hello my loves today's video is all about how i transformed my curly hair
just with simple diy curly hair products if it is your first time here welcome to lotus flower
life my name is michelle i make diy oriented videos so if you're into that kind of thing
make sure you subscribe without further ado let's just get right into the video
the first thing i noticed is that my hair started growing a lot faster my scalp health and my hair
health were like on another level i feel like my hair started to grow at warp speed i actually made
a video on how i grew my hair from basically it was like shoulder length to tailbone length
that happened within a year and that's probably the fastest i have ever grown my hair to that
length honestly i attribute a lot of that health to diy products that i put into my hair because
the ingredients are fresh it is truly contributing to the health of my hair allowing it to flourish
the hair that i have right now i styled my hair with just diy curly hair products nothing else
just that i have not been able to achieve that kind of definition just curl definition in general
with any other products i don't have to use things like denman brushes i don't need a million
ingredients for my curls to be defined they literally form and happen with the right products
and my hands and that's it i'm pretty happy with that honestly for me less is more i'm all about
keeping things as simple as i could possibly keep them for myself that's what works for me
a little while ago i straightened my hair for the first time in like four plus years it had
been like a really long time and i was low-key scared like really scared my hair would just be
you know jacked up so after i did the whole process i enjoyed it for a little bit i went
back i was able to revert my hair exactly the same as it was before like literally there was zero
damage and as you can see it's just very springy fresh healthy curls the fact that i was using
really good ingredients in my hair allowed my hair to be as resilient as possible when you
take care of it really well for a long period of time it just gets healthier and healthier
with each and every wash day and each and every time that you apply these products to your hair
i am a one day week kind of girl i do my washing and my styling all in one day and then i do not
style my hair throughout the rest of the week literally just set it and forget it
with diy products this is the way that i've been able to achieve it my curls were lasting
longer and longer throughout the week meaning i can wear my hair in a wash and go just down
and out for five days it still look really good like shiny and luscious and everything
i wasn't able to achieve that with store-bought products ever so i was like okay this is something
to take note of i think i need to keep on using some of these things week to week they made a
huge difference in how long my hairstyle lasted for some reason store-bought deep conditioners
just don't do it for my hair they never give the long-lasting hydration that it's looking for nine
times out of ten they use a crap ton of humectants now humectants aren't really a bad thing per se
it just depends on the environment you're living in the purpose of a humectant
is really to draw moisture back into your hair but depending on the environment you're
living in it can actually end up doing the opposite where it's pulling the moisture from
your hair out into the atmosphere so it could be drying out your hair in the long run another
reason why store bought deep conditioners have not worked for me whatsoever a lot of them use
synthetic ingredients to coat the hair to give it that really nice and silky feel without
actually doing anything to nourish and hydrate the hair this is why i have a really hard time
finding deep conditioners so i just decided to make my own and that was the solution there are so
many other ingredients i have not tried yet to use as deep conditioners i'm really excited
to dive into that because that's probably my absolute favorite part of my curly hair routine
i also put in that whole thing i feel like i went off on a tangent better moisture retention
one thing i noticed when i started making my own diy products was how well my hair
was responding to certain ingredients and also how badly my hair was responding to ingredients
that actually made me a better shopper when i went into the store and i actually did get
stuff that was pre-made i was able to kind of sift through the stuff that had ingredients that
i knew would not work for my hair and i was able to do a process of elimination find some products
that were really high quality that i could sub in when i didn't have time to make the diy products
my answer is 100 percent yes and this is why, think about it this way it's kind of like the
difference between when you eat a whole heap of junk food and a lot of healthy food it's
very similar to what you eat whatever you put on your hair you're basically feeding
it to your hair your body your skin all that stuff how healthy your hair looks and feels
is a direct reflection of the products that you've been putting on your hair if you've
been putting products that are filled with junk and synthetic ingredients that do not agree
with organic matter then you definitely need to switch something up a little bit it's kind of
innate for us to know that it's kind of like common sense but we don't think about it when it
actually applies to our hair you definitely don't need to overhaul your entire curly hair routine
i basically was making one to two diy products for years and years and years there are so
many limitless ways that you can incorporate one or two that will make a huge difference in your
hair maybe something like a deep conditioner mask i have a lot of those that i make maybe
it is a leave-in conditioner recipe that you like maybe it's a hair oil that really agrees with your
hair you could fully customize them to you that is the beauty of diy products if you reached the
end of the video you're a real one thank you for coming through to watch this video i hope it helps
you out and i hope it gives you some insight into why diy curly hair products should not be slept on
look they could literally transform the health of your hair and i mean that for the bottom of
my heart because i actually use every single thing i make and share with you guys if you need
a little bit of inspiration or some ideas to kind of get the juices flowing you go ahead and watch
the playlist that i put up here remember to like subscribe and share this video if you found it
helpful and as always i'm wishing you all the love light and good vibes and i will see you in the next one