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pelohello said:
I hope so too. I'm really striking out with these natural conditioners. They have no slip! I might have to go back to my queen Helene if I can't find any quality natural conditioners (or at least semi natural:lol:)
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Yeah the natural conditioners don't have slip, so if its moisturizing i just deep condition with the natural conditioner and rinse out and cowash with a conditioner with slip and comb under water (I'm pretty sure you know that lol)
 
pelohello said:
I hope so too. I'm really striking out with these natural conditioners. They have no slip! I might have to go back to my queen Helene if I can't find any quality natural conditioners (or at least semi natural:lol:)
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I'm in the use up your stash challenge and I think that's what I'm going to do with the Burt's bee, use it as a cleansing conditioner, I have never experienced that with a conditioner before, either it did absolutely nothing or softened my hair but never feel clean after rinsing it out, weird.... pelohello
 
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Lilmama1011 said:
Yeah the natural conditioners don't have slip, so if its moisturizing i just deep condition with the natural conditioner and rinse out and cowash with a conditioner with slip and comb under water (I'm pretty sure you know that lol)
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That's a good idea! No I haven't tried that. Normally I just rinse out the DC & then do a final rinse w/ AVJ. Maybe b4 my AVJ rinse, I'll Co-rinse w/ TJ tea tree. Thanks for the suggestion:drunk:
 
Lilmama1011
@pellohello

I had a hard time finding a natural, moisturizing DC that actually worked for me. Finally, I decided to start mixing my own because I dont have $$ to be ordering all them nat products like some people.

Here are pics of ingredients of some of my best concoctions:


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mshoneyfly said:
Lilmama1011
@pellohello

I had a hard time finding a natural, moisturizing DC that actually worked for me. Finally, I decided to start mixing my own because I dont have $$ to be ordering all them nat products like some people.

Here are pics of ingredients of some of my best concoctions:


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Thanks! Those ingredients look :lick: I've been contemplating on making my own protein free deep moisture conditioner. If the conditioners that I just purchased dont work then I will probably make my own. I plan on using: mayo, coconut oil, shea butter, lavender oil(for scent), banana(maybe), honey, olive oil, AVJ, vitamin oil, jojoba oil and maybe sum rose water.
 
pelohello said:
^^^^that would be a good challenge. A 6mth challenge with DIY conditioners for relaxed heads only:)
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I think so too. It could be called the RELAXED HEADS: DIY Challenge or just DIY Challenge :/

I know that DarkJoy mixes some of her own stuff and some of the newer people are prob interested too
 
I 'sho do mix some of my stuff. I am natural so moisture treatments are my thing. I buy off the shelf too, of course... :)
 
I used to mix and make my DC's but I just got tired of it. I use to mix stuff together and that stuff got my hair TOGETHER!!!

I use to use Shea moisture with carols daughter... Oh man. Or some Ojon with carols daughter (moisture city). I use to add my natural oils too and those were ceramides. I'm starting to miss the mixing now. I still mix, but for other people needing stuff.

Please excuse my iPhone; it's trying to get it together
 
mshoneyfly said:
@DarkJoy

Hey girl! :wave: Did you take out your crochets yet?? I know you must be yearning for a good old fashioned DC, lol!
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Girl no. :nono:

Between working like a dog and that other stuff going on in the news, I was too busy and bummed out to do it.

My henna has cured for 24hours tho. Will pop that mess in the fridge til this coming weekend, when (I hope), I can get to it.

#endthreadderailment :lol:
 
Just finished washing & applying my protein. I'm letting my hair air dry before I apply my DC & hempseed oil. I have a lonnnngggg hair day ahead of me. I'm installing kinky/sengelese twists. I should be done by 8pm. Wish me luck ladies:)
 
I found my summer hairstyle. A texlaxed WNG. (We'll see how it looks by days end)

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Wondering if I should relax the front of my head only?.... especially if I want to blend it with half wigs....

This would give the rest of my hair a break...
 
I finally finished my sengelese twists!! The only problem is that prior to installing them, I had used a mild protein bc I knew that I wasnt going to be using protein for the month of August. Well that mild protein cause me to have too much protein, so I had to DC for 6-10hrs. I wasnt going to install the sengelese twists if my hair still felt too hard. When I finally installed them my hair was alittle bit better. The reason why I had the protein overload was b/c I was using protein on a weekly basis instead of biweekly like I planned. Once the twists were installed I spritz the braids with AVJ & sealed with olive oil. I then oiled my scalp with WGHO.
 
So I am beginning to believe that longer hair makes me look older. I am really not trying to cut but I feel like I have "mom" hair. SO not hot. I have an appointment for some nubian twists this weekend. After I take my twist out if I still feel the same way I am going to go ahead and get a hair cut.
 
I have no idea what to do about this shedding. I keep a really good protein/moisture balance, I moisturize and seal, I cover my hair with a scarf every night....maybe I'm just a shedder
 
mschristine said:
I have no idea what to do about this shedding. I keep a really good protein/moisture balance, I moisturize and seal, I cover my hair with a scarf every night....maybe I'm just a shedder
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Is it shedding or breakage? Tea rinses helped me when I was shedding like a beast earlier this year. One of the ladies was using tea under her DC, I tried it and it worked like a champ.
 
mschristine said:
I have no idea what to do about this shedding. I keep a really good protein/moisture balance, I moisturize and seal, I cover my hair with a scarf every night....maybe I'm just a shedder
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mschristine
I feel your pain. I was shedding all of May and June. First I tried a garlic oil prepoo. That worked temporarily but the shedding came back by my next wash. Before that I tried carrot oil by ORS. That was a temp fix too. Then I tried coconut milk and avgel under my dc and it worked. That was like several weeks ago and the shedding has stopped.
Note: I have been using tea rinses too. Tonight I will add coconut milk to my tea mix like Nix08 does. Last week I mixed the coconut milk into my henna powder.
 
mschristine said:
I have no idea what to do about this shedding. I keep a really good protein/moisture balance, I moisturize and seal, I cover my hair with a scarf every night....maybe I'm just a shedder
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Its probably not as much as you think. Try a tea rinse anyway, but I notice more/less shedding depending on hormonal changes. I also notice shedding differences depending on whether I use sulphate and SLS free shampoos, with less shedding with SLS free shampoos. Seasons also changes shedding patterns.
 
mshoneyfly how are you liking the coconut milk? I can't do without it once I start to stretch?

mschristine you could also try coffee rinses. I'm not sure what tea's you've used but try green or even saw palmetto for shedding:yep:
 
I have tried lots of different teas and garlic remedies and nothing really seems to work for me. It may be hormonal since I recently switched birth control pills...I dunno
 
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