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I did an unofficial length check with my shirt since I won't be posting a length check til the next one in September and I am on line 2 now so I am about an inch away so hopefully I will be there by September. I had about an inch of growth since I posted my last pic back in may.

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lovebug10 said:
@NaturalfienD i did the hard protein about 2 weeks ago. I was thinking of getting twists. I do think the buns put a lot of stress on my hair so I may change up my PS. I think I'm going to invest in the roux porosity control. How do I know if it worked? will I feel a difference in my hair?

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I think I might try the organix argan oil one! Anyone try it?
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lovebug10 ~ I hope that the products that you get will be helpful in getting the breakage under control (I'm sure it will!!) I have never tried Organix Argan Oil but I heard that it is a good product. :yep:

In regard to the Roux Porosity Control/Corrector, the difference I noticed in my hair was that it would not break as easily/as much and my hair looked healthy (sheen/moisturized.) Prior to using the products I would apply my leave-in/seal my hair and the next day it would be super dry and breaking with the slightest touch. The product has sulfates but I have not experienced any negative consequences as of yet.

At this point, I use the shampoo and conditioner about once a month, which is helping big time with keeping my overly-porous hair in check. I would encourage you to find out if your hair is overly-porous, low porosity, or normal porosity prior to buying the stuff.

I have included a link from Curly Nikki that has a brief article about the product. Good luck and I hope this helps. :yep:

http://www.curlynikki.com/2012/01/does-roux-porosity-control-work.html
 
2 more months til I can go back to New Orleans and visit everybody...and get my hair dyed!!!! I think I'm more excited about that than I am about seeing certain people. Is that bad?? :look:
 
NaturalfienD said:
lovebug10 ~ I hope that the products that you get will be helpful in getting the breakage under control (I'm sure it will!!) I have never tried Organix Argan Oil but I heard that it is a good product. :yep:

In regard to the Roux Porosity Control/Corrector, the difference I noticed in my hair was that it would not break as easily/as much and my hair looked healthy (sheen/moisturized.) Prior to using the products I would apply my leave-in/seal my hair and the next day it would be super dry and breaking with the slightest touch. The product has sulfates but I have not experienced any negative consequences as of yet.

At this point, I use the shampoo and conditioner about once a month, which is helping big time with keeping my overly-porous hair in check. I would encourage you to find out if your hair is overly-porous, low porosity, or normal porosity prior to buying the stuff.

I have included a link from Curly Nikki that has a brief article about the product. Good luck and I hope this helps. :yep:

http://www.curlynikki.com/2012/01/does-roux-porosity-control-work.html
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Thanks So much! I'm gonna do a porosity test o see if that's the issue.


Thanks ladies for all the support. I would have cut it all of without your help !! :)

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Hi ladies!!! Time for a weekly "pop in" for me (LOL) I took my hair out for the first time in 2 weeks and it was MEH :/ I pulled it at various points and it is longer, it's just boring right now. So I will wear it out for a day or 2 and then wash, DC and re-plait and the wig goes back on. I have decided at my 2-year Nappiversary on September 11th, I will trim and texlax I have been going back and forth about this for over a year and I think it's right for me. I will be doing some research on what my new reggie should be like and if the texlax sucks, I'll grow it out and start over, it's just hair anyway :?

HHG
 
lovebug10 dont try and change everything at once you wont know whats working and whats not. I believe that healthy hair cones more from how you take care of it than what you put on it. Remember to always Keep It Simple. Hth:)
 
lamaria211 thanks for the tip! I decided to add a moisturizing DC since I realized that I haven't done that in a while! I'll take baby steps to ensure I'm not overloading my hair with too many new things at once
 
I found the breakage culprit... I do think I need to up my moisturizing DC and make sure I moisturize & seal more often and wrap my hair in a silk or satin scarf. But today when I was washing my hair I noticed the hair at my crown was shorter than the rest. i forgot that when I trimmed around April/ May I had simply cut my hair to get rid of breakage and splits. Anywhere that had straw looking hair I just snipped away. luckily, the cut came out pretty even (I guess my damage was symmetrical) but I realized that these shorter pieces of crown hair is what gets tied up in my hair scrunchies. And when I bun my fragile ends get pinned up and over manipulated. I am deffinitely going to switch PS. I love that buns are an awesome go-to style. You can dress them up or wear them very casually. For now I will just take my hair and loosely clip up using one jaw clip and then I will bun for "nicer" events.

Hopefully with the less manipulation and the increased moisture my hair will start to thrive!!
 
NikkiQ said:
Happy Friday ladies!!!

Any hair plans this weekend??
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Going out of town this weekend so this evening I'll wash with a moisture DC. Sunday is usually wash day for me.

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I just finished applying EVOCO and EVOCB to my hair n scalp:lick: a few hrs before bed ill add my predeepoo of Natures Gate Aloe Moisturizing Condish, Megatek, Honey and Vatika oil. Ill sleep in that then use Hair One to wash and DC using heat with QH Cholesterol:drunk:
 
Moisturized my Celies before leaving the house and boy did they feel good!

What is everyone's go to moisturizer?

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Hi,

I got the SM deep conditioner mask after seeing your snap. It was on sale @ Target for $2 off. So I did an overnight DC with it. I plan on braiding this weekend. Going to see if I can actually style it instead of just throwing quick braids in.
 
NikkiQ said:
Happy Friday ladies!!!

Any hair plans this weekend??
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I plan on really DC this weekend. I pre deep conditioning on Saturday, over-nite with crecepelo. Then on Sunday I am applying my DC for an hour.

As far as style, I hope to do a wng, but I'm not too sure how my curls will look.
 
Happy Friday...so I cut my bangs...they were down to my chin and I just got tired of them, I personally like them where they are now the best, not to short or to long. And I think the help frame my face better then the long ones

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This is where they stop now...I love it...but that means reaching APL on my bang def won't happen this year....

Also I'm giving up on straight bunning for a year...WL is still my goal length but I want to enjoy my hair I'm between. Also always bunning has made me lazy and I've been air drying which my hair doesn't like so I'm back to rollersetting every 7-10 days...I'll wear my hair down the first couple of days but then it'll be back up in a bun...best of both worlds....I just hope I still retain well
 
NikkiQ said:
Moisturized my Celies before leaving the house and boy did they feel good!

What is everyone's go to moisturizer?

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S-curl. I also just started Hair repair anti breakage by ORS, and so far i like it. Not as much breakage when in between washes. I don't know how it will affect me in long run but i will let you all know.
 
NikkiQ said:
Moisturized my Celies before leaving the house and boy did they feel good!

What is everyone's go to moisturizer?

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For me it would definitely have to be Giovanni direct leave-in. For some reason no other moisturizer does it for me. I layer a cream or oils on top of that.

I have a few braids in now too. Is the SM Smoothie your only moisturizer, and how often do you take your braids down to moisturize them?
 
simplyevanescent said:
For me it would definitely have to be Giovanni direct leave-in. For some reason no other moisturizer does it for me. I layer a cream or oils on top of that.

I have a few braids in now too. Is the SM Smoothie your only moisturizer, and how often do you take your braids down to moisturize them?
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I usually only use the SM products as a styler when I do braids or twists. I have the deep moisture masque in now. For a daily moisturizer, I usually like a spray of some sort when I'm in braids. Like African Royale BRX spray, Taliah Waajid protective mist bodifier, or Soft n Free leave in. All those sprays are light enough to spray on my braids without my scalp getting too caked up with product.
 
NikkiQ said:
Moisturized my Celies before leaving the house and boy did they feel good!

What is everyone's go to moisturizer?

Sent by me from my Android phone.Boom
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I like the darcy's daily leave in, but I am almost out. Going to use up some other stuff before o reorder
 
I'll be here for a while so I might as well make myself comfortable. Today I did my weekly shampoo regimen:

- I pre-poo'd over night with my ceramide oil mix and coconut oil.

- shampoo and steam DC.

- Applied and rinsed roux porosity control conditioner and Paul Mitchell SS daily treatment.

- applied leave-in and serum to air dry.

- moisturized NG and hair with QB AOHC then protective styled.

I'm in soft hair heaven!! I won't have to moisturize for at least four days!!

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wooooooo i used peppermint oil for the first time today in my shampoo. my scalp feels so good! :drool: :grin:
 
My hair is not agreeing with me lately after using a regular shampoo last week. I hope it doesn't take too long to get back into order.
 
I have been trying all kinds of protective styles this week to see which one I will stick with for awhile. This time I attempted a braid out... May wait on braid outs till I get more length. Braid outs shrinks up my hair a lot. May stick with bunning and wigging.

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mami2010 said:
I have been trying all kinds of protective styles this week to see which one I will stick with for awhile. This time I attempted a braid out... May wait on braid outs till I get more length. Braid outs shrinks up my hair a lot. May stick with bunning and wigging.

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Your hair is very wavy and looks as though you have a lot of bounce. I would have sworn that you used curlformers or did a rollerset. Nice braidout.
 
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