Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

I posted this in the straight haired natural thread but I wanted to post it here so more people can see and I'm too lazy to make a new thread LOL

I've been waiting to make a post of this but I wanted to be sure it wasn't a fluke. when I wash my face sometimes water gets on my edges and curls them up. so I use this edge control ebin ny 24 hour edge tamer with extra mega hold.
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And lay a scarf over it. my edges look straight and not greasy or producty. I use the tiniest amount. so far this has been the best edge control I've ever tried.
 
Napp said:
I posted this in the straight haired natural thread but I wanted to post it here so more people can see and I'm too lazy to make a new thread LOL

I've been waiting to make a post of this but I wanted to be sure it wasn't a fluke. when I wash my face sometimes water gets on my edges and curls them up. so I use this edge control ebin ny 24 hour edge tamer with extra mega hold.
B_Edin_Edge_ExtraMegaHold_270.jpg


And lay a scarf over it. my edges look straight and not greasy or producty. I use the tiniest amount. so far this has been the best edge control I've ever tried.
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Is the efficacy the same as using edge tamer and a pea sized amount of gorilla snot at the same time? If so, where did you buy it at? What does it smell like?
 
MileHighDiva said:
Is the efficacy the same as using edge tamer and a pea sized amount of gorilla snot at the same time? If so, where did you buy it at? What does it smell like?
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I use this alone. I could not get the hang of gorilla snot. my edges are really rebellious and this slicks then down. I use a soft boar brush for distribution. and I put my scarf and when I take it off they look freshly straightened. I was very surprised. I've been using it for about 2 weeks and my straight edges last all day. I might post a before and after. it has a light smell that I do not notice.

I bought it at a whim seeing it advertised by my local bss. it seems to be new on the market.
 
My hair grows. I knew that intellectually, but I really see it now in practice. Because despite lots of breakage, ends popping off when I blow dry lol, trimming/butchering my hair multiple times to hack off crap ends over the past year, my hair has gotten noticeably longer. I'm tired of playing tho. I want to experience a year of perfect retention, so I'll be wearing crochet braids for the forseeable future. They are soooo, sooooooo easy to do. And such a variety of styles. I wantefdto try wearing a wig, but I don't think I can stand how it feels on my head. I also am fearful of it falling off.....

I want to redo my hair every two months.
 
I'm switching out my kinky twists for brown box braids. Might take 4 days to do but luckily I'm not going anywhere. I think twists in general *** up my ends. Whether my natural hair or in kinky twists my ends are always screwed. So as I'm replacing the twists for braids I'm going to trim and for 2017 I'm going to braid my hair exclusively. No more twists outs, or twists when washing, braids only. I'll see how my hair fairs. When retightening my kinky twists my ends seemed tangled up with the twists hair and I found so many splits and ssks. Defeats the purpose of a low Mani style. But I realized that my ends are always chewed no matter how well I take care of it. And twists are my go to style and my wash method. My hair is in twists 95% of the time.
 
I want to try faux locs. I think I'll do them next month. Right before Christmas. I need to watch some more YouTube videos. I want to try to get them to last until the end of March. My last semester of school is going to be super busy and I don't want to have to think about my hair.
 
Royalq said:
Wow, so it seems like I grew 3/4 an inch in 3 weeks. So in the beginning of October I tried xcel 21 for two weeks. At first I measured at 16 inches. At the end of the two weeks I was disappointed to see I was still at 16. So I stopped using it. I'm slightly anemic and that same week I received 2 iron infusion and since then have been taking Floradix liquid iron and 2 carbonyl iron pills. Well that was October 25th, 3 weeks later the piece of hair is now 16 3/4! Growth aides have never worked for me no matter what. Both pill and topical aides. But I have always been slightly anemic. Normal levels are 11.7-15.5 I'm always floating around 10.5. So I think the extra iron is for some reason giving me a huge boost. And for reference I'm a slow grower , heavy shedder I grow 0.3 of an inch per month ( a little under 1/4) and I've been stuck at 16 inches since February. So to go from 0.3 inches to nothing to 3/4 in 3 weeks is huge.

Eta: for the first time ever I might get 1 inch in a month!! I'm hype. If this happens I'll def keep up with the iron. I'm assuming that im getting a huge boost because I was deficient. It might level out to a normal 0.5. I'll take half an inch a month/6 inches a year over 0.3 per month/3-4 inches a year any day.
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Well one week later And that hair piece has gone from 16 3/4 to now almost touching 17 1/4! I got an inch in one month with no growth aides. Who knew that anemia could wreck your hair? My anemia, even though it wasnt severe, seems like it was the source of my excessive shedding and slow growth. For years Ive been a slow grower. Im pissed I only just now figured it out. I could have been at my goal length by now if I knew this from the start. Welp, better late than never. Hopefully this boost continues for as long as possible.
 
I detangled my hair earlier today. I used diluted KCNT and sealed with coconut oil. I plan on washing my hair today; I'm just trying to figure out how to style my hair. My hair has been sooo dry and I think it's because of the weather and this one product that I started back using (Jane Carter incredible curls).
 
I really relaxed for the last 2 months from doing my inversions/scalp massages and because it works for me, I have to continue starting the first week in December. I can't miss for at least a 6 month stretch into next year.
 
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