Pokahontas your a GENIUS!!!!!!!

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ttlayli

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So okay....I finally figured out a way to keep my curls frizz free and purty (where I can actually wear my hair down and feel as pretty as I do when I wear it straight! :grin:) BUT It was annoying having to cowash every single day and do the "curly reggie". Shoot, that is time consuming!!! :rolleyes: So Poka told me about how she keeps her curls in for days at a time. I honestly didnt think it would work for me because I sleep wild, but when I tried for the first time, I woke up and was AMAZED!!!!! :yep: It really does work!!! I can't go for a week, but every three days, which is fine with me! So I really want to thank you girl!! You are a lifesaver!!! :worship2:


Oh and I also want to thank "Teri". She is the creater of this site:

http://biracialhair.org/Welcome.html

Because of her I figured out how to keep my hair from poofing up!!!

:thankyou:
 
WOWWWW! So those ARE the instructions for dealing with hair like mine. I've been teeter-tottering over whether a lot of those things were the right things to do b/c some of them are the opposite of what I see on here....like the less conditioner vs. more conditioner. It feels nice to see that I was right the first time( I used to do a lot of those steps but I thought they were wrong so I stopped). The rules are different for curly girls.

It makes perfect sense now that my hair only behaves when I leave the conditioner in...and since I see the lady in the picture had some shedding on her brush too, I guess its ok for me too...I wonder if shedding is more common among type 3 heads?

I got the most growth following that method last summer, so I'm just going to go back to it.
 
Also I see why you shouldn't jump on everybody's bandwagon on LHCF...I looked at her recommended product list and I see one of my staples..the garnier fruictise and l'Oreal vive...

I knew I wasn't tripping....and now I can finally breathe...I don't feel pressured to try everything else out there b/c I see what I have actually will work just fine (like it used to)

Pokahontas you ARE a GENIUS!!!!!!! thanks so much for this
 
oooh, next time i wear my hair out i'll have to give this a try! Here lately (mostly due to my job and the weather) i've been wearing my hair up at all cost!
 
GoingNatural said:
I'm so glad her tutorial helped!!
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man i've been calling it your method. and the plopping part is the ladylibra method...lol

load in a lot of conditioner...i remember your fotki using the word "load", lol

i squeeze out the excess and go about my biz. i only brush once a week.
 
SweetCaramel1 said:
girl why do they have a pdf :lachen:

i'm adding this one to my favorites. the other method didn't work to well for my daughter's 4a hair. shingling may work better :yep: the denman is the truth tho. it cut straight through the forest!

eta. maybe i need the buttercreme and glosser?
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They are serious about some hair! :lachen: Shingling's a little time consuming. Last time I used Aveda DR and sunflower oil. It worked just fine. :yep: The Denman is sooo much better than using a rattail comb.
 
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ttlayli said:
So okay....I finally figured out a way to keep my curls frizz free and purty (where I can actually wear my hair down and feel as pretty as I do when I wear it straight! :grin:) BUT It was annoying having to cowash every single day and do the "curly reggie". Shoot, that is time consuming!!! :rolleyes: So Poka told me about how she keeps her curls in for days at a time. I honestly didnt think it would work for me because I sleep wild, but when I tried for the first time, I woke up and was AMAZED!!!!! :yep: It really does work!!! I can't go for a week, but every three days, which is fine with me! So I really want to thank you girl!! You are a lifesaver!!! :worship2:


Oh and I also want to thank "Teri". She is the creater of this site:

http://biracialhair.org/Welcome.html

Because of her I figured out how to keep my hair from poofing up!!!

:thankyou:
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Oh wow, your welcome girl!
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I'm so glad it worked out. I was wondering if you had tried it out yet. It feels great to know that I could be of some help.
 
indigodiva said:
Also I see why you shouldn't jump on everybody's bandwagon on LHCF...I looked at her recommended product list and I see one of my staples..the garnier fruictise and l'Oreal vive...

I knew I wasn't tripping....and now I can finally breathe...I don't feel pressured to try everything else out there b/c I see what I have actually will work just fine (like it used to)

Pokahontas you ARE a GENIUS!!!!!!! thanks so much for this
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*blushing* Far from a genius girl but you're so welcome
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. This is why I will continue to share everything that works great for me. It feels great to help someone else and that's why I do what I do.
 
I tried plopping last night. It seemed great at first but needs some tweaking... maybe the products? maybe I need to shingle the products into my hair and then plop?
 
lilsparkle825 said:
man i've been calling it your method. and the plopping part is the ladylibra method...lol
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:lachen:

I wish I had come up with plopping! Shoot, I don't even do it the "correct" way. I stole the idea from NaturallyCurly.com and adjusted it. I couldn't do all that upside-down-head-on-the-chair stuff... :lol:

TheLaurynDoll said:
I tried plopping last night. It seemed great at first but needs some tweaking... maybe the products? maybe I need to shingle the products into my hair and then plop?
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You can totally do that. I think most people plop after applying product and/or basic styling anyway. :yep:
 
ladylibra said:
:lachen:


You can totally do that. I think most people plop after applying product and/or basic styling anyway. :yep:
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Yes, I had applied product, lots of it, but it didn't seem to really coat certain areas. I just applied it and plopped. I think sectioning and applying products may be my best bet..
 
ROBOTxcore said:
I know the "curly method" by Teri.

So what was Poka's way? The same thing? :perplexed
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No, I've actually been doing that curly method for years now. I learned it from that show What Not to Wear. The stylist Nick used the same basic technique, he called it a "curl set". I have old posts here explaining how I do it but I have no idea where they are.
 
Ah, so yours was just how to cover with the scarf? Gotcha. :yep:
I just know Teri's method as the condish + separate part.
 
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