Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

[halee_J]

Been wigging it and I love it. Im orribly lazy and style challenged so hair hidden and headband is my method of choice with this half wig. My hair is moisturized. I don't have to touch it until wash day and it's protected from this polar vortex.

I'm cool with this till April....Maybe even longer....LAwd Halee every dyam time I stretch past 6 months i want to transition! Whatever. I don't have to think about that right now anyway.

 

[Pygmy_puff]

I want some of those CWK straight plates to keep my hair stretched for 2017, but that cost though... I'd need a miracle to afford one pack, let alone enough for my entire head!

Can somebody buy me some for the small cost of $650,422.78 please? Sharing is caring. Who's going to bless me?

Girl, if you buy those, don't get the flexible ones. I bought them during the Valentines sale and they SUCK! The little plastic clamps don't close easily over the rubber "plates" at all. I spent about 15 minutes tearing up my hands trying to clamp those darn things in my hair before giving up. Worst hair purchase I ever made. I never tried the original plates so I can't say whether those work better or not.

 

[Daina]

I think this woman is my hair twin/sister! My hair is cottony poofy curly kinky and I feel like there aren't a lot of people w/ hair like this.




I've always found myself relating more with type 4 hair than type 3 but I am realizing that even though hair tips and advice can come from anyone, there is some value in looking for info from people who have hair that looks like yours. I have been watching a lot more 3c vids lately and I am finding it very helpful, especially the cottony 3c vids.

@whiteoleander91, this is me all day! I have cotton 3c hair in the front that drives me crazy sometime! We must be hair sistah's! I need to watch more 3c vids as well.

 

[LovelyRo]

I took out my goddess locs yesterday and I had to cut my real hair to get the locs out.

 

[Sally.]

I think this woman is my hair twin/sister! My hair is cottony poofy curly kinky and I feel like there aren't a lot of people w/ hair like this.




I've always found myself relating more with type 4 hair than type 3 but I am realizing that even though hair tips and advice can come from anyone, there is some value in looking for info from people who have hair that looks like yours. I have been watching a lot more 3c vids lately and I am finding it very helpful, especially the cottony 3c vids.

I always see hair that "looks" like mine but doesn't behave like mine. My hair looks like this woman but my shrinkage is so extreme, I am not sure if following her wash and go steps can work for me. The back corner patches of my hair are also so dry and unruly. Everybody I know with similar texture has a silky nape area except for me. I don't even like wearing my hair in a bun because my nape area is nappy and has this weird shape that jets all the way down to my neck at the corners.

 

[Sally.]

Thanks to shrinkage, I'm always going to feel this way.

If someone invented a product that stopped shrinkage while still allowing hair to curl up, I'd be set for life! Wouldn't be able to tell me nothing!

 

[whiteoleander91]

I always see hair that "looks" like mine but doesn't behave like mine. My hair looks like this woman but my shrinkage is so extreme, I am not sure if following her wash and go steps can work for me. The back corner patches of my hair are also so dry and unruly. Everybody I know with similar texture has a silky nape area except for me. I don't even like wearing my hair in a bun because my nape area is nappy and has this weird shape that jets all the way down to my neck at the corners.

This is my issue; hair that looks like mine but behaves much differently. Most type 3s on YouTube have silky hair which makes a big difference in how the hair behaves IMO. This is why I relate more to type 4 because my hair acts similarly. But my hair is 's' shaped curls, not coils or corkscrews so a lot of type 4s can do much more to their hair than I can. I think a part of my problem is that I try to tame the poof and not embrace it. Type 3c tends to be super poofy and ppl with this type seem to just go with it lol. I am going to try to stop fighting it lol

 

[Pygmy_puff]

I think this woman is my hair twin/sister! My hair is cottony poofy curly kinky and I feel like there aren't a lot of people w/ hair like this.




I've always found myself relating more with type 4 hair than type 3 but I am realizing that even though hair tips and advice can come from anyone, there is some value in looking for info from people who have hair that looks like yours. I have been watching a lot more 3c vids lately and I am finding it very helpful, especially the cottony 3c vids.

Wow! We must be hair twins too, because her hair looks just like mine. I consider myself a 4a/3c because 90% of my hair is poofy/cottony, especially if I let it dry with minimal or no product. I love the way my hair looks with minimal product, but as she says in the video, I don't usually wear it that way because of concerns it will get damaged. I do my wash n go the same way she does except I use way more product and do a final cool water rinse at the end to define the curls instead of shingling each curl.

 

[whiteoleander91]

Wow! We must be hair twins too, because her hair looks just like mine. I consider myself a 4a/3c because 90% of my hair is poofy/cottony, especially if I let it dry with minimal or no product. I love the way my hair looks with minimal product, but as she says in the video, I don't usually wear it that way because of concerns it will get damaged. I do my wash n go the same way she does except I use way more product and do a final cool water rinse at the end to define the curls instead of shingling each curl.

I consider my hair a 3/4 mix as well, 4a in the front by my temple/ears and 3c/3b ish everywhere else and I feel the same way!

 

[beingofserenity]

I'm super excited to finally try the SM high porosity masque. I have no clue if I have high porosity hair or not. I think it's just normal. But it seems that most people love this masque, so hopefully I will have similar results.

 

[Saludable84]

Got gifted with the original formula

 

[SlimPickinz]

The front left side of my hair is changing to type 2 and it's annoying.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

Does anyone waffle between natural and relaxed?
I bought a relaxer (Vitale Sensitive Scalp) and I was thinking of relaxing my hair once or twice a year. Orrr, I could be natural again in a year

I just never know.

 

[prettybyrd]

I'm so hair lazy these days, been to the salon twice this month. I'm thinking these visits will continue in 2017.

Yeeeesssss! Come to the dark side, @luving me! 2017 will be the year of going to the salon for me. I'm loving these $35 wash and sets.

 

[PJaye]

I miss seeing the relaxed heads of hair on the board; it seems as if everyone is choosing to go natural. The variety of hair options has waned.

 

[Saludable84]

I miss seeing the relaxed heads of hair on the board; it seems as if everyone is choosing to go natural. The variety of hair options has waned.

This is very true.

 

[whiteoleander91]

Fluffy hair experiment lol I wish y'all could see how huge my hair is, pics can't capture it lol. I applied the product in two big sections.

Side note, the deman paddle brush has soft rubbery backing but the bushes aren't strong enough to go up against the beast lol. Kind of like the wet brush. My Aveda brush should come sometime this week. Trying to use better quality paddle brushes since they detangle the best.

 

[GGsKin]

@whiteoleander91 I love your hair. It's so shiny and full.

 

[Dee_33]

Yeeeesssss! Come to the dark side, @luving me! 2017 will be the year of going to the salon for me. I'm loving these $35 wash and sets.

yaaaassss. Loving my $35 blowout too. I'm transitioning to a straight-haired natural, but will prob go back to relaxed rollersets. I just think that relaxing 3x a year works better than flatironing 2x a month for me & my hair.

 

[curlyTisME]

I'll be a dedicated salon goer in 2017, I will not be a bathroom beautician.

 

[Evolving78]

Does anyone waffle between natural and relaxed?
I bought a relaxer (Vitale Sensitive Scalp) and I was thinking of relaxing my hair once or twice a year. Orrr, I could be natural again in a year

I just never know.

I had enough one day, went and got a relaxer, came home, and now I'm 11 weeks post! Lol no regrets! I'm working on learning how to stretch. I'm doing it, so I can make sure I have enough new growth to avoid overprocessing. I have 1.5 inches of new growth now and since I want a fresh touch up for my birthday, I have no choice, but to ride it out until April.

 

[Evolving78]

I'll be a dedicated salon goer in 2017, I will not be a bathroom beautician.

I did that for 4 years and that was very nice!

 

[whiteoleander91]

@whiteoleander91 I love your hair. It's so shiny and full.

Thank you!!

 

[Aggie]

Officially ran out of space to put my hair products, in my storage room, under my bed, the bathroom and still have like 12 orders of products still left to arrive from the post office - wow! I have no idea where they are going

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

I had enough one day, went and got a relaxer, came home, and now I'm 11 weeks post! Lol no regrets! I'm working on learning how to stretch. I'm doing it, so I can make sure I have enough new growth to avoid overprocessing. I have 1.5 inches of new growth now and since I want a fresh touch up for my birthday, I have no choice, but to ride it out until April.

Isn't it so freeing to change your hair when you feel like it?

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

Officially ran out of space to put my hair products, in my storage room, under my bed, the bathroom and still have like 12 orders of products still left to arrive from the post office - wow! I have no idea where they are going

In the kitchen

 

[Aggie]

In the kitchen

True true This may be a possibility

 

[prettybyrd]

In the kitchen

Conditioner in the crisper.

 

[Sharpened]

In the kitchen

I was going to post that, LOL!

 

[MileHighDiva]

I took out my goddess locs yesterday and I had to cut my real hair to get the locs out.

Why did you have to cut your hair? I want Goddess Locs so bad! Possibly the crochet/faux ones...