After seeing Wahidah's video on how she maintains her hair, I decided to give one of the products she uses a try. I have always avoiding gel, because I knew that it has a history of building up, becoming a flacky mess and just drying out loc's. But I have always admire Wahidah's loc's, so I said.. ok, I will give it a try. And I love it!
I washed my hair, oiled my scalp with African Pride Oil, and then palm rolled each loc - using the IC Styling Gel at the base of each loc. As I palm rolled my loc's into sections, I braided loc's in groups of 6 loc's for each braid. Once all of my loc's where braided, I let them air dry. I left the braids / plaits in for 3 days. With the IC Gel, the roots of my loc's stayed shiny and neat the whole 3 days (It always helps to wrap your hair with silk scarf at night, and wear a comfortable scarf around you hair line when working out to keep your loc's looking fresh).
When I took my braids / plaits down... I was so surprise. It looked salon fresh! This is how my hair looked after I went to the salon two months ago. I was able to get the same look at home that I got at the salon for $60 bucks! So I am so happy with the results. I am alreayd a fan of the IC leave in conditioner; but now I am also a fan of the IC Styling gel. Of course use the gel moderately. A little bit will go a long way. Thank you for the recommendation Wahidah. Great info...
Wow your locks are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteyour locs are stunning! Have you tried pure aloe vera gel mixed with jojoba oil or almond oil? When I palmrolled I loved that mix.
ReplyDeleteYour locs came out great. I love it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Thanks for the recommendation.
ReplyDeleteYour locs are soo beautifull!
ReplyDeleteI love your locs!! I will be trying the gel today for the first time :)
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