Quick relax update

So, i relaxed after 23 weeks of stretching. Pretty long, but i am happy i did it. I gained some lenght, but i wanted a more even look so i got it cut and it looks so much fuller! Glad i did it, stilll not APL but i think i would be by July. I relaxed on 2 January, and i don't know when i am gonna relax again.

Love,

Kind of a new year's revolution

1. Change diet
Keep drinking 8 glasses of water a day, lemonwater and aloe vera juice. Limit soda, junk/fat food and sugar, eat more plain natural yogurt. Eat more fruits and vegabels. Go early to bed to get enough sleep.
2. Exercise more
Work out at least for 1,5hour twice or three times a week.

3. Simplelize hairregimen
One shampoo, one protein conditioner, one moisterizing conditioner, one co-washer, two leave in (protein and moister), one moisturizer, one clarifyer. No more headache on what i'm gonna use. And just take the time to listen to my hair and fufill the needs it has and do challenges to achrive goals.

Personal thicken hair up challenge - 3 months.
- Apply castor oil at least 2x a week on scalp and ends.
- Heat rehab, use flat iron or blow dryer once in 6 weeks.
- Deep condition after every wash for atleast 30minutes.
- Do low manipulation and protective style.
- Only use combes on washdays, fingercomb hair daily.

4. Hold on to my skin care
Remove make-up with Olive oil, wash face with washcloth and desinfect hands before touching my face. Wash once a day with african black soap, tone with aloe vera calming toner, moisterize with jojoba and almond oil. Scrub with St. ives scrub, use natural products as mask. Steam with roseship oil or OCM once a month with Olive oil mixed with castor oil.

5. Put more time and energy in school and work
It will only work with me not against me. It will help me develope, grow and stick more to my planning.

So this is al a one months trial to see if it works for me, my skin, my hair and my body. These things were always on my to do list. I started with some of them with baby steps and in 2010 i'm ready to complete the things i had in mind for myself. It's just something i always wanted and i just continue where i started. It can be a hard journey with falling, standing up and facing problems but at the end you know that you can reach what you want if you just put effort and your heart to it. It will be great to reach them and you show yourself that nothing is impossible.

Love,

Merry Christmas!

I'm wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Let christmas be a lovely moment with you and your family,
hope that the new year brings wonderfull things to all of us
And the most important: let us be healthy and happy.

Love,

(PS. There are no updates till the 5th of January 2010.

Because i'm on a holiday at Curacao.)

Stretch update #2

I've been stretching for twenty weeks already. It's going super fast, i don't even count the weeks anymore. So a quick update: i kept myself on my regimen, i've been putting coconut oil mixed with castor oil on my scalp,  my new growth if feeling really soft and moisturized, my scalp feels clean, i have no breakage, sometimes i get tangels when i try to comb my hair out, i wear protective styles seven days a week, sometime's my new growth gets dry when i go outside but other than that so far so good. I haven't straightend my hair this month because the weather is ugly. It keeps raining and raining, the only thing i did was blow out my new growth. I just sectioned a part off, put a little round brush on my new growth and blowdried it. It didn't last very long but i was pleased at that moment. Next week thursday i hit my 21 weeks. BUT i am not going to relax yet, i'm gonna get a sew-in because i'm going on a vacation for three weeks and i don't want to worry about my hair and i want to give it some rest.

Love,

My oilmix

The oils i use:

Almond oil: Nourishes, softens, condition and protects the skin.

Jojoba oil: Is close to our natural skin oil. It helps to balance the skin and make it more 'calm'.

Nerts olie/Mink oil: Slows down the aging process and the production of oil. Stimulate the production of new cells.
Glycerine: Is a humetant, it attracts moisture to your skin.
Tea tree oil: Kills bacteria, infections and helps to prevent a pimple.
Rosesip oil: Rehydrates and nourish the skin, repairs damaged skin cells and reduce wrinkles.
Vitamin E oil: Great for fading imperfections, anti aging, protect you skin against the sun and helps to retain the skins natural moisture.

What i do is i take my Almond oil and fill like 1/6 of my bottle with. After that i take my Jojoba oil and Vitamin E and put the same amout as Almond oil in it. After that i put 15 drops of Mink oil, 15 drops of Rosehip oil, 10 drops of Tea tree oil and 7 drops of Glycerin. Shake it all up for ten seconds and there you have it. Very simple, and it goes a long way because you just need a few drops to moisturize.

When i first maked my oilmix i made a little bit to see if it worked for me. After one week of use i noticed that my skin became more smoother and less oily. After two weeks of use my skin was smooth, really soft, moisturized, hydrated and pimple-free. I now and then get one at that time of the month but other than that i haven't experienced any pimples and if i do i dot it with tea tree oil and it is gone before i know it. So it's now four months ago that i started with my oil mix and it's the best moisturizer. It's all natural, i know what's in it and the benefits of it and it helped my skin so much. The only oily spots on my face are my nose and the space between my eyebrows but it's not that oily anymore, the rest of my face is more combinated. This ones a keeper!

Love,