Wash day using new products plus my puff with a twist!

Puff with a few rolls on top

My wash day today was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than last week's near disaster. One of my suppliers gave me a box of goodies from the Tropic Isle range a few weeks ago and I decided that I would try some of the products and see if there was anything I liked enough to incorporate into my regimen.

Truth is I started to use some of them last week but the whole detangling fiasco kinda took away from the shine of that and I was in no mood to talk about new products.

Anyhoo, so last night I pre poo'd with 2 oils - Njoy's Long Healthy Hair growth oil on my scalp and my Alma/Brahmi oil in my hair. I made sure I massaged my scalp for a good 5 minutes till my scalp was all warm and tingly then proceeded to my hair where I finger detangled every strand and then put everything up in plaits.

Oiled and detangled

In the morning I washed with the Tropic Isle Shampoo  and my hair was oh so soft! It's so weird because I used this same shampoo last week and I didn't care for how my  hair felt at all! It kinda felt coated and not as soft as I'd have liked. I'm now not sure what was so different between last week and this week - I used the Brahmi Amla oil last week as well (although this time I used a bit more, saturating my strands) but the results I got were much different. Oh well. I'll try it again next wash day and see what results I get.



So proceeded to deep conditioning - mixed the Tropic Isle deep conditioner with my usuals (olive, coconut, avocado oils with a few drops of peppermint and rosemary oils and some honey) I also added a little bit of the new Jamaican Black Castor oil with Aloe Vera, covered with a plastic cap and then went about my usual Monday morning chores around the house.

Some 3 hours later I rinsed off the conditioner, finger detangling my now even softer hair, then did a final rinse with my Apple cider Vinegar mix. I wanted to use a creamier leave in (as opposed to the  liquidy one that the Tropic Isle brand carries) and so I didn't detangle and plait my hair in the shower but let it hang loose. I then mixed my Kimmaytube leave in (Kinky Curly Knot Today, Aloe Vera Juice, Jojoba and Castor oils) and sectioned my hair, applying my leave in, combing each section and then plaiting it.

When that was done, I let it air dry and then later at night, I proceeded to moisturize and seal using Carol's Daughter Maguerite's Magic and the Tropic Isle serum with Argan Oil.

 Funny thing about the Maguerite's Magic - I'd used it a few years ago when I was still relaxed and quite liked it. I had completely forgotten about it plus I already liked what I was using as a daily moisturizer.

Anyway one day in the Salon, a customer came to buy products and I was trying to hand her the Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair butter and in the process this Maguerite's Magic got knocked off the shelf, and the cover got broken. I was left with no choice than to take it off and decided that I'd use it when my Elasta QP was finished. And you know what? My  hair LOVES the stuff!!! OMG! I'm not sure if it's the wheatgerm in it or what, but it makes my hair oh so so so soft!!! It's also silicone, mineral oil and petroleum free - what's there not to love?!

Anyway, I wanted to stretch out my hair for styling the following day so I threaded my hair - not too many sections and the gaps in the threading were  a lot - but I was in no mood to spend crazy hours threading my hair so this would have to do. When that was done, applied the new Jamaican Black Castor Oil Hair Therapy mixed with black seed and black walnut oil to my scalp, secured my satin bonnet and went to bed.

Following day, I undid my thread, fluffed out my hair put it up in a puff and rolled, tucked and pinned it. My hair was (still is) oh so soft, and has a lovely sheen and shine to it!! Will definitely be using these products for some time to come.