Ok that makes sense. It said long time member and I've been here over 10 years. I was like who is this and why don't I recognize the user name. I'm sure we crossed path before and I'm just now noticing your user name.
I love your approach. You water your hair but you’re not bothered. Teach us your ways!I was supposed to CCS today but I can tell that isn't going to happen. I'm thinking I will rinse and slick it back again tomorrow. Maybe I will CCS Wednesday or Thursday since I have to leave the house Friday. Or not. Since I will probably have a cap on Friday, it still may not happen
Thanks! It still makes me very mad, but I’m hoping as the months go by and my hair grows, I’ll hate it less.
You do have good definition. I can see the coils in there.Here's where I'm starting. This was after my 2nd shampoo, condition, and style. I have some curl formation, frizz, and I am in desperate need of a good cut to give me hair better shape
ETA: Never mind, my pics won't upload!
ETAA: Haha! Now the pics are uploaded.
I'm hoping when it gets longer I will be more motivated. I think this crazy cut threw me off my game. Now styling it just doesn't not give me warm fuzzies. I feel like I'm doing all this work for my head to be mediocre. But I'm going to blame it on the weather 
I'm thinking the warm weather will definitely do it because I will be out of the house more often.
It's definitely WL. I'm sure the rest of it isn't too far behind. Your layers are slight.
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Yeah it’s hard to figure out what your hair should feel like! I know my hair feels kind of strong but not silky when it’s naked. It doesn’t feel as soft as it does when I used silicone products. But it feels nice, if that makes sense.
Hello all. I never thought I would join this thread with my type 4 hair but here I am.
I've been watching this thread for months now. No other method has worked for me so far (I've been natural for 10+ years now so I figure why not give this a try. It seems promising. )
My struggles have always been dryness and breakage.
I currently have a tapered twa (about 2-4 inches). Cut my hair last year to start over yet again.
I'm 4c (I know, I shouldn't use that term.) Lol ..so tight spring pen coils, mostly fine strands, low porosity, high density and coarse cottony texture.
I have been following Loulou and the BCG girls. I have been doing the detox since December...so no oils/butters for two months. I have the Wash your damn hair book. Follow many other tightly curly gurus on social media.
I have innersence for my shampoo/conditioner, UFD for my gel, and sometimes I top with ICH. Sometimes the mousse Def. Sometimes nothing. I wash 2x week. I alternate between the all purpose and moisturizing shampoo. Sometimes I air dry and sometimes I use my difuser. I clarified early January with kinky curly come clean. I trimmed in December.
I wrote all this to say...I still struggle with dryness even though I apply everything on soaking wet hair and emulsify emulsify. Anyone who struggled with dryness...how long did it take for this method to work for you?
I wanted to ask the As about dryness, but they always have an attitude when someone asks about dryness on their IG live. I've been refreshing my hair daily with a water spray because I'm worried about breakage from it being so dry and brittle. (Yes I drink water, exercise, got my blood checked, take vitamins, sleep.
I know some say it can take 3-6 months to see changes and I'm about to start month 3 and my hair is still crispy feeling after day 1 of my wash and go. (I also struggle with coil definition but that's another topic lol. I do see some coils on the shorter parts of my hair sometimes. The longer parts of my hair have some slight definition on day 1 but fro up by day 2 mostly).
I know I have coarse hair, but I thought my hair would still feel softer after loading my hair up with water, cleaning it, and using a botanical gel.
I'm seeing a curly stylist soon and hope she can help me with my technique because I'm doing something wrong. I thought after 2 months of this method I would see some improved changes.
Sorry this is so long. Geez lol
My hair is sort of spongy feeling when it it is hydrated. And I have small coils. When my hair first dries, I squeeze my hair and you can feel the squish just like with a sponge. As it loses water, there is less give when I squeeze it. When the water runs out, there isn't much to squeeze. My hair starts to pack down to my head and trying to pull it out even to fluff seems like a bad idea.
I’m sorry it’s gone. I didn’t spend much time there, but I can see how it would be special.
@faithVA
Who thought I could be even more hair lazy. I wonder how long it would take before my SO said something.
Oh no. Most days I just rinsed and used UFD, fluffed and called it a day. Every other day or every 3 days I would detangle. Maybe every 3 or 4 days I would use a cleansing conditioner. I would only do the full CCS once a week. I started at the end of March so I air dried and only diffused if my hair wasn't dry by bed time.
Hello all. I never thought I would join this thread with my type 4 hair but here I am.
I've been watching this thread for months now. No other method has worked for me so far (I've been natural for 10+ years now so I figure why not give this a try. It seems promising. )
My struggles have always been dryness and breakage.
I currently have a tapered twa (about 2-4 inches). Cut my hair last year to start over yet again.
I'm 4c (I know, I shouldn't use that term.) Lol ..so tight spring pen coils, mostly fine strands, low porosity, high density and coarse cottony texture.
I have been following Loulou and the BCG girls. I have been doing the detox since December...so no oils/butters for two months. I have the Wash your damn hair book. Follow many other tightly curly gurus on social media.
I have innersence for my shampoo/conditioner, UFD for my gel, and sometimes I top with ICH. Sometimes the mousse Def. Sometimes nothing. I wash 2x week. I alternate between the all purpose and moisturizing shampoo. Sometimes I air dry and sometimes I use my difuser. I clarified early January with kinky curly come clean. I trimmed in December.
I wrote all this to say...I still struggle with dryness even though I apply everything on soaking wet hair and emulsify emulsify. Anyone who struggled with dryness...how long did it take for this method to work for you?
I wanted to ask the As about dryness, but they always have an attitude when someone asks about dryness on their IG live. I've been refreshing my hair daily with a water spray because I'm worried about breakage from it being so dry and brittle. (Yes I drink water, exercise, got my blood checked, take vitamins, sleep.
I know some say it can take 3-6 months to see changes and I'm about to start month 3 and my hair is still crispy feeling after day 1 of my wash and go. (I also struggle with coil definition but that's another topic lol. I do see some coils on the shorter parts of my hair sometimes. The longer parts of my hair have some slight definition on day 1 but fro up by day 2 mostly).
I know I have coarse hair, but I thought my hair would still feel softer after loading my hair up with water, cleaning it, and using a botanical gel.
I'm seeing a curly stylist soon and hope she can help me with my technique because I'm doing something wrong. I thought after 2 months of this method I would see some improved changes.
Sorry this is so long. Geez lol
