Look at My New Growth, Woot!
Ignore my complete bustedness, I just got out of the shower. I was in the middle of blowdrying my hair (yeah, sometimes I DIY it, I'm not strictly a salon girl), but then saw my fab curly roots in the front and had to show you!
I’m mortified to expose my makeup-less face to my girls…but my excitement over these seven inches of au naturale curls outweighs it!! I have never, ever seen this much new growth come out of my head in my life. I’d see an inch of roots and panic, run-walking to my Dominican salon for a scalp-singeing relaxer and fast. It’s funny how the connotations of your real texture change when you’re transitioning. What used to send me into a “must touch-up immediately” spiral now gets me all excited. I know it’s not a lot of new growth, but I can kind of get a picture of what my texture will look like when it’s all grown out! It gives me hope, ’cause this process is kicking my ass.
My magic blowdrying serum, Living Proof No Frizz Styling Treatment Straight Making for Coarse Hair
So that was Share #1. Share #2 is the magic product I slap on these roots before I blowdry it straight. Living Proof Straight Making No Frizz Styling Treatment for Thick to Coarse Hair ($26). Have you ever tried Living Proof’s products? They’re special because a group of award-winning MIT scientists actually formulated the anti-frizz technology — they weren’t even connected to the beauty industry, they approached straightening curly to kinky, frizzy follicles on a purely scientific level. And honestly, it’s the best line of its kind. Anyway, I massage it into damp roots (just a tad, it does build up quite fast), and then smooth it out with a blowdryer with a brush attachment. The brush breezes right through, leaving my hair silky, straight-from-the-root, and super-shiny. The best part? Living Proof leaves a lightweight frizz-fighting barrier on your strands, protecting it from any humidity in the hair. So the blowout truly lasts a week! It also works on dry hair, before you flatiron. Genius.
