LondonDiva
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A tip for those that use the curl activator on their hair. I basically have been using the activator consistently on daily basis which has been excellent for moisture. However I don't seem to have been washing it out properly on my bi-weekly hair washes. I had to shampoo my hair 3 times before it was clean. The mistake I have been making is using moisturising shampoos on top of hair already moisturised /images/graemlins/nuts.gif I thought I was doing myself a favour. Obviously not. /images/graemlins/nono.gif The activator must have seeped through to my brain.
Anyways after several failed attempts to comb through my hair it was matted dry (even with water on it) and tangled. (At this point I was ready to punch the wall I was that pissed off /images/graemlins/mad.gif So my last hope was in the elasta QP Bodyfying shampoo which I have used before, but refrain from using it often because it leaves the hair feeling really stripped and sometimes quite dry and always have to follow it up with the breakthru. Anyways after 2 major shampoos with this giving the whole of the hair and scalp a good scrub with my fingers my hair felt like new. I was able to comb through it immediately without it snagging. I hardly lost any hair and my hair felt extrememly soft. I didn't have to finish up with the breakthru like I usually do.
I don't have a claryfying shampoo and am yet to own one, but I'm assuming this shampoo performed something similar to what the claryfying shampoos do. After 2 weeks of moisturising and washing I had no idea that I had product build up. /images/graemlins/nono.gif And there's me thinking I had a bad hair day. I'm now wondering if I could have stretched my relaxer longer than 6 weeks if I had used this shampoo as opposed to the breakthru /images/graemlins/scratchchin.gif I put so much activator on it to try and tame the new growth that I probably had product overload. Hopefully around week 6 this will help to stretch it a bit longer. I feel so stupid. /images/graemlins/blush.gif How could I possibly of thought by getting rid of moisture on my hair through my shampoo that it was a good idea to moisturise the already moist hair. /images/graemlins/wallbash.gif Well at least out of a bad situation I found a new use for a product that I wasn't too keen on. It's now my new best friend.
BTW ArmyQT I guess I'm ready to try the intense again. I used it the other night and thought it was making certain areas of my hair dry, and the time I used it before was just before touch up time when my hair was overloaded with products. Now that it's clean again I'm going to give it a go for a third time. I will let you know then my true feelings toward the product. So 2 out of 3 ain't bad for now. I'm loving the H-Two that is definitely a keeper. /images/graemlins/smile.gif
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So my last hope was in the elasta QP Bodyfying shampoo which I have used before, but refrain from using it often because it leaves the hair feeling really stripped and sometimes quite dry and always have to follow it up with the breakthru.
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The reason why my hair felt stripped before was because I was using this pre curl activator days and my hair wasn't coated and very clean. I think I'm going to have to use this shampoo for each wash followed by a moisturising one like breakthru and a deep condition.
Anyways after several failed attempts to comb through my hair it was matted dry (even with water on it) and tangled. (At this point I was ready to punch the wall I was that pissed off /images/graemlins/mad.gif So my last hope was in the elasta QP Bodyfying shampoo which I have used before, but refrain from using it often because it leaves the hair feeling really stripped and sometimes quite dry and always have to follow it up with the breakthru. Anyways after 2 major shampoos with this giving the whole of the hair and scalp a good scrub with my fingers my hair felt like new. I was able to comb through it immediately without it snagging. I hardly lost any hair and my hair felt extrememly soft. I didn't have to finish up with the breakthru like I usually do.
I don't have a claryfying shampoo and am yet to own one, but I'm assuming this shampoo performed something similar to what the claryfying shampoos do. After 2 weeks of moisturising and washing I had no idea that I had product build up. /images/graemlins/nono.gif And there's me thinking I had a bad hair day. I'm now wondering if I could have stretched my relaxer longer than 6 weeks if I had used this shampoo as opposed to the breakthru /images/graemlins/scratchchin.gif I put so much activator on it to try and tame the new growth that I probably had product overload. Hopefully around week 6 this will help to stretch it a bit longer. I feel so stupid. /images/graemlins/blush.gif How could I possibly of thought by getting rid of moisture on my hair through my shampoo that it was a good idea to moisturise the already moist hair. /images/graemlins/wallbash.gif Well at least out of a bad situation I found a new use for a product that I wasn't too keen on. It's now my new best friend.
BTW ArmyQT I guess I'm ready to try the intense again. I used it the other night and thought it was making certain areas of my hair dry, and the time I used it before was just before touch up time when my hair was overloaded with products. Now that it's clean again I'm going to give it a go for a third time. I will let you know then my true feelings toward the product. So 2 out of 3 ain't bad for now. I'm loving the H-Two that is definitely a keeper. /images/graemlins/smile.gif
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So my last hope was in the elasta QP Bodyfying shampoo which I have used before, but refrain from using it often because it leaves the hair feeling really stripped and sometimes quite dry and always have to follow it up with the breakthru.
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The reason why my hair felt stripped before was because I was using this pre curl activator days and my hair wasn't coated and very clean. I think I'm going to have to use this shampoo for each wash followed by a moisturising one like breakthru and a deep condition.
