Moving on up

I'm trying something different than my usual wash and gos. I think my hair is getting to the point where it doesn't like to just be washed and left to its own madness. Although, I always put some sort of curly pudding, hair milk, etc on it, I think it's time to move on. I have a lot of hair. It's not long by any means, but my hair is super thick. And I want to show off what I have instead of just washing it and wearing it all shrunk up!

So, with that being said, I gave wash and go's one last try on Monday. And, I used an old school product that I have never had any success with- Kinky Curly! Instead of doing the rake method as suggested on the jar, I just took maybe a half dollar amount into my palms, rubbed them together, and scrunched through my hair all over. Still had the day drying time, but I did have less shrinkage and some curl definition going on. What I really like about Kinky curly, is that it is super moisturizing. The downside- it still left flakes (although less than usual) and stickiness. And, I just can't deal w the stickiness. On Wednesday, I started twisting my hair and braiding some sections at night without adding anything to it (I'm out of any sort of cream moisturizer) to see if I could revive the look since the kinky curly product was still in there. Eh, it came out okay. I think I really needed some product to set the look overnight. So, I'm now trying different methods of styling my hair to see what works for me and will update with the results.