Month 9....

The picture up above is me on the day that marked my 9th month into my natural journey. In this month I started exploring the CurlBox. I had heard so much about it and was really, really anxious to get my hands on it. I had been on the email list for the upcoming subscription box for months but seemed to never be available on the date and time the subscription boxes came open. One weekend I got the alert on my phone that the subscription box was available and I got my first subscription box in June. I was so relieved and eager to try out the products in the box.

Watch my Youtube video below to see the products for the June CurlBox.

 

 

My 9th month was all about me experimenting with different products. Up until this point I had used all the same products for my hair, simply because I knew what worked for my hair and I didn't want to take a chance and mess up the growth of my hair due to product change. This may sound silly to some of you all reading this but I literally swore by my regimen and products because they hadn't let me down and they kept Nunu growing well so I didn't want to disturb the life of my hair by adding new products that didn't work for my hair. Because I wore so many protective styles in month 8 I decided in month 9 to wear my hair more loosely in a puff or fro, whatever I was feeling at the moment. I really missed my hair. Below are two of the styles I wore mostly during this month. A puff or in it's natural state as a fro.

 

 

check out my Instagram to see more of my pictures:

http://instagram.com/nunusstyles_#



 

Month 8....

                      The pictures above are of me on my 8th month naturalversary.

 

After months and months going through with styling my hair differently almost every day I decided on my 8th month I would embark on my first personal protective hair challenge. My hair had really taken off with the growth and I wanted to challenge myself to keep my hands out of my hair by using protective hair styles. I started this challenge in hopes of only washing/co-washing my hair twice in that month but that was short lived after I was a few days pass my usual wash day. (hehe) My hair had been washed or co-washed every week at that point for over a year and I just couldn't take it, just pampering my hair wasn't enough so I had to tweak my challenge and go back to washing/co-washing each week. In addition to washing/co-washing my hair I also pampered my hair wash day and at least once during that week, always keeping my hair in one particular protective style. I must say my hair did grow. I can't really say whether or not it was due to the protective styling or if it was my natural growth but either way it grew so that was a plus! If you want to see my videos on my challenge check out my playlist "Protective Style Challenge #1" on my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1aNPuH0LxIsapzKT1BriBAMx8T2-d9-Y

 

Here are a few of my protective styles I wore during the challenge:

 

 

What's In The Bottle?

This is one of many spray bottles that I have. This particular one holds up to 6 oz. 

After I BC'd I quickly realized how thirsty my natural hair was so I incorporated the use of spray bottles in my daily hair care. As I mentioned in my regimen, I spray or spritz my hair at night before applying my satin scarf and/or bonnet. Nunu loves some water and water is the BEST moisturizer! 

What's in the spray bottle? Well it varies from time to time. I may use water only, water and EVOO, a DIY leave in recipe, or a DIY detangler recipe. For the most part I use vegetable glycerine in all my water mixers. If you want to know why click on the video below to watch my review on vegetable glycerine, also check out my video on DIY leave in conditioner.

If you're looking for a great DIY Detangler Recipes. Click on the link below. Personally I love the DIY aloe vera detangler. Hope this is helpful for someone.

http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/curlykids/detangling-curly-kids/homemade-detangler-recipes

 

Months 1-5 of my natural hair journey....