Healthy Hair Case Study - Eryn C.!
1. What is your styling preference (relaxed, natural, texlaxed) and hair type?I like my 'do fried and layed to the side. I texlax my edges and nape and it's really been helping with retention. I relax the rest about 90% straight. My hair type is a little 4a but mostly 4b.
2. What is your regimen? What products do you use? How do you style your hair from wet to dry and on a daily basis?
I'm a PJ to the fullest so I rotate products depending on how far into my stretch I am. Then, I tend to go more for "slip" products to aid in detangling my new growth. My favorites are listed below. My regimen format stays the same and that is:
Prepoo: Protein product or oil
Shampoo: CON Detangling or Elucence Moisture Balance Shampoo
DC: One of MANY!! It just depends on what I prepoo'd with.
Leave in/serum: Giovanni Direct Weighteless Leave In/Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Restructurizer/Fantasia Shine Polisher
Style: Airdry with do-rag, rollerset or flexirod set
If I prepoo with an oil, I'll DC with a protein/moisture balanced conditioner like Silicon Mix. If I prepoo with a protein product like ORS Hair Mayo, I'll DC with a straight moisture conditioner. My regimen is very simple and doesn't take alot of time since convenience is important to me and I have to walk back and forth to the bathroom.
I am still working on my pincurl game, but I alter my daily styles between french braid, bun, and flexirod sets. I have been using growth aids for the past 5 months with great results of increased length, thickness and strength.
3. What is your favorite styling technique and why?
I've recently fallen in love with flexirods. They are easy and produce a fun style that can last a few days. I am also loving the new Southern Tease bun I learned on maneandchic.com. (pic attached)
4. Please briefly describe your hair journey. How has Healthy Textures helped with your journey?
Like many other ladies, I got to a point where I was tired of being on a hair rollercoaster dependant upon stylists. Now that I'm back overseas, I saw the condition of my hair deteriorate and I got fed up. It started when I googled "black hair growth" not really expecting anything. I eventually found out about fotki, saw a link for Gennifer's old blog and began reading. I hesistated joining Healthy Textures (1) because I couldn't understand that there was a forum for hair. But I joined anyway and it was the best thing I could have done for my hair!
5. What has made the most significant change in your hair?
The texture of my hair has dramatically turned around for the better. It's smoother and softer due to so many techniques I've learned such as reducing direct heat, heat protection, deep conditioning, and moisture protein balance.
6. What advice would you give to ladies that are just starting on their journey?
If anyone could learn from my mistakes it would be:
- Keep your regimen simple
- Avoid bandwagons - do your own research and make your own decisions
- Give yourself at least 30 days on the same regimen to see improvement
- Health before length!
7. How has achieving healthier hair impacted or influenced other areas of your life?
HT has helped me not only learn about haircare, but have renewed faith that a group of black women can actually be supportive of one another. It's also help for me to get my femininity back and now I've gotten motivated to take a more active role in skin care. The motivation and willingness to help with everyone here has been unmatchable across the many boards I've seen on the net.
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