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So on the 22nd, I will be getting my hair trimmed and flat ironed professionally for the first time in...4 years. Yeah it's been a long time. Plus this is the first time with natural hair. I'm so nervous!!!!
 
i air dried last night. my hair was 75% dry, so i lightly blew on the cool/low setting. i just wanted to get it dry, not straight, since i used the flat iron as well.

Raspberry said:
shortdub78 Girl me too :lol: I was staring at the blow dryer the other night doin all types of research and gettin shook over threats of dryness and damage. I ended up air drying lol. I'm gonna use that blow dryer one of these days though.. I swear.
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Why is it that they do the worst styling and blending for the models on the packages of half wigs?


Anyone ever wonder about that?
 
shortdub78 said:
i air dried last night. my hair was 75% dry, so i lightly blew on the cool/low setting. i just wanted to get it dry, not straight, since i used the flat iron as well.
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shortdub78 What kind of flat iron do you use? How do you prep your hair beforehand, do you use a heat protectant? Do you think flat ironing on low heat is effective? Sorry for the 20 questions :lol:
 
Raspberry said:
shortdub78 What kind of flat iron do you use? How do you prep your hair beforehand, do you use a heat protectant? Do you think flat ironing on low heat is effective? Sorry for the 20 questions :lol:
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i was trying to find the name of my flat iron, since it rubbed off. i got it from Sally's a few years ago. i paid like $79 for it. i use Fantasia IC heat protectant serum and i had the setting on 325. i was always told to let the flat iron do the straighten vs the blow dryer.

i washed and dc'ed, then i applied my Aphogee keratin green tea spray, followed with Keracare leave-in.
 
As long as I have been on LHCF, I have washed or cowashed my hair twice a week. Right now I am a little over the whole process so I am going to wash and deep condition my hair once a week. I was save the twice a week routine for the summer months.
 
NikkiQ said:
So on the 22nd, I will be getting my hair trimmed and flat ironed professionally for the first time in...4 years. Yeah it's been a long time. Plus this is the first time with natural hair. I'm so nervous!!!!
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You better show us some pics!!!
 
Wearing my faux locs from the mini twist takedown has me contemplating getting loc'd up for real. DH would be on board. The only problem is commitment. Locs are a commitment. Yarn braids are nice, but they don't completely give me the feel I'm going for. I'd loc extensions but I don't want to pay loc extension money. Also, I'm afraid of the takedown. I picture it being a big ordeal. Hmm...
 
taking Mom shopping today ... gonna browse the hair products at Big Lots, Marshalls, organic shop ... hair care products are not on the list but I am out of castor oil ...
 
I actually am quite amused by the weave check or the question "Is that all your hair?"

I am really enjoying blowing my hair out on wash day. Not only is my hair nice and big it's easier to detangle in the between time.

I have also come to the conclusion that although I really do like the Miss Jessie's buttercreme stuff I don't think that the price is worth it. I like it but I don't love it. For that price I have to feel like I can't live without it.
 
metamorphose88 & JJamiah it was claudies elixir. My man just pulled 2 chunks of hair from the shower drain in addition to the pic i posted thats a lot of hair!!! I am so mad. I feel like most of not all my progress is down the drain literally!!! I feel so sad! ;-(
 
I had said classic length was my ultimate goal, but I really think that would be too much hair for me. I'm thinking I'll grow to TBL and then maintain somewhere between TBL and HL.

Sent from my HTC Evo
 
I am so irritated with folica.com. Everything I want is out of stock, not authorized to sell by vendor:( I have this stupid $75 groupon and nothing to spend it on
 
I must have used 87292 bobby pins just to get my little pony.:lol:


NikkiQ,, I'm sure your hair will turn out wonderful!!! Don't forget to post pichaassssss:yep:
 
err trying to re-visit moisturizing with water in between washes & conditions. to save on product and also to maybe reduce build up? so far (past few days) my hair has felt good using just a spray bottle of water and i have sealed with oil...but we'll see how long it lasts.
 
I purchased Joico k-pak reconstructor at Marshalls and discovered the art supply section at Hobby Lobby with 40% off on some items. I replaced my portfolio, got a box of pencils, several drawing pads and a cheap easel ... :grin:
 
youwillrise said:
err trying to re-visit moisturizing with water in between washes & conditions. to save on product and also to maybe reduce build up? so far (past few days) my hair has felt good using just a spray bottle of water and i have sealed with oil...but we'll see how long it lasts.
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youwillrise This is what i have been doing for the past week. Only using water that has a few drops of essential oils in it. I don't saturate my hair, just enough to feel that it has penetrated. I am also baggying nightly and sometimes during the day. My hair has never felt this moisturised. :yep:
 
sitting with Aphogee 2min in my hair right now. will dc with Keracare. after that i plan on roller setting and putting my hair up in a french twist. it is really cold out and i need to put my hair up. felt really good yesterday about trimming/dusting my own ends.
 
Time to winterize the hair. Goodbye wash and go, we were just settling into our groove together. Hope you don't act all brand new when we meet up again
 
I clarified my hair and a conditioner that I hated before worked great, and now my hair is taking much longer than usual to dry
 
Why do people seem to be so entranced by a fro? I always have to explain it. It just grows out of my scalp that way. But I'm not gonna lie, Fros captivate me to like some type of hair magic.
 
I hate reading flat iron reviews; there are just too many references to 'unmanageable' black hair. Sigh.
 
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