Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

[USER=338355 said:
samanthathebrave[/USER];15436981]I wonder if you could get your hair reasonably stretched, smooth and silky with a roller set or curl formers, would you then be able to blow it out and get it fairly straight with less damage than flat ironing?
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I believe you can Nonie. I believe Nonie has done this before. I was going to do it this week but I just am too dang lazy:look:
 
Hi @winona! :wave:

@samanthathebrave, I haven't blow-dried after curlformers but they do straighten the hair--similarly to how braids would--and so you would have less work blow-drying.

A lot of people roller set or blowdry before flat-ironing because that step makes the final straightening step much easier. I instead us Curlformers WITHOUT HEAT instead of the blow drying step and still get fairly good results.

This is what my hair looked like before Curlformers:
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And this is after airdrying in Curlformers without any product:
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(If I were blowdrying, I would take each CF section and spray it with John Frieda Heat Defeat then blow dry. Why? (1) Because I don't like the idea of blowdrying dry hair; (2) The product is a heat protectant so will protect my hair; (3) The directions specifically say they product should be applied immediately before heat--which means I'm not doing anything crazy; (4) Since the hair is already partly stretched, then it should be easier to get good results than if I started with the shrunken hair above.)

For a better view of how the hair looks after Curlformers, here's a section showing the hair separated so you can see that it isn't exactly smooth but it's definitely not coiled so it'd take less work to get it blowdried straight, methinks:
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Embyra, tell me more about your oils. My sis, po thang, is always hitting me up for product suggestions and y'all know I wouldn't know a product if it came up and bit me on the behind. So do tell, Friend :poke: What fragrant oils? Where from? What did you get?
 
finally shampooed and DCed after God knows how long. i still have yet to dust, but my hair feels soft, big, and fluffy :)

also, i'm starting to really like lavender jbco. used it on the front of my damp hair and tied it down with a satin scarf...that hair is slicked DOWWWWN SON! lmao, and it doesn't feel greasy or crunchy...nice and soft and shiny. i've also been using it on my edges & nape at night. even the aroma is starting to grow on me...i actually look forward to the smell!
 
Embyra said:
My new fragrance oils came and smell sooooo damn GOOD!!!

This cocoa butter........i want to eat it and by the end of the day i know i will have tasted some there i said it....I FEEL NO SHAME :look:
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Embrya :look: :nono:
Soooo...What does it taste like? Chocolate? I love chocolate :giggle:
 
Nonie said:
Embyra, tell me more about your oils. My sis, po thang, is always hitting me up for product suggestions and y'all know I wouldn't know a product if it came up and bit me on the behind. So do tell, Friend :poke: What fragrant oils? Where from? What did you get?
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Nonie GIIIIRRRRLLLLLLLL i am a oil junkie so far i have

olive oil
coconut oil
wheatgerm oil
broccoli seed oil
papaya seed oil
avocado seed oil
castor oil
sweet almond oil

I add some of these to deep conditioners castor oils is amazing for added shine
Coconut oil has sooooo many benefits if your sis buys one oil get that :yep:

essential oil
sweet orange
lemon
lavender
peppermint

Ill be adding these to my tresemme naturals conditioner :lick: or to make hair spritz when im feeling fancy :lol:

now my fragrance oils :lick:

creme brulee
brown sugar
cupcake
chocolate truffle
dark chocolate
candy floss
choc chip
cookie dough
vanilla sugar

^^Im starting to make my own products so i will be adding these to my butters and leave in


As your in the states you can try http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/ its one of the biggest for fragrance oils

I think thats it:look::blush:
 
Trimmed my hair today. My back is almost natural; while my crown and front still has some growing to do. The funny thing is that I didn't cry about cutting the relaxed ends (but that doesn't mean I'm ready for the big chop, lol)!
 
Embyra said:
I really need to get a curly cut my hair just isnt falling right now its getting longer:sad:
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I got a devacut a few months after my big chop and while I often mourn those 1-2 inches, I am glad I did. As my hair grows, it just falls nicely. I am apparently at the awkward length and I didn't know it.
 
Ogoma said:
I got a devacut a few months after my big chop and while I often mourn those 1-2 inches, I am glad I did. As my hair grows, it just falls nicely. I am apparently at the awkward length and I didn't know it.
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AAARRGGGHHH Im sooo jealous!!! :cry2::cry2:wanted a devacut for a year!! but now its getting to the stage where my hair NEEDS IT.


I want to go NY in summer so i will definitely be going then yeah i didnt really want to lose a ton of length but it needs shaping so :ohwell:
 
KeraPro Restorative Treatment is my baby daddy. I'm amazed at the silky slip every time I use it... I don't have to detangle my hair at all before a wash..the tangles just melt away *sigh*
 
I made 2 small pots of butters last night added one of them to my ecostyler today to make a pudding :yep:


Im still going strong on my 3 day conditioner styling only in my hair im going to wash it out tonight but it was a nice experiment
 
Embyra said:
I made 2 small pots of butters last night added one of them to my ecostyler today to make a pudding :yep:

Im still going strong on my 3 day conditioner styling only in my hair im going to wash it out tonight but it was a nice experiment
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How does that pudding work and what do you use it for? I'm so intrigued!

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@blcbuty@ I just bumped a thread in the naturalliving forum of how to make the pudding its basically butters of your choice mixed with a gel of your choice to make a pudding similar to miss jessie:yep:

The butters i used Coffee Nilotica Shea Butter and cocoa butter mixed with sweet almond oil cocoa butter is brittle so it needs a oil to help it along:grin:
 
So the key is not applying anything else to hair when leaving the tressemme naturals in
i have had super soft hair for 3 days with just that and some oil added a tablespoon of gel to my hair and its now all dry :nono:
 
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