Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

KidneyBean86 said:
I've been getting so many compliments about my hair growing but I still don't see it. Maybe I have hair-rexia.
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That's how I feel, when I show pics, people say they didn't know my hair was that long, but my hair doesn't feel long until it's soak and wet and just relaxed. I wear mostly textured styles so I don't see the length KidneyBean86 also its not dramatically long, just not short
 
My hair is still doing awesome and my shedded hair is reduced. I barely losing any hair detangling before wash, in the shower, and before styling? I hope it continues
 
Using the texture shampoo and conditioner from beautiful textures cut my flat iron and blow dry time from two hours to one! Happy dance happy dance!!!!!!!
 
GettingKinky said:
Washing twice a week is a lot of work. From the time I get I the shower until the time I'm ready to leave the house is at least 30 minutes. Plus the 10 minutes to apply my prepoo/DC the day before. I'm going to try it for a month and see if it makes a difference. If not I'm going back to once a week.
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Tell me about why you're washing twice a week Are you doing the Cathy Howse method?
 
havilland said:
Tell me about why you're washing twice a week Are you doing the Cathy Howse method?
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The edges that frame my face are super dry and I'm trying to see if washing more often will help. The rest of my hair stays moisturized but the edges are killing me.

I don't use shampoo, and I use the LOC method. I'm not familiar with the Cathy Howse method.
 
Okay so I'm kiiiind of obsessed with the curlies growing out of my head right now :look:

My haircut's growing out and I can see a little more of my texture. I love that my hair looks like a cloud or thick cotton, it's so cute! I keep running my hands through it (it's not long enough to tangle badly yet). I've noticed that my curls look like bushy spirals while the sides (which are shorter because of the fade) look like circles. I'm still not sure what texture I am, but I think I have a lot of 4a...it might be 4b though because if my hair were longer, I don't think it would have that "hang" factor...

It's just really interesting because I've only seen pictures of my natural hair as a child. It was super thick (as always) but any curl pattern had been completely combed out and just set as one undefinable poof. Maybe my texture will be less distinguishable if I were to grow it out now, but it's cool to see what pattern comes out of my head. I think it looks super cute!!
 
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had to get back into these twists. been suuuuuuper lazy and leaving my hair out. havent done a protective in a long time. i get on these lazy kicks. the good thing is, even so, i did retain some new length...though, not as much as i could have for sure.

so back to being more careful.

put some mini twists (my own hair) in last night and wanting to keep them in as long as possible before putting new ones in.
 
My hair was so poppin today! It's just all fluffy and soft!

She scent it, eco cocktail and my shea butter mix are a winning combination!
 
Washed my hair finally. Did a mild protein treatment but didn't deep condition. Dried it about 40-50% on high speed, alternating between warm and cool temp. Was going to baggy over night but I really don't feel like dealing with wet hair in the morning. I'll let it air dry until I get sleepy then hit it with the dryer for another 10 minuets or so.
 
I did the thing that I called myself eliminating by going natural...Twistout with permrods on the ends, ugh. It turned out nice but for some reason I had this idea that I'd wake up one day and my hair would be hanging down my back and would curl on the ends on its own. Now I'm sitting here with bantu knots on my head trying to preserve the style and wondering how in the headache HEYELL I'm going to sleep tonight.
 
Cattypus1 said:
I did the thing that I called myself eliminating by going natural...Twistout with permrods on the ends, ugh. It turned out nice but for some reason I had this idea that I'd wake up one day and my hair would be hanging down my back and would curl on the ends on its own. Now I'm sitting here with bantu knots on my head trying to preserve the style and wondering how in the headache HEYELL I'm going to sleep tonight.
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That is not what I want to hear. I'm also going natural so I won't need to roll my braids for braidouts.
 
Why did I think it was a good idea to wash my hair at 10:00pm? And do a wannabe protein treatment with eggs (messy! Use an applicator bottle)? I'm so tired this morning smh.
 
I don't like shrinkage :nono:!!! my first natural hair con thus far

My hair looked BOMB before my scalp started itching and I had to wash. Got out of the shower and all the height at the top of my haircut just disappeared :-( I M&S'd, then ligtly blow dried before puffing it out with a seamless comb. It looks better today but man, it looked awesome pre-wash! How do people with high-tops do it??
 
I took down my two strand twists after 3 days and pulled it into a ponytail :yay: it's the best pony yet.

I skipped deep conditioning after my nap85 25 min co wash on Saturday and my hair isn't happy. I must deep condition after every wash unless I am doing a wng
 
Smiley79 said:
Is hair density something that can change?
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You can't change the number of follicles you're born with but you can employ the use of strand thickening agents to make your hair look fuller.

For me its been henna and indigo and regular light protein. There are lots of volumizing products on the market.
 
My hair was giving me life today. People were commenting that they didn't know I had that much hair. Yay for the half arse blowout I tried to do the other day.
 
i'm really hoping i can keep these twists in for at least 3 weeks. i used to have no issue leaving twists in for several weeks at a time, now i find myself itching for something new much more quickly.

i'm going to be strong!

ive been trying to find some interesting twist styles. i wish i was good with styling my hair. i suck at it. ugh.
 
GettingKinky said:
That is not what I want to hear. I'm also going natural so I won't need to roll my braids for braidouts.
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Think I just need some length...it does curl on the ends and I can twirl the ends to set them. I get mad shrinkage though and I really want to look like I have some hair.
 
It pisses me off that every week when I style my hair, I want the opposite. I do curls and then wish I did a cute protective style (which I know I'm style challenged) or I do a protective style and feel like my hair isn,t done. Protective styles just screams to me, I need my hair done, even though you styled and took the time to fix your hair that way!
 
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