Remember Jodie Watley's 80's song, "Looking for a New Love"? That's what's going through my head now as I think about my quest. Not for a new love, but a new shampoo.
I currently use the SL starter shampoo and only every three weeks. Why? It was the suggestion of my locktician (who I LOVE). My locks are over a year old and I still have a few relaxed ends (there's a method to cutting relaxed ends on Sisterlocked hair).
I have beautiful SLs. She says so; everyone says so, but the dry, itchy scalp thing bothers me. I work out at least 3 times a week (on a bad week) and between Zumba workouts, Pilates and weightlifting, I need to cleanse my scalp or I'm constantly scratching. Before SLs, I washed my hair once a week and did deep conditioning treatments once a month. Now, I wash my hair every three weeks and in between shampoos, I rinsed with an ACV rinse. After having issues with the ACV rinse causing an imbalance in my body's PH balance (a vinegar smell when I sweated and deodorants no longer working) I switched to Komaza Care.
Komaza Care's Herbal tea rinse is an ACV that has peppermint, rosemary and aloe vera (to name a few). My only complaint is that the bottle isn't larger:) That's why I dilute the mixture in a separate bottle so I can have more rinses and to save money.
Now, I'm gathering information about shampoos that I can use on my hair without interfering with my SL lock process and journey. A few things that I am considering are:
-Knotty Boy shampoo - states it will help the hair during the loc process
-Video Locktician shampoo - several testimonials comment on the wonderful smell and softness of their locks after using the products
-Aveda's Rosemary and Mint shampoo - A friend with SLs suggested this, as well as a few blogs.
I only list them because I someone out there can tell me about their experiences or give me any suggestions.
I'll keep you posted.
