Struggling with your natural hair? Come in here.....

[yuhlovevybz]

I think I'll give the greek yogurt a try. Just cuz if I don't use it all for my hair...

I'll give it a few days and see how it goes.

It just hit me that I've been natural for three years and I don't know my hair type. It has all the properties of 4, but doesn't seem to like the products most type 4s use. I'm thinking maybe my hair is considered 'fine' and I never knew it? When I straighten it you would think I have a relaxer. But it's still thick when its in its natural state. Maybe dense would be a better word. Can it be fine and dense all at the same time?

 

[Cruzankink]

UPDATE: Nothing eventful.... My hair is doing super well. It seems that since I got my reggie down its been retaining moisture so much better. I am still considering getting a sew-in weave. Just need to do more research...

 

[faithVA]

I am going to try to keep my hair in finger coils for 15 weeks which will bring me up to my 1 year anniversary from my big chop. I don't know how I will keep it moisturized without messing up the coils but I will try. I also want to make sure I wash or cowash at least every 4 to 5 days. That's going to make it challenging to twist 2x a week but I just have to set my mind to it.

 

[yuhlovevybz]

Starting to really realize how damaged my hair is. It's dyed, fried, dry and straw like. Is there any hope or will I have to start over? Now my roots are growing in and they look so shiney and silky...makes me think my only hope will be to BC if I wanna see my hairs reall potential. Id grow it out but damaged hair prevents growth. I'm not sure....

 

[HanaKuroi]

Starting to really realize how damaged my hair is. It's dyed, fried, dry and straw like. Is there any hope or will I have to start over? Now my roots are growing in and they look so shiney and silky...makes me think my only hope will be to BC if I wanna see my hairs reall potential. Id grow it out but damaged hair prevents growth. I'm not sure....

Hang in there. It might be time for a product change if you can afford it. Your hair might benefit from a few online products first before chopping off your hair

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[yuhlovevybz]

Hang in there. It might be time for a product change if you can afford it. Your hair might benefit from a few online products first before chopping off your hair

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I'm starting to think this as well. I've splurged on a few conditioners but to no avail. I might have to really dig a big deeper to find something that'll work. Can you recommend anything for hair that's died/fried/laid aside? I think I'm willing to pay just about anything at this point if I can fix my hair. I don't think a shaved head would suit me at all. erplexed

 

[hnntrr]

Ugh. Taking these out on thursday, they are SOOOOOO frizzy and hair is starting to come out of the twists and look bad, and I doubt its protecting my hair anymore at this point.. Hopefully I can find my beanie and hide the top of my head till thursday then take them all out and do a all day pampering my hair...and myself session with DC's, protein and tea. Yay. Gotta figure out when I am reinstalling though, I need to look up more of how to install twists cause....even though I wanted them to last at least 3 weeks...maybe the 3rd install is the lucky one. Apparently a small twist fell out and I braided the strands of hair that werent in a twist and it feels longer than it did during the install...which would be great case then it will be easier for me to do it the next time around. Thinking of just wearing hats until next thursday when I can reinstall them, unless I can get my hair too cooperate into some kinda curly style....

 

[HanaKuroi]

I'm starting to think this as well. I've splurged on a few conditioners but to no avail. I might have to really dig a big deeper to find something that'll work. Can you recommend anything for hair that's died/fried/laid aside? I think I'm willing to pay just about anything at this point if I can fix my hair. I don't think a shaved head would suit me at all. erplexed

I currently use oyin handmade hair dew every other day for moisture sealed with sugar pomade or jbco. I use Qhemets Biologics CTDG after cowashing for detangling and super boosts of moisture, Qhemets aohc and brbc several times per month. I use Darcy's Botanicals several times a week.

I like to dc and cowash with Curl Junkie curl rehab or Aubrey organics hsr or the chamomile or rose mosqueta(locally bought).

Reconstructers are Mill Creek Botanicals Keratin or Biotin conditioners under Giovanni's nutrafix.

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[HanaKuroi]

Our high temperature is around 40f so I am doing my fall regimen.


One day it will be in the 60's. One day.

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[MzSwift]

I think i may have overmoisturized my hair. I always thought my hair is so thirsty i can never give it enough moisture. I have been playing with all these moisture rich products from DC to styling. I was like: wow this feels good, oh this feels even better, darn this is great too, and this morning i was moisturizing my hair, and it felt mushy. I did not think anything of it until i looked at my hands: covered with little pieces and medium length pieces of hair. I think i let out a scream. I mean all my fingers, my palm had hair on them.
I don't have the time or the energy to do a protein treatment today. I just wanted to retwist my hair and go to sleep (worked all night). So i went looking for my chi keratin mist (which was in the dumping box in a closet somewhere). Thank god i did not give it away or throw it away. I never hated it, but i felt like i did not need it. I sprayed each section with that, and twisted my hair. I still had breakage while twisting. I should have let my hair dry more maybe. I don't want to stress over it, but now i can't sleep.
Tomorrow i aam doing a spiral solutions protein treatment. Or should i do a liquid protein like emergencee? Liquid is supposed to be stronger if i remember correctly.

This happens to me in my mini braids b/c I rinse them daily and then baggie a lot of nights. Even with a weekly light protein DC, I still get the little hairs after a M&S session.

I keep a bottle of Infusium 23 in my stash for these occasions. Although I stay away from cone leave ins, it's like my quick fix. I squirt some into my hands and rub it in after a cowash or rinse.

I'd rather do that than to cut back on my moisturizing products or to break out a hard protein. It seems harder to recover from protein overload than moisture overload.

 

[MzSwift]

Ugh. Taking these out on thursday, they are SOOOOOO frizzy and hair is starting to come out of the twists and look bad, and I doubt its protecting my hair anymore at this point.. Hopefully I can find my beanie and hide the top of my head till thursday then take them all out and do a all day pampering my hair...and myself session with DC's, protein and tea. Yay. Gotta figure out when I am reinstalling though, I need to look up more of how to install twists cause....even though I wanted them to last at least 3 weeks...maybe the 3rd install is the lucky one. Apparently a small twist fell out and I braided the strands of hair that werent in a twist and it feels longer than it did during the install...which would be great case then it will be easier for me to do it the next time around. Thinking of just wearing hats until next thursday when I can reinstall them, unless I can get my hair too cooperate into some kinda curly style....

Because my strands are fine and I use a water-based moisturizer, my twist extensions get frizzy pretty quickly. In order to squeeze out a little more time in them, I put them into an updo and leave it for a week.

I have two updo styles that I use to extend my time in extensions. If you need ideas, a great place to start is to Google or YT loc updo styles.

Here are two of my favorite/reliable updo styles:

The back

And this one, I can leave in for a week or longer-

The back-

It can also be done without braiding the little sections into the bun-

PSing helps me to keep from doing something rash to my hair so I had to find ways to keep it safe from me. GL!

 

[faithVA]

Because my strands are fine and I use a water-based moisturizer, my twist extensions get frizzy pretty quickly. In order to squeeze out a little more time in them, I put them into an updo and leave it for a week.

I have two updo styles that I use to extend my time in extensions. If you need ideas, a great place to start is to Google or YT loc updo styles.

Here are two of my favorite/reliable updo styles:

The back

And this one, I can leave in for a week or longer-

The back-

It can also be done without braiding the little sections into the bun-

PSing helps me to keep from doing something rash to my hair so I had to find ways to keep it safe from me. GL!

Just beautiful. Do the updo keep it from frizzing or just hide the frizz?

I was told I have normal strands but my hair gets frizzy really quickly.

 

[MzSwift]

Thanks faithVA !

I just use them to hide the fuzz. I haven't tried them on a fresh set, so I dunno if they prevent the fuzz. But they work really well in preventing me from taking down my extensions out of frustration. LoL

 

[HappilyLiberal]

Because my strands are fine and I use a water-based moisturizer, my twist extensions get frizzy pretty quickly. In order to squeeze out a little more time in them, I put them into an updo and leave it for a week.

I have two updo styles that I use to extend my time in extensions. If you need ideas, a great place to start is to Google or YT loc updo styles.

Here are two of my favorite/reliable updo styles:

The back

And this one, I can leave in for a week or longer-

The back-

It can also be done without braiding the little sections into the bun-

PSing helps me to keep from doing something rash to my hair so I had to find ways to keep it safe from me. GL!

I'm sorry... I was too busy over the pictures in your siggy to pay any attention to what you typed out. I'll go back and read now!

 

[faithVA]

HanaKuroi and DarkJoy. Here I am with my Mia wig. I finally wore it out over the weekend. I'm not quite ready to wear her to work yet. She isn't very long which I like. I am hoping that I can achive a similar look when my hair is about APL.

 

[yuhlovevybz]

After tons of dryness and ssks I broke down and clarified with a sulfate shampoo. My hair feels soft, it's shiny and silky and my waves were popping after I followed with a conditioner. Still frizzy at the top but I just brushed it down and now it looks great. So I guess my hair is not a big fan of the no-poo idea, either that or amodimethicone can only be cleansed with a sulfate. So I won't be using products with that in it anymore. I'll see how my hair does now and if I still need to clarify occasionally.

 

[DarkJoy]

OMG faithVA!!!!! She is sooooooooooooooooooooo pretty and looks so natural! Great choice and great wig!!!

 

[faithVA]

OMG @faithVA!!!!! She is sooooooooooooooooooooo pretty and looks so natural! Great choice and great wig!!!

Thank You. I like her. When I look at the picture I see how short she really is. But when I put her on, man I feel like I have too much hair I have been bald way too long

I don't know how women wear this BSL wigs

My neighbors just stared at me because they haven't seen me with hair in probably about 8 years.

 

[HanaKuroi]

faithVA I love that wig on you! It really looks natural. You picked a good and natural looking wig. Good job. Soon your hair will be as long as the wig.

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[faithVA]

HanaKuroi[/USER];18279265]@faithVA I love that wig on you! It really looks natural. You picked a good and natural looking wig. Good job. Soon your hair will be as long as the wig.

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Thank You! I am look forward to longer hair.

Do you think I need BSL or APL hair to duplicate the look considering I will have shrinkage? The longest parts of the wig are SL. And the crown is EL.

 

[HanaKuroi]

Thank You! I am look forward to longer hair.

Do you think I need BSL or APL hair to duplicate the look considering I will have shrinkage? The longest parts of the wig are SL. And the crown is EL.

Will you stretch your hair with braids? If you stretch your hair with braids and flaxseed gel and a twisting cream to keep the stretch, I think you could have the same look with collar bone or shoulder length or shorter. If you don't stretch with braids then maybe apl. Depends on how heavy your hair gets as it gets longer.

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[faithVA]

Will you stretch your hair with braids? If you stretch your hair with braids and flaxseed gel and a twisting cream to keep the stretch, I think you could have the same look with collar bone or shoulder length or shorter. If you don't stretch with braids then maybe apl. Depends on how heavy your hair gets as it gets longer.

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ETA: Fixed a misleading statement.
This is my hair in Jan 2012 after a twist out on SL hair. But this was with mini twists



My hair has a lot of shrinkage about 75%. So I doubt even stretching it with braids at CL I could get this look. I can't even get my hair into braids at CL It is tiiiiiight

I would probably try to rollerset to get this look. My rollersets come out nicely.

I have something to look forward to.

 

[HanaKuroi]

faithVA Looks nice! I think mini twists allow hair to shrink more than braid outs. My hair is forced somewhat flat with braids. My hair loves twists because it can spiral all the way to my scalp. Maybe you could try braids with a perm rod at the end and see how it looks.

I think rollers sets are a good idea.

I have been thinking about braids with curl formers. I think there is a YouTube out there. I need the texture of braids with volume from the curlformers.

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[ronie]

faithVA I really love the wig. It looks natural, and it fits you well. I think if you braid the first half of your hair and twist the last few inches, you will get a nice hang for your twistout. I find braids give me more hang time but I hate undoing them.

 

[ronie]

This happens to me in my mini braids b/c I rinse them daily and then baggie a lot of nights. Even with a weekly light protein DC, I still get the little hairs after a M&S session.

I keep a bottle of Infusium 23 in my stash for these occasions. Although I stay away from cone leave ins, it's like my quick fix. I squirt some into my hands and rub it in after a cowash or rinse.

I'd rather do that than to cut back on my moisturizing products or to break out a hard protein. It seems harder to recover from protein overload than moisture overload.

Thanks for the tip. You are one of my hair crush by the way. My mouth drools each time at your progression pictures. How much protective styling do you do?

 

[Bublin]

faithVA you need to update your avatar!

 

[DarkJoy]

Well ronie. You just gave me a hair idea for try tonight! I know it was meant for faith, buuut...

My hair is almost that length in your twist out pic faithVA but the shrinkage makes it look about half the length than your pic with a twist out. Braid outs do give more stretch but tend to look scraggly when too stretched.

I think a half cornrow with half twist will stretch it nicely and make it fuller looking!

Just in time--when I was thinking about putting some crochet extensions in. Gotta love LHCF!

Enjoy the wig faith!

 

[faithVA]

Thanks ladies. I will see what it is like when I reach SL. My memory is foggy. But I don't think I could do braids at SL due to the shrinkage. I would have to stretch my hair first to even braid it.

I'm with you ronie, I hate undoing braids. I probably will try the rollerset. It's so much easier.

I have a feeling it won't be long enough until APL.

Just as well stop thinking about it. I have a long way to go

 

[faithVA]

Bublin[/USER];18279595]@faithVA you need to update your avatar!

What should I update it to? Did you see a pic I posted that I should use?

I looked at some pics I have taken lately and they all have that gray halo in the front Won't be using those

That semi-permanent color did nuffin. My hair all gray in the front again. Shoot!

 

[faithVA]

Well @ronie. You just gave me a hair idea for try tonight! I know it was meant for faith, buuut...

My hair is almost that length in your twist out pic @faithVA but the shrinkage makes it look about half the length than your pic with a twist out. Braid outs do give more stretch but tend to look scraggly when too stretched.

I think a half cornrow with half twist will stretch it nicely and make it fuller looking!

Just in time--when I was thinking about putting some crochet extensions in. Gotta love LHCF!

Enjoy the wig faith!

If you do it please let us see

I'm going to fly out to you so you can half cornrow my hair