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lauren450 said:
Our hair is a lot alike, and yep, I had the same results. There was a lot more clumping, and farther up. Your twistout looks great!
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thanks lauren you're hair looks great too! :grin: nice & soft. yes, our hair does look similiar i suspect some hair twinage going on, or at least some cousinage :yep:

welcome teri!!! love your site & i'll definitely buy your book.
 
LynnieB said:
this is done with vo5 freesia only, no gels and no other products.


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- diffuser dried section of hair this morning.

my hair never EVER looks like this and this is 100% dry!! i can't imagine how cool it'd look if i did this in the morning and allowed it to dry hanging, without being all smushed up!
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Wow, it's awesome that so many people are benefiting from this styling method. Your hair looks great! I've never seen it look like that in any other pics of yours, either. And I wanted to say, I just got that same conditioner and I love it. Slippery enough for detangling and 99 cents, yeah boy!
 
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Here's mine.I applied HE dangerously straight and left it in,smoothing each section.I'm IMPRESSED!MY hair is normally 10% texture 90% FRIZZ.My hair feels so soft.
 
I know I'm late but this is a good thread.:up: Samanthajones and the woman from the link are sealing the deal for me with the denman...

BTW Samathajones your hair is GORGEOUS!! I hope that when I'm done transitioning my rollersets look like half as good as yours!!!
 
I love seeing all these beautiful pictures

I just wanted to thank you very very much for making me feel so welcome! I LOVE seeing all the wonderful photos of your hair. I enjoy looking at so many pretty coils and curls! I guess I was curl-deprived growing up. I was surrounded by all straighter-haired people. I knew my hair was naturally super-curly, but it was almost like I had to try to keep it a secret and straighten it to fit in. Since I'm not very smooth, I did an embarassing job of it. Now I get to visit LHCF and see all your beautiful hair. And it makes me happy to see so many people searching for answers.
 
Thank you to the OP and Terry for the great info! Honestly, I was always too scared to leave the conditioner in (I really don't know why). Anyway, I did try it and i do love the results. I do have a question though. How often are you all going to do this? Is this an every day thing?
My results are in my avatar pic. I used LUSH Retread.
 
Wow Teri, Thanks for your website! Your hair is gorgeous!

This summer, I plan to wear my hair curly and I'll be trying your technique!
 
Looks like this is a no-go on my head. :sad: Dangit, hair, you are really starting to work my last nerve! :wallbash: I used the same conditioner as Lynnie and left it on. My hair feels pretty good, I guess, but that's not the problem. The problem is that it made my hair take forever to dry. I woke up and it was still wet, about 9+ hours after I washed it. I need my hair to dry by morning time because, unlike people with curly hair, I can't wear my hair out wet. I need it to dry in a stretched state. So I think if I end up liking the feel of the conditioner as a leave-in, I'll just put a little on dry hair.

Oh, needless to say this didn't make any kind of definition. There's nothing to define. That's what it means to be a cnapp. :look:
 
mwedzi said:
Looks like this is a no-go on my head. :sad: Dangit, hair, you are really starting to work my last nerve! :wallbash: I used the same conditioner as Lynnie and left it on. My hair feels pretty good, I guess, but that's not the problem. The problem is that it made my hair take forever to dry. I woke up and it was still wet, about 9+ hours after I washed it. I need my hair to dry by morning time because, unlike people with curly hair, I can't wear my hair out wet. I need it to dry in a stretched state. So I think if I end up liking the feel of the conditioner as a leave-in, I'll just put a little on dry hair.

Oh, needless to say this didn't make any kind of definition. There's nothing to define. That's what it means to be a cnapp. :look:
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i have dense hair syndrome too mwedzi. even when i did wash n goes, it'd take all day to dry, the roots are dense and not much air can circulate down there - that shrinkage is a trip :perplexed.

what i "think" you should do? do this on a fri or sat night when you've nothing to do next day - that way you can let it dry at its leisure. hair done like this can remain soft and supple all week until your next wash so you wouldn't have to fiddle with it anymore except to style it.

Even though i pony-puffed/mangled-up my hard work yesterday :grin: the payoff for me was today my hair is still soft and extremely untangly and unmatted. with a regular wash and go i would be screaming bloody murder by now.

i'm thinking of this styling technique as a modified wash and go but without the same level the pain and aggravation that a simple wash and go would bring. my ends remain in their little curlies compartments - the stray hairs that are loose from the curls is not tangly at all - big surprise!

i can style my hair without tearing through it and worrying about the tangled webs i'm making in the middle and ends and that's with all the manipulation i've done to it, the frizz factor is still way less than i'd ordinarily get (dandelion head).

i'm just too pleased, really! what i have this morning, even after having it all pony puffed up, is a workable wash and go hair situation for days i feel like i might want to wear a wash n go.

mwedzi - i think what i'd like to know is if using large amounts of conditioner like in Teri's tutorial has lessened your tangling problem significantly enough to continue doing it (where's our girl Nonie at :grin:)

Because if it does than all you'd need to do is find a way to get through your drying time, in time for you to do your styles.
girl, the freesia smells sooooooooooooo good doesn't it?? :grin:
 
Ok I tried this method late Friday afternoon after taking out my braids. I washed with CON (green) then conditioned w/ LTR, rinsed and applied lots of V05 Strawberries n' Cream to my hair that was divided into three sections. When I hopped out of the shower and looked in the mirror I saw more curls and waves than I have ever seen usually there are a few here and there and some in the back but the curls were everywhere. I thought going through it w/ the Denman would be too greedy because and I was going to a party in a couple hours and didn't want a frizz ball on my hands. I was lazy when I got home and didn't twist up my hair so the curls frizzed out over night :wallbash:.

I tried again today and brushed a small section of hair w/ my nemesis the Denman and it frizzed out :ohwell:. So I think I'll just use this method as a wash 'n go until I figure out how to get the Denman to work for me. But overall I really like the result who knew a cheapie conditioner could do all that. One con to this though is that my hair took almost a day and half to completely dry my hair was STILL damp last night at the root.

I'll try to add pix later my point and shoot digi cam really didn't pick up the "curlage" gotta charge the battery in my other camera.
 
The freesia does smell really nice.

Okay, now that my hair is completely dry (it was still a bit damp in the earlier post), I can say that it feels just the same. Even letting a hair full of conditioner dry on my head, I still get the "rustling" sound now that it's dry. I went ahead and put in some more conditioner, the Aubrey's GPB, and it feels better, but I'm afraid that when it dries it will be the same.

As for the tangling, I don't think leaving a bunch of conditioner on makes a difference, no. When I took the twists out, my hair was still . . . natty, maybe is the word I'm looking for. You know, velcro-y and stuck together. I think it might actually be making that particular situation worse, because it seems to glue my hair together even more. Maybe that's how it helps some people get more definition, but for me my hair just becomes more stuck together cotton clumps with random small hard pieces. It's hard to say if it's making it better or worse, though, since my hair does do that anyway.

I've just realized, though, that even if leaving it in did make it easier to detangle it wouldn't matter in my case because I don't do any more detangling after the conditioner has dried.
 
mwedzi said:
The freesia does smell really nice.

Okay, now that my hair is completely dry (it was still a bit damp in the earlier post), I can say that it feels just the same. Even letting a hair full of conditioner dry on my head, I still get the "rustling" sound now that it's dry. I went ahead and put in some more conditioner, the Aubrey's GPB, and it feels better, but I'm afraid that when it dries it will be the same.

As for the tangling, I don't think leaving a bunch of conditioner on makes a difference, no. When I took the twists out, my hair was still . . . natty, maybe is the word I'm looking for. You know, velcro-y and stuck together. I think it might actually be making that particular situation worse, because it seems to glue my hair together even more. Maybe that's how it helps some people get more definition, but for me my hair just becomes more stuck together cotton clumps with random small hard pieces. It's hard to say if it's making it better or worse, though, since my hair does do that anyway.

I've just realized, though, that even if leaving it in did make it easier to detangle it wouldn't matter in my case because I don't do any more detangling after the conditioner has dried.
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You are one of my hurr fave's :yep:
 
LynnieB said:
i'm always finding these threads after, like waaay after the fact :lachen:

What a great website with some fantastic tips!!

i tried one of her tips - the one loaded with conditioner and brushing the coils where ever they decided to clump..........just WOW, couldn't believe my hair could do that (and stay that way past 90% dry!).

anyway, it's late - i had great fun performing an experiment on 1/4 section of hair, it was interesting and i now need some sleep :lachen:

thanks Samantha for the heads up on the website and thanks Teri for the great info!!

eta pictures :spinning:

this is done with vo5 freesia only, no gels and no other products.

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- 85% dry coil holding it's own!
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- just finished separating and denman brushing individual coils. the hair is very wet but beginning to dry.
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- diffuser dried section of hair this morning.

i did this late, late last night and i was too tired to finish an entire head so i put on a shower cap and scarf and crashed without fear of a wet pillowcase :ohwell:. this morning i used a diffuser to finish drying the one section since it was still slightly damp. i figured i'd get really frizzy now cause that's what it usually does @ this point especially when using a blowdryer.

my hair never EVER looks like this and this is 100% dry!! i can't imagine how cool it'd look if i did this in the morning and allowed it to dry hanging, without being all smushed up!

not sure if i'd do this all the time but at least it's nice to know i have another cool hairstyling option when i want to do something different.
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Gosh dern you have a lot of hair :grin:
 
LynnieB your hair looks great. So ladies, I got off my lazy butt and decided to try this out on Friday night. I was so delirious the next morning I thought it was Friday again and thought I was late for work!:lol: I guess all that pampering(washed, detangled, acv rinsed, massaged with my brush, etc) and brushing I did with this technique made me sleep really well. I slept like a log. I have tons of pics in my fotki with the products I used, etc, but I pulled out a few to show you all my results. It turned out really well. The curl definition was great and while I thought my hair would be crunchy and yucky feeling, I was surprised that it was not. :) This method is definitely a keeper when I want defined curls for consecutive days with no re-wetting. I did this Friday night and it's now Sunday, day two:

Friday night(during the process)
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Saturday
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Today(as I am typing, Sunday):)
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So there it is there. I am going to wear this to work tomorrow and maybe Tuesday too :yep:. I am very happy with the results. :) I don't wear wash n goes anymore as my hair tangles terribly because of its thickness and coils. With this method, the coils are separated and I don't have to re-wet to get the same effect.
 
Everyone's hair looks great.

Mwedzi- I hope you find something to work for your hair. Your hair is gorgeous, it really is. Just beautiful.:yep:
 
Welcome Teri:wave:!! And thanks sooo much for sharing such great info!!! Everyone's hair looks so wonderful I will definitely have to try this technique next wash day:yep:.
 
k, im a little slow but how do you get the curlies to separate? Mine do like three big clumps and am i suposed to air dry it without a pony, just loose?
 
calex99 said:
Thank you to the OP and Terry for the great info! Honestly, I was always too scared to leave the conditioner in (I really don't know why). Anyway, I did try it and i do love the results. I do have a question though. How often are you all going to do this? Is this an every day thing?
My results are in my avatar pic. I used LUSH Retread.
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your hair looks fabulous in your avatar! great results...
 
OK - I never thought this little post would go in this direction!!!

I am stunned!!!

Great stuff everyone and congrats on great results! - And if you did not get great results - that is OK!!!!!!! The hair care world is long and winding Road!!!:bighug::bighug:I love LHCF!!!
 
samanthajones67 said:
OK - I never thought this little post would go in this direction!!!

I am stunned!!!

Great stuff everyone and congrats on great results! - And if you did not get great results - that is OK!!!!!!! The hair care world is long and winding Road!!!:bighug::bighug:I love LHCF!!!
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I really like your threads lady, thanks for your helpful experiments and advices :up: :clap:
 
Cleve_gryl said:
My hair is great today :grin:. It dried a little hard last night, but I sprayed it with some water this morning and it softened up the conditioner. Its perfect. Yes, I guess the key to this is putting the conditioner in sopping wet hair...I put it in after I got out of the shower.
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Any pictures????
 
halee_J said:
I know I'm late but this is a good thread.:up: Samanthajones and the woman from the link are sealing the deal for me with the denman...

BTW Samathajones your hair is GORGEOUS!! I hope that when I'm done transitioning my rollersets look like half as good as yours!!!
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:bighug::bighug:Thanks SWEETS!!!!
 
I was wondering...

Hi there!

I was wondering...for any of you who found that it took too long for your hair to dry with the conditioner in it, did you try separating your curls, and smoothing each of them with the wet conditioner in it? I was curious if it still took too long to dry with separated curls? For me, I start this process in the morning and it takes me about two hours once a week to comb and smooth every curl but when I'm done, my hair stays like that for the rest of the week until I wash/comb it again. I do my hair in the morning, and by evening it's dry (or if it's really cold and damp that day I blow dry my roots a little on the low setting, being careful not to turn my head into a tornado). But I understand what works for my hair might not work for everyone's hair. I was just curious.

I love reading what has been working and not working for everyone. Asking questions is the only way I learn how to improve. I hope you don't mind me asking.
 
Hi Teri! I just wanted to welcome you to LHCF. Congratulations on your wonderful hair journey and thanks for sharing your tips and lovely website! :wave:
 
I've never done this exact method, but I do use a leave-in conditioner when I do my twistout style. I've noticed that my drying time is different depending on which conditioner I use or how warm of a day it is. Also, the more conditioner I use, the longer it takes to dry.

But I definitely do not get total dryness the same day. It's usually an overnight process.
 
awww this didnt work for me like i was expecting. i clarified and then applied HH breaks over conditioner and left it in. i had to get out of the shower and i noticed my looser curls were very defined but there was lot of frizzy coils in the back and my edges were just mass. like 3 mins later i added more condish and went to use the denman to see if i could get defined curls. it began to get big and huge and my silly self kept adding more conditioner. when i gave up i put a plastic cap and used it as a ghetto DC. maybe when my hair is longer:ohwell:
 
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