Hair Today - Dry Tomorrow!

My Kinky Curly Knot Today & Curling Custard arrived yesterday evening. So this morning, I hopped into the shower, and used my Whole Foods' Lavender Shampoo & Conditioner to clean out any old product. I combed the conditioner into the hair using my new wide tooth comb before rinsing and applying the Knot Today. As I combed the Knot Today through my hair I could feel my hair elongate. It was as if someone was stretching each strand of hair and it wasn't immediately shrinking back into itself like usual. Not to mention the stuff smelled amazing. It has the same texture as a regular cream conditioner but I could tell this one was doing so much more. Using the Knot Today as a leave-in conditioner, I looked at my hair in the mirror and could already see a difference. My usually tight spiral curls were wavier. My hair was actually showing its length! I was tempted to just leave my hair alone after that, but I wanted to get the full affect. I immediately applied the Curling Custard to my dripping wet hair and watched as my hair continued to stretch itself out. The Curling Custard product instructions suggest sectioning off hair and applying the product to individual sections which I could see would definitely lengthen my hair even more, but it's also time consuming and I wanted to see what I'd look like on an average day being my usual lazy self, so I just slapped the product into my hair like I do with my conditioner and combed it through to the ends of each strand. The Curling Custard feels like aloe vera gel straight from the plant. Excitedly, I took pictures at this stage.

As you can see in the pictures, my hair is very wet and full of visible product. I am concerned about drying time as the goal is "wash & go" not "wash & wait" but we shall see. I hate to apply heat to my hair but I might have to get a blow dryer with a diffuser if I continue to use this product.

Kinky Curly's Tip page states:

Water is the best moisturizer and is not drying to your hair. You can wash hair everyday if you use a gentle, pH balanced, sulfate free shampoo.

A powerful statement for an African-American woman who fights the beliefs she was brought up with and daily cleans her hair with a sulfate, paraben, etc-free conditioner, washing it fully once a week with the complementing shampoo.

Here's a picture about an hour into drying when I got bored and decided to shake my head around to see what would happen. My hair is still soaking wet and the product is visible. By now, I'd be at work, which means, this is what people would see when I got there.

THREE HOURS LATER and my hair is still visibly wet. You can still see the product in it. Next time I'll use less product as I don't need wavy ringlets which is what I was getting before I broke down and towel dried some of the product out, combed (my still completely wet) hair out and used a hair dryer to get it a little drier. So the final results are not exactly what they should be because I cannot wait any longer. Still better than what my hair usually looks like and a lot more length - though it's always long when it's SOAKING WET! Whenever it's finally dry, I'll put up the final product picture.

For me, my natural hair is an extension of my beliefs. If I'm not going to put chemicals into my body, why should I put them on it. It's a rebellion against the belief that what grows out of my head "isn't good enough" the way it is. There is nothing wrong with my natural hair. I like my afro and I like my kinky curls and I like knowing that both are a part of who I am.

After 4 hours, I present to you the "still wet but I give up at least it's super soft" results! (I included a picture of me with my afro for comparison purposes.)

On a side note, I bought another skirt from Mountains of the Moon! I got the purple and chocolate one in a size smaller. It should still fit just fine since the size I bought is super loose and I just keep getting smaller myself!