Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

errrrm...i just chopped my hair off...for the 5000th time.

just needed a fresh start again.

guess i cant make up my mind whether i want long hair or not lol. i did go 4 years without cutting it...which is a miracle because the first 3.5/4 years of being natural, i cut it like every year. so i've only been natural for almost 8 years...and i think this is my 4th or 5th major chop.
 
I'm so sick of being a DIY'er. Please let me know I'm not the only one. Have any of you ladies returned to salons after solely self styling?

I don't think that I want to go back forever, just until I get to BSL. I'm just so scared that being hair lazy is going to lead to a set back if I return to a salon. The only beautifician I know and trust won't do natural hair.
 
......Switching up the regimen a bit to incorporate co-cleansing/cowashing more often year round. Cowashing/Co-Cleansing has done my hair a'mess of good these past couple of weeks. My hair is soft, pliable and easy to stretch. LOVING IT!
 
prettybyrd said:
I'm so sick of being a DIY'er. Please let me know I'm not the only one. Have any of you ladies returned to salons after solely self styling?

I don't think that I want to go back forever, just until I get to BSL. I'm just so scared that being hair lazy is going to lead to a set back if I return to a salon. The only beautifician I know and trust won't do natural hair.
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While stylists get a bad rap around here, I love going to the salon and I love my stylist. I love being pampered and trusting my hair to an experienced professional. Plus, I would never trust myself to do things like color, highlights, and layering since I can't see the back of my head. :grin: This also means that stylists have caught problems before I would have been able to, e.g. breakage in areas that I can't see as well.

I also feel like going to the salon is an integral part of keeping my hair healthy. I actually learned about steaming and tons of great products from my hair stylists. Just be sure you go to someone really good - and don't be afraid to pay some money for it.
 
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After spending an hour trying to figure out how to start these friggin Havana twists, half of my head is now twisted up. These twist are easy to do and I'll have another protective style where I can leave my hair alone for about a month.
 
woo hoo! I am seeing growth! My nape of my neck is an inch! I know it may not mean much to you guys but that part of my hair grows so freakin slow! It took 7 weeks almost two months for an inch of growth....smh
 
2 days in a row after taking out the crochet of having busted looking braidouts. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, since this is my usual go-to style. Yesterday I swept it to one side so it didn't look so piecey (is that a word?) and today I put it in a banana clip pony.

Also, I still feel bald-headed. Always feel that way after taking out extensions,etc. Not sure if that is contributing to my thinking the braidouts look busted but I don't think so.

Maybe I'll just bun this thing up tomorrow and not even worry about it until I relax.
 
LuciaAbigail said:
While stylists get a bad rap around here, I love going to the salon and I love my stylist. I love being pampered and trusting my hair to an experienced professional. Plus, I would never trust myself to do things like color, highlights, and layering since I can't see the back of my head. :grin: This also means that stylists have caught problems before I would have been able to, e.g. breakage in areas that I can't see as well.

I also feel like going to the salon is an integral part of keeping my hair healthy. I actually learned about steaming and tons of great products from my hair stylists. Just be sure you go to someone really good - and don't be afraid to pay some money for it.
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Yes! A large part of me also just wants that pampering that you get in a salon. I used to go to the salon every two weeks faithfully when I was relaxed and texlaxed. Since being natural I have not found a salon I like beyond two or three visits, so I just don't go anymore.

I have to find someone to do my hair, because like you mention, there are treatments that I would like that I just don't want to do myself. I'm going to go on a hunt for a stylist. I at least want to be seen once a month.
 
Paul Mitchell Super Sculpt Glaze Flexible Hold...it's greasy the next morning. Maybe it's the humidity and I sweat? But anybody else find it greasy? I don't want to have to wash daily. The hold after wash and shampoo is nice for wash and go, but I'm surprised. Doesn't make the hair brittle like gel but I feel like I need to wash daily now cuz I'm droopy. SMH
 
Sitting on a conference call at work, wearing two strand twists with extensions for who know how long and all I can think about is how nice it would be to have a comb going through my hair. And I don't even regularly use a comb!

Looks like time to start taking these twists out and looking for another lacefront.
 
MizzBFly said:
Embrya
Guurrrl, Honey Pie!

I do the same with a Black or colored Beenie and I leave just two peices out in the front like it's my deliberate look- has to be a black showercap/bag though:look:. I pair that with some chunky earrings and some lipgloss, shoot you couldn't tell me my hair wasn't on point:lachen: LOOK...
I HAVE to DC and I HAVE to run errands, so I needed to step up my game on the presentation :lol:

shoot you got me rolling over here, I know we ALL have done this at one time.
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MizzBFly

:lachen: :lachen: I'm glad I'm not the only one it was going to be a 2 hour journey so I figured I would use the time wisely and DC my hair


However unlike you I will add further to my shame And admit the bag was not black....Alas it was a orange sainsbury shopping bag :look: ......


My cousin was like. Wondered why you had those hair pins discreetly hidden trying to hold it down :lachen: can you imagine the shame if the wind blew that thing off to reveal my hair dc'ing with a orange bag on my head laaaaaaawwddddd -______-

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I've been rocking head wraps for over a week out of sheer laziness; my hair has been in braids or banded underneath the wrap. I guess, if it ain't broke...
 
Today, I threw my tired bantu coils into a messy bun. Surprised it came out nice. Lumpy but nice.
Will do this more often. I like the various things you can do with a bantu knot out.
 
Day 3 attempt at a decent braidout was also a fail. I threw it up in banana clip bun.

Positive, I love the thickness and texture I get with a braidout bun.
 
I am afraid of my hair. I slept in a dc after leaving protein in for several hours yesterday. I just rinsed and it is in a tshirt. I never do this. I hope it is okay.
 
lovely_locks said:
woo hoo! I am seeing growth! My nape of my neck is an inch! I know it may not mean much to you guys but that part of my hair grows so freakin slow! It took 7 weeks almost two months for an inch of growth....smh
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I know this feeling!! I can actually grip hair at my nape, even braid or twist it. It would be a little twist but still. I was convinced my nape would never grow.
 
I am getting so lazy about washing my hair. I washed it Monday and have been keeping it m/s'ed. Probably goin to try and put braids in this weekend before school starts so I will probably Pre Pooand shampoo Saturday on my day off. Next time I am soaking the hair in AVC though. Little poops made my scalp itchy.
 
hnntrr said:
I am getting so lazy about washing my hair. I washed it Monday and have been keeping it m/s'ed. Probably goin to try and put braids in this weekend before school starts so I will probably Pre Pooand shampoo Saturday on my day off. Next time I am soaking the hair in AVC though. Little poops made my scalp itchy.
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Gurrrl, what are little poops? I know that is a typo but :rofl:

I can't see any mentions on my IPhone. PM me if it is a must see. Allons y
 
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