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My brother (my "used to be stylist"...j/k I am still going to him for re-touches) did my color. He is in a shop on Windy Hill Road (off 75). The first time he did it a year and a half ago, I wasn't too pleased with the highlights. My regular hair color is brown and I told him I wanted really light brown, almost blond highlights. I had never had highlights before that time and when he was done, I wasn't that crazy about it. To me, it looked too coppery, but it grew on me. He distributed the color evenly and I think it was just me never having color in my hair in all my 35 years and trying to get used to it. To show you how naive I was about it, the next week when I went to get my hair done, I took him a picture of the exact color I wanted that I had clipped out of a magazine and I thought he could re-do it
....didn't know I had to wait until they grew out (LOL)
This past August he did them again and he combined like 3 colors. Three different shades of blond and light brown. I really like it a lot, but wish I had more of the blond (they are hidden on the bottom and you can see them really well when I pull my hair up)
....didn't know I had to wait until they grew out (LOL)This past August he did them again and he combined like 3 colors. Three different shades of blond and light brown. I really like it a lot, but wish I had more of the blond (they are hidden on the bottom and you can see them really well when I pull my hair up)
indefinite
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It is beautiful! A-town show how to do it!
indefinite
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Where's your album link? I would like to see.
Thanks!
Thanks!
morehairplease
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tthreat08 said:
I wanna know too. Your hair is awesome color and all!
blackbarbie
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O.K., don't quite know how to put the album link in, heck, tthreat just showed me how to post my siggy , but go to photo galleries at the very top of the page and I have uploaded some pictures there in the member galleries......
For the past 8 or 9 years, I have gone to the hair salon religiously every week. Although I could do my own hair, it was just too long and too much of a pain to do; I always ended up with more hair in the comb than anything (it used to be a few inches past BSL). All my stylist did was gave me a doobie every week and I would wrap it nightly until I went to see her again; no heat except the hood dryer....I didn't even have shampoo in my house!! I did know how to do my own hair though, it's just that as it got longer, it was too much to deal with.(wish I had found the board back then!!!)
I moved to ATL a year and a half ago and my brother started doing my hair. I had just gotten it cut about chin length (I would do it time to time over the years b/c I was discouraged and wonder why it wouldn't get straight straight without frizzing up when it rained or was humid - didn't know about ceramic irons), but when he flat ironed it didn't frizz up, i was too happy and told him i wanted to grow my hair back out...I let him cut layers and do highlights which was a first for both. In August of this year, I was one of his models for the Bronner Brothers Show and I was sitting there in the coliseum (without a mirror) and when he got done I went to the bathroom to check it out and realized that he cut a lot of my hair off! I was really pissed and told him that if he was just trying to get it to a more even length for show purposes, he could have let me know that in advance....I have boycotted him since August 20th! I was also curious that why in the year and a half since I have moved here my hair hasn't grown at the rate it has in the past.....I was really depressed about my hair, and then I found the board
Learned quickly that the thing my hair was missing most was moisture. I don't like anything wet or sticky in my hair so besides serum, I NEVER applied anything to my hair daily. BIG MISTAKE. With the color, not just moisture, but additional moisture is a MUST. I am now at 14 weeks post and the past few weeks, I did the cw'ing, and though it gave me additional moisture and helped to manage new growth, a lot of my hair kept coming out, even if I didn't comb it until i washed again. And the truth be told, I really do like to wear my hair out; my hair is very fine and I make a pitiful bun. (lol)
And yes, I did use MTG for the past 3 months until it did a number on my neck. But from gathering bits and pieces of other people's routine and going back to what I know when I used to do my own hair back in the day, this is what I do: (nothing too much different from a lot of others; that's where I came up with everything from )
-Pretreat my hair the night before pooing with EVOO and a plastic cap. I can tell the difference when I don't. I just go to sleep in the cap. Makes the hair very easy to comb through once you have pood.
-Poo once a week with Creme of Nature Shampoo, followed by any moisturizing conditioner (Suave, V05, etc.), followed by a deep conditioner cocktail mix of cholesterol, conditioner, honey, EVOO (sit under dryer with plastic cap for 30 mins)
-Use leave-in detangler (Infusiom, Surge 14, or Ion)
-Use Creamy detanglers (Rusk Smoother, Mane n Tail Conditioner; NTM Silk Touch; hair will be very soft when you take the rollers out!)
-Apply WGO on the scalp
-Rollerset....(use jojoba oil and NTM Silk Touch on ends)
***Will be doing a protein Reconstructor every 2 weeks and a heavy protein every 6 weeks; I have tried Aphogee and I like it)
When I take it down, it is very soft and the WGO has "marinated" on the scalp and makes everything so manageable. After about 12 weeks, I will have to flat iron the roots. This is my first time stretching and I had originally planned to go to 16 weeks, but I may go 20. I use NTM Silk Touch on a daily basis, but I am trying to find an additional moisturizer b/c there's not a whole lot in that bottle.
That is it. I was just so frustrated that I wasn't seeing the rate of growth that I know my hair is capable of. I think my brother neglected to tell me that color treated hair needs extra moisture (he probably thought I knew that) and I neglected to ask him about any special treatment of color treated hair. I have def. seen a lot of growth in the 3 months that I have been doing my own hair. The 14 weeks post pic is with new growth and all, so i am sure when I get a touch up, it will be a few more inches.......
Sorry so long winded, but I was just too happy when I finally straightened my hair out last week (didn't even realize that it was almost exactly 3 months either).....The board has been a godsend
, but go to photo galleries at the very top of the page and I have uploaded some pictures there in the member galleries......For the past 8 or 9 years, I have gone to the hair salon religiously every week. Although I could do my own hair, it was just too long and too much of a pain to do; I always ended up with more hair in the comb than anything (it used to be a few inches past BSL). All my stylist did was gave me a doobie every week and I would wrap it nightly until I went to see her again; no heat except the hood dryer....I didn't even have shampoo in my house!! I did know how to do my own hair though, it's just that as it got longer, it was too much to deal with.(wish I had found the board back then!!!)
I moved to ATL a year and a half ago and my brother started doing my hair. I had just gotten it cut about chin length (I would do it time to time over the years b/c I was discouraged and wonder why it wouldn't get straight straight without frizzing up when it rained or was humid - didn't know about ceramic irons), but when he flat ironed it didn't frizz up, i was too happy and told him i wanted to grow my hair back out...I let him cut layers and do highlights which was a first for both. In August of this year, I was one of his models for the Bronner Brothers Show and I was sitting there in the coliseum (without a mirror) and when he got done I went to the bathroom to check it out and realized that he cut a lot of my hair off! I was really pissed and told him that if he was just trying to get it to a more even length for show purposes, he could have let me know that in advance....I have boycotted him since August 20th! I was also curious that why in the year and a half since I have moved here my hair hasn't grown at the rate it has in the past.....I was really depressed about my hair, and then I found the board
Learned quickly that the thing my hair was missing most was moisture. I don't like anything wet or sticky in my hair so besides serum, I NEVER applied anything to my hair daily. BIG MISTAKE. With the color, not just moisture, but additional moisture is a MUST. I am now at 14 weeks post and the past few weeks, I did the cw'ing, and though it gave me additional moisture and helped to manage new growth, a lot of my hair kept coming out, even if I didn't comb it until i washed again. And the truth be told, I really do like to wear my hair out; my hair is very fine and I make a pitiful bun. (lol)
And yes, I did use MTG for the past 3 months until it did a number on my neck. But from gathering bits and pieces of other people's routine and going back to what I know when I used to do my own hair back in the day, this is what I do: (nothing too much different from a lot of others; that's where I came up with everything from )
-Pretreat my hair the night before pooing with EVOO and a plastic cap. I can tell the difference when I don't. I just go to sleep in the cap. Makes the hair very easy to comb through once you have pood.
-Poo once a week with Creme of Nature Shampoo, followed by any moisturizing conditioner (Suave, V05, etc.), followed by a deep conditioner cocktail mix of cholesterol, conditioner, honey, EVOO (sit under dryer with plastic cap for 30 mins)
-Use leave-in detangler (Infusiom, Surge 14, or Ion)
-Use Creamy detanglers (Rusk Smoother, Mane n Tail Conditioner; NTM Silk Touch; hair will be very soft when you take the rollers out!)
-Apply WGO on the scalp
-Rollerset....(use jojoba oil and NTM Silk Touch on ends)
***Will be doing a protein Reconstructor every 2 weeks and a heavy protein every 6 weeks; I have tried Aphogee and I like it)
When I take it down, it is very soft and the WGO has "marinated" on the scalp and makes everything so manageable. After about 12 weeks, I will have to flat iron the roots. This is my first time stretching and I had originally planned to go to 16 weeks, but I may go 20. I use NTM Silk Touch on a daily basis, but I am trying to find an additional moisturizer b/c there's not a whole lot in that bottle.
That is it. I was just so frustrated that I wasn't seeing the rate of growth that I know my hair is capable of. I think my brother neglected to tell me that color treated hair needs extra moisture (he probably thought I knew that) and I neglected to ask him about any special treatment of color treated hair. I have def. seen a lot of growth in the 3 months that I have been doing my own hair. The 14 weeks post pic is with new growth and all, so i am sure when I get a touch up, it will be a few more inches.......
Sorry so long winded, but I was just too happy when I finally straightened my hair out last week (didn't even realize that it was almost exactly 3 months either).....The board has been a godsend
morehairplease
Well-Known Member
thanks BlackBarbie!
shoelover1972
New Member
Your hair is very pretty BlackBarbie.
blackbarbie
New Member
Thanks ladies I am so glad to have found the board to "remind" me of the things I need to do to take care of my hair.
MsColWhite, just pm when you need the address to the shop; no prob.
BB
I am so glad to have found the board to "remind" me of the things I need to do to take care of my hair. MsColWhite, just pm when you need the address to the shop; no prob.
BB
hondahoney007
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Very pretty hair and color.
blackbarbie
New Member
qtgirl said:
Yeah, it's probably been growing this whole past year and a half but I guess my stylist was cutting my growth off!
I wanted to guess that, but didn't know for sure, but I will know for sure once I get my touch up on Dec. 10th. In the 14 weeks post pic, I called myself flat ironing my roots, but I guess I only flat ironed them enough to be manageable; they are still thick, so I am going to be too excited when I get my touch up in 2 more weeks!
blackbarbie
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Awww, thanks ladies. I just get really ticked though everytime I think about how over a year and half's time period, my hair could have been way past BSL. I have to admit that I wasn't moisturizing the whole time, but not moisturizing can't lead to that much of my ends being clipped off every 2 months!(especially when I'm going to the hair salon EVERY week) I am just looking forward to the next 3 months, and the next, etc.
I just get really ticked though everytime I think about how over a year and half's time period, my hair could have been way past BSL. I have to admit that I wasn't moisturizing the whole time, but not moisturizing can't lead to that much of my ends being clipped off every 2 months!(especially when I'm going to the hair salon EVERY week) I am just looking forward to the next 3 months, and the next, etc.
blackbarbie
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devin said:
Thanks!
No oil sheen, just apply WGO to my scalp when I rollerset, but I really think it's the Rusk Smoothers and the Mane n Tail Conditioner that I rollerset with. I also keep it moisturized daily with NTM Silk Touch Moisturizer. I am kind of afraid of applying oil directly to my hair b/c i always tend to overdo it. (had just finished rollersetting one day and when I put the oil ON my hair, it was a mess; weighed it down and made it too greasy looking; had to rewash and rollerset all over again - too much work!)
devin
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thank you for the reply!
blackbarbie said:Thanks!
Belladonna
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luv the hair
luv the color
luv the color
