Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

I heard DH telling DD my hair was looking longer and asked her if she thought so too.

Shrinkage is evil. I was just feeling sad about my shrinkage too and that cheered me up. I will do a two part dc as treat to my hair now. I might even steam my hair!

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I wonder if not relaxing would help my eczema on my face. Now disclaimer: I NEVER relax my hair while my skin is being stupid. I'm not that foolish. My skin is always clear and problem free before I relax but I can't help but wonder if the dry skin I just can't beat in the winter is solely caused by the winter. But I would have straight hair as a natural anyway so yeah :look: :look: :yawn:
 
I bought my first wig! The true test will be if I am comfortable enough to wear it or if it store it next to all the cute phony ponytails I buy and never wear lol. I really am going to try to wear it though for at least a week and if I don't become comfortable I can give it away.
 
so i finally took the reigns on my mom's hair. She just got out of a weave and it has grown some.She has relaxed hair that has been over lapped tooooo many times and its just thin, breaking, dry and stiff. it doesnt shine at all. I told her last year let me care for your hair, but she didnt listen to me. Now it more than a year later and im thinking if i would have just forced her, her hair would be i a different condition by now. So i straight up told her im doing your hair from now on, including extensions and putting in a relaxer. She wanted to relax tomorrow but her hair is in such a weak brittle state that i firmly told her no. Im not sure if she's going to do it anyways.

so i started off by getting her some quality shampoo and conditioner, made a leave mix and a moisturizer mix, and a EVOO/EVCO mix to seal. I had half a jar of Sulfur 8 left in my drawer, so i took that mixed in some castor oil and gave it to her. I want her to put that on her scalp 2-3x a week. I will wash her hair weekly and dc, and cowash mid week. I think she needs alot of moisture and a bit of protein. I say that because she's always using "anti-breakage" products like profective. And i know anti breakage means protein. She might have a protein over load and be damaged and thats why her hair is stiff, dry, snaps all over the place and lacks luster. I just did the chicoro prepoo on her then slapped on a dc mix of conditioner, castor oil, honey, and olive oil. I heavily reapplied to her edges and nape which literally feel like a briollo pad, no joke. i dont know why her edges are so dang rough. I plan to cowash that out air dry her in some little braids and have her wear her half wig with a scarf as her protective style. I want to up the health of her hair for a month and install some kinky twists for her sometime in october if i feel her hair is in good condition. Keep her in that for a while, take it out pamper for two weeks then i MIGHT put a relaxer for her if her hair is doing well. Her last relaxer was in some time in June. That will be her first stretch and a long on too. But i refuse to let her perm damaged hair. I will personally put the sulfur 8, moisturize and seal her hair at night because i know she wont do it.

I need some suggestions for styles for her guys! He hair is about 3-4 inches long, short edges and her hair thins out the further down you go. I tried a braid out but because her hair thins as it goes it looked like little spiders! should i just keep her covered for now and in extensions?
 
Royalq said:
so i finally took the reigns on my mom's hair. She just got out of a weave and it has grown some.She has relaxed hair that has been over lapped tooooo many times and its just thin, breaking, dry and stiff. it doesnt shine at all. I told her last year let me care for your hair, but she didnt listen to me. Now it more than a year later and im thinking if i would have just forced her, her hair would be i a different condition by now. So i straight up told her im doing your hair from now on, including extensions and putting in a relaxer. She wanted to relax tomorrow but her hair is in such a weak brittle state that i firmly told her no. Im not sure if she's going to do it anyways.

so i started off by getting her some quality shampoo and conditioner, made a leave mix and a moisturizer mix, and a EVOO/EVCO mix to seal. I had half a jar of Sulfur 8 left in my drawer, so i took that mixed in some castor oil and gave it to her. I want her to put that on her scalp 2-3x a week. I will wash her hair weekly and dc, and cowash mid week. I think she needs alot of moisture and a bit of protein. I say that because she's always using "anti-breakage" products like profective. And i know anti breakage means protein. She might have a protein over load and be damaged and thats why her hair is stiff, dry, snaps all over the place and lacks luster. I just did the chicoro prepoo on her then slapped on a dc mix of conditioner, castor oil, honey, and olive oil. I heavily reapplied to her edges and nape which literally feel like a briollo pad, no joke. i dont know why her edges are so dang rough. I plan to cowash that out air dry her in some little braids and have her wear her half wig with a scarf as her protective style. I want to up the health of her hair for a month and install some kinky twists for her sometime in october if i feel her hair is in good condition. Keep her in that for a while, take it out pamper for two weeks then i MIGHT put a relaxer for her if her hair is doing well. Her last relaxer was in some time in June. That will be her first stretch and a long on too. But i refuse to let her perm damaged hair. I will personally put the sulfur 8, moisturize and seal her hair at night because i know she wont do it.

I need some suggestions for styles for her guys! He hair is about 3-4 inches long, short edges and her hair thins out the further down you go. I tried a braid out but because her hair thins as it goes it looked like little spiders! should i just keep her covered for now and in extensions?
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At this point covered (with wigs) is best. In a few months time when the new growth comes in and you relax and you start to trim the thinner areas you may be able to do more styles.

Extensions may be hard on her hair if its already brittle weak and fragile.
 
To moisturize my hair tonight, I sectioned my hair into four parts, then halved each section for a more thorough application. When I was done, I made two jumbo twists in the front and the back and secured both with a gentle jaw clip. Right now I'm experimenting with ways to wear my hair and keep in moisture at night. My hair feels nice now but we'll see how it works out in the AM.
 
Wore my natural hair out today at work for the first time. Everyone said they really liked it, one of my co-workers said "you should wear it short all the time!" another said "its SOOO CURLY" and decided to spontaneously palm my head before I realized what she was doing. All she got was a fist full of gell'ed up hair (I need to find a gell that doesnt make my curls hard, the curl custard isnt working).

All in all. I liked it. Most of my co-workers liked it and complimented me on how nice my curls looked. Going to see what the other half of them think during the week. Overall I am happy. I will probably wear it out more frequently and alternate between that and a short wig to keep protecting it.

I also tried a twist out on the portions of my hair that wont curl...it looked nice textured and pinned up but its still not doing anything where I can just leave it as is. Gonna have to keep experimenting.
 
hnntrr said:
Wore my natural hair out today at work for the first time. Everyone said they really liked it, one of my co-workers said "you should wear it short all the time!" another said "its SOOO CURLY" and decided to spontaneously palm my head before I realized what she was doing. All she got was a fist full of gell'ed up hair (I need to find a gell that doesnt make my curls hard, the curl custard isnt working).

All in all. I liked it. Most of my co-workers liked it and complimented me on how nice my curls looked. Going to see what the other half of them think during the week. Overall I am happy. I will probably wear it out more frequently and alternate between that and a short wig to keep protecting it.

I also tried a twist out on the portions of my hair that wont curl...it looked nice textured and pinned up but its still not doing anything where I can just leave it as is. Gonna have to keep experimenting.
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You do have cute curls! I am so happy for you! You wore your hair out! Yay!!!!!

I hope you took pictures!

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HanaKuroi said:
You do have cute curls! I am so happy for you! You wore your hair out! Yay!!!!!

I hope you took pictures!

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Hahaha I took some yeah, I will try to take more today. This is my 2nd day wearing it so I don't know how nice its going to look compared to tomorrow.
 
divachyk said:
@Nix08, don't get depressed. You'll get there. You must length check to be able to know what's working & what's not.
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divachyk, I know you're right and I guess I will still do length checks BUT I will not have 'timed' length goals anymore. I guess like you mentioned in your blog (I think), monthly goals are probably a more inspiring way to go about things.
 
Nix08 said:
@divachyk, I know you're right and I guess I will still do length checks BUT I will not have 'timed' length goals anymore. I guess like you mentioned in your blog (I think), monthly goals are probably a more inspiring way to go about things.
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Nix08, a watched pot never boils. You know this of course. When I stopped watching, it started growing. The more I looked, the less it grew. I think your regi is working. How do you feel about it?
 
@divachyk my regi well, for the majority of this year and then some I haven't really had one...I just do whatever, whenever BUT as of this morning I've been writing down a regi. I think my main problem is self trimming:look: I don't have a set schedule for trims and often when I do trim/dust it's spur of the moment and I probably cut more than I realize and more often than I realize:nono: I don't even make a note written or otherwise of when I've trimmed. Overall I've just gotten very slack with my regi/process which is a far cry from the excel spreadsheet that I use to use to schedule and document my hair regi!
 
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Oh no you won't, miss lady!!! Whimsy :nono:

Nix08, ok so there's the answer for us both -- document via journaling and photos. I haven't documented much lately and I'm paying for it.
 
Wearing twists to bed was not my best idea :nono: My hair was moisturized in the morning, but the texture caused tangles and trapped a lot of shed hair in. It didn't like the way it looked down (the waves just looked scraggly and weird), but it was challenging to store it all in an updo...rocking the french roll today I suppose. It looks a little frizzy in this style though. *Sigh* I'm going to Sallys to grab some flexi rods (among other things) and we'll see if my hair prefers those better at night.
 
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I broke all types of hair rules during my wash last night, but I lost significantly less hair than usual & my hair still looks and feels as it always does...

Best of all wash day caused no stress & took an hr or two as opposed to all day/night !!!!
 
I think I'm in a IDGAF-phase of my hair journey...don't care about challenges, keeping it basic. Decided I'm cool with my hair even if I never grow an inch past where I am now.
 
I'm so tempted to join some type of growth-aid challenge so I can obsess about it lol. I have some OTC and sulfur stuff under my cabinet too.
 
my boyfriend's brother and girlfriend were visiting this weekend and the girlfriend had MBL natural hair that was straightened. I was so frickin jealous and it bothered me all weekend.
 
thebelleofelle said:
ugh why is getting to APL such a challenge???

I just want to wake up tomorrow and be APL :)

#TheHairStruggle
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Especially if you have a super long skinny neck like me. If I had a short neck I would be there already.

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