Long Term Transitioner Seeking Big Sister

Hi,
I'm 7 months post relaxer with no plans for a BC. I plan to cut the relaxer off an inch or so at a time over the course of 18-24 months until I have all natural hair. I'll admit it... I love my hair long so that's why I'm not interested in a BC. I've worn my hair short before and it was cute but I just prefer long. I have loads of questions. The more I learn, the more questions I have.

My current routine:
Shampoo and DT every week
Co wash once per week

Hairstyles:
Low, side bun
Hi Bun
Braid and Curl

Products:
CD shampoo and hair smoothie
Garnier Fructis Triple Moisture / HE Totally Twisted for Co washing (as a styler sometimes too)
Hair Milk, Healthy Hair Butter, Cantu Leave In, MJ Curly PUdding (not all at once) stylers
Still in search of a favorite DT

Coconut Oil for a sealer but I realized mine has petroleum in there so I think I'll be switching.

Any LT transition big sisters out there? I think I have 3c/4a hair from what I can see now (and from pics of me as a child). We'll see. I know I have a definite curl pattern and my hair is THICK!

Thanks ChrsLvsBks
I think I have a new plan b/c my hair started doing things I wasn't expecting... like taking forever to dry and going straight on the ends when I work out (6 days per week). So the new plan is:
Wash and DT on Wed- braid and bantu then cover with a curly wig until Friday afternoon.

Wear hair out for the weekend.

Sunday co wash and either bun or braid and cover.

This gives me the best of both worlds... protected hair that can grow without interruption and be able to wear big, curly hair out without breaking my hair off. I didn't think I would use wigs to transition but I am playing with my hair too much... too much time and too much manipulation. Here I go... don't be surprised if the plan changes next week... lol!

You were right. Clarifying worked! time to cornrow until Friday.

The routine is going well. In search of a go to moisturizer. my hair like olive oil moisturizer but i dont want to use producfts with parabens. he tt is staying as my cowashh produuct but i need a go to deep condish also

I'm open to both and wouldn't mind making them either. What would you suggest?

For moisture, I love Karen's Body Beautiful hair milk and Afroveda's totally twisted ginger almond butter.

For deep conditioning, I love Darcy's Botanicals deep conditioning mask. I like EVOO and EVCO also.

For KBB and DB, you can go to their websites or curlmart.com. For Afroveda, you can go to the website.

Thanks so much. Couldn't find it on CurlMart but I found the websites. I am going to Mexico and needed something ASAP so I picked up Giovanni Direct leave in at walmart. The ingredients seem moisturizing. Can I use this in place of moisturizer and seal with oil until I have a chance to get the others? Can I apply leave in on dry hair?

CurlCita wrote:Thanks so much. Couldn't find it on CurlMart but I found the websites. I am going to Mexico and needed something ASAP so I picked up Giovanni Direct leave in at walmart. The ingredients seem moisturizing. Can I use this in place of moisturizer and seal with oil until I have a chance to get the others? Can I apply leave in on dry hair?

I am familiar with Giovanni's direct leave-in. The ingredients are moisturizing. I would use it as a moisturizer. As for on dry hair, yes, I would use it on dry hair.