Hiya,
As promised, I'm back with my Sunday post even though where I am at it's barely ten minutes to go before Monday, at least I kept my promise :)

Anyways,  I went to the hair shop I talked about...yay!! Whipped out google maps and found my way there-




To my dismay, the one product that took me there i.e The caramel hair treatment by Etae (thank Instagram for feeding my product junkie appetite) was out of stock!! So I just looked through the shelves....




I fell in love with the salon space!! Clean. White. Crisp!! 





Salon goals right there if my staff will let me be great...speaking of staff...the receptionist at Tendrils was so well put together, look at her hairstyle...





One look at her and you will know she works in the hair industry or at least cares for her hair!

We got talking and I asked her about her colored hair, wanted to know how she maintains it and then she pointed to Olaplex...she said it's a three step treatment used to protect from breakage after chemical processes, she said she colors her hair and has been doing so for ages but thanks to the Olaplex treatment it stays healthy....the step three which was right there was the home care treatment to be used once a week, you know I was not about to walk out of that store without Olaplex after hearing such a review from someone with full gorgeous hair who has been natural for nine years and works at a natural hair care company?!! Dropped the Camille rose coconut water moisturizer I was settling for and swapped with Olaplex, got home, went online to read reviews and was pleased to see people giving this stuff five stars, saying all these wonderful things...



I'll give it till my next touch up and the verdict will be in about whether a or not this stuff works because...1. I have never spent $31 on just one product ever-she called the price after selling me the dream Kai!! 2. My hair is SHEDDING- POST PARTUM shedding!!!(yes I am screaming!!) so I need all the help I can get!


If you have been pregnant you can relate to how uneasy it is to see long strands of your hair falling off and leaving with your comb after baby came...since it's my third time around I'm trying to stay calm and just stick to my regimen- help me Lord....but hey the hair you will be loosing is LONG and from the roots not short broken hair....that my friend is not pregnancy or post partum's fault!!

Finally, let's Get Skintimate, courtesy my Sister Mina's new blog....loving her first post Titled Give your skin some TLC this Valentine's Day....read, enjoy and if you need help in the skin care dept....my Sister Doc is dedicating time from her busy schedule to share skin care tips so follow the blog....here's an excerpt.....


Continue Here...GETTINGSKINTIMATE.COM


Till next time thanks as always for stopping by!

Xxx
Dabs

Hiya,
How's everyone doing!!
It been a while since I wrote a hair update! Right now my hair is in full Postpartum shedding mode;



 Shed's with no provocation and its very annoying to say the least but I have learnt to deal with it as part of the package of being a mom!!

Basically, I have been doing lots of concocted protein treatments with eggs, henna, mayonnaise, oil etc, I do those once a week usually over the weekend and then on Wednesday as if my scalp is timed, it starts to itch and I do a cowash with Aphogee keratin 2 minutes reconstructor;




or I have even found myself grabbing the Giovanni Tea tree invigorating shampoo;



This shampoo is a must have for itchy scalps; and my scalp has been quite itchy thanks to all the gym visits I have been squeezing into my weekly schedule-Momma's gotta get her shape back :)

Oh and my edges have thinned out a bit ( I have two thinner spots since birth) with the postpartum shedding, they are now not as full but I have not encouraged the thinning in anyway, my friend Jamaican Black Castor oil has been on duty every night before I sleep!


With all the hair changes I am having, I visited Recare Gentle Touch's Hair Institute-

Natures Gentle Touch Hair Institute 
209 Muri Okunola Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos,
Nigeria. 

Telephone: +234-1-4627442
Email: info@naturesgentletouchinstitute.com  

for a business meeting with their associate( I will be announcing an exciting new project I have been working on all year long in a few posts to come), after our discussion he asked me to try some of their services, I was not about to surrender my hair to a stylist there because of time and other factors, so I jumped at the opportunity to have my hair examined by their Trichologist- I was quite excited as it was a first time experience. A Trichologist basically is trained to deal with the scientific study of the health of hair and scalp for anyone wondering, so they can tell you what your hair is lacking and everything in between.



The first thing she did was give me a form to fill;



The form had questions like; Is your hair chemically treated, Is it colored, questions about diet, health; sicknesses, surgeries, hair length goals, styling preferences etc.

I filled my personal details and went ahead to fill a few questions but then the Trichologist came in and told me those places were for her to fill-oops!
We went into a consulting room and the session started...she asked the questions on the sheet, I answered then she started cleaning this mousse like gadget attached to the usb port on a laptop,



 She came over to use the gadget in my hair and then there on the laptop screen I could see my hair strands...soooo exciting



As I expected the front edges were made of thinner strands than the middle and back of my hair which had thicker strands;

MY FRONT EDGES HAVE THINNER STRANDS/DENSITY

REST OF MY HAIR HAS THICKER MORE DENSE STRANDS

She tested my hair elasticity with some of the shed hair I had in my bag (LOL)


My elasticity was very poor, she blamed it on my very poor water drinking habit-Yes I confessed that to her but I also said it could be the hormones from the postpartum shedding...anyways after my meeting with her I am determined to drink more water and take more fruits daily...in all it was an insightful session which I highly recommend especially for ladies with scalp issues or thinning spots...

 Though during the question and answer session, she snickered when I stated my hair goal of mid back length hair!! I asked her if it was an unattainable fit, she just snickered again...I also wrote in the form under hair length; front 16 inches, sides and back 14 inches( because I have checked in the past) You know what she did? She looked at my hair from roots to tips, shook her head and just cancelled what I wrote and wrote 12 inches and 10 inches ---oh well I plan to visit her when my hair is mid back length, LOL and below you will see that my hair is not 12 or 10 inches but no hard feelings, I just wish she was more thorough- no harm in having a tape measure to find out the actual length (it's the Lawyer in me speaking :)

Anyways, that went well, I grabbed their TEA TREE ANTI-DANDRUFF LEAVE IN TREATMENT to help soothe my scalp between wash days, I am yet to use it, will review when I eventually do.
I also recommend their deep conditioner;

 for anyone looking for a good cholesterol protein based deep conditioner, I have used it in the past and it did the job!

Finally I am embarking on THE INVERSION challenge from this Saturday the 2nd till Saturday the 9th WHEN WE MEET AT THE NOV. SALON DAY OUT!! After watching videos upon videos on You Tube of ladies saying that they grew 1 whole inch of hair in 1 week- I am intrigued to try this!! Ordinarily you get averagely 1 inch of growth after 2 whole months so if this works then I am sold!! I will dedicate an entire post to the results after the challenge but for now I am putting up my starting point entry pictures so you ladies see for yourself if by the 9th of Nov. after one week of inverting, I have 1 inch of growth;







FADEKEMI sent in her update on the green house effect challenge she is presently on, I will update you all on that in my next post plus I turned my old worn out wigs into Clip In extension pieces...I have a tutorial for that as well!! That's all for now, till my next post thanks for stopping by, thanks for the support!

Xxx
Dabs