U live and u learn...what recent hair mistakes have you made ?

[buffalosoldier]

Here are mine...

Taking an hour to sraighten my hair (it looked bloody good too)then going to the beach after 6pm = frizzy/curly bush within 5 minutes !!
Continued to put vaseline on ends while in very hot countries, nothing really bad happened but I think i fried them a bit.
Not doing a proper trim back in August..4 weeks later knots from hell and baby dreadlocks. Never ever again!
Experimented and did 5 self heating hot oil treaments in one week = hair dry as a bone.
Went and bought the cheapest hooded dryer I could find (conair from walmart $22)..yes its absolute cr*p and no I dont still have the receipt !!!

Well they say that misery loves company so...Who's next?

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[Michelle79]

self-relaxing- this is definitely something I should leave to a stylist...

 

[lovechic]

BEING IN A RUSH RESULTED TO FAST, ROUGH COMBING. WHICH IS VERY DAMANGING TO HAIR! /images/graemlins/whyme.gif

 

[LittleMissScientist]

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Here are mine...
Went and bought the cheapest hooded dryer I could find (conair from walmart $22)..yes its absolute cr*p and no I dont still have the receipt !!!

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LOL! I am sitting under the lovely ConAir at the moment myself /images/graemlins/ohwell.gif I will DEFINITELY be bringing back the good ol' Lady Dazey the next time I go home! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[RUBY]

Burning my scalp at my last touch up

 

[NGC]

Coloring my hair and then deciding to stop .

I hate the transition back to my original color but refused to use color to make my ends match my roots.

I'm just not lovin' the two-tone hair right now.

 

[oglorious1]

Letting my aunt do my hair last month, now when I need her to do it, she can't be found, should have stayed with my stylist, who hasn't called me back...lesson learned...never do business with family.

 

[dannie]

Laziness does catch up w/ you. All the repair is harder than just taking care of business from the start. The lost hair just isn't worth it.

 

[Chaya]

Letting some arbitrary lady at a salon that I had visited before trim and relax my hair= no deep conditioner, use of fine toothed comb to detangle, and chopped off way too much!

 

[aameera83]

im with ngc except im transitioning out of bleached highlights

 

[Honey Vibe]

Not towel drying. Water is good, probably the best of things, but just letting my hair dry in the house leaves my hair vulnerable to fungal colonies, which give it a "swampy" smell.

 

[Poohbear]

cutting my hair PERIOD

 

[Nanyanika]

not allowing the length of my plaits to dry, before covering with the baggie cause my ends to break a little, i suppose my hair is more fragile when wet.

 

[Tracy]

Coloring over and over and over again is...SUPRISE...not so good for the hair. Makes it kinda unhappy. /images/graemlins/lachen70.gif But seriously, I really know my coloring limits now. I still have a LOT of leeway, I just went a bit too far.

Trimming is a GOOD thing. I was sacrificing some health for length, and I didn't even realize it. My recent cut/big trim has shown me the error of my ways. I don't plan on going around trimming willy nilly, but I'm going to make sure I do it regularly as I grow my hair out again.

 

[candibaby]

I let the girl who normally braids my hair use gel on the front of my hair even though it wasnt needed.. and you know that junk started turning white so i had to take my braids out early. Taking a break from her.. a girl in my cosmet class will be braiding my hair this time..

 

[KinksnCurlz]

Not applying a protein treatment in the week after coloring my hair. /images/graemlins/mad.gif
SOMEBODY SMACK ME

 

[kitchen_tician]

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Not towel drying. Water is good, probably the best of things, but just letting my hair dry in the house leaves my hair vulnerable to fungal colonies, which give it a "swampy" smell. Honey Vibe

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Interesting. I've never experienced this and I never towel dry. I'm glad you were able to figure it.