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Kim0105 said:
Hey buddy. I've self installed Havana Twists and planning to keep these in until the end of August. I'm gonna be leaving my relaxed buddies though as I've decided to transition to natural. Planning to transition for 2 years....
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Awe man! Lol! All my buds are leaving me! :sad: But really I'm happy for you! Dont be a stranger. I know transitioning is not for me. Although I have been contemplating locing my hair mainly because my SO keeps asking me to do it... it will be a while before i do it.
 
Hey buddies!!! So... I've recently learned that my hair is very porous! The things that make me porous I've known for a while (frizziness, dryness, moisture drinking and spitting out, dull/lackluster...etc), just didn't know what to term it. I've spent countless hours researching regimens, products, techniques (and the sort) of women who are successfully combatting their porosity issues.

A while back I used ACV (poured the bottle right onto my head) and hated it (I can see why now). Recently I've revisited this using portions that I've researched and my hair is doing extremely well with it. I've also recently added Roux PC Condish as a after shampoo/before DC step and have had success (twice now). I have also started moisturizing more frequently with butters (these things are heavy enough to penetrate, but light enough to maintain my style). I've revamped my regimen and thought I would share it with you ladies:

Pre-poo 1x Weekly (before poo wash)
Poo 1x Weekly
Cowash 1x Weekly
DC 2x Weekly (I stopped doing this for a while, I'm back now)
Moisturize 2x Weekly
M/S (with oil and moisturizer) 1x weekly - Close to wash day (bun city!)
Set 1x Weekly
Wrap Every Night
Light Protein Weekly - Thriving with this!

I will also add hard protein every 10 weeks (I will not actually start this until a week before and 10 weeks after I relax in 5 weeks).

I have a ton of great new products! Excited to get back on point like I was when I started my journey this time last year.

Sidebar: I never did my corrective on Sunday as planned. I did a twist out Saturday night not realizing I wouldn't be able to see the area needing to be corrected. I can only see that area when my hair is a few days old and the Florida air has kissed it. I can really tell the difference then. I still plan to do it before I relax tho.

That's all for now. :kisses:
 
SunySydeofLyfe said:
Heading to the beach this weekend and have no clue what to do with my hair!?!?!?! I'm wearing a wig and don't think that's a good idea..lol...i keep going to the idea of a sew in...but i don't wanna.....wah...wah....lol....got to get it together....to be continued....:)

Suny
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Ended up with the wig until we hit the sand snatched that sista off...i can only image what folks were thinking. Lol

Suny
 
KiWiStyle said:
Don't tell me you did a snatch at the beach in front of onlookers, LMBO!!

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Yes i did...o my...i started sweating around the rim and i knew it was only a matter of time til i was drenched....took her off and was left with two side plaits....a mess....lol

Suny
 
SunySydeofLyfe said:
Yes i did...o my...i started sweating around the rim and i knew it was only a matter of time til i was drenched....took her off and was left with two side plaits....a mess....lol

Suny
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LOL! I hate that damp feeling around the rim of the wig. I'm surprised that I have been so comfortable with my wig on because I sweat heavily in my head.

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KiWiStyle said:
I'm glad the homemade steaming worked for you! I need to keep up with our stretch times...I didn't realize you were just 10 weeks in.

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hey ladies! i'm still here. i can't see mentions on my phone and sometimes i can access threads. anyway, i am closing in on 8 weeks post and my hair seems to be doing ok. my shedding seems to be calming down a bit, but it is still a lot of hair falling out. it has been very hot and i have been looking a hot mess. today is pretty cool, but i am not styling my hair until this weekend. i will just put it in my ghetto ponytail and call it a day.
 
mschristine klsjackson

Hey Buds

I will be relaxing this weekend at 10 weeks. Wanted to go to 12 weeks but I have been seeing a little more breakage during manipulation.

I did not recover from all the mess that prepooing with the Hot 6 oil caused until I clarified. My hair is much more manageble, but I will never do that again. :nono:

When are you all due to relax?
 
divachyk said:
All ladies & buddies: sunnieb Nix08 baddison Cherry89 DominicanBrazilian82

I posted a question in RT and would love your input if you're willing to provide it.
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divachyk

I see nothing wrong with your blog title,... Maybe hair thairapy instead if u decide to switch...

About the blog itself... More pictures on your posts, show your pj hauls or your stash... Lol... Product reviews... Length checks.... And maybe a giveaway advertised here on lhcf should help you gain more readers... Good luck.
 
Mande30 said:
mschristine klsjackson

Hey Buds

I will be relaxing this weekend at 10 weeks. Wanted to go to 12 weeks but I have been seeing a little more breakage during manipulation.

I did not recover from all the mess that prepooing with the Hot 6 oil caused until I clarified. My hair is much more manageble, but I will never do that again. :nono:

When are you all due to relax?
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Relaxing August 6 which is the night before I leave for vacation..gonna start my vacation swangin', lol. Thinking about switching relaxers and going back to lye but I may chicken out on the lye part
 
shortdub78 said:
hey ladies! i'm still here. i can't see mentions on my phone and sometimes i can access threads. anyway, i am closing in on 8 weeks post and my hair seems to be doing ok. my shedding seems to be calming down a bit, but it is still a lot of hair falling out. it has been very hot and i have been looking a hot mess. today is pretty cool, but i am not styling my hair until this weekend. i will just put it in my ghetto ponytail and call it a day.
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When are you planning to relax again??

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KiWiStyle said:
I think the four of us (so far) are all within 2 weeks of each other. Handle your business girl.

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There is this rough patch inter middle back that is roaring for a relaxer. Everytime i touch her she screams in pain...lol...that might be me screaming....

Suny
 
SunySydeofLyfe said:
There is this rough patch inter middle back that is roaring for a relaxer. Everytime i touch her she screams in pain...lol...that might be me screaming....

Suny
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LOL...I think that's you. When she(NG) screams there is no doubt from whom the scream originated.

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@mschristine

Maybe 10 years ago I bought Shamboosies Hair Care Book. He bashed and bashed no- lye relaxers to deaf. I was convinced that I would never use a no lye relaxer. I went to my beautician, at the time, and started bashing no lye relaxers, until he told me that he had been using one on my head since 1998, Affirm Fiberguard.

I NEVER experieced any of the dryness that everyone talks about. Fast forward to 5 years ago, my job moved across town so I had to get someone closer. The new beautician used lye. My sensitive scalp was always on fire and my hair just would not get straight. It did not go very well. I realized that I could not handle lye. I changed again and the new one started with the no lye, Design Essentials Sensitive Scalp. Again, I NEVER EVER experienced any dryness or dullness. (My problems stemmed from relaxing every 4 - 6 weeks, thinking that grease was a moisturizer, using heat almost everyday, with the wrong protector, and on and on).

Today I self- relax. I use Mizani Butter Blends Sensitive Scalp, which is no-lye.

I say all of this to say that I don't know if it is the quality of no lye that people use (I have never used a box kit or store bought no lye, only the Sensitive Scalp versions of great relaxer systems) or the fact that people don't say anything about chelating, they just preach that No lye is the devil. WHATEVER..... (Its funny that when someone has hard water they tell them to chelate or buy a filter (treat what you have). THey don't say, well you need to move to another State or somewhare with soft water). People are fickle!!!

Well, I don't believe any of the hype (I am a living testimony and I believe that @sunnieb is also).

What brand of no-lye do you use and do you chelate? To me these are very important, because I have realized that not all relaxer systems are cut from the same cloth and researching to see what you must do to maintain anything is imperative.

I am in no way putting down Lye relaxers. My scalp just cannot handle lye. I am just speaking on the constant bashing of no-lye relaxers. I feel that it is not warranted.
 
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Mande30 are you my hair twin??????

Lye relaxers didn't burn me, but my hair was like black straw. I'm talkin' the straw sound, feel, everything!

Design Essentials Sensitive Scalp has never done me wrong. Soft, silky results every time. I clarify regularly to remove buildup, so it's all good. :yep:
 
sunnieb said:
@Mande30 are you my hair twin??????

Lye relaxers didn't burn me, but my hair was like black straw. I'm talkin' the straw sound, feel, everything!

Design Essentials Sensitive Scalp has never done me wrong. Soft, silky results every time. I clarify regularly to remove buildup, so it's all good. :yep:
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sunnieb Girrrrrrrlllll, I WISH I was your hair twin. Everyone should want to be your hair twin........Health, Thickness, Density, Length........you have the BIG 4.......I'm striving for the health and the length, I will have to be happy with the thickness and density that I have- in all seriousness, You and divachyk have helped me tremendously.......you all are great Ambassadors for the Relaxed World.

divachyk I am not very computer savy, how do I follow your blog and create a profile in order to leave comments?
 
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