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i experienced no breakage today. i didn't get a chance to wash my hair, but i will be doing it tonight or early in the morning. i would like to get my hair strong enough to comb through it while damp, without it breaking. i mean i see chick on yt, just combing their damp hair, with no breakage. but a lot of them have thicker hair.

so i am working on getting protein back into my reggie. i stayed away from it for so long, overcoming protein overload.
 
If I plan on doing Roux Porosity Control a week before relaxing does that replace a heavy protein treatment? Do I do just the RPC and DC, or the RPC, then protein, then DC? Or should I just save RPC to do as my mid-protein step?
 
KiWiStyle said:
LOL, I think you should relax. Sometimes our hair knows how to speak for itself :-).

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YES! I had to do this last weekend. I was only about 6-8 weeks post.....My hair just had NO ACT RIGHT! Shedding, dull, limp, wouldn't hold a curl or style, tangly.....UGH!!!!!!
Relaxed and all is well with the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I deep conditioned on dry hair last night. Then I flat ironed and used my Split Ender. Photos are of the hair the Split Ender cut and my hair this morning.

I hate how thin my ends look. I'll be glad when the colored/bone straight part is completely gone.
 

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Danniquin said:
Does anybody else's hair start acting up when it's time for a relaxer? I'm like 13-14 weeks post and my hair is going crazy! My conditioners won't work, I even tried clarifying, but my hair still feels rough/hard. I think it's just time to relax...
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KiWiStyle said:
LOL, I think you should relax. Sometimes our hair knows how to speak for itself :-).

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shortdub78 said:
i experienced no breakage today. i didn't get a chance to wash my hair, but i will be doing it tonight or early in the morning. i would like to get my hair strong enough to comb through it while damp, without it breaking. i mean i see chick on yt, just combing their damp hair, with no breakage. but a lot of them have thicker hair.

so i am working on getting protein back into my reggie. i stayed away from it for so long, overcoming protein overload.
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Danniquin, ITA with KiWiStyle, relaxing now may be the way to go. My hair acts out tremendously by way of breakage if I stretch way too long.

shortdub78, don't be fooled, my hair is thick (or so I think) and I get breakage at all stages - wet, damp or dry. Some days it's one strand here and there whereas other days it's 4 or 5. My wet and damp hair does great when loaded down with AOWC spritz -- water/AOWC/Claudie's tea. My dry hair tends to do better when I've heat styled vs. air dried. My air dried texture is just to wavy and dry for combing.
 
divachyk

my hair gets wavy too. i had to be careful combing it after i air dried. i decided to put my hair in some flexi rods, so i can have a curly updo. i'm trying to stay cute while trapped in the house! :lol: i was reading a blog about wives letting themselves go. i refuse to go back to that! i remember when i had my son, and my MIL told me i wasn't cute and sexy like i used to be... it took a long time to get myself back on track.

but i don't want to just wear this dusty bun on all of the time. i feel like my hair isn't long enough to do cute styles like yourself yet. maybe the middle of next year?
 
shortdub78 said:
@divachyk

my hair gets wavy too. i had to be careful combing it after i air dried. i decided to put my hair in some flexi rods, so i can have a curly updo. i'm trying to stay cute while trapped in the house! :lol: i was reading a blog about wives letting themselves go. i refuse to go back to that! i remember when i had my son, and my MIL told me i wasn't cute and sexy like i used to be... it took a long time to get myself back on track.

but i don't want to just wear this dusty bun on all of the time. i feel like my hair isn't long enough to do cute styles like yourself yet. maybe the middle of next year?
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shortdub78, fake it till you make it. That's exactly what I did when I first started. I couldn't bun for jack. I used the donut bun until I figured how to bun with my own hair. I then ventured out and tried other styles. The more I practiced, the better I got. My current default style is a french twist secured by a croc clip. I have to remind myself to switch it up a bit but that style is so easy and I can dress it up by using various clips with different levels of bling. I get tired of having my hair pinned up but then I get tired of letting it hang when it's down. I find myself twirling it up and clipping it back when it's down. I guess I'm just use to it being out of my face and off my neck that it's my preference now. I resorted to that initially because of acne prone skin. It wasn't even about length. To this day, it still isn't about length. My acne trumps hair all day every day. I will seek clear skin before length. :look: I sure went off on a ramble. :lol:
 
Ladies who use moisturizing sulfate free poo do you still wash your scalp only and avoid your length? I now use and love Creme of Nature Argan oil poo and I use it all over my hair because its so moisturizing
 
lamaria211 said:
Ladies who use moisturizing sulfate free poo do you still wash your scalp only and avoid your length? I now use and love Creme of Nature Argan oil poo and I use it all over my hair because its so moisturizing
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Although I apply CON to my scalp, I don't make it a point to protect my length as much as I did when using sulfates. CON is moisturizing and hasn't cause dme any issues when applied to scalp only or scalp & length. I really like CON. lamaria211
 
lamaria211 said:
Ladies who use moisturizing sulfate free poo do you still wash your scalp only and avoid your length? I now use and love Creme of Nature Argan oil poo and I use it all over my hair because its so moisturizing
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I too love this poo... its that and Aphogee Evening primrose shampoo
 
lamaria211 I use Elasta QP Creme conditioning shampoo all over my head. It detangles my hair better than my "detangling" condish... I dnt know what i'd do without it...
 
Need to get up and wash my hair but my boo is snuggling extra nice

ETA: So I finally got up and when I took off my scarf, my hair looked terrible! It was super dry, like desert dry. So I drenched my scalp and hair in castor oil and removed as much shed hair as I could and then pinned it up under a couple of scarves. I'm gonna leave it like that for a hour or two and then I'll wash it with a sulfate free moisturizing shampoo and deep condition.
 
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My hair is acting a straight up fool. I won't be washing again until relaxer day on 12/21. It's definitely time because my head is just acting straight up disrespectful like she doesn't have any home training.
 
I had the worst wash day I've had in a long time. It started with my pre poo i tried a new DC and it was like putting melted plastic in my hair I had to wash x4 using 2 different poos. After clarifying twice and using 2 different conditioners my hair still felt yucky. It didn't start feeling normal until I used my Elasta QP mango butter and some evoco. Anyway due to this experience I took back (to Walgreens ) 2 new conditioners that I had recently bought and exchanged them for my staples
 
lamaria211 said:
I had the worst wash day I've had in a long time. It started with my pre poo i tried a new DC and it was like putting melted plastic in my hair I had to wash x4 using 2 different poos. After clarifying twice and using 2 different conditioners my hair still felt yucky. It didn't start feeling normal until I used my Elasta QP mango butter and some evoco. Anyway due to this experience I took back (to Walgreens ) 2 new conditioners that I had recently bought and exchanged them for my staples
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Oh wow! That's horrible! Which DC was it so I can state away?
 
So I goofed around and didn't cowash my hair til late. The temp dropped outside and my hair is not airdrying at all!

I'm sleepy! Ugh! Im just gonna put in some knots or braids or something and go to sleep. I'll deal withthe consequenses in the morning....:look:

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lamaria211, hopefully things are ok now.
sunnieb, I've had those nights. It's usually a little damp the next morning but dries throughout the day. You can try a cool fan blowing in your direction. I don't like the air directly on me but it still works with the fan in my direction but not directly on me.
 
divachyk said:
lamaria211, hopefully things are ok now.
sunnieb, I've had those nights. It's usually a little damp the next morning but dries throughout the day. You can try a cool fan blowing in your direction. I don't like the air directly on me but it still works with the fan in my direction but not directly on me.
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I just figured it out after much research and trial and error that I have protein overload!
 
Tea/coffee rinsing (with the addition of Ooolong), oil rinsing and the loco method have been excellent additions to my reggie...
 
lamaria211 said:
Ladies who use moisturizing sulfate free poo do you still wash your scalp only and avoid your length? I now use and love Creme of Nature Argan oil poo and I use it all over my hair because its so moisturizing
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yes i do. and i cleanse often. i wash, rinse, and repeat as well.
 
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