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Wash Day Plus A Quick Hair Update

            I landed an emergency wash day on Sunday. Sunday of all the days!  I learned the day before that when your hair does not have any curl patterns, there isn’t much you can do about that. I had the brilliant idea of defining my curls using some Eco Styler gel. Boy, was I wrong! The gel just sat on top of my hair until it became something else. The Eco Styler gel got mixed up with some products that I already had on my hair and became some sticky brown thing that was visible to the naked eye. Terrible!

#WashDayExperience
{1} I decided to deep condition on dry hair using Suave naturals Tropical Coconut conditioner mixed with extra virgin olive oil and a tiny bit of Organics Hair Mayonnaise. I left it on my hair for over 45 minutes before rinsing it out.
{2} I skipped the Alberto V05 Clarifying conditioner because my scalp was clean. I used Palmer’s Replenishing conditioner on my hair instead. I left it on for 5 minutes, and rinsed my hair with cool water.
{3} I used a T-shirt to remove the excess water from my hair.
{4} I added some oil to my hair, followed by Giovanni Direct Leave-in Conditioner.
{5} I let my hair air dry for what seemed like a lifetime. 

          A few things happened during the wash day. First, I forgot to add honey to the deep conditioner.   And you know how my hair does not like protein. I realized that I messed up when my hair was taking too long to dry. If you have low porosity hair, you know what I am talking about. My hair became stiff, which means my hair did not absorb most of the products that I added after the wash. Second, baggying my hair did not solve the problem. Finally, I had to wash my hair again using only Alberto V05 Clarifying Conditioner and my ORS carrot oil as a leave-in. I just finished washing my hair, again! So I’ll tell you what happened next week.

        I am finally retaining some length. Now if only I could remember to stick to protein-free products only.

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30 Comments

  1. KizzyDoll
    October 15, 2014 / 8:23 am

    You look lovely. The hair is looking great too. I would forget to do all of this stuff, I am not good with doing my hair at all. If I was rich, I would most likely hire someone to do it, ha!!xx

  2. Jackie Harrison
    October 15, 2014 / 11:10 am

    Looking pretty you rock this look with the hair.

  3. Lilli
    October 15, 2014 / 12:19 pm

    Must have been terrible! But it turned out well Nerline, fingers crossed for the next days! xo

  4. beautycindy2002
    October 15, 2014 / 2:33 pm

    How did you get this much volume to your hair? i wana know
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  5. Beauty
    October 15, 2014 / 4:14 pm

    You look lovely in that Afro; hope your week is going great?..:-)

  6. Missy May
    October 15, 2014 / 6:46 pm

    So beautiful. I love how you style your hair after a wash day. Great post!

    missymayification.blogspot.co.uk

  7. S.O.S Hair
    October 15, 2014 / 7:01 pm

    Was it the Organics Hair Mayonnaise that had too much protein in it or the Palmers?

    Ugh. I HATE when that happens. You've siced yourself up for a spectualar #washdayexperience and one misstep forces you to wash alllllll over again. no bueno. BUT…I can't wait to see what spectacular awesomeness your hair has to share next week chica!

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  9. Lenya
    October 15, 2014 / 7:58 pm

    Oh my Nerline, doesn't sound like much fun :/ I am glad you managed and your hair does look pretty nice to me.

    kisses hun
    Lenya
    FashionDreams&Lifestyle

  10. Harlem
    October 15, 2014 / 8:29 pm

    Whooo— sounds like you had a heck of a wash day, can't wait to read how you bounced back! Loving the big 'fro!!!

  11. Busola Coutts
    October 15, 2014 / 8:51 pm

    Oh wow, sorry to hear that your wash day was a bit challenging but as long as you recover nicely is all that matters. Can't wait to hear all about that next week.

    http://www.thefashionstirfry.com

  12. Lesley X
    October 15, 2014 / 10:27 pm

    Your hair looks gorgeous. I've never been able to use eco styler gel to define my curl sets at all, it's a shame it didn't work for you on this occasion either! x

  13. NERLINE GERMAIN
    October 15, 2014 / 11:00 pm

    It was the Organics, KLP! It has egg protein in it and my hair hates it. Thank you.

  15. NERLINE GERMAIN
    October 15, 2014 / 11:01 pm

    Lol! You are so lucky you don't have to do much to it.

  16. Relaxed Thairapy
    October 16, 2014 / 1:18 am

    Big. Bodacious. Baddie Nerline. I love the look. You can rock so many different styles. Very versatile.

  17. Beautetude
    October 16, 2014 / 2:51 am

    I love the products you show I learn a lot from your hair posts!

  20. Michelle Manning
    October 16, 2014 / 3:58 pm

    Love the hair.

  21. Aileen O.
    October 16, 2014 / 6:36 pm

    Ugh, hate when products turn into nightmares. Note to self: Never use Eco styler gel. Love the big hair though 🙂

    thestyleboro.com

  23. NERLINE GERMAIN
    October 16, 2014 / 9:06 pm

    Thank you. The clear one did not work for me.

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    October 17, 2014 / 10:17 am

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  30. Subha Bose
    October 17, 2014 / 5:41 pm

    You do so much to maintain your hair, yet sometime it get messes up.

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