The Results of using Keratin 2 Minute Reconstructor Protein Treatment

Good morning curlies.  I wanted to share my results from a protein treatment and deep condition that I did on Thursday evening.  Be sure to keep reading because I'm going to show you my resulting hairstyle below.  I hadn't cowashed since Christmas eve, so this past Thursday made 2 weeks.
 My hair was crying to be drenched in water, as this is the first time that I've ever gone this long between co-washes (part of my new years resolution for 2011).  I decided to use aphogee's keratin 2 minute reconstructor for my light protein treatment.  I actually had the shampoo on hand because when transitioning from permed to natural I did the heavy aphogee protein treatment, the one that you leave on until it gets hard.  I definitely didn't want to go through that process.  I grabbed the shampoo, which did have some mineral oil and a cone in it and decided to just try it anyway.  (I don't typically use shampoo with sulfate, however I had used a gel with cones and figured that I needed to remove them, but in hindsight the shampoo had cones to- oh well- maybe I'm getting a little more lax after 3 years of a strict no cone regimen).  Here's what I did:
Step 1:  I washed my hair with the aphogee deep moisture shampoo.
Step 2: Next I applied the 2 minute keratin reconstructor in sections while finger combing it through.  Then I took my large tooth comb and combed it through (This probably took me 5 minutes).
Step 3: I placed a plastic cap on my head and let it sit for 7 minutes (The directions say 2 minutes and 5 minutes for damaged hair).
Step 4:  I rinsed it all out with water.

Next I decided to make up a concoction to deep condition my hair.  This is how I proceeded:

Step 1: I first parted my hair in sections and applied and finger combed suave naturals juicy green apple conditioner through my tresses.
Step 2: Next I finger combed coconut oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, and castor oil through my hair.
Step 3: I covered my hair with a plastic cap and sat under the hooded dryer for 15 minutes on medium   heat.
Step 4: I quickly placed my head under the shower stream for a blast of cool water to rewet rather than focusing on rinsing my hair (I figured these are products that I typically leave on my hair so why spend the time reapplying them all after completely rinsing them out- so I call this a rewet/ quick rinse).

I decided to do a braidout in this order:
Step 1: I applied shea butter and olive oil to each section, combed the products through using a large comb ( I typically use my denman brush, but again I'm trying some new things this year) and then platted my hair.
Step 2: Once I completely plaited my hair into 8 plaits, 4 on each side, I applied castor oil to the ends.
Step 3: Placed a "peach colored perm rod roller" to the ends of each plait.

This is the resulting hair style and how I did it:
Step 1: I unraveled my braidout.
Step 2: Next I used my fingers to pull a piece of hair down on the right side to create a right side bang.
Step 3: I grabbed remaining hair and secured it using an elastic.

Overall result: Highly moisturized and shiny hair.  I love it.  The best thing about all of this is I don't have to do my hair today which is Saturday.  Neither do I have to do my daughter's hair today because I'm stretching styles to every 2 weeks and her twists were done last weekend.  Yeah! a free weekend- Not.  It's time to clean the house, and help my 8 year old twins with their weekend homework packets.  Oh well!  I can't win them all!!!