Disclaimer: I have really damaged hair from excessive hair straightening and various permanent dyes. This is also my personal reflection of trying out this combination.
Result:
Shine 3/5
Silky 5/5
Soft 3.5/5
Process:
I tied in a ponytail and cupped handfuls of coconut oil onto my hair. I gently put a shower cap over my hair and make sure my head didn't leak oil. Then I took a hot shower with the cap around my hair to open up the pores on my scalp to enhance the oil absorption.
Last time i kept my coconut oil mask on for an hour and after my 2nd wash, my hair became super strong and shiny, almost like virgin hair) [Note: I refer to virgin hair as hair that has never been dyed or permed or straight ironed]. I decided to get greedy this time. What would happen if i were to keep it for longer hours? After reading the suggested leave-in, i decided to sleep in my shower cap, with a towel over my pillow.
Don't let most beauty industry people fool you, sleeping in with a coconut oil hair mask IS NOT PLEASANT. First off, coconut oil has a strong smell of coconut and something greasy, it may be accepting so some while repelling to others. Second, sleeping in a ponytail is uncomfortable. Third, rolling around creates a squishy sound.
I didn't get a good sleep. Somehow, my shower cap rolled off somewhere from my rolling around. I felt my face touching the towel and wondered how much coconut oil got on my towel. I also wonder if my skin was soaking up the coconut oil, and hoped it wouldn't block my pores. Oh no, my head is on a rough towel, wouldn't a rough towel make my skin rough, cuz my face is rubbing against it? Would my hair get torn out by rolling around on a rough towel? Damnit! Why did I use a worn out old towel anyways? Why am I such a cheapstake to myself.
Then for the first time ever, I took my bottle of Apple cider vinegar and diluted a large spoonful of it with tap water in s bowl. After a few rinses with luke warm water, i started to dip my hair into the ACV bowl. Then i poured a bit of the ACV onto my scalp. It actually burned a little, but i ignored it and continued to pour it onto hair.
Usually coconut oil hair masks needs a double rinsing. Instead of washing it immediately, i went to the gym with it.
After my second rinse with shampoo this time, 95% of the coconut oil got washed out. I blowed dried my hair as usual and then inspected the bath tub, floors and towels for hair loss. There was a 2% spike of stranded hairs and it spiked my paranoia, was it the ACV? Was it not diluted enough? Was it the excessive rinsing?
So there goes my paranoia. Do I need to do more research on healthy things for my hair? YES. Will I try Apple Cider Vinegar Again? Maybe a few months later...
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