Roots 4 LiA: Deep Conditioner

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The Deep Conditioning Issue

I normally deep condition my hair every two weeks when I'm not feeling so lazy. Usually it is recommended that for the deep condition to penetrate the hair follicles, you should use a heating cap or a steamer to add extra moisture. Living in Germany it's almost impossible to find my regular hair products, which means I either have to spend a whole load of ca$$h and shop from the US amazon or pay triple the price in EUROS to get the most basic hair products from the German Amazon. I usually opt for the former, though the price of shipping always ends up doubling the amount i pay for the products. #thestruggle.

Anways, for the past few months I've been using this hair steamer to deep condition my hair, the only disadvantage is that it's not cordless and I have to sit in one place to let it do the job, plus its LOUD. It works great and leaves my hair super moisturized and soft, but I rarely use it because I just don't have the time and sometimes I completely forget about it...

So I recently went on Curlmart.com and bought myself a bunch of hair products, which I'm still trying out and will let you know how they pan out. I also bought myself a "hair therapy wrap thermal turban heat wrap". wow! that's a mouthful!! What I love about it is the fact that its cordless and I can walk around the house and do some errands while my hair is deep conditioning. It works really great and leaves my hair super soft! I also use it for hot oil treatment.

This thermal heat wrap makes my deep conditioning a breeze! Definitely worth the price.

Later,

Roots4Lia.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

WASH DAY

Oh! I dread wash day! It's one of those things that must happen yet I dread and hate it so much I always push it till last minute. Now if only wash day meant jumping in the shower, conditioning my hair and calling it a day, I wouldn't hate it so much. But my wash day involves hot oil treatment, deep conditioning, sitting under a hooded dryer for the full effect of deep conditioning (because my hair is a dry circus thanks to postpartum hormones), THEN jumping in the shower, sectioning my hair, detangling, washing section by section, re twisting each section, conditioning each section, rinsing, then applying a leave in conditioner. It used to take me a total of two hours to just wash my hair, that was before I became a mother. But now, I don't have two hours to spend washing my hair!! The most I take in the shower is maybe 45 mins, and even that is pushing it. So I found something that cuts my time in half, and that is sectioning! Washing my hair in sections is so much more convenient than washing it all matted together as one. It also saves me time after getting off the shower because I don't have to deal with major shrinkage and twisting again. For the moment I'm using olive oil deep conditioner which I love but I might have to start using a DIY deep conditioner because my lovely olive oil deep conditioner is so expensive in Germany I'm not willing to shell out 10 Euros equivalent of $14 every two weeks for a deep conditioner. In the states I used to buy it for $3.99, but darn! Things are on another level of expen$ive here!

Hair saturated with Deep conditioner.

Check out the length. Shrinkage is REAL!

Later,

Roots4LiA.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Natural Hair Traveling Essentials + Travel Pics

Hello Beautifuls!

I'm excited for my one year anniversary which is coming soon!- in February. I know I haven't been updating my blog frequently but that's because I've been traveling and haven't really had much time to update. On Dec 14th, I did my hair in a protective style-Janet Kinky braids, one of my most favorites styles. I like to keep my hair in protective style especially when I'm traveling because it makes my traveling much easier. But there are some things that I always travel with, some hair essentials that I can't do without. Even when my hair is in a protective style, I make sure that I deep condition at least once a week-this is mandatory for me. I love LOVE Olive Oil deep conditioner, I don't travel without it and I always have to make sure I stock up on it before traveling.

Another hair essential I carry with me is my vatika coconut oil, this stuff is amazing. My hair /scalp gets dry really quick, so I always have to make sure that I keep it moisturized and vatika-coconut oil works wonders for me.

Last but not least, I can't go anywhere without my spritz bottle. It is a must have to for me. I usually spritz my hair twice a day, when I wake up before I get out of the house and at night before I sleep. My spritz bottle has only water in it, I usually add a little coconut oil but water by itself also has its own magic. I always ALWAYS have to spritz my hair twice a day to keep it moisturized, because on the days that I forget to give it some water, it gets really DRY and I hate dry hair.

Of course at night when I go to sleep I always have to make sure that my edges are protected so my hair is not rubbing against the pillow. I also take some vatika oil and rub it on my edges, this is something i do on a daily basis before sleep. To protect my edges, I take a scarf and tie it around my hair, something like this... (and when I'm feeling lazy to style my hair, I sometimes leave the scarf on my head and go on my daily business).

So at the moment I'm still in Spain, I'm leaving Spain in three days and flying to Denmark, then back to Germany and finally back to New York in Three weeks. My Europe vacation has been awesome! I saw the most amazing building in Valencia, and fell in love with Barcelona.

Here are some travel pics...

Valencia- The City of Arts and Sciences Building, Amazing Architecture!