HUMECTANTS

[YOTEGRA]

HI LADIES I'M NEW. I'VE BEEN READING YOUR POSTS
SINCE MAY AND DECIDED TODAY WOULD BE THE DAY TO
GO FOR IT AND BECOME A MEMBER. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
HUMECTANTS. I THOUGHT I READ ON ONE OF THE OLDER POSTS ABOUT HOW TOO MUCH CAN CAUSE BREAKAGE. CAN SOMEONE ELABORATE ON THIS A LITTLE OR REFER ME TO ONE OF THE PREVIOUS POSTS THAT COVERS THIS TOPIC.

 

[YOTEGRA]

THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE A WHILE BACK I USED THE BAGGIE METHOD WITH HUMECTRESS AND LEFT IT IN MY HAIR OVERNIGHT. THE NEXT DAY I HAD A LOT OF SHEDDING AND MY HAIR FELT WEAK AND FRAGILE. I HAVE 3C 4A HAIR TYPE THAT IS RELAXED.

 

[Aerie17]

Has it been a long time since you did a protein conditioner? You can over-soften your hair...perhaps you only need to do 15-20 minutes or so on the Humectress. I have found that even 3 minutes with Humectress (as the bottle instructs) is sufficient, especially if you are washing and conditioning at least twice a week or more. Hope this helps..

 

[debyjay]

Hey Yotegra, maybe you can do a search. At the top right had of the page, click on search and type in humectant, then click submit at the bottom. It should come up. Good luck.

 

[YOTEGRA]

THANKS AERIE AND DEBYJAY FOR RESPONDING. I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.......I DO CONDITION WASHES DAILY AND I THINK I
OVERCONDITIONED AND THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED MY HAIR TO BREAKDOWN....

 

[DatJerseyDyme]

Welcome to the forum..but would you mind taking the caps lock off?

 

[adrienne0914]

welcome, yotegra!

i've never tried the baggie method with a conditioner. so that may have caused your problem. try it instead with curl activator and a heavy pomade (i like vaseline) on your ends.

oh yeah, typing in all caps is considered yelling in netiquette.

 

[YOTEGRA]

Thanks guys for the info about the Caps key.....
Sorry, I didn't know. About the baggie method, I read about it on one of the posts here. One of the other members tried it. She said that she wears a phonytail with a baggie on the end of her real hair and then puts the phonytail over it to keep her ends moisturized. I was just thinking, wouldn't that break your hair off by keeping your hair too moist.