jennifer30
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I think I can grow my hair Apl, I just want it to happen now haha..impatience sigh
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jennifer30
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You mean rollerset it then brush and wrap my hair? What kind of wrap?
faithVA
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Yes rollerset and then brush your hair around your head into a circle. That's what we called a wrap back in the 90s. They call it a silk press wrap now but same thing.
jennifer30
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Ok thank you faith.
I'll be really busy this weekend so I decided to do my entire routine for straightening tonight. It's only been 5 days since the last time I used the flat iron. I need to relax on the heat but it came out perfect!! Shiny, bouncy and I love it! I really need to take my time to get the results I want. Sorry if the pic is too big. I'm on my phone.
jennifer30
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Wow your hair has a lot of volume and thickness...beautiful..your hair is gonna grow out nicely
Thanks @jennifer30 once my nape grows in my hair will be on point.
It's funny because I don't feel like my hair is thick at all. I always felt like my hair is very fine and thin but Komaza says my hair is medium thick. So I guess it's just low density which makes it look thin.
It's funny because I don't feel like my hair is thick at all. I always felt like my hair is very fine and thin but Komaza says my hair is medium thick. So I guess it's just low density which makes it look thin.
ForestRose
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I don't think my hair will ever be "long". I'm just wearing extensions nowadays. It's just easier. Maybe when my hair is longer I will start back with my real hair but right now it's too difficult to manage.
Right now I'm on an a break after my SL box braids but I should be doing a weave this weekend or so.
Right now I'm on an a break after my SL box braids but I should be doing a weave this weekend or so.
faithVA
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I've been playing around with using a leave-in and a styler and skipping the oil. So far it seems to be working fine. I have found that applying oil to my twists makes my hair stiff and my twist stick out in all directions. Also when I try to moisturize my hair later during the week it doesn't work so well. I've never gotten it to work actually. Yesterday I moisturized my twist with KKNT and then baggied for a while. I didn't seal. Today my hair is nice and soft. It's not super moisturized but it isn't dry either. I am going to do it again tomorrow night and see how it goes. I may have to leave the oil for my scalp and leave it off my hair.
jennifer30
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What can I do with my frizzy dry ends? I don't want to keep trimming because of this. What can I do.
I guess the oil might be weighing your twists down then right?
If your ends are constantly frizzy and dry no matter how much you moisturize then they might need to go. When was your last trim and how much did you take off?
faithVA
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Yeah I think it's too much build up. My hair can't seem to handle it.
faithVA
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When was the last time you did a hard protein treatment? The last time you used a deep conditioner?
jennifer30
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I trimmed an inch off last month
I did a protein treatment in Feb. And deep condition sunday
faithVA
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I don't think you should cut anymore until you find out why your ends are dry.
If you can't determine what's going on in the next month or two you might want to get a hair analysis. I know its costly but it could save you a lot of time and effort.
In the meantime, hopefully so other ladies will chime in. So far it seems like you are stretching your relaxers, using protein and DCing. Washing more often may help but not sure. You won't know until you try it.
I agree with faith. You already cut an inch so it might be something else. A hair analysis will definitely help.
jennifer30
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Maybe I am using bad products.. I sprayed my ends with water and sealed with castor oil. It usually happens when I twist my hair with Rubberbands and pony tail holders.....but yeah maybe bad hair products I.e shampoo. Not enough moisture...etc.
jennifer30
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Where can I get the analysis
faithVA
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Most of us have used Komaza because it was out before many of the others.: http://komazahaircare.com/product/category/hair-analysis
Some have used Gooseprint which is less expensive : https://www.etsy.com/listing/158218594/hair-analysis-physical-properties-of
jennifer30
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Awesome. I will do this next week.
faithVA
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Cool. I really hope it helps. Lot of people have been helped by it.
Ibxid mine a few years ago. Without it I would have never know I had heat damage and my hair wasn't going v to recover from it. It looked the same but it was over.
Just having the knowledge about their hair has helped others turn their hair around.
jennifer30
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So what did you do to your hair when you found out
Everyone's hair is different. You'll need to tell them your routine and what you do then they'll look at your hair and focus on some of the issues you have and give you steps to fix it.
Mine isn't one of the amazing success stories like some of the others. For me Jen (at Komaza) said I needed to trim more often because I use heat and my hair would suffer if I didn't. She said the rollers that I use were causing stress and breakage so I switched to flexi rods occassionally. And sometimes use end papers when I use the perm rods. she suggested a routine for when I wear my hair straight and a different one for when I wear it curly. Others have had more extensive issues and had to do a complete overhaul.
faithVA
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She gave me two options.
Option 1: Do a hard protein treatment every 6 weeks and take off 1/2 inch until I cut of all the damaged hair. I only had 1 to 2" of healthy hair and the remaining 4" to 6" were damaged.
Option 2: Cut off all the damage and start over with the 1 to 2" of damaged hair.
I took option 2 but if I had to do it all over again I would do option 1. Even though I had big chopped twice before, the hair I had this 3rd time around was foreign to me. I had to learn it all over again and I didn't have any way to style it. I would have recovered much faster with option 1.
My hair was so unhealthy she really couldn't give me any advice on how to care for my hair. I haven't done another one. I've just been learning as I go. But she did tell me the characteristics of my hair and gave me some general tips so I have been working with that.
Most of the ladies have been worried that she is going to say cut off all of your hair. But besides myself I don't know that I've heard of anyone else that needed to do that. So don't worry about that.
jennifer30
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Well it looks like both of you have healthy hair! Something is obviously working .
faithVA
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I dusted my ends while in twist. I'm wearing a twist out today after wearing twist all week. My twist are wearable but will look mu h better when they hang another two inches. From the pictures you can see my hair doesn't hang past my eyebrows or my ears. Hopefully they will by the end of summer.
I'm posting here so I have a record. I miss the blogs.
ETA: I'm having issues uploading the pics. They are on my phone but I can't see them to upload them
I'm posting here so I have a record. I miss the blogs.
ETA: I'm having issues uploading the pics. They are on my phone but I can't see them to upload them
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jennifer30
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Aww I wanna see pics. Lol
jennifer30
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So I was reading some old threads about the komaza analysis. It seems like on every results is the same stuff and I noticed its more about protein. She tells them to use more of it. Etc. I will try the test but her points seem inaccurate. It's always the same thing.
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