My Hair Growth Journey – One Year Update Using Monat
If you follow along with me on Instagram then you know I have been using Monat hair products since the end of May 2023. I’m a little over a year in now and I am IMPRESSED! No other products have ever done to my hair what Monat has done to my hair.
Let’s Go On A Hair Journey First
I had my daughter, Brynleigh, in January of 2022. Let me just tell you - I DID NOT HAVE GREAT HAIR … even though I thought I did LOL. Prior to getting pregnant, my hair was heavily damaged, brittle, thin and breaking.
Prenatal vitamins did absolutely nothing for my hair - love that for me!
Fast forward, around 4 months postpartum it hit me.
Postpartum Hair Loss …
I honestly thought I had gotten lucky and it wasn’t going to hit me but then it did and boy did it do some damage. My ends looked like spaghetti noodles, my breakage and frizz were out of control and the dandruff … oh the dandruff.
It was SO bad. I have never in my life had consistent dandruff like I did for about 6 months. I went in for a routine dermatology appointment and they pointed out I had dandrufff (thank you, I didn’t know) and prescribed a shampoo and proceeds to tell me “it’s going to be red and may burn your scalp.” Um no thank you. Needless to say that I didn’t fill the prescription.
After this I started trying to heal my hair and I was able to help my ends but my dandruff problem was still a problem. I chopped about 3-4 inches off my hair and went back to a color similar to my natural. Then about 3-4 months after, I decided to switch my products to Monat because I didn’t to focus on scalp health. The photos below are before I started to use Monat but still freshly in the postpartum era.
Now here we are, over a year later!
I’m happy to report that my dandruff is GONE (thank you Jesus). These products have done far more than I ever imagined in such a short amount of time. I wasn’t expecting them to totally transform the hair. One thing I really love about these products & company is that they understand hair is not a one-size-fits-all. Every single persons hair are regime is customized to their specific hair type + needs.
I started focusing heavily on taking care of my scalp health and within 2 months my dandruff was completely gone. Here’s a picture journey of my hair over the last year and couple of months!
Here’s what I’ve been doing …
I do weekly oil treatments with our Rejuveniqe Oil. It’s the only oil on the market that has a molecular structure small enough to penetrate all 3 layers of the hair strand and not just sit on top like others. Doing these weekly treatments before washing my hair has helped to balance my scalp pH so that new hair growth is able to flourish and grow strong.
Every 2 weeks, I exfoliate my scalp with our Scalp Purifying Scrub and it is heavenly. It’s one of my favorite products to ever touch my head! It feels incredible and helped tremendously with removing build-up and dead cells from scalp that were contributing to dandruff.
Did you know our scalp ages 12x faster than any other part of our body?? It’s so important to focus on scalp health!
My shampoo is customized to my scalp and hair type! I’ve been using a combo of Black 2-in-1 with the Thickening shampoo. Also, Renew shampoo with Volumizing Shampoo. I’ve found that alternating between these two duos is something my hair loves so I’m going to keep it up. One to two times a month I do like to throw in the ACV Rinse in between my shampoo and conditioner. It helps to boosts shine, preserve color and makes my hair SO soft!
My conditioner is the same as my shampoo — customized! I like to alternate between the Thickening Conditioner and the Volumizing Conditioner. I’m not a huge fan of hair masques so it hasn’t really been part of my routine.
Two of my favorite post-wash products are the Damage Repair Leave-In Creme and the Viral Thickening Growth Serum.
The Damage Repair Leave-In is a 4-in-1 product that protects my hair against heat, contains our split end mender, is hydrating and strengthening. I use a pea size amount of this on my hair after washing but before blow drying or air drying.
The Thinning Defense Serum is my daily growth serum that has gone viral on the internet. I use this daily (and no, it doesn’t make your hair greasy). It’s used daily to deliver 92% less hair fall. It contains a blend of melatonin and caffeine, known to reduce the production of hair thinning DHT & is formulated with bio active D-biotin necessary for healthy hair. It’s truly a magic serum!
I do like to use other styling products as needed, like the mousse, air dry cream (GREAT for heartless curls), texturing spray, wave spray, leave-in conditioner for pool & beach days and a few others.
Now I get the privilege of helping so many others transform and fall in love with their hair too! If you’re curious which products would be best for your hair type & your hair goals, take my hair quiz below and I’ll be in touch within the next 48 hours to get you a customized regime!
