Okay. I'm done with the hair challenge. During the process I had mixed feelings. Some days I hated it and some days I loved it. I've come to the conclusion that I will continue with parts of it. I will lay off the shea butter a little bit. While it make my hair shine it also weighs it down and I've notice while I haven't been using it my wash and gos have been more successful. While I was using the shea butter my hair would look like a mess of tangled knots.
I never use coconut oil but I do use coconut milk so this one wasn't too much of a problem for me. I prefer pumpkin seed oil. It was funny how that worked out. So how my oils got mixed up while I was sick so I couldn't smell anything so for almost 2 weeks I was using pumpkin seed oil which I sometimes use for cooking and the results were great. My hair had shine and it feels healthier. I'm just glad I didn't cook with what I thought was the pumpkin seed oil.
I do use the eco styler gel but I don't use it often enough for it to be a problem. If I have something special going on I will attempt to tighten up my edges with a little gel but that's it. I don't use it for my twists or braids. It takes me a good 8 months to go through a container. I try to stay away from gel in general.
As for the castor oil I like the Jamaican black castor oil. I was using it quite a bit but I think I will use it sparingly to see how that goes. The peppermint oil infused in the castor oil does wonder for my scalp. I've been using a peppermint shampoo for a while and that seems to help but lately my scalp has been dryer than usual. I need to find a healthy combination to make sure my scalp gets healthier.
These are just my results and it may be different for someone else. I say give it a try to see. Stay tuned because this is a twofer. I will be posting about proving to some of my cousins that black hair can grow.
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