Girl long hair can never be unprofessional IMO, I listened to many people and cut my hair too, but now I'm scared of SCISSORS now!! Grow it girl, and keep your hair long, if they fired you cuz of your hair, then they will have a BIG LAWSUIT of their hands, and believe me they don't want that...(criminal justice major!) So girl just grow it, and you have some beautiful hair......
Exactly! Our waist length long hair can be whatever we want it to be!
It can be Sexy. Sleek. Stylish. Sophisticated. and even Short.
I can make my hair look like all of the adjectives above depending on my mood. So put the scissors away!
I'm wondering if anyone sleeps in a bun. If no, why not? Maybe that's why my hair is uneven and has been stuck at below bra clasp for the past four years. I was wondering if I should braid it each night, which would be fine if I didn't have to work. Then, too, I don't oil my hair or ends daily.
I know what I need to do, but I'm just not really "into hair" like some other members are.
GoldenBreeze and Que,
I would love to know what your regimens are too! I think your growth has been inspirational!
Ms Pinkskates,
Where can we see your regimen?
Flowergirl
Do you have a problem with knots and tangles? If so, what do you do?
FlowerHair, Traycee, Cichelle, LaLa, Pinkskates and all the other waistlengthers in here (or whomever wants to answer) i'm seriously frustrated with my roots. i have my hair in a bun/pony today. i washed it and let it air-dry on saturday. no matter what i do, i cannot get my roots to lay down smooth and flat - i look like a 5 year old girl whose been playing outside all day. cute when you're five, much harder to pull off over 25!
i'm seriously considering texlaxing my roots - do you think it will be detrimental to my progress? i may also weave it for 2 mos? if i weave soon, i might not texlax. just wanted to get ideas on if you think texlaxing might slow my progress since i've been without chemicals for over 10 years.
I have frizzy roots too!
I have to use a scarf on my hair every morning to make it lay flat, especially since I don't use combs or brushes. I just wet the front of my hair a little and sometimes put some lotion or leave-in conditioner on it and put a scarf on, semi-tight. I leave it on for half an hour or more and my hair lays flat after that.
Personally, I wouldn't texlax my roots, but I'm not opposed to chemicals like I used to be I think as women we should do whatever we want to do and need to do in order to look the way we want I'm natural since most of my life so I can't really give you any advice on chemicals...
I wanted to add too, that nowadays I wear my hair in a very loose ponytail...I should take a pic :scratchch so I don't need to flatten my hair so often anymore.
Thanks FlowerHair...it makes me feel better knowing that you have frizzy roots too! Okay, tying a scarf on it is a trick I might be able to copy. If you could take some pictures that'd be very helpful - of that and of your very loose ponytail. FlowerHair, I have some sort of hairstyling impedement. I'm horrible at it. i don't even know how to properly tie a scarf or bandana on my head to lay my roots down. so, yes, pictures would help tremendously, if you can!! i don't want to texlax, its more of a last resort, i just can't go to work (and don't feel comfortable) with all this frizz. i've got to learn some tricks for dealing with it. thanks again.
this thread should win thread of the year! its the best. i referenced it to look at your regimen & a few others before i washed my hair on the weekend.
FlowerHair, Traycee, Cichelle, LaLa, Pinkskates and all the other waistlengthers in here (or whomever wants to answer) i'm seriously frustrated with my roots. i have my hair in a bun/pony today. i washed it and let it air-dry on saturday. no matter what i do, i cannot get my roots to lay down smooth and flat - i look like a 5 year old girl whose been playing outside all day. cute when you're five, much harder to pull off over 25!
i'm seriously considering texlaxing my roots - do you think it will be detrimental to my progress? i may also weave it for 2 mos? if i weave soon, i might not texlax. just wanted to get ideas on if you think texlaxing might slow my progress since i've been without chemicals for over 10 years.
You ladies are LONG-HAIRED CELEBRITIES!!!!
I have another question to all the waistlength and beyond ladies.
Does your hair feel heavy? I was just thinking about Flowerhair's ponytail, and it just looks like that gorgeous ponytail would feel really heavy.
I also remember a girl with 3b hair coming into my friend's mom's salon to get her hair thinned because it was giving her a headache. Do any of you have that problem?
FlowerHair, Traycee, Cichelle, LaLa, Pinkskates and all the other waistlengthers in here (or whomever wants to answer) i'm seriously frustrated with my roots. i have my hair in a bun/pony today. i washed it and let it air-dry on saturday. no matter what i do, i cannot get my roots to lay down smooth and flat - i look like a 5 year old girl whose been playing outside all day. cute when you're five, much harder to pull off over 25!
i'm seriously considering texlaxing my roots - do you think it will be detrimental to my progress? i may also weave it for 2 mos? if i weave soon, i might not texlax. just wanted to get ideas on if you think texlaxing might slow my progress since i've been without chemicals for over 10 years.
My Regimen:
I am natural with very fine hair, but lots of it, and I find that it is frizz prone. The front edges and middle part area have texturized for 3 mins to help my press last longer. I have had a redken demi-permanent once (Shades EQ), but for the most part I try to stay away from chemicals. But my stylist is trying to convince me to get a light texturizer throughout my whole head to help with frizz since I live in a very humid climate and fighting frizz in the summer was hard.
I got to waist length by wearing weaves for 4 or 5 years, and every install trimming my relaxed ends off.
I took the weave down for good in July 2008, and the pressed pic was the result. It is much healthier and silky now, maybe even a little longer, I must take more pics.
I go to the salon every week to press, and usually steam before I go to the salon (I have a wellapor steamer at home).
I use Kerastase products now, but when I was growing out, I would use Elucence Shampoos and Salerm Wheat Germ conditioner on my hair in between installs.
My regimen includes:
Pre-pooing with oil, usually coconut or jojoba.
Washing with a Kerastase shampoo and then steaming with Affirm 5 in 1, Affirm Fiberguard Sustenance, Keracare Humecto, or a Kerastase conditioner (Masquintense, Oleo-Relax, Anti-Sure) etc.
I get a treatment at the salon every other week, either oleo-relax or vita-ciment concentrate vials (My natural hair seems to LOVE protein, I guess becaue it's so fine???). But I always pre-treat/steam at home, so even when I go in for just a wash & set my hair has been treated.
My stylist then uses Ciment Thermique and Oleo-Relax when roller-setting, and then sometimes blow dries and then presses, or just presses.
My hair has thrived and my stylist is very gentle and does alot of scalp massages and does not use excessive heat. Because I treat and protect my hair it has grown so much.
I rarely trim, I have only trimmed TWICE since I started wearing my own hair in July 2008. But my ends are very moist, and are surprisingly still even.
In between salon visits, I just use oleo-relax serum on my hair, and the oleo-relax elixir on my ends. I NEVER apply heat in between salon visits EVER. If my hair starts to frizz, oh well.
At night I twist my hair into a loose bun and secure with hair pins, but not directly on the ends, and just tuck the ends in if that makes sense.
I sleep with a satin scarf.
Oh yeah, and I never wear my hair up or in a ponytail, except when I am at home or going to bed (I have a big head, lol). So it's always down and loose.
My fave hair products are:
Kerastase Bain De Force Shampoo (for weakened hair)
Kerastase Anti-usure Conditioner (for weakened hair)
Kerastase Ciment Thermique Leave-In (heat protecting leave-in)
Kersastase Vita-Ciment Concentrate Vials (small vials of protein you spray in hair for micro treatment)
Kerastase Oleo-Relax Shampoo (for dry & rebellious hair)
Kerastase Oleo-Relax Mask (for dry & rebellious hair)
kerastase Oleo- Relax Serum (very liquid-y, lightweight serum, my hair LOVES this stuff)
Kerastase Oleo- Relax Elixir (thicker serum, I use it on my ends)
Affirm 5 in 1 Reconstructor
Affirm Fiberguard Sustenance
I have another question to all the waistlength and beyond ladies.
Does your hair feel heavy? I was just thinking about Flowerhair's ponytail, and it just looks like that gorgeous ponytail would feel really heavy.
I also remember a girl with 3b hair coming into my friend's mom's salon to get her hair thinned because it was giving her a headache. Do any of you have that problem?
My hair is fine so it's not heavy at all. I actually wish it had more weight. The only time I notice it's weight is when it's soaking wet.I have another question to all the waistlength and beyond ladies.
Does your hair feel heavy? I was just thinking about Flowerhair's ponytail, and it just looks like that gorgeous ponytail would feel really heavy.
I also remember a girl with 3b hair coming into my friend's mom's salon to get her hair thinned because it was giving her a headache. Do any of you have that problem?
Not for me, and getting your hair thinned is bad news in every way, I had a friend who did it, and her hair never cam back to it's original thickness. The only good reason would be to reducing bulk but you'll regret it when you gets older cause hair gets thinner in middle age and after menopause-I read that somewhere. So keep it full, that way you'll have a "normal" thickness later. it won't help with detangling issues. hth