Sweetyb
Active Member
I've been under wraps for about a year now mainly because I've been intentionally committing "hair sabotage" . I was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with my hair which I found to be annoyingly full, always dry, and tough to manage or style. The longer it grew, the harder it was to style. Also, leaving it in its natural state kept it prone to split ends and knots. I didn't want to discourage other naturals by posting my issues, especially when their hair is the same as mine.
Solution?? Well, I decided to "burn" my hair as a means of training it to behave the way I wanted it to. I've purchased 2 flat irons since and have used them many times throughout this past year, sometimes not using them the proper way, and not always on freshly washed hair. I stopped caring about the consequences because of how fed up I was. I loved my styles and my curls were relaxed a bit and my hair wasn't as tough and full as it used to be because of the permanently thinning effect flat irons have on hair--it's just right... I've fallen in love with my hair again, in a weird way .
Need a change of direction! I don't want to continue this route if I can help it. If there's anyone who understands, how do you think I can come out of this without having to resort to chemicals or braids (expensive), or twists (been there, done that), or dreads (I enjoy combing my hair).
I am attempting to wear my own "home made" (cheaper) phony pony everyday to protect the ends of my hair and give my hair a break from flat irons that I'm seriously getting addicted to. I also purchased that soft bonnet ION everyone's been talking about and it works GREAT! Edit: I've tried rollersetting with it and it didn't work well but I may try again or with flat twists instead.
Any suggestions are welcome
Solution?? Well, I decided to "burn" my hair as a means of training it to behave the way I wanted it to. I've purchased 2 flat irons since and have used them many times throughout this past year, sometimes not using them the proper way, and not always on freshly washed hair. I stopped caring about the consequences because of how fed up I was. I loved my styles and my curls were relaxed a bit and my hair wasn't as tough and full as it used to be because of the permanently thinning effect flat irons have on hair--it's just right... I've fallen in love with my hair again, in a weird way .
Need a change of direction! I don't want to continue this route if I can help it. If there's anyone who understands, how do you think I can come out of this without having to resort to chemicals or braids (expensive), or twists (been there, done that), or dreads (I enjoy combing my hair).
I am attempting to wear my own "home made" (cheaper) phony pony everyday to protect the ends of my hair and give my hair a break from flat irons that I'm seriously getting addicted to. I also purchased that soft bonnet ION everyone's been talking about and it works GREAT! Edit: I've tried rollersetting with it and it didn't work well but I may try again or with flat twists instead.
Any suggestions are welcome
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