Waist Length 2013

well from reading it I think I would have to wait until I get a natrual conditioner that I really like because everything I have have cones in it. and they don't want you to use those products once you detox.
 
Soooo....i'm experiencing some light breakage today:(

I don't know if it's bc i've started using shea butter over water to seal in moisture. I'm gonna clarify and try to "restart" my hair tomorrow.

The ends feel all crunchy like. :perplexed

Good thing....i was able to find my oils...especially my JBCO!!! I'm gonna put a light coat of this on my ends tonite and plait my hair up.

I'm scared!
 
SmilingElephant said:
Soooo....i'm experiencing some light breakage today:(

I don't know if it's bc i've started using shea butter over water to seal in moisture. I'm gonna clarify and try to "restart" my hair tomorrow.

The ends feel all crunchy like. :perplexed

Good thing....i was able to find my oils...especially my JBCO!!! I'm gonna put a light coat of this on my ends tonite and plait my hair up.

I'm scared!
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SmilingElephant I do not like pure shea butter on my hair at all. I do use it on my grandsons but I don't like that nor coconut oil on my hair.
 
Shadiyah said:
SmilingElephant I do not like pure shea butter on my hair at all. I do use it on my grandsons but I don't like that nor coconut oil on my hair.
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Lawd...don't say that!:lol: Shadiyah....i guess i probably did a double stupid. I've been trying this new way of moisturizing for the past 3 days where you wash your hair, seal the water in with oil and then seal that in with a butter...

I used my coconut oil to seal in the water and the shea butter mix on top of that...it kinda worked at first...i flat twisted my hair up and pinned it down...took em out today (don't worry...it was a sorry job...i'm practicing:ohwell:) and wore a twistout fro to work today. The twists were in for 2 days.

I bustin out the sulfates tomorrow and i'm gonna try my original method of moisturizing and sealing....problem is....even tho its not really cold here in Florida...the air certainly is dryer. And my hair feels dry ALLLLLLL the time. Like soft but hard...no matter what.

Tips?
 
SmilingElephant said:
Lawd...don't say that!:lol: @Shadiyah....i guess i probably did a double stupid. I've been trying this new way of moisturizing for the past 3 days where you wash your hair, seal the water in with oil and then seal that in with a butter...

I used my coconut oil to seal in the water and the shea butter mix on top of that...it kinda worked at first...i flat twisted my hair up and pinned it down...took em out today (don't worry...it was a sorry job...i'm practicing:ohwell:) and wore a twistout fro to work today. The twists were in for 2 days.

I bustin out the sulfates tomorrow and i'm gonna try my original method of moisturizing and sealing....problem is....even tho its not really cold here in Florida...the air certainly is dryer. And my hair feels dry ALLLLLLL the time. Like soft but hard...no matter what.

Tips?
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SmilingElephant that sounds something like what I was going through a little while ago, remember? I had to go through all the deep conditioner and go and buy that $30.00 one that works so well. I thought it was everything but come to find out it was the hair growth oil I was using because it had protein in it and I was using it 4 times a week and it just got to be too much. I am still trying to get my hair really back to what it was.

But why not just seal with oil and leave the butter off?
 
Okay ya'll....i shampoo'd (ORS Creamy Aloe) and conditioned (Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition), detangled today. My hair feels back to normal. I did notice a few pieces of broken hair tho. But i think i'm gettin back on track.

I think my hair just likes to be curly. So i just threw in some Mixed Silk over YTC and scrunched in a little Totally Twisted gel (mainly in the front)...some SM Curl Enhancing Smoothie on my edges and put it up in my regular curly puff on top of my head.

And my scalp isn't itching like crazy!!! YAY!!!:woohoo:...i wanna curb this breakage some more tho.
 
I'm glad it's back to normal.
I can only use whipped shea butter (whipped with an oil) but regular is too heavy and I'll get breakage.
Maybe oil rinsing for a while or an overnight dc will help completely knock out the breaking.

SmilingElephant said:
Okay ya'll....i shampoo'd (ORS Creamy Aloe) and conditioned (Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition), detangled today. My hair feels back to normal. I did notice a few pieces of broken hair tho. But i think i'm gettin back on track.

I think my hair just likes to be curly. So i just threw in some Mixed Silk over YTC and scrunched in a little Totally Twisted gel (mainly in the front)...some SM Curl Enhancing Smoothie on my edges and put it up in my regular curly puff on top of my head.

And my scalp isn't itching like crazy!!! YAY!!!:woohoo:...i wanna curb this breakage some more tho.
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I'm using a new shampoo and not crazy about it. My scalp feels clean but OMG it's so rough on my hair... I also have to get back to my dc'ing I've been mixing whatever I have to save money for the past 8 months so it's time I get what I need.
I also have to replenish my whipped shea butter stash for the fall.
I used follicleanse shampoo, gttt conditioner mixed with water and evoo as a conditioner,
and infusium 23 original as my leave in topped with some rosewater for moisture and sealed with evoo I had to moisturize and seal 3 hours late and usually moisturizing lasts me about 3-5 days. If I don't see some improvement I'm getting my money back for the shampoo and replenishing my precious aubrey conditioners.
I need some more protein so I'll stick with infusium and balance it with moisture.
I don't know if I'll reach waist length it seems impossible on days like this but I'm going to stick with it.
 
I really needed to find a shampoo and conditioner set and I was going to go with kinky curly and just as I was about to order I remembered that I wanted devacurl months ago. I settle on devacurl and awaiting my order which they shipped off yesterday. Since it is about winter i will not be washing and going nor doing too much co washing. I have enough curling products but no shampoo except mixed chicks. I also got their leave in.

I have decided to not worry too much about my hair. I am tired of checking the length and wondering how much longer I have to wait to get to the length I want. I will be wearing buns and washing maybe on sunday and trying to tie up my curls and hope that it last through out the week. I will see how long this last but I was getting tired of wet hair on my shoulders and this cool weather. The only problem I see is when i want to put the jbco in my scalp and I hate stringy hair so it maybe more than one wash a week I will see because I will not be putting it in every night like during the summer.
 
Dang u should have told us you were thinking about deva products I have a half bottle of no poo (I wasn't too impressed) I could have mailed you free. IDK I may use it for something but I found it kinda drying and not so cleansing odd combo anywho I hope you likey it.

Shadiyah said:
I really needed to find a shampoo and conditioner set and I was going to go with kinky curly and just as I was about to order I remembered that I wanted devacurl months ago. I settle on devacurl and awaiting my order which they shipped off yesterday. Since it is about winter i will not be washing and going nor doing too much co washing. I have enough curling products but no shampoo except mixed chicks. I also got their leave in.

I have decided to not worry too much about my hair. I am tired of checking the length and wondering how much longer I have to wait to get to the length I want. I will be wearing buns and washing maybe on sunday and trying to tie up my curls and hope that it last through out the week. I will see how long this last but I was getting tired of wet hair on my shoulders and this cool weather. The only problem I see is when i want to put the jbco in my scalp and I hate stringy hair so it maybe more than one wash a week I will see because I will not be putting it in every night like during the summer.
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Trini_Chutney said:
Well, I might as well go for it. Please add me SmilingElephant.
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:welcome: :D

I love ur hair in ur avi!

Okay...i think i've discovered my drying issue....which should have been plain and super simple for me to see:ohwell:

I need to give up gel...well with glycerin anyway....since the air has changed...the glycerin is causing the moisture to leave my hair:sad:.

Anybody know of a creamy curl cream that is moisturizing yet gives the same effect as gel? I've been eyeballing Curl Junkie's Coffee Coco Curl Cream (however you say it:grin:)...any reviews up in here on that?:)
 
silenttullip said:
Dang u should have told us you were thinking about deva products I have a half bottle of no poo (I wasn't too impressed) I could have mailed you free. IDK I may use it for something but I found it kinda drying and not so cleansing odd combo anywho I hope you likey it.
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silenttullip oh please send it to me if you don't want it. I got mines in the mail today and I have to say I really like it. I guess maybe because I am using all the products together I didn't have a problem with it feeling dry and it cleaned well and after the conditioner sat on my hair through out my shower it was so soft I couldn't believe it because I thought I was going to have a problem. I then added the leave in and I didn't even need a curly product after that. My hair is so soft and I think I am good for the winter.
During the summer I co wash everyday so I didn't really need shampoo that much but I wanted to start investing in sets for the winter and just so I can build up my sulfate free products and it has no cones in it. don't know how in the long run that is going to work for me but I will try it all winter to see before I go giving all my stuff away.
It will not go to waste since I do my daughter, mother and now her neighbor's hair. my daughter just left here today before work from getting her hair done. I use the rack and shake after I washed and conditoned and did her acv rinse. I know this is getting long but I had to get it all in lol
 
SmilingElephant said:
:welcome: :D

I love ur hair in ur avi!

Okay...i think i've discovered my drying issue....which should have been plain and super simple for me to see:ohwell:

I need to give up gel...well with glycerin anyway....since the air has changed...the glycerin is causing the moisture to leave my hair:sad:.

Anybody know of a creamy curl cream that is moisturizing yet gives the same effect as gel? I've been eyeballing Curl Junkie's Coffee Coco Curl Cream (however you say it:grin:)...any reviews up in here on that?:)
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SmilingElephant I notice the same thing which is why after the first time I use the gel on my hair and I was talking about oh how I love it. everytime after that it was a horrible. and my hair was hard and dry and I had to keep using castor oil and more oil and nothing was working so I just started using it to lay my edges down and that's it.

I just bought Taliah Waajid curly curl cream and it is mositurzing but not for me my hair does not like heavy things but it worked lovely on my daughters hair today when I did the rake and shake method. and you don't need a lot because the jar is only 8fl oz and I only had to use a little on each part of her hair and she has very very thick hair.
 
I'M SO EXCITED!!! This time 13' if I grow on point I should be waist length stretched at least in the back. I'm so happy and actually envisioning it!!!!
I hope I don't get stressed and I can continue taking care of my hair and scalp.
Thank you ladies for all the motivation.
I'm starting to actually love my hair... Because it's MINE :)
 
Figured out my issue furthermore! My sister gave me some good advice. She told me to put my moisturizer on dry hair instead of wet hair...so I used the Curl Enhancing Smoothie last nite to do dry chunky twists. I did lightly spray my hair with water to make my hair easier to work with...but only a teeny bit. And then I sealed with JBCO. My hair feels puh-lush!:lick:

I can stop stressing about dryness now:)

I bought some Shea Moisture Deep Treatment Masque today. I'm gonna give it a second chance:look: the thing was that it made my hair soft...but it didn't feel...hydrated...or juicy as it would if I used Curl Junkie Deep Fix....so I'm gonna try it again y'all.
 
Redoing my braids this weekend. I got good growth, 1inch in some places and 3/4 in others. My braids(natural hair) have been in since aug 28th, I just redo the edges every two weeks. If I keep this up, I may reach APL by next summer. DH have been making comments about the braids he's tired of them, but I don't give a *BLEEP* This is my primary protective style until next summer.:yep:
 
Firstborn2 said:
Redoing my braids this weekend. I got good growth, 1inch in some places and 3/4 in others. My braids(natural hair) have been in since aug 28th, I just redo the edges every two weeks. If I keep this up, I may reach APL by next summer. DH have been making comments about the braids he's tired of them, but I don't give a *BLEEP* This is my primary protective style until next summer.:yep:
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Firstborn2 how do u style your braids? are they mini braids? Can u post a pic?

I'm looking to try something other than twists

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Checkin' in. Still making progress. I am about 2" from BSL which is a short-term goal by December 2011. Here's a pic (excuse my back fat):

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Diva_Esq said:
Checkin' in. Still making progress. I am about 2" from BSL which is a short-term goal by December 2011. Here's a pic (excuse my back fat):

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Diva_Esq You wear your bra low (so do I). Technically you'll be MBL by the time you get to the bottom of your bra strap. Your natural waist is only a few inches below the bottom of your bra. Congrats on your progress, though. Your hair is gorgeous!
 
Still Here Ladies.:) My Hair Has Thrived Since Cutting And Shampooing Almost Everyday. I Wish I Could Say I'm Using Some Expensive Shampoo And Conditioner But What I'm Using Is VO5 Moisture Milk Strawberry And Cream. Yes I'm Head Over Heels In Love With This Cheapie. (Don't Judge Me:lol:)
 
Wow, Diva_Esq, your hair is beautiful and looks so healthy!

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I reached another personal goal of mine. Remember how I complained throughout this thread that I could not get my hair into a bunny tail (pony puff)? Well today I can!*does a little dance* I moisturized and sealed my hair today and put it into a puff without much thought... was playing with my little puff a second ago and it just crossed my mind that my hair was in a puff without the help of 50 million bobbie pens. Ok, so it still needs the assistance of one pen and my hair is stretched from a few days old braidout but I'll take it! :grin:
HHJ ladies!
 
I bought my first half wig! I'm seriously trying to make APL by the end of march next year. And waist length by December 2013 :). I'm planning to wear it starting next week. Then I will be able to DC and cowash as often as I like again! And get this breakage under control. I have also learned that my hair likes to be a little damp so I can dampen it with water, seal with oil, and then cover with my half wig. The leave out will be oiled and blended. Excited!!


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Diva_Esq said:
Checkin' in. Still making progress. I am about 2" from BSL which is a short-term goal by December 2011. Here's a pic (excuse my back fat):

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:huh: 2 inches? Girl....if you raise that strap up some...i believe you are THERE! Your hair is SO freakin pretty! I love it1 :congrats:

ms-gg said:
I think I might join...but I'm not making any promises :look:
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JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US!.....:grin:

RarityFluttershy said:
Still Here Ladies.:) My Hair Has Thrived Since Cutting And Shampooing Almost Everyday. I Wish I Could Say I'm Using Some Expensive Shampoo And Conditioner But What I'm Using Is VO5 Moisture Milk Strawberry And Cream. Yes I'm Head Over Heels In Love With This Cheapie. (Don't Judge Me:lol:)
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Ain't nothin wrong with that!...Are you cutting your hair EVERYDAY? Or am i reading that wrong?:perplexed

Ravengirl said:
Wow, Diva_Esq, your hair is beautiful and looks so healthy!

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I reached another personal goal of mine. Remember how I complained throughout this thread that I could not get my hair into a bunny tail (pony puff)? Well today I can!*does a little dance* I moisturized and sealed my hair today and put it into a puff without much thought... was playing with my little puff a second ago and it just crossed my mind that my hair was in a puff without the help of 50 million bobbie pens. Ok, so it still needs the assistance of one pen and my hair is stretched from a few days old braidout but I'll take it! :grin:
HHJ ladies!
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:congrats: on your puff!:yep:
 
So i just rinsed out the Shea Moisture Deep Treatment Masque....i think i might like it ya'll....i discovered that its somewhat of a strengthening DC....so what feels like "dry" to me is really "strength"....apparently i needed some strengthening tonite bc my hair feels SO good right now. i'm about to put in some chunky twists with my Curl Enhancing Smoothie and seal with JBCO and call it a nite!
 
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