I remember when....

[kisz4tj]

1. I purchased only the cheapest shampoo usually .99 (white rain, st. ives or v05)
2. I curled my hair every morning and I knew I'd have a banging curl if I heard a nice sizzle and got some good steam.
3. Squeaky clean was a good thang
4. Deep conditioners at the salon were reserved for special, special occasions.
5. I loved to pick the scabs out of my head after a "good" relaxer.
6. I never oiled my scalp, that would put a damper on the body.
7. Dirty hair made your hair grow

I've come a long way

 

[Chakira]

hehe... I remember when

1. I would let my cousin grease my scalp with a pound and a half or dax
2. I would perm every 4 1/2 to 5 weeks cuz my hair was too nappy
3. I washed my hair whenever i felt like it (hardly ever)
4. Slicking on mad gel and grease and pulling it back into an "oh so tight" ponytail was on point (tho not much hair stuck out of it)
5. I couldn't figure out why my hair wouldn't grow! I combed and brushed an messed with it all day!

 

[Crysdon]

1. I would brush with the hardest bristles just to make my hair shine.

2. Relax the entire length of hair to get it bone-straight.

3. That Doo-Doo Brown gel was my best friend.

4. I only washed my hair every two weeks.

5. I applied a Jet-Black rinse EVERY month.

6. I didn't use neutralizing shampoo.

7. I wore my ponytails really, really tight.

8. Spritz was a major staple in my haircare products.

9. I went over the same curl 3 times with the hot curlers.

 

[KitaWita]

Good thread...

1. I flatironed my hair with the Gold n' Hot flat iron EVERY day

2. I would wash my hair whenever I felt like it (maybe every 2 weeks, maybe every 2 months

)

3. I used a brush with the hardest bristles (my husband calls them "Dog Brushes")

4. I would wear braids and keep them in for 4+ months and only wash them once (maybe twice)

5. I wouldn't always use conditioner (and forget about DEEP conditioning)

 

[Honeyhips]

Crys, I think you are my exbf little sister.
She used to do that ALL of the time. I was like why are you rinsing your hair w/ black? Why are putting all that gel in your hair? I think I got on her nerves though.


I'm glad to hear all of this ladies. There is hope for all of our sisters.

 

[Crysdon]

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Crys, I think you are my exbf little sister.
She used to do that ALL of the time. I was like why are you rinsing your hair w/ black? Why are putting all that gel in your hair? I think I got on her nerves though.


I'm glad to hear all of this ladies. There is hope for all of our sisters.

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HAHAHAHAHA! So I'm NOT the only one?

 

[ineedmoney]

oooo lord you guys should be bald lol!!! just kidding. i'm glad i don't have horror stories like that but i do remember sneaking those just for nobody perms in my mom's basket hoping she would buy it by mistake.

 

[sweetcocoa]

1. I use to curl my bangs everday...with mousse(I would hear it sizzle a little and it made my curls last all day).

2. I oiled my scalp everyday trying to get rid of the flakes and itching.

3. I thought washing my hair more than once a week would dry it out.

4. My sides would never grow as fast as the back.

5. I used a reconstuctor EVERYTIME I shampooed.

6. I always blowdried my hair.

7. I never shampooed my scalp after sweating from exercise.

8. I never checked the labels on any products I brought.

9. I brought whatever shampoo was on sale.

10. I was afraid to get my hair trimmed.

 

[sassygirl125]

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3. That Doo-Doo Brown gel was my best friend.


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[Allandra]

Girl,

I too remember when that Doo-Doo Brown gel was my best friend. I used to get those hard

finger waves, and I had the nerve to keep the style for two weeks. ICK!

Hmph. Come to think of it. I've come a long way too.

 

[MissM]

1) I thought women sleeping w/scarves was stupid and I just slept with my hair loose.

2) I also thought squeaky clean after a shampoo was for the best.

3) The more grease, the better.

4) I slept in hard rollers!! Never mind my hair was snapping every time I switched positions! And I never got a good nights sleep!

5) Curled my hair on the highest setting, preferably #20.

I'm sure there is more.....this is quite enough for now.

 

[brownrelaxedhair]

1. Flex was my favourite conditioner. Smelled like heaven and made my hair thicker.

2. Washing my hair once every 2 weeks.

3. Being embarressed when I was one of the only girls left at a salon with a curly perm and everyone else had relaxers.

4. When first relaxed hair, using any old cream on the ends, thinking it was protecting the ends from curling irons.

5. That very first time I had a relaxer and couldn't BELIEVE I had hair that moved!!!!!

Will never forget that first time feeling.

6. I didn't know how to look after relaxed hair and experimenting with rollars using the wrong type (with teeth that tangled my hair) and sitting under a crappy old dryer for 3 hours. (Yep).

7. The first time I went to a Dominican salon for a rollarset. I nearly fell off the chair at the result.

8. Wondering how to deal with shedding hair and exercising. That was a hard time. I stopped working out just to 'save' my hair.

9. La India Hair Pomade used when growing up as a kid to grease my scalp.

10. I never heard of pre oil treatments, conditioner only washes, wide tooth combs, hair vitamins.

 

[sylviaetc]

i wore a tight phony tail everyday for 5 yrs
i washed my hair every 2 wks
i slept on cotton pillow cases
i too used that brown gel
i kept my hair dry like the sahara
i never paid any attention to the damage i was causing my hair.

 

[AshCash]

I used to pour shampoo down the drain so my mom wouldn't know I wasn't using it

... I always knew it dried out my hair and now that I have outside proof I no longer feel guilty for not using it. Ashley

 

[dontspeakdefeat]

1.I relaxed my hair every 4 weeks sometimes every 3.
2. I would get my hair trimmed every time I relaxed.
3. I thought that I could never get the back kitchen to grow long.
4.I wore a jheri curl and never trimmed my hair.
5. I put a relaxer over a jheri curl.( I was able to salvage some hair although).
6.I was 10 years old and my mom had to cut my hair short because of breakage.
7.I used the curling iron everyday.
8. I washed my hair everyday(for 2 weeks) with a clarifying shampoo and it broke off in many places.
9.I used to tie a towel around my head and pretend it was my long flowing hair.
10.I wore glued in weave.

 

[Babychoc]

1. I would wear banana clips too tight in the same position everyday and it broke my hair off REAL bad.
2. I NEVER slept

with anything on my head! Silk scarf, what's that

?
3. I applied heat to my hair everyday. (My mom warned me, but did I listen?) Uh, no

.
4. Combed and brushed my hair real hard and didn't care about all the hair coming out

.
5. Not moisturizing my hair often enough.
6. Not washing my hair often enough.
7. Applying relaxer every 4 weeks to ENTIRE length of hair

!
8. Blow drying way to much, and didn't care how much hair I was losing!
9. Not using a wide tooth comb while combing through my hair. No wonder I never saw any length

.
10. Only using a conditioner once in a while, and when I did I would put it on my hair and rinse it out immediatley, never allowing it too sit & deep condition.

 

[kisz4tj]

1. I would sleep without a scarf on, wake up with hair all over my pillow and thought it was normal
2. I only used a scarf to keep my style in place.
3. Any ole scarf would do.
4. I used pure peroxide to color my hair and thought I was da bomb, my color would be unique since it wasn't found in a box
5. This lady asked me what color I had in my hair, I told her it was natural and she rolled her eyes at me

6. I'd see tv personalities, models, etc... and thought it was really their hair.

 

[EXSQUISIT]

i always got the shampoo that smelled good
curled or flatironed daily
washed every two weeks
didnt rinse after exercising
spritz for day
never moisturized my ends
would comb roughly even when i heard snaps

i could go on and on

 

[katie]

My hair broke off down to 1 inch of new growth due to overprocessing
I washed every 3 weeks
I would comb with a fine toothed comb
I would both blowdry and then flatiron my hair on high in the harsh Canadian winter months
I dreaded wash day since it was a whole day affair (before I discovered air drying)

 

[Karonica]

1. When I did not know what the "Doo-Doo Brown" gel was appropriately for, so I would use it to grease my scalp, for little fly-aways, you name it, I used it! (Now I use it to hold certain styles)

2. When I curled my bangs everyday with the type of curlers that you put on an open fire.

3. Washing my hair once every month or two.

4. Brushing and combing my hair all rough, and not caring how much hair would come out because it was just the "old hair."

5. Hating conditioner and not using it because it held me up and took extra time.

6. After washing my hair, not putting anything on it, and my hair would be so dry, it looked like hay.

7. After washing my hair, just not knowing what to do with it period!

8. Using grease to stop the itchies.

9. Parting my hair ear to ear to make a bang.

10. Overusing LA Looks hair gel, and then showing up at school looking like someone had sprinkled cornflakes on me.

11. When I didn't know what a flat iron was.

12. When I used to only sleep in cotton scarves.

That's enough for now. I am a walking mistake.

 

[licutiexx]

1. relaxing my hair again the next day after it didn't catch the day before
2. having braids put in too tight
3. wash hair about 2x a month
4. when i had braids washed it 1x the whole 2 months
5. wore a tight ponytail almost everyday for 2 yrs.

 

[asha]

1. Too tight braids that gave me a facelift and washing them maybe once or twice during the FOUR months that I would wear them.
2. Grease Grease and more Grease (although I am still loving grease, I know that it should be used on the hair to seal in moisture, not put on dry hair to make it lay flat or used pound for pound on the scalp

)
3. Yes, the curling iron bang everyday with hairspray