Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

[hnntrr]

I haven't brushed my hair in so long I don't remember the last time I did it. Whatever you use a brush for can be accomplished with a wide toothed comb or your fingers honestly. I only use a comb one time a week, which is on wash day when I detangle. During the week I finger detangle. I was a little worried that the finger detangling was doing damage to my hair and I was shedding too much until I remembered how much hair used to be in the comb/brush on a daily basis.

Brushing definitely interrupts the curl pattern and creates frizz. I suggest going on some of the curly girl forums...that's how I learned most of what I know.

I did def notice a difference in not brusing my hair last night. I only finger detangled and could def feel a difference..the curls formed a lot better and i could actually see the difference between my ng and the relaxed portions.....normally i detangle in the shower with a detanling brush. You know the kind with the plastic bristles with the balls on the end. I will invest in a wide tooth comb

 

[LivingDoll]

I did def notice a difference in not brusing my hair last night. I only finger detangled and could def feel a difference..the curls formed a lot better and i could actually see the difference between my ng and the relaxed portions.....normally i detangle in the shower with a detanling brush. You know the kind with the plastic bristles with the balls on the end. I will invest in a wide tooth comb

You mean like a paddle brush (attached pic)? I wouldn't use that on wet hair. Those little plastic balls seem like they would break wet strands.

I would suggest a Denman brush maybe (I don't have one but most people love them...some people even use them to shingle WnG's). My strands are waaaay too fine to use a brush on wet hair.

I would also suggest a Jilbere shower comb. You can get both at Sally's.

BTW, I'm in the DMV too!

 

[SuchaLady]

Taking out my sew in Friday. I swear everytime I get ready to do something with my sew in I read a horror story here

 

[SuchaLady]

I do think I may switch to u-parts though.

 

[whiteoleander91]

My roots have been growing in soo thick lately.


I need to stop being lazy and go ahead and do a protein treatment.

 

[hnntrr]

You mean like a paddle brush (attached pic)? I wouldn't use that on wet hair. Those little plastic balls seem like they would break wet strands.

I would suggest a Denman brush maybe (I don't have one but most people love them...some people even use them to shingle WnG's). My strands are waaaay too fine to use a brush on wet hair.

I would also suggest a Jilbere shower comb. You can get both at Sally's.

BTW, I'm in the DMV too!

Yup! Its exactly like that! I think I have coarse strands so I dont have any issues with detangling with it in the shower...but it does stretch my curl pattern out A LOT. I keep hearing of Denman brushes....I will look into that too. Unfortunately the only Sally's I know of is in Fall Church and I have noooo car. Aha. CVS is the only place that has any kinda hair stuff...and the only BSS is up in NE and I aint goin there bymyself

 

[whiteoleander91]

I did def notice a difference in not brusing my hair last night. I only finger detangled and could def feel a difference..the curls formed a lot better and i could actually see the difference between my ng and the relaxed portions.....normally i detangle in the shower with a detanling brush. You know the kind with the plastic bristles with the balls on the end. I will invest in a wide tooth comb

hnntrr Brushes and my hair just don't mix at aaaall. Definitely pick up a wide tooth comb. I got these combs from Sally Beauty Supply (they come in a set) and I use the blue one to detangle. They are Wet Look combs:

 

[hnntrr]

hnntrr Brushes and my hair just don't mix at aaaall. Definitely pick up a wide tooth comb. I got these combs from Sally Beauty Supply (they come in a set) and I use the blue one to detangle. They are Wet Look combs:

AH man I havnt used one of those since I was like...15!!!! I have been brushin it for YEARSSS. No wonder my head is all kinda jacked up...bein just raking through my hair for 8 years.

 

[whiteoleander91]

Yeah, back when I was transitioning it took a while for me to realize that my natural hair is completely different from my relaxed hair. I started my transition still trying to use small-medium tooth combs. Once I got tired of ripping my hair out, I upgraded to wide tooth lol. I used the Denman brush toward the end of my transition, but I realized it was taking way too much time to work it through my beastly mane lol. Wide tooth is gentler on my hair and passes through more quickly.

 

[whiteoleander91]

plus the Denman gave me horrible shrinkage

 

[Saludable84]

I going to exercise then wash this head. Wondering if I want to do another twist out, or just wear a big bun. I like the curls of the twist out, but the upkeep is not for lazy people like me.

 

[strawbewie]

I lost one of my men's satin cap I wear under my wigs. I have not been able to find the one I had in the stores so I got another brand My LF wig was slippin all day in the front, had to keep going to mirror checkin it...smh.... I should have taken the cap off and just wore the wig straight up...

 

[SmilingElephant]

Mini Milestone: i can put my hair in a ponytail without needing it to be soaking wet, while curly!

 

[TwoSnapsUp]

started using megatek and green magic again. I hope to be APL by the end of the year. OK by summer, LOL. I'm tired if being this length, whatever it is.

 

[DivineNapps1728]

Why in the world did I decide to self install another set of Senegalese twists? I swore the last time I installed them would be the last time. Ugh! Only a quarter of my head is done and my arms are screaming in protest.

If folks did my hair as well as I did I wouldn't have to deal with this mess!

 

[itismehmmkay]

Sigh.

I hate when my hair is not how I want it and then I obsess about it all day until I can get home to fix it (which usually means rewashing it).

Anyway, looks like Nairobi setting lotion is better than that mousse I was using, I just used too much....so. I won't do that again. I'm trying to see if I I'll just rewashing it tonight or if I'll do that retouch in the back that I need; I feel some breakage. Sigh and I guess I should've used more curl wax. Maybe I'll just rewash again b/c it's pretty easy now. And I'll just wait until Saturday/Sunday to do the retouch when I have more time. Eh.

 

[itismehmmkay]

So just looked at hair and it doesn't look as bad as I thought lol. Just not as polished as it could be. I'll see; may still wait until the weekend for the touchup

 

[shasha8685]

It makes me sad that some of the natural hair care lines that I use and love totally overlook the fact that relaxed heads use their products too.

 

[Lissa0821]

I can't wait to wash my hair tonight!!!!!!!!

 

[Napp]

I said i wasn't going to buy anymore but I went ahead and bought some more. I really think I have everything i need for like 2 years.

Now all i need are 3 more things and I think i will stop all of my hair related purchases(except for accessories) for quite some time.

My hair better be long by the end of this year with all the money I'm spending

 

[alove15]

Been blowdrying or setting on curlformers on wash day. I always notice more tangles/knots consistently airdrying in twists or braids. I have more ease wrangling my hair into cute protective styles and still keeping the hair detangled (esp. w/ blowdrying). Plan to up my protein (CJ Repair Me),continue to DC each wash day, try a leave-in spray w/protein, and some new deep conditioners. Off to browse the DC threads.

 

[Lissa0821]

I have been talking about being on the fence to go natural for at least two years. I would talk to my sister and niece about it and they would both like at me like a deer in headlights, cause they were not giving up the creamy crack.

Well, here we are today, they are both one year post relaxer and determine to learn their true hair texture. As for myself, I am still on fence..........

Life is funny sometimes.

 

[LivingDoll]

My hair must've grown a bit because I was able to pineapple it last night...it actually looked good today. I can finally wear a twist out without retwisting everyday. YAY!

 

[kandake]

My scalp is itching something fierce. I won't to go home and wash ASAP. But I got stuff to do after work.

 

[itismehmmkay]

Think I'll go ahead and do the retouch, then make sure I dilute the Nairobi when molding. And OT, but think I'll try the StudioFix again tomorrow. Just tryna get my defaults back; working routines!

 

[lana]

I mean, my hubby was like, "Are you sure your hair can hold a style like that?"

Yes, I've been wearing twist outs since December and recently I got cocky and thought I could just twist with conditioner (no eco styler gel) and sure...my hair flopped and scared him. Yes, it's true that when we were dating my phony pony fell off and traumatized him. Yes, yes, it's true. But that doesn't mean that I'm going to walk around looking electrocuted like I did last week. I can't help that people expected me to have a look of expectation or surprise on my face when they tapped me on the shoulder and I turned around. I'm also sorry that I thought I could shower without wrapping my hair and letting it dry completely before removing the scarf. Of course, I came out the shower and who was standing there, but my husband.

Baby, I'm sorry, that wasn't me! I know I scared you but it's going to be all right. I can do this hair thing. (lol)

He looked so cute when he was trying to convince me to go back to texlaxing. He looked so darn concerned for me. (lol)

Is it my fault for trying to twist on sopping wet hair and then wearing it out of the house like I was super fine? I mean dang. Dang!

I did not texlax, but I went ahead and blow dried and flat ironed. I might twist out from here. I might not. We'll see.

 

[MsDee14]

only 4 months left of this transition. I have to keep thinking of this like I'm stretching my relaxer for 4 months, like I always used to do.

I'm not having issues with dealing with the multiple textures, it's just the anticipation of being fully natural!!

 

[hnntrr]

I have no idea how long I have DCing.....

 

[cami88]

I'm really sick of natural hair products being marketed as "curl" products. Not all of us naturals have curls. I'm also sick of seeing natural hair products in commericials where the person's hair has obviously been rollerset, curled with a curling iron, or otherwise manipulated to mimic a "natural" texture.

 

[naija24]

I'm so sick of this back and forth, back and forth. I relax my hair, and my gfs ***** at me for having relaxed hair. I go natural, and I'm over it in a couple of months because everyone and their mom tells me to relax my hair.

I feel like women can't win unless they have super long hair. Not all women want super long flowy hair. I'm sick of the dichotomy.

Now I've been natural for a month and a half and I'm torn ALREADY between relaxing and staying natural. It shouldn't be this hard. IT'S JUST HAIR.