“setting To Success” 2016

Today I used the full Joico moisture recovery line. Why have I not been doing this since the beginning? I shampooed twice, then added the treatment balm and sat under the dryer for 15 minutes. I let it sit for another 10 and then went in the shower to rinse. After I rinsed I added the conditioner and let that sit while I showered. When I rinsed my hair it was so soft I felt like I still had conditioner in.

There was practically no hair at all on my hands when rinsing and lately the breakage has been non stop. I didn't even use my shower comb to dentangle just my fingers and my hair is completely smooth and not tangled at all. I added a little bit of Shea moistures coconut and hibiscus curl and style milk while my hair was still soaking wet.

I set on perm rods using taliah waajid crinkles and curls setting lotion and the curly curl cream. I air dried because I had things to do so I still have the rollers in.

I finally found a spray bottle thats spritz instead of sprays so I filled that with my aloe vera juice, water, glycerin and a little oil and I will spritz me hair and nape daily until my set is unwearble. So happy with the way my hair feels. Hopefully the breakage is gone!!
 
My lazy butt was supposed to do a perm rod set today but I did another twist and curl. I didn't have time to sit under the dryer and I can't be bothered to sleep in those things lately. I think I'm going to move on to magnetic roller sets and maybe straight hair for a while since it decided to go back to being winter in Michigan. I also need to go buy more flexi rods since I was robbed for my other ones and I don't feel like arguing over who had what. Not worth the headache. These will be locked up. Wondering if I can convince SO to buy me some curl formers. I'll even let him use my 20% off Sally's coupon. :look:
 
Oh and I just realized the peach perm rods are rollers I can use to get more stretched, straight hair instead of magnetics since I can't get magnetics right at all. I might have to wait until my hair is longer to get my hair to set the way I want on those.

In the meantime the peach perm rods do the job. Because of the length of my hair they don't curl my hair in a spiral just in one flat curl (if that makes sense) so I can style however I want on stretched/straight hair without heat.
 
@lulu97
You put my bouffant rollerset to SHAME. It's beautiful!!

So I just got a relaxer a few days ago. I co-w ashed my hair today with this new cleansing conditioner I bought from ulta by matrix biology I think? It was $30 from ultra but my hair loves it for some odd reason. I was lazy and just put my hair in two large French braids and will wear my hair like that for a couple of days and the Rock the waves they give me until next Sunday when I can wash and do a jumbo roller set. I will upload pics I promise!!
 
@KammyGirl That Joico line is amazing huh? I thought I struck gold once I used the balm but Bayyyybeeeee when you use the shampoo, conditioner and the Balm?! The angels start singing the sweetest tunes! :lachen:

@L.Brown1114 Awwww thanks Lady:bighug:
I still have to work on mastering the rollers. The nape of my hair still had a lot of texture to it, and it was hard for me to get a good grip back there. Practice makes perfect so I'mma keep working on it.
 
@lulu97 YES!! I was so shocked and amazed. I've used the balm before but my hair was nothing like this. When I set I usually have lost of stray hairs on my hands. This time around nothing! So amazing. I'm sticking to this line. Now I'm wondering how I'm going to get rid of all of my other products. Guess I can use up some stuff doing my mid week cowash.
 
lulu97 said:
Spring break was last week for the kiddos so we took them on a little mini vacay. I missed yall though and when I could get free, I snuck in the Health & Fitness forum.
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How am I supposed to make sure I'm sending positive thoughts while you're traveling if I don't know you went anywhere?! :confused:

I'm glad you had a nice getaway! I'm counting down the days until my next escape... I mean... vacation.

I took a screen shot of your Mohawk placement and I'm going to try it on Friday!
 
toaster said:
How am I supposed to make sure I'm sending positive thoughts while you're traveling if I don't know you went anywhere?! :confused:

I'm glad you had a nice getaway! I'm counting down the days until my next escape... I mean... vacation.

I took a screen shot of your Mohawk placement and I'm going to try it on Friday!
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:lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen:I'm sorry, we just kinda dipped out last minute. Next time, I'mma hafta give my Setting Sisters mo notice! :lachen:

Let me know how the mohawk comes out. I'm excited to see your results!!!!
 
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toaster said:
Woohoo everyone is back and actively posting! We went through a quiet spell last week. Nothing like pretty hair to get us back on track.
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My bad, I was obsessed with getting down my Asian skincare regimen and what products to use. Now that I have written down exactly what I need I can concentrate on other things. I was in deep y'all. I thought I had to leave the Asian beauty Reddit for the asian beauty rehab reddit :eek:
 
L.Brown1114 said:
My bad, I was obsessed with getting down my Asian skincare regimen and what products to use. Now that I have written down exactly what I need I can concentrate on other things. I was in deep y'all. I thought I had to leave the Asian beauty Reddit for the asian beauty rehab reddit :eek:
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Oh man. Reddit skincare is such an amazing, time sucking place.

I'm all prepped with my relatively short list for the Sephora sale this weekend but as I watch more YouTube videos the list gets longer.

I switched birth control methods last week and I'm anxious over how my skin will react.
 
toaster said:
Oh man. Reddit skincare is such an amazing, time sucking place.

I'm all prepped with my relatively short list for the Sephora sale this weekend but as I watch more YouTube videos the list gets longer.

I switched birth control methods last week and I'm anxious over how my skin will react.
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Those products are too expensive for me. I've been doing products like cosrx and softymo. How good is the sale? I'm combination so I'm trying to figure out if I need a cream or just and emulsion and sleeper pack. Stuff like that is keeping me from hitting the "check out" button
 
I have a question for you ladies :) Just been wondering. As you've reached certain milestones in your hair journey (SL - APL - BSL - MBL - WL -HL), how has the experience been the same or different from what you expected?

I'll go first. At the beginning of my hair journey when I big chopped in 2009, I was so excited to grow my hair longer and I thought that once I met certain milestone lengths, then I'd be happy. But it hasn't been like that. Every time I reach a milestone...I'm so unenthusiastic!! LOL When I reached APL a couple years ago I was like, "oh...so this is it?" :lachen:At the time, that was the longest my hair had ever been, and it was still super anti-climatic. Now that I'm between BSL/MBL, it still feels like my hair is hella short.

Is this just me?? :whyme:

I'm more happy actually doing my hair and enjoying it on a day to day basis than waiting to reach a goal length. Is that weird?

I think part of the reason is because it used to take me so long to reach milestones that by the time I got to a certain length, I would be already so over it ahaha.

Tell me how it's been for you ladies! ;)
 
@coilyhaircutie,

More things I can weigh in on!!

I didn't even notice when I hit SL. I wore shrunken wash and goes that I wet every day. I only stopped because at one point I decided to actively grow my hair longer and I started trying things like the Curly Girl method, and ACV rinses and protective styling.

I must have been NL or SL when I did. My shrunken afro was pretty high, and uneven looking.

I started taking length check pictures right above APL and investing a lot more time into my hair care regimen. This was also when I stopped using Goody elastic bands, so I found myself experimenting a lot with twisted updos. It was a lot more fun than I expected but I was sad that my twists were always too ugly to wear out. I don't know if I just do them wrong but they look stupid.

When I reach BSL (last year), lol I didn't feel much of anything because my hair still lives in twisted updoes. I don't experiment with them anymore. I just go for a low bun that can be taken down and moisturized and thrown back up.

I do feel the long-hair love when I wear my hair out. I can now achieve a braidout that falls just past my shoulders on non-heat treated hair. When it shrinks up it looks like how my blow dried braidout looked 2 years ago.

Out styles are definitely rewarding.

I guess when I first started I didn't fully understand shrinkage, so I didn't expect to have to grow beyond BSL for it to always feel long. I also didn't expect for my twists to Always Look Stupid!!! Even now that they hit my shoulder and past they look like spider legs. Sigh. And my hair is so thick when out of twists.
 
@L.Brown1114 if you're VIB or VIB rouge at Sephora the sale is 15% off. I have only dabbled in Korean skincare products, but I've really enjoyed all that I've used!

@coilyhaircutie I think once I reached waist length I achieved my "hair goals" of having long hair and having nice "out" styles. The first time
I grew my hair out I was length obsessed but never styled it. This time I've been enjoying my hair more and I think that definitely helped as I waited to reach the next goal. Now I'm focused on keeping my hair healthy and happy and cute.
 
Waist was really the only length goal that I actively reached for. I just remember being happy that I reached it while still looking fly and not having to rely on wigs, weaves and grandma styles. :lachen:

I didn't even notice when I hit hip and my husband pointed out when I hit tailbone. After waist, I cared but not really. These days, I'm more concerned about my hair looking nice and my ends being maintained through regular trims.
 
@coilyhaircutie

I'm Bsl, for the most parts it's the same. My hands get tired easily when I set or flat iron.
I have to switch my products. Some products that used to work well, just don't anymore.

Hair gets caught up in all types of things, doors, windows, my arm pits etc.

Different than I expected getting a lot more weave checks now. Especially when the next door neighbor 5 years old yt girl asking DD if my hair is real:lachen:

Ya'll know her momma was talking about my hair to somebody.
 
@Colocha yes!! Out styles are super rewarding and make me feel so accomplished. But since my hair is up all the time to retain length, it's like I don't even get to enjoy the rewards. Lol I can't stand twists either hahaha I feel like I look 5 when I wear twists.

I never expected to have to grow beyond BSL to feel like my hair was long either, but shrinkage makes me feel like no matter how long my hair is...it's not really long enough bc it doesn't look like it

@toaster Oooh what kinds of styles do you do? Cute AND healthy? I need the details!:) I'm hoping (& praying lol) that at WL I finally *feel* like my hair is long. And that shrinkage won't be such a ****** at that stage lol

@lulu97 i feel like that's how I'll be once I reach waist. Vindicated and relieved. Like the last 5 years of healthy hair practices *finally* paid off at long last and I've reached the LHCF promised land lmao

@bluenvy lol @ weave checks. That's when you know your hair is swanging and blinging.
 
@coilyhaircutie I am doing a restart starting back at full SL...but a few years ago, when I reached MBL- I definitely had hairnorexia...When I would post on the forum, and the ladies exclaimed about how nice it looked, I graciously accepted but in my head, I was like, "yeah, it's nice for SL hair" because all I saw was full SL (in my cooky head :drunk::drunk::drunk:). I'm hoping that this time around, I'll be able to "see" what everyone else sees. I think the only thing that I truly noticed was that my pony was long and as @toaster said, wearing it high made me feel like I had some sort of length. :yep: :yep: :yep:
 
Please tell me ya'll watching Black Girls Rock?! Every year I watch it, I get all proud and I am so amazed at the power of us black women! We black girls shole do rock!!!

Ok, hair stuff:
My hair is still in a traditional wrap since my rollerset. It's been cold and windy outside, so I've been rocking my turban. I'll probably do a flexi rod set on this already roller set hair on Sunday for the upcoming week.

I purchased 4 more packs of French rollers. I was able to snatch
2 more packs of the 2 inch
1 pack of 1.6
1 pack of 1.4

I figured since they are being discontinued that I needed to stock up and have back ups to the backups. Plus when I roller set other Ladies hair (family and friends) I can use my magnetics and save my precious French babies for me! LOL

I used that Shea Moisture High Porosity Masque and didn't really care for it. I used one entire jar in a deep conditioning session. My deep conditioners normally last anywhere from 4-8 uses depending on the size so this was definitely a no-go. I returned the 2nd masque I had to Target and exchanged it for It's a 10 leave in...this time I got the silk version. Yum!
 
@lulu97 I just got my stuff from pretty antoinets. I'm so excited. I bought some pillowcases, a scarf in topaz (it's beautiful!), and both a hair wrap and a wrap up. I ordered both because I wanted to know what the difference was and there aren't many pictures of ladies wearing them on the site. They're a little different but I'd probably use them interchangeably as headbands and/or to wrap my hair at night when I wear my hair straight. I love everything! Thanks for putting me onto the site!
 
Janet' said:
@coilyhaircutie I am doing a restart starting back at full SL...but a few years ago, when I reached MBL- I definitely had hairnorexia...When I would post on the forum, and the ladies exclaimed about how nice it looked, I graciously accepted but in my head, I was like, "yeah, it's nice for SL hair" because all I saw was full SL (in my cooky head :drunk::drunk::drunk:). I'm hoping that this time around, I'll be able to "see" what everyone else sees. I think the only thing that I truly noticed was that my pony was long and as @toaster said, wearing it high made me feel like I had some sort of length. :yep: :yep: :yep:
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@Janet'
I know EXACTLY what you mean. No matter how long my hair gets, it still feels like shoulder length to me. Part of that is because of shrinkage and part of that is perception. I feel like everything between WL and SL is negligible territory. Go big or go home.

Let's work on seeing the beauty *and* true length of our hair! I'm not sure where to begin, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way
 
Hey ladies, is anyone in here taking vitamins? If so what kind?

Years ago I took viviscal and hairfinity, but I didn't notice a difference and didn't want to take vitamins solely for hair growth. More recently I took fish oil and probiotics every day, but I stopped for no reason. I try to eat well and exercise, but I decided yesterday to pick up a multivitamin for women. It was hard to find something with good reviews that wasn't loaded with biotin (don't want to break out) and came in a capsule I could swallow. I ended up purchasing Garden of Life Vitamin Code for Women from whole foods last night. If I like them I'll definitely be purchasing from Amazon next time. The serving size is 4 capsules a day, so I took two last night and two this morning. The directions say I can take them with or without food, and I didn't get nauseous taking them this morning with water.

I'll try to update in 30 days when I'm finished with the bottle.
 
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