Wash And Go, To Grow And To Dazzle 2020 Challenge

toaster

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This is so pretty! What day is this? This looks like it has a few days left. How often do you wash n go?
Aw thank you! That was day 5. I'm not someone that's particularly looking for a 7-10 day wash and go. I workout at least once a day and sweat a lot. I'm trying to get to a Sunday and Wednesday wash schedule as that should work for my lifestyle and my desires.

I think that's why I'm getting good results with my I Create Hold wash and go right now. It looks great and I plan to wash tomorrow on day 4. If i was trying to get 7 days it might not look that great
 

GettingKinky

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Hmmm , my pics aren't uploading. I keep getting a strikethrough on the image name.

Hey there! Do you have a three way mirror in your bathroom? That helps me a lot.. I've been using them my whole life and so used to it. Even then it's still harder to do your hair than a stylist. I do my hair in sections. I can't do it the exact way BGC does it. I always always always have my hair sectioned and thoroughly wet with a spray bottle, not the mister spray, regular old school spray bottle to ensure saturation lol.

I don’t do it the BGC way either. I always have 4-5 big sections that I then apply product to in smaller subsections.

I don’t have a three way mirror, but that would be nice.
 

Britt

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Aw thank you! That was day 5. I'm not someone that's particularly looking for a 7-10 day wash and go. I workout at least once a day and sweat a lot. I'm trying to get to a Sunday and Wednesday wash schedule as that should work for my lifestyle and my desires.

I think that's why I'm getting good results with my I Create Hold wash and go right now. It looks great and I plan to wash tomorrow on day 4. If i was trying to get 7 days it might not look that great
You're welcome! It looks great. I hear you with the working out and sweating.
 

toaster

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I went with curly magic and inner peace combo.

It’s extremely hard to use a cream in a jar in the shower. I have no idea how much I used. I hope it dries fairly quickly! My dryer from Sally’s still hasn’t arrived.
 

toaster

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New combo report:

Curly magic and inner peace is just okay. My hair is soft and defined, but not as defined as curly magic or I create hold with mousse def.

On Sunday I’ll do a full Innersense wash and go with quiet calm, I create hold, and inner peace.

My next wash I actually have plans to see people, so I’ll do uncle funky’s and mousse def, since that’s been my favorite combo so far.
 

Kiaray8

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D8CDC220-48C3-4BB9-8FED-71F92AE205D6.jpegFrom a couple of days ago. I think this was like day three. I’ve been doing wash and goes back to back lately. I used mane choice honey and sweet oil leave in and cream and used eco styler flaxseed as the gel. Pretty impressed I love xtreme wetline but can’t seem to get it in the uk so looking for dupes now.
 

CurlyWhoCrux

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So I took a year long break from trying to perfect the WNG because I wanted to focus on upping my protein and gaining elasticity and definition. I’m still working on that but I do think it’s improved since last year.

So last night I decided to try it again except I was not happy with how my hair was looking as I was raking and smoothing. So I started finger coiling, and was getting considerable definition. I did struggle with twirl direction and width of each section though. I got tired and only did half of my hair but when I woke up today the part that I did coil was so soft and there was still some definition considering I didn’t cover my hair or put it up. I did have lots of flaking because I just used so much gel. Aside from the time and flaking issues, I also had issues with some coils poofing up (which could be an issue of coil direction, too big a section, and the section being too wet [I realized I had better definition on pieces that were not sprayed with water than those that were]). There was so much movement in the coils tho, but the roots were poofy too. I think the increase in protein helped my hair to actually cooperate and coil up (I’ve tried finger coils in the past and they were awful).

I might try again this weekend. I might also try the Denman brush again but I’m not sure.
 

oneastrocurlie

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I've been kinda slacking and not doing smaller sections and it shows when I don't get as much definition.

I always apply the leave in to soaking wet hair and then apply a little more water to spread it through. Now I've been sectioning off my hair immediately and putting a plastic cap over it so when I get to the styling step my hair is still soaking wet and already sectioned off.

I'm so glad I got this standing dryer before the chilly weather set in.
 

CurlyWhoCrux

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@CurlyWhoCrux that takes a lot of patience. I barely have the patience to apply my gel in small sections. I can’t imagine coiling in small sections.
It is very time consuming but I use three fingers to coil so it’s not as bad as just the one finger. I can see how if you have hair that is not prone to poofing, it could go quickly. I have some sections of my hair that are generally easier to work with and those sections went faster.
 

toaster

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Where. Is. My. Hair. Dryer.

I ordered it two weeks ago!!!

Anyway... I did my full Innersense wash and go today. Applied quiet calm curl control, added water, applied i create hold, added water, more i create hold, added water, applied inner peace, separated each section (I did my hair in 3 sections) into 6 smaller sections and just raked through my hair.

I wasn’t sure how it would turn out, but I’ve been air drying for 4 hours (I’m like 85% dry?) and my hair is super defined and definitely has less shrinkage than normal.

I’ll post pics in the morning!
 

OhTall1

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Even though I've washed and DC'd on a regular basis, I've been very bad about properly detangling my hair this year. I had to cut out six major knots over the weekend because I couldn't free shed hairs. I prefer keeping my hair in a tapered fro so I didn't care about losing the length but still.
 

GettingKinky

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Even though I've washed and DC'd on a regular basis, I've been very bad about properly detangling my hair this year. I had to cut out six major knots over the weekend because I couldn't free shed hairs. I prefer keeping my hair in a tapered fro so I didn't care about losing the length but still.
What do you use to detangle?
 

toaster

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I did my hair with kinky curly knot today plus I Create Hold and I got my best results ever. I think I’m going to stick to this combo for awhile. But I have 3 unopened bottles of UFD, so at some point I will go back to it.
Yessss! Post pictures!!

I create hold is a great gel. It feels pretty similar to UFD to me, it’s just thicker in consistency. I get basically the same results if I use UFD or ICH as my “base” gel. But ICH works better over a leave in and UFD basically is a leave in. That’s what I’ve discovered over the last month.
 

GettingKinky

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Yessss! Post pictures!!

I create hold is a great gel. It feels pretty similar to UFD to me, it’s just thicker in consistency. I get basically the same results if I use UFD or ICH as my “base” gel. But ICH works better over a leave in and UFD basically is a leave in. That’s what I’ve discovered over the last month.

The results I get with ICH remind me of Wetline, which I loved, but gave up after joining the digital salon. I loved that I could get a HUGE tub of it for $3. I’ve been told that ICH can be drying, but so far I haven’t noticed any drying effects.

. Here’s my hair from washing on Saturday. BAA5C545-30B7-40EF-973C-317E276BD58E.jpeg
 

Britt

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On Saturday I used diluted KCC and ICH. It was a last minute thing.
The results were amazing. I went out Saturday and my wash and go was gorgeous, my family loved it lol. I can tell it's gonna hold for a few days and I plan to wash it this Thursday (only b/c I'm going somewhere, otherwise I'd wait till my wash day again on Saturday).

Saturday was a bit humid out, I could feel the moisture in my hair and I think it was from the KCC, which I think is a great base gel. I like KCC butttttt it needs a weightier gel on top, that's where the ICH came in handy. My issues with ICH before was the dryness I experienced while using it, I think I might have needed more UFD underneath perhaps? Idk... I'm thinking that.

I still like UFD but my bottle is almost finished and I have two large sized jars of KCC. Speaking of KCC, are they going out of business?

One thing I'm grateful for learning from BGC and the whole wash n go thing is the idea of having a base gel and a topper. UFD really does perform like a moisturizing gel leave in. It's truly a great product layered under other products.
 
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