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faithVA
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hairtimes5
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Mixed my rhassoul, totally different experience. Yeah the batch from bulk apocathery was nothing like this at all. I could barely add any water to it and it would be a runny mess. Glad I'm on here because I would've sworn off rhassoul forever had faithVA not pointed out that something wasn't right.
faithVA
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I'm glad you are on here too. Because I would be mad if I spent money at Bulk Apothecary and got some runny clay.
I'm afraid to try the other brands now 
Let us know how it works.
Cattypus1
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KiWiStyle...and now I know why I was unimpressed with the SM Manuka Honey & Mafura Oil masque...3rd ingredient-coconut oil! I should have read the ingredients BEFORE I used it as my DC today. My hair started shrinking immediately as I was applying the DC. Oh well, got my clay on and watching AR. My coils will recover.
aharri23
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aharri23
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I've been doing her method the past week (no conditioner, only clay plus gel) my hair dries faster and it is quicker to do, but I lost a bit of definition with each wash. I'm going back to the original regimen and I will omit the leave-in step.
Now my results may be messed up because I'm not using flax seed gel (I'm using Hello curly) and my rhassoul isn't like everyone elses (im using bulk apothecarys)
faithVA
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Can you try the modified regimen with some bentonite? I don't think its the gel.
If we are snowed in tomorrow I will try it and let you know. I'm skeptical but will give it a try. I figured you had tried it.
KiWiStyle
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Oh, so sorry :-(. Your beautiful curls will be fine. Its crazy how it works for me and I know my hair don't get along with coconut oil. Maybe adding the extra manuka honey and steaming countered the coconut. Thanks for telling me, I'll curb it too.
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faithVA
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My hair doesn't like coconut oil and it liked the SM just fine. I just don't use it often because it leaves a heavy film on mg hair. I used it straight.
aharri23
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I don't have any benonite atm. I'll buy some soon and try it again
hairtimes5
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Got up extra early to finish my hair since baby boy had physical therapy this morning only to walk out past the big picture window and see that it's snowing so no therapy today. Could've slept in longer. Oh well!
I have a few thoughts this morning, the first being that I'm not so sure about clay for my hair anymore. Rhassoul is definitely better for me, but I still don't get the results from clay that everyone else gets. My hair doesn't feel soft afterwards (its not hard either though), there's no more clumping or definition than I get without it, and my hair feels coated in a weird way. Last night I did it as step 1, even steamed with it, then dc'd under the steamer, finger detangled and rinsed, and GHE'd last night. I'm going to give it another shot with the steps in the right order but I doubt if it makes a difference since either way I always get the same results. I just want to be sure. I do the full regimen once a week and then cowash once a week. When I cowash only I get great results. I remember faithVA saying that not everyone may need this method, I'm starting to think that may be me. Another thing is how my hair was loving the bs mix at first but now it just turns to straw almost immediately if I use bs or castile
One good thing I have discovered though is that I do not need a leave in. Not long after I big chopped I noticed that my hair would always dry hard. This went on for years and I could not figure out why. I tried just about every leave in that people swore was the holy grail product and all I ever ended up with was hard hair. I tried it in combination with different oils, again always hard, dry hair. It never dawned on me that my hair did not like leave in. Since I've stopped using leave in my hair is drying completely different, especially when I layer JC nourish and shine under my gel. For the first time since becoming natural my hair is drying soft and I'm not seeing any breakage.
Another good thing is that I've mastered the wash n go, something I always wanted to do. I have my technique down, how much gel to use and the best way to apply it to my hair to get good results. That alone was worth it. Before trying MHM the first time back in July I was so fed up with my hair. It was like it was going through the terrible two's and just acting up. My signature twist outs weren't looking the same and I really wanted to start doing wngs so I'm glad I have that figured out now. So even if MHM is not for me, I'm glad for the experience because I've learned more about my hair than I did in the 2 and a half years before.
I have a few thoughts this morning, the first being that I'm not so sure about clay for my hair anymore. Rhassoul is definitely better for me, but I still don't get the results from clay that everyone else gets. My hair doesn't feel soft afterwards (its not hard either though), there's no more clumping or definition than I get without it, and my hair feels coated in a weird way. Last night I did it as step 1, even steamed with it, then dc'd under the steamer, finger detangled and rinsed, and GHE'd last night. I'm going to give it another shot with the steps in the right order but I doubt if it makes a difference since either way I always get the same results. I just want to be sure. I do the full regimen once a week and then cowash once a week. When I cowash only I get great results. I remember faithVA saying that not everyone may need this method, I'm starting to think that may be me. Another thing is how my hair was loving the bs mix at first but now it just turns to straw almost immediately if I use bs or castile
One good thing I have discovered though is that I do not need a leave in. Not long after I big chopped I noticed that my hair would always dry hard. This went on for years and I could not figure out why. I tried just about every leave in that people swore was the holy grail product and all I ever ended up with was hard hair. I tried it in combination with different oils, again always hard, dry hair. It never dawned on me that my hair did not like leave in. Since I've stopped using leave in my hair is drying completely different, especially when I layer JC nourish and shine under my gel. For the first time since becoming natural my hair is drying soft and I'm not seeing any breakage.
Another good thing is that I've mastered the wash n go, something I always wanted to do. I have my technique down, how much gel to use and the best way to apply it to my hair to get good results. That alone was worth it. Before trying MHM the first time back in July I was so fed up with my hair. It was like it was going through the terrible two's and just acting up. My signature twist outs weren't looking the same and I really wanted to start doing wngs so I'm glad I have that figured out now. So even if MHM is not for me, I'm glad for the experience because I've learned more about my hair than I did in the 2 and a half years before.
. Sorry if the pic is big cuz I'm uploading from my iPad.
trebell
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Ty. I can't wait to get some length on the sides for roller sets.
Ajna
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Got up extra early to finish my hair since baby boy had physical therapy this morning only to walk out past the big picture window and see that it's snowing so no therapy today. Could've slept in longer. Oh well!
I have a few thoughts this morning, the first being that I'm not so sure about clay for my hair anymore. Rhassoul is definitely better for me, but I still don't get the results from clay that everyone else gets. My hair doesn't feel soft afterwards (its not hard either though), there's no more clumping or definition than I get without it, and my hair feels coated in a weird way. Last night I did it as step 1, even steamed with it, then dc'd under the steamer, finger detangled and rinsed, and GHE'd last night. I'm going to give it another shot with the steps in the right order but I doubt if it makes a difference since either way I always get the same results. I just want to be sure. I do the full regimen once a week and then cowash once a week. When I cowash only I get great results. I remember faithVA saying that not everyone may need this method, I'm starting to think that may be me. Another thing is how my hair was loving the bs mix at first but now it just turns to straw almost immediately if I use bs or castile
One good thing I have discovered though is that I do not need a leave in. Not long after I big chopped I noticed that my hair would always dry hard. This went on for years and I could not figure out why. I tried just about every leave in that people swore was the holy grail product and all I ever ended up with was hard hair. I tried it in combination with different oils, again always hard, dry hair. It never dawned on me that my hair did not like leave in. Since I've stopped using leave in my hair is drying completely different, especially when I layer JC nourish and shine under my gel. For the first time since becoming natural my hair is drying soft and I'm not seeing any breakage.
Another good thing is that I've mastered the wash n go, something I always wanted to do. I have my technique down, how much gel to use and the best way to apply it to my hair to get good results. That alone was worth it. Before trying MHM the first time back in July I was so fed up with my hair. It was like it was going through the terrible two's and just acting up. My signature twist outs weren't looking the same and I really wanted to start doing wngs so I'm glad I have that figured out now. So even if MHM is not for me, I'm glad for the experience because I've learned more about my hair than I did in the 2 and a half years before.
Well that is awesome that you learned more about your hair! That is the goal. It sounds like your hair is high porosity.
Thanks for sharing why it did not work for you. I learn so much on these pages.
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faithVA
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[USER said:hairtimes5;21167733[/USER]]Got up extra early to finish my hair since baby boy had physical therapy this morning only to walk out past the big picture window and see that it's snowing so no therapy today. Could've slept in longer. Oh well!
I have a few thoughts this morning, the first being that I'm not so sure about clay for my hair anymore. Rhassoul is definitely better for me, but I still don't get the results from clay that everyone else gets. My hair doesn't feel soft afterwards (its not hard either though), there's no more clumping or definition than I get without it, and my hair feels coated in a weird way. Last night I did it as step 1, even steamed with it, then dc'd under the steamer, finger detangled and rinsed, and GHE'd last night. I'm going to give it another shot with the steps in the right order but I doubt if it makes a difference since either way I always get the same results. I just want to be sure. I do the full regimen once a week and then cowash once a week. When I cowash only I get great results. I remember faithVA saying that not everyone may need this method, I'm starting to think that may be me. Another thing is how my hair was loving the bs mix at first but now it just turns to straw almost immediately if I use bs or castile
One good thing I have discovered though is that I do not need a leave in. Not long after I big chopped I noticed that my hair would always dry hard. This went on for years and I could not figure out why. I tried just about every leave in that people swore was the holy grail product and all I ever ended up with was hard hair. I tried it in combination with different oils, again always hard, dry hair. It never dawned on me that my hair did not like leave in. Since I've stopped using leave in my hair is drying completely different, especially when I layer JC nourish and shine under my gel. For the first time since becoming natural my hair is drying soft and I'm not seeing any breakage.
Another good thing is that I've mastered the wash n go, something I always wanted to do. I have my technique down, how much gel to use and the best way to apply it to my hair to get good results. That alone was worth it. Before trying MHM the first time back in July I was so fed up with my hair. It was like it was going through the terrible two's and just acting up. My signature twist outs weren't looking the same and I really wanted to start doing wngs so I'm glad I have that figured out now. So even if MHM is not for me, I'm glad for the experience because I've learned more about my hair than I did in the 2 and a half years before.
Glad your leaving the baking soda alone. It makes me cringe every time I hear a non low porosity lady say they are going to use it. Next time you use the clay just use water and clay and 1/4 tsp of acv. Make a medium consistency. If it doesn't work then you know it's definitely the clay. Make sure you are using any oils or butters in step 1 or 2.
Let us know.
discodumpling
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Yaaaaay my haul is finally here. My hair is sooooooo thirsty!! After I destroy all the packing material and evidence of this purchase from my DH i'm off to MHM!
KiWiStyle
Realtor & Foodie
Lol, that's how I'll be in a few weeks! I have to hide my haul too! I'm dreaming of all the lbs of clay I'll have, jars of herbal blends, Tressemme conditioners, KKKT, KCCC, conditioner caps and the gel recommeded by by Dubai!!
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hairtimes5
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Will do. I thought I was low porosity, especially with the way my hair was responding at first to the bs, but I'm thinking now that I'm normal porosity.
hairtimes5
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Yaaaaay my haul is finally here. My hair is sooooooo thirsty!! After I destroy all the packing material and evidence of this purchase from my DH i'm off to MHM!
Lol, thought I was the only one that did that. Then those loud mouth kids of mine are always hollering out, "Mom you got a package!"
fluffyforever
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Yaaaaay my haul is finally here. My hair is sooooooo thirsty!! After I destroy all the packing material and evidence of this purchase from my DH i'm off to MHM!
I just finished making an order with New Directions Aromatics. I ordered 4 different types of clay:
French Green
French Pink
Australian Midnight Black
Rhassoul
I can't wait for mine to come. I'll be destroying and hiding the boxes too.
Cattypus1
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That's hilarious. I actually used to feel a little guilt about my purchases but my DH is now very interested in my hair. He wants to now what's in the box. LOL. he's even let me clay him.
faithVA
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OK I finished the Dubai modified mhm. I'm tired now. Lol. Glad I'm off today.
I clarified with ion hard water shampoo. I used dubaidees clct recipe. It did initially show more definition than any other time I have done it. But then the definition disappeared
. I left that in for 1 hour. Then I did the clay mix which is quarter cup of acv, quarter cup of water and 2 tbsp clay with a few drops of EO. It worked well. Then I used diluted kccc.
I haven't used gel in months do I have nothing to compare it to. But I did see some definition when applying the clay. My curls still don't separate. And I won't know what this really looks like until it dries. My hair tends to just dry into an afro.
I am concerned about my hair tangling as it dries. Im also concerned about my hair drying out. If it doesn't tangle then I will stick with this regimen. If not I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
My hair did not miss the conditioner.
Its ugly shaped right now. I may take pictures later. And I will update on my progress.
I clarified with ion hard water shampoo. I used dubaidees clct recipe. It did initially show more definition than any other time I have done it. But then the definition disappeared
. I left that in for 1 hour. Then I did the clay mix which is quarter cup of acv, quarter cup of water and 2 tbsp clay with a few drops of EO. It worked well. Then I used diluted kccc.I haven't used gel in months do I have nothing to compare it to. But I did see some definition when applying the clay. My curls still don't separate. And I won't know what this really looks like until it dries. My hair tends to just dry into an afro.
I am concerned about my hair tangling as it dries. Im also concerned about my hair drying out. If it doesn't tangle then I will stick with this regimen. If not I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
My hair did not miss the conditioner.
Its ugly shaped right now. I may take pictures later. And I will update on my progress.
msbettyboop
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trebell
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Videos like this make me so happy to be natural. Can I live thru anyone with long hair. Please do this style for me lol.
http://youtu.be/DsIhTdHlO7Y
http://youtu.be/DsIhTdHlO7Y
aharri23
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OK I finished the Dubai modified mhm. I'm tired now. Lol. Glad I'm off today.
I clarified with ion hard water shampoo. I used dubaidees clct recipe. It did initially show more definition than any other time I have done it. But then the definition disappeared
I haven't used gel in months do I have nothing to compare it to. But I did see some definition when applying the clay. My curls still don't separate. And I won't know what this really looks like until it dries. My hair tends to just dry into an afro.
I am concerned about my hair tangling as it dries. Im also concerned about my hair drying out. If it doesn't tangle then I will stick with this regimen. If not I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
My hair did not miss the conditioner.
Its ugly shaped right now. I may take pictures later. And I will update on my progress.
Keep us updated...I'm gonna stick with the modified MHM for a couple more weeks. I learned that I can't apply my gel in the shower in big sections, I have to apply it out of the shower one section at a time otherwise I'll get a big afro. Today I did ACV rinse + gel and I got pretty good definition.
faithVA
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I will. So far so good right now. My gel cast is starting to form and I can still see some coils at the ends.
I did both. I applied the gel in big sections. Then I went back through and spirited and did gel in smaller sections. But I'm still new at the gel game and don't know what I'm doing.
Honey Bee
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I'm high/ normal porosity and I can count on one hand the amount of times I've used BS in my hair. But! I was thinking about using it more often on my 'wack patch', the bang area, maybe in the CLT. I don't wash as often as I should (I'm lucky if I get up to 2x/wk
) so I'd like to speed up the progress in that area and, honestly, I'm starting to think that area actually might be lo po. 
I wanna get it started off on the right foot because I'm planning to do some crochet braids for the end of winter/ beg. of spring and then chopping around my birthday (@ 22 mos. post).
faithVA
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I'm high/ normal porosity and I can count on one hand the amount of times I've used BS in my hair. But! I was thinking about using it more often on my 'wack patch', the bang area, maybe in the CLT. I don't wash as often as I should (I'm lucky if I get up to 2x/wk
I have found that watering my head more often did more for my wack patch than baking soda ever could. And I am low porosity. Typically a wack patch exists when the scalp in a certain area is dehydrated. Doing the baking soda in the CLCT is ok though.
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