STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

fyi...i already notice a difference!!!!!
I'm so excited!
I have less frizz and my curls look healthier and are curlier!

ejc423- thanks for the info! I'm totally going to look into it! I hope I score, thats a great deal!!

i still haven't had time to do my homework on CG site. Was wondering if you gals can tell me when we should shampoo with our CG approved shampoo? I'm assuming when we feel we need to?

I've already noticed a difference in my hair, too.  I used to get little frizzies at the top and I don't have those anymore.  My curl is also more defined.  However, I got the Loreal Pro Vive Nutri Gloss (the one for med/long curls)  to condition my length and I don't really like it.  My hair looks kind of heavy and dulll and I think it's because of the added protein.  I should have known better though; my hair generally doesn't react well to extra protein, even when it's drier.  So tomorrow I'm going to use the suave stuff that I got to cowash on my length and see if that works better for me.

Tati wrote:

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k....I got my Suave conditioner and gels to use. Bought the Tresemme hairspray that is completly CG approved but when I came home to use it today, I realized I cant stand the smell! ugh! going back tomorrow to exchange it for Aussie spray, the purple bottle, hopefully I'll like that smell better.

any updates?

what products did you buy/ are using?

oh! and i was looking for a shampoo thats CG approved but couldn't find one.....anyone?

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Even though I hadn't replied yet, I am joining the CG experiment, too! I shopped for products yesterday. I found Jason Organics shampoo and EOS shampoo that are CG approved, so if the TJ Maxx recommendation doesn't work out, you might try those. I got the Jason Organics aloe, in a pretty big bottle, for I think 6.99. More than Suave, but I like it (I washed yesterday to have a baseline for starting the "program"). 

And, since they recommend using a 1/2 tsp of shampoo diluted with some water for washing, one bottle is going to last foooreeeever.

How is everyone doing with this?

I think I'm starting into my rough period. My hair has been kind of limp lately and the waves are falling out easier...I'm leaving for a weeklong family vacation on Saturday though. So hopefully, I'll go through the ugliest part while I'm out of the country and with people who have to love me no matter what I look like

Kelly wrote:

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How is everyone doing with this?

I think I'm starting into my rough period. My hair has been kind of limp lately and the waves are falling out easier...I'm leaving for a weeklong family vacation on Saturday though. So hopefully, I'll go through the ugliest part while I'm out of the country and with people who have to love me no matter what I look like

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Ugh, my hair has looked like crap the past two days.  Yesterday it was like what Kelly described, just limp. Today I have a huge frizz halo.

My hair is starting to get really curly. The past few days were a little rough and my hair ended up in a ponytail, but suddenly today, I have loose ringlets.

I've been using an organic conditioner and cowashing once a week with a light conditioner. I also use a teeny tiny drop of the organic conditioner as leave-in conditioner.

To style, I use a lightweight pomade and an organic sea salt/lavender oil spray when it's wet. I blow dry with a diffuser because my hair would take hours to dry otherwise. Then I mist it again with the sea salt spray. I think I still need a hairspray and a smoothing lotion, but otherwise, so far, so good.

I do have a hair appointment this Saturday and I'm sure my stylist will straighten it and use products with 'cones and sulfates. I hope this one straightening event doesn't wreck my weeks of work.

This sounds good to me too.  I'd love to know where you got it too!

ILoveChoo and gossipgirl, It's John Master's Organics Sea Mist. I love it! I actually picked it up at Whole Foods, but you can purchase it from the website.

I have to say, I'm having a little bit of rough time with my hair right now. It's so humid where I live that it's turning into a giant frizz ball. I think I need some kind of oil to tame it. I used to use Moroccan Oil (that stuff is awesome), but it's full of 'cones. Before I started doing CG, I went away for the weekend and forgot my Moroccan Oil and I could totally see a difference in how (un)manageable my hair was and how frizzy it got. Must find a replacement. Otherwise, I'm not sure if CG is really going to work for me. I'm trying to stick it out, though.





-- Edited by kenzie on Monday 29th of June 2009 06:55:36 AM

I think I've "rounded the bend" into pretty-hair territory. Every day it's looking better! Hooray!! And it almost seems like, some days when I fuss with it the least (when I just put in gel, scrunch, and walk away instead of plopping and diffusing) that it looks better than when I put the effort in. I've also been mixing in a tiny drop of my cowashing conditioner in with my gel every couple days.

Pollyjean - I don't swim in chlorine a lot, but last week I was on vacation and there was a pool available so I went a couple times. I think I did a pretty good job of getting the chlorine out with a really good cowash, but I did read a couple places that it can be really helpful to wet your hair and then put some conditioner in it before heading to the pool. Then your hair is full of conditioner and can't soak up as much chlorine.

I don't know from personal experience, though. I didn't do that at all because the idea of walking all the way back to my cabin just to put some conditioner in my hair and then walk around looking like I forgot to rinse it out wasn't so appealing to me...