The Pineapple

First, and most importantly, I'm back home from vacation! Back to humidity and extreme heat, but most importantly, little wind. It may not sound like paradise, but for my hair, it is definitely more of a heaven than New Mexico, Nevada, and the Mojave Desert.  The last night at my parents house, I washed and conditioned my hair with the Carols Daughter products. I then added a quarter size amount of the Organics Curl Enhancing Smoothie to my hair, combed it through, and did a braid out. I put it all inside a shower cap and went to sleep.

I was not happy with the results. When I woke up, my hair was still damp, but most importantly, it was flat and the ends were not curled from where I had to tie off the braid with a rubber band. My hair was a disaster, it looked and felt greasy and stringy. I pulled it back into a bun so I wouldn't have to look at it any longer.

Yesterday after the gym, I came home and conditioned my hair with my KMS Silk Sheen conditioner, combing it through, of course before washing it out. I then added a dime size amount of the Organics Curl Enhancing Smoothie to my hair, again combing it through root to tip. I sectioned my hair in four sections, adding my Curl Defining lotion from Carols Daughter to each section and scrunching it in my hair. For the first time in two weeks I had a fabulous hair day! My curls were defined and soft with minimal frizz. I'm convinced it has to do with my central California weather, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

So onto the pineapple...

I've been watching Sarah's YouTube videos and she did a tutorial on the pineapple, which is basically taking all the hair and putting it in a high ponytail at the top of the head. I resembled a unicorn, if only unicorns had flimsy horns. Before putting my hair on top of my head, I took some more of the Organics Curl Enhancing Smoothie (naturallycurly.com says curly hair can never have too much conditioner) and put it into a spray bottle, mixing it with about 1/2 cup of water and shaking it so the product and water mixed. I sprayed the conditioner on my hair and pulled my hair up into the pineapple. From Sarah's video, I thought my hair was going to kind of rest on top of my head, but I realized my hair is way longer than hers, so this is what mine turned out like:

While the hairstyle is funny looking, it worked better than pulling my hair back and smashing my curls while I slept. I wanted to try some way to preserve my curls overnight because I am sick of styling it everyday, especially when I know I don't have to do so. When I woke up this morning, my hair had a lot more volume, but the curls were still really defined. I sprayed some more of my water+Curl Enhancing Smoothie mix throughout to refresh them and was good to go.

My bangs were a little straight, so I have to figure out how I can make them defined for my second day hair, but all in all, I was very pleased with my first try of the pineapple. I think I'm going to try it again tonight to see if my hair can get another day out of this wash.

In other news, I know this is a blog about my hair and heritage, but I have to share this new face wash I bought last night at Target. I thought it was appropriate that I buy something for my face that is just as good as what I've been putting in my hair, so I picked up Neutrogena Naturals, which contains no parabens or sulfates! I am beyond excited, I hope it makes my skin softer than it has been.

I'll update about the facial wash after a few weeks of using it.

I think I'm going to try a braid out again next week, but this time I'm going to pick up some perm rods from Sally's for the ends of my hair so they can curl as well. I want to pick up this Organic Root Stimulator Lock and Twist Gel because I saw in a video that the girl did a braid out using this product with the Curl Enhancing Smoothie. The good thing is, the Organic Root Stimulator is only $2.99 at Walgreens!Follow @AlexiaaBrooks