Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

Napp said:
Thank you so much! I actually have an afro hair mannequin but I havent practiced braiding in a while. I think I'll do a set of basic cornrows every day to help better my skills. The pointers would be very helpful to me.
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I texted my stylist to see if she's okay with talking with you. Once she replies, if she says yes, then I'll PM you her name and cell phone number. She is UBER ENCOURAGING. I hope you get to ask her what hirers don't like and do like . . . how to increase your chances of getting hired . . . what the wide scope of your options are . . . and how she did it and how she interviews and how she makes hiring decisions (if she hires). Whether she hires folks or not, she'd probably be able to tell you the minimal skills she'd require a natural stylist to have before she felt comfortable hiring them, and that can encourage/guide you.

I'm so excited for you! I wish I had hair skills. I'd become a natural hair stylist in a HEARTBEAT and work for myself!!!

One more note of encouragement: You are so needed! I can't tell you how many supposedly "natural stylist" I've been to who ripped through my hair!!! And the number who use products that create bad build up without caring about my feelings about it!!!!!!! If they have a chair/shop, then you deserve a chair/shop!
 
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I don't know where to post this. I can't determine which Komaza thread is the review thread or the most recent thread, so I'll just post here. :smile: :up:

Today I used some of my Komaza's samples. Here are my initial thoughts:
  1. The shampoo: Smells great! Gives me the same final feel as the ORS Creamy Aloe Shampoo. That is, pretty cleansing. Not tooooooo stripping, but definitely not as moisture-retaining as a cowash. This is a product to use if I need to remove product. I need to go see if Komaza makes a cowash.
  2. The conditioner: Felt great! Applied well! In fact, its great application kept me from being heavy-handed at all! That's AMAZING. Felt almost like DevaCurl Decadence One Condition, but had ever so slightly less slip and ever so slightly less curl definition.
  3. Coconut Damage Control Serum–daily moisturizing leave-in conditioner: Applied well. Seemed to define my curls (I'll have to confirm this after a second use). I liked it.
  4. Coconut Curl Styling Pudding–soft holding styling gel: It's drying now. In combination with the leave-in, feels a little heavy on my hair. However, hubby says my hair is VERY curled/defined. And . . . the parts of my hair that are almost dry feel good!: Hair is defined . . . gelled SUPER SLIGHTLY and almost "non-detectably" . . . and feels very soft.
 
I have a post about my experience with oat water and coffee, but I don't know which thread to put it in or if it should be its own thread.
 
Can I just say: Shea Moisture confuses me. :nono:

First, I can't STAND half the scents.
Then, so many of the products that work for some folks don't work for me at all! But, the rare product I found that works for me is HG, HG, HG.

So now I'm sitting here wondering if I need to reverse my thinking: What if the products that I don't think are designed for 4a/3c are the products that will do my hair well?!??

Why do I want to make this brand work for me? I know why: (1) Because the SM Hipo Masque is HG for me and it makes me think, "Come onnnnnnnnn! Do it again!!! I know you have it in you!!!! You've already got one amazing formula! C'moooooooooooon! Doitagain, doitagain, doitagain, doitAGAIN!" (2) They're everywhere and reasonably priced! I can't walk into a store without seeing Shea Moisture products. So that makes me yearn: Why can't this uber-available brand have several awesome products for my hair?

Shea Moisture!!! Do I need to try your lines that seem to be for Type 2 and Type 3 hair? Or are you just not going to really work for me, like Cantu?

I'm going to try your Fruit Fusion Coconut Weightless Masque (or whatever it's called), because it might do my hair the great way it does my hair twin's hair. I'm looking at all your lines, SM, and I just don't know.

(Okay. I got it off of my chest.)
 
@YvetteWithJoy SM weird like that. I can only use three masque: Sacha Inchi, JBCO and Manuka Honey successfully. HP was nice but it would become a problem with continuous use because it is very strengthening for LP hair. For the life of me, I don't understand why there is no LP masque but whatevs.

SM will always be one of those lines that sells 50-11 products and only 3 will ever work.
 
Saludable84 said:
@YvetteWithJoy SM weird like that. I can only use three masque: Sacha Inchi, JBCO and Manuka Honey successfully. HP was nice but it would become a problem with continuous use because it is very strengthening for LP hair. For the life of me, I don't understand why there is no LP masque but whatevs.

SM will always be one of those lines that sells 50-11 products and only 3 will ever work.
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:yep: at the bolded. Yes, LP hair needs a masque. I'm befuddled.

And for the LIFE OF ME, I don't understand why there is no hipo leave-in. It's hipo hair! Hipo! :hand: :nono:

I'm going to try a few more SM maques, and then I'm psychologically letting go.

50-11 products without getting things simple/right for Type 4 hipo and lowpo hair. I don't get it. If the smells were delicious, then I know I wouldn't be as bothered.

Whooooosaaaaa. Thanks for the comfort/camaraderie, @Saludable84. :sneakyhug: I realize I get like this every now and then when I let myself dream about being able to simplify and use just one brand.
 
@YvetteWithJoy because SM runs off of Bird Logic. They make absolutely no sense. I'm done with their masques. I have my 3 and that's it. They smells are at times gag worthy.

I like CRN, but I'm starting to move away from her stuff because it's silently targeted for HP hair.

I know I have a lot of stuff, but the stuff I use is well tolerated by my hair so I try to stick with what I know
 
Saludable84 said:
@YvetteWithJoy because SM runs off of Bird Logic. They make absolutely no sense. I'm done with their masques. I have my 3 and that's it. They smells are at times gag worthy.

I like CRN, but I'm starting to move away from her stuff because it's silently targeted for HP hair.

I know I have a lot of stuff, but the stuff I use is well tolerated by my hair so I try to stick with what I know
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Pretty much.

I just have to accept that Shea Moisture doesn't actually work for me. LOL.

Interesting about CRN. Maybe next year I'll be moved to trial some of her coconut water stuff that is recommended for hipo hair. So far the performance of the Aloe Whipped Butter Gel has not moved me to go down that trialing route just yet.

You have a good variety of stuff that works so that if there is a formula change or discontinuation or temporary shop closing, you're covered. Makes sense.

I'm not quite there, but I just started seriously searching. I just did my first APB haul, so I'm hoping to be better situated knowledge-wise soon. My hair twin has really helped me to understand that fine + dense + hipo = a major challenge. I really need to make sure my techniques are on point with the products I trial, and I need to trial a product several good times to allow my hair to acclimate to a product.
 
Logging off with these thoughts:

1) The ladies here are wonderful.

2) I learned these interesting things about my hair lately:
  • Plopping with a t-shirt straightened a lot of my strands.
  • JOJOBA OIL is a dream for my hair! It seals/coats in a nongreasy way for me. I am able to detangle dry hair with it. Eesh! :yep: I learned about this oil at the Science-y Hair Blog's post breaking down penetrating versus non-penatrating oils.
  • I have GOT TO STOP shampooing and clarifying more than 1-2 times a month. For real. Because it doesn't work to complain about hydration/moisturization issues and then clarify and shampoo so much in the name of creating a clean slate for trialing products.
3) I am soooooooooooo excited about the HairVeda (sp?) Sitrinillah DC that is coming in the mail from Hattache. I need to temper my expectations. But I'm so grateful to be trying it.

4) I finally did my APB haul. Thanks, @Miss Kane! I can't WAIT to pamper myself in Apricot Freesia bliss! Mmmmmmmmm! :heart: I hope you had MAJOR sales all day today! :kiss:
 
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I can't believe how much my hair has grown in the 7 months I have been fully natural. My fro is bigger and when I stretch my hair, it looks like my longest length is at APL.

I need to start looking for super duper moisturizing DCs and leave ins. I know my hair is gonna suffer once winter hits up here.
 
Sharpened said:
There might be an ingredient your hair does not like. For me, I am allergic to coconut oil and it makes my hair hard and tangly... and it is in like 90% of all hair care products now.
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I have the same problem with coconut oil. It is awful on my hair and I struggle to find products without it.
 
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