Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

[DrC]

People noticed!
Was with family this weekend, and we're not a family short on nice hair. Yet still I got several compliments about how "healthy" my hair was. Even the cousin with the most glorious hair and her mom had to touch it and say how good my hair looked. (Actually my the cousin's hair struck me as kind of odd... like it wasn't real, though I am not good at spotting weave. Perhaps they were weave checking me? heheh.)


Of course I absolutely nuked it Saturday morning with that blankety-blank curling iron. No more curling iron for another 2 years after this!

But.. yay LHCF!!!

LadyRaider

Congrats. Are you natural relaxed Texlaxed? How long have you been on your hair journey?

 

[ms.tatiana]

I haven't done much to my weave because I'm over it and I want to get some braids this Cali weather ain't no joke.

 

[youwillrise]

i dont feel like washing/conditioning my hair tonight

i just took it down, moisturized and rolled & pinned it up to hide/protect the ends.

i'll wash it in a few days. maybe on tuesday?

 

[LadyRaider]

LadyRaider

Congrats. Are you natural relaxed Texlaxed? H ow long have you been on your hair journey?

I am natural, but I straightened my hair for the trip which was a decision based on the fact that I would have to travel with a lot more stuff if I didn't straighten. The cousins who were there were all wearing straight hair too, so I fit in.

I've been working at this for 2 years. I don't think I've made huge progress length wise, and that is probably because I don't "protective style" as much as I should. I like to wear my hair out in twistouts and braidouts. I started out as neck length at the back and now I'm a long shoulder length. But because of what I've learned here, my hair was swangy and shiny and soft all the way to the ends.

 

[NJoy]

When will I learn not to bun the ends of my Celie braids all together at the back of my head? I always end up with the ends tangled together by the sheds. At least this time, I was able to be calm and patient and detangle the braids. Last time, I was under so much stress that I just ripped them apart.

And it's a trip how sheds work their way down and out of my braids.

I'm about to acv and oil rinse my hair.

 

[growingbrown]

I'm going to do mini twist tomorrow and I hope they turn out right. This will be my first time doing this.

 

[missjones]

I hope my edges don't thin with this set of braids.

 

[Napp]

im in the process of making a half wig. i want to buy some new hair but ill just use what have for now.

 

[charislibra]

I watched this video earlier http://youtu.be/eOUwwkqFehE and I just did 10 coils on the back. The rest is in a puff and will continue to be if this fails I'll post the coils and results tomorrow.

 

[youwillrise]

I watched this video earlier http://youtu.be/eOUwwkqFehE and I just did 10 coils on the back. The rest is in a puff and will continue to be if this fails I'll post the coils and results tomorrow.

oooh! i love that. that's so cute.

i may try it sometime...if i have anywhere to go, i mean. lol

 

[Kurlee]

grrrrrr, my hair has been wet for a whole 24 hrs. sighhhhhhh. back to protective styling soon.

 

[NikkiQ]

went out for Essence Fest this weekend and saw EVERY type of LF wig and weave you could freakin imagine with a few natural heads sprinkled in for good measure.

 

[Nix08]

If I hadn't embraced finger detangling a few weeks ago I would have lost a lot of hair this past wash

 

[HarySituation]

When will I learn not to bun the ends of my Celie braids all together at the back of my head? I always end up with the ends tangled together by the sheds. At least this time, I was able to be calm and patient and detangle the braids. Last time, I was under so much stress that I just ripped them apart.

And it's a trip how sheds work their way down and out of my braids.

I'm about to acv and oil rinse my hair.

NJoy So what do u do with the ends of ur braids now under your wig? I have the same problem.

 

[Nix08]

I much prefer to DC on dry hair...my strands feel cleaner and healthier. I think it's because when I DC on dry hair I then poo wash away any extra that my hair doesn't need. who knows, it works for me

 

[Evolving78]

there is nobody on YT that i can relate to when it comes to my hair and length. i have yet to see someone with a texture like mine.

 

[Nix08]

Told the worker at my local BSS that she needs to tell the owners to stock more organic/natural lines. She chuckled at me
Looks like I'm going to have to drive all the way to Honeyfig..argh

 

[Janet']

Just took the braids out the front of my hair...now I'm too tired to wash...smh!

 

[NikkiQ]

Finally got my lazy butt in gear to do my hair today. Shampooed, oil rinsed and now DCing for an hour or so. Going by mom's for a BBQ so I may Celie braid it up and slap on my new Drew wig!!! Can't wait to try it. We'll see if the fam thinks it's my hair or not lmao

 

[Whimsy]

I'm loving how soft my hair is feeling after my indigo application! crossing my fingers that I don't butcher my head when trying to cut in layers. GULP

 

[jazzerz]

My inner PJ came out at Ulta. They had a great deal on the Organix line... and everything else that I'd been waiting to try.


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[Napp]

i realize that long big hair does nothing for me. i dont look glamourous i look silly. it looks better big when its short and flatter when long.

 

[charislibra]

Coils were a slight fail, but at least it's only the back. I'll try again at a later date. Putting pics up later tonight.

 

[ms.tatiana]

I'm trying to get on a plan that works for my egdes...

Right now to use up all my products I'm going to use a different one each time I oil my hair. In the morning I will use JBCO, later that night I apply MTG and sleep wit that on them. The next day I will use Dr. Miracles Nape and Temple and later that night I will use Minoxidil. The next morning condition my edges and start for the JBCO all over again.

 

[NJoy]

@NJoy So what do u do with the ends of ur braids now under your wig? I have the same problem.

HarySituation

I'm not wigging much at all now. Too hot! When my hair's in Celie braids, I'm usually not going anywhere so, I let 'em hang or I bun them. 'course, bunning or braiding my braids together causes problems with the sheds tangling my braids together.

Pretty much mostly bunning. But, when I was wigging, I pin the braids together at the top back of my head. And I never let the raw wig rub against my hair. I use a satin wig cap to hold my hair in place. Or, a plastic cap, then satin wig cap, then wig. Hope that makes sense.

 

[Embyra]

no shampoo left going to try the Organix Nourishing Coconut Milk Shampoo

 

[Imani]

Bored, bored, bored with my hair. The top is 10 inches, double digits, can't say I recall that anytime in the last 10 years. And the back is about 8.5 inches. I'm happy for my progress but I had full SL hair in grade school so I'm not yet impressed and 100% sold on my hair being able to be long, still like a half percent of doubt there.

I'm patiently waiting to make it to APL in the fall so I can officially act a d@mn fool.

 

[youwillrise]

did a quicky conditioning (which i havent done in a while)

and styled my hair in two flat twists in the shower, under the running water. this has been my "go to" quick protective style for a few years now. sometimes i just dont feel like twisting my whole head.

i did the style with a part in the middle of my head...which i dont usually do. i actually kinda like this better. i usually have a slanted side part or whatever.

 

[ATLcutey20]

Well, I did it again. I ended up getting protein overload due to my hair laziness! I know that after doing a protein treatment (ORS Hair Mayo) you have to do a moisture DC, but I figured I could get away with just a leave in conditoner & coconut oil. WRONG! I learned my lesson for real this time. *smh*

 

[Anakinsmomma]

Henna'd my moms hair today... Lets see how it turns out...


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