EVCO Challenge: Week Four

Day 22 (Jan 24, 2010)

OMG! Can I say my hair feels so much better than it has in months. I made a few changes (yet again), which will definitely become staples. So as usual I applied my EVCO to (mistakenly) wet hair and slept with it in my hair overnight. In the morning my hair was (still) damp. I'm not quite sure how much my hair actually absorbed, so I will need to make sure my hair is actually damp and not wet next time. Aside from that, it was all good; hair felt a'ight. I proceeded to follow my regimen, but ended it with a ACV/hair tonic tea as my final rinse and can I say my hair was noticeably stronger. I was amazed! I was a little scared at first because as I poured it over my hair it felt very stiff. But once I rinsed it out (after massaging for about a minute) it softened up. Even better (well I'm not sure how much better you can get), I seem to be retaining moisture. If you remember from my previous post my hair would dry up really quickly (literally in minutes) and my ends were quite dry--this is not an indication of healthy hair.  Now? As I am writing this my hair still feels moist and damp! Huuuuge difference from just last week and that is despite deep conditioning with oils, heat, etc....I will be continuing this process for sure!

Ladies if you are having issues with moisture retention and dry ends try ACV just be sure to dilute it! I want to try it a few times before posting my recipe just to make sure this wasn't a fluke. 

Day 23 (Jan 25, 2010)

I oiled my scalp as usual. As you know I did my little experiment to see if my scalp was in fact getting over the shock of JBCO and I noticed that the area where I just used JBCO is fine. The back where I used my concotion seems to be have a few issues (very mild itching)...humf, imagine that...

Day 24 (Jan 26, 2010)

 My scalp was fine, but when I massaged it felt tight and had a few "sore" spots where I had the JBCO on it's own. So much for my theory LOL.

Day 25-28 (Jan 27-30, 2010) 
I will say that as the day progressed my hair has been retaining moisture quite well. Itching...ah well. If I am consistent it seems fine. My scalp seems to be really absorbing the oil. I may up the number of times I oil my scalp in these colder months.