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So, a few years ago, I read the book Curly Girl<\/a> by Lorraine Massey. \u00a0Like any girl with stick straight hair, I wanted mine curly. \u00a0When my daughters were born, I hoped and prayed that they would get to have curly hair like my husband. \u00a0Much to my surprise, they got most of his color and my texture. \u00a0As they grew, I noticed there was a marked difference in the texture of their hair. \u00a0Pea has more corse texture, Kate is glass smooth. \u00a0Both have the same color, and both have waves when they brush it out, and Botticelli ringlets when they let them dry without fussing.<\/p>\n

Since I wanted to encourage their curls, I got the book from the library and read\u2026then, I thought..I could try to no-poo. \u00a0(This is cleansing without shampoo.) \u00a0I\u2019ve been blessed with salt and pepper hair my whole life, and sometime in my mid 30\u2019s it became more salt than pepper. \u00a0With the white hair, comes texture issues and crazy hair behavior. \u00a0I gave it a shot, but since I was going through my shortest hair phase, it didn\u2019t work so well for me. \u00a0My style demanded daily blow-drying, lots of gel, wax and spray.<\/p>\n

Last year I decided that I wasn\u2019t grooving on my short hair anymore and began to grow it out. \u00a0It went from being short, sassy and sexy to feeling gruff and masculine. \u00a0I know it has to do more with my personal growth than the cut, because I\u2019ve been seeing the same stylist for yeeaaaars now.<\/p>\n

Now that my hair falls in layers around my nape, and I no longer blow-dry daily\u2026forgowing spray and wax most days, I\u2019ve revisited the no-poo method. \u00a0I went longer between washes, and then I found a wonderful Etsy Seller, LeKenda, at NBD Cosmetics<\/a> that talked to me about her co-wash method and product. \u00a0I have been using the Sunflower Cleansing Conditioner for 2 weeks now and I really like the way my hair feels and lays. \u00a0I still have (mostly) stick straight hair, but the white hair behaves more and the fly aways are less.<\/p>\n

I am a bit picky when it comes to smells, and I tend to lean towards a lavender scent for most of my body products on a daily basis. \u00a0So, I googled the lavender refreshing spray mentioned in the Curly Girl book, and found this page<\/a> of recipes. \u00a0I\u2019m going to have a go at making my own Cleansing Conditioner<\/a> this week using lavender as the scent. \u00a0If I can manage this, I will be able to turn my daughters\u2019 on to the no-poo method and encourage more curl and less fuss.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"