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DO YOU HEAR THAT SNAP?

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*looks around to find shedded strand*
*pulls on shedded strand*

Yayy it stretched then snapped! Woohoo.
 
I have to try this later... I'm not sure if I snap, crackle or pop....lol

I have not had any breakage lately...so I must be snappin :clap:
 
It was not easy to break my strand! I had to wrap it around fingers on both hands. And when it finally SNAPPED it left an imprint where I'd wrapped it around my finger.:lachen:Steel strands
 
ladylibra said:
^^^sorry i re-read your post... i can't read today... :drunk:

my hair stretches, and when it breaks it SNAPS. so i guess it's healthy! LOL

when it got mushy a while ago though, it would stretch and just kinda break without snapping... i knew i needed to up my protein treatments. :yep:
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Wow, I can't believe I've been going around thinking what I was thinking :nono:

I thought that if you hear it 'snap' quickly or without stretching a lil' bit, that THAT meant it was too brittle and might need more moisture. I didn't know that the need for protein was b/c of the lack of 'snapping.' So breakage with no 'snap' is not good. Breakage with 'snap' is better/OK/good. How far do we wanted to stretch?

But what about people who have that tiny white bubble in mid shaft (some other kind of damage) and when it breaks you can hear the 'snap.' I know that THAT's not good either. Which makes me wonder if the 'snapping' sound is really a good test?
 
Fine 4s said:
Wow, I can't believe I've been going around thinking what I was thinking :nono:

I thought that if you hear it 'snap' quickly or without stretching a lil' bit, that THAT meant it was too brittle and might need more moisture. I didn't know that the need for protein was b/c of the lack of 'snapping.' So breakage with no 'snap' is not good. Breakage with 'snap' is better/OK/good. How far do we wanted to stretch?

But what about people who have that tiny white bubble in mid shaft (some other kind of damage) and when it breaks you can hear the 'snap.' I know that THAT's not good either. Which makes me wonder if the 'snapping' sound is really a good test?
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the loud snap indicates the strength of your hair

think of like a thread, a flimsy thread will not snap just rip apart, a strong thread will snap when you break it

there is no way to say how much it should stretch, but very weak hair will stretch further and then do a very weak break

strong hair does not stretch far, just slightly then snaps
 
dry hair with no moisture will snap off easy , break off easy

but it wont make that strong snap sound

because it is dry and weak

so snapping off and the sound of a snap are two different things
 
Irresistible said:
the loud snap indicates the strength of your hair

think of like a thread, a flimsy thread will not snap just rip apart, a strong thread will snap when you break it

there is no way to say how much it should stretch, but very weak hair will stretch further and then do a very weak break

strong hair does not stretch far, just slightly then snaps
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So when I hear a strong snap, just keep doing what I'm doing I guess....Besides the 'mush' factor and weak snap, breakage (small hairs around), are there any other reasons one would use protein?
 
Fine 4s said:
So when I hear a strong snap, just keep doing what I'm doing I guess....Besides the 'mush' factor and weak snap, breakage (small hairs around), are there any other reasons one would use protein?
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NOOOO! This is more of a shedded strand test!

dont snap out your hair!!!!

dont ever do something to it that is causing it to snap

protein is primarily used to strengthen your hair


so if your hair is strong already, be careful!
 
Fine 4s said:
Wow, I can't believe I've been going around thinking what I was thinking :nono:

I thought that if you hear it 'snap' quickly or without stretching a lil' bit, that THAT meant it was too brittle and might need more moisture. I didn't know that the need for protein was b/c of the lack of 'snapping.' So breakage with no 'snap' is not good. Breakage with 'snap' is better/OK/good. How far do we wanted to stretch?

But what about people who have that tiny white bubble in mid shaft (some other kind of damage) and when it breaks you can hear the 'snap.' I know that THAT's not good either. Which makes me wonder if the 'snapping' sound is really a good test?
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i think i heard somewhere that healthy hair can stretch up to 50% before breaking (please someone correct me if i'm wrong).

you're right about the bolded. if it snaps and you barely stretched it, it needs moisture. if it stretches, then snaps, it's healthy. if it stretches and never snaps, just kinda gets pulled apart, it needs protein.

i used to get those white bubbles with my relaxed hair, but i could easily break my hair at the bubble - it just kinda fell apart with a slight snap. definite moisture deficiency and i always assumed it was heat damage. :look:
 
ladylibra said:
i think i heard somewhere that healthy hair can stretch up to 50% before breaking (please someone correct me if i'm wrong).

you're right about the bolded. if it snaps and you barely stretched it, it needs moisture. if it stretches, then snaps, it's healthy. if it stretches and never snaps, just kinda gets pulled apart, it needs protein.

i used to get those white bubbles with my relaxed hair, but i could easily break my hair at the bubble - it just kinda fell apart with a slight snap. definite moisture deficiency and i always assumed it was heat damage. :look:
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ok my information is only coming from my hair so I suppose this could vary

my weak relaxed hair stretched more and then broke

my natural hair doesnt stretch like that, just slightly then snaps loud
 
my thinking is if you hear a loud snap its strong!

thats as far as I can figure

my relaxed hair that was very weak used to stretch really far then just fall apart with no 'tension'

I think the loud snap is from tension,indicating strength

maybe the stretchage factor would depend on other things

i dunno
 
Of course I learn this little trick on the one day my hair isn't shedding at all. Now I can't wait for one to fall out so I can conduct the test :boredwrk:
 
Wow I didn't know that! I thought it was maybe not the best thing, but when I think about it if it is strong it would snap. WOW! Thank you!

My hair is a snapper:yep:
 
Irresistible said:
ok my information is only coming from my hair so I suppose this could vary

my weak relaxed hair stretched more and then broke

my natural hair doesnt stretch like that, just slightly then snaps loud
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but when your relaxed hair broke, it was little to no snap, right? that's what my hair was doing when it needed protein... it was like rubber-band stretchy when DRY. :perplexed
 
LongHairDreams said:
(whispering) Does snapping while your picking your hair count? :perplexed If so, OH SNAP!! If not, I'll have to do something about that.
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Can someone answer this for me?

I did find a strand long enough and it snapped. Unless that was my knuckle...lol

For those who can play the violin (or other string instruments) and get hair cuts on their hands...WOW.
 
ladylibra said:
but when your relaxed hair broke, it was little to no snap, right? that's what my hair was doing when it needed protein... it was like rubber-band stretchy when DRY. :perplexed
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yeah no snap just weak tinsel strength to it, the stretching was like the whole hair would stretch out of place then fall apart at the point of tension....no snap!

So I guess it would depend on how it stretches, not how much

if it stretches like its stretching with the pull with no tension

thats real bad news, my hair was always like this with a relaxer, protein or not, and it was always jacked! lol
 
LongHairDreams said:
(whispering) Does snapping while your picking your hair count? :perplexed If so, OH SNAP!! If not, I'll have to do something about that.
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I think it does, but it's still a kinda bad thing - that snap means you are breaking off your hair, and that's never a good thing. :nono:
 
LongHairDreams said:
Can someone answer this for me?

I did find a strand long enough and it snapped. Unless that was my knuckle...lol

For those who can play the violin (or other string instruments) and get hair cuts on their hands...WOW.
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yeah my hair doesnt do all that , it snaps loud though

no you dont want to be combing/picking your hair and hear any snapping

yes that means your hair is strong, but it also means your snapping it off, you dont wanna do that
 
My hair snapped :yay:

I went and pulled a hair from dh and dd's heads to test them too, they were lookin like :swearing: :huh: :perplexed

:lachen:

Their hair snapped too :grin:
 
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