Transitioning without BC'ing Support Thread

havilland said:
I'm so sorry! :(

What's your regimen? How do you wear your hair?

Maybe we can help figure out what's going on?
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I don't have a set regimen of specific products each week. Here's broad overview. Normally I finger detangle with Ojon revitalizer or EVOO then con wash once a week with anything from one of several AO conditioners to several varieties of Herbal Essence. I - with the exception of last week's special occasion where I needed to blowdry and straighten - wet bun after finger detailing following my con wash and moisturizing with Carefree Curl Gold and sealing with a variety of oils or veggie glycerin depending on my mood.

I use a loose silk scarf at night and sleep on satin pillow cases. I have a big stash of JBCO so I'll start using that rather than the Carol's Daugher Khoret Amin oil (found a bunch of it on sale at Marshall's 3 years ago). We'll see how that works.

I also take supplements - have been for years - including biotin, B-complex, Vitamin D3, omegas, calcium, and a multi-vit.

Not sure what else to do. If anyone has any ideas I'm totally open. I'm preparing to wash my hair today with JBCO soaking around my edges as I type. I'm now wondering if this could be a hormonal thing.
TIA!
 
OneShinyface said:
I don't have a set regimen of specific products each week. Here's broad overview. Normally I finger detangle with Ojon revitalizer or EVOO then con wash once a week with anything from one of several AO conditioners to several varieties of Herbal Essence. I - with the exception of last week's special occasion where I needed to blowdry and straighten - wet bun after finger detailing following my con wash and moisturizing with Carefree Curl Gold and sealing with a variety of oils or veggie glycerin depending on my mood.

I use a loose silk scarf at night and sleep on satin pillow cases. I have a big stash of JBCO so I'll start using that rather than the Carol's Daugher Khoret Amin oil (found a bunch of it on sale at Marshall's 3 years ago). We'll see how that works.

I also take supplements - have been for years - including biotin, B-complex, Vitamin D3, omegas, calcium, and a multi-vit.

Not sure what else to do. If anyone has any ideas I'm totally open. I'm preparing to wash my hair today with JBCO soaking around my edges as I type. I'm now wondering if this could be a hormonal thing.
TIA!
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Your regimen sounds good.

It could def be hormones. I lost my edges after my son was born. But they are back now. They are still thinner than before I got pregnant, but I assume they will always be that way.

How Do you wear your hair? Ponytails, buns, wigs, weaves, loose?
 
Still excited about this transition. It's been 4 mos now and this is the longest I've ever made it without wanting to relax. I found me a good detangler (Biolage Matrix Leave-In Tonic) and it leaves my new growth very easy to comb through after a wash. I used this many years ago and decided to revisit. Don't know why I ever stopped using it in the first place. My new growth is so thick and black. It's crazy. I hope everything continues to go well.
 
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My new growth is so shiny and happy since I did an aphogee two step a few weeks ago.

Makes me want to cut, but I won't. I'm loving my hair length right now. I think I am just going to continue to slowly trim my hair at my current growth rate. And deep conditioning every week.
That seems to be working.
 

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MzRhonda said:
and it gets hot enough? I think I had an electric but it broke....let me go back and look in my stash. :grin:
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MzRhonda yes it goes up to 400 degrees. i burned my self several times when i first started using it.:look:

i dont use it at the max any more. i set it half way and i still get straight hair.
 
shunta said:
Still excited about this transition. It's been 4 mos now and this is the longest I've ever made it without wanting to relax. I found me a good detangler (Biolage Matrix Leave-In Tonic) and it leaves my new growth very easy to comb through after a wash. I used this many years ago and decided to revisit. Don't know why I ever stopped using it in the first place. My new growth is so thick and black. It's crazy. I hope everything continues to go well.
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I can't find Giovanni but I have seen this everywhere.....I will be picking it up asap!
 
It's been a month with these Nubian twist... I'm going to wear them for a another month and that's it. I'm thinking about giving my hair a rest. I've been protective styling my hair with weaves and braids for about a year. I want to really baby my hair until the summer....I actually want to see lots of growth this year! I spray my twist with water and may oil it with JCO.... But idk I want to take care of my hair not the extensions I'm just over it.
 
MzRhonda said:
I can't find Giovanni but I have seen this everywhere.....I will be picking it up asap!
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Speaking of Giovanni, I used to use the leave-in but they went and changed the formula!!! Ugh I hate when they go and mess with a good thing. The new formula does nothing...and I mean nothing, for my hair. :nono:

But yes, the Biolage is my new best friend for this new growth of mine. :lol:
 
I just had to apply wave nouveau to my new growth and it feels so much better. I need to put it in a spray bottle
 
I've been transitioning for about a year and a couple of months. But I'm not really ready to cut. Although I feel like I would be certainly comfortable with being at a certain length. I need something to cut down on all this shedding and tangling. My hair is still really thick, and its a little past APL.

Everytime I wet my hair, I get these tangles! I have balls of shedding and tangled hair. The LOC method is making things better, but not enough. My hair is never detangled. ever.

Any help?
 
silverbuttons said:
I've been transitioning for about a year and a couple of months. But I'm not really ready to cut. Although I feel like I would be certainly comfortable with being at a certain length. I need something to cut down on all this shedding and tangling. My hair is still really thick, and its a little past APL.

Everytime I wet my hair, I get these tangles! I have balls of shedding and tangled hair. The LOC method is making things better, but not enough. My hair is never detangled. ever.

Any help?
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you may just need to try a few different methods until you find what works....

1. oil rinsing helped me alot

2. put oil in your hair the night before you detangle. then detangle in sections with the oil in your hair before you wash

3. remove shed hair before washing and then deep condition on dry hair. apply your deep conditioners before you wash. let sit and hour or more. then finger detangle and wash as normal.

4. make sure you detangle in sections with a wide tooth comb

5. if you already detangle in sections, make the sections smaller

6. oil your comb before detangling

7. use diluted shampoo

8. wash your hair in braids

9. detangle with a wide tooth comb in the shower and use the shower spray to help you get through your hair.

9. try detangling with conditioner in your hair and without. see which works best.

check my blog here on LHCF for a long post from a "stretching" article i read a long time ago. it has some good tips that may help. i saved the article because it was so useful to me.
 
havilland said:
you may just need to try a few different methods until you find what works....

1. oil rinsing helped me alot

2. put oil in your hair the night before you detangle. then detangle in sections with the oil in your hair before you wash

3. remove shed hair before washing and then deep condition on dry hair. apply your deep conditioners before you wash. let sit and hour or more. then finger detangle and wash as normal.

4. make sure you detangle in sections with a wide tooth comb

5. if you already detangle in sections, make the sections smaller

6. oil your comb before detangling

7. use diluted shampoo

8. wash your hair in braids

9. detangle with a wide tooth comb in the shower and use the shower spray to help you get through your hair.

9. try detangling with conditioner in your hair and without. see which works best.

check my blog here on LHCF for a long post from a "stretching" article i read a long time ago. it has some good tips that may help. i saved the article because it was so useful to me.
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Thank You soooo much!
Would you also recommend co-washing in braids?
 
silverbuttons said:
Thank You soooo much!
Would you also recommend co-washing in braids?
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i don't co wash in braids because the conditioner is so thick it doesn't get through the braids.

i usually put my hair in two twists and then wet my hair, then undo one twist, apply conditioner, then retwist, then massage my scalp and repeat on the other side.

after that i undo one twist at a time and rinse the conditioner out, apply leave ins and re twist the hair.
 
every time i wash i imagine the day when i will be washing with just one texture. that alone makes me happy. my hair tangles up at the line of demarcation its frustrating
 
I was attempting to transition by straightening my hair but since I sweat in my head my roots puff up and it looks stupid so I think I will go into my cowashing stage nd rollerset when needing a sleeker look.
 
Loving my bun today. Yesterday I co washed with redkin all soft followed by tressemme conditioner to detangle and then I put tressemme back in my hair and my moisturizer and it is so soft this morning.

sent from my galaxy
 
I'm half wiggin it this week. It's like 17 degrees out!

This is Lyon Girl by Freetress in color #2 or as I call her "Hannah". Lol

I must say it's a nice break. I will deep condition on Saturday and put my hair back up. I'm in the mood to hide my hair.
 

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Im not sure if I already did, but.......subbing. I need this, cause its gettin real ROUGH in dem streets with my hair. Im not sure if its cause I have a tighter texture or what, but this long-term transition has been a killa! I find myself being sssoooo lazy, I dont know how I lost my zeal from the first time that I went natural (*Le Sigh) I already lost about 3inches of hair, from just leaving my hair in a nappy bun for like 6 weeks (naughty, I know!!) I really need to get back on my moisturizing and DCing game.
 
sunbubbles said:
Im not sure if I already did, but.......subbing. I need this, cause its gettin real ROUGH in dem streets with my hair. Im not sure if its cause I have a tighter texture or what, but this long-term transition has been a killa! I find myself being sssoooo lazy, I dont know how I lost my zeal from the first time that I went natural (*Le Sigh) I already lost about 3inches of hair, from just leaving my hair in a nappy bun for like 6 weeks (naughty, I know!!) I really need to get back on my moisturizing and DCing game.
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I haven't conditioned my hair at all in like a month or so. I have totally neglected my hair since I've had my braids in. I know I'm gonna lose a lot of hair. I expect to be fully natural after I take these braids out because I expect that all of my relaxed ends will just fall off. I usually wash once a week while in braids but I've only washed once.
 
Meemee6223 said:
I haven't conditioned my hair at all in like a month or so. I have totally neglected my hair since I've had my braids in. I know I'm gonna lose a lot of hair. I expect to be fully natural after I take these braids out because I expect that all of my relaxed ends will just fall off. I usually wash once a week while in braids but I've only washed once.
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sunbubbles said:
Im not sure if I already did, but.......subbing. I need this, cause its gettin real ROUGH in dem streets with my hair. Im not sure if its cause I have a tighter texture or what, but this long-term transition has been a killa! I find myself being sssoooo lazy, I dont know how I lost my zeal from the first time that I went natural (*Le Sigh) I already lost about 3inches of hair, from just leaving my hair in a nappy bun for like 6 weeks (naughty, I know!!) I really need to get back on my moisturizing and DCing game.
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ladies! ladies! cummon now!

let's take care of our hair.

maybe cutting the relaxed ends is the option you need to pursue at this point? :blush:
 
havilland said:
ladies! ladies! cummon now!

let's take care of our hair.

maybe cutting the relaxed ends is the option you need to pursue at this point? :blush:
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I know, I know. I'm gonna do better! My hair is really dry. I'll try to incorporate some moisture before I take them down. I really dropped the ball this time.
 
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