Never Ending Hair Care

10:29a

For years, I left my hair care up to the professionals. For my perms, for my trims {sometimes cuts} and for general maintenance.

It's no wonder that I was clueless. I never educated myself on hair care. On what my hair needed to thrive. I have done a number to my hair since moving to Philly. I'm a little salon shy and going to get my hair done here was very daunting to me. In NC it was easy. I had about three places to pick from. Here, the options are endless and I was scared. What if I picked a bad place. A dirty place. An exorbitantly expensive place.

Picking a salon has always been a task that I'd rather avoid. I still have yet to go get my hair done professionally here in Philly and I am now armed with a list of recommendations from people who get their hair done on the regular.

It took me over a year to find a place in NC that I liked. So hope is not lost on me. I know now, however, that frequent salon trips are not necessary. I'll go once in awhile for a trim and because I want to pamper myself. But I think I will continue to texlax at home, I'd prefer my under processed hair at home to over processed hair at the salon.
The difference between now and then is that I know the steps to take to care for my hair.

Last night, my hair was begging to be washed. And I obliged. I bought a new clarifying shampoo, that I desperately needed. Clarifying is incredible. My hair felt so clean. I had been co-washing for the past 3 weeks {since my texlax} and my hair was very moisturized but there was too much built up product. I did a bantu knot out, but my hair didnt dry, so I pulled it back into a pony and let the rest air dry {the pic above}.

I'm learning as I go. Things such as how much product to use. Less is definitely more. And that my hair craves protein. I didn't do a protein deep conditioner last night and I could feel the difference. I'm back on the protein next week.

Hair is difficult. I can't lie. The thing with the hair care journey, is that I have to find what works for my hair and stick with it. I'm more than confident that I will see progress.