HOW TO ACHIEVE A PERFECT FINGER SHINGLING

Finger shingling might look simple, just follow your normal regimen during your wash day and then apply your leave in and gel and begin to work on your hair with your fingers. Yea..... I'm not doubting. It looks very easy but on a second thought, why do ladies still complain of their finger shingling not Turning out like the videos on YouTube?

Let's get the tips to achieving a perfect finger shingling

1. Detangle thoroughly - Detangle your hair thoroughly with either a comb or your fingers. Always detangle in sections. Use clips to hold your hair and work gradually.

2. Deep condition - You really want your hair to be manageable then this is a "must do" to achieve a manageable hair.

3. Trim your hair - I am not scared of trimming my hair. I have trimmed my hair once this year and dusted my ends twice. Your styles will come out right when your hair is healthy. So go get a trim if your styles are failing.

4. Lastly, you need to determine whether your hair likes been worked on when wet or when dry.

MY WEEKEND TREAT/ STYLE

I started off  by detangling my hair with coconut oil. I applied coconut oil to my scalp and hair and covered with a shower cap for 30 mins. Detangled gradually by working on a section at a time. Prepooed overnight using mayonnaise. 

Next day, I washed with ORS sulphate free shampoo and deep conditioned with Cantu deep treatment masque mixed with olive oil and honey. I Rinsed off the hair masque after 2 hours and wrapped my hair with a T-shirt.  When my hair was 80% dry, I applied almond oil to my scalp and massaged gently then I applied cantu leave in conditioner before sealing with shea butter.

Truth be told..... I'm still learning how to finger shingle my hair so my sister was kind enough to help. /smiles/

She used Eco styler gel, applied on a section and combed through with her fingers before shingling. It took us 2 hours to finish. We started late and I had a church program to attend so I had to blow dry my hair. Normally, I would Air dry but because I didn't want my hair to ruin, I had to substitute.

The style came out more beautiful than expected . I'm so excited. This style actually makes me feel like maintaining a TWA from a while. Still putting that into consideration.

The shine on my hair is so obvious that I was been asked about what I applied. But seriously, I can't tell. But I'll definitely keep doing what  I do. Maybe someday,  I can be able to explain  but for now, I'm just feeling myself.

Love you all.. and thanks for reading.

DIY/ Coconut milk and avocado

From the Indian spot.com,  the benefits of coconut milk are innumerable.  It nourishes hair by giving you natural hair moisture from your roots to ends. It helps in hair loss, it helps to detangle hair and helps promote healthy growth of hair.

I have been using this D.I.Y treatment for sometime but in different ways to understand the method that will work perfectly for my hair.

I usually opt for fresh coconut then blend to get fresh milk. I blended the avocado and sieved.

Read also How to extract coconut milk

I have tried this treatment 3 times in 3 different weeks.

Week 1- To the mixed avocado and coconut milk, I added 2 tbsp of EVOO and used it as a prepoo. I prepooed for 1 hour, using a shower cap.  I Rinsed afterwards with warm water and proceeded with shampooing with ORS sulphate free shampoo and deep conditioned with Cantu deep treatment masque for 30 to 45 minutes.

Result: my hair wasn't manageable as expected.

Week 2-  I shampooed using ORS sulphate free shampoo with warm water. Towel dried before conditioning.  This time, I decided to use it a a deep conditioner.  I applied the same quantity from the previous week and covered with a shower cap for 30mins.

Result: Frizz free, enough slip but there was something missing.

I asked my self severally.... What's missing? What am I doing wrong? Could it be me or maybe this D.I.Y treatment isn't for my hair?.... I've tried coconut banana hair mask and I couldn't stop having a feel of my hair because I loved how it felt. But then, I decided to give it another try.

Week 3- I prepooed with the same quantity but this time, I prepooed overnight.  Next day, I Rinsed with cool water, shampooed once and deep conditioned with Cantu deep treatment masque for 3 hours, using a shower cap. Rinse and T-shirt dried.

Result.: Manageable, frizz free, tangle free and yes!!! I found what was missing. 

Let me try as much as possible to detail it out to you.  I have a low porosity hair meaning that my hair cuticles are closed. Deep condition with a shower cap for 30 minutes is not enough to open up the cuticles to allow the treatments sink in. If I was to seat under a hair drier or a steamer, 20 minutes will be perfect but because I was using a shower cap, I needed more time. The last week result came out to be the best result because I deep conditioned for a longer time. My hair was so manageable and I'm thinking of keeping up with this treatment. I am super happy to find out what works for my hair.

When you find out what works for you, keep up. There's nothing as exciting as having good hair days. /smiles/

Thanks for reading. 
Love Always, Martyna.