6 Month Ayurveda Challenge

[Ozma]

Still loving Ayurveda!

Favorites: Shikakai bars and CoCasta

Best mix: Jamila henna (foil pack)/paprika/neem/brahmi/shikakai (it's on my hair as I'm typing this)

My only change is that I do a full henna 2x/month instead of weekly

 

[Ltown]

Hey Ladies today is Aggie Birthday. link to off topics


http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=407404

 

[Melissa-jane]

I thought the eo was a preservative for the ayurveda maybe Aggie will chime in she makes some for her extensions/braids.

Oh no I mean the vatika oil and the mahabringaraj oil, not the essential oils.

 

[simcha]

LADIES!!! WE ARE HALF WAY THERE!


So tell me:
1)Are you still in love with Ayurveda or just plain annoyed?
2)Your favorite two products? (Yes ONLY two)
3)Absolute Favorite mix so far(Paste, tea, oil, etc.)
4)Are you going to change anything for the second half of the challenge or is everything copacetic?

1)Are you still in love with Ayurveda or just plain annoyed? Yes, I'm still in love with it. As a result of Ayurveda I've completely stopped using direct heat (except for my bangs when I go out) and don't like the way my hair feels when I use regular shampoo. (had to wash my hair once and didn't have time to mix up the tea)
2)Your favorite two products? (Yes ONLY two) To wash, it would be amla and bhringeraj
3)Absolute Favorite mix so far(Paste, tea, oil, etc.) Tea wash - Amla and Bhringeraj. Moisturizer - Shea mix with rose water and Argan oil. Seal and pre-relaxer touch-up - Argan oil. Clarify (once a week) - Apple Cider Vinegar. Once every two months (after relaxer) - Karishma Henna
4)Are you going to change anything for the second half of the challenge or is everything copacetic? I've figured out how to rinse the tea rinse out more thoroughly, so I'll be skipping the cw after I shampoo (Amla, Bhringeraj) and just deep condition (either in the shower or with heat). I can't find a good cheapie conditioner that I like and the Mixed Chicks is a little pricey to use as a cw.

I'm also planning on trying Indigo. I prefer my hair to be really dark.

 

[Aggie]

Hey Ladies today is Aggie Birthday. link to off topics


http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=407404

Thanks again honey. I should be wishing you happy anniversary today too. Isn't it your first relaxer anniversary year?

Happy Anniversary to you in reaching one year since your last relaxer. I can't wait to get to 1 year too. It's a struggle but I know that the rewards are great.

 

[Aggie]

Oh no I mean the vatika oil and the mahabringaraj oil, not the essential oils.

Yes Vatika Oil does make the rinses smell a little off. In fact, Vatika Oil spoils fairly quickly and I that's the reason why I don't order it anymore.

You'd have to use it up straight on the scalp or as a sealant but when mixed with other oils/powders, for some reason I could never get used to the combined scent - it actually made me want to gag.

Everything is fine though when I don't add it to anything and simply use it straight.

Bhringraj Oil did mix well with anything I added it to and the scent was fine - no appalling odors with my mixes. I always kept my rinses in the fridge for them to last longer and in the end, I made less tea rinses - just enough to last only a week at a time.

 

[Aggie]

Still loving Ayurveda!

Favorites: Shikakai bars and CoCasta

Best mix: Jamila henna (foil pack)/paprika/neem/brahmi/shikakai (it's on my hair as I'm typing this)

My only change is that I do a full henna 2x/month instead of weekly

I noticed that this henna regimen works better for me as well. Weekly hennas was a little too much manipulation for my fine tresses.

I need to order some more indigo as I would need enouh to last me at least a year at a time because of my gray hairs coming in so quickly. I think my hair could possibly be growing a little faster or something I'm using is stripping away my color.

 

[Aggie]

LADIES!!! WE ARE HALF WAY THERE!

So tell me:

1)Are you still in love with Ayurveda or just plain annoyed? I am still in love with ayurveda haircare. Something about mixing the powders together has a therapeutic effect on me.

For some reason I am not too crazy about scritching though but I do it because it highly beneficial to my hair and scalp.

2)Your favorite two products? (Yes ONLY two) This is hugely tough but I would still say Henna and Bhringraj Oil.


3)Absolute Favorite mix so far(Paste, tea, oil, etc.) I'd say my fenugreek tea rinse to give all my henna and other powder rinses and pastes a little extra slip.

4)Are you going to change anything for the second half of the challenge or is everything copacetic?

I think I will be making a very tiny change to my ayurveda regimen. I was only using indigo once every 3-4 henna applications, but now I need to do one with every henna treatment to combat and calm my ferocious gray hairs.

 

[Aggie]

This has been a challenge for me because I'm transitioning and was experimenting with two textures.

1. I like ayurveda but I'm getting annoyed with the mixing powder probably because I have been doing the paste.
2. Favorite: Afroveda shikaki oil, vatika oil
3. Favorite mix: Tea
4. I decided today to change and jump on the tea. So I'll be copying some of your regimens. thanks in advance for sharing!

The bolded is a good idea when going deep into a long relaxer stretch or transition I am finding myself. This way, I don't have to be concerned about bits and pieces of the powders, if any, being caught all through my new growth hairs.

I do still love my ayurveda cowashes (the powders mixed with conditioner and oils).

 

[Aspire]

1)Are you still in love with Ayurveda or just plain annoyed? Annoyingly in Love? Lovingly Annoyed? Love the results - Annoyed with the time for the process.

2)Your favorite two products? (Yes ONLY two) Amla and Cassia

3)Absolute Favorite mix so far(Paste, tea, oil, etc.) KT and Amla paste.

4)Are you going to change anything for the second half of the challenge or is everything copacetic? I think I am going to try the teas - need to simplify my life. Also, I plan to do some modifications for the winter like adding more oil rinses and such.

 

[flowinlocks]

I think I will be making a very tiny change to my ayurveda regimen. I was only using indigo once every 3-4 henna applications, but now I need to do one with every henna treatment to combat and calm my ferocious gray hairs.

Happy B-day Aggie!! Hey have you ever tried an Indigo gloss in between Henna treatments to kick up the color? Shouldn't it work if it's on pre hennaed hair?

 

[Aggie]

Happy B-day Aggie!! Hey have you ever tried an Indigo gloss in between Henna treatments to kick up the color? Shouldn't it work if it's on pre hennaed hair?

Thank you for the birthday wishes FL. About the bolded, you are right, but I wasn't using the indigo often at all, now I have to. Oh why do we have to have gray hair as we age?

~sigh~

 

[flowinlocks]

Thank you for the birthday wishes FL. About the bolded, you are right, but I wasn't using the indigo often at all, now I have to. Oh why do we have to have gray hair as we age?

~sigh~

Have your ever tried to make an Indigo gloss? I would be curious to see the results. I know it's supposed to be mixed with water, but I would like to try it in my cond. pastes.

 

[Chameleonchick]

Even though I am not in this challenge, I am going back to this. I started back up with Ayurvedics the beginning of September. I was looking at old pictures of my hair and noticed when I got lazy (from doing ayurvedic treatments) and picked up wet bunning my ends started looking nasty. Now that I am doing the treatments again, it is already changing for the better. After I did that 4 month challenge I should have went straight to this.

 

[Aggie]

Have your ever tried to make an Indigo gloss? I would be curious to see the results. I know it's supposed to be mixed with water, but I would like to try it in my cond. pastes.

To my knowledge about indigo, it does not cooperate well when mixed with anything else other than water and salt. It loses it's efficacy when mixed with anything else. I hate to waste it to find out as it is not cheap for me.

Also, once it is mixed, it must be used immediately. It doesn't last like henna and not even as long as the other powders, which we know is not very long at all. I learned that it cannot be refridgerated to use later either - it won't leave a color deposit.

 

[flowinlocks]

To my knowledge about indigo, it does not cooperate well when mixed with anything else other than water and salt. It loses it's efficacy when mixed with anything else. I hate to waste it to find out as it is not cheap for me.

Also, once it is mixed, it must be used immediately. It doesn't last like henna and not even as long as the other powders, which we know is not very long at all. I learned that it cannot be refridgerated to use later either - it won't leave a color deposit.

Yeah I know about it not wanting to cooperate, I just wanted to experiment. I would be using it immediately.

 

[Lita]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Aggie







Happy Hair Growing!

 

[Aggie]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Aggie







Happy Hair Growing!

Thanks Sweetie and for your PM too.

 

[Melissa-jane]

1)Are you still in love with Ayurveda or just plain annoyed? Yes, I'm still in love with it. As a result of Ayurveda I've completely stopped using direct heat (except for my bangs when I go out) and don't like the way my hair feels when I use regular shampoo. (had to wash my hair once and didn't have time to mix up the tea)
2)Your favorite two products? (Yes ONLY two) To wash, it would be amla and bhringeraj
3)Absolute Favorite mix so far(Paste, tea, oil, etc.) Tea wash - Amla and Bhringeraj. Moisturizer - Shea mix with rose water and Argan oil. Seal and pre-relaxer touch-up - Argan oil. Clarify (once a week) - Apple Cider Vinegar. Once every two months (after relaxer) - Karishma Henna
4)Are you going to change anything for the second half of the challenge or is everything copacetic? I've figured out how to rinse the tea rinse out more thoroughly, so I'll be skipping the cw after I shampoo (Amla, Bhringeraj) and just deep condition (either in the shower or with heat). I can't find a good cheapie conditioner that I like and the Mixed Chicks is a little pricey to use as a cw.

I'm also planning on trying Indigo. I prefer my hair to be really dark.

oh that sounds yummy

 

[Melissa-jane]

Yes Vatika Oil does make the rinses smell a little off. In fact, Vatika Oil spoils fairly quickly and I that's the reason why I don't order it anymore.

You'd have to use it up straight on the scalp or as a sealant but when mixed with other oils/powders, for some reason I could never get used to the combined scent - it actually made me want to gag.

Everything is fine though when I don't add it to anything and simply use it straight.

Bhringraj Oil did mix well with anything I added it to and the scent was fine - no appalling odors with my mixes. I always kept my rinses in the fridge for them to last longer and in the end, I made less tea rinses - just enough to last only a week at a time.

Thank you Aggie.

 

[cutiebe2]

I am still in but keeping things very simple. I just had a bag of maka so I just did tea rinses with that every week. I just ran out last night. I aplly the oil (Amla) during the day and bun my hair, then tea rinse and night and co-wash. On Sundays I DC.

I am going back home in two weeks so I will pick up some more powders to use up (I have tons at home)

 

[quasimodi]

Hi, ladies!

I'm not in on this challenge either, but I've learned so much from reading through this and other ayurveda threads.

I did my very first henna last night!


Thus far I am quite pleased with the experience.

I made a mixture of karishma henna, suave tropical coconut, grapeseed oil, amla and hibiscus powder (1 tbls.), water and honey.

I let the mix sit for 45-50 mins. (I'm only using henna for strengthening; not for color ) Then I washed my hair w/ aphogee for damaged hair.

I spread the henna on my clean, damp hair. It was a lot less messy than I thought it would be. Then I put on a plastic cap and left it on for 50 minutes.

I rinsed it out w/ water and then with several rinses of V05 champagne kiss. I basically used the whole bottle.

After that I followed up with a dc of lustrasilk shea, honey, extra virgin olive under a heating cap. All this time, I had been steeping a tea of hibiscus powder, fenugreek, rosemary, and nettle. I used this as a final rinse. My hair felt silky smooth and...dare I say it?...strong! I barely lost any hair during the rinsing

Then I applied Jessicurl Weekly Deep Treatment, moisturized w/ Burdock Root Butter cream, sealed with vatika oil and twisted. My hair felt GGGGRRRRREEAAT!! (where's Tony the Tiger when you need him?)

The funny thing is, my hair kinda looked and felt thicker. Am I imaging things???

I'm going to henna again on Sunday...and will do so once a week until I feel my hair is strong enough to space out the treatments. I consulted with Aggie and Flowinlocks, my go-to ayurvedic experts, and I think I've done everything possible to avoid actually dying my hair through the process. But, if I think I see a color change, which I didn't when I did a strand test, I can always switch to cassia.

But, for now. So far, so good.

Viva la henna!!

 

[Aggie]

Hi, ladies!

I'm not in on this challenge either, but I've learned so much from reading through this and other ayurveda threads.

I did my very first henna last night!


Thus far I am quite pleased with the experience.

I made a mixture of karishma henna, suave tropical coconut, grapeseed oil, amla and hibiscus powder (1 tbls.), water and honey.

I let the mix sit for 45-50 mins. (I'm only using henna for strengthening; not for color ) Then I washed my hair w/ aphogee for damaged hair.

I spread the henna on my clean, damp hair. It was a lot less messy than I thought it would be. Then I put on a plastic cap and left it on for 50 minutes.

I rinsed it out w/ water and then with several rinses of V05 champagne kiss. I basically used the whole bottle.

After that I followed up with a dc of lustrasilk shea, honey, extra virgin olive under a heating cap. All this time, I had been steeping a tea of hibiscus powder, fenugreek, rosemary, and nettle. I used this as a final rinse. My hair felt silky smooth and...dare I say it?...strong! I barely lost any hair during the rinsing

Then I applied Jessicurl Weekly Deep Treatment, moisturized w/ Burdock Root Butter cream, sealed with vatika oil and twisted. My hair felt GGGGRRRRREEAAT!! (where's Tony the Tiger when you need him?)

The funny thing is, my hair kinda looked and felt thicker. Am I imaging things???

I'm going to henna again on Sunday...and will do so once a week until I feel my hair is strong enough to space out the treatments. I consulted with Aggie and Flowinlocks, my go-to ayurvedic experts, and I think I've done everything possible to avoid actually dying my hair through the process. But, if I think I see a color change, which I didn't when I did a strand test, I can always switch to cassia.

But, for now. So far, so good.

Viva la henna!!

Welcome to the world of ayurveda quasi.

 

[morehairplease]

Checking in for today ladies....pre-pooed with mild protein conditioner for 2.5 hrs., used ayurvedic cleansing conditioner, and did a quick cw/acv rinse while in the shower.

 

[Shay72]

Oops--wrong thread.

 

[Imoan]

Seems like my hair responds to a few of the powders negatively, thats shikakai, Aritha, Henna,( I dont mix all three at once, and if I use shikakia I dont use Aritha) however if I use the shikakia soap bar my hair likes it, I could be making the paste to thick, I dont know. now my hair lovesssss Hib, KT ,KK, Maka, Feng....

 

[Ltown]

I switch to tea rinses for my wash, so much easier and better!

 

[Shay72]

I switch to tea rinses for my wash, so much easier and better!

Good for you ltown! My old tub can not handle pastes. It is still recovering from cassia last month .

 

[Ltown]

Good for you ltown! My old tub can not handle pastes. It is still recovering from cassia last month .

Shay I remember you having that problem and because of that I used the kitchen sink when I did my paste and the good shower filter for the dc conditioner. I don't know why I waited so long heck it will be a year.

 

[Aggie]

Good for you ltown! My old tub can not handle pastes. It is still recovering from cassia last month .

You know Shay, whenever I experience this, I grab my tub plunger and start plunging right away. I have been doing this for a while and even after every relaxer to prevent it from getting all stopped up. It actually works.