Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

[shasha8685]

--I love feeling my hair on my back when I'm washing it.

--Mission: Get rid of these products I don't use is going well. I used up that Mixed Chicks DC and am well on my way to finishing that TUB of Mizani Moisturefuse!

--I hope this top knot bun turns out nicely. I needed to do a style that still allowed me to air dry my hair.

 

[Embyra]

Hempseed Oil

Organic Castor Oil

Dark Cocoa Butter

Broccoli Seed Oil

Monoi de Tahiti Oil

250ml Low-Profile Jars x2

Organic Fusion: VANILLA

Jojoba Wax

Bragg Liquid Aminos (trying cherry lola treatment)

SLIK STIK Crystal Diffuser (taren916 approved)

HERCULES LARGE MAGIC STAR DETANGLING COMB

TWEEZERMAN CUTTING SHEARS

Pretty Polly fashion tights - Animal Print (to make my locsoc)

this months orders

 

[Nonie]

Embyra, you need an intervention! Wanna know what I've bought this month... Emergencee...only because I had a coupon and I just know I'll need to buy it down the road. And AO GPB coz I ran out. And I still wash/condish/ACV twice a week.

 

[Lissa0821]

Loving my hair the last few days!!!!

 

[Embyra]

Embyra, you need an intervention! Wanna know what I've bought this month... Emergencee...only because I had a coupon and I just know I'll need to buy it down the road. And AO GPB coz I ran out. And I still wash/condish/ACV twice a week.

Nonie i wanted to indulge and be upper elchelon like everyone else here

 

[faithVA]

I have to admit I love playing in my hair at times. I finished washing and styling my hair to get it out of the way and then I was sad

 

[Aireen]

I briefly watched the vid and - 1) OT: I think her arms are nicely defined. 2) Wish I could wash my hair in the sink to keep from hopping in out of the shower (tried installing a shower wand thingy but didn't work) and 3) Although she's often criticized for how she combs, she only lost a little bit of hair. Heck, I lose more than that with proper technique. Perhaps length may have something to do with it. Not sure.

Agreed, I was surprised too about how much hair she lost.

 

[youwillrise]

twists in for 8 days now.

planning to keep these in until friday and then wash/redo.

since i'll be going back to my regular job soon and starting classes, twists will the style of life for me. keeping them for 2 or 3 weeks at a time.

 

[belldandy]

@Embyra, you need an intervention! Wanna know what I've bought this month... Emergencee...only because I had a coupon and I just know I'll need to buy it down the road. And AO GPB coz I ran out. And I still wash/condish/ACV twice a week.

That's what i was thinking, but I was also jealous at all the hair stuff she bought..

 

[belldandy]

Ok so I cowashed today, detangled. I drenched my hair wet hair in coconut oil. Currently have it in a baggy/ghe. I am going to overnight dc tonight if I don't get too lazy. I will put NTM on my length with 1 egg mixed in for protein...no heat...rinse that out in the morning.

 

[halee_J]

What's up with these plastic caps I bought?! They aren't fitting as snug as I would like, these gaps are letting water from my hair drip down my face, very annoying...how much longer do I have for this DC? Ugh.

 

[Nonie]

Embyra, well then, you know I'd hate to get in the way of you being great. Knock yourself out. I don't know if I'll be worthy to talk to you anymore if you get all upper echelon on me. I's skurred of dem peeps. Just don't start typing all upper echelon tryna promulgate your esoteric cogitation coz I'm not gonna know whatchu talmbout. Upper echelon folks scare me.

belldandy, don't be jealous. Those upper echelon wimens find no peace. I tell you it's better to stay small. Jealous peeps go after them with a vengeance.

 

[Nonie]

What's up with these plastic caps I bought?! They aren't fitting as snug as I would like, these gaps are letting water from my hair drip down my face, very annoying...how much longer do I have for this DC? Ugh.

halee_J
This is why you should save them for night baggying so you get some "breathing space" and use plastic shopping bags for DCing. You can tie them as tight as you need and then use them for litter...instead of having to wash or waste them--if you're the kind who uses caps once.

 

[belldandy]

@Embyra, well then, you know I'd hate to get in the way of you being great. Knock yourself out. I don't know if I'll be worthy to talk to you anymore if you get all upper echelon on me. I's skurred of dem peeps. Just don't start typing all upper echelon tryna promulgate your esoteric cogitation coz I'm not gonna know whatchu talmbout. Upper echelon folks scare me.

@belldandy, don't be jealous. Those upper echelon wimens find no peace. I tell you it's better to stay small. Jealous peeps go after them with a vengeance.

She needs to send my lower echelon *** some of those oils asap.

 

[Embyra]

Embyra, well then, you know I'd hate to get in the way of you being great. Knock yourself out. I don't know if I'll be worthy to talk to you anymore if you get all upper echelon on me. I's skurred of dem peeps. Just don't start typing all upper echelon tryna promulgate your esoteric cogitation coz I'm not gonna know whatchu talmbout. Upper echelon folks scare me.

belldandy, don't be jealous. Those upper echelon wimens find no peace. I tell you it's better to stay small. Jealous peeps go after them with a vengeance.

She needs to send my lower echelon *** some of those oils asap.

im sitting here with the worse cramps but you both lifted my sprits

My upper echelon status wont last long ill be back to hardknock living tommo

 

[LadyRaider]

Proof that I suck. Too self-conscious to start my own thread. Okay... maybe there are extenuating circumstances?

The first two pics I had a lady back home professionally straighten my hair. The one tonight, I did myself. And I'm not that good!

Would the whole big head/no neck/heavy shoulders thing be a factor? As I told Nonie, I thought my big head ate my neck. But now, as I am losing weight, I think my SHOULDERS might have eaten my neck... and now my shoulders are "lower" now that I have a bit more neck? Also, the shirt is a lot looser now than it was then.

Help? I don't see how you put your hair up and not manipulate it at night before going to bed. I think that is my only crime, I think... manipulating it (braiding it) each night! Maybe too many wash n gos last year where the hair in the back was at my shoulders?

I forgot that I did "big chop" in Sept. 2010, but I don't know how much relaxed hair was left at the back of my head... I don't know!

 

[Myjourney2009]

NJoy[/B];14014387]Doing my own hair, my cornrows always turn out as french braids. But, looking at these pics, maybe it's not so bad. Thanks for posting. This gives me hope.

If you want them to remain cornrows you have to ensure that when you grab the hair your fingers are going under the previous pieces. A cornrow done small (many of them or one large one) is also called an under braid.

http://www.youtube.com/user/GirlsLoveYourCurls#p/search/0/05uEKM7MFQM


A french-braid aka over braid keeps the hands and fingers going over the hair pieces this is why the braid ends up flat to the scalp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jenZ8Pny6FI

Many of them or one large one going down the head will result in a frenchbraid

The positioning of the fingers is what will change the outcome of the braid.

 

[snugglez41685]

On my vacation last week i officially fell in love with my hair just the way it is,natural. This is a big stepping stone for me,yeahhh!

Sent from my Vortex

 

[ms.tatiana]

New install

 

[Nonie]

^^^Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute! ms.tatiana I'm loving you coz of the flow of pics.

 

[Nonie]

LadyRaider, you're a foo-el! I need to come back tomorrow and read your entire post. You killed me talmbout neck swallowing. You know I get all ugly and unladylike when you bring that dumb talk up....

I'm going to bed on that note.

 

[LushLox]

Note to self, don't attempt to try a new product or technique on your hair when you're planning to go out.

 

[Softerlove]

This florida weather messed my ends up. Now I need a trim before ssk's are the death of my hair...dammit.
Sent from my MyTouch 4G

 

[Aireen]

I just want to wish everyone in this thread a happy hair journey. Hope that you're retaining and loving your hair this year.

 

[BillsBackerz67]

Just about back to full shoulder length . Prob wont be cutting my hair back to a bob for awhile. Styling options are really limited.

 

[LadyRaider]

Nonie. Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you. I guess I should make my own thread, but I'm kinda scared to do that out here in the big world! I like the small cuddly cave of the H and F Forum.

 

[LushLox]

Duplicate post

 

[missjones]

Ecostyler is not my friend right now for defining my curls . I guess I'll try applying more. I feel awkward today because my hair is like a fuzzy afro

 

[Nonie]

Proof that I suck. Too self-conscious to start my own thread. Okay... maybe there are extenuating circumstances?

The first two pics I had a lady back home professionally straighten my hair. The one tonight, I did myself. And I'm not that good!

Would the whole big head/no neck/heavy shoulders thing be a factor? As I told @Nonie, I thought my big head ate my neck. But now, as I am losing weight, I think my SHOULDERS might have eaten my neck... and now my shoulders are "lower" now that I have a bit more neck? Also, the shirt is a lot looser now than it was then.

Help? I don't see how you put your hair up and not manipulate it at night before going to bed. I think that is my only crime, I think... manipulating it (braiding it) each night! Maybe too many wash n gos last year where the hair in the back was at my shoulders?

I forgot that I did "big chop" in Sept. 2010, but I don't know how much relaxed hair was left at the back of my head... I don't know!

LadyRaider OK, first of all your shoulders didn't gobble your neck.

Now, here's what I see, in both the photos taken in 2010, your hands are raised. When that happens, the lines on your t-shirt move up too. So both the photos in 2010 while not touching the #3 line are probably more at #2 line than approaching #3. In the third photo, your shoulders are down...so your shirt is not raised and neither are the lines, and look, you're at #4. So clearly your hair is growing. Another way to look at it, is if the top of your head in the last pic was at the same level as that in the middle pic, you'd see the increase in length better.

IMO braiding your hair every night is not too much manipulation. Not braiding it would be inviting tangles that will require a lot of time detangling which amounts to a lot of manipulation and probably breakage.

 

[LadyRaider]

Thank you, Nonie. I know my hair is longer in a lot of little ways. Like The pony tail I can make now. Or when I braid my hair in two (prairie french braids? - that is the term I saw on LHCF) braids and crisscross the ends, The ends almost wrap around to the front of my head now.

I think perhaps though I need to do a better job of keeping my hair off my shoulders. I feel as if the sides of my hair are as long or longer than it was when I chopped off almost two inches of relaxed hair last September. But I don't know if I have that much progress in the back, where there wasn't much relaxed hair left at all.

I never thought about the position of my arms. Thank you.