KCKT + Re:coil + LA Looks Gel

Ok so I lied. I thought that next wash I'd try the boots, but since I woke up this morning at 7am and had a 9am class, that meant a few things. First, experimenting before class when exhausted isn't ever a good idea. Second, I'd have to diffuse and not plop for as long as usual after I got out of the shower, which scared me a bit with trying a new product in a really important position in my hair. Also, I wanted to give the KCCC a break, so that would've meant using boots with a gel, and then in that case I have 3 gels to choose from (HETT, HESMU, and LA Looks)

So I decided to go light on the experimentation this morning while still having something new to blog about. Since I already determined I can get decent results with re:coil, I decided to pair it with a new gel, LA Looks sport. This stuff is neat. It's blue and bubbly and comes in a giant bottle for like $2. It's amazing in terms of bargain hunting.

Here's how I used it. I cowashed with suave, used LVPNG as a rinse out, then raked through a nickle size glob KCKT, then raked/scrunched about a dime size of re:coil,then I applied the gel much as I would KCCC. I took about a dime size and I leaned to one side and scrunched in the gel, then I got another glob and did the same with the other side. Then I got one last glob and scrunched it in upside. I plopped for nearly 30 mins, then took the plopped down, fixed my part, and diffused until 90% dry. Ordinarily I wouldn't do it that much, but if you were about to leave and go outside into sub freezing temperatures, you'd be worried about haircicles (hair + icicle) too.

I walked to class with the crunch so the wind wouldn't give me frizz, although there really wasn't too much crunch; it just looked a tad wet really. Then I ducked into the bathroom in the philosophy building to scrunch out the crunch and wow! I'm loving this combo even more than the KCCC + re:coil combo. I've finally found a routine I can rotate with KCCC. Obviously, the results are slightly scewed because I diffused, but I'm perfectly fine with diffusing if it gets me this kind of volume! Fantastic volume, also nice shrinkage.

Here are some pictures to compare to re:coil with KCCC in the previous post






















Looking at these pictures makes me realize that my hair has grown in incredibly fast since my Deva cut. It's definitely starting to pull on the curl at the root more than it used to. I think over spring break I may have to go get another cut