Who's interested in a challenge for our daughters?

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Challenge will be ongoing starting Monday, April 5^th and we'll check in 1or 2x's a week with tips, progress, what products we're using, styles etc.

My daughter is tex-laxed. She is 12 and her hair is fine but has a kinky, wavy, curly texture that wasn’t manageable until I loosened it with relaxer.

Hair goal is to have healthy thicker hair – waist length by end of summer. It’s currently mid-back.

Is that reasonable? 

She takes Flinstones J so her multivitamin is covered.

I flat ironed my daughter’s hair last week so I won’t put any direct heat on it again until  May/June for a graduation.

I purchased jojoba oil and Fantasia PM oil.

I will wash with Cream of Nature 1x every 2 weeks or 1x per week as needed

Deep condition with OSR

Clarify 1x month

Protein treatment 1x month.

No trimming until I flat iron again in June.

Hair milk to moisturize

Gel on edges

Wide tooth comb

Brush

Simple styles – 1  or 2 ponytails

Braid outs (she really likes those)

Bantu knots to get it straight

Bonnet nightly (THIS is the hard part!!!) with the Fantasia PM oil applied.

I will try to find a ruler and measure her hair so I can have an accurate length to base growth on.

Jojoba Oil Hair Treatment

There are too many jojoba oil for hair uses to count!  First, jojoba oil works great as a serum by adding shine and helping with dryness.  You can apply a tiny bit after you’ve applied your leave-in conditioner to seal in the moisture. You can also apply it to  dry hair either all over for shine or simply to ends for dryness.  Jojoba oil will work similarly to a serum by smoothing the hair cuticle which can hide the appearance and improve dry, frizzy or dull-looking hair.

Second, it works great  for hot oil treatments.  It is known that doing a hot oil treatment every two months can beneficial to your hair.   

Here's an easy recipe for a jojoba hot oil treatment:

1. You’ll first want to warn up the bottle of jojoba oil. 
2. After warming, apply the jojoba oil all over your hair and cover with a plastic cap.  (Don't forget to massage into your scalp also!)
3. Let it sit for 30 minutes and then rinse and shampoo as usual.

Finally, just like many other oils, you can use jojoba oil for hair by adding it to your conditioner to make it more moisturizing and emollient.  Simply add a teaspoon to your conditioner and apply it to your hair.  Let it sit and then rinse.  Do not re-shampoo your hair!  This works especially well for African-American hair or kinky, and curly hair textures. Now that you know about the many uses of jojoba oil, let's find out where you can buy some.

Buy Pure Jojoba Oil

You can purchase jojoba oil all over the place!  You can be sure to find it at health food stores and it is even becoming more common to find it at drugstores.  You’ll be better off buying it in a health food store or online so that you can buy 100% jojoba oil.  Otherwise, you can’t be sure if other ingredients have been added or not.  Jojoba oil can be on the pricey side depending on where you purchase it so be careful if you notice it at an extremely cheap price because it probably isn’t authentic or rather organic.  Also pay attention to whether it is 100% pure jojoba oil or if something has been added; a popular ingredient to add is vitamin E.  A popular brand of organic jojoba oil is Dessert essence.