Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

I’ve been thinking: If I can’t trim my hair in its natural state without getting overzealous, I’ll just stick to search and destroys. I shouldn’t even need to trim my hair as often as I do anyways. Reasons:
1. I don’t even wear my hair out
2. Finger detangling is my only detangling method
3. I moisturize and seal heavily with Shea Butter
4. I have never used direct heat
5. I’ve been bagging almost everyday since December 2016 (hair rarely ever gets dry and brittle)
6. Tangled ends that I faced before are little to none, due to the reasons above.

My only stints with breakage are due to my hair being so fine, in addition to forgetting to use protein (fixing this in 2018).
Conclusion: Wear and tear on my strands mostly only occur on wash day. Trimming isn’t helping me on my growth journey, at least not the way I’m doing it.
 
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I don't know if it's the CP oil, Xcel 21, being consistent with my hair vitamins or some combination of the above, but my baby hairs are long and thick as heck. I already have a pretty thick hair line. Now the hairs are growing longer. No complaints here. I just feel like slicking it down and giving myself one of those hood names like " Baby hair Tygrss." :lol:
 
I was reading through some old forums and began to notice how many ladies wash their hair while in the shower. Tried it once, had shampoo and conditioner running into areas I didn't need shampooed and conditioned and decided, Never Again!

Doesn't washing your hair in the shower increase your time by 30 minutes? Is there an easier shower method than the method I tried years ago or did I just do it wrong?
 
In the past few weeks I've noticed some midshaft/ bubble splits towards the lower portion of some strands. Initially my reaction was whaaa! :pullhair:how the...but I don't even use heat...Then I checked myself because I guess even when you don't comb often, you can't avoid wear and tear of every single strando_O.

I randomly trimmed my 'conditoner' twists last night. I need to be patient with my ends if I'm gonna give these lead hairs a chance but I don't want to ignore the damage I've seen.

Now I have the urge to have a proper trim on straight hair but little desire to straighten it, and even less desire to wear straight hair atm.
 
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I'm so indecisive! I don't think I'm getting my crochet twists anymore. Imma just call it a day and grow my hair out while it's out, and just super baby it.

I've been hitting the gym more frequently and I'm a person that needs to wash my hair often. I don't wanna be battling every week between style preservation and the health and cleanliness of my scalp. I need my hair to hurry up and grow :cry:
 
Bad&Bougee said:
I was reading through some old forums and began to notice how many ladies wash their hair while in the shower. Tried it once, had shampoo and conditioner running into areas I didn't need shampooed and conditioned and decided, Never Again!

Doesn't washing your hair in the shower increase your time by 30 minutes? Is there an easier shower method than the method I tried years ago or did I just do it wrong?
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I don’t know. I shampoo, rinse, wash up, get out apply and deep condition, get back in, rinse, apply rinse out, wash/exfoliate/shave, rinse my hair, rinse my body. I’m not in there long. I’m an in and out person, plus I’m not trying to run out of hot water! Lol
You could wear a swimming suit on wash day?
 
Bad&Bougee said:
I was reading through some old forums and began to notice how many ladies wash their hair while in the shower. Tried it once, had shampoo and conditioner running into areas I didn't need shampooed and conditioned and decided, Never Again!

Doesn't washing your hair in the shower increase your time by 30 minutes? Is there an easier shower method than the method I tried years ago or did I just do it wrong?
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I wash/do my hair in the shower with no problems. I do my hair first then my body. I don't time my self but I would estimate 30 minutes.
 
spacetygrss said:
I don't know if it's the CP oil, Xcel 21, being consistent with my hair vitamins or some combination of the above, but my baby hairs are long and thick as heck. I already have a pretty thick hair line. Now the hairs are growing longer. No complaints here. I just feel like slicking it down and giving myself one of those hood names like " Baby hair Tygrss." :lol:
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I like "slayer of edges."
 
Bad&Bougee said:
I was reading through some old forums and began to notice how many ladies wash their hair while in the shower. Tried it once, had shampoo and conditioner running into areas I didn't need shampooed and conditioned and decided, Never Again!

Doesn't washing your hair in the shower increase your time by 30 minutes? Is there an easier shower method than the method I tried years ago or did I just do it wrong?
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I wash and condition in the shower. I don’t have issues. The pressure at my kitchen sink is lower than my shower, so it would take longer at the sink. Also, I hate the bending over. I also manage to miss areas in regards to actual washing and rinsing both shampoo and conditioner. Washing and applying conditioner take about 30 minutes in the shower, but would take longer if I washed in the sink.
 
Bad&Bougee said:
I was reading through some old forums and began to notice how many ladies wash their hair while in the shower. Tried it once, had shampoo and conditioner running into areas I didn't need shampooed and conditioned and decided, Never Again!

Doesn't washing your hair in the shower increase your time by 30 minutes? Is there an easier shower method than the method I tried years ago or did I just do it wrong?
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I wash in the shower. I prepoo for 20 minutes before I get in. Then I shampoo, apply conditioner, detangle with the conditioner in, wash my body, rinse the conditioner and get out. I spend less than 20 minutes in the shower. Probably closer to 10-15 minutes.
 
Bad&Bougee said:
I was reading through some old forums and began to notice how many ladies wash their hair while in the shower. Tried it once, had shampoo and conditioner running into areas I didn't need shampooed and conditioned and decided, Never Again!

Doesn't washing your hair in the shower increase your time by 30 minutes? Is there an easier shower method than the method I tried years ago or did I just do it wrong?
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I start wash day at the sink. I detangle and rinse my dc in the shower. What I don’t understand is people that shower then wash their hair or shower while they dc then rinse and jump out the shower. Grosses me out. My lady parts don’t need to be deep conditioned. I decided to cowash at the end of a shower one day and ended up showering all over again. It just felt wrong.
 
Bad&Bougee said:
I was reading through some old forums and began to notice how many ladies wash their hair while in the shower. Tried it once, had shampoo and conditioner running into areas I didn't need shampooed and conditioned and decided, Never Again!

Doesn't washing your hair in the shower increase your time by 30 minutes? Is there an easier shower method than the method I tried years ago or did I just do it wrong?
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Shampooing in the shower is definitely faster for me. My hair also turns out better because the water helps it to lay flatter. When I wash it in the sink , I'm having to pull my hair up versus down. In the shower I get a better volume of water and I feel like my hair gets more moisturized.

I'm not sure about the shampoo and conditioner running into places :lol: Most of my shampoo is natural so if it runs anywhere it isn't that big of a deal. I'm going to shower while I'm in there anyway. Shampoo is just another version of soap.

Maybe you need to try it again and see how goes.

Sometimes I hate jumping in and out of the shower but I have a convenient cover up I use so I'm not getting dressed between steps. That makes it easier. I don't really like bending over the sink and sometimes it's hard to get my big head under the faucet. If it is super cold in the house I may shampoo in the sink.
 
I went to a hair dresser today for the first time. One of my clients and her daughter both have very healthy natural hair (that they wear straightened), and it looks great. I decided to take a gamble and go to her for my year's end blow dry, flat iron, and trim.

:nervous2:

I am happy to report that she was awesome!!! Only ONE PASS -- ONE PASS. She trimmed as little as she could. She got me in and out.

Now, I did arrive with my hair super detangled, twisted up, saturated with a balancing DC. :look: But she did NOT rip through my hair. She combed from the bottom up, and she asked me what I wanted each step of the way.

:thud:

I don't know what to say. :cry4: Those are tears of joy.
 
YvetteWithJoy said:
I went to a hair dresser today for the first time. One of my clients and her daughter both have very healthy natural hair (that they wear straightened), and it looks great. I decided to take a gamble and go to her for my year's end blow dry, flat iron, and trim.

:nervous2:

I am happy to report that she was awesome!!! Only ONE PASS -- ONE PASS. She trimmed as little as she could. She got me in and out.

Now, I did arrive with my hair super detangled, twisted up, saturated with a balancing DC. :look: But she did NOT rip through my hair. She combed from the bottom up, and she asked me what I wanted each step of the way.

:thud:

I don't know what to say. :cry4: Those are tears of joy.
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:yay: I'm glad you had a great experience. Now you know we need some pictures. Which thread are they in?
 
faithVA said:
It looks really good. I saw how you snuck it in that challenge. You know I wouldn't go back and look at old post :yep: You trying to hide that hair over here in the Random thread. Girl, you betta go show that lovely hair in all of those threads and let ladies ooh and ahh.
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Thanks, @faithVA. You are so encouraging. It's shorter than I've been thinking it is all these months. :lachen: But no complaints. I'm so grateful to have a trim and be starting off the new year with a good foundation.
 
YvetteWithJoy said:
Thanks, @faithVA. You are so encouraging. It's shorter than I've been thinking it is all these months. :lachen: But no complaints. I'm so grateful to have a trim and be starting off the new year with a good foundation.
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Aw, you are welcome. I'm just speaking the truth.

You did get a trim, so maybe it was that long before the trim. I'm thinking before the trim you were between BSB and BSL. Now you are between APL and BSB. How long did you think it was?

It won't take you long to get back to where you were.
 
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