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Keeping my hair healthy with wash n go's

Lately I've been doing wash n go's and I really like them so far. I can't believe I haven't done them before!! I thought my hair wouldn't look curly enough so I always did braid outs. I tried twist outs before but my roots would always be puffy so I decided there not for me. I may try them again in the future though. Curling Custard Eco Styling Gel Back to my wash n go's I used kinky curly knot today curling custard for my first and second wash n go and the second one lasted two weeks. I was very pleased with the results because my hair didn't shrink as much as it usually does. One thing I don't like is that my looks a little stringy in the front but that may be because of the way I put it in. For my third wash n go I used olive oil eco styler gel and my curls were poppin seriously. I didn't like my second day hair because it had shrunk so much but that may be because I didn't do the pineapple method that I did with the curling cus...

Benefits of Protective styling

Since being natural for 5 years going on 6 I have grown my hair to bra strap length. Now I'm at arm pit length due to me slacking on my routine during pregnancy. I love to style my hair in many different styles and experiment with hair color. I would be at waist length if I had kept up with protective styling like I did when I first started my journey. I love how diverse my hair is and it tempts me to play in my hair all the time. I used to roller set my hair weekly as a protective style when I was transitioning. Roller setting my hair helped tremendously with me retaining length, but as my hair grew longer I did not like roller sets in my hair. My next got to style was buns, I loved my buns and I became a pro at making my bun flawless. After so long of wearing a bun you have to consider your edges and my edges were definitely taking a hit so I had to improvise. I went back to the basics and start to wear my hair in single braids. Not small braids just simple plot braids aka Celi...