Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

ItsMeLilLucky said:
Y’all. My grandma let me do her hair and it’s LONG. She combs it once a month or so, and keeps it covered 99% of the time with a bonnet. She let me take pictures too :love:

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It’s a bit on the thin side and pretty soft, but she has actual curls. I never knew that. I kept playing with her hair and staring at it (I gave her 6 braids. 3 at the top, one in the middle, two at the bottom) til she told me to stop :lachen:

I love my grandma’s hair. I love her.

Fun fact: I had to teach her to say I love you too. She always used to say “thank you.” At least she was polite :lol:
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Your Grandmom looks MBL!! I wanna braid her hair too lol.
 
I Am So Blessed said:
:pepper:@ Law School. CONGRATULATIONS!:orders:
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Aw, thank you! I start my third and last year this September, so I graduate in May!!

:amen::amen::amen::amen:

And on a hair-related note, I deep conditioned dry on clean-ish hair, and I remembered that I used to do this during my transition and when I was newly natural, and I retained so much growth! I think I'm going to shampoo and condition, and then dry deep condition after my hair is damp rather than wet. I have the feeling that my hair dislikes it when I put a bunch of product on it if it's too wet, because then the water in my hair just evaporates no matter how thick the sealant, and then it's dry and oily.
 
So the night before, I sectioned off a fringe/bang and put my hair up. I wet my hands and smoothed the product off my loose bits, taking small sections and rinsing my hands as I went. My hair still felt soft so I twisted the loose bits, smoothing Shea butter on the ends.

Hair saved until wash day.:pray:
 
Wow it's been weeks since I washed my hair. I attempted many times this week including tonight. I will have to do it tomorrow morning. All I need is a good night's sleep. I been going to bed at 4am these past few nights. Now I'm tired again after eating Orange chicken my stomach is bursting. "Stuck in a rut with a big cut". But tomorrow Ima get that Foldgers percolating, get my bacon, pork sausage, eggs and grits on the stove. After that I'll be ready to wash hair. I'm rambling.
 
I kind of like protective styling. People are so used to seeing me in a slicked back bun, that when I finally do straighten my hair I constantly hear 'you like nice today' etc, people are so surprised that I have hair under the gelmet. Either that or I look busted AF with my hair away from my face, and my hair straight and surrounding my face conceals some of the bustedness.

.....whatever.
 
Last night I thought I felt my hair growing :look:. When I woke up, same feeling weird right. I have a big sky light in my bedroom and the sun always wakes me up after the Son wakes me up. I just laid there for 30 minutes seeing myself with a WL jumbo briad while wearing a sun dress.

Got up, Welp....time to fry some bacon.:abducted:
 
lp2.jpg Okay. Living Proof In-Shower Styler worked fine. A caveat to the picture - I went to Body Pump this morning and didn't pull it back (pulling it back straightens my hair a bit). So I was sweating and then out in the West Texas wind. So I think it did pretty darn good.

I was sure I read somewhere that the product was not recommended for extremely curly (read - black folks') hair. But now I can't find that.

Edit - Found what I might have seen.
On Sephora, it says this:

Which hair type is it good for?
✔ Straight
✔ Wavy

While many of Living Proof's other projects are more like:
Which hair type is it good for?
✔ Straight
✔ Wavy
✔ Curly
✔ Coiled
✔ Tightly Coiled
 
Hola Mamasitas!!!

Ok so it's finally wash day. A long awaited wash day.

My ride or die Hollywood Beauty Cholesterol AS USUAL. I mix mine with melted Shea butter, keratin protein, wheat protein and a little water. I'm mixing in the kitchen every wash day. I put kiddy Barrettes on my ends as you can see washing in twists. Look at my ends though, fresh. Last trim April 1st.
 

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Right now I'm sitting with my heat cap on for an hour or later if I'm too lazy to take it off.

I been using this heat cap since 2008! It had not died on me yet LOL! Once I rinse this DC out i will take a pic of my wet fro. See y all in an hour.
 

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I Am So Blessed said:
Why not? I don't like them personally. It's a process & "go" really. It's a SSK prone hairstyle...why set yourself up.
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Oh for me I really do just wash n go, lol. But it takes forever to comb out. I'm just not messing with styles involving shrinkage in general anymore. That includes wash n gos, twist outs, etc. The idea of dealing with those tangles again has me like

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FadingDelilah said:
Oh for me I really do just wash n go, lol. But it takes forever to comb out. I'm just not messing with styles involving shrinkage in general anymore. That includes wash n gos, twist outs, etc. The idea of dealing with those tangles again has me like

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@Bold: Me too! That's why I grease my hair to prevent this lol. Blue Magic! If I get a tangle that takes more then two minutes to take out it's usually in the back right section for some reason. Which reminds me i have to grease me hair today. If I come across a style I'll post it for you.
 
I finally had to face the truth, my ends had become horribly dry and brittle from weekly blowing my hair since January of this year. Not to mention the rice water rinse were great for growth but seem to fry my ends a while ago. I had cut off another 2 inches of hair today. My hair is smooth, my fingers and comb glide through my hair for the first time in a while. I will wash and deep condition weekly for the next two weeks and back to box braids for another 10 to 12 week stretch. 6 weeks braids put with another 4 to 6 week with the only the front redone. No more blow drying until January for my next trim.
 
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