Re: Applying Henna
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But one thing that should be clear is that henna is not and should not be thought of as a product used to straighten and relax the hair like a perm. Think of your hair behaving as it does now with the curl/kink loosened...detangled...softer...stronger.
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What I meant by saying henna has straightened my hair was no way intended to mean "BONE STRAIGHT". What I intended to convey is that my hairpattern as you've said is looser, much looser as a matter of fact, but not the kind of "bone straight" a relaxer gives the hair. I love voluptuous, thick hair and the henna has provided me with this, along with softer, stronger hair, without the tangles or bulkiness that's inherent with a natural hair texture /images/graemlins/smile.gif
To get a STRAIGHT-HAIR or RELAXED look, wrapping or rollersetting underneath a dryer allows this option if I desire it. I hope everyone understood what I meant when I referred to henna making my hair-texture straight with each use. NOT BONE STRAIGHT, but the curl pattern is loosed to the point that I could part and smooth my hair with my hands instead of using a comb or brush, to put my hair in an updo, french twist, or french roll. Normally, I would have to use a curling iron to smooth the edges for these styles, but henna has made it possible for me to lay the curling iron down.
As you've said, hair type does play a major role in a person defining their hair as straight, and what constitutes straight as they know it. As my hair drys, it waves slighty and is very soft. Another person might say their hair waves were more pronounced, and another may say their hair went simply straight as a board depending on their natural hair texture.
However, I will say when I wash my hair, it goes straight, limp, however, you want to call it when I shampoo. This is what I've been saying all along about what the henna has done for me. To me this is dramatic because pre-henna, my hair never did this.
It's funny that you mentioned beauticians say relaxed hair is essetially "dead hair". For those who use a mild-relaxer or texturizer to "loosen the curl-pattern", how would you define the hair as being? Would you say it's dead, half-dead or just slighty texturized the way henna makes the hair? Thanks. I see we can talk this topic into the ground but I enjoy this conversation... I'm learning and it is very stimulating!
Good Morning HennaJoy/images/graemlins/wave.gif
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But one thing that should be clear is that henna is not and should not be thought of as a product used to straighten and relax the hair like a perm. Think of your hair behaving as it does now with the curl/kink loosened...detangled...softer...stronger.
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What I meant by saying henna has straightened my hair was no way intended to mean "BONE STRAIGHT". What I intended to convey is that my hairpattern as you've said is looser, much looser as a matter of fact, but not the kind of "bone straight" a relaxer gives the hair. I love voluptuous, thick hair and the henna has provided me with this, along with softer, stronger hair, without the tangles or bulkiness that's inherent with a natural hair texture /images/graemlins/smile.gif
To get a STRAIGHT-HAIR or RELAXED look, wrapping or rollersetting underneath a dryer allows this option if I desire it. I hope everyone understood what I meant when I referred to henna making my hair-texture straight with each use. NOT BONE STRAIGHT, but the curl pattern is loosed to the point that I could part and smooth my hair with my hands instead of using a comb or brush, to put my hair in an updo, french twist, or french roll. Normally, I would have to use a curling iron to smooth the edges for these styles, but henna has made it possible for me to lay the curling iron down.
As you've said, hair type does play a major role in a person defining their hair as straight, and what constitutes straight as they know it. As my hair drys, it waves slighty and is very soft. Another person might say their hair waves were more pronounced, and another may say their hair went simply straight as a board depending on their natural hair texture.
However, I will say when I wash my hair, it goes straight, limp, however, you want to call it when I shampoo. This is what I've been saying all along about what the henna has done for me. To me this is dramatic because pre-henna, my hair never did this.
It's funny that you mentioned beauticians say relaxed hair is essetially "dead hair". For those who use a mild-relaxer or texturizer to "loosen the curl-pattern", how would you define the hair as being? Would you say it's dead, half-dead or just slighty texturized the way henna makes the hair? Thanks. I see we can talk this topic into the ground but I enjoy this conversation... I'm learning and it is very stimulating!
