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sassygirl125 said:
I haven't tried every product/technique discussed here. I'm not starving, living on the street or being harassed by bill collectors so I guess my pocketbook is okay for now. Off the top of my head I know I'll always use henna, Vaseline on my ends, various Dominican conditioners, curl activator and Elucence shampoo and conditioner (I never would have heard about any of those w/o this board).
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What makes someone a trend follower? Is it trying a product based on a recommendation made by a LHCF member? Or is it only if it's a product recommended by a lot of members? Or is it trying EVERY product that is recommended by someone?
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I'm confused, too. That's the whole point of the product discussion board--to tell others what's working (or not working) for you in order to help them. I was a PJ
long before discovering hair boards. I was just buying the wrong things.
And now I hear about more products than the average living person.
I like buying hair products. It's my hobby. I'll never be the type to use the same four products for the rest of my life. How boring... Like I said, hair products are a hobby for me. Some collect stamps. I collect conditioners.
I'm not sure how long my hair is (I don't measure). The only way to tell is to press it which I haven't done since early summer. The areas that weren't damaged from my touch-up were a few inches longer than my relaxed hair was at the same time last year, though (it was approx. nape length last summer). It's 10x healthier, too.
I don't buy/try something just because a bunch of other people like it. I have purchased products you all have probably never even heard of!
If something sounds good, I might try it. If not, I pass.
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some things are ideas and some things are crazes or trends or fads...like LUST..for a few weeks every discussion was about LUST and the the next week it will be like humectants, and then it will be the baggie method, and then it will be ceramic flat irons. it just seems as tho theres always some new craze that everyone seems to be trying. a lot of them are great ideas, but it seems that once someone gets going on something, it catches like wildfire and then we never hear from it again..my guess is the Surge talk will cease by new years