sunshinelady said:
Hey ladies,
I got my hair cut yesterday back to shoulder-length (about 2") to get rid of my scraggly ends. My hair is natural and my hair is super thick, 4b, and dry.
I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how to keep my ends in good condition.
My hair seems to be breaking less now that I have it flat ironed. I don't think I can baggy as a natural because my hair will revert.
Any tips on how to hold on to my ends? Thanks!
Heat not only dries your hair but also does its own damage to the cuticle, so you probably will have a major feat trying to keep ends healthy when you're pressing the hair often. (BTW, I use the words
pressing, flat ironing, and just
ironing interchangeably.) I can understand what you mean by less breakage - but that's only because you don't get it tangling up as much as it would if it were curly. The breakage does happen though, as your cuticles get slowly stripped away until your ends look scraggly.
How else do you wear your hair, besides flat ironing? If your hair were braided, cornrowed or twisted, then it wouldn't matter if your hair reverted. Or if you wore an afro puff... You could baggy at night too, which would help with moisture retention. And if you wore a puff, you could baggy your own puff and wear a fake one, thus protecting your ends.
When I was wearing twists, I didn't mind so much about reverting. In fact, I would dunk my head in an ACV solution every morning so the twists would hang down straight. If you don't like the look of shrunken twists hanging down, you could wear
an updo like I used to or if you are OK sleeping with curlers in your hair, you could put them on damp twists in the evening and leave them in all evening and night. And in the morning, when you hair was all dry, you'd
have a style like this. (I didn't baggy for this do.)
One thing I loved about wearing twists is how little work I had to put into my hair. Washed my hair in them, and never needed to use a comb as when they needed touching up, I'd undo each one with fingers, detangle and retwist. Life was so good! (For those out of the loop, this is all in past tense coz I had a BC and I haven't worn them since.)