Happy One Year Anniversary to Me!

I made it! I'm one year natural! I've let my hair grow at its own pace for a year just so I could gauge how my hair acts alone with nothing added. I'm very happy that I actually made it without getting a relaxer.

Here's my length check:

I don’t really care about inches. I’m really only concerned with how it looks. My growth isn't exactly what I want it to be. I think I could have gained a lot more length by now. I know I'll get there though. The first thing I want to try to increase my length is vitamins. I think I'm gonna take Biotin, MSM, and a multivitamin daily and see how that works for a month.


Supposedly, MSM lengthens the growing phase of the hair so that the hair can grow longer. Biotin is supposed to promote stronger and thicker hair. I'll keep you posted if anything changes.


My goal for next April is shoulder length hair unstretched. My inspirations are Blackonyx 77 and BlakIzBeautyful on YouTube. They are 4b naturals who are rockin it!

Avocado Hair Treatment

 

After two weeks of having my hair plaited up underneath my wig, wash day has finally come. My hair was dry as a bone! I totally violated my Natural Hair Challenge rule of moisturizing every other day. To combat this dryness, I conditioned overnight with Vo5 conditioner and olive oil.

My regimen has basically been anything I can find until I run out. I used Alikay Natural's Black Soap Shampoo to wash and Vo5 to condition.

This morning, as I was looking through the refrigerator, I saw an avocado that I had bought a week ago. I figured it would HURT to have an extra deep conditioning treatment. Plus, I love making concoctions and getting my hand dirty.

So, I mixed one avocado with 1/2 cup of olive oil and 1/2 cup of Vo5 and blended the ingredients until it had the consistency of a smoothie. It was left in my hair for 20 minutes. I didn't Youtube it because I didn't want to have an expectations for this treatment that would alter the actual results.

My hair definitely seems more moisturized. It's soft without feeling oily and it has a lot of shine.  I went on Amazon.com to look up the price of pure avocado oil and boy is it expensive!! I'm talking, 25-30 dollars for a 16 ounce bottle! Because I'm cheap, I will just keep buying $1 avocados from my local grocery story and doing a treatment once a week.