Pistachio Cake
New Member
Hello blessed ladies!
I've finally decided to join this lovely site. I'm so happy there's still some activity in here. I've never joined a hair site before so I hope I'm posting in the correct forum and can get some help from you girlies! Long post ahead.
Now what's my problem?
I lost my curl pattern over a year ago, hair breakage and split ends. (Though the split ends have reduced by 97%. My hair continues to break like crazy.)
How?
I had been using several "hydrating shampoos" mixed with my DIY ACV mix as a prepoo. I left it to marinate on my head approximately 45min 2-3x in a week. I was also using some anti-dandruff shampoo to cleanse my scalp. So I was rotating shampoos.
What prompted this?
PRior to my terrible experience, let's say the beginning of 2025, I started out wanting to simplify my hair routine, figure it out by myself. I would shampoo my hair every 2-3 days and use Blue Magic + S-curl curl activator spray. Braid, unbraid my hair. That's it. Then I started looking up info online, learning about pH balance, clean scalp, hair massages, tucking in ends etc.
MY routine was working for me some months, then I suddenly had this urge that I wanted my hair to feel super super soft. I remembered that back in the days rose water+ACV+glycerin would do this trick for me. I fooloshly thought that mixing that to my shampoo would be a great idea as a prepoo. It was not. A year later and I'm still not seeing any curl in sight.
My hair became super gummy, I could pull one thread of hair and it would continue to stretch like there was no tomorrow. When wet, my hair would feel as if I had relaxed it but when dry it would make that incredible crunchy sound. My hair continued to LOOK like an afro but behave like doll hair.
CUrrently...
I've been able to reduce the unhealthy elasticity of my hair. It no longer has this endless stretch to it. I continue to wash my hair as often as possible so 3-6 times a week. I noticed that SLS shampoos exacerbate my issues, they make my hair feel flat, gummy, like rubber...so now I use Garnier Magic Charcoal and Black Seed oil. However, I noticed that the following 3 products will create some curl definition on some parts of my hair:
1.Olaplex 4 Shampoo
2.Shea Moisture shampoo
3.ORS replenishing conditioner.
BUT the little but of hope I get after using those problems doesn't last long. As soon as I leave the shower and comb my hair, it disappears. My routine is mainly washing my hair/scalp with Garnier shampoo and occassionaly I'll add some Blue Magic to my hair. Nothing more.
my first post and it's super long. I hope that it's clear enough for you and if not please do let me know. I want to make an appointment with a trichologist but it's above my budget. I also live in Western Europe of that matters.
Some pictures to show you what my situation looks like.
I'm looking for ideas here because now I just want to go balded bald and start over. It's been over a year of this. I can't even braid my hair as it looks 60 days old, there's no hold to it anymore.
I've finally decided to join this lovely site. I'm so happy there's still some activity in here. I've never joined a hair site before so I hope I'm posting in the correct forum and can get some help from you girlies! Long post ahead.
Now what's my problem?
I lost my curl pattern over a year ago, hair breakage and split ends. (Though the split ends have reduced by 97%. My hair continues to break like crazy.)
How?
I had been using several "hydrating shampoos" mixed with my DIY ACV mix as a prepoo. I left it to marinate on my head approximately 45min 2-3x in a week. I was also using some anti-dandruff shampoo to cleanse my scalp. So I was rotating shampoos.
What prompted this?
PRior to my terrible experience, let's say the beginning of 2025, I started out wanting to simplify my hair routine, figure it out by myself. I would shampoo my hair every 2-3 days and use Blue Magic + S-curl curl activator spray. Braid, unbraid my hair. That's it. Then I started looking up info online, learning about pH balance, clean scalp, hair massages, tucking in ends etc.
MY routine was working for me some months, then I suddenly had this urge that I wanted my hair to feel super super soft. I remembered that back in the days rose water+ACV+glycerin would do this trick for me. I fooloshly thought that mixing that to my shampoo would be a great idea as a prepoo. It was not. A year later and I'm still not seeing any curl in sight.
My hair became super gummy, I could pull one thread of hair and it would continue to stretch like there was no tomorrow. When wet, my hair would feel as if I had relaxed it but when dry it would make that incredible crunchy sound. My hair continued to LOOK like an afro but behave like doll hair.
CUrrently...
I've been able to reduce the unhealthy elasticity of my hair. It no longer has this endless stretch to it. I continue to wash my hair as often as possible so 3-6 times a week. I noticed that SLS shampoos exacerbate my issues, they make my hair feel flat, gummy, like rubber...so now I use Garnier Magic Charcoal and Black Seed oil. However, I noticed that the following 3 products will create some curl definition on some parts of my hair:
1.Olaplex 4 Shampoo
2.Shea Moisture shampoo
3.ORS replenishing conditioner.
BUT the little but of hope I get after using those problems doesn't last long. As soon as I leave the shower and comb my hair, it disappears. My routine is mainly washing my hair/scalp with Garnier shampoo and occassionaly I'll add some Blue Magic to my hair. Nothing more.
my first post and it's super long. I hope that it's clear enough for you and if not please do let me know. I want to make an appointment with a trichologist but it's above my budget. I also live in Western Europe of that matters.
Some pictures to show you what my situation looks like.
I'm looking for ideas here because now I just want to go balded bald and start over. It's been over a year of this. I can't even braid my hair as it looks 60 days old, there's no hold to it anymore.
