My Hair Today: Wash & Go Puff

After styling my hair in pony tails and buns for almost a month I wanted to let my curls out.

My Hair Texture

Wet hair with no products

Wet hair with leave-in conditioner

I have looser and bigger coils more towards the front of my head. The rest of my head is tighter more S-shaped coils.

My hair has been feeling rough and dry lately. Even though I follow the same regiman of moisturizing every day and deep conditioning every week. It doesn't seem to matter what products I use or that I use a clarifing shampoo weekly.

After researching on the net, I believe it's because of hard water. This is only because I moved to a new place earlier this year, and after a couple of months of using the water I noticed I significant change in my hair.

Here are some effects of hard water on the hair:

Hair feels dry
Hair is resistant to color or perming
Dandruff or eczema of the scalp
Dry, flaky skin
Thinning hair
Colors fading too quickly
Perms appearing to fall out
Discoloration or darkening of hair
Hair lacks body and shine

To combat my hard water problem I have purchase a shower filtration system from Dupont.

DuPont™ In-Line Shower Filtration System – SS1050CH Series

Includes chrome shower head with filter cartridge that lasts up 6 months
Reduces odor, arsenic, chlorine and scale
Comes with a 60-day limited warranty

For more information on hard water please visit malibuc.com

Hair Books

I'm always looking for information on growing healthy hair. I spend hours watching natural hair videos on Youtube and viewing natural hair styles on Fotki. I also spend time on the internet researching about hair product ingredients, natural oil, etc...

I purchased Grow It by Chicoro and I also visit her blog. I also purchased Curly Like Me by Teri LaFlesh and I visit her blog also.

These two books have helped me greatly in my hair journey. Chicoro's book has taught me how important it is to protect and nurture the ends of our hair.

Teri has shown me that I do not need to chop off my hair in order to maintain healthy ends.

These two books are similar and different at the same time. Basically they are both about preserving and caring for the hair. And they have helped me greatly.