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I think I've reached almost every woman's version of Nirvana. I, Heather Barmore, have found the perfect combination of hair products to make me, Heather Barmore -- she who is notoriously unhappy with everything -- fairly happy with my hair. Though first I feel like I should go back to 1994 when I had grand delusions of having long flowing blonde locks. Every time I got a relaxer and a haircut I'd end up with a case of whiplash from shaking my tresses around like I was in some Pantene commercial. Fortunately, I have since recovered from that particular phase.
I actually happened on this three-step process accidentally and didn't notice how well it was working until literally the other day, when someone asked if this was my real hair. Since no one has noticed my hair in months, I thought it was a joke, but no, it was not. Apparently what I was doing was working because more than one person commented on the state of my hair in less than 48 hours. I guess it looked better? I dunno. All I know is that the following day I did what I had been doing for the last three weeks and voila! It looked the same. And because I was and am generally pleased with the results, I've declared that this will be The Way for me to do my hair -- why change a good thing?
Here's what I do:
1) My routine relies on three products (from left to right) and one tool: Carol's Daughter Tui Herbal Shampoo, Miss Jessie's Curly Pudding (I swear by this stuff), Carol's Daughter Tui Hair Smoothie, a wide tooth comb.
2) Wash hair and condition with the Tui Hair Smoothie. Comb it through with the wide tooth comb. For extra conditioning, I leave it in for a few minutes while I do other things. Rinse.
3) Take a scoop of the curly pudding (more or less, depending on how much hair you have) and put it through your hair paying careful attention to the edges, ends and the middle of your head where -- if you're me -- you forget that you have hair and usually end up with an awesome dry patch in the middle.
4) Working out from your natural part, take sections of hair and twist. I will also add that I have been known to switch this up a bit depending on my mood. Sometimes I break it up into smaller sections and comb curly pudding through and it produces tighter curls. But if it's just a regular day I do it this way.
5) Wrap hair with a silk scarf. If you're washing your hair at night, then leave it on overnight. If it's morning, do this to your hair and then go about your normal morning routine. I did this while baking/doing the dishes/abusing Netflix. Be sure to really look like an idiot.
6) Take out twists and finger comb.
7) Fin!
a) If you're like me and you cannot stand to have your hair down all day long and/or your hair grows throughout the day then put it on top of your head and call it a day.
And that is how I do my hair. In the end my curls are more defined and less likely to frizz. It allows me to have my hair natural without it being a big deal and my God, I could go on for pages about how in some circles it's a big deal. Regardless, I like it. It suits me and my lifestyle and I'm pretty pleased as punch.
Related Reading:
The Ten Natural Hair Commandments from She's So Fly
Afrobella's Best of 2009 Hair Products
Natural Belle's 2009 A Year In Natural Hair
Heather B.
No Pasa Nada: www.nopasanada.org
BlogHer: http://www.blogher.com/blog/heatherb
