What would your regime be w/o this board's info?

[UmSumayyah]

Re: What would your regime be w/o this board\'s info?

I got on a good stretch my senior year of college where once a week, I would use VO5, shampoo (with whatever. sometimes Creme of Nature sometimes a VO5), condition with Cholesterol under the bonnet dryer, spray in Pantene leave in and braid up my hair. I got alot of growth that way, come to think of it. I also used satin caps, and kept my hair natural.
In the interim of have gotten texturizers 2-3 times a year, stopped the hot oil treatments and deep conditioning treatments (just used suave coconut shampoo and conditioner) and got very sometimey on my satin caps. Got alot of breakage.

Recently I started actively thinking about growing my hair long (instead of just once in awhile wishing it was long) So I got back to satin caps, and back to VO5, and was thinking about getting a bonnet dryer so I could deep condition again (in college I used my roomate's dryer) I decided to go online and see what other tips I could pick up, and voila! A whole new world opened up! Seamless combs! Reconstructors! Protein vs. moisturizing conditioners! Conditioner washes! Natural hot oils! Hair vitamins! Hennalucent!
Oh, so long story short without the board it would be VO5, any old shampoo (for dry or damaged hair, even if it contained Ammonium Sulfates since I knew nothing about sulfates), Cholesterol under a dryer, wash once a week and use a satin bonnet. I'd still get growth with this but not as much as I'm getting now.

 

[Islandgirl]

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I forgot something- i would never have known anything about sulfates also, if it weren't for this board.

 

[caramelbarbie]

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<font color="blue">Great post!
Back in the 80's:
I would still be washing mmm once every few weeks

Sometime 3 or 4 weeks could go by....
I would use pink oil
I'd never do a hot oil or protein treatments
I'd be curling dirty hair....
I'd just shrug when i'd see broken hairs on my t-shirt. ( now I freak out if I see them)
The 90's:
Well when I started making money I'd go to the hairdresser every week religiously!

My hair was kickin but it was expensive and I was soooo dependant.
2000:
Takin matters into my own hands.....
I'm a product junkie

but my hair is pretty healthy..... I'm not afraid to air dry and I'm ok with wearing hairstyles that will help me achive my goal. </font>

 

[Peachtree]

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Here was my pathetic regime...

-(no such thing as a pre-treatment!!!)
-Wash once every 3 weeks with hair on top of my head
-Slapped the conditioner on...rinsed out after 3 min
-(no such thing as a leave in conditioner here!)
-Blow dry on high until hair was bone straight (&amp; bone dry!!!)
-Oil scalp &amp; hair with petroletum/mineral oil based products...Pink Oil was my all time favorite even though I knew it was drying my hair... I just kept adding more of this crap to my hair
-Go to bed with hair exposed to cotton pillow cases. Most of the time, hair was drawn back in a ponytail.

Gee whiz, I'm glad that I discovered this board &amp; grew up!!!

 

[sweetcocoa]

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All the stuff I shouldn't be doing....curling iron daily, blowdryer....I used a reconstructer as a regual conditioner all the time(I didn't know any better). I didn't shampoo after excercising...so the salt was drying my hair and scalp out. My hair was a mess....I kept relaxing trying to get rid of the frizz...but that only made it worse. On top of that it was a no-lye(I didn't know any better). No wonder my hair was coming out...

 

[Honi]

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Ok here goes:

Vitamins - any ole vitamins. This is a force of habit from my mother who swears by 'em.
Washed once a week with Cream of Nature shampoo
Conditioned with Cholesterol
Leave in - Infusium 23....so far so good right?

NO!

Blowdryer on high 1600 watts or more with an comb attachment.
Curling iron set on 8-10 to straighten even more.
Oil ends and then wrap. Cover with cotton scarf! Sometimes being lazy and not wearing anything at all LOL
Let my hair flap around in the wind
Could tell the difference between a protein or moisturizing conditioner
Pink oil "moisturizer" when it just looked/felt dry.
Going to the dominican salons where they would always say..."mami you got alotta ends" and let them cut/trim it every time! No wonder I couldn't reach bra strap length!
Rio - ok my hair didn't fall out but it left my hair lookin like taco meat!

 

[Country gal]

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Good Thread!

1. I would wear braids and sewn in weaves without washing my own hair.

2. Use grease once a week instead of oiling my scalp.

3. I would still use my Barry Flechter hair oil. I was hooked on that stuff before the board.

4. Only use one conditioner and probadly no Leave in conditioner.

5. I would still only use ACV for my greens not my hair.

6. Wrap my hair every night with any scarve that was in close promixity (sp) when I was wrapping.

7. I still would air dry because I hate sitting under dryers.

8. Comb my hair all the time.

9. Still beleive that some black women are not meant to have long hair.

10. Wearing my hair in pony tails 5 out of 7 days in the week.

11. Getting anyone who knew how to put a perm in my hair instead of going to my stylist.

12. Wouldn't be roller set my hair all the time.

13. Would be more prodcutive at work because I wouldn't spend so much time on the hair baord.

14. I would still be a closet hair obsesser (sp) because everyone else thinks I am too crazy over having long hair.

15. The sides of my hair would be jacked up because I wouldn't be applying castor oil to it.

 

[SVT]

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I'd still be using waaay too much heat on my hair.

 

[Armyqt]

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5. I would still only use ACV for my greens not my hair.

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Also to add:

I never tied my hair down with anything.
I usually slept with my hair out on a cotton pillowcase.

I also used Loreal Colorvive and Herbal Essences shampoos and conditioners (loved these

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[dstdiva]

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i'm almost ashamed to say:

1. i would be curling my hair EVERYDAY (sometimes twice).
2. i would be blowdrying after each wash (on super-high).
3. i would never do conditioner washes.
4. there would be no protective measures at night...however i fell asleep was how i fell asleep on my cotton pillowcases.
5. i would believe that all black women with long hair either were "mixed", had weave or were just lucky.
6. i wouldn't know how to rollerset.
7. i wouldn't know anything about sealing ends or protein conditioners.

 

[Daughter]

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I hadn't heard of MSM before joining this board, so I've been trying that out for the last 3 or 4 weeks.

I'd probab;y still be blowdrying my hair to death after every wash

I'd probably be washing my hair every 10-14 days instad of more often

I just didn't really give much thought to the ingredients of hair products... just went on hearsay and adverts

I think I'm much better informed and in the short time I've been really looking after my hair once more, I've noticed a difference in it's condition.

Thanks all of ya @ longhaircareforum!!!

 

[nita4]

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Oh my, perish the thought

I simply wouldn't have any hair. I was on a downward spiral and probably would have cut it all off only to start all over again with bad habits.

Have I mentioned how my hair has grown??

 

[auntybe]

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I would be bald with a wardrobe of wigs! I had tried so many things before and listened to other people instead of paying attention to my hair. I had loss and was loosing so much hair I was just about to give up when I found this board.

 

[Kitkat]

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I would still use my Barry Flechter hair oil. I was hooked on that stuff before the board.

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SBaker, what didn't you like about Barry Fletcher hair oil? I'm curious because he touts his products as being so ideal for the hair; at least he does in his book.

 

[sassygirl125]

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In all honesty, I think I would be bald. I was doing everything wrong! Shampooing with products that were so harsh I may as well have been using Tide, sleeping on cotton bandanas, blow drying and hot curling 4x-5x per week, getting touch-ups at the first sign of any new growth. I used 2 in 1 shampoo+conditioners and deep conditioned once a month. I didn't use moisturizers with water because they made my hair look frizzy and puffy. And I hated grease and oils because it made my hair stick together and interfered with my "hair blowing in the wind" fantasies.

After a workout, I would BRUSH my soaking wet, sweaty hair into a bun. I shampooed two or three days later.

Thank God I found a hair board in the late 1990's!

 

[sassygirl125]

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Rio - ok my hair didn't fall out but it left my hair lookin like taco meat!

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And they said it was so safe you could eat it...

 

[ms jadu]

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I know that without this board:
I wouldn't know the obvious do's and don'ts with hair care
I wouldn't take vitamins for hair and overall health
I would probably still wash my hair like once everty two weeks
I would still use suave or whatever cheap shampoo i could find
I wouldn't use oils, but plain grease to moisturize my scalp

 

[moneychaser]

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Go to the salon every three weeks for a wash n' set. In the meantime I would wrap it, oil it down, then tie it up.

 

[Vanessa22]

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From all the blow drying ....
I would be bald by now.

Thank you so much ladies!

 

[Tami]

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I would be washing whenever I felt like my hair was dirty
still curling on high heat everyday
not wrapping hair
not moisurizing ends
not knowing how long in between I was getting relaxers
just using any shampoo or conditioner
never thinking my hair could grow long
Thank God I stumbled across this site

 

[Dandy112]

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I would be going to the salon every week, LHCF has saved me ALOT of money.

I learned to roller set my hair and now I only go to the salon for a touchup!

 

[Brooke007]

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Here's the really bad part I already knew 95% of what I've learned on the boards...I just wasn't doing it consistently enough to make a difference.

 

[candibaby]

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-no pre poo treatments
-no deep conditions/protein treatments (at home)
-probably still be with scissor happy stylist
-probably would still be using patene's HORRIBLE r&amp;n shampoo

 

[blue_flower]

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I would still:

wash my hair every week
put oil on my ends
wear "protective styles"

 

[carletta]

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I would be doing heat everyday

over combing &amp; playing with it! no deep conditioners. Washing it when I got in the mood. ( that's the reason it looked like a HOT MESS ALL THESE 15 YEARS

!!!!!!!!!

 

[Poohbear]

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without this board info...

continue blowdrying and curling irons
washing my hair less
no conditioner at all
grease the scalp

 

[candy78]

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I would still be using heat lol

 

[bettydavis]

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Without this board I would be:

Wearing braids, washing them maybe once every 3 weeks cause I didn't wanna mess them up
After I took the braids out I'd start combing like a madwoman and hairs would be falling all around me constantly, my hair was so dry because I NEVER moisturised, it all came falling out in pieces. Then I would wash and then condition, ripping away at the knots that were still in my hair. Deep condition... protein? What's that?

When I wore my hair out I would hot comb my hair and curl it daily with a curling iron, even if I wore it in a ponytail I would curl it. I wanted the slickest, tightest ponytail I could have, it broke my side and nape hairs off completely. I used lots of gel and hairspray also. One of my "tricks" was to spray my hair with hairspray , while it was damp curl it with the curling iron, to REALLY hold the curl.

I have done alot of stupid things to my hair, I always thought that I just didn't get the hair gene my sister has. Now I realise I was lucky to have any hair at all, the way I was treating it. I have changed my ways 100%!!! Thank God for this board!!

 

[Miss*Tress]

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I wouldn't be using oils, moisturizing daily, or DCing with hair mayonnaise. I wouldn't be wearing protective hair styles, using the baggie method, or wearing a satin scarf at night and I'd still be brushing. So of course, my hair would still be parched dry and breaking off.

 

[HoneyDew]

I would still be depending on weaves and braids to style my hair.