My Perfect Winter Rinse Out

I like to think of my shower as my own little steamy think tank. I use my shower time to unwind, to think through what's coming up in the next couple of days, and to sort through deep and thought provoking questions. One of the latter popped into my mind in a shower about a week ago: If I love the slip and little bit of protein of L'oreal Vive Pro Nutri Gloss and I love the rich moisture of Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose, what would happen if I combined the two?

The result of this process is my dream winter rinse out.

I started a thread on curltalk asking if anyone ever mixed rinse outs. To my surprise, people apparently do this all the time, but I got more responses that indicated that people would layer rinse out rather than what I meant: literal mixing.

So I thought I'd just answer my own question and experiment.

I took half my normal amount of LVPNG in my hand, then I put the same amount of AOHR, and I used my finger to swirl them together (real scientific, huh?). At first, it looks a little lumpy/cottage cheesy. But with some more blending, something magical happened. The smells joined together so that I could detect both but they were somehow intermingled, and the faint pink cottage cheese blended to a smooth, sparkly white that reminds me of cupcake icing. It feels very rich and little heavy, but I know that if my fine 2c/3a hair didn't get weighed down, it wasn't that heavy.

Ladies, if you have these two conditioners, you have to try mixing them! My hair has never felt so soft and well moisturized post-rinse out. When it's rinsing out, it feels like silk. It's really incredible. It looks like I actually get the best of both worlds: amazing slip courtesy of LVPNG and an injection of moisture from AOHR. Really great stuff. If I had a big enough bottle, I would make a batch of it.

I'm Bummed that I Don't Have My Camera With Me (Protein DT)

So I'm rather annoyed that I do not have my camera with me tonight because I did my first deep treatment and I'm loving the results!

I used Aubrey Organics GPB conditioner (be careful when you go to buy it because there is a shampoo and a conditioner). I bought it at whole foods, but you can find it online for like $7 a bottle. It's a conditioner that's very protein heavy. I wanted to use it for a deep treatment (DT) because I was curious to see how my hair reacted to such intense protein levels and I just wanted to see if it would bring out my 3a tendencies a bit more since my hair had been looking more 2c lately with this horrible dry winter weather.

I ran several globs through my hair, scrunched some in, smoothed some on top, etc etc. Then I had an idea to take my spray bottle (mix of 1 part L'oreal Vive Pro Nutri Gloss to like 8 parts water) and spray all over to get the hair wet. Why? I was thinking that the protein could get into my hair more if I wet my hair somehow and then the heat that was trapped by the plop that I did would create some humidity, which my hair loves! So recap: I got all my hair covered in GPB, then sprayed all my hair with my mix of my wash out conditioner and water, then plopped for about 45 minutes.

After the 45 minutes, my wonderful boyfriend got me taco bell and while he was gone I did a cowash like normal and styled with KCKT and KCCC.

I'm very happy to say that I have very sproingy 3a curls right now! Too bad I don't have anywhere to go to show them off and to make matters sadder, I don't have my camera! Gah! The frustration never ends :P