ToSelahWithLove
Active Member
Ok, so I had this "aha! Moment" a while ago, but I've been in a "post on lhcf" all day mood since I don't really have much going on with my hair to keep me entertained. Soooo maybe this will help someone else 
When my hair is loose, it LOVES the steamer. I don't dc under my dryer anymore, I do it with my steamer. Protein treatments and reconstructor treatments? Same thing -- under the steamer. I've gotten MUCH better results with the steamer. So I assumed that it would be the same with the kinky twists in.
I would steam once a week with AOGPB or AOHSR while in my twists, so about 4 times total.Then I'd take out the twists, and the detangling/combing out after was always difficult. But since it was always like that, I assumed that's just how my hair was after 4 weeks of twists.
Then I went one month without steaming..... and voila. When I took the twists out, it was SO.EASY. There was ZERO need to detangle. All I had to do was comb out the shed hair.
Then it hit me: The steaming with conditioner for my hair was bad because I sucked at rinsing it out completely -- the conditioner stayed in, captured more gunk, and at the end of the four weeks my roots were a matted mess.
Duh, right? It's so obvious, yet I didn't see it. lol smh. That was months ago though, and I'm happy to say that each take down has been a breeze since. I love when I learn more things about my hair that prove that having kinky hair isn't a bad thing... just have to learn how to work with it and it can be the bestest thing ever
I don't really have pics with the twists down, but I've attached one of me with the twists pulled back since I know y'all like pics. lol.
Any other aha! moments?
When my hair is loose, it LOVES the steamer. I don't dc under my dryer anymore, I do it with my steamer. Protein treatments and reconstructor treatments? Same thing -- under the steamer. I've gotten MUCH better results with the steamer. So I assumed that it would be the same with the kinky twists in.
I would steam once a week with AOGPB or AOHSR while in my twists, so about 4 times total.Then I'd take out the twists, and the detangling/combing out after was always difficult. But since it was always like that, I assumed that's just how my hair was after 4 weeks of twists.
Then I went one month without steaming..... and voila. When I took the twists out, it was SO.EASY. There was ZERO need to detangle. All I had to do was comb out the shed hair.Then it hit me: The steaming with conditioner for my hair was bad because I sucked at rinsing it out completely -- the conditioner stayed in, captured more gunk, and at the end of the four weeks my roots were a matted mess.
Duh, right? It's so obvious, yet I didn't see it. lol smh. That was months ago though, and I'm happy to say that each take down has been a breeze since. I love when I learn more things about my hair that prove that having kinky hair isn't a bad thing... just have to learn how to work with it and it can be the bestest thing ever
I don't really have pics with the twists down, but I've attached one of me with the twists pulled back since I know y'all like pics. lol.
Any other aha! moments?
