blackbarbie
New Member
For some odd reason, I can almost tell when it's someone that's genuinely interested or whether it's someone looking for a magic potion. That determines how I answer the question, but my basic answer to anyone is conditioning, deep conditioning and minimal heat. Just as someone else mentioned, it irks me when I give that answer and the person proceeds to "but what are you mixed with? Your hair just can't be like that from doing what you said to it"
Sometimes when a person has a particular question specific to THEIR hair, I am more than happy to tell them some things that I "heard" that would work and encourage them to try them.
Even family can be a little annoying. I just got home and was wearing a wash and go. My aunt says "what did you do to your hair?" I told her I washed it, left a little conditioner in it and used a little coconut oil. Her response: "no, what kind of set is that, like a straw set or something? How did you get all the curls?" I told her I just washed it. She kept asking what technique I used to get the curls.......By this time I was tired and I just looked at her like I didn't understand what she was talking about. (I visited a friend I hadn't seen just the day before and she wanted to know what kind of "technique" I used to get the curls too)
Sometimes when a person has a particular question specific to THEIR hair, I am more than happy to tell them some things that I "heard" that would work and encourage them to try them.
Even family can be a little annoying. I just got home and was wearing a wash and go. My aunt says "what did you do to your hair?" I told her I washed it, left a little conditioner in it and used a little coconut oil. Her response: "no, what kind of set is that, like a straw set or something? How did you get all the curls?" I told her I just washed it. She kept asking what technique I used to get the curls.......By this time I was tired and I just looked at her like I didn't understand what she was talking about. (I visited a friend I hadn't seen just the day before and she wanted to know what kind of "technique" I used to get the curls too)
OMG sooooo now I know what I did wrong. One day, while waiting for the elevator, I complimented a sista on her hair . . . and of course I asked about how she cares for it. She shook her head, said " nothing special", she then rolled her eyes and got into the elevator. I thought to myself, "what a b**ch! That was before I started lurking on LHCF. I always notice healthy heads of hair but now I keep my comments to myself. Anyway, I think I finally figured out what I was doing wrong and what works best for my hair. It's still a work in progress but my hair is so much healthier these days.
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