I am trying a simple routine now. Poo, conditioner, moisturizer, oil, grease, beeswax, and pressing creme are all I am reaching for now. I will not be touching the pressing oil until I grow out my breakage and get my ends in better shape.
I washed my hair the day before yesterday with Motions. I moisturized it with curl activator and some of my Kemi Oyl. I twisted my hair with some water and beeswax yesterday. I expected my hair to be flat, but my twists are actually quite full looking. My hair is very smooth. I will most likely do this again depending on how my hair feels at the end of the week.
I am also thinking of stretching my wash day to every two weeks so I don't have to manipulate it as much. However, that means that I would have to oil my scalp at least three times in that two weeks to keep my scalp from getting funky.
I am trying this routine now because of how good my mother's hair looks. She is natural too and a strong advocate of simple routines that include grease. With the exception of her grey and hair dye history our texture and hair is the same. However, she has never had the breakage issues I have experienced-which she credits to simplicity and grease. Recently my sister had two people over to do wedding makeup trials. They were both natural, but their hair wasn't in as good of shape as my mother's. They asked her what she used but didn't want to hear it when she told them the answer.
Sometimes I don't want to hear the answer, especially since most things coming out of my mother's mouth sound like nagging. But I will be consistent with it and report the success or failure of it in a future post.