Wash And Go, To Grow And To Dazzle 2020 Challenge

LavenderMint said:
New Achievement Unlocked: WNG PONYTAIL :D:afro:
I’m so happy!! This came about because I just didn’t feel like fluffing out my hair yesterday and it was hot. I haven’t worn a ponytail in a looooooong time & had kinda forgot about it. So I just took a scrunchie and wrapped it around the back of my hair, letting the front hang like bangs. Only bad thing is that the uneven gel drying leads to weird clumps on the sides of my head that I can’t get out without just washing again. This go round, I covered it with a headband & used a covered elastic band w/o doubling it. Perfect.
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and it’s the last day of school so I’m ready to go live my best life with daytime washing & drying, protein treatments, deep conditioning outside of the shower, the works. Next wash is probably Thursday since I was waiting for my Jell-O Shot to be delivered, which means this will be a 13 day old wng by then & needing more time to detangle.
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That is a juicy ponytail and a looot of hair. Looks good!
 
@faithVA

I loved my haircut! Abena was as sweet as she seems on Instagram and YouTube. She’s definitely a cut it kinky stylist and used the Malibu clarifying shampoo, ag balance and innersense hair bath. Then she detangled my hair with innersense hydrating conditioner.

She agreed with my combo of curly magic and Jell-O shot for a harder hold that lasts a week. Since that’s already what I use, we switched it up and used a discontinued product called hydra curlformer. I think it’s the old product the hydrabar salon lady used to make.

Of course it was a fabulous product and I’m SO SAD you can’t get it anymore.

She really dusted my ends. Didn’t take much off. Didn’t try to even my shape. She knows im not ready for that yet.

She suggested i come back in 3 months. I’ll be back in 5-6.

Highly recommend for anyone in the NYC area.
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toaster said:
@faithVA

I loved my haircut! Abena was as sweet as she seems on Instagram and YouTube. She’s definitely a cut it kinky stylist and used the Malibu clarifying shampoo, ag balance and innersense hair bath. Then she detangled my hair with innersense hydrating conditioner.

She agreed with my combo of curly magic and Jell-O shot for a harder hold that lasts a week. Since that’s already what I use, we switched it up and used a discontinued product called hydra curlformer. I think it’s the old product the hydrabar salon lady used to make.

Of course it was a fabulous product and I’m SO SAD you can’t get it anymore.

She really dusted my ends. Didn’t take much off. Didn’t try to even my shape. She knows im not ready for that yet.

She suggested i come back in 3 months. I’ll be back in 5-6.

Highly recommend for anyone in the NYC area.
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:yay: I'm so glad you had a good experience. A new friendship has been formed :yep:
 
GettingKinky said:
@toaster I’m so glad your appointment went well. Did you tell her how the last stylist made your hair uneven? Did she have any comments about how he cut it?
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You know I had before and after photos all lined up. She was very confused by his cutting and styling decisions. She said my hair appeared to be in good condition when I went in and he cut a lot of healthy hair.

She did say a lot of cut it kinky stylists are very focused on the style/shape and clients have to be aware of that when they go in.

She has clients that want a sharp line/angular cut and others that just want their hair trimmed. She’s happy to do both.

She even suggested since I don’t want an angular cut she could trim my hair while straight.
 
I slathered my hair with UFD/JS. I think it’s going to turn out well.

I’m starting to think I may be ready to part with my ~6-8 inches of damaged hair. It’s such a pain to detangl/style that part. The undamaged part of my hair is so much smoother and easier to deal with.
 
toaster said:
@faithVA How is your Jell-O shot experiment going?

@ everyone - Has anyone tried Jell-O shot alone? Or always over UFD?
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I looked at it today. You just got to me before I posted. It will be 2 weeks tomorrow and it looks and smells fine. I will take pictures tomorrow and post.

I think for those of you who do wash and goes regularly, I don't see any issue putting some in a small jar and keeping it in the bathroom. You will use it up before it goes bad.

Tomorrow I will post pictures of what is in the original container and what is in my small container.
 
@GettingKinky I forgot to mention how much product Abena used on my hair yesterday. I was thinking about you! She has a brand new 8 ounce jar of the gel and used at least half, maybe a bit more.

I think a lot of product is the way to go for saturation and definition.

Did you find a stylist nearby? As long as you can bun your hair when you’re tired of it, I would cut off the damage.
 
Last salon thought:

I think they ask us to show up with no butters, leave ins or gels at the appointment to make the before pictures look awful :lachen:

The stylists are going to clarify our hair anyway, and if you use heavy butters, etc. in your hair one wash without them isn’t going to make a difference.

Anyway, I preordered the new hydrabar gel since I’m obsessed with the discontinued gel. Both have silicones in them, so I’ll definitely be clarifying every 6 weeks.
 
toaster said:
@faithVA cant wait to see the pics!

How was your bike ride? Did you put your hair in twists?
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I'm soooo out of shape. My bike ride was tough but I got it in. The beginning of the season is always tough because I never stick with it during the colder months even when I say I will.

I rinsed my hair and put conditioner in it and put on a loc soc and walked out the door :lol:

I MAY do it tomorrow. But this loc soc thing works so well, it may be at thing for me. :look:
 
toaster said:
Last salon thought:

I think they ask us to show up with no butters, leave ins or gels at the appointment to make the before pictures look awful :lachen:

The stylists are going to clarify our hair anyway, and if you use heavy butters, etc. in your hair one wash without them isn’t going to make a difference.

Anyway, I preordered the new hydrabar gel since I’m obsessed with the discontinued gel. Both have silicones in them, so I’ll definitely be clarifying every 6 weeks.
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I have seen them actually scrub the hair for those who use butter. So it isn't just clarifying. And they end up washing it more than twice.

I've not been asked to not show up with leave-in or gel though.
 
toaster said:
@GettingKinky I forgot to mention how much product Abena used on my hair yesterday. I was thinking about you! She has a brand new 8 ounce jar of the gel and used at least half, maybe a bit more.

I think a lot of product is the way to go for saturation and definition.

Did you find a stylist nearby? As long as you can bun your hair when you’re tired of it, I would cut off the damage.
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There’s a CIK stylist whose work I like but she’s 1.5-2 hours away. I’ve been thinking about going back to the Deva certified woman who gave me my first curly cut, but I also think she cut my crown too short the first time I went. But on the other hand, my hair was not in good shape and maybe she did the best she could with the hair I brought her.
I just keep putting off doing anything because I don’t want to drive far and I don’t want to risk going to someone who will mess up the cut.
 
toaster said:
Last salon thought:

I think they ask us to show up with no butters, leave ins or gels at the appointment to make the before pictures look awful :lachen:

The stylists are going to clarify our hair anyway, and if you use heavy butters, etc. in your hair one wash without them isn’t going to make a difference.

Anyway, I preordered the new hydrabar gel since I’m obsessed with the discontinued gel. Both have silicones in them, so I’ll definitely be clarifying every 6 weeks.
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I was thinking about today. When I was a CIK hair model, they took the before pictures AFTER they had all the stylist touch and feel your hair. My before was definitely looking worse than before I walked in. :lachen:
 
@GettingKinky I totally understand on the distance.

There are a ton of stylists in NYC, but Abena is in white plains so I had to go to grand central station, take an hour long train ride and then walk 15 minutes. After my appointment the next train wasn’t for an hour, so that made my trip back even longer.

I don’t mind doing that 2/3 times a year if it means no more drastic surprise haircuts.
 
toaster said:
Last salon thought:

I think they ask us to show up with no butters, leave ins or gels at the appointment to make the before pictures look awful :lachen:

The stylists are going to clarify our hair anyway, and if you use heavy butters, etc. in your hair one wash without them isn’t going to make a difference.

Anyway, I preordered the new hydrabar gel since I’m obsessed with the discontinued gel. Both have silicones in them, so I’ll definitely be clarifying every 6 weeks.
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The Nurture gel? I've tried it and really like it. I used it alone as an all-in-one gel as instructed and it held up really well. It gave me a flexible but firm enough hold.
 
Bette Davis Eyes said:
@toaster

Your hair looks great. Why did they discontinue the curlformer?


Its a great gel but it was hard for me to emulsify it. Do you know if they came out with something else to replace it?


Hello everyone, hope all is well
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I'm not @toaster and I don't know the entire story, but from what I gather, Rhonda created and marketed the product alongside another stylist. Something happened to where they discontinued working together. The other stylist must have kept the rights to Curlformer and reformulated it or something? All Rhonda has said publicly is that she is no longer affiliated with the Curlformer product. I also think it's been rebranded.

Rhonda just debuted her own gel, Nurture, after testing it out on herself and clients in the salon for awhile now. I'm in her digital salon so she pre-sold the product there before releasing to the public a few weeks ago. I think it may be sold out now, but more is in production.
 
Bette Davis Eyes said:
@toaster

Your hair looks great. Why did they discontinue the curlformer?


Its a great gel but it was hard for me to emulsify it. Do you know if they came out with something else to replace it?


Hello everyone, hope all is well
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Thank you!! Hope you’re doing well!

I think the business was a joint effort between the stylist and her cousin and they got into a fight? So they ended that business.

I can see curlformer being hard to emulsify. She applied at least half the jar on my hair to saturate and then went through to define.

this is the “new” product the stylist is making. I preordered: https://nurturehaircare.com/products/nurture-by-hydra-bar
 
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