so far since I’m only 3 weeks post relaxer.

[7]   After an hour my hair was completely air dried and so moisturized and shiny.

[8]   Oiled my scalp with Jamaican Black Castor Oil and moisturized with my 

       Elasta QP Olive Oil & Mango Butter

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After seeing KLP from (Saving Our Strands) doing some fabulous Bantu-Knot Out not stop, I 

Wash Day + Bantu Knots / Cork Screws

Ever since Sonyia from the Hairlista Facebook group talked about preferring oil rinsing as opposed to pre-pooing, I decided to try it out to see which one my hair prefers, although I ALWAYS pre-poo and love the results.  Here is how my wash day went: 

1)      Section my hair in 4 (2 in the front & 2 in the Back) & detangled my wide width 

         tooth comb. I ALWAYS detangle before the start of my wash day as it makes it 

         so much easier when I detangle just before air-drying. 

2)      Shampoo with CON Argan Oil Moisture & Shine Shampoo (2 lathers) 

3)      Apply Aphogee Keratin 2 Minute Reconstructor for 3mins without heat and rinse 

4)      Used a towel to soak up the excess dripping water and saturate my hair from root 

         to tip with EVCO & EVOO mixed together in an applicator bottle, placed a plastic 

         cap on my head and sat under my heat cap for 25mins 

5)      To avoid taking 3 baths, I decided to apply my deep conditioner on-top of the 

          oil and I used the KeraPro Restorative Intensive treatment for 30mins under 

          my heat cap.  This method is great for deep conditioners that you don’t 

          normally add oils to them, to boost the effectiveness.  I normally add oils to 

          my Queen Helene, so with this step I could apply it without mixing oils since 

          my hair will be adequately saturated with oils. 

6)       Rinsed and wrapped my hair in a t-shirt for 30mins to soak up the excess water 

7)       Applied my leave-in’s of Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Restructurizer & HE Split 

          End Protector 

8)      Air dry for 45 mins

At this point my hair felt moisturized and also very oily and my strands felt heavier than normal. I believe this contributed to the amount of oil the shampoo left on my hair and the oil rinsing.  I have only being using the CON shampoo for 2weeks and want to use it for at least 4weeks before I can give you my thoughts on it.

9)      Moisturized and with Elasta QP Olive Oil & Mango Butter and sealed with Hot Six oil 

10)    In the hair world the hair style I wanted to try is called Bantu Knots whereas in 

         Barbados it’s known as Cork Screws. I decided to do 14 knots (6 to the back & 

         8 to the front).

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Here are the results of my Bantu-Knots/Cork Screw attempt:

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