Cultured in Media

After I did the  Coconut Oil Treatment  last night, I didn't do anything else as far as day one was concerned. I just put four conrows in over night to do braidout. I did trim off a lot of hair last night. I didn't like the way my ends were feeling. After cutting off a few inches, I found that in certain areas, my curls were popping again. So I may just continue to slowly trim off the heat damaged hair every three months if need be. DAY 1 PRE-POO'D  SHAMPOO'D CONDITIONED APPLIED SHEA BUTTER AND CURLS UNLEASHED TO HAIR, THEN PUT INTO FOUR CORNROWS DAY 2 TOOK OUT CORNROWS TO DO A BRAID OUT NIGH TIME: APPLIED OIL MIXTURE TO SCALP, WRAPPED HAIR UN-BRAIDED.

This week's hairstyle will be a simple braids (cornrows) to the side with a portion of "bang" area left out for either twists or a twist out. I haven't decided if I was going to take the twists out for tomorrow or wait until mid week so the curls will be tighter. Personally, I don't look right with the twist.  I'm still in the "no heat" challenge so this is helping me cope without straightening. I will use my one heat pass for when I go away on vacation on August 2nd, but I am trying to think of an alternate style to wear away so I can be purely heat free for the summer. 

This year I want to have the healthiest hair possible. I'm talking about me giving up the flat iron for 60 days. I know this is going to kill me but I have to be strong. Due to the breakage and split ends that I have been experiencing, this is a must. I also think that it is due to my lack of putting in heat protectant like I normally would. There are several styles I plan on using to help me with this 60 day challenge. I found that when I wet wrap my hair with wrapping lotion and some oil, it comes out pretty straight. For the first month, I am going to use braids as a means of protective styling. That way I do not have to use heat and do not have to constantly style. Currently I am wearing my hair like the images below. I will probably just wear a bun for the next month, something like I wore the day before the New Year so I did a length check for the beginning of this challenge. Good luck for those who chose to join me. Just remember to keep those ends seale...