Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud
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Nightingale
On the Grow and Keeping it Simple
I've been hearing great things about Olaplex. @melahnee may have tips too.
toaster
Well-Known Member
@IDareT'sHair
Ms. T!! You don't do your wash days in sections?? Next time you wash try parting in four quadrants. Twist each quadrant in a loose twist and pin it up with a large bobby pin. Take one section down at a time and do each stage of your routine. This greatly minimizes any tangling opportunities as long as you re twist after every stage.
My hair webs and tangles on itself so easily. I would have one huge dreadlock if I got in water with loose hair.
Ms. T!! You don't do your wash days in sections?? Next time you wash try parting in four quadrants. Twist each quadrant in a loose twist and pin it up with a large bobby pin. Take one section down at a time and do each stage of your routine. This greatly minimizes any tangling opportunities as long as you re twist after every stage.
My hair webs and tangles on itself so easily. I would have one huge dreadlock if I got in water with loose hair.
IDareT'sHair
PJ Rehabilitation Center
@toasterNext time you wash try parting in four quadrants. Twist each quadrant in a loose twist and pin it up with a large bobby pin. Take one section down at a time and do each stage of your routine. This greatly minimizes any tangling opportunities as long as you re twist after every stage. My hair webs and tangles on itself so easily. I would have one huge dreadlock if I got in water with loose hair.
Hey Lady!
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Thank you so much.
Aggie
Well-Known Member
Agreed. I wash and deep condition my hair in three big plaits, one at a time. This method is really helping me save my hair. I wish I knew to do this a few years back.@IDareT'sHair
Ms. T!! You don't do your wash days in sections?? Next time you wash try parting in four quadrants. Twist each quadrant in a loose twist and pin it up with a large bobby pin. Take one section down at a time and do each stage of your routine. This greatly minimizes any tangling opportunities as long as you re twist after every stage.
My hair webs and tangles on itself so easily. I would have one huge dreadlock if I got in water with loose hair.
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melahnee
Well-Known Member
I'm not relaxed, but I do believe Olaplex saved my hair from bleach damage. I noticed a difference the time I re-did the blonde without it-- it was drier and began to break, so I gave myself a nice trim of course. The next time I got retouched I used Olaplex again and my hair has had no issues at all. I have an entire thread on it if you would like to read, @luving me
Dee_33
Live, Laugh, Love
Thanks so much. I'm going to read your thread. I was thinking of using fgrogan's technique in her "hello honey blond" youtube vid. I hope the link posts
KidneyBean86
Southern sweetheart
Today is my birthday but I don't feel like washing my hair. My hair so dry though...smh
Sharpened
A fleck on His Sword
IDareT'sHair
PJ Rehabilitation Center
Rocky91
NYE side boob.
somebody donate me some hair, y'all...i'm sooooo over this TWA right now.
i keep quiet about it because everybody in my life is all "we told you not to shave it again, you know you are bored with every hair style within two weeks" i don't want them to say i told you so
and i can't do the wigs. sighhhhhh.
i keep quiet about it because everybody in my life is all "we told you not to shave it again, you know you are bored with every hair style within two weeks" i don't want them to say i told you so
and i can't do the wigs. sighhhhhh.
Sharpened
A fleck on His Sword
One year, you can last one year. You look great with a TWA!somebody donate me some hair, y'all...i'm sooooo over this TWA right now.
i keep quiet about it because everybody in my life is all "we told you not to shave it again, you know you are bored with every hair style within two weeks" i don't want them to say i told you so
and i can't do the wigs. sighhhhhh.
I don't do wigs, either.
. I hope they work.
Aggie
Well-Known Member
@IDareT'sHair
I believe you won't be disappointed. It was quite an adjustment for me but in the end it really worked swimmingly for me when I realized how much of my hair I was saving by washing and deep conditioning this way.
KinksAndInk
Professional Napper
I didn't do my water rinse today. I just didn't feel like it. But I did spray my Netwurks 21 and Yerba concentrate on my scalp, then moisturized the rest of my hair. I should be fine on moisture until wash day.
GettingKinky
Well-Known Member
I did a hardcore Shaun T cardio workout for the first time in months. Even 2 hours later I'm still breathing a little differently.
ETA. Oops wrong thread
ETA. Oops wrong thread
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Saludable84
Better Late Than Ugly
toaster
Well-Known Member
I'm going to blow dry and flat iron my hair this week for a trip.
After that I'll continue working on my tension with roller sets. My hair today is pretty straight, soft, and bouncy. If I can get my edges a little more taut I could wear my hair down from a roller set with no additional heat. I have a few weddings and events coming up in the next year and I really don't want to put heat on my hair more than 2 or 3 times a year.
This year I've blow dried once and did a roller set with a flat iron once.
After that I'll continue working on my tension with roller sets. My hair today is pretty straight, soft, and bouncy. If I can get my edges a little more taut I could wear my hair down from a roller set with no additional heat. I have a few weddings and events coming up in the next year and I really don't want to put heat on my hair more than 2 or 3 times a year.
This year I've blow dried once and did a roller set with a flat iron once.
YvetteWithJoy
On break
Thought 1:
My hair tangles too easily in its natural state. However, I am going to do everything I can to take it to full MBL stretched before relaxing. (Currently my longest layers are APL, but some of my hair is chin length when stretched.)
Thought 2:
These bantu knots are taking a VERY long time to dry.
Honey: "Yvette, you've been under that dryer for a LONG time!"
Me: "Yup. I'm not DC-ing like usual; I'm trying to get my hair completely dry."
Honey: "Ohhhhhh. Um, you are wearing your hair in balls now . . . and you can't get them to dry out?"
Me: "Knots. Bantu knots. Not balls."
Honey: "Oh."
Me: "Don't worry: I'm going to take them down.
"
I don't really have a head-shape meet for Bantu knots.
Bless his HEART! He just didn't want me to do that to myself and didn't quite know how to say, "Don't wear your hair like that: Your head shape . . ." 
My hair tangles too easily in its natural state. However, I am going to do everything I can to take it to full MBL stretched before relaxing. (Currently my longest layers are APL, but some of my hair is chin length when stretched.)
Thought 2:
These bantu knots are taking a VERY long time to dry.
Honey: "Yvette, you've been under that dryer for a LONG time!"
Me: "Yup. I'm not DC-ing like usual; I'm trying to get my hair completely dry."
Honey: "Ohhhhhh. Um, you are wearing your hair in balls now . . . and you can't get them to dry out?"
Me: "Knots. Bantu knots. Not balls."
Honey: "Oh."
Me: "Don't worry: I'm going to take them down.
"I don't really have a head-shape meet for Bantu knots.
Bless his HEART! He just didn't want me to do that to myself and didn't quite know how to say, "Don't wear your hair like that: Your head shape . . ."
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Bette Davis Eyes
The "OG" Product Junkie
Let me get these 4 inches and I'll be happy. I'll be able to put 6 big braids in after washing and let it dry that way.
I can't wait to protective style. Oct until the end of Marich 2017.
I can't wait to protective style. Oct until the end of Marich 2017.
JerriBlank
Well-Known Member
We really do take basic hair knowledge for granted, after being spoiled by these hair boards. People call the hair forum boring and repetitive, which I get if you've been here for a while, like me. But the basics make a world of difference when you're trying to retain length. At the very least, everyone that visits this board knows to wash, condition, moisturize and seal. At the very least.
I met a young lady tonight, and I could tell that there was some natural hair struggle going, but it appeared to by new struggle to me, so I tried to encourage her. She had a twa, with a headband in the front. I told her that her hair looks healthy. She said, "It's not." I said well it does, and asked how long she has been natural for. She said 3 years. My jaw could have hit the floor. She said "And this is all I've got."
I asked her what she uses, and the first thing out of her mouth was "Pink lotion." Lordhammercy. Then shea butter and coconut oil. I quickly advised her to get some good Trader Joe's conditioner as its cheap, and multi purposeful, and to nix the pink lotion.
Lord, I felt so bad for her! If I still had a twa after 1 year natural, I'd have been on YouTube researching like a mf! I hope that she is guided to some knowledge quickly.
I met a young lady tonight, and I could tell that there was some natural hair struggle going, but it appeared to by new struggle to me, so I tried to encourage her. She had a twa, with a headband in the front. I told her that her hair looks healthy. She said, "It's not." I said well it does, and asked how long she has been natural for. She said 3 years. My jaw could have hit the floor. She said "And this is all I've got."
I asked her what she uses, and the first thing out of her mouth was "Pink lotion." Lordhammercy. Then shea butter and coconut oil. I quickly advised her to get some good Trader Joe's conditioner as its cheap, and multi purposeful, and to nix the pink lotion.
Lord, I felt so bad for her! If I still had a twa after 1 year natural, I'd have been on YouTube researching like a mf! I hope that she is guided to some knowledge quickly.
KinksAndInk
Professional Napper
My hair is so soft. I can't stop touching my twists.
LavenderMint
Well-Known Member
Beany
Well-Known Member
I wear head wraps 2-3 times a week (since winter is coming it'll increase). I wear a satin scarf under my wrap to protect my hair and edges. The wraps in the link are beautiful!
ETA: I just bought 5 wraps from that site
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