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2013 Relaxed Hair Buddy Thread
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yoli184
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Altruisticoam
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Cherry89
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sunnieb, nothing much different, Imfeeling that new growth bump coming in too. lol. I rocked a mohawk with a banana clip today,I might post the pic later on. I;m still basically wet bunning and co-washing, using my staples Vo5 and Aussie 3 minute.. Im gonna do a aphogee 2 step protein treatment ethier tonight or tomorrow. I also will start using monistat , JBCO and sulfur mix starting next week. Hopefully this will give me a lil boost. 
KiWiStyle
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I'm doing well myself
I realize I'm not even thinking about a relaxer which is unusual for me. I scratch my head as I please. My ng has been very well behaved, it must be the increased water.
sunnieb
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Cherry89 - wow, you are ON your hair regimen! I dc'd with a light protein (Motions CPR) tonight and I'm air drying now. Good to see you keeping up with your protein and staples.
Nix08 - Yes, I think my ng and I have finally come to an understanding. That's why I often forget how many weeks post I am. My ng is so well behaved, I easily forget.
divachyk - being boring is a good thing. It means you don't have any hair drama.....yet.
I'm also being proactive with my vitamins. I have a good supply, but I went to GNC yesterday and loaded up since it is gold card week. I'm still taking the GNC Womens Ultra Mega and GNC Hair, Skin, & Nails 2x daily.
Nix08 - Yes, I think my ng and I have finally come to an understanding. That's why I often forget how many weeks post I am. My ng is so well behaved, I easily forget.
divachyk - being boring is a good thing. It means you don't have any hair drama.....yet.
I'm also being proactive with my vitamins. I have a good supply, but I went to GNC yesterday and loaded up since it is gold card week. I'm still taking the GNC Womens Ultra Mega and GNC Hair, Skin, & Nails 2x daily.
Kim0105
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Did a whole head baggy with safflower oil last night. This keeps my new growth happy. Gonna do this about 3 times a week going into this stretch.
KiWiStyle
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Hi ladies! Now that we're all post relaxer now, how's our hair doing? Needing more protein, moisture or perfectly balanced? I would say I'm perfectly balanced. I am wanting to CW daily but I manage to stretch it out ever 2-3 days instead. I CW last night using TJ Nourish Spa, applied my leave-in DB Daily and then my Ceramide mix and bunned. This morning I moisturized with QB AOHC and sealed with QB Olive & Honey Hydrating Balm. I love sealing with this delicious product, these are the ingredients:
Grapeseed Oil
Olive Oil Blend
Vegetable Glycerin
Palm & Sorbitol Monosters (Vegetable Emulsifier)
Pure Wildflower Honey
MSM
Citrus Limon & Citrus Aurantium EO scent
I'm now whole head baggying underneath my scarf.
yoli184
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Grapeseed Oil
Olive Oil Blend
Vegetable Glycerin
Palm & Sorbitol Monosters (Vegetable Emulsifier)
Pure Wildflower Honey
MSM
Citrus Limon & Citrus Aurantium EO scent
I'm now whole head baggying underneath my scarf.
yoli184
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Cattypus1
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Evolving78
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my hair is doing alright so far. i have been keeping up with my moisture and protein. i use ORS replenishing conditioner once a week for protein, and i use my Aussie 3 min for deep conditioning. i don't deep condition after i use the ORS. my hair still feels pretty moisturized afterwards. i use that product when i shampoo. i use the Aussie when i cowash. i have been cowashing/washing 2-3 day.
i use the AOHC to seal with, but it really softens my hair. i couldn't figure out how to may the Honey Balm to work for my relaxed hair. i will be washing tomorrow. also using the LOC method is helping and it help with airdrying. i don't use my CON argan oil leave-in spray anymore. i just dry with the tee-shirt, apply some argan oil and Cantu leave-in. i make sure i coat my ends really good. i stopped with the CON, since i am using more protein conditioners in my reggie. i will probably go back to it in the summer.
sckri23
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My flat ironed hair is doing so great. I want to wash my hair (no build up, I'm just love water) but I need more dc.
Thank goodness I'm loving my flat ironed hair right now or else I would have a major protien overload using cholesterol after hair mayo/egg treatment.
Eta: I forgot how many weeks post I am. Thank goodness for the countdown app.
Swype thinks weird and wierd are both correct
Thank goodness I'm loving my flat ironed hair right now or else I would have a major protien overload using cholesterol after hair mayo/egg treatment.
Eta: I forgot how many weeks post I am. Thank goodness for the countdown app.
Swype thinks weird and wierd are both correct
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SunySydeofLyfe
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Hey lamaria211 i did a two step last night and I'm thinking of stretching a little longer
Good luck on next weeks TU
Good luck on next weeks TU
yoli184
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yoli184
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@ KiWiStyle ..I literally just let the water run on my head for 2 min, put about 4 pumps condition (2 in the front, 2 in the back) and clip it up. I go about my business, and about 10 min later I run cold water down my hair to rinse it out. I just smooth the surface with my hands. No combs. The water does all the work. I just dry with t-shirt method and that just lays my hair down beautifully. No manipulation. I found this to be the best method for me. I am retaining a lot of length that way. And my hair is feel very moisturized. I wish I would have done this a long time ago...
lamaria211
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Me too! My mom corn braided my hair so it's been a breeze taking care of my hair. How much longer were you thinking of going? I think I can do another month or 2. I'm going to keep letting my mommy rebraid my hair every 2 weeks, till I start having issues
KiWiStyle
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@ KiWiStyle ..I literally just let the water run on my head for 2 min, put about 4 pumps condition (2 in the front, 2 in the back) and clip it up. I go about my business, and about 10 min later I run cold water down my hair to rinse it out. I just smooth the surface with my hands. No combs. The water does all the work. I just dry with t-shirt method and that just lays my hair down beautifully. No manipulation. I found this to be the best method for me. I am retaining a lot of length that way. And my hair is feel very moisturized. I wish I would have done this a long time ago...
yoli184 girl stop, LOL! This is exactly what I've been doing for the past 2-3 cowashes, only I gently detangle with my shower comb in the shower so I won't have tangles as I air dry. I recently stopped combing my hair while wet and I've seen significantly less breakage/shedding.
I'm going to try this for the rest of the month to see how my hair responds to daily CW because Lord knows my scalp loves it!
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klsjackson
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mschristine hnntrr Mande30
Ok ladies, how you doing? (in my Wendy Williams voice)
Thursday will be week 6 for me and this is when my shedding starts. I'm going to do a tea rinse on my next wash day, hopefully it will help. I had a minor setback. I had been really wanting to try the Dabur Vatika coconut oil and i finally ordered some. I used it as an overnight pre poo and behaved like a strong protein on my hair
. I'm protein sensitive and it was so difficult to detangle after my DC that I had to DC a second time! But, my hair was so pretty that week. I'm sure Vatika is a good product, but I can't use it overnight and I will only use when I need protein. So, now I'm trying to combat this protein overload with moisture. Other than that I have a nice amount of new growth and I'm looking forward the second half of this 12 week stretch.
Ok ladies, how you doing? (in my Wendy Williams voice)
Thursday will be week 6 for me and this is when my shedding starts. I'm going to do a tea rinse on my next wash day, hopefully it will help. I had a minor setback. I had been really wanting to try the Dabur Vatika coconut oil and i finally ordered some. I used it as an overnight pre poo and behaved like a strong protein on my hair
. I'm protein sensitive and it was so difficult to detangle after my DC that I had to DC a second time! But, my hair was so pretty that week. I'm sure Vatika is a good product, but I can't use it overnight and I will only use when I need protein. So, now I'm trying to combat this protein overload with moisture. Other than that I have a nice amount of new growth and I'm looking forward the second half of this 12 week stretch.
Mande30
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@klsjackson I feel you on the protein overload (It took me a few weeks to get my hair back to normal after mine, I even had to stop using my coconut oil and seal with a little Hot Six for a week). I usually buy the Nutiva brand of coconut oil (organic/extra virgin). I prepoo with it, but I have never done it overnight. I do think that because I use it to prepoo and to seal everynight that I don't need as much protein. I may have to try out this Dabur Vatika to use every month or so. Is it straight coconut oil or a mix of other things?@mschristine @hnntrr @Mande30
Ok ladies, how you doing? (in my Wendy Williams voice)
Thursday will be week 6 for me and this is when my shedding starts. I'm going to do a tea rinse on my next wash day, hopefully it will help. I had a minor setback. I had been really wanting to try the Dabur Vatika coconut oil and i finally ordered some. I used it as an overnight pre poo and behaved like a strong protein on my hair
I am in week 8 of my stretch. I am going to see if I can make it past 12 weeks. I am deliberately moisturizing my new growth this time, so we will see.......still practicing my self relaxing technique with conditioner.
hnntrr
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Its funny how we are all having protein overloads this time around haha. My hair is doing well. It seems to change every time I was my hair. And i found out that I can not braid my hair while it airdries, it does some serious damage on my ends, so it have to either leave it loose or wet wrap and put a scarf over it. I also need to chill on the tightness of my bantu knots around the edges, one small patch broke off pretty bad
. And I might, might be considering transitioning. Maybe. It would be really long term but my hair is doin some weird manageable stuff (usually around now id be having a really hard time keeping my NG in check but it seems like this new regimen is really helping a lot.) So I am going to see at my relaxer mark whats up, I may continue stretching as long as I can just to see ya know? Never been natural and I am curious, going home to my parents tonight so I am going to pull out my baby pictures and see if I can get an idea of what my natural hair looks like. But all in all, I am doin good!
klsjackson
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Here is a list I found online. I am at work and don't have the bottle with me. I really liked the oil. To me, it didn't have a strong or unpleasant smell. It was solid like coconut oil and I placed the bottle in some warm water to liquify. I will use it again, maybe a few weeks after my next relaxer. But this time I will just use as a 30 to 45 min pre poo.
Coconut oil (Cocos nucifere oil)
Neem (Azadirachta indica Leaf extract)
Brahmi (Centella asiatica Plant extract)
Fruit extracts of Amla
Bahera and Harar (extracts of emblica officinalis Terminalia belirica and Terminalia chebula),
Kapur kachri (Hedychium spicatum rhizome extract)
Henna (Lawsonia inermis leaf extrac)
Milk (lac)
Rosemary oil (Rosmarinus officinalis oil)
Lemon oil (Citrus limonum oil)
TBHQ (t-butyl hydroquinone)
Fragrance
Mande30
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Its funny how we are all having protein overloads this time around haha. My hair is doing well. It seems to change every time I was my hair. And i found out that I can not braid my hair while it airdries, it does some serious damage on my ends, so it have to either leave it loose or wet wrap and put a scarf over it. I also need to chill on the tightness of my bantu knots around the edges, one small patch broke off pretty bad
And I might, might be considering transitioning. Maybe. It would be really long term but my hair is doin some weird manageable stuff (usually around now id be having a really hard time keeping my NG in check but it seems like this new regimen is really helping a lot.) So I am going to see at my relaxer mark whats up, I may continue stretching as long as I can just to see ya know? Never been natural and I am curious, going home to my parents tonight so I am going to pull out my baby pictures and see if I can get an idea of what my natural hair looks like. But all in all, I am doin good!
@hnntrr I saw on the other thread where someone said something to you about going natural. I think that is great.
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SunySydeofLyfe
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That little boy of yours is a cutie pie!!!!
Yeah, lets do just that go as long as we can. My initial thoughts were to go for an additional 12 weeks. Can you imagine a 6 month stretch!??!??! I am happy to report my shedding is minimal and I am thinking the protein did the job. I am going to try that protein pudding once a week and keep bunning. I was in two braids but since I dont have a wig I was looking kinda country...lol...all for the greater good. I am planning to take it a week at a time and evaluate my hair often.
My new plan for growth is to prepoo/steam/poo/dc/airdry/LOCO/bun on Sundays and only take the bun down to m/s.
hnntrr
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mschristine:
maybe? We will see how the rest of this stretch goes. I dont want to have to put chemicals on my hair if i dont need them. But Im im scared my curl pattern is ruined and ill be lookin a hot mess
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