I’m really enjoying your content. I believe that this is how the natural hair community should be…sharing ideas of what works for our hair, documenting our journeys along the way. No rights or wrongs, just trial and error. Keep it up, please!👏🏾
I totally agree Karen. Very reminiscent of when RU-vid first started, and the natural hair community on RU-vid had just came about. Just sharing ideas and trying new things. I’m glad you’re enjoying my content and I’m happy to have you here.
Your community here not only gives you great feedback, but with how much your subscribers and their engagement has helped me with my own struggles.. I couldn’t be more grateful! Your channel is an abundance of knowledge from not only you, but others that you’ve created this safe space for, as well. And that’s is absolutely priceless.
I have been using Miche for four years straight and swear by it, but I have never tried this product. Waiting for my order to come in! Thanks for your tutorial! I will follow what you did!! Your hair is on POINT!
Miche Beauty is the line I use most. My favorite combo is Detox (shampoo), Cleansed(moisture shampoo FAV), Lavish (leave in), Sculpt (gel) & Set (mousse). They also have a seasonal deep conditioner I absolutely Love, the Sweet Pumpkin Spice (She is that Girl). I try to follow their instructions by using a small amount of leave in (‘cause they say you really don’t need it (but I do) and it may flake if you use too much. I use in shower 4 sections to put it in and so as not to put too much and then comb through with my Pattern wet brush. Place a plastic cap on for about 3-5 minutes. Them apply Sculpt (instructions say to use lots of water with this product. I use a spray bottle) and only use about a quarter size amount before I go in with Set. I only need 2-3 pumps per section. Sit under the dryer for 30 minutes then diffuse. Perfect every time. (Except that one time I was in a hurry and had to go somewhere and I didn’t get to sit under the dryer and had to let it air dry. The curls were cute but it didn’t last. For me sitting under the dryer for at least 30 minutes works fine. My hair is thick but medium density. I Love Miche products.
Thanks for this. I just got my order of Miche DC, leave in and Set mousse. Good to know it's good to use the leave in with it, since they say the mousse alone is enough, but my hair is kind of dry after having applied henna recently. I don't have the sculpt gel, so might need to either skip that or use something else. Any recommendation for something you find to be similar to the sculpt gel?
Miche is bomb!! I absolutely love their mousse and deep conditioner. I use Uncle Funky's curl magic after the leave-in, and then the miche mousse. Highly recommend!
I felt the same way about the material of the buff. I personally didnt like how my hair felt after sleeping in one so now I put a satin scarf on first as a barrier between my hair and the buff. That has worked for me to help keeping my wash n gos lasting longer and not waking up with irreparable bed head in the morning. Also just want to say I appreciate how thorough and detailed you are when explaining your experience with these foams. It gives a really good picture of what to expect in terms of look, feel, and application experience. You're doing a great job with the series. I'm hoping the pattern beauty foam is in your line up for future videos. Thanks for all your insight!
Thank you for sharing your experience with a buff. I have something similar to it, and I tried using it once and was like oh no. I appreciate the feedback! 💕
I will have to try this product again because I tired it last week, and my hair looked amazing on day one. By the next day, I had nearly no definition, but a ton of volume. I had to wash on day three. I will say that I appreciate how my hair felt.
Okay….So, I’m sitting here watching you explain how you band your hair (which I do as well, but I use two scrunches….one at the root and one about 2” from the ends) and you rolled right into showing how you leave your side edges out of the scrunchies so the curls don’t get destroyed (stretched out)!! WOW!!!! AMAZING!!!! 11:23 I immediately pulled up my bonnet and released the curls from the scrunchies on either side of my head, like you demonstrated!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! It’s all the little things you do in your videos that have really helped me!! Thanks again!!!!!
I love how we admire our hair now . Sometimes I just look in the mirror at my hair like…. Girl !!! Why were you trying to blend this with someone else’s hair texture 😒. Literally would get upset when my leave-out would revert. Now I don’t even like heat any where near my hair .
Yes , girl we must embrace out natural hair it's unique and wonderfully made. I promise , if you give it a little more time and people once again will be copy Kat off us! because they never seen anything like it.... (so many natural waves & curls) Who hair does that???? They copy our bodies and trust and believe they will be copy our hair. just watch!! I said the same thing when I looked in the mirror about my own hair. girl I love it so much.. I honestly think I'm cute... seriously!! I get a lot of stares and a lot of compliments from our black women, they want to know What I use on my hair. I happily tell them everything!!
@@rozzie1569 YASSSS you are so right because the children now aren’t getting relaxers and parents are more aware how to take care of natural hair . The kids now only wear natural styles. Taking care of their natural hair will be the norm for them . Not viewed as a burden or “nappy”. It will be the norm for a black child to have Afro textured hair mid back and waist length 😍. Best believe others will copy . If you go look at pictures from the 70’s there were plenty of white people with “Afros” 🙃 Im 27 and I’ve been natural since I was 12 , but I was the natural that kept my hair put away in braids, then sew-ins, then wigs . Never fully embraced the natural, I didnt know how to care for it . At the age of 25 I became a conscious natural. Been loving the journey every since .
I've tried the Miche set mousse with the leave in and the curl defining cream and both times my hair was left very dry. Im glad to see you using with another leave in that I can try with it. Your hair came out pretty!
I loved your day 1 the best 👌🏿. I think a community outside of YT would be wonderful 😊... Cowashing had been working for you, especially since you refresh your hair every few days. I enjoy your videos ❤
Thank you for your videos, I really learn a lot. With my nighttime routine, I find that when I take out the scrunchies, I don't like how my hair looks. So, I used to try to manipulate and fluff it with my hands. But now I find that if I take out the bands and let gravity get the hair/let the hair fall into place while I get other things done for like 10 mins, i manipulate it less. Or maybe I just get used to what it looks like, lol.
Thanks for sharing!! I’m actually really over stretching because I hate maintaining it but it’s good to know because the more manipulation the more frizz.
So now that I'm going to the gym 3 - 4 times per week, I've reinstituted co-washing after each gym session and only shampoo once a week. This was inspired by you even though I had bad experiences with cowashing in the past (inflamed scalp). Since I'm working out so much, I mainly use foams/mousse as a styler since i need it to dry fast and i don't need my hair to last more than a couple days. I didn't think my hair would agree, but cowashing is making this journey really easy. Currently using the Ouidad Cleansing Conditioner and its lovely.
I have stopped shampooing twice weekly and i shampoo now almost every 8 days i water rinse/cowash when i need to within the week bc since i have been washing my hair 2 times a week for the last year now my scalp goes crazy when i dont put water on it after a few days lol you can see in one of my short videos that i showed how banding is helpful with next day volume!
Same! My scalp hates me if I go more than three days without water on it. I watched your short, and the banding really did help elongate the Wash N’ Go!
I really enjoy your wash and go content and appreciate you taking time to do these videos. How often do you do a wash and go if you aren't filming? Your hair is really flourishing. Please post a link if you find a decent buff.
When I don’t film, I still keep my same routine. I will shampoo once a week on Sunday. Depending on the week, or how busy I am, I will do a midweek cowash with either a cowash hair product, or just a conditioner and re-style. If I find one, I sure will link it.
Your curls are gorgeous. Miche products are my go to. Thanks for giving me ideas for ouidad leave in pairings. I'm going to pair it with my mousse collection. Miche set has conditioner incorporated in it. Of course, you can add a leave in. I tried it with boost and lavish. The set was too soft for my liking.
I was going to recommend the paddle brush, I'm glad you're finding success with it now! I would like to add what I do for my routine if you feel like reading lol. I wash twice a week atm because I swim in a chlorinated professional pool. I have been natural just about my whole life and I just dyed my hair for the first time about 9 months ago- I am 34 lol. I have recently fallen in love with The Doux products. It was a long time coming because I was so skeptical about the one product claims, but the kicker has been the simplicity and consistent results. I diffuse, but using warm air and do not flip and move and such while I am doing that. I do that until like I can tell my hair is starting to absorb the water and product ( like 25-50 % if i have time to airdry the rest or 75 - 85% if I am short on time). Then, once completely dry and ONLY once COMPLETELY dry, do I break the cast. Even having been natural for 24 or so years, I still spend a good chunk of time learning more and more about my own natural hair and witnessing other's journeys. It's so beautiful!
I appreciate you sharing your routine! I applaud the consistency as well. It is amazing how much we can continue learning, even after having natural hair for majority of our lives. I was only relaxed for about 3 years in between elementary and middle school. I’ve been learning ever since. I agree, it’s a beautiful thing to witness and experience with others. ❤️
Hello Soror! Your hair looks great. I am also, a wash and go girl. I am enjoying your mousse series. I love to use a mousse because they are fast drying. Thanks for sharing. 🔺❤️
It’s really good, I enjoy it. I want to try it with a curl defining cream. Too bad it’s sold out right now because of the memorial day sale. I still have a good amount left but I need moooore.
This series and your hair keep getting better and better!🥰💜 I enjoy a mousse or foam WnG, and it is wonderful that there are so many good and great ones available for us to try. Is the Hair Rules mousse on your list? I know it says wavy but it works great for my coily hair. I was a little skeptical to try it, but about a year ago I saw LaToya Ebony use it and it worked for her hair. She has a tighter coil and higher density than I do so I thought I would give it a try. It turned out to be one of my favorites!
I use to feel like i had to have satin Headwear as well. I started using the original buff and it works well. I have not had any breakage or dryness. Holds my curls together. I think u should try it. U have a lot of hair it will hold all ur hair together.
I recently purchased the Grace Eleyae satin lined open cap so I’m going to give that a try first. I’m sure the buff works well since so many people use it successfully, but it’s more of a personal preference. Thanks for the recommendation. I may try it if the open cap does not work for me.
Found you today… July 2. I’m a retired a analyst. Your detailed instruction and transparency is lovely! Thank you. Constantly trying to figure out the best, quick yet healthy ways to care for my graying thin loose curly hair. The link for the hair dryer errors… is it a bonnet or hard hood dryer?
Its funny when i watch your videos you and i are going through the same type issues ie cowashing/shampooing/water rinsing and ive been banding my hair for the last month to preserve my hair for a week. Im definitely gonna try that moisture lock leave in bc I believe in a leave in!
@@BrittanyMia i would say overall i am loving not shampooing so frequently. I need to figure out why I’m still taking an hour in the shower to detangle water rinse and do my olaplex no 3 even though ive cut out my second weekly shampoo and traded it for a water rinse/ cowash.
@@Jakelan20 LITERALLY ME. Like why am I still taking a very similar amount of time to do this? In July when I get my hair trimmed, I’m going to get it blown out first because I’ve been seeing the discussion on curly cuts not being as efficient and I think that could be a factor for me. I’m not 100% on that but I’ll know in July.
@@BrittanyMia that discussion of curly cuts is exactly why i had my hair blown out and trimmed two weeks ago. It had been 18 months since i had my hair straightened and i saw several influencers whom had to get inches cut once they did straighten their hair they saw damage they didn’t see while it was curly. To my surprise i only needed a dusting. I love ur haircut by the way! I need my hair shaped soooo bad i have this semi mullet shape left after transitioning and cutting it myself lol
Your hair turned out great. I really like Miche products. You have convinced me to give the Ouidad conditioner a try. Question on co-wash days do you use a leave in?
I just used Papaya Slip as my base-about a quarter size on each half of my head. I was afraid to use a one and done, so I topped it with about the same amount of Mop Top. It did very well-looks good-feels good-and no flakes.
Since you said you like romantic curls (that's my jam too) my GO TO HOLY GRAIL lineup for perfectly soft, romantic, fluffy curls that actually last for days is from Treluxe! I use reflex serum as a primer, then I use their soothe and restore foam throughout and brush through my sections. For extra hold I glaze on their high definition gel. I've really gotten into glazing a mousse or gel on my hair last. I always thought that was for a different hair type than I have. But I can really make my mousse work to give me more volume if I use it this way. Or I can get my gel to lock my hair in place. I also get some great clumping when I glaze.
i think you should try the Innersense I Create Definition Styling Foam, i’ve heard it has a great hold and really defines the hair! i would love to hear about your experience with it whenever you try it 🙌🏾
Are you willing to make an update on your video about being laid off? In that video you mentioned this period being a “low buy year”; using the products you already own (maybe making a purchase once a month), etc. It appears that approach has evolved, so an update would be really interesting.
I like Miche products. You don’t need the lavish leave in with the Set foam because it has a built in leave in. What you can use is the curl defining cream under Set
Was strolling to the comments to comment about the Verb foaming gel as well! Since the Miche is also labeled as a foaming gel. If she likes this, she may like the other too!
I always love your videos! Your videos are very informative! But if I’m being honest, I mainly watch because your music is ALWAYS the ish!! Thank you!🤗🤗
While the lavish leave in is my favorite, it gives a very soft hold with set. I usually pair set with a gel or a stronger hold mousse. I love how set glides through the hair though
I’m so excited that you tried the Miche foam. I am wondering if you would do UFD and Miche. Love love love your content and seeing your journey!! We are in similar hais stages and have similar curls soo I love your channel:)
I’m on a little break from UFD. I tried it again recently, when one of my wash and go’s failed and it just makes my hair so flat. Even with a mousse. Not my favorite combination, but I may give it a try in the future. Thanks for following my journey! It’s always fun when you have similar curls and are at a similar hair stage. 💖
Sure! So after using the Miche for that full week, I still have at least half the bottle left. In my future videos I’ll try and show how much product I’ve used.
I will have to put that leave-in on my to-try list. The whipped Curls is the one i really like. Miche is not in Canada but i've tried the strength DC, and it's a great balnce DC ( the protein is near the bottom of the list)
Day 4 was my fav but even day 1 was cute. The shortness at the top reminded me of Tina Turner's wigs and made me think if she had ever went natural would she had rocked her hair looking like yours ❤
You have great timing, seems lately any time I'm debating on trying a product you come out with a review haha! As far as the community, being relatively new to you and your videos I'm not sure if you’ve done a get to know me/Q&A type of thing but I always enjoy those from content creators. Maybe even as a livestream! That way folks could chat with both you and with each other 😊
Hi! Great content. Really appreciate you. You mentioned the Dickey method yesterday , ive been doing research every since. Makes sense. Dickey mentions to heat stretch hair after was n go but doesnt explain why. His video that shows method is private also. Do you know why he recommends to heat stretch hair? Wondering if this also damaging to hair if Im washing it wvwry 1 to 2 days.. thanks
I believe he recommends stretching the hair because our hair coils up once it’s highly conditioned and styled. It can begin to tangle on itself again easily just because that’s the nature of our hair, but if we stretch our hair with heat, we are avoiding that and the damage would be nil due to the highly conditioned state of our hair. With a good balance of bond builders/proteins/and moisturizing products such as deep conditioners and conditioners that coat our strands (and the heat protectant if you want to implement one) using a blow dryer on medium high heat to stretch the hair would not be damaging. I’ve been stretching my hair with heat and I’ve watched many naturals over the years stretch their washing goes with heat on a consistent basis and they did not experience heat damage. However, I cannot attest to everyone’s hair. This is also why I band at night so that I don’t have to heat stretch every single day. If I decide to make my wash and go last for two or three days instead of cowashing every day, the banding helps to maintain that stretch. Hope this helps! 💖
Your hair is always so bomb and that haircut just took it up a whole another notch!!!! I see that you're using the moisture lock leave in. You also said that it doesn't pair with many things. Are there certain products that it pairs with well? I'm sure you might have said this during a video before, but I'm just curious. Thanks so much 😊
It’s really moisturizing, so I don’t think it pairs well with another highly moisturizing product but I can’t remember off the top of my head which products. I’ll have to watch the videos back.
How long do you stay under the hooded dryer again? And do you diffuse the roots or get them dry when you stretch your hair? And you still using the mongogo oil heat protectant?😊
I stayed under the hooded dryer for around 10 minutes. Then I diffused the roots for another 10 minutes or so, and then took off the diffuser and just started blow drying directly on the roots. I am still using the Mongongo oil, but I don’t use it as a heat protectant. I use it as a finishing spray. Sometimes I forget to even spray it on my hair, but I still love it.
Not really. I’ve just been shampooing almost every day. I found that co washing with a regular conditioner was just adding buildup to my hair, which was turn adding buildup to my scalp, making it itch and irritating my dermatitis. Now, I use moisturizing shampoo or even co wash cleansers in the morning to clean my scalp and then do a double shampoo on the weekend and deep condition. I still condition my hair after I shampoo it during the week as well. I’m just style with a cream or just a leave in conditioner.
@@nickiawalker645 I do. at first I thought it would dry my hair out, but I’m finding that it’s helping me keep my hair detangled and moisturized. But most importantly, it’s keeping my scalp clean. I haven’t been doing this for very long so I can’t say for sure what it is, but all I know is that my dermatitis isn’t flaring up and the sensitivity that I felt on my scalp is going away. To dry it quickly I plop my hair while I get dressed for work and then I diffuse it for 15 minutes. I always use a leave in product with heat protectant in it since I diffuse my hair. I can’t air dry because I need my scalp to dry so I don’t get a flareup. I need to make a video on this but only time will tell how this goes.
@@BrittanyMia thanks for sharing. I’m on this journey of washing frequently as I keep my psoriasis under control and have noticed improvements. I’m nervous but my dermatologist said 2x/week is ideal.
It can be quite expensive. Seeee, don’t judge me, but I’m using a expensive product for a cowashing 🫣 Olaplex No.5. I absolutely love that conditioner. I also like using the pattern beauty intensive conditioner. I’m on the lookout for other conditioners to use but these both work really well for me right now.
I am so glad you tried and liked the Miche foam mousse. It is one of my favorite foam mousse to use for my hair. 😍 I have the Ouidad Moisture conditioner and will try this combo. 😊
Most recently I was shampooing twice a week so that I could try multiple mousse products without them interfering with each. I think it depends on the shampoo that you use because some people can shampoo twice a week and their hair isn’t dried out, but I’ve noticed, as my hair gets longer shampooing more than once a week is starting to dry out the ends of my hair a lot quicker than it used to. My scalp gets sweaty and dirty because I workout hard and spend a lot of time walking around the downtown area and there’s a lot of stuff in the air. I have sensitive skin, however, water washing has been working well to get the debris out of my scalp and just cowashing my hair is helping my hair, maintain its moisture and hydration in between my weekly shampoos. Sidenote, I was shampooing twice a week for a while when my hair was shorter too and it worked out okay, but I was also using uncle funky’s daughter curly magic each wash day. Even with the double shampooing, my hair started to feel over conditioned, which is why I was shampooing twice a week back then as well. UFD has a lot of moisture in it, and I was using a good amount each wash day, which I think helped lead to the over conditioning of my hair. Now that I am more balanced, and I don’t really use it my hair dries quicker and it feels stronger. Not saying that UFD was the issue, but highly moisturizing gels such as that one can take a long time to dry because of the amount of water it was holding in my hair, and it was basically a gel that could be used as a leave in conditioner. It defined my curls so well, but since I like bigger hair, and the UFD gives me more defined flat hair I’ve been moving away from that product.
I’m basically feeling for the curl clump. My hair will be clumped into its curls around the root of my hair, and I just want to separate it from there. It’s difficult for me in the crown area of my head because the girls are in as clumped but that’s essentially what I’m searching for when I’m separating.
I think a cool idea is that some of us in the community- who are willing to participate- can upload our hair routines and you react to them. Idk lol I’d think it’d be fun and we can pick up tricks from one another
are you on tik tok? that is an amazing way to grow your platform. they aren't as nice over there when they disagree with you but it is a great platform
I have a TikTok but I haven’t committed my time to it. It’s something I’ve been really considering. I believe it would help grow my platform as well, so I’m going to get on that soon.
I really enjoy your content, and your hair is so beautiful. I was thinking if you have time to do a q&a for us to get to know you more or if you are able to go live to get to know us too. I don't have any other social media and would really like to vibe with you and get to know you more if you feel comfortable sharing. 😊
stop with the scrunchies. it's changing your definition, just use a silk or satin cap or sleep on a silk or satin pillowcase. the scrunchies are pulling the hair and will cause frizz faster. once you style and set, then leave it alone. put on silk/satin cap, go to sleep, wake up and fluff. NO SCRUNCHIES!! You're doing a wonderful job on your beautiful hair. I love your hair it's beautiful. I would do everything except the scrunchies.! just try it one time and tell me if you notice the difference in your ready to style the next day. Please advise. thank you. God bless!
Lol I appreciate the feedback. I’ve tried it, and I do think scrunchies work to stretch the hair out, but I’m starting not to like stretching my hair out. It’s just become another thing to do and I agree that it encourages frizz. Thanks.
