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I have had a headache all day from sleeping in Bantu knots last night smh. I need another way to stretch my hair. Does anyone blow dry their hair on cool to stretch it? Successfully?
 
PlainJane said:
I have had a headache all day from sleeping in Bantu knots last night smh. I need another way to stretch my hair. Does anyone blow dry their hair on cool to stretch it? Successfully?
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PlainJane I do it every wash day since I'm transitioning [and still have a lot of relaxed ends left at the front and top of my head]. The back of my head is pretty much all natural and I can get it fairly stretched. My roots [for the most part] end up mostly straight with some crinkles left but nothing curled/coiled too tightly.
 
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Only had this sew-in for almost 3 weeks, and I miss my hair. I'm trying to keep it in at least 8 months! I need to get it together!
 
rileypak said:
PlainJane I do it every wash day since I'm transitioning [and still have a lot of relaxed ends left at the front and top of my head]. The back of my head is pretty much all natural and I can get it fairly stretched. My roots [for the most part] end up mostly straight with some crinkles left but nothing curled/coiled too tightly.
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That sounds like my hair. How long does it usually take you? What's your method/process?
 
I am seriously about to hide my hair for the rest of the year. I'm on a length retention mission. Changing styles every 6-8 weeks with a 1 week break in between each session. During this week off I'll wear my hair out for 3 days then a bun or halo twist for the rest of the week until I wash and hide it again.
 
PlainJane said:
I have had a headache all day from sleeping in Bantu knots last night smh. I need another way to stretch my hair. Does anyone blow dry their hair on cool to stretch it? Successfully?
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I have blow dried on cool. It works great. Just use small sections. It takes longer but not that much longer. It's worth the effort.
 
PlainJane said:
I have had a headache all day from sleeping in Bantu knots last night smh. I need another way to stretch my hair. Does anyone blow dry their hair on cool to stretch it? Successfully?
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I do this everytime I wash, I just can't relax with a damp head. It takes me a little over a half hour to do using the tension method (I'm shoulder length btw). I either use my hands or a wooden paddle brush. It's faster with just my hands but I get more stretch with the brush.
 
Watched my SO get his drill out yesterday and put my professional salon dryer and steamer together...sexiest thing i ever saw :lick:

Side note: I had to call fed ex and cuss them for saying they "supposedly" came by to deliver the dryer and no one was home. I was at home ALL DAY! Made them call the driver ON.HIS.CELL, and made him come back to deliver my ish. Aint nobody got time for that! :swearing:
 
If someone had said that I'd be washing my hair with mud a few years ago I would have giving them a hard side-eye....... I'm currently letting my mud wash do it's thing. LOL.
 
anyone have a good recommendation for a good straightening shampoo and conditioner set? I'm about to get a kinky straight weave and I want something to make the straightening process easier. I need a shampoo/conditioner set that has really good smoothing properties.
 
PlainJane said:
That sounds like my hair. How long does it usually take you? What's your method/process?
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I'm bad at blow drying so it takes me 1.5-2 hours to get to 80-90% dry. If I was more skilled at blow drying [plus not watching TV when I do it] I'd be much faster.
I basically follow Jeni from Just Grow Already's method.
 
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rileypak said:
I'm bad at blow drying so it takes me 1.5-2 hours to get to 80-90% dry. If I was more skilled at blow drying [plus not watching TV when I do it] I'd be much faster. I basically follow Jeni from Just Grow Already's method.
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That's a very long time to blow dry. Your arms don't get tired?
 
Rocky91 said:
anyone have a good recommendation for a good straightening shampoo and conditioner set? I'm about to get a kinky straight weave and I want something to make the straightening process easier. I need a shampoo/conditioner set that has really good smoothing properties.
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Rocky91
I haven't used the shampoos much. But I have had really good luck with Suave Keratin Smooth and the Big Sexy Hair Smoothing conditioner.
 
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Spongebob said:
I'm really resenting my hair and want to cut it off to earlength. I've painfully looked after it for nearly 6 years and now that it's TBL I am just resentful of it. Never enjoyed it, and the care of it was painstaking. The only thing preventing me from cutting it right this second is the 6 years that went into it. I'm off for the afternoon and evening and see if some hair pampering will help but I'm just craving earlength hair
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This is exactly how I felt before I cut mine! I've been on my HJ as long as you have (5-6 years) and even though I had HL hair I hated that I had to spend so much time (and MONEY!) caring for it without ever really enjoying it. Like you, I was hesitant to give up YEARS of work by cutting it all off. Give yourself some time to cool down, but if you REALLY want to cut it, go for it! I chopped mine into a fade (even shorter than ear length!) and it has been a liberating experience :grin:
 
Decided to do Marley twists next week. Haven't decided what day. So for now I'm about to moisturize, seal and put my hair into some chunky braids to stretch it for a bun that I plan on wearing for the next few days.
 
I just used the old version of Elasta QP shampoo and it was absolutely heavenly - my hair felt like silk. Why did they have to change the formula!!!
 
Im going to try wigging it for a year or so because i am sick of my hair not looking on point at all times!
 
SlimPickinz said:
That's a very long time to blow dry. Your arms don't get tired?
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Nope. I tend to position myself on the couch while I'm drying in ways that allow my arms to rest on stuff minimizing the tiredness.
If I just stood/sat in the bathroom I'd get it done much faster. TV watching adds a great amount to that time.
 
Ladies who use the As I Am leave-in conditioner:

Have any of you noticed your hair getting lighter? My ends especially are getting lighter(I tried lightening the tips of my hair with honey last year, so they were already slightly lighter than the rest of my hair). I know the leave-in has lemon extract in it...do y'all think it could be what is causing the color change?
 
Had my crochet braids done today, Not Really liking the Cuban hair used, will try to perm rod set tomorrow, hope it looks better!
 
KinksAndInk said:
I am seriously about to hide my hair for the rest of the year. I'm on a length retention mission. Changing styles every 6-8 weeks with a 1 week break in between each session. During this week off I'll wear my hair out for 3 days then a bun or halo twist for the rest of the week until I wash and hide it again.
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My 2015 hair plan! Crochet braids will be my go to protective style!
 
With a little more practice I'll be able to 2 strand flat twist with Marley hair. Got a few style ideas if I can perfect this technique.
 
Can bantu knots be a PS?

I wore my bantu knots outside and got calld out by a caribbean cab driver. I had no idea what was going on. When i walkd past him going into a store, i hear him say 'tiny bump dem' really loud, as if he was sayg it to someone far away. Honestly i thought he was tryg to say my butt was little LOL
When i came out of the store he said it again, just as loud as the first time. Im like WTF, turng around to look at my own ***...is somthg on my pants? Why is he dissg my butt?

This stayd on my mind enuf that i had to ask my jamaican buddy what he was talkg abt and she told me he said 'chiney bump dem' which is what bantus r calld there. She said he prob thought it was funny that i came out like that bcuz women usually reserve that look for indoors. It was hilarious!
Who knew? I thought it was ok that i didnt feel like openg them right away aftr my hair dried
 
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