What do you think is waaaay over-hyped?

[MissJ]

Overnight baggying. After doing this, I'm sick when I wake up in the morning.

 

[ichephren]

Overhyped:
Henna: Used it and it turned my ends orange and dry as a desert. It depleted my hair of so much moisture that it took almost a month to get it back to normal...and my ends are still orange. This all happened a year ago.

Carrot Juice: It may work if you drink it for a year straight...I donno. It does made the skin glow!!

Topical Growth Aids of any kind

Salerm 21 was not that moisturizing, but imma try it again, maybe my hair changed its mind

Wet Bunning: I can hear my strands snapping just from saying those 2 words

Indian Hair Products: I tried them pre-LHCF and most of them are very drying and/or they just don't do anything. I do think amla makes the hair darker tho.

Dominican Salons: Yeah your hair looks great but, the brush and heat combo will melt your hair off

Not Overhyped:
MTG: This really worked, or I think it did.

Phyto: I would not be relaxed without this relaxer And if it goes off the market, I'll transition back to natural.

Vitamins: Biotin and B5 work to get my hair thicker. Silica made my skin soft and my hair looser. MSM made my hair looser.

Surge: I used this when I was natural and CO washed everyday. I think it did speed up my growth.

No heat: IMHO heat is the debbile and I learned my lesson this year with overusing heat. Even using it with heat protectants on "low" is hard on the hair. If you have great hair with heat, you'll have award winning hair without it.

Rollersetting: Takes way too long, but it is a great way to straighten without using a frying machine on your strands.

Dominican Salons: They really get your hair to look its best...or at least it did for me.

Probably Overhyped:
Aveda: their deep conditioner has quinoa as its only protein...how is this restructuring again? I can get aphogee for $5 and it does 5x the work.

 

[Energee]

I wanted to check 'all of the above'...lol but after reading through some of the posts I really can't say. What works for some may not work for others. For instance....I saw someone state that Rollersetting was overhyped..when in fact..it's been the GREATEST thing in the world for my hair and I don't use any direct heat..get's my hair smooth especially when I do a saran wrap treatment afterwards...I love it. However, I understand if someone doesn't 'get it' and if it doesn't work for them. Again, what works for some doesn't work for others.
Someone stated Aveda was overhyped. I'd say that Aveda is the best for me. I use all of their products and my hair loves it. I've used all types of products over my lifespan...lol...products even more expensive than Aveda and those way cheaper than Aveda and Aveda works well for me. If it did not..I certainly wouldn't buy it. Still, I understand if someone doesn't have the same feelings as I do about their products. Again, everything doesn't work for everyone.

I agree with the person who stated that using things in excess is overhyped...also too many products...crazy regimens... I don't think all of that is necessary to grow healthy, long hair. But again, there may be some with 'crazy' regimens and also using many products and it works for them...so who am I to say it doesn't work?? The MN seems very strange to me..I can't even imagine putting it on my hair and scalp but I've seen some here who have used it with great success...I still wouldn't try it though...lol.

 

[CurliDiva]

I'm sorry it didn't work for others but I love bagging everynight. It works for me as far as keeping moisture in my hair. I only moisturized once a week and then every night I baggy with a scarf on so my hair and ends are not frizzy or soggy. It's just right.

Things that are over-hyped........ I don't know

I think possibly henna- though I never tried it.
I like oil rinses but no one ever wants to talk about the slippery feeling your going to get in the tub.[/quote]

I tried this for the ifrst time yesterday at the gym because I heard about the oily mess:

1. I almost busted my a** trying to turn around in the stall and when I treid to rinse the floor relly well so the next person will not fall. I felt so bad, but glad that I didn't have this mess in my bathroom at home.

2. My hair dried hard and rough which is a first. Oil rinses is not for me!

I can baggie but not constantly, but I need to let my hair dry. Wet hair is just too fraigle.

MN works for me, MTG was just a stinky, oily mess!

 

[Moroni]

If you used Monkey grease for a week and your hair grew 3 inches in that month and you shared what you did with the lades on this forum, would that be considered "hype"? What I've noticed during my few months as a member here is a willingness to share what works for you or someone you know, as in Special C's case. It's logical that everything affects everyone differently. But it's up to the individual to decide where she draws the line. My hope is that everyone will continue to feel free to share what works for her, because her remedy may be just the thing I need.

Lastly, I am more inclined to follow suggestions from someone whose reggie is proven to have worked for her, and whose pics show how much progress she has made, than from someone who cannot illustrate any progress after several years. As far as simplicity goes, I think there are several ladies who really hit the bandwagons hard in the early days of their hair-growth journey, who simplified their reggies later and took a sabbatical after they reached their goals. I think they call it "putting it on auto-pilot".

So I would vote "other" and call it "none of the above".

 

[Energee]

If you used Monkey grease for a week and your hair grew 3 inches in that month and you shared what you did with the lades on this forum, would that be considered "hype"? What I've noticed during my few months as a member here is a willingness to share what works for you or someone you know, as in Candy_C's case. It's logical that everything affects everyone differently. But it's up to the individual to decide where she draws the line. My hope is that everyone will continue to feel free to share what works for her, because her remedy may be just the thing I need.

Lastly, I am more inclined to follow suggestions from someone whose reggie is proven to have worked for her, and whose pics show how much progress she has made, than from someone who cannot illustrate any progress after several years. As far as simplicity goes, I think there are several ladies who really hit the bandwagons hard in the early days of their hair-growth journey, who simplified their reggies later and took a sabbatical after they reached their goals. I think they call it "putting it on auto-pilot".

So I would vote "other" and call it "none of the above".

I definitely agree with the bolded! I am more likely to try the suggestions from a person who has hair similar to mine (type,texture, before, current and goal lengths) and has shown progress than someone who has had little to no progress over a certain amount of time. However, if it sounds to crazy for me..regardless of if it worked for that person or not..I still won't try it...lol.

 

[cherryhair123]

OH, my bad (do people still say my bad?)

Ummmh....no!
JK

 

[dreysonsmommy2011]

I'm not gonna say any method is over-hyped. What works for some just doesn't work for all.

ITA! Just because it doesn't work for some doesn't mean that it is a terrible methoderplexed

 

[Divake22]

Hype
No manipulation...It made my hair more tangled and more painful when it was time to relax. I lost a lot of hair with stylists trying to sort through the mess.

BT did not work for me. My breakage spot that I have had for years, broke off even more.

Henna was protein overload. It matted my hair and broke off chunks.

No Hype
Rollersetting with Pibbs made my hair look straighter, thicker and healthier.

Manipulation through rollersetting helped reduce tangles.

Sealing is essential, or I would have ragged ends.

Kenra love the whole line.

 

[Allandra]

I'm not gonna say any method is over-hyped. What works for some just doesn't work for all.

E x a c t l y.

 

[freshlikemoi]

MTG and overnight baggying is way over hyped. Seriously.....

 

[vslady]

This thread reads a lot like the monthly "Hit or Miss" thread except it focuses primarily on techniques rather than products. People read the reviews and then choose their own poison (or miracle). I don't think if something is a Miss for you that it is necessarily BS (although some things are BS (like the stylist who used Listerine as a relaxer base on one of our members)

 

[Jetblackhair]

The baggy method did not work for me. I tried it for a week and my hair just started shedding. I guess my fine strands did not like all of that moisture.

 

[KAT25]

I don't think there's "over-hype" about any of these methods, per se. I just think that all things have to be taken in moderation for effectiveness. Folks hear about a "good thing" and have a tendency to go waaaaay overboard. Do vitamins work? Sure, if you are deficient in that nutrient...but taking 10,000 mgs of it every half hour will not spurn super growth! I think topical aids like MN and MTG can be beneficial...but not if you drown your hair and scalp in it 3x a day every day and are expecting 4 inches in a month as a result.

More is not always better. Hair just doesn't work that way...I wish it did.

I totally agree

 

[Sweet_Ambrosia]

I'm not gonna say any method is over-hyped. What works for some just doesn't work for all.

Precisely!

Just find what works for you and your hair and stick with it whether it be a product, method or technique. You wont have to jump on every bandwagon that rolls around here once you do, plus you’ll be happier and content in your hair journey!

 

[bravenewgirl87]

Naturallady, I adore you....
But the BT is a runny mess for me! I went to class looking a hot jheri-curled mess with all that juice running in my eyes.Bring the 80s BACK!

And, I got a sulphur burns all over my ears. Cannot knock your hustle tho, but it just didn't agree with me. It just seems that I always overdo it with the BT.erplexed

However, since you made that balm... We are here!

I 'm going to looove that grease. I cannot wait to try a bottle. THANK YOOOOOU!


Dominican Products. Only thing I am imported from another country is a man... Not no daggone conditioner. It cannot be that serious... to me, at least. (unless the man is included in the shipping and handling)

Sunsilk from the Philippines. I'm not going to deal with the racism around JAX walking up into an asian food store just to get darker hair. Pantene Pro-V Black Expressions gave me hella-slip, without having to scream "BREAK YOURSELF JIN-WU! AND GIMME ME MY CONDITIONER!!!"

Eggs as your conditioner. Yes, it does work.... but I cannot have scrambled-egg head anymore!!! Took me three days to get that gunk out! Call up aphogee for me please.

Curl-free, Wave-Noveau and all other juices. I don't care how moisturizing it is... I don't want my 3c-4A-5G kinks looking like Soul Glow

just let cho soul glow, just let your sooooooooul glooooo-ooo-ooooo-yea-he-yeaaaaaaah!

 

[vivEz daNs lamouR]

What doesn't work for me:

• AIR DRYING: I tried to do this three times, and each and every time my hair wound up so so so dry and brittle I feared it was going to just snap off. The middle of my hair was matted down like a dog and tangly. I came to the conclusion that I need at least a domed dryer to dry my hair.

• NO MANIPULATION: Kind of goes hand in hand with air drying seeing as though it pretty much gave me the same results. The fact is I need to brush my hair and it just does 10x better when its wrapped up rather than being crosswrapped/bunned/left out to hang/whatever. Plus seeing alllllll those shedded hairs that I would've lost daily at one point in time just scares me.

However I feel like the beauty of this board is you find out new things, try them and use your best judgment along with trial and error. Some people don't want to put MN in their hair but will do UT, while I consider that something I would NEVER do, its other people's preference and testimony. As someone said before, what works for some doesn't mean it will work for all. I've had the ability to try henna, oil rinsing, BT, MN, pre-poos, Lacio Lacio, rollersetting under Pibbs, bantu knots, braid outs, air drying, low/no manipulation, Aveda products, and a few other "bandwagons" at least ONCE and its given me the chance to eliminate what will work versus what is sure to cause me grief.

And I don't regret a minute of it.

 

[vivEz daNs lamouR]

It just seems that I always overdo it with the BT.erplexed

The same thing happened to me so what I did was actually shake up the BT bottle, and pour a portion of it into a dropper bottle. It made the application process soooo much easier and gave me a bit more control in terms of how much I want on my scalp.

 

[TheNewFine]

Coconut milk - sticky, gooey tangly mess!

 

[NYAmicas]

Naturallady, I adore you....
But the BT is a runny mess for me! I went to class looking a hot jheri-curled mess with all that juice running in my eyes.Bring the 80s BACK!

And, I got a sulphur burns all over my ears. Cannot knock your hustle tho, but it just didn't agree with me. It just seems that I always overdo it with the BT.erplexed

However, since you made that balm... We are here!

I 'm going to looove that grease. I cannot wait to try a bottle. THANK YOOOOOU!


Dominican Products. Only thing I am imported from another country is a man... Not no daggone conditioner. It cannot be that serious... to me, at least. (unless the man is included in the shipping and handling)

Sunsilk from the Philippines. I'm not going to deal with the racism around JAX walking up into an asian food store just to get darker hair. Pantene Pro-V Black Expressions gave me hella-slip, without having to scream "BREAK YOURSELF JIN-WU! AND GIMME ME MY CONDITIONER!!!"

Eggs as your conditioner. Yes, it does work.... but I cannot have scrambled-egg head anymore!!! Took me three days to get that gunk out! Call up aphogee for me please.

Curl-free, Wave-Noveau and all other juices. I don't care how moisturizing it is... I don't want my 3c-4A-5G kinks looking like Soul Glow

just let cho soul glow, just let your sooooooooul glooooo-ooo-ooooo-yea-he-yeaaaaaaah!

Cracking up with all the pics.

 

[CurleeDST]

YOU ARE HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!! Break yo'self! !!!!!

Naturallady, I adore you....
But the BT is a runny mess for me! I went to class looking a hot jheri-curled mess with all that juice running in my eyes.Bring the 80s BACK!

And, I got a sulphur burns all over my ears. Cannot knock your hustle tho, but it just didn't agree with me. It just seems that I always overdo it with the BT.erplexed

However, since you made that balm... We are here!

I 'm going to looove that grease. I cannot wait to try a bottle. THANK YOOOOOU!


Dominican Products. Only thing I am imported from another country is a man... Not no daggone conditioner. It cannot be that serious... to me, at least. (unless the man is included in the shipping and handling)

Sunsilk from the Philippines. I'm not going to deal with the racism around JAX walking up into an asian food store just to get darker hair. Pantene Pro-V Black Expressions gave me hella-slip, without having to scream "BREAK YOURSELF JIN-WU! AND GIMME ME MY CONDITIONER!!!"

Eggs as your conditioner. Yes, it does work.... but I cannot have scrambled-egg head anymore!!! Took me three days to get that gunk out! Call up aphogee for me please.

Curl-free, Wave-Noveau and all other juices. I don't care how moisturizing it is... I don't want my 3c-4A-5G kinks looking like Soul Glow

just let cho soul glow, just let your sooooooooul glooooo-ooo-ooooo-yea-he-yeaaaaaaah!

 

[Ladyhenri]

....
Intresting thread...
I think there is no such thing as a BS method. it may not work for you and work for others but classifying it as 'BS' because of that....,
i mean someone else may read you bashing a method and as a result, not try something that could be perfect for their hair and regi....

This board gives a lot of info, suited to different people with different problems...if you get 1 inch a month, excuse poor me that gets 1/4 of an inch and will use monkey ball sweat (serously ya'll is that stuff for sale?)... to grow my darn hair
Similarly, people like myself that have severe dryness issues looove the baggie method, while other people that have well balanced/ very moisturised hair probably dont need to try it cos it will def cause their hair to be overmoisturised....

I'm glad many people that have responded have stated what doesnt work for them rather than naming other methods as BS because they dont work for their hair

 

[est.April1983]

....
Intresting thread...
I think there is no such thing as a BS method. it may not work for you and work for others but classifying it as 'BS' because of that....,
i mean someone else may read you bashing a method and as a result, not try something that could be perfect for their hair and regi....

This board gives a lot of info, suited to different people with different problems...if you get 1 inch a month, excuse poor me that gets 1/4 of an inch and will use monkey ball sweat (serously ya'll is that stuff for sale?)... to grow my darn hair
Similarly, people like myself that have severe dryness issues looove the baggie method, while other people that have well balanced/ very moisturised hair probably dont need to try it cos it will def cause their hair to be overmoisturised

I'm glad many people that have responded have stated what doesnt work for them rather than naming other methods as BS because they dont work for their hair

my point exactly

 

[Poohbear]

Great thread SweetPea!

I haven't tried everything that was listed in your poll, but I think everything listed in your poll is BS.

One thing that I have avoided was heat. Now I'm back using heat for my hair. Instead of airdrying, I now blowdry my hair after washing. I lost only a few hairs compared to the many hairs I would lose from putting my hair into detangled plaits or twists to airdry. My hair is softer and stronger too from blowdrying.

 

[bravenewgirl87]

....
Intresting thread...
I think there is no such thing as a BS method. it may not work for you and work for others but classifying it as 'BS' because of that....,
i mean someone else may read you bashing a method and as a result, not try something that could be perfect for their hair and regi....

This board gives a lot of info, suited to different people with different problems...if you get 1 inch a month, excuse poor me that gets 1/4 of an inch and will use monkey ball sweat (serously ya'll is that stuff for sale?)... to grow my darn hair
Similarly, people like myself that have severe dryness issues looove the baggie method, while other people that have well balanced/ very moisturised hair probably dont need to try it cos it will def cause their hair to be overmoisturised....

I'm glad many people that have responded have stated what doesnt work for them rather than naming other methods as BS because they dont work for their hair

Yea, I agree. But, I think we are all just making fun of our own silly mistakes. Cracking up at the fact that what works for Susie doesn't work for Mickayla, ya know?

 

[bravenewgirl87]

YOU ARE HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!! Break yo'self! !!!!!

No, I am not laughing with you. I shouldn't have to threaten to shank Jin for some damn conditioner. Its NOT THE DAGGONE SERIOUS! Hatin' arse philippinos... trying to keep the hair secrets for themselves.

No, but seriously, they don't want you up in their store... They be doing our people so wrong when we come up in there.

 

[deniseloc]

With the exception of Minoxidil and its trade selling name, Rogaine, almost all hair growth concoctions being sold are snake-oil in pretty containers. If they really lived up to the hype and testimonials wouldn't all women who want long hair have it by now. And bald men who don't want to be bald would be sportin' their real hair and not some awful looking toupee.

I totally agree with pinkskates.

 

[locabouthair]

You know what? I just used Mizani for the 3rd time and I have to agree with some of you girls...It's just a relaxer . Some folks were saying that it gets you straight like almost as soon as you apply it, and quite frankly, I have yet to see that. I don't know how many correctives I've done on my head to fix underprocessing that freaking Mizani mild caused...I'm using regular now (just to see) and I left in on for 20 mins, and I still have waves. I'm sticking with it for now b/c my strength/elasticity is off the chain, but as far as it being on the "perms that get you bone straight list", I'm scratching Mizani off that one, dude.

I like Mizani because it's the only relaxer that doesnt have my scalp on fire. Even though it's a lye relaxer. Soem parts dont straighten that well but i think that's due to how the stylist was smoothing it, because anoher stylist used it on me and my hair got straighter.

Speakign of stylists, I think Dominican salons are overhyped. Yes they are cheap, yes they can give you a nice blowout BUT they ones I went to overlap like crazy! I think my hair got overprocessed from them. And there wasn't a stylist-client relationship, they never tried to talk to me about what my hair needs. it's just get you in the chair and get you out!

This was just my experience. I'm not saying all dominican salons are like this.

 

[Crackers Phinn]

I'm going to disagree with the folks who say that it's wrong/sad/whatever to rate growth aids/routines that haven't worked for the individual as overhyped.

I've been here on LHCF going on 3 years. I remember when Surge was brand spanking new to the board and folk were swearing on an inch of growth in a month, fast forward, them folks still here but I don't see 30 inches of hair. Same can be said about 'Holy Ghost Grease' and WGO.

I can agree that processes can yield different results. So I do respect that everything doesn't work on everybody, but at the same time - there is no doubt in my mind that some products are more hype than substance.

Here's my list.

Holy Ghost Grease-

Surge-

WGO - excellent as a moisture sealer-nothing else though. I've used it twice a week for the last 2 years, my growth is not wild.

Coochie Cream-

Frenchees or any of the products with tar in them.

No heat/No manipulation-

Henna - When I looked at the Henna threads it struck me as odd that the person with the most posts was the owner/operator of a website that sold henna.

 

[belleama]

Indeed. I don't think any of those things are overhyped - unless the over hype is believing that it will do the same thing for EVERYONE - no matter what you eat, what state your hair is in, the type of water you have, the other products you use on your hair, your natural body flora, etc, etc, etc.

I mean, something as straightforward as limiting your calories to lose weight doesn't work EXACTLY the same for everyone (otherwise errybody would be skinny, right?) so why should hair products work exactly the same?

I think the biggest overhype is the one size fits all mentality that I see around a lot of bandwagons - unless the head that it worked on belonged to your twin sister ( ) ain't no guarentee that it's going to work for YOU.

I think it's kinda sad that folx feel the need to put something down because it didn't work for them, rather than learning what their hair wants and NEEDS, and only getting on the bandwagons that apply to their head.

ITA!