perfectpeace
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Hello everyone. This is my first post and I am sooo excited. What a wonderful community this is. I just wanted to introduce myself and give some "hair" background. About two years ago, I decided I could no longer afford to pay $45 dollars for weekly visits and $100 for touchups, so I mustered up the courage and started doing my own hair, including relaxing and cutting. So far so good, until . . .
About 6 months ago, my hair suddenly started shedding and breaking like crazy. My hair had been shedding so badly that a plumber had to come out and unclog my tub, toilet and bathroom sink; I mean fists full of hair
; drano couldn't help. (I probably lost about 1/4 of the hair on my head). I was so sad. I got on my knees and said "Okay Lord. I'm letting you in. Please help." This is when I went online, started doing searches and discovered YOU.
You introduced me to Shamboosie, Cathy Howse, Keracare, jojoba oil, essential oils, washing more than once a week, protective styles and ponytail air drying. I stopped protein conditioning my hair to death, began flat ironing on low heat (next goal, no heat); I started oiling my ends and introduced vitamins into my diet (Viviscal, Hairtopia, omega 3, biotin, MSM, Andrew Lessman's Hair, Skin and Nails). Within about three months, I got my hairline back!!! And I have no split ends. The shedding continued though,--but reduced from 30 long strands a day to about 15. So I started protein treatments again, but only around relaxer time. Well, GUESS WHAT? Today-4 days after my relaxer touchup-only 2 hairs shed!!!!!
I cannot believe it. I feel good y'all. Are y'all hearing me? What I'm trying to say is THANK GOD FOR YAH--for all your generous advice and encouragement, thank you.
My hair is on the road to recovery.
Not to stir up the PJs on this board, but I just want to share two products that I recently discovered:
Re Cutting your own hair:
Some of you have wanted to trim your own hair. I cannot do a search now so I don't know if you've discussed this product already, but I found a little cutting kit to assist with trims. Here is the website: www.homehaircut.com. My goal is to dust and maintain a one-length bob style until I reach my hair goal--bra strap. IMO, this is a good tool for that purpose.
Re Relaxing your own hair:
(I think some of you mentioned this one.) This is a videotape. The website is: www.stepbystephair.com. Vol. 9, Step-by-Step Advanced Relaxing Techniques is the one I am referring to. It's good quality. The stylist uses an actual person (and this girl has got some puuurty hair y'all.) She shows you everything from beginning to end--how and why to base the scalp, apply the relaxer, shampoo, condition, comb out wet hair, trim the ends and do a wet set. The camera is on her and the client the entire time. (The only thing you don't see her doing is sitting under the dryer). She uses an applicator bottle instead of a tint brush. (I used the bottle with my last touch up. The application was much faster and much easier to avoid overlapping.) I learn better by watching as opposed to reading. So if you need a visual example of how to apply the relaxer, etc., this is a good one.
Sorry for the long message, but I just had to give my testimony. Hopefully this will encourage someone out there to not give up on your hair goals. I am glad to be a part of this board.
--perfect peace
About 6 months ago, my hair suddenly started shedding and breaking like crazy. My hair had been shedding so badly that a plumber had to come out and unclog my tub, toilet and bathroom sink; I mean fists full of hair
Not to stir up the PJs on this board, but I just want to share two products that I recently discovered:
Re Cutting your own hair:
Some of you have wanted to trim your own hair. I cannot do a search now so I don't know if you've discussed this product already, but I found a little cutting kit to assist with trims. Here is the website: www.homehaircut.com. My goal is to dust and maintain a one-length bob style until I reach my hair goal--bra strap. IMO, this is a good tool for that purpose.
Re Relaxing your own hair:
(I think some of you mentioned this one.) This is a videotape. The website is: www.stepbystephair.com. Vol. 9, Step-by-Step Advanced Relaxing Techniques is the one I am referring to. It's good quality. The stylist uses an actual person (and this girl has got some puuurty hair y'all.) She shows you everything from beginning to end--how and why to base the scalp, apply the relaxer, shampoo, condition, comb out wet hair, trim the ends and do a wet set. The camera is on her and the client the entire time. (The only thing you don't see her doing is sitting under the dryer). She uses an applicator bottle instead of a tint brush. (I used the bottle with my last touch up. The application was much faster and much easier to avoid overlapping.) I learn better by watching as opposed to reading. So if you need a visual example of how to apply the relaxer, etc., this is a good one.
Sorry for the long message, but I just had to give my testimony. Hopefully this will encourage someone out there to not give up on your hair goals. I am glad to be a part of this board.
--perfect peace
