I live in a mid-Atlantic state and we got fairly blasted by that winter storm early in the week. 10 inches, which is unheard of for our area, which hasn't seen snow in 3 years! I'm quite jealous that the local schools got 3 full snow days the year after I graduated, but since I'm on my college spring break, I guess I would have been off this week no matter what.
I was planning on doing lots of hair experimenting this week since the wisdom teeth procedure meant I'd be home and not going out. However, mother nature had other plans for my recovery time. The snow storm knocked out our hot water heater, and I might be a trooper in the wisdom teeth area (the recovery has been wonderfully easy), but I hate hate hate cold showers! My mom managed to brave the cold and take a couple of what she called "girl scout showers," hearkening back to her days as a girl scout of the 70s with camp showers from hoses. I, on the hand, refused to bend, and spent the three days without hot water on the couch with my pain meds not showering or doing anything with my hair. Not fun!
But our water is back now, and before my wisdom teeth procedure I tried the root curl experiment, which worked very well for volume and of course root curl but I wanted to back track a bit and talk about a couple of products I've been using lately.
In my new search for some readily available, glycerin-free products, I came across a bottle of Giovanni 50:50 Conditioner at my local Kroger and decided to give it a whirl. I'd read some good things about it on naturally curly, and this stuff is really nice! It's very moisturizing to me, but it seems to be a good option as a glycerin-free, richer conditioner for winter. I've been using it in place of Aubrey Organic's Honeysuckle Rose because that stuff is just so strong that I'm afraid of overconditioning! But if you're looking for a moisturizing rinse-out that has no glycerin I'd recommend this one. It leaves my hair feeling very silky and the scent is very very subtle to me (a nice break from the sometimes overpowering AOHR). I tried this with the root curl method of the last post and it worked really well for that.
Just a heads up about a nice, CG, winter conditioner that to me is much milder on many levels than my Aubrey Organic's Honeysuckle Rose.Also, I have revisted Lustrasilk. After my blech results from the Shea and Mango variety, I was reluctant to waste a wash if the Olive Oil variety ended up giving me similar blechness (there I go being technical again!). However, with my recent discovery that glycerin is no good for me in lower dewpoints, I had no choice with my love of leave ins but to find a suitable glycerin free leave in. I've found that I much prefer the Olive Oil variety, even though the smell is very chemically to my nose. I can't use this every time; it's just a little too much for me I think. However, it works in the rotation.
So there you are curlies. A little update from a recovering curly. I'm currently getting my money's worth out of my tub of Olive Oil Lustrasilk and Giovanni 50:50 conditioner. These two products, along with my suave conditioner for cowashing, my Boots curl creme, and KCCC have formed up a pretty solid winter routine which seems to be working well for me in these horrendous dewpoints.
Also, big news which has been in the making in the last few weeks! I'm getting my haircut TOMORROW!! Ack! I'm so nervous. I'm planning on going for a curly bob if I don't chicken out! I'm honestly more scared of getting my hair cut than I was about going under general anethesia for my wisdom teeth procedure, much to my boyfriend's amusement! I honestly believe that hair cuts are so traumatic for us poor curlies (even though I know I'm in good hands because I go to a wonderful, curly friendly salon) that we should be given the option of being asleep during the "procedure!" Send me some good curly vibes please! I'll post with results and pictures just as soon as I get home! I promise!
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