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I think I’m just gonna cut my losses and throw out all the DCs I bought last year during my PJ phase. I realized I don’t like options. I want one shampoo, one DC & one cowash product and that’s it. Right now I have a hell of a time trying to figure out what to use on wash day and then I get annoyed when something doesn’t work.
 
silverlotus said:
I think I’m just gonna cut my losses and throw out all the DCs I bought last year during my PJ phase. I realized I don’t like options. I want one shampoo, one DC & one cowash product and that’s it. Right now I have a hell of a time trying to figure out what to use on wash day and then I get annoyed when something doesn’t work.
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Throw out all of them? What did you buy?
 
Ok. I'm sold. I was very skeptical at first because I wasn't sure how my scalp would react but I read and re-read the ingredients like 5 times in the store to see if any irritants stood out. None. Got home, begged hubby to help, and when we finished I was all smiles!! Cantu's Root Rinse is my new FAV!! My scalp felt so clean. I didn't get all the tingles that reviewers mentioned but my scalp certainly felt refreshed. The smell wasn't as bad as I expected either. Cantu's Root Rinse is a scalp saver for anyone with box braids.
 
Bad&Bougee said:
Ok. I'm sold. I was very skeptical at first because I wasn't sure how my scalp would react but I read and re-read the ingredients like 5 times in the store to see if any irritants stood out. None. Got home, begged hubby to help, and when we finished I was all smiles!! Cantu's Root Rinse is my new FAV!! My scalp felt so clean. I didn't get all the tingles that reviewers mentioned but my scalp certainly felt refreshed. The smell wasn't as bad as I expected either. Cantu's Root Rinse is a scalp saver for anyone with box braids.
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Yayyyy! Agreed!

I'm glad you made this find.

It has a lot of ingredients, though, iirc.
 
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silverlotus said:
I think I’m just gonna cut my losses and throw out all the DCs I bought last year during my PJ phase. I realized I don’t like options. I want one shampoo, one DC & one cowash product and that’s it. Right now I have a hell of a time trying to figure out what to use on wash day and then I get annoyed when something doesn’t work.
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If you have a lot consider selling them on the exchange forum. You can at least recoup some of your expense.
 
In October I may blow dry my hair and do a Bantu knot out. It's going to be 21" at least. Probably more. That's going to be crazy satisfying.

On that night I'm going to the Casinos. Walk on the boardwalk. Let the wind blow it all around, over my head, under my armpits, around my neck and all over me.
 
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I tried to finger detangle one of my celie Plats last night. I don't see how people do it. My arms were so over it in less than 5 minutes. I moisturized with my s curl spray, slapped some whipped Shea butter on my hair and put the braid back in. Finger detangling is an arm killer.
 
Bad&Bougee said:
Do you know how lucky you are?!! By day 6 my scalp begins sending me notes that it is time to wash.
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LOL I guess I am "lucky" than. I once went 5 weeks and my hair still felt and smelled the same. I also cover my head all the time. As soon as I get in the house I put a scarf on out of habit. On the weekends if I don't go out the scarf won't budge from Friday after work until Monday morning. Even when company comes over they will always see my head wrapped. I don't know if this is what's doing it for me.
 
icsonia22 said:
I tried to finger detangle one of my celie Plats last night. I don't see how people do it. My arms were so over it in less than 5 minutes. I moisturized with my s curl spray, slapped some whipped Shea butter on my hair and put the braid back in. Finger detangling is an arm killer.
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You will get better. It will just happen out of the blue too. I am so use to it now that I haven't used my pick in about two months. I am also faster at it now. Its one of those things you have to keep doing and after a few tries your fingers will just know were to go and what to do. Like learning to flat twist. It becomes second nature.

"Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest til your Good is Better and your Better is Best."
 
I Am So Blessed said:
LOL I guess I am "lucky" than. I once went 5 weeks and my hair still felt and smelled the same. I also cover my head all the time. As soon as I get in the house I put a scarf on out of habit. On the weekends if I don't go out the scarf won't budge from Friday after work until Monday morning. Even when company comes over they will always see my head wrapped. I don't know if this is what's doing it for me.
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That's a good habit to have. The environment has so many nasty pollutants floating around that covering our hair is probably something we should do more often than not (when possible). I'm sure it helps to prolong your washes.
 
icsonia22 said:
I tried to finger detangle one of my celie Plats last night. I don't see how people do it. My arms were so over it in less than 5 minutes. I moisturized with my s curl spray, slapped some whipped Shea butter on my hair and put the braid back in. Finger detangling is an arm killer.
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My strands are so coarse and sharp that they start to give me tiny cuts because finger detangling takes so long and my hands start getting soft from water and conditioner (which makes it easy for the cuts to form). I’d rather just brush my hair.
 
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I’mtrying to get back on my hair caremore consistently after years and years and it shows. I definitely have breakage and my twists aren’t the same thickness throughout the twists so I know I have breakage. Anyway, back in the day I used my Denman brush and then stopped because I was concerned with breakage using the brush. But that darn brush removes so much shedded hair that I think I’ll go back to it once per month to remove shedded hairs.

I washed on Saturday, DCed with cholesterol (so over this DC) and was too lazy to rinse out so it stayed in overnight. I just rinsed, detangled, applied detangling ghee and Shea butter. I also ordered deva curl DC and the design essential rosemary and mint DC. Going to try and DC every week and get my moisture levels up as well as do my routine protein treatments.
I don’t plan to trim my hair in salons for the rest of the year...the last time I flat ironed was in 2011. Wow. 7 years and it doesn’t even show. Breakage is a beeeeyyyyyyyaaaaa......
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I stopped using my Denman at the end of 2017 due to concerns re: breakage. I thought the rubber base was rubbing my thin, fine hair away. In January 2018 I started using the Felicia Leatherwood brush. So far, it works well to detangle shed hair. I don't think it has caused any breakage.

Because my hair is voluminous in density, but also fine and fragile, I've started trimming my hair more often than in the past. My hair seems to be retaining length a lot more (plus I've been keeping it in updos). In January, I started out BSL. I've trimmed my hair twice since then - the first time in mid-January to BSB and the second on March 28 about an inch above BSL. Now, my hair is nearly touching my bra strap.

My goal is thick, blunt, even ends.

I remember that many years ago Nonie (sp?) used to talk all the time about trimming regularly - before your hair has a chance to split. My next trim will likly be around May 9, which is 6 weeks from my last.
 
I Am So Blessed said:


I need answers. Do y'all think that she cut too much hair? I Do! Her ends were ok:look: to me!
Skip to 3:00 to see trim. Actually she's cutting it! Or am I trimming too less?? :scratchchin:

Because of her I want to trim again :pullhair:

ETA: OK No she did cut a LOT it was confirmed by my houdehold. I'm good.
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I think she cut off enough. Her ends looked pretty tangly. She probably needs to trim more often to avoid having to cut off as much as she needed to this time. LOL, I 100% believe that she did the right thing. Her ends looked fantastic afterwards. I could see a huge difference.
 
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