2024 has been a wild ride gone in a flash. Managed to do a small trim and ended the year on a high hair note. Work, health and life have kept me from writing more. I also kept my hair routine to a bare minimum. I managed to wash about once a week and kept it in a bun most of the time. This worked quite well and am going to continue keeping things simple. Before taking this photo I had been asked if it's my real hair a few times when I had it down. In 2025 I would like to be more regular with my trims. I barely managed to do it twice this year. The soft v shape and layers are a bit more forgiving and don't let my hair look scraggly too much which helps. I am hoping as I take better care of my health I'll have more energy for my hair. My current wash and blow dry routine takes me about an hour and a half and that's been the most I could do this year. I will try take better pictures in the coming year. I might also dig to see if I have any others from this year to share m...
First wash post relaxer was yesterday. Since I decided to use up as many products as I can washing has to increase. Currently looking at weekly and see how that goes.
Before I get into this wash some observations from the past week. Heat styling is sustainable at the moment. The major factor is whether or not my scarf stays on my head at night. If it doesn't stay that means I would need to freshen up the style with heat during the week. Ideally I would like set and forget styles with minimal manipulation.
Safe to say I wake up without my scarf more often than not. At my current length it's not quite simple when it comes to refreshing a style. With that in mind blow drying is on hold until I can easily put all my hair up in a bun. I want to stick to the bun as my go to protective style. Braiding and me don't really seem to mix well especially when it comes to take down.
Back to this wash day. I started off with applying my oil mix all over my hair and covering it with a plastic cap just over an hour and a half. Rinsed it off shampooed and conditioned. I applied my moisturiser and used some foam wrap to style. I kept the hair under a scarf as it air dried. Turned out ok. I have a lot of this foam wrap so will experiment with a few different styles and see how it goes. If I can't use it all I'll find someone to give it away to.
The true test is how this style will hold up for the week and how easy it will be to keep presentable. Either way I am not too worried as I can always throw on a nice scarf and go about my day.
How did your weekend go? Did you wash your hair?
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