#CurlyHairProblems... Continued

I haven't been showing my curls much love lately. Between moving a few weeks ago, writing term papers, taking exams, working on presentations, raising a child, working, appointments, and everything else in between — I have seriously been neglecting my hair. It's been looking so flat and crappy that I've just been throwing it in a bun for days at a time. As a result, my curls have been looking A HOT MESS. I tried washing it and styling it with some Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie a few days ago and it looked horrendous. I decided that I needed to either try something new, or revisit some other products/techniques.

I decided to make some use of my full jar of coconut oil and do a pre-poo treatment (I pretty much only use it as a finger detangler on my daughter, makeup remover, and to rub on my nails prior to painting them). I've never done a coconut oil pre-poo treatment before, but like I said, I felt like I needed to try something new on this crazy hair of mine.

Then, I also decided to use a new deep conditioner that I bought at CVS last weekend — it's called IT'S A 10's Miracle Hair Mask and so far, I absolutely LOVE this stuff! I left it sitting on my hair under a cap overnight because it was actually super late when I decided to do all of this and ended up falling asleep LOL. My hair felt so soft as soon as I washed it out in the morning (but that could have been due to the pre-poo treatment... hmmm).

As far as styling products, I wanted to revisit something old. I actually used some stuff I complained about a couple of entries ago, Kinky Curly Knot Today Leave-In and the Curling Custard. THat's it. Didn't combine anything else. And honestly... my curls were on point. WTF!? How come the last couple of times I used those products, they made my hair so crusty and flaky and flat!?? I'm confused folks. This is what you call #CurlyHairProblems SMH.


Before... a hot, stretched out, dry mess.


After washing and styling with KCKT/KCCC, still damp and kind of flat.




Fully dry, voluminous, semi-frizzy (but that's OK because it was at the end of the day), poppin curls.

So basically, I'm confused. Was it the pre-poo treatment? Was it leaving the Miracle Hair Mask on overnight? Was it the Kinky Curly Knot Today/Curling Custard!? I have absolutely no idea... I'm officially convinced my hair has a mind of it's own. However, I'm just glad my hair is no longer looking a hot mess LOL.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who goes through these types of things *emoji prayer hands*.