“setting To Success” 2016

lulu97 said:
I just watched it...her hair turned out super cute. It looked like a full perm rod set...like she did it without twisting.

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Anybody else feels this way? These are just some random thoughts that the video gave me.

When I was knee deep in my transition, I loved styles like that on my hair. Braid and curls, twist and curls, bantu knots...I could even do wash and go's.
For same strange reason, I don't like them (on me) now. It's like if my hair is not smooth from root to top in some form or fashion, I'm just not satisfied. And at this point, I don't care enough to try. I feel like my hair life is boring...either roller set, flexi rod set, or 2 big goddess braids in the summer. (I don't even like those anymore...they are just easy to do when it's too hot to roller set)

I'm starting to feel the same with products. I like to keep them to a minimum because if have too many, I get overwhelmed. Like when to use what, what goes best with what etc. And then when I do have alot, I'm suffocating my strands packing the products on to try and use them up.

When they say you are maintenance mode...it truly is that. Just satisfied with where you are and doing your best to keep the hair on your head...on your head. This is all so random I know. LOL
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Uh oh. Seems like you have "the itch" lol. I felt like that about a month ago and you girls reigned me in. I felt so fed up and bored with maintenance mode, that's why I've been having a cheat day a week to keep things exciting. Maybe you could try that ;)

Something that I want to change down the line but I don't know how...this 60-90 minute set time is starting to get annoying to me. Like how am I going to find the time to do this when I'm married and have kids? I can barely find the time now and I'm 25 and single. How do you ladies do it? I wish I could find a way to smoothen my hair that wasn't such an investment of time. DC-30 minutes. Wash & detangle- 15 minutes. Set- 90 minutes. I need a new natural hair invention that cuts my set time to 15 minutes. Lol.
 
faithVA said:
I typically do curlformers because they come out straighter but I've done magnetic rollers as well.

I know I posted pics in the last thread. I will try to find it.

If you are working out outside the home it will be hard to maintain. If you are working out at home just put flexi rods in before you workout to help maintain the style.
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Thanks, and thanks for the pics!!! The curlformers turned out lovely on you..

I'll just have to try it and see how it goes. Some days I work out at home, some days I run outside, some days I workout at the gym.... so I'll have to see.
 
OMG!!! I went to the TJ Maxx near my office and Joico galore!! :drunk::lol: They had every joico line there. They had the gold bottles, red bottles and some green bottles for body that I've never seen before. Most importantly they had the moisture recovery conditioner in the liter bottles. The shelf was full but I only got 2 because I have some heels under my desk that need to come home with me today too and I wasn't sure how much I could carry.

Now my thoughts are to use this line exclusively for a while so I don't mess with my protein balance again. Do you think it would be too much?
 
KammyGirl said:
OMG!!! I went to the TJ Maxx near my office and Joico galore!! :drunk::lol: They had every joico line there. They had the gold bottles, red bottles and some green bottles for body that I've never seen before. Most importantly they had the moisture recovery conditioner in the liter bottles. The shelf was full but I only got 2 because I have some heels under my desk that need to come home with me today too and I wasn't sure how much I could carry.

Now my thoughts are to use this line exclusively for a while so I don't mess with my protein balance again. Do you think it would be too much?
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Depends how much your hair likes protein or not. I think you'll have to trial and error a bit for new products especially the ones with protein
 
coilyhaircutie said:
@KammyGirl
I love the Joico moisture recovery conditioner. I use it to cowash. I never knew it had protein in it before, good to know. I assumed by the name that it was all-moisturizing
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I'm co washing with the conditioner. I leave a little bit in as a leave in and it keeps my hair soft but doesn't clump my curls like my beloved trader joes nourishing spa
 
OAN: I straightened and trimmed my hair on a whim. I sprayed my hair with water on Thursday to do my set like I planned and my hair was too flaky with gel from my wash n go so I had to co wash again. My hair was more tangled and also breaking a bit I said forget it I'll just straighten and trim right now. My hair feels much better. Ended up doing my perm rod set afterwards which I know won't last me since it's on straightened hair but it looks ok.
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@KammyGirl Good Job! :yep: :yep:
 
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Set today. Did something a lil different. After I took my curlformers down this morning, I rolled my hair on 6 satin rollers for a few hours. Did errands in my headscarf (#noshame LOL). I was not about to let my hard work frizz out. Before I went to work (had a half day), took my hair out of the satin rollers and this was the result. Heyyyyy.
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I think I found a new product to set with. I don't normally use gels for my perm rod sets but Sunday I used Design Essentials coconut & monoi curl defining gelee (or something like that) and...I kinda love it. My hair is super shiny and defined. It dried have a slight crunch but I just used a little OGX dry styling oil and ran my hands down my curls to get rid of it. I only separated the curls once, so I'll separate and fluff more tomorrow to see how it really holds up, but so far so good. (Sorry if the pics are huge)
 
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I think I found a new product to set with. I don't normally use gels for my perm rod sets but Sunday I used Design Essentials coconut & monoi curl defining gelee (or something like that) and...I kinda love it. My hair is super shiny and defined. It dried have a slight crunch but I just used a little OGX dry styling oil and ran my hands down my curls to get rid of it. I only separated the curls once, so I'll separate and fluff more tomorrow to see how it really holds up, but so far so good. (Sorry if the pics are huge)[/QUOTE]

:gorgeous: :gorgeous: :gorgeous: :drool: :drool: :drool: @KinksAndInk
 
Hey ladies! Sitting here with deep conditioner on my head. I'm trying a reverse wash schedule so that I only have to get in the shower once. I spritzed my hair with water until damp and applied the DC and detangled. Will shampoo it out and condition in the shower again, and then roll.

Since I have my new halo rollers I'm going to slowly increase in size and use the pink rollers which are 1.65 inches.
 
Pre poo with coconut oil. Cowash with V05, and washed with Keracare hydrating shampoo.
Applied Silk Dreams Vanilla Silk, now sitting under dryer for 30 minutes.

Going to try Horse shoe method once I rinse dc out.
I picked up Edens Bodywork coconut Shea leave in this weekend. It was on sale at Sally's.
This will be my leave in tonight.

Than back under dryer I go.
 
This was my first time using my French Mesh rollers.....it was love at first roll.
I used 16 rollers mohawk style and my set dried in 35 minutes. (I set a timer on my phone to check in 30 minutes but once it went off, I decided to sit back under for an additional 5 minutes just for good measure.

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To set, I used it's a 10 as a leave in followed by MoroccanOil serum. Before setting, I also used my TEK brush to get my hair smooth just to make sure I gave the rollers a fair chance to work. They are not slippery like my magnetics so there is very little "pulling and rolling" that I could do to help smooth the hair on the roller....so the TEK brush really helped in that area.

So overall:

Less rollers used, less drying time, straight & bouncy hair.... these rollers get a whopping 10 in my book.

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I didn't allow my hair to cool before taking out the rollers so the curls really didn't set. It was intentional. I traditional wrapped my hair to wear it straight for a few days. Excuse the brightness of the pics...I was standing in front of the window. Lol
 
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