Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

I was going to two strand twist my hair but I have so much new growth it doesn't look right. Even SO tried to prove he could do it and he agreed. It's also not that serious to be braiding so tight to get it to look right and my hair popping off at the line of demarcation. It's just some things I can't do because I have a coarser texture. I felt that way before and it's getting proving to me all the time. I think SO might be in denial but I'm not trying all these things to prove him wrong. I try one section and if it doesn't cooperate, I move on to something I know will work.
 
I think the next stretch after 4 to 6 weeks I might just start flat ironing. I'm so scared though. Then I will have to start washing every two weeks from there if I choose to straighten. I wanna say I would straighten every two weeks, but I'm scared to do maybe once a month. Idk....
 
I ended up doing a southern tease bun or my version of it. It's funny because SO tried to do it and couldn't and I'm like I don't have time for this playing in my hair mess and coming my hair at 10 weeks post relaxer. I can only comb my hair with minimum breakage. Then I go to do it and I'm struggling to do it. So I kept adding some leave in because I'm self conscience of my hair getting a little dryer or so I felt that way and finally got it and slapped that scarf on.
 
naija24 said:
haven't been around here in ages. the new forum design is confusing as hell. i dont' like it at all.

i have about 2 inches of natural hair. yay!! one more good inch and i'm going straight haired natural. can't wait.
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It's crazy that I'm in the TWA club now! I haven't been this short in 5 years! Now I'm back to being natural. It feels so free right now. I decided that instead of focusing on growing my hair out, I'm going to enjoy my new style in stages! I will let it grow, but maintain the cut until I'm ready to move on to something else. Once I reach 5 inches, I wil be going for color. I want to lighten the front of my hair. I have a faded Mohawk right now. I am going to let the hair on the sides grow in a little, but keep it tapered.
 
I washed my hair this morning. I used SE shampoo cream, DC, and leave in conditioner. I also used some curling cream from somebody else. I used curls pomade on and brushed my sides down. Everything took a total of 20 mins. Still gotta get some Oyin hair dew! I decided to just use a moisturize for my coils instead of a more defined look with ecostyler gel. I will use SM hold and shine spray if needed for some extra moisture.
 
shortdub78 said:
It's crazy that I'm in the TWA club now! I haven't been this short in 5 years! Now I'm back to being natural. It feels so free right now. I decided that instead of focusing on growing my hair out, I'm going to enjoy my new style in stages! I will let it grow, but maintain the cut until I'm ready to move on to something else.
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I like your thinking! I transitioned for 25 months so I never had a TWA, but I was focused on length I never enjoyed when my hair was SL-APL stretched.

When I've been doing my hair for hours I look back fondly on those times :lol:
 
shortdub78 said:
It's crazy that I'm in the TWA club now! I haven't been this short in 5 years! Now I'm back to being natural. It feels so free right now. I decided that instead of focusing on growing my hair out, I'm going to enjoy my new style in stages! I will let it grow, but maintain the cut until I'm ready to move on to something else. Once I reach 5 inches, I wil be going for color. I want to lighten the front of my hair. I have a faded Mohawk right now. I am going to let the hair on the sides grow in a little, but keep it tapered.
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Yay us! I remember we both wanted to go natural so bad!! It's legit so freeing! I did a nice blonde color on my hair for something different and I've gotten a lot of compliments. I wish I can straighten it but I'd need a bit more length for that. I wish I didn't do tapered because the back is growing much slower than the front and it's driving me INSANE!! LOL.

How long is your hair now? I've been natural for about 3 months roughly, but my last relaxer was 12/16/14. I think I'm ear length. It's hard to tell because my shinkage is ridiculous. Even when I stretch it, I can see its' still curly.
 
naija24 said:
Yay us! I remember we both wanted to go natural so bad!! It's legit so freeing! I did a nice blonde color on my hair for something different and I've gotten a lot of compliments. I wish I can straighten it but I'd need a bit more length for that. I wish I didn't do tapered because the back is growing much slower than the front and it's driving me INSANE!! LOL.

How long is your hair now? I've been natural for about 3 months roughly, but my last relaxer was 12/16/14. I think I'm ear length. It's hard to tell because my shinkage is ridiculous. Even when I stretch it, I can see its' still curly.
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I was 3 months relaxer post, so I had 3-4 inches of new growth. I cut it down to 2 inches now. It's in a Mohawk, so the sides/back are faded. So I will be at 5 inches by or before the end of the year.
 
shortdub78 said:
I was 3 months relaxer post, so I had 3-4 inches of new growth. I cut it down to 2 inches now. It's in a Mohawk, so the sides/back are faded. So I will be at 5 inches by or before the end of the year.
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Your hair grows an inch a month?

Also, i'm confused. I just saw a thread you started 3 pages back about needing a transition buddy? is the forum still wonky?
 
naija24 said:
Your hair grows an inch a month?

Also, i'm confused. I just saw a thread you started 3 pages back about needing a transition buddy? is the forum still wonky?
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No I just cut my hair this past Weekend. I was in the process of transitioning and I had an ugly mishap with a cowashing conditioner I was trying out.
No my hair doesn't grow an inch 1/4-1/2 an inch. My last relaxer didn't take at all, so from the last relaxer to the new growth, that's what I was left with.
 
Ever think of low porosity as a defense mechanism? It's like you aren't giving your hair the moisture it needs so it holds on, for dear life, to the little bit it has.
 
BostonMaria said:
Giiiiirl where have you been? It was updated about 2 weeks ago I think.
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I have been MIA for a while!!! So when I logged in I had a fit! lol All my likes were gone and I looked like a loser! But it appears the likes came back, not that I remember how many likes I had lol. Still trying to settle into the site again. You guys just dont understand how much I dont like change with certain things lol
 
BostonMaria said:
Mo Mo how long is your hair now? Last time I chatted with you I think you took a machete to your hair LOL
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I did indeed back in Aug. Cut all of my progress plus some off. I blame Beyonce. I havent done a length check but when I washed my hair yesterday a may have been hovering around APL. Maybe not full APL but in the area.
 
BostonMaria said:
Link please! LOL
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Ok, so I'm gonna post this, and then I'm really done. I'm on my phone right now, and posting the pics isn't working for me.

I started out innocently looking at the instagram explore page, where I found a pic by Reco Chappelle. So I go to his page, and I'm looking at pics and I see he's got hair. And I'm like, oh that's a nice look for him. And then I see a video of him washing his hair, https://instagram.com/p/1eqq0gw_xM/ and he's talking bout glue and stuff.

So of course I go to that guy's page, and I'm scrolling and I see a pic of Reco in a wig base with a kinky curly bang. https://instagram.com/p/0ORmU4CLeA/ I just about died, but I was still curious, so I kept scrolling.

Apparently, this guy michaelwrayii is not only a wearer, but he installs these man weaves. If you keep scrolling, you'll see pics of his thinning hair.

But the cherry on top of the cake was this https://instagram.com/p/zqSg3iCLcr/ Why would you relax your beard? I mean I know they can be coarse and scratchy, but why?

Let me see if I can sneak some relaxer onto my boo thang's beard...
 
My not so great experience with HQS has me rethinking my PJism. Maybe I should just stick with the staples that I've identified thus far and sell whatever is left? Oh yeah, the chest of hair products in the fridge has cracked the shelf that it sits on so that might have something to do with it. lol.
 
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