ImTheOne
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Just seeing this my notifications suck you actually have my exact hair specs so happy to have found you and Afope! I tried the method last week with my CR Honey Hydrate and homemade plant gel but my hair still keeps drying out! I'm about to watch her plant gel video and see if I’m doing something wrongWhat method? Afope was just giving some suggestions on what ingredients to look out for or to try in your regimen and other info. Are you referring to using film forming humectants?
If not, my bad. maybe you was asking another poster about another YouTuber's method?
Yes. I have high porosity, medium density and fine strands. It works! I've been using all natural diy products for almost four weeks and I don't suffer with any more itchy, dry or tender scalp/hair. Also, I still use a shampoo weekly (actually I wash twice a week) just not with sulfates, clarifying and chelating commercial/store bought shampoos. I decided to start making my own because those were too harsh on my hair/scalp. Now, I'm not saying I wouldn't try a store bought or commercial shampoo again--Just not right now! When I do, I'll use shampoos that are mild cleansers-- cruelty free, vegan or organic. Ingredients matters!!
RECAP OF WHAT I WROTE IN ANOTHER THREAD:
Maybe this will help another high porosity (or low porosity) natural?
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My pre poos and diy hair masks, shampoos and conditioners. My hair/scalp doesn't like harsh and or toxic ingredients. I realized my hair loves masks that helps retain moisture. Vegan, cruelty free and or organic store bought hair products. Oils and butters (sparingly) are a must for my fine strands (penetrating and sealing) high porosity hair.
Anyway, I learned that this is what my hair truly loves in commercial leave-in conditioners, creams or deep conditioners:
Moisture: water
Humectants: honey & sorbitol (or vegetable glycerin for low porosity) I'm high in porosity.
Film foaming humectants: hydroxyethyl cellulose, panthenol, aloe vera, Apple cider vinegar, slippery elm and marshmallow root
Strength: proteins; building blocks of protein such as amino acids, peptides and hydrolyzed protein
Ceramides (natural); safflower oil, wheat germ oil & hemp seed oil Ceramides (artificial); 2-oleamido-1 3-octadecanediol
Conditioning: Fatty alcohols, emulsifiers & emollients: cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl esters, caprylyl glycol, propylene glycol distearate, triglycerides, polyquaternium, **Behentrimonium Methosulfate (BTMS)
BTMS provides slip and smooth down the cuticles.
The rest of the ingredients helps retain moisture and protects the strands and scalp.
Misses:
Any shampoos with Sodium lauryl sulfate, Sodium laureth sulfate. I rather use my DIYs black soap or castile soap shampoo to clarify (or cruelty free, vegan shampoo).
These ingredients strips the hair leaving it dry and frizzy. This is a problem for those with scalp issues as well as high porosity (actual all porosities).
BTW, I want others to know that you don't have to make your own products to have a healthy regimen. Just watch out for harsh/toxic ingredients in products. There are good alcohols (fatty alcohols that I mentioned above) and bad alcohols. Silicones isn't bad (especially before using heating tools on your hair) as long as you clarify at least once a month (if using heavy creams, butter or hair grease and or silicone conditioners--Like Aussie Moist).