LOC - The Leave-In + Oil + Cream Method

Hello Lovelies!

Today's post is great for all my curly girls out there! Yes say good-bye to frizzy and coarse dry hair that does what it wants and does not listen to you. Do you know my favourite quote...?

'' When your hair won't listen to you and it's a mess and ur just like:
I grew you myself??
I gave you life and this is how you
repay me?? ''

source: un-known genius girl.

I feel you girl. :D So this method is originally invented by my beautiful black afro american haired gals with super curly and coarse hair. And it works like a charm for everyone who's hair is is a similar state of dryness and frizziness. I am not sure who came up first with it, but the girls form naturally curly website have been raving a lot about it. This will work for thick, curly, wavy and dry hair. If your hair is super smooth, straight and silky it may weight your hair down, but why nevertheless give it a try. Just use minimal amounts and you should be fine. You always start with freshly washed wet hair.

The basics of LOC-Method are :

1. Leave in. Use a leave in you love. It is important that is mostly water based. I use Aloe Vera Gel (100% organic I switched it now to Urtekrams, which a great Aloe Gel!) You ca also use a rose-water leave in, line seed gel or even very watered down conditioner (like one drop conditioner and a glass of water). I start at my chin and go down all the length.
2. Oil. It is simple, oil and long hair go together hand in hand, they are the best couple on the planet. My favourite at the moment is almond oil, But there are tons of great oils, just find the one that makes you most happy, have a look at my top 5 hair oils. I apply 5 drops of almond oil starting and my ends and work it up about 25 cm. 
3. Cream. Use a good organic body butter. I have a wonderful one from Bioturm with a Vanilla Scent. It works great on your bumpy legs and dry spots as a real body butter but is also amazing for your hair. There are a few different organic options, even DM has two, one with Avocado and one with Vanilla too. Just stay away from Body Butters containing silicones. make sure your body butter contains generous amounts of shea butter or cache butter. You don't want that on your body and hair - it is like a plastic coat. I just ran out of my original hair butter, I have the DIY recipe here for you. I need to order some shea butter to make a new batch.

Results:

Moistutzed soft hair, defined waves. I usually brush my curls out,
but they were much more defined.

Why LOC? Does it matter in which order I apply?

Well yes it does. Applying a liquid moisturiser first and then applying an oil and cream will help you seal moisture in. You will notice that drying your hair will take much longer when you use the LOC method. But the results are worth it, your hair is much softer and finally moisturised.
If you do it the first time I recommend you to use a light hand when dosing your products, start with much less than you normally would. Otherwise it might be too much and you will end up with limp, oily and sticky hair. All happened before -.-
Let me know how this worked for you, lots of happy hair days to you,

Review: Aubrey Organic's White Camellia Shampoo

Hello Lovelies,

If your hair is as dry as my hair and curly or wavy it is like a special quest to find a shampoo that is not drying out your hair and causing frizz. Aubrey Organic's is my favourite hair care brand and the White Camellia series is especially formulated for very dry hair. I had the conditioner as well and it is for sure one of my favourite conditioners! But be warned that this series is really only something for very dry hair - I don't have european fine hair, my hair is coarse and very thick. This series would be a good choice for women of colour as well, my roommate uses my shampoo on her shoulder length afro from time to time! I like to alternate White Camellia with the GPB Series (one of my favourite's as well! But causes a protein overkill from time to time so you need to alternate anyway). I usually dilute my shampoo, but White Camellia needs to be used pure otherwise my hair does not get clean.

INCI: Aqua, glycerin, decyl glucoside, sodium cocoyl hydrolyzed soy protein, oryza sativa extract*, prunus amygdalus dulcis oil*, camellia japonica seed oil*, glucose, xanthan gum, simmondsia chinensis seed oil*, rosa rubiginosa seed oil*, glyceryl linoleate, glyceryl linolenate, citric acid, tocopheryl acetate, pelargonium graveolens flower oil*, lavandula angustifolia flower oil*, macadamia ternifolia seed oil*, citrus grandis extract, glycine soja oil, glucose oxidase, lactoperoxidase, ascorbic acid, aloe barbadensis leaf juice*, alcohol denat., (38b, lavender*), hamamelis viginiana water, daucus carota sativa root extract, beta-carotene.

Ingredients

Lots of almond oil, soy protein and camellia oil! Camellia oil was especially used in Japan and is a famous though very expensive hair care oil. 

Fragrance

Like all AO products the fragrances are all natural and without artificial components. Which makes them pleasant for me but it is not the soapy dove smell that comes with regular drugstore products. White Camellia does not smell floral but more herbal/mossy and it has definitely some eucalyptus like fragrance. My favourite AO smell is honeysuckle rose which is a very sweet flowery smell btw! 

Effect

My hair is heavy and takes much longer to dry. The curls and waves are defined. If I do not rinse it well it leaves an oily residue. And it is an absolute frizz killer!

Did you try any of AO Products? Did you like them or do you prefer another brand for organic hair care? 

DIY: Hydrating Aloe Vera Treatment

Hello Ladies!

Today I want to share with you a new treatment that I have again discovered in the Curly Girl Handbook by Lorraine Massey. You can find my previous recipe about Lemonade for Hair here. You will only need Aloe Vera Gel and I mean 100% natural one. Aubrey Organics has a very good one, you can find the 100% natural juice that comes in a bottle and will need to be refrigerated as soon as you opened it in most health food stores.  You can also get Aloe Gel at your local drugstore or pharmacy. Mine is from a drugstore and worked very well. You want to use this treatment if your scalp is dry, a little itchy or unbalanced.

You will need:

100% natural Aloe Vera Gel

How to:

Wash your hair like you would normally do. If you do CWC like I do, condition, wash then apply the aloe vera gel on your scalp roots until your ears. Wait a minute, rinse with water and then continue to do a second conditioning.

Result:

My scalp was very hydrated and happy. My hair is soft and shiny and not sticky or weighted down in any case :)

Did you try anything that would calm down an irritated scalp?

Hallo ihr Lieben!

Heute wollte ich euch ein neues sehr simples und potentes DIY Rezept zeigen - eine Aloe Vera Kur fuer Kopfhaut und Haare. Es ist aus dem Curly Girl Buch von Lorraine Massey, so wie meine Lemonade for Hair. Ihr braucht 100% Aloe Vera Gel, am besten die Sorte die nach dem Anbrechen in den Kuehlschrank gehört. Aubrey Organics hat auch ein sehr gutes Aloe Vera Gel. Sonst bekommt ihr es im Drogeriemarkt oder auch in der Apotheke. Diese Rezept ist gut wenn die Kopfhaut gereizt, trocken, vielleicht schuppig und unruhig ist. 

Ihr braucht:

100% Aloe Vera Gel :)

Anwendung:

Das Aloe Vera Gel kommt in großzügigen Mengen auf die Kopfhaut nach der Reinigung. Ich mache die CWC Methode, das heisst also erst Spülung, dann Shampoo - dann Aloe Vera Gel (ca. 1 min. einwirken lassen) mit Wasser ausspülen und dann noch mal Spülung in die Haare.

Ergebnis:

Meien Haare waren sehr weich, die Kopfhaut gut durchfeuchtet und beruhigt. Die Haare waren nicht beschwert oder klebrig.


Habt ihr das auch einmal ausprobiert? Wie ist eure Kopfhaut generell - trocken oder ganz normal und gesund? Habt ihr schon andere Dinge probiert, die eine gereizte Kopfhaut beruhigen?

Alles Liebe,

Louisa :)