EVCO Challenge: Week Two

Day 8 (Jan 10, 2010)

So I just finished twisting my hair. I will say, my hair was still breaking when I did the EVCO treatment. I am not happy at all...I decided to stick to the challenge and applies EVCO to my hair and let it sit over night, but I did it on damp hair tis time. I will say I prefer this method because the application felt much better. In the morning I had a good amount of shedding and some breakage (little pieces). I applies a mild protein conditioner over the oil, sat for 20 min under the heated dryer. It felt moist, but the breakage was still there (nothing too dramatic). I proceeded to shampoo, conditioned once again with a moisturizing conditioner for another 20 min, air dried and styled. While it was damp I noticed that there was  still some breakage, minimal, but still there none the less. Once dried however, no breakage. My hair also felt soft and moist... so was my new growth--very soft. I don't know what is going on regarding my hair. I have a relaxer coming up, but I am concerned my hair isn't ready due to this breakage issue. I will see my progress in a few weeks. As far as the crispy, dry ends I had last week I will say I am on my way to resolving that. The breakage is another issue.

Day 9-13 (Jan 11-15, 2010)

Can I just say my roots feel like absolute "butter" (very cotton soft). I am pleasantly surprised by the soft, fluffy texture. So soft my twist won't stay put! The changes I made to my hair regime are definitely working out.

Day 14 (Jan 16, 2010)

Prepping my hair for my relaxer and I am pleasantly surprised. My hair feels stronger. The breakage I had has seemed to reduce, and my hair feels soft. A big difference from other relaxers days. I will say that I much prefer applying the coconut oil on damp hair. The process and application is just so much smoother. My hair seems to absorb it like crazy as well, where I found it just sat there when I applied it to dry hair. I will be using this method from now on. 

(Later that day) after my relaxer my feels so silky and the shine is amazing. I posted pic in my journal/album. I am happy with EVCO thus far.