What a day!

OK so yesterday (Monday) was a drain. I spent the entire day and I do mean entire day, working with my hair. It started the night before when I decided to prepoo my hair before I colored it. Prepooing is putting a conditioner or something like it on your hair for a period of time before you wash it. (Or so I thought.) It appears that you should use some type of oil and not necessarily any ol' conditioner. I was going to put a rinse in it to combat the gray I'm dealing with, but after I washed my hair, I knew that was not going to happen.

It was a hot mess. For the last couple of days or so, my hair was really breaking off. I could probably knit a sweater with the hair that was on my bathroom floor! When I got in the shower to wash my hair it started to mat. (Is that how you spell that type of mat?) I tried using a large tooth comb to get it under control with no success. Then I figured I'd try using a moisturizing shampoo, again with no success. Finally I just decided to let the water run through it and see if that would help. It did but it was still a mess. Of course I couldn't put any color on it in that condition so I decided to do a deep, deep condition to try to get it back to where it was. I still couldn't really get a comb through it so I just put a reconstructor on it and it started to feel like butter! FINALLY!! I was so relieved.

I left that reconstructor on for hours. First I sat up under the dryer for about 30 minutes and then kept it on for another hour and a half or so. Of course after any protein treatment and especially a reconstructor you need to condition your hair with a moisturizing conditioner so that your hair isn't too brittle and I did. Again, I sat under the dryer for at least 45 minutes and then kept it on for about 2 more hours. I know, I know, that's pretty extreme but you don't understand what my hair was like in that shower!!!

Finally SUCCESS! My hair was no longer breaking and I could get a comb through it. I won't be coloring it any time soon though. I want to make sure it is in better condition before I put another chemical in it. I did my first roller set and it came out OK. It took about 45 minutes but I think the time will get shorter the more I do it. I really think it's easier to just pay someone else to do it though. I mean I started before 8 that morning and didn't get finished until at least 7:30 that night. Of course with the economy the way it is, who can afford it? I guess in addition to everything going on, figuring out what to do with my hair is truly ALL in DAY'S work!

Until next time,
Carmen