Rehairducation

MY CONSULTATION CLIENTS RESULTS

Hello Ladies

When I started the Hairducation consultation service I knew it would take a while before my clients would be able to send me pictures of significant changes in their hair.

Even though many of them notice less breakage and more manageable hair after only a few weeks it takes many months before increases in length is apparent.

Over the last year, many of my clients have been sending me  pictures showing off the health and length of their hair so I thought I would share some of them with you. I may have created their regimens but they followed through and put in the work.  Well done ladies

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I do have natural and transitioning clients too but I haven’t yet asked for their permission to share their pictures.  I guess they will be in my next client results post.

If you are interested in the consultation service please send an email to rehairducation@gmail.com.

Happy hair journey!

x

Lade

Learn | Change | Grow

BUN OF THE MONTH SERIES

Hello ladies,

It’s no secret that I love my buns for a whole host of reasons, the first being that I don’t like to spend too much time creating a hair style.
Another reason is that for a lot of black women, protective styling is important if you would like to retain more length. So because of my hair journey, buns became my comfort zone and go to hair style.
The third and most important reason for me is the fact that I genuinely LOVE buns. I think there is a bun for any outfit or occasion.

Over the years I have created and sometimes copied many super quick buns. I decided to start a Bun of the Month series in which I will share my favourite buns and how I created them.

THE CROSSOVER TOP BUN

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HOW I DID IT

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I hope you enjoyed the post. Will you be trying out this style?

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Lade

Learn | Change | Grow

 

 

 

HAIR UPDATE : 13 Weeks Post

 

Hello ladies

I am currently 13 weeks post and let’s just say the honeymoon is over. I switched to my wig regimen about 3 weeks ago. As I mentioned several times I use wigs to help me with stretching my relaxers to 22 weeks or more. I wash my hair every 3 weeks when wearing wigs and recently had a wash day.

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I have about an inch and half of new growth and loads of different textures going on. This causes my hair to form bigger knots and tangle faster than when it is freshly texlaxed. My hair also feels coarser and I have to step up on moisturising and sealing to prevent my hair from feeling too dry. Also my hair does not look as smooth and flowy as when it is freshly texlaxed.

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This picture was taken 2 days after my wash day. I air dried on my wash day so its not as sleek as when I blow dry.

What I do love about my hair when it’s this deep into my stretch is the volume at the roots. Despite its many challenges I would rather stretch my relaxers for as long as I can manage because in the long run its helps me reduce the risk or over processing my hair. A stretch is one of areas of a hair journey where the saying no pain no gain. I have at least 9 more weeks to go before I texlax so I am going to make the most of it and enjoy my hair one way or the other.

 

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Are you on a stretch? If yes, how many weeks post are you and what challenges are you facing with your hair?

The next post will be a hair style pictorial and will be up really soon.

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Lade

Learn | Change | Grow

 

 

BLURRY HAIR UPDATE

 

Hello Ladies

I hope you are well and beginning to enjoy the wind down towards Christmas and the end of the year.

I have certainly had an up and down year on the hair front with plenty of trims but I am getting back on track now…..or at least I’ am trying to. I realise that I had been slacking a bit and I am trying to be more consistent with my regimen and I can already see it paying off.

I normally wear my hair up but I recently had a recording for Moments, a popular TV talk show in Nigeria. I thought to myself “ a TV show day is certainly a hair down day” , so after my wash day I blow dried my hair on the low heat setting using all my normal hair products. I was really happy with the results, my hair felt great and my ends looked good too….okay they looked good enough; they are still far from perfect.
I am still sorting out my no camera situation but took a few selfies on my phone of my hair being worn down. Sorry they are kind of blurry.

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The blow drier I have used throughout my journey is the Wahl PowerPik.
I use it to deep condition by attaching it to a soft hood drier and it is ideal for blow drying because it has three heat settings as well as a cool air option. My last one broke earlier this year and I couldn’t find one here in Lagos so replacing it took a while. Now that I have this new one I realised just how much I’ve missed it. Other blow driers can be great too I ‘am sure but this one is just right for me.

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I am currently 8 weeks post and with the cold dry air I’ am having to moisturise and seal more regularly and at some point I even had to resort to sealing with shea butter. I am going to have to burst out my wigs soon.

What’s happening with your hair ladies? How have you switched things up with the changes in weather.
Coming up next will be the post on  how to safely colour hair using natural hair dyes.
See you soon.

x

Lade
Learn | Change | Grow

Disclaimer: Please note that I purchased the Wahl PowerPik in full with my own money and I have not received any compensation for mentioning it on Hairducation.

 

HAIR UPDATE

Hello ladies,

I texlaxed my hair almost a month ago so a hair update is due.  My hair is doing pretty okay.  My ends look a lot better after my trim and I have very little breakage.  My hair still sheds more than I would like it to but nothing alarming.  I do have one issue and have made one product alteration  and I discuss both below.

 

Lack of Retention

Looking back, I realised that over this year I have had periods of very inconsistent hair care, sometimes because of my schedule, sometimes because I was ill, sometimes because I was lazy and sometimes because I just didn’t care enough.
Well I didn’t get away with it,  I have trimmed off at least 5 inches of hair this year.  So I am not retaining ANY length…I am just maintaining my current length.
Although this is okay for me  because I am no longer on a hair growth journey the fact is that if I don’t step up I may begin to lose more hair than I grow and then my hair will not look healthy and be shorter than I would like it to be.

 

 Experimenting With A New Sealant

I am trying to be consistent with moisturising and sealing my hair daily and I have switched from using olive oil to seal to using grapeseed oil.
I used to seal with coconut oil but decided it was too light and felt olive oil would work better for me and it does.  I happened to buy some grapeseed oil and randomly decided to seal with it.  It seals in moisture in my hair for longer than coconut oil seemed to but doesn’t leave my hair as greasy as olive oil does.
One thing I must say is that my moisturising and sealing daily make me feel like my hair is weighed down for most of the week but when I try to be light handed with products my hair feels dry.

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I planned to take pictures on my wash day but as life would have it my camera broke and I took these grainy shots with my phone two days after my wash day when I was moisturising and sealing.

 

Now you know what has been happening with my hair I would like to know what’s happening with yours.  Lets all share our hair updates.
The next post will be an educative one about the best ways to incorporate colour to your hair on your hair journey.

Come back soon

x

Lade

Learn | Change | Grow