Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

[Nix08]

ooohhh planning another hair party and it seems to be coming along Bnster...Early May...get ready

 

[naturalagain2]

I'm ready for the rest of my products to get here!

 

[winona]

samanthathebrave[/USER];15436981]I wonder if you could get your hair reasonably stretched, smooth and silky with a roller set or curl formers, would you then be able to blow it out and get it fairly straight with less damage than flat ironing?

I believe you can Nonie. I believe Nonie has done this before. I was going to do it this week but I just am too dang lazy

 

[Nonie]

Hi @winona!

@samanthathebrave, I haven't blow-dried after curlformers but they do straighten the hair--similarly to how braids would--and so you would have less work blow-drying.

A lot of people roller set or blowdry before flat-ironing because that step makes the final straightening step much easier. I instead us Curlformers WITHOUT HEAT instead of the blow drying step and still get fairly good results.

This is what my hair looked like before Curlformers:

And this is after airdrying in Curlformers without any product:

(If I were blowdrying, I would take each CF section and spray it with John Frieda Heat Defeat then blow dry. Why? (1) Because I don't like the idea of blowdrying dry hair; (2) The product is a heat protectant so will protect my hair; (3) The directions specifically say they product should be applied immediately before heat--which means I'm not doing anything crazy; (4) Since the hair is already partly stretched, then it should be easier to get good results than if I started with the shrunken hair above.)

For a better view of how the hair looks after Curlformers, here's a section showing the hair separated so you can see that it isn't exactly smooth but it's definitely not coiled so it'd take less work to get it blowdried straight, methinks:

 

[Nonie]

Embyra, tell me more about your oils. My sis, po thang, is always hitting me up for product suggestions and y'all know I wouldn't know a product if it came up and bit me on the behind. So do tell, Friend oke: What fragrant oils? Where from? What did you get?

 

[spellinto]

finally shampooed and DCed after God knows how long. i still have yet to dust, but my hair feels soft, big, and fluffy

also, i'm starting to really like lavender jbco. used it on the front of my damp hair and tied it down with a satin scarf...that hair is slicked DOWWWWN SON! lmao, and it doesn't feel greasy or crunchy...nice and soft and shiny. i've also been using it on my edges & nape at night. even the aroma is starting to grow on me...i actually look forward to the smell!

 

[sugahoney]

NikkiQ[USER][/USER] is that with everyday use? I am thinking about maybe using them for about 2 weeks at a time.

 

[halee_J]

My new fragrance oils came and smell sooooo damn GOOD!!!

This cocoa butter........i want to eat it and by the end of the day i know i will have tasted some there i said it....I FEEL NO SHAME

Embrya
Soooo...What does it taste like? Chocolate? I love chocolate

 

[Embyra]

Embyra, tell me more about your oils. My sis, po thang, is always hitting me up for product suggestions and y'all know I wouldn't know a product if it came up and bit me on the behind. So do tell, Friend oke: What fragrant oils? Where from? What did you get?

Nonie GIIIIRRRRLLLLLLLL i am a oil junkie so far i have

olive oil
coconut oil
wheatgerm oil
broccoli seed oil
papaya seed oil
avocado seed oil
castor oil
sweet almond oil

I add some of these to deep conditioners castor oils is amazing for added shine
Coconut oil has sooooo many benefits if your sis buys one oil get that

essential oil
sweet orange
lemon
lavender
peppermint

Ill be adding these to my tresemme naturals conditioner or to make hair spritz when im feeling fancy

now my fragrance oils

creme brulee
brown sugar
cupcake
chocolate truffle
dark chocolate
candy floss
choc chip
cookie dough
vanilla sugar

^^Im starting to make my own products so i will be adding these to my butters and leave in


As your in the states you can try http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/ its one of the biggest for fragrance oils

I think thats it

 

[Embyra]

Embrya
Soooo...What does it taste like? Chocolate? I love chocolate

halee_J so i tasted some ....i dont regret itits not sweet but has a nice light cocoa taste mixed with a buttery taste also i enjoyed what i had

 

[chrisanddonniesmommy]

Trimmed my hair today. My back is almost natural; while my crown and front still has some growing to do. The funny thing is that I didn't cry about cutting the relaxed ends (but that doesn't mean I'm ready for the big chop, lol)!

 

[Embyra]

I really need to get a curly cut my hair just isnt falling right now its getting longer

 

[Ogoma]

I really need to get a curly cut my hair just isnt falling right now its getting longer

I got a devacut a few months after my big chop and while I often mourn those 1-2 inches, I am glad I did. As my hair grows, it just falls nicely. I am apparently at the awkward length and I didn't know it.

 

[Embyra]

I got a devacut a few months after my big chop and while I often mourn those 1-2 inches, I am glad I did. As my hair grows, it just falls nicely. I am apparently at the awkward length and I didn't know it.

AAARRGGGHHH Im sooo jealous!!! wanted a devacut for a year!! but now its getting to the stage where my hair NEEDS IT.


I want to go NY in summer so i will definitely be going then yeah i didnt really want to lose a ton of length but it needs shaping so

 

[choctaw]

dusting my ends ... time for some twists

 

[Raspberry]

KeraPro Restorative Treatment is my baby daddy. I'm amazed at the silky slip every time I use it... I don't have to detangle my hair at all before a wash..the tangles just melt away *sigh*

 

[Bnster]

ooohhh planning another hair party and it seems to be coming along Bnster...Early May...get ready

Oooh Nix08 you know I will be there!!!!!
Can't wait, I hope nothing comes in my way so I won't miss it. So looking forward to it! Yippee!

 

[Embyra]

Tito from miss jessie hair its huuuuggeee


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB6ZLfzsPcw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMU5PQ7-BDM&list=FLVacCWjfwbOUmUYyTTuKycw&index=48&feature=plpp_video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCx8mCd-3pM&feature=related they start talking around the 5:30 mark...

 

[halee_J]

Tito from miss jessie hair its huuuuggeee


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB6ZLfzsPcw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMU5PQ7-BDM&list=FLVacCWjfwbOUmUYyTTuKycw&index=48&feature=plpp_video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCx8mCd-3pM&feature=related they start talking around the 5:30 mark...

Lawd their hair is gorgeous! :lovedrool:

 

[Embyra]

^^^ isnt it!!! like wtf too much hair for one person.....im requesting some

 

[Embyra]

I made 2 small pots of butters last night added one of them to my ecostyler today to make a pudding


Im still going strong on my 3 day conditioner styling only in my hair im going to wash it out tonight but it was a nice experiment

 

[SavannahNatural]

I made 2 small pots of butters last night added one of them to my ecostyler today to make a pudding

Im still going strong on my 3 day conditioner styling only in my hair im going to wash it out tonight but it was a nice experiment

How does that pudding work and what do you use it for? I'm so intrigued!

Sent from my iPad using LHCF

 

[Embyra]

@blcbuty@ I just bumped a thread in the naturalliving forum of how to make the pudding its basically butters of your choice mixed with a gel of your choice to make a pudding similar to miss jessie

The butters i used Coffee Nilotica Shea Butter and cocoa butter mixed with sweet almond oil cocoa butter is brittle so it needs a oil to help it along

 

[Kurlee]

so lazy to comb my hair

 

[Embyra]

So the key is not applying anything else to hair when leaving the tressemme naturals in
i have had super soft hair for 3 days with just that and some oil added a tablespoon of gel to my hair and its now all dry

 

[Kurlee]

grrrr, damn ellepixie shouting praises twice to organicals DC. Just bought some

 

[LoveTheSkinImIn]

I'm in the middle of taking down my yarn braids (halfway done) and it hasn't been as brutal as lots of people said. Thank tha lawd!!!

 

[winona]

Dear Aveyou I need you to have another flash sale. I need a clarisonic plus. That is all

 

[JerriBlank]

Kurlee,where'd you get it?

 

[kinkycurlygurl]

I love my new hair fork. I used it to hold my hair up in a French Roll and it hasn't moved all day. It's comfy too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B005ED7MH2/ref=dp_image_z_0?ie=UTF8&n=3760901&s=hpc