4 Weeks Post Relaxer: Mid-week And Full Wash Day Recaps

Has it only been four weeks since my relaxer touch up? I had to triple check using the calendar to make sure. Either I'm more under processed than I thought or my new growth is coming in fast. Well no matter the reason, it didn't affect my wash day.

I've been working out more lately, walking about 2-3 miles a day 3-5 days a week resulting in my relaxed hair looking greasy. As well as the sweating drying out my scalp between wash days. This means I'm now co-washing in the middle of the week and doing a full wash day on the weekends with shampoo.


For my co-wash I'm either using a cheap conditioner or the I'm either using a cheap conditioner or the Eden BodyWorks Coconut Shea CoWash.

Mid-week co-wash

• Skipped the pre-poo
• Cleansed using Eden BodyWorks CoWash on my scalp
• Conditioned with a coconut milk conditioner
• Removed the excess water with a t-shirt
• Applied leave-in Nothing But Melted Shea Butter
• Blow-dried on cool
• Finished with grapeseed oil on my strands and Jamaican black castor oil on my scalp
• The result was my relaxed hair felt good, not great. Enough to make me proceed to my full wash day. To maintain my hair I moisturized my ends with Eden BodyWorks Coconut Shea Leave In, sealed with coconut oil and wore styles to protect my ends (though I did wear my hair out a couple of days for a few hours)

Full wash day

• Pre-poo/deep condition with Eden BodyWorks Jojoba Monoi Deep Conditioner. I applied it before I went for my walk which lasted about 35 minutes and let the sun and my body heat do their thing
• Cleansed with a macadamia oil shampoo
• Rinsed with green tea mixed with apple cider vinegar
• Conditioned with a coconut milk conditioner
• T-shirt dried for two hours (I think. I lost track of time)
• Applied the leave-in Nothing But Melted Shea Butter
• Blow-dried on cool
• Applied grapeseed oil to finish and some Jamaican black castor oil mixed with grapeseed oil on my scalp
• The result was really soft, smooth relaxed hair. I had a hard time keeping my hands out of it