THREAD for no reason - Random Hair Thoughts Here

[Hidden_Angel]

I hope i can stay focesed with thie whole growing out stage.. i also want 24 inchs in next two years! erplexed or atleast 16!

also wanna learn how to braid my own hair..

(i can braid everyone elese but my own

 

[HoneyDew]

I am have an itch to buy something but I just bought some garnier last night. I used it and it was great. I will add it into the rotation. I think I might need to buy some steam rollers because lately my sets are not lasting despite what I doerplexed

I love Garnier! Whatca get?

 

[HoneyDew]

Man, I realllllllllly want some Monoi oil.

I want some Vatika oil. I don't want to order it though.

 

[Tee]

Here is the link to the anmol coconut oil...I don't think I want that right now but I am getting ready to order some jasmine hair oil and some vatika henna cream conditioning shampoo..anywho here's the link so you can see the anmol oil
http://store.asianfoodcompany.com/healthline-oils.html and I'm also not ordering from them because there's cheaper websites that sell these products.

*check this website out* http://www.eastwestbazaar.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Dabur&sid=23102f4a984a2d5562bdda34a2f60968&x=6&y=4 now I'm getting ready to order this anmol coconut oil..and they're stuff are really cheap*

You big PJ you! lol I just close my eyes and run out.

 

[Mommy's girls]

I really believe that the women of LHCF know more than the average stylist about how to ensure the health and growth of BLACK hair!

And the fact that we are sharing this information among other black women is a BEAUTIFUL thing!

I second that

 

[e$h]

Here is the link to the anmol coconut oil...I don't think I want that right now but I am getting ready to order some jasmine hair oil and some vatika henna cream conditioning shampoo..anywho here's the link so you can see the anmol oil
http://store.asianfoodcompany.com/healthline-oils.html and I'm also not ordering from them because there's cheaper websites that sell these products.

*check this website out* http://www.eastwestbazaar.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Dabur&sid=23102f4a984a2d5562bdda34a2f60968&x=6&y=4 now I'm getting ready to order this anmol coconut oil..and they're stuff are really cheap*

Oooooh! Thanks girl. ***runs to view the website***

 

[RainbowCurls]

My random hair thoughts:

-If people can have healthy relaxed hair, I should be able to have healthy bleached (natural) hair.

- I (heart) long hair.

- Braids look awesome (but kill my hair )

- Growing hair is soooo boring.

- Why oh why won't my dye fade faster.

- Do people who eat lots of protein consistenly probably have thicker, stronger hair?

- You know when you've got coconut oil in your hair and it's cold outside, and the coconut oil freezes your hair. I love the feeling when you run your hands over your hair, melt the coconut oil and make your hair soft again

- Roots are great. Running your hand through hair undamaged by chemicals/heat/weather/whatever.... it's great. The hair is so smooth and undamaged....

 

[gimbap]

Kroger has a lot of Hair/Beauty stuff on clearance... I got Nexxus Emergencee for 5.99. I also saw the Dove Leave-In Mist for 1.59, Thermasilk poos/cons for like 1.60, Suave Milk and Honey Con for .59, and a bunch of other stuff so yall might want to go check it out

 

[prettynina]

I get mine from ebay

Here's the link http://search.ebay.com/recharging-complex_W0QQfclZ4QQfnuZ1

OK Thanks

 

[Treasure2k6]

I'm sick of seeing my people (black female) hair look thirsty! Man....now that I have been trying to tighten up my hair. I have secret thoughts of everyones hair I see out in public!!

I'm annoyed at the condition of the black girls' hair at my school. I'm checking heads for lice and most of the puerto rican, dominican, biracial and white girls have very healthy, long, thick, nice smelling hair. Almost ALL of the little black girls have broken, thin, stringy, dry, dirty and damaged hair...... They look embarrassed. I feel bad for them.

I'm wondering why one little girls mom put a weave in her 6 year old's hair.​

 

[Treasure2k6]

A co-waorker told me she was going to the beauty salon today. She said she wanted her hair to grow out but her stylist kept cutting it every 4 weeks when she gets a relaxer !! It took everything I had to hold my tongue because I have told her so many times ...ITS NEVER GOING TO RETTAIN LENGTH IF SHE CUTS IT EACH TIME YOU GO....and IF YOU KEEP RELAXING YOUR HAIR every 4 week when you dont need to!!!

To top it off, her daughter is 5 and also has a perm. She goes every 4 weeks for a touch up!!! She says to me "Your hair looks so healthy. What have you been doin?"...After I told her she says "Well, I have been going to my stylists for years. I am sure she knows what she is doing and besides....Its just hair! I can go to the store and buy me some !" Why did that statment urk me. She would rather go and Buy someone elses healthy hair on a track, instead of maintaining her own.

Other Thoughts:

-I am dy'n to try Redken products, but I have too much junk in my bathroom cabinet
-Looking forward to throwing out the next bottle of used up hair product
-Can my hair grow past Shoulder Length? Its been this length FOREVER
-Can I stretch past 13 weeks?
-Why is my hair so bushy right now and I just did a touch up 4 weeks ago? -Could the Sulfur8 MTG mix be giving me all this new growth?
-Am I suppose to be mixing all these products up since I am not a scientists?LOL

 

[eajaye2u]

Okay...so I am irritated at work and am retreating to LHCF....I dont really have anything to say ...so I thought I would start a random hair thoughts thread...

So post all the random hair thoughts that you have but never started a thread about.

I'll start:

I always wonder how ladies back in the day (think like Billie Holiday era and before) used to have long pretty shiny black hair using petrolatum-based products and the pressing comb every week. If it worked for them, why is it like the hair nemisis now. That just my random thought.

Whats yours?

This back in the day thought is interesting to me also. How come in the 60's every grown woman (Mothers, Aunts etc) never cut thier hair. Particularly those that went to church. Press and curl once a week. A few would do a vigorol perm but not many. And these peeps had long beautiful hair with great ends. I must say i did see my Mother condition with eggs and mayo. But she used ivory soap to shampoo with. Cutting hair was a 'sin'. It worked. How come it wont work now? Hmmmmm.....

 

[CarLiTa]

I had my first good hair day on Wednesday! the only good hair day in the past MONTH seriously now, everytime I washed my hair, it looked HORRIBLE!

but u know what? I used some of my sister's Qhemet's Biologics Olive cream and some Rusk Smoother, and wow!!! airdried hair that looked great!

i went to Whole Foods and had the urge to buy so many things! but I know i'm BROKE as heck!!! so I had to restrain myself.

OOh I finally brought a hairbrush!!! it's super soft boar bristle brush. I tried it on, and my hair felt softer instantly! siigh

u know what though? although i keep promising myself that i will rollerset my hair weekly, and I know that it will make my hair so much more manageable and healthy, I just don't feel like taking the time to learn how to do it

 

[MzOptimistic]

You big PJ you! lol I just close my eyes and run out.

You caught me huh?? you see I was confused for a moment...yes,no, yes, but I did order that shampoo and just chilled...for now

 

[MzOptimistic]

I'm sick of seeing my people (black female) hair look thirsty! Man....now that I have been trying to tighten up my hair. I have secret thoughts of everyones hair I see out in public!!

Girl, me too, I be analyzing ppl hair and stuff it's this girl at work, well she always wear her hair in a ponytail so today she wore her hair down the back was ate up like mine use to be, you know how your hair is long on the sides but in the back it's really short and broken off well anyway I told her that her hair was pretty and that she should wear it down more erplexed hey....I been preaching to her about taking care of her hair but she don't listen I was in a nice mood today

 

[naijamerican]

I have been having the same random hair thought for the past several months (and have even PM'd some people about it) which is, that after 7 years of braids and twists and freedom fros, I'm on the verge of getting a textuizer or wash and wear relaxer. I feel so conflicted about it and I know that I'm thinking about it too much. Sometimes I play like it's not a big deal, like I wrote the lyrics to "I am not my hair" and sold them to India. But in my heart of hearts it is tearing me up. Part of me feels guilty, as if I'm telling God that I don't like what He gave me. Part of me feels excited when I contemplate the styles I can wear that won't take me 3 hours to accomplish.

I guess the real reason I am feeling so torn is because part of the process I have had to go through in accepting myself as a Black woman is rooted in accepting my hair. I am proud of the progress God has helped me make in this area. I now see that all hair, whether natural or relaxed, can and should be beautiful. Plus, seeing all the beautiful, stong Black women with relaxed heads amongst my friends and on this board makes me know that it is not some sort of self-rejection to get a relaxer! Even so, I still feel some type of way. I guess I'm afraid, and I guess I don't really know what I want with my hair. I'm also very physically weary and am already tired from school, and classes just started this week.

Thanks for reading. I just had to share.

 

[Miss*Tress]

I don't need any products but I feel like browsing through the Indian grocer and BSS today. Maybe I'll get some Lottabody to make my roller sets last longer.

 

[brownsugarflyygirl]

WOW!! I cant believe this thread has over 100 posts. I started it before I left work and logged on for a quick second and it has exploded!

I cant read them all right now cause I have to cook and study...but I cant wait to come back and read all of you all's random hair thoughts...

Keep the randomness flowing

 

[stacy]

Random hair thoughts........

Why do I want to have long flowing straight hair and a big ole afro at the same time?

Why is it that black men with natural hair seem to do nothing to their hair (barely even taking care of it) and their hair grows like weeds?

Why is it that my mom used to press my hair weekly, wash it monthly (she would "wash" it with a wet cloth and vinegar between regular washings), and use "grease" on my hair and scalp, yet my hair was longer and seemingly healthier then than now?

How can water moisturize your hair and dry out your hair at the same time? I've heard both ideas thrown about on this board and I am confused about this.

How can eggs and soy relax your hair (wondering about the Phytospecific that I am still waiting to receive from AmirahG)?

The white woman with the jacked up weave sure was funny on "Hair Trauma".

Why am I scared to get a weave?

 

[Treasure2k6]

CHEWED UP!! LMAO....reminds me of how my hair looked when I started my hair care journey in April. Dang, I was trying to describe my hair to someone a while back when I was researching and looking for answers on how to get it right. I wish I would have used the words "Chewed Up and Eaten Out!!" ..That's just what it looked like!!! LOL

Girl, me too, I be analyzing ppl hair and stuff it's this girl at work, well she always wear her hair in a ponytail so today she wore her hair down the back was ate up like mine use to be, you know how your hair is long on the sides but in the back it's really short and broken off well anyway I told her that her hair was pretty and that she should wear it down more erplexed hey....I been preaching to her about taking care of her hair but she don't listen I was in a nice mood today

 

[HighlyFavored1]

I'm so scared for my hair. Of course, I've been treating it well, but my hair has bounced around between SL and APL for most of my life. It always grows, and then comes the "big trim", and this is always the cycle...

I'm getting a touch up in about a month...hope to be at least an inch past APL, but I'm afraid that I'm about to lose all of my hard work. I feel like my ends are going to mysteriously deteriorate and get very thin, and then the big trim...it's coming...

I wish I could stop being afraid of this!

 

[bauderlady]

I sure don't miss those little pieces of torn hair in the sink or on my clothes after I comb my hair.

 

[LocksOfLuV]

I'm so scared for my hair. Of course, I've been treating it well, but my hair has bounced around between SL and APL for most of my life. It always grows, and then comes the "big trim", and this is always the cycle...

I'm getting a touch up in about a month...hope to be at least an inch past APL, but I'm afraid that I'm about to lose all of my hard work. I feel like my ends are going to mysteriously deteriorate and get very thin, and then the big trim...it's coming...

I wish I could stop being afraid of this!

Awwww! I can SO relate to this. It is like I wrote this post myself. Please don't fall under the pressure. And if your stylist wants to trim you, tell her/him no, GO HOME first, access the damage and then come back to trim some other time.

But I feel you so much. I felt like that and I still feel like that. Like because my hair has never been "long" before it is fragile, too good to be true, and will fall out.






Someone told me today " you got that white girl hair!" I wasn't mad, but she must have been tripping. I am the a hardcore 4a/b, no ish! She then makes me proceed to feel her .20 inch of newgrowth like I was supposed to feel sorry for her. **** I am 9 weeks post relaxer, texlaxed, with more than an inch in some places. I do not feel your burn.

 

[OneInAMillion]

Sometimes I really don't think less heat is better for my hair. Whenver I cut down on heat, I just co-wash after my rollerset gets old, thinking that I'm adding moisture to my hair. But when I go to do the next rollerset, my hair is tangled. Tonite, it took me about 2 hours to rollerset and carefully detangle . The good thing is that I didn't lose too much hair, but the bad thing is that the hair that I did loose was due to tangles. When that happens, I'm always nervous that I'm pulling my length off. Honestly, I prefer to have someone else do my hair for me!

ITA with LocksofLuv & HighlyFavored1...I hate that my hair is fragile, and I'm always worried that I'll just have to trim off my progress. My hair has never been as long as it is now either, so I'm paranoid that I'm about to have my next big setback...

Oh last thing...it's also annoying me that my ends are thin, no matter what. I've become a trim-a-holic...but they're still thing. My whole head is texturized, but I still noticed that my ends thing out no matter what. I baby them ends like nobody's business, and sometimes I just leave them alone. Still, they're thinner...

 

[MzOptimistic]

CHEWED UP!! LMAO....reminds me of how my hair looked when I started my hair care journey in April. Dang, I was trying to describe my hair to someone a while back when I was researching and looking for answers on how to get it right. I wish I would have used the words "Chewed Up and Eaten Out!!" ..That's just what it looked like!!! LOL

Girl yes, and what killed me was trying to hold on to the length on the sides but when I was walking and the wind blew....you could see EVERYTHING...I'm sooooo glad I found LHCF

 

[MzOptimistic]

I'm so scared for my hair. Of course, I've been treating it well, but my hair has bounced around between SL and APL for most of my life. It always grows, and then comes the "big trim", and this is always the cycle...

I'm getting a touch up in about a month...hope to be at least an inch past APL, but I'm afraid that I'm about to lose all of my hard work. I feel like my ends are going to mysteriously deteriorate and get very thin, and then the big trim...it's coming...

I wish I could stop being afraid of this!

You have to get those thoughts out of your head. You now know what your hair needs and you're doing something right because your hair is growing beautifully. The only thing I am scared of to be honest is trying a new product and it mess my hair up or something. I never took care of my hair before joining and my hair has never been this healthy, shiny, and strong. I now know what my hair needs/likes so I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing and watch my hair grow longer and the same goes for you AND when you go to get your ends cut make sure they cut only how much you say cut betta yet HF, learn how to cut your own hair that's what I'm going to do and when I reach brastrap I should be able to see all of my hair then I won't need anyone to do jack to my hair

 

[Browntem]

I want to make it to apl by december 07 i wonder how feasible that is. Im currently brushing shoulder length. Im sooooo impatient.

 

[amy1234]

My chi flatiron died on me (I think it was due to the electric converters;I'm in Indonesia btw) anyways , I was panicking and didn't think I would find another iron as effiecient as my chi. I purchased a very cheap flat iron (I know I should have known better) from and Indonesian boutique and my hair laughed at it .
I still didn't give up on my pursuit (lol), I went to upscale hair salons and asked them where I could find a chi flat iron and boy was that a headache trying to get them to understand my english.
Any wayz one friendly hair stylist told me where to find a really good catok (flat-iron). I went to the place he told me, and purchased the recommended flat iron for the equivalent of $35. Before I bought it , I made sure to test it out there and when I did....... I was amazed!!! omg this flat iron got my hair so straight, straighter than my chi!!! I'm so happy that I found a better flat iron, and I can't believe that I got it at this price!!! yaaaaayyyyy

 

[january noir]

Off topic:

HoneyDew, I just ordered some of the Sidr Tree Balm today because you rave about it. It sounds awesome! I'm going to try it as an airdrying aid and as a daily moisturizer, and see how it goes.

You are gonna LOVE it! My jar is just about gone. Time to order more...

 

[january noir]

DANG! Poor soul...I guess she doesn't want good hair or she's living in a fantasy thinking her hair is the ish!

What a great thread. I am wondering how everyone is able to stretch their relaxers AND do rollersets at the same time. I want to cut down on the heat, but I am 11 weeks post relaxer, and when I roller set or use flexirods, my new growth shrinks back down to an unmanageable brillo pad.

Today my coworker showed me how her hair is breaking off at the roots, she said its because she has waited 6 weeks to do a touchup and she should only go 4 weeks in between relaxers! I told her how long I had been stretching and I was trying to go from November to March or April and she said no way could she do that. Her hair is see through, I'm not exaggerating. And if you look at her head from behind, you can see her scalp through her hair. I asked what kinds of deep conditioners was she using, and she said she doesn't know what kind of shampoo/conditioner the stylist uses, but whatever it is, it is never left in any longer than 3 minutes. Then I had the audacity to ask what kind of moisturizer she was using....LeKair Super Petroleum....I mean SuperGro!! And she puts a permanent hair color on top of all this, and washes it only every two weeks. So I went into my spiel, and I could see the disinterest in her eyes. I told her about Nexxus Emergencee and how it could stop her hair from breaking and all she wanted to know is how much it costs? Cuz if it more than 10 bucks I'm not getting it!erplexed I begged her to at least let me braid her up and slap a weave in for the rest of the winter to give her hair a break, I told her I would even GIVE her the hair. But nope she said she plans on getting a head full of finger waves instead, and she uses that hard black gel.

This conversation has racked my brain the entire afternoon. Thank goodness I am enlightened. Now I feel better I got that off my chest.