Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

kanozas said:
Mix a small amount in coconut oil or something else and leave in as an oil treatment, then wash out. Or try powdered neem in a paste with water and tulsi or something for scalp. No lingering smell.
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Thanks! I'm also gonna invest in some fragrance oils and fragrant essential oils as well.
 
I have always love my blackness and I love it even more now. Got my first sewn in weave today and was putting my hair in flexirods and the hair kept sliding off the rod! I never had that issue with my real hair. :nono: Then later tried to put it up in a clip so I can take a shower and it slid right now. :nono: #blackhairisbeautiful
 
My hair has been in the same bun the last 2 days. I'll take it down, moisturize, and put it back up. Im in need of a serious detangle session. I'm hoping to get crochet braids on Sunday, so I'll be thorough when I prep my hair.
 
Blow out is holding on. Scalp is itchy and dirty though. I don't know why my scalp gets so itchy and dirty so quickly. I don't apply any product other than my Giovanni serum to my ends when I need some shine.

I will be speaking to my beautician about it at my appt on the 2nd.
 
The best part of this week was when one of my little girls came in with her hair in a BIG braid out. Her grandmother told me that she'd wanted to wear her hair "curly like my teacher"! Made me smile so much. I told her that next time she has to tell me first so we can be twins. :afro: Hopefully, this year I won't have any 4 or 5 year olds with relaxers/relaxer burns. *fingers crossed*
 
My scalp is feeling tender so I know it's time to wash, but I'm so tired and busy I won't be able to wash my hair until next weekend. Hope I can hold out.
 
curlyTisME said:
Blow out is holding on. Scalp is itchy and dirty though. I don't know why my scalp gets so itchy and dirty so quickly. I don't apply any product other than my Giovanni serum to my ends when I need some shine.

I will be speaking to my beautician about it at my appt on the 2nd.
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I used to have this issue from puberty until my early twenties. I think my scalp was just extra oily from hormones. This might be tmi but my scalp became less oily around the time my rough menstrual periods and acne disappeared so I jused assumed hormones. During that time, my scalp would be incredibly oily if I didn't wash for 5 days even though I never ever oiled my scalp.
 
I've wanted to whine about this for awhile but felt odd about actually doing it here considering......Here it goes. MY HAIR IS SO DANG THICK!!!:takecover: It is a real struggle to do anything to it considering its length (2.5 in,4B/C). I was stretching it with perm rods every Sunday and wearing it coily/curly for the week, but as it grows and the thickness ensues, it's tiring to deal with:crying3:. I'm not looking for sympathy, just wanted to vent because at this very moment I may miss an event that I very much want to attend but having to do my hair makes me not want to go:jail:
 
I wash my hair every week ans I alternate between 3 conditioners Kenra moisturizing, AO GPB and Aphoghee 2 min. My hair behaves the best on the weeks I use aphoghee, but I'm afraid to make this my only conditioner. Does anyone use aphoghee 2 min as their only conditioner?
 
GettingKinky said:
I wash my hair every week ans I alternate between 3 conditioners Kenra moisturizing, AO GPB and Aphoghee 2 min. My hair behaves the best on the weeks I use aphoghee, but I'm afraid to make this my only conditioner. Does anyone use aphoghee 2 min as their only conditioner?
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I did but my hair loves reconstructors. Unfortunately after a few months the cones started giving me trouble via breakage. Now I use a cone free reconstructor weekly. No problems.
 
My friend can't do crochet braids until next Friday, I was hoping to get them done tomorrow :cry3: I don't have the time or energy to do my hair. I've been bunning it and it's in serious need of some moisture.
 
I attempted to flat iron today and after almost two hours, I only finished the right side of my hair. I'm thinking about a hair cut and saying screw TBL.
 
As badly as I want to pull off wash and goes it's just not going to happen. Yesterday, made the decision to wash my hair and try a wash and go again because I was missing my natural hair after wearing it straight so often. While washing my hair I had a guest come over before I put in any moisturizing product. My hair felt really good and my guest said it looked great so I went about my day with it as is and let it air dry. By the end of he day I noticed the back up my hair drew completely up to a highly packed 4 inch fro (which is about 600% shrinkage lol 4x6=24 inches yep thats about right). Whereas the front was a little looser(probably due to heat but I'm not cutting it because it was still full of curls just not coily). Anyway at the end of the day I decided to wash my hair because it felt very dry even though it was super soft. Once I began to wash it, I quickly noticed how many single strand knots had formed close within an inch from to my scalp and on my ends. I was up from 7 pm until midnight finger detangling them out and cutting a few of them out. After finger detangling each section throughly I slathered each section with product and combed product through(to make sure I really got all the knots out) and put in my old faithful twist(which i should have done that morning guest or no guest. The good news is I didn't loose nearly as much hair as I did in my last major setback of October 2012. After I finished finger detangling and some minor cutting I lost about a 1.25 inch diameter ball of hair when rolled wet. or about a 1.75 inch diameter rolled ball of hair by the time the ball dried and expanded the next morning.This is significantly more hair than I would have lost if had just took 30 extra minutes to apply product and stretch my root but way less than a major setbacks have historically caused me to loose. This Wednesday when I trim for Fall Equinox I will just make sure I remove any uneven areas but based on twisting during the late night hours of this morning, I was actually relieved in how good my hair performed and how little I lost considering the circumstance and potential for this to become another hair disaster
 
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@Lylddlebit sorry this happened to you. I don't think anyone can literally just wash their hair and just go. You have to use some type of moisturizer/conditioner paired with a styling product cream/gel. You need the moisturizer/conditioner for moisture and softness and you need the styler to set style so hair doesn't dry the way you described. Also hair needs to be coated with product. HTH.
 
overtherainbow said:
I used to have this issue from puberty until my early twenties. I think my scalp was just extra oily from hormones. This might be tmi but my scalp became less oily around the time my rough menstrual periods and acne disappeared so I jused assumed hormones. During that time, my scalp would be incredibly oily if I didn't wash for 5 days even though I never ever oiled my scalp.
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I'm six months postpartum so I'm starting to think it can be to blame. My scalp was overly sensitive my entire pregnancy.
 
stephanie75miller said:
@Lylddlebit sorry this happened to you. I don't think anyone can literally just wash their hair and just go. You have to use some type of moisturizer/conditioner paired with a styling product cream/gel. You need the moisturizer/conditioner for moisture and softness and you need the styler to set style so hair doesn't dry the way you described. Also hair needs to be coated with product. HTH.
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Yeah I know you are right and I should have known better. I just had a false sense of security based on how good it felt and big it was up until about the last 2 hours of wear when it dried completely. Plus with how often I straighten my hair and my normal hair routine the last time I saw my hair in its true fully shrunken natural state was a good 7 years ago before yesterday. My hair when I finish washing out conditioner or is damp with leave-in isn't my "real" curl pattern it's just what I am used to seeing on wash/style day. I made the mistake of believing I must have more"heat training/damage" than I actually have because my coils get so loose when wet/moisturized and was reminded of the truth when I truly let it be natural yesterday lol. Yesterday just reminded how resilient my naked natural hair is despite both the hype of straightening often, and how loose my coils become when weighted with water/moisturizers/conditioners. I had really been believing that I had some looser coil/curls just not anything drastic/fully straight that would require a cut but nope. I was wrong about all of that just hadn't fully worn my hair natural to let it fully shrink in a while.

Left is naked air dried, right picture is freshly washed with leave ins
 

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I'm feeling lazy today. I'm going to skip my prepoo and see what happens. I LOC my hair multiple times per week so maybe I don't need the prepoo.
 
That scalp exfoliation thread was so eye-opening for me. I always wondered why my scalp would still have residue even after shampoo washing. I have a very oily scalp and I now see the problems it can cause if not put in check. I can't wait until my scalp elixirs arrive to start exfoliating my scalp on wash days.
 
Hmmmm....... I'm so glad I decided to try this hair treatment without recommendation from anyone because I'd be mad as hell. My hair hates it for now.

Let me see how it will respond on clean no product hair.
 
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