Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

Just when things were going along nicely...sigh. Stress is no good for the hair.

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Finally relaxed and back in love with my hair again. I can see that it is growing, if I can only do better with detangling and retaining I will have BSL by Jan which will please me dearly.
 
So my coworker who is natural is always wearing buns and weaves and finally got her hair straightened out this week and it was long silky, thick and about BSL. I was suspicious she was a member here until I mentioned a steamer and she said she'd never heard of it, lol.

I was kind of in awe. I'm used to seeing hair like hers on the board but not in real life, lol. BSL is ALOT of hair in person. Or maybe its just bc hers was so full.
 
I'm determined to figure out how to get my hair to be both cute and healthy. But I don't think these twists are it. The ends get tangled and I don't really think I like the way my hair looks pulled back like this. I will do a few more sets. But I see myself mostly doing wigs for the winter. And revisit twists next summer.
 
The Mega tangle today was so upsetting...maybe no chelating? No Hot oil treatment? Or no hot 6 oil?


Note to self: introduce things one by one...so upset

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So my mom tells me I need to do something to my hair..basically wear it down or style it more...no thanks...mom im on a personal hide my hair for 30 days challenge lol...I am back to wearing wigs so my hair is always in twists pinned up.

She doesn't get it but the results will speak for itself.
 
I am bone laxed3 mos post. Last saturday my friend put 2 strand twist in my hair with NO ADDED HAIR and its lasting..........umm how do I wash without them coming undone?


Next time I need to think this through...lol
 
When I first joined this site I was a bun warrior. I lived right here in the hair section happily doing everything I was supposed to do to protect my strands and ends and grew my hair to waist length... Eventually I made feature of the month (I was HLD at the time) And unfortunately one of the FOMs that got lost--or so I've been told... then I fell off. My hair needed to be cut back to bra strap length...NOW, I am on a mission again. Growing my hair back past waist length, the fact that I know now it can be done as opposed to just seeing where it goes makes me more gun ho about it all. I expect to reach my goal by the fall of 2012.
 
So im thinking about texlaxing I believe it will help with heat usage since I have to stretch my hair to keep down on skk and breakage. My only regret would be is that my hair texture would change and I love my curls.
 
I can't keep my hands out of my hair today. As much as I like using the gel it just doesn't feel good with gel. But with a good leave in and some creamy moisturizers my hair feels like a cloud. I feel like I could just float.
 
DC'd overnight with Sally's GVP Biolage Hair Balm. Lawwwwd. I have been looking for a good DC since I've been natural, and I think I've found one. As soon as I put it on my hair, my hair felt buttery. :lick: I have never had that feeling before. My intention was to leave it on while I did housework, but I wound up sitting on the couch and falling asleep... so I let it stay in over night. Rinsed out in the shower and hidey-hidey-hidey-ho, my hair feels great. SUPER excited.

Did my usual wash and go, but today I used Oyin Hair Dew as my leave in, 'sealed' with a lil shea butter then shingled with Eco Olive Oil gel. Me thinks I likey. :yep: It's not fully dry yet but I like how it looks, and it doesn't feel super hard, crunchy.

When my hair was all conditioner-full yesterday and I was detangling, I noticed that I can put my hair into a very small, struggle-pony tail :yay: I guess I have more growth than I realize. I can also use bobby pins to clip it to the side, etc. Going from a 1 inch cut to this, I'm ecstatic. Can't wait to see where I'm at by the end of the year.

I still want some gotdamb color. :look: Almost bought a semi-permanent color yesterday but I passed on it.
 
I can't wait to see my hair growth! I'm sticking with this sew-in until the first week of October. I'm hoping I reach APL by December. I think I reached it already when I took out my last sew-in:blush:, but I'm not claiming it cause I have to get my ends dusted around the end of October. We'll see......
 
I know I said I wasnt straightening for the rest of the year but I have to prep for that and flat iron to see where my hair is at. Lol I wont be surprised or know what results to expect if I dont know where I started out at. So I will straighten Sunday.
 
Had a mini epiphany. I love my hair. It really gives me no problems. Outside of the trival and cosmetic shallow things, what has my hair ever done to me? Nothing. It. Is. Just. Hair. (:
 
SuchaLady said:
Had a mini epiphany. I love my hair. It really gives me no problems. Outside of the trivial and cosmetic shallow things, what has my hair ever done to me? Nothing. It. Is. Just. Hair. (:
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Aw I like this post, I came to love my hair much more this BC, then the 1st BC
 
I've only had these braids in for 4 weeks and I'm ready to take them out. I'm going to force myself to keep them in for 2 more weeks though. I have to make them worth the 200 bucks.
 
tapioca_pudding said:
DC'd overnight with Sally's GVP Biolage Hair Balm. Lawwwwd. I have been looking for a good DC since I've been natural, and I think I've found one. As soon as I put it on my hair, my hair felt buttery. :lick: I have never had that feeling before. My intention was to leave it on while I did housework, but I wound up sitting on the couch and falling asleep... so I let it stay in over night. Rinsed out in the shower and hidey-hidey-hidey-ho, my hair feels great. SUPER excited.

Did my usual wash and go, but today I used Oyin Hair Dew as my leave in, 'sealed' with a lil shea butter then shingled with Eco Olive Oil gel. Me thinks I likey. :yep: It's not fully dry yet but I like how it looks, and it doesn't feel super hard, crunchy.

When my hair was all conditioner-full yesterday and I was detangling, I noticed that I can put my hair into a very small, struggle-pony tail :yay: I guess I have more growth than I realize. I can also use bobby pins to clip it to the side, etc. Going from a 1 inch cut to this, I'm ecstatic. Can't wait to see where I'm at by the end of the year.

I still want some gotdamb color. :look: Almost bought a semi-permanent color yesterday but I passed on it.
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that Biolage stuff is the truth!! i used it before i flatironed a few days ago, and my hair was all :lick:
and i say go for the color if you're feening for it lol, especially if you're talking bout using a semi. your hair will be just fine, with proper care.:yep:
 
So I got like 18 bottle of conditioner (presidents choice puritas for like $1.50 a bottle) BUT I really really like this stuff...I figured it was on clearance because it was being discontinued...I called the company (because like, what the heck am I going to do when it's done)...:yay: Nope not discontinued:yay: That's what I call a score!!
 
Yeah, so I was on a personal no-heat challenge until Dec. Well lets just say I remember now why I don't join any of the challenges. I was going to straighten just one small section of my hair in the back to see what my length was. I had been stretching my hair and thought I had reached APL and was just flat-ironing a section to confirm. I found that I indeed was APL. I guess in all my excitement I thought, well I might as well finish, so I did. I rocked a Flexirod set yesterday and a bantu-knot out today. I like the knot out this morning, but I'm not feeling it so much now. Too many fly aways and I don't have the volume that I can get with the flexirod set. Maybe when it's longer i'll like it more or maybe if I add some sort of holding product to limit the flyaways, IDK.
 
ANYONE know a great snagless (or the least snagging) brush I can use for straightening NG with a bloydryer? I love the results I get when I go to the Dominicans but havent used a blowdryer much myself due to fear of ripping my ends out.
 
As for me- woke up yesterday morning and realized that my edges are thinning....AGAIN....but only on my left side. Obssessed about it for 24hrs & a light bulb went off....I sleep on my left side...DUH!

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Thinking of starting a 'Lets Declare War on Breakage' thread.

No longer am i going half-hearted at it....it needs to stop now.
 
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