What you may may not know is that I work full time and homeschool my children as well. That doesn't really leave a lot of leisure time so I don't always stay on top of the hair like I should. My youngest two daughters have fine hair that is prone to frizz, so there are very few styles that will last longer than a day on them. This means doing their hair quickly, every day and spending more time, less often on my oldest daughters' hair or vice versa.
My oldest daughters' hair is very tightly coiled and very prone to tangles. When I wash her hair it is an absolute must that I detangle it while it's still wet. If for some reason I don't get a chance to detangle it then I have to rewet the head of hair before continuing.
(This is a picture of her hair texture)
Once I've detangled her hair, which usually takes about an hour, I style the hair. This usually takes at least two hours. If I'm low on time there is no quick protective style for her hair. My only choice is a puff. Her hair is too thick for anything else. The problem with that is that even though I've spent an hour detangling her hair, one day or even a few hours in a puff undoes that whole process so the next day I either have to rewet or co-wash the hair and spend the combined 3 hours detangling and styling ir or simply re-puff it and worry about the "worsening by the day" detangling situation that's happening on her head later. I usually go with the latter.
I know these long detangling sessions when I allow the puff to remain for more than a few days, cannot be good for her hair no matter how gentle I am. I haven't even gone into full detail of the trouble I sometimes get myself into with the two younger girl's hair. In short, when I'm super busy I tend to re-puff or ponytail their hair by brushing and geling the edges without detangling the length. I know, I know. It's a disaster in the making and we both pay for it later. I've also noticed the stress that all these ponytails and puffs put on the edges.
Miraculously my children are not bald and do have edges but I know I owe that to the routine deep conditionings I do weekly or bi-weekly as well as using good moisturizers on their hair consistently. Still, I want to find ways to take better care of their hair.
Now that I've shared my dilemma with you I also want to share my plan with you. I guess I should mention another small dilemma as well. This one is easy. I feel like my job could be easier if I french braided my eldest daughters hair more, but simply put, I'm not a very good french braider and I don't particularly like doing them. I'm not terrible but I could be so much better. Especially when you consider that I have three daughters.
This leads me to my plan. I have decided to create a challenge of sorts for myself. I want to begin doing weekly or bi-weekly french braid styles on my oldest daughters' hair in an effort to better protect and take care of her hair as well as to perfect braiding. I am also focusing on length retention.
I plan to chronicle this journey/challenge right here on "Coiffure". It should be fun. If any of my readers have a situation that is similar to mine feel free to join in with me and don't hesitate to share any results, progress and even pictures as I share mine with you.
Here is my plan:
-Shampoo the hair
-DC the hair with heat for at least 15 minutes.
-Blowdry the hair with a good heat protectan. (Blowdrying isn't necessary but I plan to so that the detangling process will be easier and so that her hair will be elongated.)
-Braid the hair.
I'm hoping to redo this process weekly or bi-weekly depending on the condition of her hair after the first week. One more thing; I plan to continue this process for a full 6 months. If things work out as planned I will begin this process on Monday July 12, 2010.
Stay tuned!!!
Once I've detangled her hair, which usually takes about an hour, I style the hair. This usually takes at least two hours. If I'm low on time there is no quick protective style for her hair. My only choice is a puff. Her hair is too thick for anything else. The problem with that is that even though I've spent an hour detangling her hair, one day or even a few hours in a puff undoes that whole process so the next day I either have to rewet or co-wash the hair and spend the combined 3 hours detangling and styling ir or simply re-puff it and worry about the "worsening by the day" detangling situation that's happening on her head later. I usually go with the latter.
I know these long detangling sessions when I allow the puff to remain for more than a few days, cannot be good for her hair no matter how gentle I am. I haven't even gone into full detail of the trouble I sometimes get myself into with the two younger girl's hair. In short, when I'm super busy I tend to re-puff or ponytail their hair by brushing and geling the edges without detangling the length. I know, I know. It's a disaster in the making and we both pay for it later. I've also noticed the stress that all these ponytails and puffs put on the edges.
Miraculously my children are not bald and do have edges but I know I owe that to the routine deep conditionings I do weekly or bi-weekly as well as using good moisturizers on their hair consistently. Still, I want to find ways to take better care of their hair.
Now that I've shared my dilemma with you I also want to share my plan with you. I guess I should mention another small dilemma as well. This one is easy. I feel like my job could be easier if I french braided my eldest daughters hair more, but simply put, I'm not a very good french braider and I don't particularly like doing them. I'm not terrible but I could be so much better. Especially when you consider that I have three daughters.
This leads me to my plan. I have decided to create a challenge of sorts for myself. I want to begin doing weekly or bi-weekly french braid styles on my oldest daughters' hair in an effort to better protect and take care of her hair as well as to perfect braiding. I am also focusing on length retention.
I plan to chronicle this journey/challenge right here on "Coiffure". It should be fun. If any of my readers have a situation that is similar to mine feel free to join in with me and don't hesitate to share any results, progress and even pictures as I share mine with you.
Here is my plan:
-Shampoo the hair
-DC the hair with heat for at least 15 minutes.
-Blowdry the hair with a good heat protectan. (Blowdrying isn't necessary but I plan to so that the detangling process will be easier and so that her hair will be elongated.)
-Braid the hair.
I'm hoping to redo this process weekly or bi-weekly depending on the condition of her hair after the first week. One more thing; I plan to continue this process for a full 6 months. If things work out as planned I will begin this process on Monday July 12, 2010.
Stay tuned!!!
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