Hello ladies,
I finally decided to join LHCF after lurking for abt 3 yrs!! I have relied on many of your suggestions to take care of my hair and am happy to say I have achieved great results, until now.....
I recently took out a weave I had in my hair for about 2 months, and while I had it, I did all the necessary things like washing, conditioning and moisturing to make sure it stayed in healthy condition. Prior to getting the weave, I did a protein treatment with dudleys DRC-28 to make sure it was strong and healthy, and of course followed up with a moisturizing conditioner (Keracare Humecto) After taking out the weave (3 wks ago) I relaxed two weeks later and followed amy normal relaxer routine, (aphogee 2 min before rinsing out relaxer, neutralizing and deep conditioning with ORS, french perm stabilizer to lay down the cuticles) and my hair came out nice and soft, like it always does when I follow this routine. I always rollerset my hair since im scared of the flat and curling iron, and always apply a leave in (long term relationship, chi silk infusion, or aphogee leave in depending on the needs of my hair) along with setting lotion and then proceed to rollerset. My hair always comes out nice soft and bouncy and I never have to worry abt breakage, just minimal shedding. Just a week ago, I co-washed with wen (lavender) deep conditioned with Keracare with heat for about 20 mins, and after I washed it out, hard hair 
and struggled to part my hair for my weekly rollerset. Needless to say, I lost a lot of hair during that process and was not too happy abt it. The following week, I clarified my hair thinking that maybe the conditioner did not penetrate deep enough because of this but still, hard hair. I then mixed some water and acv to lay down the cuticles thinking this would help but nope, still hard. I then mixed some mizani miosturizing conditioner with some salt (the kiyafizzle), sat under the dryer for 20 mins, and still, hard hair. At this point im frustrated because I don't know what to do anymore and proceeded to blowdry my hair, detangle it and then instead of wetting my entire hair with setting lotion and leave in, parted it, applied it to sections and then rollerset. My hair came out fine, and is nice and soft, but the process I had to go through to get to this point frustrated me and hoped I wouldnt have to go through this torture again. Just this morning, same thing, hard hair, and now I don't know what I did wrong or what to do, any suggestions ladies??
I finally decided to join LHCF after lurking for abt 3 yrs!! I have relied on many of your suggestions to take care of my hair and am happy to say I have achieved great results, until now.....
I recently took out a weave I had in my hair for about 2 months, and while I had it, I did all the necessary things like washing, conditioning and moisturing to make sure it stayed in healthy condition. Prior to getting the weave, I did a protein treatment with dudleys DRC-28 to make sure it was strong and healthy, and of course followed up with a moisturizing conditioner (Keracare Humecto) After taking out the weave (3 wks ago) I relaxed two weeks later and followed amy normal relaxer routine, (aphogee 2 min before rinsing out relaxer, neutralizing and deep conditioning with ORS, french perm stabilizer to lay down the cuticles) and my hair came out nice and soft, like it always does when I follow this routine. I always rollerset my hair since im scared of the flat and curling iron, and always apply a leave in (long term relationship, chi silk infusion, or aphogee leave in depending on the needs of my hair) along with setting lotion and then proceed to rollerset. My hair always comes out nice soft and bouncy and I never have to worry abt breakage, just minimal shedding. Just a week ago, I co-washed with wen (lavender) deep conditioned with Keracare with heat for about 20 mins, and after I washed it out, hard hair and struggled to part my hair for my weekly rollerset. Needless to say, I lost a lot of hair during that process and was not too happy abt it. The following week, I clarified my hair thinking that maybe the conditioner did not penetrate deep enough because of this but still, hard hair. I then mixed some water and acv to lay down the cuticles thinking this would help but nope, still hard. I then mixed some mizani miosturizing conditioner with some salt (the kiyafizzle), sat under the dryer for 20 mins, and still, hard hair. At this point im frustrated because I don't know what to do anymore and proceeded to blowdry my hair, detangle it and then instead of wetting my entire hair with setting lotion and leave in, parted it, applied it to sections and then rollerset. My hair came out fine, and is nice and soft, but the process I had to go through to get to this point frustrated me and hoped I wouldnt have to go through this torture again. Just this morning, same thing, hard hair, and now I don't know what I did wrong or what to do, any suggestions ladies??
