Nappy Kitchen

CWC Worked For Me!

Sundays I deep condition, since it's a leisurely day and I don't mind sitting around with conditioner in my hair. I decided to try the CWC (Conditioner Wash Conditioner) routine that I'd read about on Nappturality.com. Basically when you do actually "poo" your hair, you apply a light conditioner first, rinse after a minute or so, shampoo, rinse, then condition again, letting it sit for a longer period of time (how long is up to you).

I used my L'Oreal Paris Vive conditioner first. After that I was sort of undecided about what poo I wanted to use, the Shea Wondergro, V05 Kiwi Lime Conditioner, or the black soap sample I received from Crabapple Soap Factory. I settled on the black soap...it had worked wonders on my face the night before so I was gung ho about using something all natural to clean my hair.

It lathered up really well...better than shampoo even. I rinsed it out and my hair felt clean...but almost too clean. You know that squeaky clean feeling that you get from real shampoo. This wasn't really surprising to me, but I have to admit I was a little apprehensive. However, my coils were springy like a mofo so I proceeded to deep condition and hope for the best.

I mixed together Lustrasilk Cholesterol Conditioner (peach colored), honey, and castor oil. Then I zapped in the microwave for 15 seconds. I slathered the warm mixture on my hair, put on a plastic cap, and marinated for a while. I never sit under a dryer because my head holds a LOT of heat and the plastic is enough to do the job. I got a little sleepy and decided to take a nap, so I tied on a scarf over the plastic cap and got to snoozing.

I would say I had the conditioner in a total of 4 hrs. I got up, rinsed with warm water and this was the final result (click for bigger version):

That's the front

Here's the back...already starting to dry like short hair does:

I'd say I had pretty good results with the experiment. Things could have turned out very badly, but that's what experimentation is about - trying out new things...which of course has some risk. I'm looking forward to next Sunday when I can try something else.

Later gators.

Posted by Lisa at February 24, 2004 01:39 AM