So I used the roux porosity yesterday. I wanted to be really good so I used it for the time it said on the bottle - 30 seconds (well I did about 1 minute). Sunshyne suggests longer and other methods.
Does anyone know how often I can use it? I want to try it for longer either Wed, Thurs, or Fri night...and I wanna keep using it until I see a diff in my hair.
Results so the hair was still shedding a bit today...and the snap I had when I use to test break my hair is gone. No snap. Ahhhh. Did I say I hate henna??? I guess I did. Serves me right.
Rauney (my hairlista friend) has encouraged me so for the next 6 or so weeks, I'm just gonna struggle through. I already trimmed it so all I can do now is take care.
So my hair is still breaking up a storm! I am trying to be fair but I am so strongly ANTI-HENNA now it isn't funny. Anyhow. I have calmed now. It took this long.
I'll post the pics when I get home (@ work now).
I have researched porosity conditioners trying to figure out if it could possibly help my hair situation.
Associated Content has an article that helps you decide if your hair is overly porous...click here
Causes of porous hair:
mechanical and heat abuse from combs, brushes, and heat styling tools,
the sun, over processing from chemical relaxers and permanent colors,
and the continued use of sodium lauryl or ammonium lauryl sulfate-rich shampoos.
Testing porosity
Test 1: Wet your hair. Before you start to shampoo your hair, notice how long it takes for your hair to actually feel soaked and fully saturated with water. Hair that "wets" easily is typically porous. If your hair takes quite some time to actually get fully wet, your hair is less porous. (Or your hair could be coated with heavy oils and other products!) As your hair dries (air dry), note how quickly the drying takes place. Porous hair dries very quickly, and in some cases, the ends of the hair may be dry before your body is fully dried! Hair that takes longer to dry is typically less porous.
On fully dried hair, note whether your hair feels rough and tangles easily. Hair that "catches" on itself, does not move well, and tangles easily is usually porous, or is in need of a trim.
This happened to me and I trimmed on Fri night because I thought my hair was too tangly and I just blogged that my hair dried SUPER quick last time I washed...
Test 2: Gently hold strands of your dry hair between your index finger and thumb, and then slowly slide your fingers along the length of the strand. You should be moving from the scalp to the ends. If you feel an overall uneven texture as you move along down the shaft, your hair is slightly porous.
Test 3: Take a few strands of "harvested" hair (shed hair from your comb, hair brush, etc.) and place them in a bowl of water. If the hair sinks in less than a minute or two, it is porous. The sooner your hair sinks, the more porous it is. If only one part of the strand sinks, you have a spotty porosity problem. This is not uncommon.
OMG. My hair just SANK (parts stayed up)
Once you have performed one or more of the porosity tests and believe that your hair is indeed porous, read Part 2 of this Porosity Series to learn ways that you can treat your own porosity issues.
So I thought maybe using something for porous hair may be useful...so the moisturizer can really get to work on my hair strands. Then I can baby my hair back to health.
