Use 1 Buy 1 Challenge pt.4

chebaby said:
i just checked out hobby lobby website and i guess i will be going there this weekend to take a look see. i always wanted to learn how to paint.
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There's a Hobby Lobby in the DMV? Who knew?

La Colocha said:
How is everyone's hair doing so far through this winter? I think my hair is doing better than it has the previous winters. I don't know if its just learning my hair and knowing what it needs or different products. I'm not as lazy as i used to be with my hair and keeping my moisture up. And it has been cold but not like it usually is in the winter.
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This is my first winter as a natural and I'm doing pretty good. Still cowashing daily. Gotta get back on my juicing game and looking forward to steaming again. That will make the winter even better.

IDareT'sHair said:
Hey Ladies....Finally home.:rolleyes:
Slapped on some Burdock Root Oil w/Ceramides. Currently under my Mastex Heat Cap.
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Just like I replaced my steamer I think I'm gonna replace this :yep:. I prefer them both over the hooded dryer which just sits here. It's a shame since I got it free.

La Colocha said:
My kbb did not come yet t and i ordered in the last few minutes of the sale. By the time i got through paypal and got my comfirmation the sale was over.

I had a good run with the tangle teezer tonight. I used it in the shower so i had a better grip on it and it worked much better for me, i also started detangling underneath instead of on top first, then i rotated. It went through my hair very easy with little hair loss. Its a keeper. I used the bfh mango macadamia mask and i really like it. the consistancy is lotiony and it left my hair very soft. I was liberal with it and i barely put a dent in the bottle. Bfh is also a christian based company i found out through some research, i like that. I may have to cut another vendor loose because i would like to keep bfh in rotation, i don't want to be ordering from 50-11 people. And also when i replenish my staples i will not buy more than one of each unless its just a good deal like the kbb masks. I will make my final decision about vendors at the end of my no buy. Sorry for the long post.
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:wallbash:...see ya'll trying to get me with this BFH :drunk:.

Regarding the tangle teezer I've noticed I don't have knots at the end of my strands like I normally do (despite my lovely 4 step detangling process). So it is a keeper.
 
It will be a week tomorrow i haven't purchased anything, its not going bad at all. I haven't craved anything. Going to call it an early night also in a few after i finish my drank.:look::lick:
 
This is my 3rd winter as a natural becuase I BD'c in March of 09 and in my neck of the woods that is still considered winter.:lachen::lachen: I will be 2 years natural on 3/2/11 and I am just over 2 and a half years post relaxer. I am just shy of APL (I have a long neck apparently:lachen::lachen:).

I wore my puff slicked back to a job fair today, I found out about it at the last minute and didnt have time to do anything else.I hope I didnt get anyone sick.:ohwell: I have a mentor dinner thingymabob coming up and prosepective employers might be there as well so I wont do anything crazy to my hair until the middle of next week.

My m key is messed up.:lachen:

My little brother has been dipping into my stash, Milk Protein and Olive Oil creme is disappearing on me. I think he is a 3c/4a whereas I am a 4a with bits of 3c.:lol:
 
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I got my BFH stuff. I just got a wash n set today, used the goldwell kerasilk, so the BFH will have to wait till next week.

My hair is doing well. The breakage has slooowed down dramatically! Last year I had handfuls of hair coming out.
 
La Colocha said:
They are beautiful charz, you have good taste. I don't even own a watch, they make my wrists itch.
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Are you allergic to nickel? I am:nono:

Charz said:
This no buy sucks. I was about to buy a suit and five shirts for only 130 but I closed out the browser :(.

When I go to NYC in May for the makeup show I am hitting up the Michael Kors outlet and getting this:

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or this

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Cute watches, buying them use to be one of my pj but I finally realize I'm allergic to nickel and there is not many cute nickel free watches.

La Colocha said:
How is everyone's hair doing so far through this winter?
I doing good with my hair, this is my first year of being natural no problems. I use my ceramide oil mixes faithfully and even with the sulfur treatment I'm doing well.
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Morning Ladies.

More snow today...Ughhhh!

Hair feels really soft and moisturized, may skip today. Big Daddy did me good.

Debating on trimming my ends...like a 1/4 inch or less. I feel a ton of SSKs and its starting to bother me.

Heading to bed. Have a good day Ladies.
 
I'm allergic to nickel also. Nickel earrings turn my ear lobe raw and makes it itch and start to crust over if I keep them in too long, ewww. Nickel necklaces are the worst. They turn my neck red and into a rash that would start to ooze. I have skin that will react to pretty much anything :nono:. In the summertime my skin reacts to heat, mainly my arms and chest. I break out in a rash that only hydrocortisone cream and Gold Bond Powder will help. I go to bed looking like Ashy Larry cause of that powder, lol.
 
Priss Pot said:
I'm allergic to nickel also. Nickel earrings turn my ear lobe raw and makes it itch and start to crust over if I keep them in too long, ewww. Nickel necklaces are the worst. They turn my neck red and into a rash that would start to ooze. I have skin that will react to pretty much anything :nono:. In the summertime my skin reacts to heat, mainly my arms and chest. I break out in a rash that only hydrocortisone cream and Gold Bond Powder will help. I go to bed looking like Ashy Larry cause of that powder, lol.
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Priss, do you have eczema? I've had it all my life, I can wear nickel free ear rings if I want to be cheap. I used to buy expensive one but kept losing them but more jewelry is nickel free.
 
Snowy Morning Ladies. It's blistery Cold here today.:cold:

Just rubbed on some Natures Blessings. Smells really nice. Great ingredients too. May be my replacement for Mixed Greens.

Not sure if I'll get a package today or not. I'm hopeful. Haven't heard from BnB's today. Will e-mail them again later.:look:
 
Ltown said:
Priss, do you have eczema? I've had it all my life, I can wear nickel free ear rings if I want to be cheap. I used to buy expensive one but kept losing them but more jewelry is nickel free.
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I never thought of myself as having eczema, but from my understanding there are different classifications of eczema. One of them includes a category of recurring rashes that happen when exposed to certain allergens. I've never had my rashes looked at by a dermatologist, so I've never been diagnosed with anything. I've had these recurring rashes to heat and anything with nickel since I was a lil tot.
 
i m up. been up since 8am. i have no idea why. im thinking about doing my kccc now so it can air dry and i wont have to use much heat. but then again its cold and i dont wanna air dry anyway. hmmm what to do what to do???
 
Good morning ladies!
sitting under the steamer now....i fell asleep while pre-poo'ing with an oil mix last night so i woke up early this morning and detangled my hair with yes to carrots pampering condish, i used my shower comb and my tangle teezer...i loved the combo! I shampoo'd with yes to carrots shampoo, i think i like it so far, and Im currently steaming with a mix of sitrinillah, moist 24/7 and vatika frosting. This week I used up sitrinillah, moist 24/7 and a bottle of taliah wajiid pmb. I cant wait to order the salon size of the moist 24/7, i kept the bottle this time! Im nervous about not having a place to keep the 10 lb pail of sitrinillah but it would be fab to have! I hope hairveda has a sale soon!

Yesterday I returned some conditioners to Ross and exchanged them for 4 yes to tomatoes, and 1 travel set of yes to carrots. YTT is my staple and I didnt have to buy the YTC so Im doing great on the no-buy!
 
Hey, ladies. The snow finally stopped. We got about 9 inches, I think. So glad I don't have to worry about going to work later.

So, I pulled out the stuff that I am working to use up, and I'll find some way to incorporate at least one of them in each wash day. I really need to get on this. I filled a big bag with stuff for my sister and niece, too.

I moisturized with the custom leave in I got from BFH and put on a litte Safflower Oil. I'll probably wash my hair in the morning.
 
Update on Natural Jenesis. I've been using the Deep Moisturizing Conditioner, Hair Glosser, and Moo la Creme. This is a great combo for my hair. It feels so soft and gets my coils/curls really defined cuz ya'll know I don't do any shingling or anything like that. I literally do wash & go's. The scents are pretty good and they linger a bit. My hair is wet and I am still smelling the scents. The Moo la Creme is a little oily. Maybe she used too much but I still like it. Here's the issue though. I will talk to her about it. Something in these products make me itch. Not scratching your skin raw, red skin itching but annoying itching and it's not just my head it is all over. It's not all day either. It's just initially. So I looked at the ingredients and have compared them to all my products. I've narrowed it down to the grapefruit seed extract and possibly the optiphen. The only product that I have that has grapefruit seed extract in it is Juices & Berries and I have never had any problem with it. Maybe it is the amount she uses. I remember somebody on here metioned you will have to be careful with the citrus extracts and oils. I don't have any products with optiphen in it. My Koils by Nature products that I just got have grapefruit seed extract in them too but I haven't used any of it because now I'm all paranoid. But I decided I will try them because it is a different company and I'm still using the NJ stuff.
 
ok so im under the dryer now with the kccc. i co washed and detangled with abba creme mask. i love that stuff. then put on a ton of kckt especially on my ends. then i made four sections and used a little kccc on each section. ive been under here on low for maybe 10 minutes and was still seeing drippies so now im sitting on medium. if its not dry in the next 5-10 minutes i will diffuse and then air dry the last 20% or so.
 
ok kccc sucks for me just like it always has. there were white chunks on my hair in some places, hard in some places soft in others, a little sticky and my loose area in the front was soooooooooo stringy. :nono:
i rinsed it out with cool water and added a little kckt to my ends and am now wrapped in my towel.
i will not be using it again. ever lol.
 
Hey Everyone. Not much going on. Haven't checked the mail today, but did hear back from BnB's.:look:

Imma give it until Wednesday to see if it shipped/received.:look:

Should go through Stashville and do a quick inventory. Just kinda see what's-what.

I found more Bear Fruit Hair that I didn't know I had.:nono:

Yeah......I needed this month (January) to get a grip.:lol:
 
Good afternoon ladies, don't think i will get anything today, i guess kbb still ships ups so maybe monday. I will give it another week then call. I used up a hairveda buttercream not a hair products but in doing a no-buy on body stuff too. That is a repurchase in the future.

@ltown, i don't know if i am allergic to nickle, but i can't wear a watch at all, it makes my wrists itch really bad. I can't wear certain earrings either like silver (it may be nickle) i can wear gold and those sensitive studs.

@shay, she may have added too much of one of those ingredients to her products but not enough to really break you out. Some people can tolerate more, just keep an eye on it.

I have stopped looking at the vendors sites that i usually check everyday:look::lol:, that will help me stay on track also.
 
Does anyone know if Boutique de Fleurzty will have a sale or any coupon codes? I really want to try that new conditioning treatment but I'd like to see if I could get it on SALE..lol
 
La Colocha said:
Good afternoon ladies, don't think i will get anything today, i guess kbb still ships ups so maybe monday. I will give it another week then call. I used up a hairveda buttercream not a hair products but in doing a no-buy on body stuff too. That is a repurchase in the future.

I have stopped looking at the vendors sites that i usually check everyday:look::lol:, that will help me stay on track also.
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1st bolded: So am I. And thank goodness, I don't feel tempted.

2nd bolded: I have not...:ohwell:
 
CocoT said:
Does anyone know if Boutique de Fleurzty will have a sale or any coupon codes? I really want to try that new conditioning treatment but I'd like to see if I could get it on SALE..lol
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Hi coco, most of us are on a no-buy so the sales may not be posted as frequently, you can go to her site and subscribe to her news letter or check back every few days:yep:. Her hair oil is very nice, i really like it.
 
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