I feel your pain!!!Yeah I rather cut off my arm than do that again for at least another year. I would love to outsource it but I hate expensive salon prices.
My trick is that I RARELY EVER just take them down anymore. I almost always convert them into something else. I clarify and then DC in them one last time and then start converting them into cornrows, plaits or twists in bigger sections.
I do that to myself all the time. Matter fact, I made a post on here saying what you said lol Then I just put them back in because they're so convenient for me
Wow almost 10 years later..
Loved them!!!
With your bone structure I know that shaved look is fire. Hair holds so much energy and at times one needs a clean slate.Wow almost 10 year later..
I just cut off my microlocs 9/11/23..l
shaved my head for the 1st time in my life on Friday 9/22/23.
I was feeling the need for change.
Yay! I just know you look bomb.comWow almost 10 year later..
I just cut off my microlocs 9/11/23..l
shaved my head for the 1st time in my life on Friday 9/22/23.
I was feeling the need for change.
This season change hits extra hard too.
I hadn’t thought of going to someone as I know I’m going to need to chop a lot off. I thought of you today as I took my braids down and made them smaller. I’m going to rinse my hair this weekend but as I ramp up for the gym I know I’m going to need to cleanse.Extra hugs for you!
Could you go to a beauty school for your wash, DC and cornrows? That way it isn't on you to have to do it. Maybe do it monthly to start.
Heck maybe even find a "cousin" to wash and DC for you for $20 or something. lol
I always think back to Domin (RIP) from BHM and how she stayed braided up and only washed monthly. Her hair thrived w such a simple regi.
ETA: Oh, have you tried cowashing or water rinsing instead of washing in them? The extra conditioner should help keep tangles at bay as long as it's a moisturizing condish!
((BIG HUG))
This helps wonderfully as I def need to be realistic my life isn’t built for 50-11 steps anymore, getting older comes at you fast.One of my favorite hair tips I learned was when I was studying the weave ladies (bc those ladies were GROWING some hair!!) and most of them put diluted poo (poo + water) into a color applicator bottle and washed like that every other week while in their weaves. They could apply poo directly to their scalp and they could run their fingers down their parts to cleanse without manipulating the braids too much. That helped to cut down on tangles when they took their braids down MONTHS later! Have you tried that method yet? I think even a diluted poo would be helpful when you're working out.
After learning that, I swear by using a squirt bottle or color applicator tops to apply my cleanser in the shower bc that has been my experience as well. Also, my diluted cleanser is poo + water + condish and I use that 80% of the time when I cleanse my hair. Then I slather a cheapie condish on my braids as a leave in and then go on about my shower. I think that helps to cut down on my hair tangling and sticking together both with natural and texlaxed hair. HTH!
Probably need to get a trim because I think it's been a year or two since I got one. My second favorite time is when I've finished installing the last braid Arms be too through lol.
I'm at peace with whatever the outcome is.
