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Kimlyb said:
For my hair I'm having a hard time finding a natural dye to color
This awful gray can someone please help....

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As I do regularly, I must recommend checking out henna and indigo. Take a look at the www.mehandi.com site for more info. Even if you decide not to buy from them or use it, there's still a lot of information on the site.
 
I cowashed with HE Honey Im Strong the other day and fell in lovvveee!! It gave me soo much slip, smells amazing, and my hair felt like butter. I love it! My new fav condish!!
 
I started my hair journal in January and looking through it I can see how I stumbled upon some great things for my hair. It's funny looking back at what I was doing AND raving about that ultimately wasn't good for my hair... I can see when I learned of new product ingredients and new techniques. And I can see how I first atempted them and how I started to modify them for my needs.

:-) I'm so happy and I think 2012 is the year that my hair turned the corner towards being truly healthy.
 
People keep asking if I dyed my hair because it looks more red. I noticed it last night too. I think the water in my new apartment is hard or something, and it's turning my hair red. :/ time to find a shower filter....
 
tapioca_pudding said:
People keep asking if I dyed my hair because it looks more red. I noticed it last night too. I think the water in my new apartment is hard or something, and it's turning my hair red. :/ time to find a shower filter....
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Lawd can I move in with you??! I dyed my hair red and it's fading.

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My nape is finally long enough to put flat twists in! And I put avocado oil on my nape and ends this morning. Hopefully it makes my ends softer because they are extremely dry right now.
 
I just washed, DC, tension blow dried, then flat ironed my hair. I do not know the deal is, but my hair is :nono: My ends were horrible. They didn't look bad altogether, but I could see the splits, SSK's, damage. So I cut 4" off. I went from MBL to below APL. I will cut again in 3 months. The damage was pretty far up the shaft. I think another 1-2 inches would have gotten it all. But DH would not be happy. And neither would I. My ends feel so good though. And blunt cuts always make my hair appear thicker.

So I have a mini challenge starting October 1: I will use my WEN products only, and my oils. That is it. I think I am using too many unnecessary products, that maybe contributing to my damage. I blow dry and flatiron once a month. So it couldn't be heat. I am on a vitamin regimen, which will help as will. It includes a prenatal vitamin, MSM, and collagen. I am also going to start exercising (a whole other thought).
 
Today I asked my mom when she started relaxing my hair. I was 3 smh. To be fair my hair is coarse and very thick not to mention she's white. Lol. Mixed babies were not the thing back in 87. That didn't stop me from going on a rant on why you can't do that mama!!!!
 
The good: I Luuuurve ORS Hairrepair!! Melted tangles like butter!! And KCCC is a keeper too...


The bad:... But they gotta do something about the kccc label.... It took me 15 minutes to open it (first use).
 
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CaliiSwagg said:
I cowashed with HE Honey Im Strong the other day and fell in lovvveee!! It gave me soo much slip, smells amazing, and my hair felt like butter. I love it! My new fav condish!!
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I tried it, it didn't wow me. Maybe I'll try it again, I do love the smell.
 
Possibly going to get my hair relaxed on Saturday. I'm going to try and see if I can go without trims until next year, or at least until I a buy a split-ender. Ugh, I have to wait for them to appear on eBay again since I was skeptical about buying one a few days ago.
 
Angelinhell said:
Watching classic "aphogee Ateyaa" on youtube. It makes me want to go back to Aphogee products.
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I was just thinking I keep experimenting with different ways to do a protein treatment but nothing makes my hair feel like a two step. My hair is yelling at me.

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Hello,
Is it possible to make a hot oil treatment with black castor oil? I have a lot of castor oil and I was wondering if it can be use as a hot oil treatment or if that kind of use is only reserved for lighter oil.
I am asking because JBCO is an "heavy" oil and I don't know if it can be rinsed out.

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After flat ironing a piece of my hair, my bestie SWEARS I'm super close to BSL. I think she's full of it, but I'll flat iron the same piece soon and have DH measure for me.
 
...so pick my poison...

Door #1 Natural hair in its natural/stretched state overrun with SSKS

Door #2 Natural hair blownout/ flat ironed taking a couple of hours only to re-pouf within minutes...despite products used

Door #3 Natural hair heat trained so extensively that a pouf dares to show its face again

Door #4 Natural hair Relaxed

...to be continued
 
My hair loves protein!! I think doing a weekly deep condition with a protein conditioner (I used Millcreek Keratin instead of GPB this week) is doing wonders for my hair. Also, I used a clarifying sulfate free shampoo and my hair immediately acted differently. Maybe this whole curly girl method is going to work for me.
 
If I don't dc or something I am going to snap! This has been a hard week. My hair still feels good but I know it needs some tending. I think dc'ing or henna'ing is better for my soul than my hair. It relaxes me. Dc, comfy sweats, fuzzy socks, netflix or LHCF on my phone under the steamer is lovely.
 
The longer my hair gets, the more time I need to take care of it. I just saw the "girl - wash your hair" thread and I think I'll wash it on Friday, deep condition overnight, wake up and rinse it, blow it out and flat iron it. That way the four hour process will be cut into two days and I get the benefit of overnight conditioning.

I think I'm doing great as I grow toward MBL. But the longer it gets the more time it takes and I REFUSE to go to a salon every again in life. (lol)

Oh well. Guess I'm washing the cotton and it's gonna love me. I've been dusting my ends, one section at a time all week. I'm trying to avoid a trim, but I see fly away ends and that means cutting time for my hair.
 
On my shampoo days I actually started shampooing at night when I shower then DC the next day before I jump in the shower it saves me a lot time, plus I like DC on damp/dry hair.
lana said:
The longer my hair gets, the more time I need to take care of it. I just saw the "girl - wash your hair" thread and I think I'll wash it on Friday, deep condition overnight, wake up and rinse it, blow it out and flat iron it. That way the four hour process will be cut into two days and I get the benefit of overnight conditioning.

I think I'm doing great as I grow toward MBL. But the longer it gets the more time it takes and I REFUSE to go to a salon every again in life. (lol)

Oh well. Guess I'm washing the cotton and it's gonna love me. I've been dusting my ends, one section at a time all week. I'm trying to avoid a trim, but I see fly away ends and that means cutting time for my hair.
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I will be getting my relaxer on saturday, which will be 3 months exactly since my virgin was done. I know she's going to want to cut it. But it's my cousin, so she knows when I say no, I mean no. I just did a self trim about 2 weeks ago. I think i've finally made it past APL, grazing BSB I think. I really want BSL though. I wonder if I can get there by the end of the year. That will be 3 more months. That's such a long way to go though, esp since I count the bottom of the strap as BSL, but maybe that's wrong. Maybe that should be more like MBL on me. So confusing.
 
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