8inches – 8 ½ inches! 

In total, I gained about 3-4 inches of growth since I became fully natural, without really doing anything. I’m definitely intrigued, and I intend to take advantage of this new growth rate that I have right now, and at the same time, improve the state of my scalp. I’m also going to be very detailed in documenting my journey this year to help my readers on their own journeys. 

Products used:

In my previous post, I explained that my wash day routine has been the same for the past couple of months, because I'm transitioning to natural hair, and using wigs in my opinion is the easiest way to deal with different textures (Not to mention, I also work for a Hair Company), so I decided to do a more detailed post about my wig regimen. Here's how it works:


 1. Cornrows: I put my hair in cornrows and leave it in for about 2-3 weeks, during this period, I moisturise and seal daily (or almost never, but I'm supposed to).

 Related: How I do My Cornrows

 2. Condition: While the cornrows are still in, I co wash or deep condition once a week or as needed, then I air dry.

 3. Shampoo: I shampoo my hair once a month, for this I take down my cornrows, detangle, shampoo, condition, the works.

Related: Minimize Breakage and Tangles on Wash Day

 4. Dry: I t-shirt dry my hair for a few minutes, then I apply my leave-ins: Mega Growth Daily Leave-in Strengthner, and my Oil Mixture.


Next, I blow dry each section using the Tension Method before putting my hair back in cornrows.



 This regimen helps in protecting my ends, and also allows me to leave my hair alone...most of the time. I

hope this post was helpful! Leave all your questions in the comment section, I'd love to read them.

 Have you been wearing wigs lately? What's your updated regimen?

Put me on your healthy hair naughty list. I only moisturized my hair twice between wash days, and my wash days are about 3 weeks apart. Funny enough, my hair stayed soft and moisturised to an extent, but the real issue here is that my length check was an absolute fail!
Here's what happened:


- Detangled: I took out my cornrows, sectioned my hair into four quadrants and applied Mega Growth Deep Conditioner to each section. Next, I detangled each quadrant using my fingers first then followed with a wide tooth comb.

- Deep Conditioned: once I was done with each section, I covered my hair with a plastic bag and let it sit for two hours.

- Blow dried: after rinsing out the conditioner, I wrapped my hair in a T-shirt for 10 minutes to soak up the excess water before blow drying. I never blow dry on soaking wet hair.


- Flat iron (sort of): This is where the problem began, my hair refused to stay straight, the second I was done with a section, it would start to revert and shrink back up. It was extremely frustrating, even after passing the flat iron several times through my hair, it still didn't stay straight.


- Flexi rod set: since my hair didn't turn out the way I expected, I decide to use flexi rods on my dry hair two days later. I moisturised each little section using Mega Growth Daily Leave in strengthener and sealed with my oil mixture, then set my hair in rods for a few hours.



It did create some curls, but I just knew those babies weren't going to last. I saved myself the heartache and created a messy bun out of it. And this is how my hair has been throughout the week.




And that's how my #washdayexperience went. I'll definitely attempt to straighten it again. I refuse to give up that easily.

   How was your washday?

Step 5: Remember to keep the flexi rods in a vertical position. This also determines the direction of the waves.


Step 6: All done! Leave in overnight. If you are wearing a wig like I am, then you can take it off and avoid a serious battle with sleep.


Finally, take out the flexi rods and style.

I fall in love with my hair all over again whenever I take out my cornrows, the volume and thickness is just to die for! However, I will not lie, I do miss how easy it was to part my hair when it was relaxed. Dealing with texlaxed hair and new growth is not easy.

Here's how my #washdayexperience went:  

Products Used:

-Mega Growth Deep Conditioner
-Mega Growth Stimulating Shampoo
-Vo5 Silky Experiences Moisturizing Conditioner
-Mega Growth Daily Leave-in Strengthener
-Oil Mixture (click here for more info)
-Fantasia IC Heat Protectant Serum    

The Process: