Mercedes Marie

I did gain some length from my sew in I do not have a before photo which upsets me but I know I was at Bra strap (When I say Bra Strap, I mean exactly on it. Others refer to it as just hitting bra strap). I also had gotten a mini trim before the install. I am now past bra strap so I gained about an inch of growth or so, which is awesome! But now I am scared of getting spilt ends! I am a victim of always getting bad split ends & I DO NOT use heat on a weekly or daily basis. I feel that my split ends happen because my hair is always rubbing on my clothes. I constantly do protective styles which are usually braids outs and even though it is a protective style my ends are still exposed. I would do buns again but I feel that buns have caused some damaged to my crown area. My crown area is my problem area and I feel it was because of buns. I'm sort of stuck on what protective style to do next. I am thinking about doing another sew in but I am not 100% sure if I want to. I did have ...

I am so happy that the build up is gone. I'm hoping that my products would finally be able to penetrate my hair shafts. Before I had clarified I was trying to cowash my hair which didn't work out. But now that the build up has been removed I'm looking forward to cowashing my hair again. I have always cowashed my hair. Seriously cowashing is what help me reach the length I am and I can't forget my buns. I love to cowash I swear by them. I'm planning to keep a sulfate shampoo in my regimen because since Lo-Po hair can get build up quickly I want to thoroughly clean my scalp. Since I had removed my weave I was only using a sulfate free shampoo. I also feel that a sulfate shampoo would be needed since I am on the JBCO challenge and that oil is pretty thick and can possibly clog my hair pores a sulfate shampoo would be needed. I am also thinking about looking into cone free products (If possible). I just want to avoid anything that would cause my hair t...

I have been having the hardest time with my hair lately. Every time I wash it there is always a end result of a ton of breakage. I don't know if its because my hair needs more moisture or protein. I had done a protein treatment last week that turned out horrible. Okay so I know that I am protein sensitive and have low porosity but I just felt that my hair needed protein badly. I haven't done a protein treatment in months! So I thought that this was what my hair needed. I went out that day and I had purchased the ORS Hair Mayonnaise. I didn't know if this was consider a medium or light protein, still not sure but that's what I had used. I applied it to my hair exactly the way the bottle had said to do it, 15 minutes with heat. Went in the shower rinsed came out with rough hair not to rough but it felt brittle. I then deep condition with my HE Hello Hydration for 30 mins without heat. Rinsed out the conditioner and nothing. My hair was not even close to feeling soft, mois...

I realized that maybe waiting every two weeks to wash my hair isn't going to work out for me. My hair feels so much more better when it has been cowashed and M&S frequently. So every other week I'm going to cowash atleast two times that week and deep condition once that week. I'm still putting my regimen together but I'm planning to include this and see how it works around my school schedule and my hair. Today I decided to start this off & this is what I did: 1. Shampoo with HE Hello Hydration 2. Condition with HE Color Me Happy 3. Deep Condition with NTM Deep Mask 4. T-Shirt Dry for 10 minutes 5. Apply Leave In's NTM Silk Touch & Sealed with EVOO 6. Style (4 Twist) I'm not planning to shampoo weekly only when I decide to flat iron but today I just felt like I needed to today. I'm planning on getting a sulfate free shampoo just to see how I would like them. A ny Sulfate-Free Shampoo You Ladies Can Recommend?