I'm trying this right now, I permed yesterday and I used a motions perm bcuz I could not find the vitale perm. I also did something I've never done before, after rinsing out the relaxer, I used joico reconstructor and then neutralized (I'd read somewhere on here about folks using aussie 2min reconstructor before neutralizing and joico is what I had so I used that) I then used a nexxus moisture condish and dc'd under the dryer with jbco protein condish (jury still out on this stuff). Well, I woke up today with crunchy hair, so I drenched it in scurl and it was still not quite right. So now I am trying the chicoro prepoo mixture overnight and we will see what I have in the morning. Or maybe I should only keep it in for a hour or so? Any suggestions?
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napbella, I think you used too much protein to start with. After a relaxer, it is okay to use a protein treatment followed by a neutralizing poo, followed by a moisturizing conditioner. There is no need to use another protein treatment on top of all this. This would undoubtedly cause your hair to become crunchy/dry.
In addition, if the humidity in your area is less than 65% at any given time, humectants (S-Curl - has glycerine, a known humectant in it) of any kind will have the opposing intended affect on our hair and skin unfortunately. It would dry your hair out even more.
Here's why. Humectants work well in humidities of 65% or higher. Other examples of humectants are propylene glycol, honeyquat and honey. What they do is they bind with water/moisture from the air and drive it into the skin and hair but they need high humidity levels to work effectivley.
But if there is none or not enough moisture/water in the air to bind to, the humectants look somewhere else for the moisture and guess what? The nearest place would be your skin or scalp. So, it draws the moisture OUT of your skin/hair/scalp, causing them to dry out even further.
I would watch the surrounding humidity levels before immersing your hair or skin with a humectant-rich product. HTH!
ETA: Yes the prepoo would definitely help moisturize your hair again. Also, it works well with a little heat as well under a dryer. The longest I kept it in was for about 3 hours and only the last 20 minutes with heat and my hair was wonderfully soft
. I will definitely be using this following my henna treatments under my steamer
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I don't know how it will work overnight as I have not tried it that way.
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