Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

Royalq said:
I loooove fabric softener but I sniffed that pillow soft in Walmart and got an instant headache. I can't imagine that on my head for many days.

Washed my box braids yesterday and DCed below the knot to avoid matting. Sprayed my homemade spray and sealed. My hair smells great but now my edges are frizzy. Took down one front piece today to redo and my natural hair was super soft and moisturized.
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Long time ago, I got a sample of the pillow soft and tried to use it. I had such a headache from the scent. Their leave-in also gave me such a bad headache I had to get up in the middle of the night and re-wash my hair. Wish they made unscented products. I asked about it and got ignored. Oh well....
 
I shampooed my hair on Sunday and I really overdid it. I washed it like 2-4 times because my scalp felt itchy and yucky, but it sucked all the moisture out of my hair. While I am in these crochet braids, I want to try clarifying my hair with very diluted vinegar. So I'll be using that and my braid spray to cleanse and condition. I'm inspired by the poster who stopped using commercial products on her hair with great results.
 
I had gotten so used to using my standing bonnet dryer, that I completely forgot that I have a heat cap - more convenient, and quieter when baby is asleep. Now DC'ing with NaturelleGrow Slippery Elm & Marshmallow and my heat cap.
 
whiteoleander91 said:
I hate when I am watching a product review vid and the person is like "Let me show y'all the back of my head so y'all can see what my hair looks like" and then they turn around and proceed to shake their head the entire time! Cain't nobody see anything when you are whipping your hair back and forth! lol Like I am trying to see how much curl definition you got from the product but you won't stay still long enough!!!
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@whiteoleander91, not only does your rant drive me crazy but I hate when they don't show you the back at all! Stop showing me the wonderfully defined front of your hair I can see it with my eyes, show me how the back came out and yes keep still!!!! Ok rant over back to regular programming...
 
Soooo today my hair is just doing its own thing. It's soft to the touch but looks rough. I personally don't like it but everyone else does. I may have needed to use my soft hold gel to get the look. Or more oil. Or a heavier leave in. Ugh. I want to post a pic but this part of the forum is public and my face doesn't look that cute.
 
SlimPickinz said:
Soooo today my hair is just doing its own thing. It's soft to the touch but looks rough. I personally don't like it but everyone else does. I may have needed to use my soft hold gel to get the look. Or more oil. Or a heavier leave in. Ugh. I want to post a pic but this part of the forum is public and my face doesn't look that cute.
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Oh, please, you are so cute! If you attach your pics to the post, only those with an active account can enlarge it.
 
SlimPickinz said:
Soooo today my hair is just doing its own thing. It's soft to the touch but looks rough. I personally don't like it but everyone else does. I may have needed to use my soft hold gel to get the look. Or more oil. Or a heavier leave in. Ugh. I want to post a pic but this part of the forum is public and my face doesn't look that cute.
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If you upload the pic to your album and share it that way, they won't be able to see it at all.
 
I think I'm going to give my denman brush another try. Last time it hurt so bad and it ripped out half of my head it seemed like. However, that might have been because I always wait until my hair is dry and matted and I have 50-11 million shed hairs from not messing with it trapped up in my ends to try it...

I just recently re-twisted and I wanna retwist every two-weeks instead of monthly so I can wash more often. The only problem is I can't stop breaking little pieces off of my ends when I do retwist because I tug a lot to remove all of the shed hairs and I'm scared doing so every two weeks will just hinder retention even more.

If I had a brush (instead of my wide tooth comb) to just remove the shed hairs, I wouldn't have to pull my ends out of anxiety their are shed strands. If I retwist bi-weekly I shouldn't have matting or anything, and now my moisture levels are great so it should work this time. I hope it can remove shed hairs easy, because if I can do that, I'll have retention down pact. We'll see.
 
Israellabaht said:
I think I'm going to give my denman brush another try. Last time it hurt so bad and it ripped out half of my head it seemed like. However, that might have been because I always wait until my hair is dry and matted and I have 50-11 million shed hairs from not messing with it trapped up in my ends to try it...

I just recently re-twisted and I wanna retwist every two-weeks instead of monthly so I can wash more often. The only problem is I can't stop breaking little pieces off of my ends when I do retwist because I tug a lot to remove all of the shed hairs and I'm scared doing so every two weeks will just hinder retention even more.

If I had a brush (instead of my wide tooth comb) to just remove the shed hairs, I wouldn't have to pull my ends out of anxiety their are shed strands. If I retwist bi-weekly I shouldn't have matting or anything, and now my moisture levels are great so it should work this time. I hope it can remove shed hairs easy, because if I can do that, I'll have retention down pact. We'll see.
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What are you using to detangle? Water? Oil? Do you finger-detangle first?
 
Sharpened said:
What are you using to detangle? Water? Oil? Do you finger-detangle first?
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I try something different each time (I just started to detangle more often).

Right now I apply to 80% wet hair since I know thats when its strong enough not to break but moist enough not to break. I use my leave in and then use a wide tooth comb or my fingers to detangle and remove shed hairs. I think finger detangling is actually worse for me. But then again I did start doing it because the comb seemed bad too... I don't know. Whatever I do there's confusion and breakage.

I tried my denman on two twists today and it removed the shed hairs nicely and left the sections smooth but it hurt and I don't like that. But it was on dry hair. Perhaps I'll try all three methods out: denman on 80* wet, wide tooth comb on 80% wet with moisturizer, and finger detangling without pulling on my ends to see which one gives me the best results. I think my biggest problem is that I get freaked out by shedding and think its breakage and then I switch methods. So I have no grasp on whats the best technique. Le sigh.
 
Israellabaht said:
I try something different each time (I just started to detangle more often).

Right now I apply to 80% wet hair since I know thats when its strong enough not to break but moist enough not to break. I use my leave in and then use a wide tooth comb or my fingers to detangle and remove shed hairs. I think finger detangling is actually worse for me. But then again I did start doing it because the comb seemed bad too... I don't know. Whatever I do there's confusion and breakage.

I tried my denman on two twists today and it removed the shed hairs nicely and left the sections smooth but it hurt and I don't like that. But it was on dry hair. Perhaps I'll try all three methods out: denman on 80* wet, wide tooth comb on 80% wet with moisturizer, and finger detangling without pulling on my ends to see which one gives me the best results. I think my biggest problem is that I get freaked out by shedding and think its breakage and then I switch methods. So I have no grasp on whats the best technique. Le sigh.
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Try adding oil with the leave-in; castor oil lightened with hempseed oil is my current favorite. Be liberal with any product, so add more as you detangle. I usually finger-detangle under running water with oil before any tool comes to my head. The Denman scares me, but so far the new Tangle Teezer for curly hair works well without pain.
 
ms.blue said:
I hate companies that mark orders as shipped but all they did was create a shipping label. My stuff has be marked as shipped since Monday.
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:lol: Yawl killin' me in here tonight. Yeah and your package be like, "Pssst, hey you, yeah you! My girl Aggie been waiting on me to go on her hair since last month plus I really wanna be checkin' outta this here kitchen table, ya feel me?"
 
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