Day 12 - Oiling the ends

Today, I found my hair a little unmanageable, so applied a little oil and the hair instantly started listening to me :P
So, yeah am going to plait my hair all day. :)
Oh btw, I got a new comb from health and glow. Totally worth the softness it gives me.! Whoah!! Its a must have :)

Do you guys have any other comb/products that you love and cant live without.

Day 10 - A hair wash

Had a very bad hair day, so took a hair wash.
Oiled and massaged the scalp with loads of warmed coconut oil and left it in for an hour.
Massaged the Shampoo into the scalp and applied conditioner lengthwise.

Washed with plenty of water.
My hair started becoming very very dry towards the end of the day. So, took a few drops of oil and applied lengthwise just before the bed.

Day 7 to Day 9

Well,
I am a working woman, and simply could not find enough time to write down a daily post. I am combining here whatever I did during Day 7 to Day 9.

Oiled my ends with coconut oil. Found the hair sticky on Day 8 and took a bath just with a diluted shampoo.

Day 6 - Lazy goose

Well, I was very tired today and god only knows why.

Just combed my hair and put it into a bun where the ends of the bun were tucked inside for protection. I found that my hair is a little oily so skipped the oiling part and went to bed.

Neverthless, i already have a feel that the hair nearer to the nape have started their growing term. And I am happy with that coz its very difficult to manage them.

Day 5 - Oiling my ends

After the hair mask, the hair has an appearance of increased volume.
The coconut flakes that i was worried about in my scalp have all cleaned up while combing, and now i just have benefits of the mask with me.
I generally plait my hair, and was surprised to see that it no longer looks like a rat's tail and has a more filled up appearance. :)

Loving my hair and the hair fall has become so low.
Earlier, after every hair bath, i used to shed so much , perhaps it was more pulling than natural shedding. I am  totally surprised at home much the coconut is helping me.

Day 4 - A new hair pack

Well, Its raining cats and dogs and I am not able to get my usual henna pack ingredients.
So, i decided to try out a new hair pack.

Recently, I have read so much about how the coconut oil and coconut products are so very helpful in preventing dryness related to hair. Now that i have been taking care of hair for the past 3 days, I can see that my hair has become really very manageable. So, to add to this care, i want to bring in a coconut hair mask.

Coconut Hair Mask Experience

1. For my Waist length hair, I need about a little lesser than half a coconut.
2. Grate the flesh of coconut, or cut it using knife and grind it in a mixer.
3. Grind , grind, grind with little water, some curry leaves and some fenugreek seeds. Add water little by little and make sure that the mixture is somewhere near a fluffy consistency.

4. Oil your hair, Segregate your hair into partitions and start applying this lengthwise.
5. Shower your hair for at the minimum 20 mins. Rinse the hair and then apply shampoo or conditioner. (I used diluted shampoo for this wash).

* Applying this is very messy. The coconut felt quite rough and some of them did fall on the floor while applying.
* Its very difficult to wash this off. After standing under the shower for nearly 20 mins, i could get this off my lengths, but these are still stuck in my roots and very difficult to remove. Curly hair girls should not venture into this one.

* Its given volume to my hair and made the length extremely soft. So straight hair /limp hair gals can definitely give this a try.

My hair is not very shiny, neither very dull, but has improved a lot, texture-wise. Loving the volume it has added to my length. Given the results, I dont mind it being messy or being stubborn to wash. My hair is loving this, So do I . :)

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Thanks! :)

Day 3 - Coconut oil

Well,
My camera broke down and am no longer able to take any pics. :(
So, I am just going to list down the things that i put in my oil.
Hoping that the same helps.

My Coconut Hair oil recipe


1. Coconut Oil
* prevents protein loss in hair
* unlike most oils, it doesn't just sit on the outside of hair. It actually penetrates the shaft.
* because coconut oil is absorbed into the hair shaft, it is fairly easy to wash out.

2. Fenugreek seeds / Methi seeds
* Helps to prevent premature greying
* Induces a cooling effect to the body - note that this not any tingly kind of sensation usually got from menthol, it cools down the body

3. Rose Petals
* Rose petals tone and tighten the scalp with gentle astringent action. And of course, gives out a beautiful aroma.

4. Karisalankanni / Bhringraj / False Daisy
* prevents hair loss

5. Hibiscus leaves / Flowers
* is a natural shampoo plus conditioner.

6. Amla / gooseberry
* prevents greying
* induces sleep and helps in relaxing the body and mind
* Arrests hair loss

7. vembalam pattai
* prevents greying of hair.
* It turns the oil bright red and over time into a really rich thick maroon-ish oil.

8. Black cumin seeds
* provides lustre
* provides strength

9. Curry leaves
* prevents premature greying

10. vetti ver
* perfumes the oil, very calming.

Make sure that the leaves / flowers are semi dry.
Add all these to a bottle, preferably a glass bottle. Add Coconut oil till it stands just an inch above the quantity of the herbs added.
Leave it over night and start using for application on the scalp / ends or as desired.
Make a small batch - just to be used near to a month, till you understand how the oil works out for you.

Hope this helped.
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Day 2 - Oiling the ends and Results

Well,

I oiled the ends of my hair with coconut oil,
brushed the scalp and hair gently,
plaited my hair and went to bed.

This morning, my hair is very soft at the roots and very limp.
Looks like it needs a hair mask for tommorrow.

Combing my hair resulted in 5 hairs to be pulled out today.
Hmmm, definitely better as earlier i used to pull out a bunch of hair , would be the size of a lemon when rolled loosely.. :P , every time i combed..

Day 1 - A deep oil massage and the results.

My hair was very very dry.
The ends were horrible.
So,
Decided to go in for a hair wash with a deep oil massage.

1. A Homemade oil (Will provide the recipe for this soon) - 1 cup

2. Dipped my finger tips in the oil, and massaged the oil into my scalp. I didnt heat the oil. I have heard that heating the oil and massaging may sometimes damage the roots. I have used warm oil previously and got good results, though.
Using finger tips didnt pose a problem as i dont have long nails. If you have long nails, use a cotton ball, and request someone else to massage the oil into your scalp.
Make sure to massage in really small circular motion. This makes sure to remove that dirt from your scalp and also would give you a drowsy relaxed feel, you would know what i am talking about if you have ever got a head massage done proffessionaly.

3. Next, I ran a wide toothed comb down till the neck portion of my hair. This enabled the excess oil from the scalp to be transferred to my hair length. Do this gently, else you would end up pulling a lot of hair. Also, if there are way too may knots in your hair, just run your fingers through from scalp in a combing motion. This would ensure minimizing the breakage.

4. I just put the hair into a bun and sat down for an hour. Things to do during this time would be , wash the clothes, clean the house, surf the tv channels, or surf the net.. :)

5. Time to shower: I took a bowl , mixed 4 spoons of conditioner with 8 spoons of water. This would turn into a very cloudy liquid. I mixed this well, till it turned into a somewhat runny conditioner texture. Applied this mixture to hair along the lengths. Soaked in the mixture for 10 mins.

6. Took 3 heapfull of shikakai powder, added water till it became a very very runny liquid. I used this like a shampoo to wash out my conditioner.

7. Used loads and loads of water to wash out the conditioner cum shikakai.

8. Air dried the hair. As the ends started drying, I combed through the ends alone with a very very wide toothed comb. Not even a single strand of hair broke during this combing.

9. When the hair dried out completely , i put it in a plait.

10. Applied a little coconut oil mixed with some herb (details coming soon), to the ends of my hair before sleeping. Combed and put into an english (3 strand) plait which ended till the ends of my hair.

After the above process yesterday, this morning my hair turned out to be exxxtremeely soft and manageable. Another thing i am happy about? - Not even a SINGLE STRAND came out of my head when i combed it this morning!! :) :) :)

 Of course, I need to take care of the split ends. Wondering what to do about it.. :)
Leave your views and comments. :)

An Introduction to 100 days of Hair Care

Hi,

There are Blogs for hair care, hair styles and there are a lot of forums.
But are there any, where the blogger maintains a hair dairy? There may be many...
Here I going to try my best to put in My 100 days of Hair care and the growth pattern of My hair in these 100 days - A hair care diary for 100 days. :)

Why 100 days? Why just 3 months?
Well, Because, 100 days seems to be easier and I would not wear out doing a daily update for three months. In these 100 days I promise a snapshot of a daily diary of hair care, a weekly report of how my hair has improved/damaged, treatments that I would be doing at home, hair packs, oiling hair, etc etc.

Also, this ensures that I take care of my long hair that is now prone to split ends, dryness and that has lost its shine. :P

What is my Hair like , Right now?
My hair is
*An Indian Virgin Hair. Yep, No heat applied, No coloring done. No hair cuts too, not even regular trims.
*Naturally black, turned a bit on brown side now due to lack of care.
*A little curly
*Loads of split ends
*Dearth of Shine
*Low volume. (not figured out how to measure this, yet)
*Length = (would update soon)

I am new to blogging world, therefore please point out the mistakes if any.

Note:
*All the techniques that I would be practicing may Not be mine, perhaps the way I do them would be a little different.
* The claims/recommendations on the products that I use would be solely mine and would be based on my Hair type.