Pj Support Thread 2010 Pt.1

Welcome Momesque! sounds like good goals. Pick one goal of your four and work on it by itself this month with the products you have. Perhaps you could start with the ends.
 
i did a braid out today and i love the way it turned out. i used jane carter twist and lock and im so glad i kept this in my stash. it is very moisturizing and makes the hair hella shiny along with giving the kind of definition i love. my hair is very big and bouncy today.
 
I need an intervention. I get excited when I buy new stuff. I cannot control myself. I throw away everything only to buy more stuff. I HAVE to get better!!!!!!
 
ok i keep checking for an email from sunshine. i cant wait to try the coconut confidence and the sunshine. i love love love shea butter and anything that has loads of it in it.
 
Vonnieluvs08 said:
How long did it take for you to get your large size of Sitrinillah? Are you still using it?
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I ordered it on BF so I think 3 weeks, maybe. I haven't opened it yet because I had some left over from my last pail. Also I got a 16 oz when I purchased a grab bag. I'm set with some Sitrinillah for a minute.

I almost lost my mind up in here ya'll for like the past week the waste water from my steamer was draining and sitting in the hood rather than going down the tube. I was in denial for a minute but I fixed it today. Char warned about not using henna or any of the ayurvedic powders with the steamer because it pulls it in. Well ya'll know me by now. Ima do what I want to do. So I get under the steamer with tea rinses, cassia glosses, and tonight I will get under there with an alma treatment. What I figured out was some of the gook was blocking the tube. It should be good to go. I will let ya'll know. But from now on I know to check that tube each time and clean if necessary :yep:.
 
i hope i can get second day hair. but if i cant no worries. i really want to do an overnight oil treatment using jbco. i need as much help as i can get in the thickness department.
 
washnset said:
I love Hairveda products too, but their shipping prices were too high (I see that they lowered it now) and their customer service was poor. My emails were NEVER answered. Its ok though...I have enough HV products to last me for a while. I LOVE Jasmine's as well. Her products smell amazing and my hair loves her shampoo and shea butter rinse. I STAN HARD for Njoi Creations. Nobody better talk about NC because we have a gang on here that will tear your butt up!
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GANGSTA

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I hope everyone is doing well. just finished up 1 box of amla and re-ordered 2 via ayurveda natural. I am not making the mistake to order from ruchita anymore.
I really love amla powder. once i use up all my ayurvedic powders, I decided that amla and shikakai are the only ones that I'll keep in my regimen since I have some brahmi/tulsi/maka in other oils :)
 
redecouvert said:
I hope everyone is doing well. just finished up 1 box of amla and re-ordered 2 via ayurveda natural. I am not making the mistake to order from ruchita anymore.
I really love amla powder. once i use up all my ayurvedic powders, I decided that amla and shikakai are the only ones that I'll keep in my regimen since I have some brahmi/tulsi/maka in other oils :)
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Red, I am really thinking about trying amla. I am sure I can find it locally, I just keep putting it off. Would I mix it the same way as cassia/henna?
 
mkd said:
Red, I am really thinking about trying amla. I am sure I can find it locally, I just keep putting it off. Would I mix it the same way as cassia/henna?
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I love Amla! I buy mine locally, but whatever I can't find around these parts I get online. Ayurveda Natural has cheap prices and their shipping is pretty low.

Oh wait this is a no buy thread.... :sad:

So anyway I bought 2 coats today! A gray one and a short black one.
 
BostonMaria said:
I love Amla! I buy mine locally, but whatever I can't find around these parts I get online. Ayurveda Natural has cheap prices and their shipping is pretty low.

Oh wait this is a no buy thread.... :sad:

So anyway I bought 2 coats today! A gray one and a short black one.
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BM, I am going to have to go ahead and buy some alma. I figure it will cost a few dollars at an indian market. How do you mix yours? What kind of results do you see? Shay mentioned it tightened her curl pattern in another thread. I would really like that effect.
 
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Vonnie I luvs me some WDT! It's so thick and moisturizing. I dc with it either for 45 minutes with heat or sleep in it then rinse. My curls are always very well defined, moist and bouncy.

*back to reading*
 
if amla tightens the curls then i need to use some lol.

if i buy some, is it ok for me to just add some into a conditioner and co wash with it? i dont wanna go through all the making pastes and straining for oil and stuff.
 
BostonMaria said:
Except for my purchase of the Avocado silk conditioner purchase back in September, I made the decision a long time ago to stop ordering deep conditioners online. The problem is I have way too much hair, its very thick, and a 16 oz of anything will last me maybe 3 applications if I'm lucky and stingy. I refuse to pay over $20 and then shipping for something and then wait 2-3 weeks for it. I now stick to AOHR and/or the Yes to Carrots Hair Mask for DC's since its available locally.

I think the longest I had to wait for a Hairveda purchase was 4 weeks. The quickest delivery was (I think) about 2 weeks. The longer delivery time was during a Black Friday deal in 08 so that's why it took so long. If I'm stocked up I don't care if I have to wait, but if I'm low on DC and have to wait then I'm feenin like a crackhead LOL I made the mistake of saying something negative in a thread and got e-yelled at ahahaha I called them ladies the Hairveda Gang LOLOLOL Anyway I have no problems with Hairveda's products in general. I just moved on to Afroveda and Jasmine's. BTW Jasmine's has GREAT customer service and I get stuff from Dana in like 3-6 days.
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I remember that ish :clubu:
 
@mkd: I use my amla powder in 3 ways
1) add it to an oil with some shikakai/brahmi and use that oil as a pre-poo
2) add it to henna because henna tends to loosen my hair texture and i dont' want that
3) today I tried a paste with shikakai and neem powders to "wash " but I ended up using a poo bar afterwards. I want to try that method another time before deciding if it is worth it.
some times when I am lazy, I just do a tea with amla and shikakai and use it as a final rinse.
I hope that helps.
When I have no more ideas, I just go to the ayurvedic thread and read what others do
I *heart*amla
 
MissVee said:
Happy New Year Ladies!

This year I will control my binges. I have been a member for years. When I started I would buy something new regularly (hair related). I slowed down in 2008 and restocked what I needed. In 2009, I became serious about weight loss (dropped 22 lbs), I realized that I would eat for whatever reason especially when sad, so I replaced eating with shopping. Shopping is easier when you don't have to try it on so hair products, make up, and shoes became more of an obsession.

My binges are in the rotation (currently) of makeup and hair products. Since I require instant gratification makeup is the current winner But hair products are not far behind. I just bought Mizani Thermasmooth the entire set (it works though, lol).

So this year, I will shop my stash hair and make up. I will attempt to use up what I have and replace my staples. I like the Use 1 Buy 1 and I will continue to use that model. I will think about my purchases before or at the very least keep the receipt so that I can return it.

For the make up I am limiting myself to a budget of $25 per month.

MissVee
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Your whole post sounds like me missvee, ive been killin the makeup, i need to stop. I really wonder if pjism is linked with other compulsions. For me its food, hair stuff, makeup, books, purses. Is anyone else like this also?

redecouvert said:
I hope everyone is doing well. just finished up 1 box of amla and re-ordered 2 via ayurveda natural. I am not making the mistake to order from ruchita anymore.
I really love amla powder. once i use up all my ayurvedic powders, I decided that amla and shikakai are the only ones that I'll keep in my regimen since I have some brahmi/tulsi/maka in other oils :)
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Hey red, did ruchita get you too. I hope not, that is insane people should go to jail doing mess like that.:nono:
 
redecouvert said:
@mkd: I use my amla powder in 3 ways
1) add it to an oil with some shikakai/brahmi and use that oil as a pre-poo
2) add it to henna because henna tends to loosen my hair texture and i dont' want that
3) today I tried a paste with shikakai and neem powders to "wash " but I ended up using a poo bar afterwards. I want to try that method another time before deciding if it is worth it.
some times when I am lazy, I just do a tea with amla and shikakai and use it as a final rinse.
I hope that helps.
When I have no more ideas, I just go to the ayurvedic thread and read what others do
I *heart*amla
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so you just take some amla powder and mix it up with another oil? i can do that lol.
infact i have some amla oil at home(although it has mineral oil it it), i will start using it again.
 
a good friend of mine got me two of the cutest little gift boxes from lush! :grin: i'm happy - they actually smell really good and i'm not really into their body products.

the gifts came with coupons, so i'm gonna go and get a few things tomorrow. :yep:
 
:shocked: this is the fastest i've ever gotten a shipping notification from hairveda! it just came and i ordered this past weekend (the 1st).
 
my new Rusk DC is almost finished and I have only used it twice. I have one more use left out of it, and its gone. It was $16, plus shipping for 4oz. it can't be bought locally. I can't afford to do this....I have decided, as of today, to NOT buy anything online anymore, beside oils and butters that last for months. I am going to my local sallys, 10miles from my house. I am going to try the silk elements, and Ion DC's to try to find my stapples. $10 for 16oz is much more friendly to my wallet!
 
Tafa01 said:
my new Rusk DC is almost finished and I have only used it twice. I have one more use left out of it, and its gone. It was $16, plus shipping for 4oz. it can't be bought locally. I can't afford to do this....I have decided, as of today, to NOT buy anything online anymore, beside oils and butters that last for months. I am going to my local sallys, 10miles from my house. I am going to try the silk elements, and Ion DC's to try to find my stapples. $10 for 16oz is much more friendly to my wallet!
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Im going to start doing that when my things run low. I will only order my shea butter, jbco and leave in online. Everything else i will try to find here. Things are just getting too expensive.

lamaravilla said:
Ummmmmmmm :look:

For those of you interested, Curls is having a sale all day today and tomorrow.
25% off all items with the code curls4twirls.
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Thanks lamara, someone will be able to use it, 25% off is not bad at all.
 
I've never used the curls line. And quite frankly, I'm afraid to start because I too am trying to limit my spending online unless its from one store (like amazon) and I can use my free shipping. But even the stores on Amazon are starting to raise the "shipping" fees though.

Is the Curls line for naturals? My next purchase will have to be for my ng, and I'm thinking of Taaliah Waajid's Bodifying Mist. I have Rusk Smoother but it does not moisturize.

......

I made it through this week without any purchases. I am shopping for shears, a blow dryer, flat iron, and misc. tools: round brushes, combs, rollers, etc.

I am thinking of H2Pro flat iron, and a Sedu ultrasilent dryer (I have a CHI Rocket dryer and that thing wants to burn hair!)
 
^^^Yes it's for natural hair, but I'm sure they can also be used for relaxed hair. I know *fabulosity* is relaxed and she uses many products from Curls.
 
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