Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

[Evolving78]

I decided to try something different today. I mixed some dove conditioner I have my kids use for cowashing, with some water. I have using this on my DD to just moisturize and wet her hair without adding a bunch of products.
I decided to use it on my hair, but I add a small amount of IC Moisturizer(it's a liquid), then I added a little more water. I couldn't use that stuff straight, due to the glycol and aloe in it, but it seemed to do the trick today to add some moisture to my air dried hair.

I sealed with CON Eden repairing oil (serum). I will see how my hair feels tomorrow. If it feels good, I will continue to use this. This little mix doesn't have any protein in it.

My plan is to wash my hair 2x as usual, alternating using a masque and a Moisturizing conditioner. I will sit under my dryer, or air dry. No heat for the rest of the month, since my hair just sits on my shoulders right now (CLength now), and I sweat something terrible around my neck. I don't want to sweat out my ends and cause dryness and friction.
This is that stage where you have to keep your hair up and off of your shoulders to make it to the next length.

 

[von rose]

Everytime I see one of those 'grow 1+ inch overnight with egg and olive oil' videos I want to yell at my laptop. Are people really buying into this? Like your follicles only produce so much keratin at a time, your usual growth rate is around six inches a year (if that) and yo gullible ass grew an inch overnight?!? Grrrrr

 

[Pygmy_puff]

Everytime I see one of those 'grow 1+ inch overnight with egg and olive oil' videos I want to yell at my laptop. Are people really buying into this? Like your follicles only produce so much keratin at a time, your usual growth rate is around six inches a year (if that) and yo gullible ass grew an inch overnight?!? Grrrrr

Not gunna lie, I totally fell for one of those videos one night. I felt SO stupid when I measured my hair in the morning. Like, DUH of course it didn't work, pygmy_puff you gullible ass!

 

[von rose]

Not gunna lie, I totally fell for one of those videos one night. I felt SO stupid when I measured my hair in the morning. Like, DUH of course it didn't work, pygmy_puff you gullible ass!

Aww. Its a good hair treatment though and probably helps with elasticity so I think its fine to do. Just wished people would stop thinking it gives you unicorn hair.

 

[KinksAndInk]

I'm looking real hard at this Madam CJ Walker curl whip styling soufflé. I went to Target to return that disgusting dc and as I strolled down the haircare aisle this older lady asked me which one of the products was responsible for my curls cuz she was about to clear the shelf. Sadly I had to tell her none of them. I got 4 more compliments before I left the store.

 

[von rose]

Ever since I started getting more moisture in my hair its been very floppy (even though it still tangles) :/ like its not 3c/4a/4b anymore (now its close to whatever the lady below curl pattern is. what is it by the way?). Its not heat damage as the ends are still curly and while there's some breakage and shedding its not anymore than my college days when my hair could 'stand up'. I just look like a sad wet poodle....

 

[Sharpened]

I am starting to like bantu knots. My parting skills are weak, so they have to be covered. DH thinks they are too cute. He's weird...

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

I'm in the north of the country today on business. Whenever I travel even if it's for one night I always wash my hair because the water is so beautiful. It's been well documented on here but that good water, damn it's akin to manna from heaven!

Makes your hair and skin feel so lush!

I envy all of you who have lovely water, it makes a world of difference to your skin and hair.

I was so amazed when I was in South Carolina at the water. I kept saying "This water is so soft!"

I agree, it does make a world of difference.

 

[LushLox]

Everytime I see one of those 'grow 1+ inch overnight with egg and olive oil' videos I want to yell at my laptop. Are people really buying into this? Like your follicles only produce so much keratin at a time, your usual growth rate is around six inches a year (if that) and yo gullible ass grew an inch overnight?!? Grrrrr

Right on the money. The problem is newer members will come on this board and see lots of beautiful long hair and will fully believe that the growth aids do work.

Horribly disappointing for those ladies. Folks need to manage their expectations.

 

[LushLox]

I decided to try something different today. I mixed some dove conditioner I have my kids use for cowashing, with some water. I have using this on my DD to just moisturize and wet her hair without adding a bunch of products.
I decided to use it on my hair, but I add a small amount of IC Moisturizer(it's a liquid), then I added a little more water. I couldn't use that stuff straight, due to the glycol and aloe in it, but it seemed to do the trick today to add some moisture to my air dried hair.

I sealed with CON Eden repairing oil (serum). I will see how my hair feels tomorrow. If it feels good, I will continue to use this. This little mix doesn't have any protein in it.

My plan is to wash my hair 2x as usual, alternating using a masque and a Moisturizing conditioner. I will sit under my dryer, or air dry. No heat for the rest of the month, since my hair just sits on my shoulders right now (CLength now), and I sweat something terrible around my neck. I don't want to sweat out my ends and cause dryness and friction.
This is that stage where you have to keep your hair up and off of your shoulders to make it to the next length.

I'm sitting here agreeing with my hair in a pony tail

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

I'm sitting here agreeing with my hair a pony tail

I have my crochets in a top knot.

I just want y'all to know that I still haven't finished

It's too dang hot.

 

[tapioca_pudding]

The very center/crown area of my hair is shorter than the rest, and the texture is weird. That area seems to break faster and appears thinner. I watched a YT vid that mentioned doing a float test on different sections of your hair, so I did that this morning. I did center/crown area, the left side and the right side. The center and left side floated forever, never sunk. The right side went under the surface of the water, but never fully sunk.

That is supposed to mean I have low porosity hair... but I dunno. The center/crown section of my hair where there's breakage is always frizzy and dries super fast, and always feels dry. Same w/ the left side. The center/crown area feels bumpy when I run my finger up a few strands, which is supposed to be indicative of high porosity. Also when I used to wet bun, that part of my hair seemed to HATE constantly being wet. My hair doesn't respond well to being wet often anyway, but that section in particular used to suffer so much from too much moisture/water.

I may do the test again another day after a good shampoo to see if I get the same results (today I just cowashed). I'm trying to get the center/crown section to grow and not look so scraggly but I dunno what to do. The rest of my hair is really flourishing except that section, so the breakage is becoming more noticeable imo. Its pretty frustrating.

I'm open for suggestions.

 

[Sharpened]

@tapioca_pudding it sounds like you have a patch of the mysterious scab hair. I believe it can be a permanent thing, caused by some sort of follicular damage. Baby that area as best you can. Hopefully, others will chime in with better ideas on how to deal with it.

 

[tapioca_pudding]

@tapioca_pudding it sounds like you have a patch of the mysterious scab hair. I believe it can be a permanent thing, caused by some sort of follicular damage. Baby that area as best you can. Hopefully, others will chime in with better ideas on how to deal with it.

Thanks so much! I plan to just really baby it. I went to a derm last week and he said it looks/acts like Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA) but he's not 100% sure. I was like, That's mad helpful, thanks. He didn't want to take a biopsy right now but said that if it doesn't improve in 6 months or gets worse then he will biopsy. I kind of rebuked that diagnosis which is why I didn't mention it before. He said that we can try a few rounds of shots in my scalp etc, but I'm not up for that right now for a few reasons.

The reason I somewhat rebuked that theory is because the hair at my scalp is still super dense. When I part my hair and take photos, it doesn't look patchy or like there are any bald spots etc. But the hair that grows out of that area is just weird.

I'm not sure what my plan of action is right now other than just to baby that area and keep doing research.

 

[Sharpened]

@tapioca_pudding I have been natural since the 90s, and I have a patch of the same type hair at the top of my head. It never went bald or thinned out once. I wish research studies were done on women who never messed with chemicals or direct heat so we would know for sure what is the true cause or if it is normal.

 

[YvetteWithJoy]

Everytime I see one of those 'grow 1+ inch overnight with egg and olive oil' videos I want to yell at my laptop. Are people really buying into this? Like your follicles only produce so much keratin at a time, your usual growth rate is around six inches a year (if that) and yo gullible ass grew an inch overnight?!? Grrrrr

I tried one of these once, for fun. Mainly to try to get to the bottom of what might be going on. I knew ahead of time that there was no way it was going to work, else no folks in the world would have hair shorter than they like: They would just grow it out with one of these methods.

 

[Evolving78]

The very center/crown area of my hair is shorter than the rest, and the texture is weird. That area seems to break faster and appears thinner. I watched a YT vid that mentioned doing a float test on different sections of your hair, so I did that this morning. I did center/crown area, the left side and the right side. The center and left side floated forever, never sunk. The right side went under the surface of the water, but never fully sunk.

That is supposed to mean I have low porosity hair... but I dunno. The center/crown section of my hair where there's breakage is always frizzy and dries super fast, and always feels dry. Same w/ the left side. The center/crown area feels bumpy when I run my finger up a few strands, which is supposed to be indicative of high porosity. Also when I used to wet bun, that part of my hair seemed to HATE constantly being wet. My hair doesn't respond well to being wet often anyway, but that section in particular used to suffer so much from too much moisture/water.

I may do the test again another day after a good shampoo to see if I get the same results (today I just cowashed). I'm trying to get the center/crown section to grow and not look so scraggly but I dunno what to do. The rest of my hair is really flourishing except that section, so the breakage is becoming more noticeable imo. Its pretty frustrating.

I'm open for suggestions.

My crown has always been that weird area for me too! It's very dense, dry, and kinker than the rest of my head. I use wild growth oil in that area to keep it soft and lubricated. Whenever I have to make sections, that area gets its own section. I don't detangle, or comb that section going straight down.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

Darn, I need like 3 more packs of hair

I'm not buying any. That's why the Good Lord invented headbands

 

[von rose]

I tried one of these once, for fun. Mainly to try to get to the bottom of what might be going on. I knew ahead of time that there was no way it was going to work, else no folks in the world would have hair shorter than they like: They would just grow it out with one of these methods.

I've tried egg+olive oil because I had already shampooed and needed a protein treatment but I definitely did not get an inch and I'm already on the faster end of hair growth. Not gonna say anything on the videos though; when a youtuber's stans don't like what you have to say you get drawn and quartered with a quickness

Also what is this smiley??? Lol! I know its a star wars reference, just seems random for a hair board

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

I somehow ended up watching these Iraqi barbers (I think they're Iraqi) and I #sweaterGawd one of them was cutting with gardening shears..

 

[KinksAndInk]

$26 for a product that I can't even get 2nd day hair with? Nah. I'll pass.

 

[Sally.]

I got my Sephora. play box today and it included 2 hair products, DevaCurl SuperCream coconut curl styler and Madam CJ Walker curl whip styling soufflé. I may try the latter with the sample of their coconut oil I got in another play box a few months ago for a wash n go. Both are 2oz tubes that should give me 2-3 uses, possibly more, depending on product thickness.

I get Play too. Whoever they have helping to decide what products are best for people depending on their beauty profile, is doing a slightly impressive job. I was surprised to see so many products these past couple months in my box that's catered to those with kinky curly hair. However, I was disappointed to get two styling products this month. I would have preferred to get the Devacurl No Poo rather than the Supercream.

Also, I still don't think they have connected the dots to mean that kinky hair often means darker skin, because the shades of the lip products they have sent have been all a miss for me tho I'm sure they look good on those with fair skin.

 

[~*~ShopAholic~*~]

My products showed up super fast! Nicely wrapped and packed! I was surprised that the neutralizing conditioner is liquid like shampoo and not creamy like conditioner. Lol, I guess I was fooled by the name. Lord this going to be bitter sweet. Relaxing day....

 

[tapioca_pudding]

I might try a henna gloss this weekend. Imma see.

 

[YvetteWithJoy]

I've tried egg+olive oil because I had already shampooed and needed a protein treatment but I definitely did not get an inch and I'm already on the faster end of hair growth. Not gonna say anything on the videos though; when a youtuber's stans don't like what you have to say you get drawn and quartered with a quickness

Also what is this smiley??? Lol! I know its a star wars reference, just seems random for a hair board

 

[KinksAndInk]

I get Play too. Whoever they have helping to decide what products are best for people depending on their beauty profile, is doing a slightly impressive job. I was surprised to see so many products these past couple months in my box that's catered to those with kinky curly hair. However, I was disappointed to get two styling products this month. I would have preferred to get the Devacurl No Poo rather than the Supercream.

Also, I still don't think they have connected the dots to mean that kinky hair often means darker skin, because the shades of the lip products they have sent have been all a miss for me tho I'm sure they look good on those with fair skin.

I didn't mind getting 2 stylers. I've found my holy grail cleansers and don't have a desire to trial anymore but I get what you're saying. I usually mix my lip shades so getting one too light or too dark doesn't bother me either. The only issue I have is when I get a sea salt spray or dry shampoo. I pass those along to my Chaldean friend for her daughter.

 

[Sharpened]

In case anyone was curious, the ingredients for Wild Growth Hair Oil are Olive oil, Jojoba oil, Coconut oil, Vitamin D, Choline, Inositol, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorous, Calcium, Natural Color and Fragrance. How did Sally's figure it out? They require a MSDS on all products they sell.

The two in red are in the B vitamin family, good for circulatory health, and found heavily in rice. I have no idea what phosphorus does.

 

[MizAvalon]

I've been wearing weaves and wigs exclusively for almost a year now. Gonna try to go the whole summer being natural. It's hard when you're a hair-lazy person like I am though. I know I'll probably cave and get braids at some point, lol.

 

[Saludable84]

In case anyone was curious, the ingredients for Wild Growth Hair Oil are Olive oil, Jojoba oil, Coconut oil, Vitamin D, Choline, Inositol, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorous, Calcium, Natural Color and Fragrance. How did Sally's figure it out? They require a MSDS on all products they sell.

The two in red are in the B vitamin family, good for circulatory health, and found heavily in rice. I have no idea what phosphorus does.

Is it still thick like back in the day?

Phosphorus is probably for growth, like regrowth and hair loss growth.

 

[Sharpened]

Is it still thick like back in the day?

Phosphorus is probably for growth, like regrowth and hair loss growth.

No idea. My mother tried to get me to use it back in the 80s. Itchy scalp and dry hair was not on the menu, LOL. I am shocked this stuff is still going!