Wash Day 1-29-12

I'm having a bad hair day in my opinion.... Today was washday and I have implemented 3 new things into my wash day because the MT is such a strong protein. I use shea butter shampoo, prepoo every wash day with a mixture of oils and I do a hot evoo and honey treatment under the dryer for 30 mins. I then tried to apply the cold wave roller to my hair to get me shirley temple curls... But I'm almost positive I got the wrong size, bc the rollers absolutely wouldn't fit they kept sliding out. So I'm going to return them and get a smaller size and hope they work out,  I will be updating on Sunday. So once that failed I decided to use my satin roller.. Long story short it was an EPIC FAIL, I later found out that I used to much foam lotion it left my hair hard. I tried to come through it and lost so much hair.. I'm so discouraged about it, in my opinion it was a major setback... But you live and you learn. Here is a pic of the outcome once I sealed and moisturized and slept in a satin bonnet:

Alter Regimen

Now that I am doing the MT challenge, I have to alter my regimen a bit. I have now implemented pre-pooing, honey treatments into my regimen and shampooing with a clarifying shampoo (monthly) and shea butter shampoo weekly, along with co-washing weekly. I pre-poo (prior to shampoo and co-washing) with a plethora of oils: safflower oil, castor oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, extra virgin olive oil and grape seed oil. I apply this oil mixture to my scalp and my hair sleep place a plastic bag and a bonnet on my head and leave on over night. I then do a honey treatment, where I mix organic honey and extra virgin olive oil into an applicator bottle and apply to scalp and hair put plastic bag on head and sit under the dry for 30 mins. I then either shampoo or co-wash and continue my normal regimen. I will keep this going for 6 weeks while I am doing MY MT challenge.... Happy Hair Growth :))

1st Relaxer of the year!

My very 1st Relaxer of 2012 was 1-12-12

My last relaxer of 2011 (Oct) and My current relaxer of 2012 (Jan).. Present Progress as of 1-25-12

3-29-12 is the next date for my next RELAXER

Weekly MT Update

I'm noticing ALOT of shedding!!! I cannot afford a set back of any kind... Sooo I've decided to cut the MT down to every other day oppose to everyday. I will see if this helps.... But it does appear that my edges are becoming thicker, so that is a POSITIVE!

One week of using Mega Tek edges appear thicker

My own personal MegaTeK Challenge 1-17-12

*This Challenge was actually started a week a ago, I just wasn't able to post

I was reading many hair growth forums and I had been hearing a lot about a product called MegaTek. This product is essentially used for horses, if they are missing a patch or their hoofs are not growing MegaTek is applied to serve as a growth aid. This product has in fact been approved for humans. I suffer from week spots on my edges in the front and just overall thinnest of my hair since I am relaxed now. So I entered into my own challenge, I found a recipe online for the MegaTek. A recipe is needed so the MegaTek can be diluted it is a very strong protein.  




The Recipe

• 6 tsps of Mega Tek
• 3 tsps of Jamaican Black Castor Oil
• 2 tspns Glycerin

I mix this solution into an applicator bottle and apply to my scalp once a day, along with sealing and moisturizing everyday. I have also included garlic pills (1000mg) into my regemine to combat the shedding. The Meag Tek is said to cause shedding and garlic prevents shedding. I plan on doing this challenge for six weeks. I will be posting a starting pic and an ending pic once the sixth week is here. I'm excited!! Happy Growing!!

    

My Hair Story

Hello Again, I was finally able to set my page up the way that I wanted.. I am totally new to this so I was like a baby learning to walk, but I'm there. So I can get on with the who, what, when, and why of my blog. I'm Alexia McCrary and I decided to do a blog so I could document my new Healthy Hair Care Journey that I have embarked upon.. A fellow classmate of mine started hers almost a year ago and she would post various things on her face book page, I would borrow here and there not totally following the plan. However I decided about a month ago to fully get on board with a healthy hair care regimen. And so far so good, I'm not even close to where I want to be but I am trucking on along lol... Here is break down of the past until now (as far as my hair goes).

In the beginning  (birth-'07)

• Relaxer every 4 weeks
• Grandmother was a beautician
• Didn't focus on hair care whatsoever
• Hair was the longest it has ever been my entire life

The start of the problems  ('07-'09)

• Decided to get hair cut into a bob
• Bleached hair almost white blond
• Moved away no longer had my Grandmother as my stylist
• Hair begin to severely break off

My Solution  ('09-11)

• Decided to go natural
• Colored hair the day I cut it off ( not a good idea)
• Bleached hair again while it was natural (even worse idea)

My next "Solution" ('11-now)

• Back to a relaxer
• Bleached hair began to severely break off again

My Final solution (Dec 2011-FOREVER :)

• Start my HEALTHY HAIR CARE JOURNEY

In this blog I will be documenting my progress due to my new found regimen, I will also be trying new thing, entering challenges and just the whole nine yards to ultimately achieve my goal.

My Goal

• Achieve even length

I'm excited to take you on this journey with me, I will be posting pics, videos and etc to help me track my progress along the way to reaching my goal... And the reason why I am not saying my goal is SL, APL, BL (shoulder length, armpit length and back length) etc. is because my hair is so uneven I can't realistically at this point set my sites on such goals.. Once I can get an even length I will definitively make a decision on what my true goal is as far as length.. I'm all about texture, evenness and thickness at this moment.... Well that concludes my introductory statement..... Hope you enjoy following my progress....

My First Day of blogging....

Hello! I decided today to create a blog. I'm trying to get the layout of my blog to be the way that I want it, still not quite sure how to do that but I will figure it out, just the way that I am figuring out how to achieve healthy hair that is all one length. I want to track my journey starting from the past to to where I am currently, I have ways to go to reach my goal but I am well on my way.... Bear with me once I figure out the preliminaries I will be ready to blog away, using pictures and videos to track my journey.....