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Jheri Curls
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Mz.MoMo5235
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its said that the jheri curl stopped breakage because your hairs moisture and protein levels always stayed high cause you was always misting your hair
however, its been shown (in several juice challenges) that if you use the curl activator with out having the kit done (i.e. no jheri curl perm but use the glycerin based spray) it will have the same effect
i my self make my own "juice" by mixing water with infusium 23 and adding veg glycerin and peppermint oil and tea tree oil
but this does not work for everyone. some people need more protein, others need more moisture. some are even protein sensitive.
so its up to you.
you can buy the care free curls in the gold bottle (some like the yellow but i liked the gold) and dilute the hell out of it with water and spray your hair with it as needed and see how your hair like it
hope this helped
however, its been shown (in several juice challenges) that if you use the curl activator with out having the kit done (i.e. no jheri curl perm but use the glycerin based spray) it will have the same effect
i my self make my own "juice" by mixing water with infusium 23 and adding veg glycerin and peppermint oil and tea tree oil
but this does not work for everyone. some people need more protein, others need more moisture. some are even protein sensitive.
so its up to you.
you can buy the care free curls in the gold bottle (some like the yellow but i liked the gold) and dilute the hell out of it with water and spray your hair with it as needed and see how your hair like it
hope this helped
Nonie
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^^Ditto! And contrary to popular belief, jheri curls didn't have to be juice dripping, which I think is what gave them a bad rap. You didn't have to gel and wet the hair till you look like a melting grease monkey. They could've look like regular moisturized curly hair of the type 3C-4A/3C persuasion if one didn't go crazy with products.
If I didn't love being natural as much as I do or loathe having to deal with two textures and always worrying about whether each touch up will be done perfectly so my hair is not under- or over-processed, I'd not think twice about getting a jheri curl. I enjoyed having one, until my hair was overprocessed then I moved on.
If I didn't love being natural as much as I do or loathe having to deal with two textures and always worrying about whether each touch up will be done perfectly so my hair is not under- or over-processed, I'd not think twice about getting a jheri curl. I enjoyed having one, until my hair was overprocessed then I moved on.
faithVA
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I had a Jheri Curl back in college and I never had breakage, nor SSKs. Actually last year was the first time I ever heard of them or had them. My hair was also the longest it had ever been - grew from a TWA to somewhere between SL and APL.
I agree with the other posters that it was the Jheri Juice and not the chemical process that kept the breakage away. I am starting to use the juice now. I get the softness but not the curl pattern.
I agree with the other posters that it was the Jheri Juice and not the chemical process that kept the breakage away. I am starting to use the juice now. I get the softness but not the curl pattern.
Iluvsmuhgrass
Well-Known Member
ITA before "The Devastator" got a hold of my grass, I had been getting it done at the mall by a Caucasian lady. She was FANTASTIC!!! My hair was always moist (once I learned how NOT to add loads of product) and my retention was out of this world. My hair was so very healthy. I had huge spiral curls with swang sans the *drip drip* 
I loved it because I was a teen and it was easy.
I'm not even going to lie, I've thought about it.... but the whole chemical thing and fighting with over processing, under processing, finding a good stylist, etc. isn't my cup of tea.
I loved it because I was a teen and it was easy.I'm not even going to lie, I've thought about it.... but the whole chemical thing and fighting with over processing, under processing, finding a good stylist, etc. isn't my cup of tea.
Love Always
Well-Known Member
I didn't have a Jheri Curl but I had a Leisure Curl at the age of 14. My mother talked me into getting one because she "claimed" that all of my hair fell out due to swiming. Now when I look back on it that wasn't the case, my hair wasn't as long as it was before but it was still healthy and full. She kept telling me that if I got the curl that my hair will grow really long. Well, I didn't stick around long enough to know because I was done after a good year of getting it. What prompted my decision to transition back to natural was that I wasn't impressed with the look of it, my natural hair was way prettier, and I got a bad chemical burn on my neck 
erplexed.
My mother and I actually got it done at the same time and she just started transitioning last year so she’s had that curl in her head for a good 14 years. After a while it’s taken a toll on her hair. It became very dry, brittle and stringy. In the year that I maintained the curl my hair had breakage as well.
erplexed. My mother and I actually got it done at the same time and she just started transitioning last year so she’s had that curl in her head for a good 14 years. After a while it’s taken a toll on her hair. It became very dry, brittle and stringy. In the year that I maintained the curl my hair had breakage as well.
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Iluvsmuhgrass
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LOL but it worked for some folks! 
wonderfullymade1
New Member
I had a wave nuveau during my tween years. My hair grew great. Sometimes it looked like an afro if I did not put a lot of product on it. I let it grow out because chemical curls were no longer in style. I already was a nerd with glasses and braces. I was at least trying to have cool hair.
NaturalBoss
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Yes, I used to get Carefree Curls when I was younger. I can't say that I noticed less breakage because I never really had a problem with breakage in the first place. I don't know what kind of hair I had back then, but first I had a relaxer and my hair was really long. I got a jheri curl over the relaxer (overlapping all the hair) and my hair was still long. Then after jheri curls were played out I got a relaxer over the jheri curl....and my hair was still long.
To answer your question: No, jheri curls do not help stop breakage. Like others have said, I believe it has more to do with the moisture from the curl activator than the actual chemicals.
lonelysky
Baby Chick Gate 2011
I had one and HATED IT. My hair grew a lot, but my mom rarely washed my hair between curls, so it was dirty and it stank. In some pics I've seen of myself, my hair looke a bit chewed up, but I actually don't think that was the norm (I was a tomboy, and likely my hair was just mussed).
