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naija24 said:
yeah, I thought about doing twist extensions for the rest of the summer and take then down once I'm neck length. But that will cost a lot of money possibly. I was also debating weave but Im' sooooo over it. And since I'm back in the dating scene, I'm uncomfortable presenting to potential suitors a look that is not the real me, ya know? It's been tough. But I think the distraction is a good idea.
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You don't have to do a protective style to be a distraction, it just means to find something to focus on other than your hair. Anything to stop measuring the hair, pulling the hair, seeing where the hair isn't or is.

Since you don't feel feminine then I think working around that can be a good distraction. Try playing with different earrings, hair bows or flowers. Spend the next 8 weeks watching yt videos and playing around with make-up. You can look very feminine with short hair, you may just need to accent some other things.

Change your energy around your hair so you will attract a man that will match your energy. Your smile will always be better asset than any hair you have on your head even if it is long.
 
My scalp was rebelling and I had to think waaaaay back for a solution.
Fenugreek tea.

Made a spray with it, and boom no more scalp issues.

The ONLY problem is the smell.
It smells like maple syrup. I do not want to walk around smelling like IHOP.

Ill hit sprouts up for some vanilla extract after work, and ill add some lavender to the mix.
I also want to also purchase some nettle tea. I was reading one of my olllllllld hair journal entries from 2010 and my hair seemed to love nettle tea rinses as a final step. I think I stopped because it was tedious (boiling, waiting to cool etc).
Yay for hair projects!
 
pelohello said:
I tried to do naputural85's twistout on an old curlformer set and I think I made the twists too big. So I will try it again tonight. I can honestly say that it def keeps your length. When I would do a twistout on freshly washed hair it would shrink, but now I have the length.

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I re-watched the video and I now see what I did wrong. I wet my hair (I mist my hair with my watered down leave-in) and I used a cream based moisturizer. She only applied FSG.

When I re-twist tonite, I'll make sure I only use FSG.
 
yaya24 said:
@pelohello
Can you share your flaxseed gel recipe?
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Sure. I use 1/4 of flaxseed to 2cups of water. I make sure the mixture is thick and I strain immediately. Then I mix a couple drops of peppermint oil for fragrance . Some people mix an oil with it but I usually don't.

I can't remember the brand of flaxseed that i use but i know it's organic. To me the brand of flaxseed is important. I used to use flaxseed that were beige in color but now i use black colored flaxseed. I prefer the black. It provides a better consistency.
 
faithVA said:
You don't have to do a protective style to be a distraction, it just means to find something to focus on other than your hair. Anything to stop measuring the hair, pulling the hair, seeing where the hair isn't or is.

Since you don't feel feminine then I think working around that can be a good distraction. Try playing with different earrings, hair bows or flowers. Spend the next 8 weeks watching yt videos and playing around with make-up. You can look very feminine with short hair, you may just need to accent some other things.

Change your energy around your hair so you will attract a man that will match your energy. Your smile will always be better asset than any hair you have on your head even if it is long.
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I know that's right! I'm feeling kinda sexy right now! Embrace the length you have and just enjoy it! When I was trying to hide, protect, concerned with length, it was stressful. I started suffering from hair loss, etc... Now I feel centered again. I just recently put a fun color in my hair too!
 
I redid my 2 strand twists last night.
Also did an impromptu trim in the back.

My hair in the back was like a tail while the rest hung about the same.

Lets see how long this set will hold up. I still don't have a twist regimen in stone. Haven't had this style constantly since 2012.
 
I really wish I could buy the CWK straight plates, but they don't ship to the UK yet. I really need help with washday stretching:cry2:.

Also, I went back to BSS products as of last week. I did try a Palmers coconut spray before, but I think it had too much protein in the end and my hair didn't retain moisture with that one.

Just bought Dark n Lovely spray and lotion. Then I top it with the Palmers Olive Oil headress. My hair is truly soft and fluffy for the first time in a year, or two. I've been buying expensive natural products for so long, I can't believe this is what ended up working lol. I think because my hair is mostly HP now it likes different products.
 
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pelohello said:
I re-watched the video and I now see what I did wrong. I wet my hair (I mist my hair with my watered down leave-in) and I used a cream based moisturizer. She only applied FSG.

When I re-twist tonite, I'll make sure I only use FSG.
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I've been wanting to share these pics but the app wasn't working for me all weekend. These are the results from a 2wk old Curlformer set that i did a twistout on and this time I used la bella gel. I didn't feel like making fsg. I LOVED the results and will def so again. I wore it out initially and then the next day I clipped half of it up.
 

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