Free Hair Diary

Hello ladies, hope your all well :)
For some time now I've been meaning to buy myself a diary to document my hair, (tracking what products I use, how my hair responds, that sort of thing).
Then I thought to myself, 'Shereen are you really going to go out and waste your money on something, you will forget about doing?' hmm, so then the idea popped into my head, why not just use Microsoft Word?
I already have it so I'm saving money, plus I'm always on my laptop so I will have no excuse not to fill out my diary every time I do something to my hair.

In the past I can remember being so annoyed with my hair because I never knew what products my hair liked and disliked, so I would just use anything random and hoped for good results.
With this hair diary I hope to learn all the secrets about my hair!

Do any of you ladies have a hair diary/journal?

Top Knot Bun

This bun is so cute! I really want to try it, but I don't think my hair is long enough for it to look nice, I may have to add my clip ins. Just thought I'd share this because I know finding nice protective styles is hard.
Hope you enjoy...

Let me know how it turns out, if any of you try it :)

First Day Of New Regimen

Following on from my previous post about my new regimen change. I washed my hair on Sunday and carried out all the steps mentioned in the post. After my overnight pre-poo with olive oil I lightly 

de tangled my hair in sections, and de tangled again after rinsing out my deep conditioner on wet dripping hair. After applying my leave ins, I proceeded to air dry using the scarf method (applying a scarf to lay down and flatten your edges) then I put my hair in a bun, (the usual go to style lol).

Today my hair feels very soft, which is a good sign. I wish I did ACV rinses sooner!

I'm currently 15 weeks for those who are interested, and stretching is going well :)

Changing regimen

Moving back to university has kinda led to a change in my regimen. The main factor for this was having hard water here and the second was time management. I'm going to become more busy with uni work and now I have a job, so I just want to keep everything quick and easy.

My Wash Days are now Wednesday and Sunday.

Wednesday

• Cowash 

Sunday

• Overnight pre-poo with EVOO
• Shampoo with ojons + elasta qp creme conditioning shampoo
• Deep condition - 3 minute deep conditioning hair mask boots botanical (for 30 mins)
• Final ACV Rinse 
• Leave ins - L'Oreal Elvive full restore 5 conditioning replenish spray + Cantu shea butter leave in

Other

• 100% Protective styling
• GHE Most days
• Moisturising and sealing every night.

At the moment I'm experimenting with the way I in-cooperate protein into my regimen, starting from today I will be using protein in the form as my leave in and my shampoo contains some protein ingredients too. My last regimen involved the use of my growth aid sulphur, but at the moment I'm not really concerned with increasing my rate of growth without a solid regimen that I know works for me.

For those who do apple cider vinegar rinses...
How often do you do acv rinses? Is once a week sufficient? or is it too much?

Can Damaged Ends Really Be Saved?

(Source HERE)

My hair isn't in the condition I would like it to be, and that's why when I get my next relaxer I want to chop off 2 inches. For some time now I have heard many ladies talking about 'babying their damage' or doing some methods to try reserve the damage, and of course some products I have claim to 'restore damage' etc. 

My question to you is, can damaged hair really be saved? I was under the impression that once your hair is damaged the only option is to remove the damage i.e get a trim/cut. 

Now of course like many of you, if I can save my damaged ends without cutting them that would be great! show me this brilliant method, but realistically in the end aren't we going to have to cut it off anyway. I just don't see how increasing the amount of times you deep condition your hair or doing whatever, is going to cure your damaged ends.

I would love to know what you ladies think. Am I wrong? Can we save our damaged ends? If you have any tricks/tips feel free to share them :) 

Kreativ Blogger Award

RULES

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Award 10 Blogs & drop them a line about it
Share 7 random things about yourself

I received my first tag today, yay!! 

The lovely Tris from Texlaxed & Things tagged me, check her out here :)

Name your favourite song: I never have a favourite song! Favourite album? Loving adeles 21

Name your favourite dessert: Pizza hut hot cookie dough, yum!

What pisses you off: Uncleanliness 

When you're upset, you: Go watch movies and feel sorry for myself lol

Your favourite pet: my cat tai! He is such a cutie 

Black or white: Black

Your biggest fear: Failure

Best feature: My personality :D 

 Everyday attitude: 'When i come back from my lectures i'm not going to have a nap' LOL seriously, going to uni lectures just makes me tired :(

What is perfection: Accomplishing something I really tried to do well in

Guilty pleasure:  splurging on something I know I shouldn't i.e makeup/clothes :(

7 random facts about myself

I'm really short like 5ft

I'm studying psychology at university

I recently got my first proper job lmao

I wear glasses 

I dream about moving to the US when i'm older

I have never been on a roller-coaster, :( I have a big fear of heights

I love to sleep during the day :D 

10 blogs I'm awards this to...
1. Yolandaas
2. Simply Into My Hair
3. Just Grow Already
4. 6 Foot Long Hair
5. Cool Beans
6. Haute Pink Heels
7. Kennayo
8. Thick Beautiful Hair Journey
9. TaysNoteBook
10. The Healthy Hair Care Journey
Last two ladies added!
Enjoy ladies :) x

My New Goodies!

Oh how I have missed blogging!

I recently moved back to university, so I haven't had internet and dare I say it... I got a little lazy with my regimen *shakes head*

But I'm back on my A game now.

So I just wanted to share with you some of my recent hair buys.

Boots were doing a 3 for 2 sale on all hair care, so I thought I'd take advantage of this and pick up some things I've always wanted to try.

 L'oreal Elvive Full Restore 5 replenishing spray (£3.79), masque (£5.10),

Boots shower comb (less than £2),

Boots Botanics 3 minute deep conditioning hair mask (£5.10).

For the ladies in the UK, you might have heard the fantastic deal Ojon was doing in conjunction with John Lewis stores. On the 29th September you could trade any old shampoo/conditioner bottle for full size bottles of  Ojon damage reverse restorative conditioner and shampoo. They retail for £20 each! How amazing is that? I cannot wait to try these out.

Have any of you ladies tried these products out? Would love to know what you think of them!

Shereen x