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Hi girls!
NB here! I'm loving this board. Just found it yesterday and I've been reading since this morning!
My current regimen is Ojon products. I LUV LUV the restorative treatment. I use FHI hot sauce for my heat protectant, and alternate with a Sedu protectant (when I home style). I use Paul Mitchell shine drops silicone for shine (which I rarely use because the Ojon makes my hair shiny). I use Biolage for my clarifying shampoo. I have FHI flat irons 1", 1 1/4", and 2". I've always had super long hair, it was effortless. And I really heat treated my hair (cooked it) when I was younger. However, now I've be consciously trying to grow out the layers and get it past shoulder length (I'll take some pics soon)...and it has been kind of not growing as fast. I thought I would step up my trims (as I like most girls striving for length hate them...LOL)... Still didn't work. It's highlighted now (don't know how I can tell what color/texture it is yet...). I have great hair, but I feel like I want it look like what I've seen here! With my ultimate goal of BSL.You guys look great. I get a qtrly (Affirm) relaxer. My stylist wants me to go with a press/curl, but I just feel like I'm scared of the reversion in the gym.
I don't/can't do protective styling on a day to day. I just don't like it. I like either wearing it down (when I'm not in the gym). In a pony or clipped. But as summer approaches and I'll be in the gym more, I was figuring maybe it's time for a change. I saw something called a "braid out"... How do you guys do this? Can it be done over a weekend? I don't mind looking crazy on the weekend, just not at work. When it is unbraided, it's that wavy/curly natural mix that I would go to work with.
Can you guys point me to some posts that would help me with that? (LOL...it's funny I don't know how to braid to the scalp, but I'm sure my mom would help...LOL)
I'm also interested in "henna" I watched the process on you tube and read about it here and thought...hey, yeah I can do that. Then I read the thread and it was all these compounds and conoctions..and I was like no wait. Does anyone go to an Indian salon to get this done? I get facials and threading there, but I've never attempted to let them do anything to my hair. Seems like most everyone is doing it at home, but it seems complicated for me.. and I would still like to see the benefits. The other question is, how do I let them know what color I want?
My current stylist, is like NO HENNA; it dries out your hair. (I already texted him about it...LOL...right before church). He did agree however to put in the PhytoRelaxer for me. (I go to the salon weekly, I can do it myself, but with work lately...it's just been easier)... PLUS...I'm not messing around with any permanent thing at home. I basically take all of my own products and let him do his magic... He's like in a minute you're going to come in here with your own assistant...LOL. But he's really pleased with the Ojon stuff, as he thought Kerastase was the best. But I know he's not going to go for the henna stuff, so I was thinking maybe I could get it put in at the Indian Salon.
This is all the stuff that I have ordered since yesterday:
PhytoRelaxer II
Bountiful Tresses (somebody tell me how to use this stuff)
HairTopia Vitamins (I know vitamins are usually a crock..but it has a MB guarantee)..
I'm thinking about ordering:
Ovation Cell Therapy (just the cell therapy; no shampoo)
Anything else that as a newbie I should have in my toolkit? I'm so happy to have found this forum, I can only imagine how FABULOUS my hair is giong to look this summer!
Sorry it's so long! I'm going to try to add some pics.
NB here! I'm loving this board. Just found it yesterday and I've been reading since this morning!
My current regimen is Ojon products. I LUV LUV the restorative treatment. I use FHI hot sauce for my heat protectant, and alternate with a Sedu protectant (when I home style). I use Paul Mitchell shine drops silicone for shine (which I rarely use because the Ojon makes my hair shiny). I use Biolage for my clarifying shampoo. I have FHI flat irons 1", 1 1/4", and 2". I've always had super long hair, it was effortless. And I really heat treated my hair (cooked it) when I was younger. However, now I've be consciously trying to grow out the layers and get it past shoulder length (I'll take some pics soon)...and it has been kind of not growing as fast. I thought I would step up my trims (as I like most girls striving for length hate them...LOL)... Still didn't work. It's highlighted now (don't know how I can tell what color/texture it is yet...). I have great hair, but I feel like I want it look like what I've seen here! With my ultimate goal of BSL.You guys look great. I get a qtrly (Affirm) relaxer. My stylist wants me to go with a press/curl, but I just feel like I'm scared of the reversion in the gym.
I don't/can't do protective styling on a day to day. I just don't like it. I like either wearing it down (when I'm not in the gym). In a pony or clipped. But as summer approaches and I'll be in the gym more, I was figuring maybe it's time for a change. I saw something called a "braid out"... How do you guys do this? Can it be done over a weekend? I don't mind looking crazy on the weekend, just not at work. When it is unbraided, it's that wavy/curly natural mix that I would go to work with.
Can you guys point me to some posts that would help me with that? (LOL...it's funny I don't know how to braid to the scalp, but I'm sure my mom would help...LOL)
I'm also interested in "henna" I watched the process on you tube and read about it here and thought...hey, yeah I can do that. Then I read the thread and it was all these compounds and conoctions..and I was like no wait. Does anyone go to an Indian salon to get this done? I get facials and threading there, but I've never attempted to let them do anything to my hair. Seems like most everyone is doing it at home, but it seems complicated for me.. and I would still like to see the benefits. The other question is, how do I let them know what color I want?
My current stylist, is like NO HENNA; it dries out your hair. (I already texted him about it...LOL...right before church). He did agree however to put in the PhytoRelaxer for me. (I go to the salon weekly, I can do it myself, but with work lately...it's just been easier)... PLUS...I'm not messing around with any permanent thing at home. I basically take all of my own products and let him do his magic... He's like in a minute you're going to come in here with your own assistant...LOL. But he's really pleased with the Ojon stuff, as he thought Kerastase was the best. But I know he's not going to go for the henna stuff, so I was thinking maybe I could get it put in at the Indian Salon.
This is all the stuff that I have ordered since yesterday:
PhytoRelaxer II
Bountiful Tresses (somebody tell me how to use this stuff)
HairTopia Vitamins (I know vitamins are usually a crock..but it has a MB guarantee)..
I'm thinking about ordering:
Ovation Cell Therapy (just the cell therapy; no shampoo)
Anything else that as a newbie I should have in my toolkit? I'm so happy to have found this forum, I can only imagine how FABULOUS my hair is giong to look this summer!
Sorry it's so long! I'm going to try to add some pics.
Love your screen name. . . good one 
, Welcome to LHCF!!!
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