Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

Not liking how my hair feels/looks when wet. I'm almost positive it's because I haven't used a chelating shampoo since last June :look:
But until I get my hands on some redken cleansing cream, I want to wait
 
I stayed under the dryer on medium for an hour and my hair is still damp... I did not go under with soaking wet hair, so what gives? lol Oh well. I will bun or pin it up tomorrow.
 
Trying to talk myself out of the next 9 weeks of protective styling.

I've did 3 weeks so far but I miss my hair...decisions!!!!!

I need rhassoul, slippery elm , and some yogurt eventually though.

Let's see how the next 3 weeks ago and then I can decide about the next 3.

#soundslikeaplan
 
It's been a little over a month since my BC and I can definitely tell that my hair is growing. My curls are hanging longer, taking a bit longer to dry, I can shake my head and feel my curls move, I don't have to fluff my hair to get volume, etc. I attribute the growth to applying Njoy's growth oil at night and then working out first thing in the morning before I cowash in the shower. I think the heat/steam from my head makes the oil penetrate better or something. I hope I keep getting good results. My fiancee noticed that it's growing too, he mentioned it this weekend. I needs ALL da growth I can get lol.

I haven't decided how I feel about cones. I keep hearing that they're SO bad for your hair.. but my daily cowash conditioner (Aussie Moist 3 Min Miracle) makes my hair feel and look lovely and I believe it has cones in it. Iount know.

I can't wait til my hair grows back but I will say that I LOVE the ease of this short hair. It takes me like 5 mins to do my hair in the morning. At night I just oil my scalp and put on my bonnet and I'm good. At some point my hair is going to require more maintenance, so I'm just enjoying these days while I can lol.

I wish I could get the Ampro argan gel on the ground, because I lubs it. It's a pain to order it online, but next time Imma order like 4 jars just to be stocked up. It's protein free, so while I'm not skurred of protein, I feel better knowing I'm not slapping protein on my hair every day which could lead to problems.

I never know if I need to be moisturizing my hair or not. I cowash daily, DC weekly, add some kinda leave in before styling.. ain't that enough? Lol. It seems excessive to moisturize before I go to bed. My hair always looks healthy and shiny so I'm hoping it's doing okay.

(I'm in a rambly mood. :look: )

I got highlights over Xmas break before I did my BC. The highlights look amazing since I've bc'd, but they're growing out. I'm not sure when I want to get them refreshed. I might wait until the end of March so they can be fresh for Spring. And then get them done again about a month prior to my wedding in October. We shall see.

When I first bc'd, I thought I was gonna go product crazy, buying up all the new brands for natural hair, trying stuff etc. Man I'm so friggin lazy and simple lol. I bought a few things but for the most part, I use regular ish that works for my hair lol. Nothing fancy or exotic, just the basics. Maybe when my hair gets longer I'll want to try more products but right now, I'm good. The ONLY product line I'm interested in trying is Entwine. But their website is so janky that I get frustrated and just close the browser after two minutes. So I haven't bought anything from them yet, but I will probably one day.

Aiight, Imma shut up...
 
A good many months ago, on a hype over the IG/ YouTube reviews of Entwine products, I bought their Crème De' la Mold pomade and some kind of curling pudding if I remember rightly.

I was hardcore protective styling at the time with box braids, kinky twists and crochet braids and now I'm on MHM, so I've never tried them (I can't even find that pudding at the moment and it's a decent size too). What I am doing is working for me right now so I'll see if I'm tempted to try them down the line.

Wow! After searching for that pudding for the past 2 minutes I realise that I used to be somewhat of a product junkie or a hoarder. I have tubs/ cans/ bottles of products that I will never use because they don't work for me or, they contain ingredients that are not great. Decided I'll give some stuff away but I will chuck a lot. It's just gathering dust and I don't want anyone to use those brown gels I bought in Ghana last year, in desperation.
 
This girl at school with this jacked up lace wig with this orange concealer on the lace part...I wanna pull out my makeup bag and fix her head. Po lil thang. Smh
 
This girl in my class has the most realistic natural hair wig. I was JUST about to ask if she colored her own hair and other stuff then she comes in with really short damaged looking hair. The DECEIT lmao she's a nice girl though, and her eyebrows are everything.
 
I love how much faster washing and styling is with a fresh relaxer, but then I'm wishing to have new growth asap because I know that means length. Honestly I miss wearing my hair straight every day and just getting it roller set and the roots blown out. Now I style my hair once a week and wear frizzy curls into day. It seems like when I went on thus hair journey, I don't enjoy it anymore. Just love the day of relaxing and comparing length pics and that's it
 
i just made the most divine whipped shea butter!

Shea butter
Raw organic coconut oil
Jamaican black castor oil coconut scented
Sweet orange essential oil

Smells like oranges and cream
 
I had to give up my natural products, for now at least.... I noticed during my detangling sessions a little too much hair was being lost. Since I've switched back to my trusty creme of nature (shampoo & conditioner) the amount of hair loss has drastically decreased.

eta: I'm transitioning and about 1 1/2 yrs post
 
for the ladies who have ordered from The Pomade Shop on Etsy:


the CeraMoist Conditioning Pomade--what is the consistency supposed to be like? and what does it smell like?
 
I wonder if Curl Junkie Smoothing & Beauticurls conditioner have a much slip as Repair me. I love this stuff. I don't have to use tons of it either
 
I've reached a milestone. I completed a wash day without destroying my bathroom. Let's see if I can repeat this on Friday.
 
Today was officially the first day of my attempt at a water only regimen. I let warm water run through my hair for about 10 minutes, massaged my scalp for 5 minutes and removed large tangles with my fingers. Then I used my shampoo brush and detangled root to tip (I lose less hair this way) under the running water. I let my hair air dry then pulled into a puff for class (hair has to be pulled up). Now I'm about to water rinse again (can't find my water only spray bottle) then put into 6-8 twists to stretch for a bun on Friday.
 
Going to get my hair straightened and trimmed on friday after being a year and a month natural. I feel super, duper anxious. This will be the first time I seen my stylist since my big chop. I really hope everything goes well and she doesn't screw up my hair aka heat damage. I will definitely express my concerns once I get there. I was debating about poo/dcing myself and letting her do the rest but I really do miss the whole salon experience. I miss the pampering.
 
Why do I have to be so fly? Why does my hair have to be so easy to detangle? Yes I'm feeling fine, and it's a day to be conceited. But I'm okay with that. If it weren't for my colleague inflating my ego and my curls popping all over the place I'd probably be all depressed and taking a nap with my face in the textbooks. So I'm just gonna live it up and love myself today. My natural hair is on fiyah.
 
Now I'm tempted to stop the water only regimen so I can use up some of all these products I have. I'm trying to clean up and reorganize stuff and I realize that I'm running out of room to store stuff lol. Decisions, decisions, decisions.
 
My straight hair is 2 weeks old, and still going strong!!!! It's made it through a couple rainy days and 2 sweaty workouts!! I could get another week out of it, but my scalp is soooo mad!! It's so used to getting washed 3 or more times a week, so it's wondering what the heck am I doing :nono:.
 
I went to 3 beauty supply and out of the 3 only one knew what a diffuser was. I'm talking about black people. Then again if it wasn't for lhcf, I probably wouldn't know either lol.


My hair is so straight you would swear I have a relaxer. I was sitting here trying to think if that's good or bad but I think it's bad.
 
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