Hair Journey: Length Check and New Products

 So the time has finally come for a length check.

I didn’t think my hair was so uneven until I took these pictures.
What a shame.

There’s only one person I fully trust to cut my hair and that’s my friend Aisha. She used to do it back when I was in uni and now that she’s back in town, she’s the one designated to trim my ends. Sometimes I feel like my hairdresser gets a little scissor happy.
Anyone else with the same problem? 

 My hair was just about to reach the fourth purple line but with how uneven it is, it seems I should cut it back to the yellow line for it took look neater and be healthier. I'll just trust Aisha to do as she sees fit though - fingers crossed the trim doesn't turn into an oh-my-God-she-just-took-four-inches-off hair cut. 

You know what's weird? My hair always grows slower in the middle. See how my edges are longer? Not sure what that's about and how to prevent that. Hopefully now that I'm wearing buns a lot more it'll help. Fingers crossed for that too. 

Now that I've been reading up on hair nutrients and doing my research, I'm much more aware of what sort of  products, and specifically ingredients, I should be getting my hands on.
Here's some that I'm currently excited to try out!

 Doo Gro Stimulating Growth Oil; Royal Hair Food Moisture Replacement Treatment; Amla Plus Herbal Hair Oil

Whenever I'm looking for hair products - especially moisturisers and leave-in conditioners - I want something with ingredients that I can pronounce and I'm familiar with. Ideally the best kind to use are those that are 100% of that ingredient but now that I'm in the beginning phase of my hair journey, I figure there's no harm in testing out as many products as I can before I figure out what works best for my hair. 

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 Doo Grow Stimulating Growth Oil - KES690

I got mine at a random store in South B but Connie (Jeff's girlfriend) mentioned that you can get it from Super Cosmetics. I haven't used much of this product but it's quite oily and not something I'd use daily since a little goes a long way.

Love these ingredients!
You can also use it as a hot oil treatment. Double BAM. 

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 Royal Hair Food Moisture Placement Treatment - about KES500.
(got mine from Nakumatt)

I actually bought this product months ago thinking it was actual treatment only to come back home and realise it was hair oil. Boo-freakin-hoo. 

I decided to keep it aside till a couple weeks ago when I read through its ingredients and I fell in love all over again. I'm tempted to take small amounts of this product, warm it up and add it into my treatments. 

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 Amla Plus Herbal Hair Oil - KES120
(got mine from Naivas)

I'd never paid much attention to this product because of the fact that it's got an Indian lady on the cover and I assumed, seeing as our hair texture is very different, it's only meant for Indian hair. But lo and behold, this was actually recommended to me by one of the ladies who works at my office and she kept going on and on about how well it worked on her friend! 

 Pardon the illegible writing but the four main ingredients are Amla, Henna, Aloe Vera and Almond. It does say that prolonged use of their product may lead to a slight darkening of your hair but quite frankly, I would love it if my hair was darker. 

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I went for FAFA this past weekend and they had gift bags for the guests but the only thing I was interested in was this little sachet. Argan Oil? YES PLEASE. 

Has anyone seen this product in stores??

What's funny is that I went to Aisha's house the next day and what do you know, they had just recently got their hands on 100% pure Argan oil. Of course I immediately slapped some onto my hair and let's just say there's a good reason why there's a lot of hullabaloo about this product. I'm definitely going to be getting some for myself. 

For those of you who are on one, how's your hair journey going?
Have you used any of these products and if so, what are you thoughts?

If I don't get out of the house in the next 5-6 minutes, I'm definitely going to be late for work. :/