Sunday, February 26, 2012
Greenhouse Effect
No this is not about that glass covered building where plants are allowed to grow, but it does have a similar effect.
Just as with a greenhouse, this effect uses the heat created from your body to help stimulate your scalp. You start by putting a oil on your scalp (castor oil with a couple drops of rosemary is said to be stimulating). Then you put water and leave in conditioner on your hair, avoiding your roots. While I'm doing that I usually two strand twist my hair, because I don't want just wet matted hair after the fact. Then you top it with a natural butter or oil that isn't too heavy (I've been using jojoba oil and/oil castor oil). Next is the fun stuff.
There are two ways to create this greenhouse effect with your hair. Both of them require layers.
First way:
--Wrap your head with seran wrap.
--Place a plastic cap over the seran wrap.
--Place a beanie or woolen cap over the bag.
--Place a bonnet over the cap/beanie.
Second way:
--Has the exact same steps as the first way, just add a foil layer between the seran wrap and the plastic cap.
This can be either done overnight or during the day for a couple hours (I usually do it for a couple hours after I get home from school, because if I do it overnight, it results in wet hair the next day).
This is fairly similar to baggying (where you just put a plastic cap over your head), but the target is different. But below is a website that compares and contrasts the two techniques.
Baggying vs. Greenhouse Effect
Either way. I think I like the greenhouse effect and what it does to my hair. My twists have been coming out really defined and my hair has been extremely moisturized, so I think I'm going to continue to do it. And to see results I have to keep it up.
Pictures to come in the next post.
<3
Just as with a greenhouse, this effect uses the heat created from your body to help stimulate your scalp. You start by putting a oil on your scalp (castor oil with a couple drops of rosemary is said to be stimulating). Then you put water and leave in conditioner on your hair, avoiding your roots. While I'm doing that I usually two strand twist my hair, because I don't want just wet matted hair after the fact. Then you top it with a natural butter or oil that isn't too heavy (I've been using jojoba oil and/oil castor oil). Next is the fun stuff.
There are two ways to create this greenhouse effect with your hair. Both of them require layers.
First way:
--Wrap your head with seran wrap.
--Place a plastic cap over the seran wrap.
--Place a beanie or woolen cap over the bag.
--Place a bonnet over the cap/beanie.
Second way:
--Has the exact same steps as the first way, just add a foil layer between the seran wrap and the plastic cap.
This can be either done overnight or during the day for a couple hours (I usually do it for a couple hours after I get home from school, because if I do it overnight, it results in wet hair the next day).
This is fairly similar to baggying (where you just put a plastic cap over your head), but the target is different. But below is a website that compares and contrasts the two techniques.
Baggying vs. Greenhouse Effect
Either way. I think I like the greenhouse effect and what it does to my hair. My twists have been coming out really defined and my hair has been extremely moisturized, so I think I'm going to continue to do it. And to see results I have to keep it up.
Pictures to come in the next post.
<3
Monday, February 13, 2012
Dare To Be Different
So I took out my Senegalese twists on Friday, washed my hair on Saturday and wore it covered on Sunday. Today was my first day wearing it out and i felt like I was starting this journey all over again. I got the twists so that my hair would be protected during the coldest months of the year. But when I looked in the mirror today, I felt like they were a source of protection and I was hiding behind them. They gave me a confidence boost that I didn't expect to have, and now without them I feel lost and unprotected. But still I dare to be different and reclaim my beauty. <3
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