The Challenge has officially begun...

In my last post I issued a challenge to not only myself but to my readers as well to join me in the Curly Chic Challenge where for the next 3 months we will co-wash, curl and care food out curly hair. So here is some background information...

In the weeks that I have been 100% Au'Naturale, I have worn only a selected few hair styles which were wash n gos, buns, and twistouts. When I was transitioning, I feel like I was taking more risks with hair dos and was always changing it up...well now that I have bc'd, I feel that I am being very "safe" with my hair do selections. So I wouls like to challenge myself and others that may be feeling the same way as I do to think and create hair dos that force you outside of the box... So here is what I did... my expected routine for this challenge changed a bit so I will explain what I did and why it is important for my natural hair that I do this...

Shampooed: with an organic Tea Tree shampoo. This cleans my hair and scalp, I mean realllllly cleans it without stripping away the essential oils that are needed by my hair. It stops my scalp from itching and the minty smell is very invigorating...I love it! However, for this challenge I am shampooing every 3 wash days...I will Co-wash on the other 2 wash days.

Co-wash: with an organic moisture rich condish. My hair gets really dry so cowashing is the best thing for my hair...

Deep condish: with Pantene Relaxed and Natural condish. The same reason, my hair dries out on me and my natural curl pattern doesn't seem as excited to curl anymore and that's when I know I need to deep condish. Now for this challenge I will deep condish every other wash day. I am not sure how often I will need a wash day but when it comes I will deep condish. Also before I wash out the deep conditioner, I will apply a palm full of regular conditioner to help reactive the conditioner that has been sitting on my hair and scalp for hours.

Detangle with deep condish in my hair: with my wide tooth comb and then twist hair into 10-15 twist before rinsing conditioner out. This makes it easier to Detangle and prevents my hair from getting tangled during the rinse cycle.

Apply a leave in conditioner: I use Cantu Shea butter. It helps with styling and frizz.

Lock in moisture with oil: I use EVOO. It shines and softens my hair.

Remoisturize my ends: I use Root Stimulators Coconut Oil...only because I could not find the organic coconut oil. This shines and smoothes out the ends of my hair but it is very heavy so I always go light when using this product.

So now you have the information you need to get started. Today is the first day of my challenge and I did not do a length check...dang it! I have already styled my hair (look for pics soon). Make sure you leave comments and let me know if you are joining.

Be Happy to Be CURLY!