Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

For the first time since I started my HHJ 6 years ago, I skipped getting my hair flat ironed when I went to my stylist for color (got to keep that gray covered). I go every 8 weeks and I always get it flat ironed and last time I got heat damage. :-(

Now I'm scared to get it straightened. I've been seeing my stylist for a long, long time and she does an amazing job of straightening my hair, but she doesn't style natural hair. I wonder if I should look for a new stylist....
 
AdoraAdora24 said:
That is what I did at 6 months post. I was already in braids under my hats. Then one night I just cut of 8 inches off every braid and slapped my hat back on. Went and measured the braids they were are inches long throw them away. That dead lifeless, stringy hair.

That was about two years ago. Time flies when your having fun. Go ahead , your not losing anything that isn't already lost.
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That’s exactly what i have dead stringy lifeless hair attached to new growth. You’re right I’m not losing anything. It’s my fear about how it will look and I’ll just really have to rock out with braids till i get a length i more comfy with.
 
Britt said:
That’s exactly what i have dead stringy lifeless hair attached to new growth. You’re right I’m not losing anything. It’s my fear about how it will look and I’ll just really have to rock out with braids till i get a length i more comfy with.
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I hid under hats until I had length. It became June and I still had a hat on, a summer hat but still a hat. I was ok cutting because no one would see it. My short hair was for my eyes and my eyes only lol.
 
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My long-time hair confession: because of the shortage of natural hair youtubers with the length and thickness that I like, who do styles that I like, I resort to watching weave and wig reviews and use them as my inspiration, as if thats the hair growing out of their head. :blush2: I am so shameful.
 
FadingDelilah said:
My long-time hair confession: because of the shortage of natural hair youtubers with the length and thickness that I like, who do styles that I like, I resort to watching weave and wig reviews and use them as my inspiration, as if thats the hair growing out of their head. :blush2: I am so shameful.
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:giggle::giggle:
:grin:
I thought the natural hair inspirations were 10 X 1,000 on the internets.
 
AdoraAdora24 said:
I hid under hats until I had length. It became June and I still had a hat on, a summer hat but still a hat. I was ok cutting because no one would see it. My short hair was for my eyes and my eyes only lol.
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You wore hats to work and everywhere? U must had quite a wardrobe of hats lol. If I cut now it's really just for my eyes to see lol until it's warmer and i can get it shaped.
AdoraAdora24 said:
@Britt i know you feel the differance when washing your hair right!? How porous the relaxed hair feels vs the natural softness of your own hair. Thats what got me also, was that blatant contrast!
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YESSSSSSS! It's such a difference and the detangling is a pain. Plus my relaxed hair is severely over processed so that makes the contrast that much starker, it just pops off when dealing with it :nono:
 
Britt said:
You wore hats to work and everywhere? U must had quite a wardrobe of hats lol. If I cut now it's really just for my eyes to see lol until it's warmer and i can get it shaped.

YESSSSSSS! It's such a difference and the detangling is a pain. Plus my relaxed hair is severely over processed so that makes the contrast that much starker, it just pops off when dealing with it :nono:
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Yes like a crazy person I wore a hat to work every single day. I just could not make myself wear a wig, not even for a moment. I have walked in stores with a couple hundred dollars and walked out with bags of hats from Boscov's, Kmart and Burlington Coat factory. All kinds to match what ever I wore. Sure did lol.

That lasted until I taught myself how to flat twist. Soon I was able to wear phony buns with Marley hair. GOD knows how thankful I was for hair that looked mine. Good ole Marley hair. And since my hair is black, no problem matching to the T.

Your hair is popping out of your life lol, it knows it doesn't belong. It don't fit in that crowd of strong hairs :D
 
AdoraAdora24 said:
@FadingDelilah mines is worse,
All.. well almost all of my long hair fantasization always involved making love. :cool2::sekret:

Long ago:look:.
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Its hard finding TBL 4b hair on YouTube for me. I also don't like twist outs or braid outs so that diminishes what I can watch drastically. And about your fantasies... Girl don't feel bad. I could honestly write a whole hair novel about different hair fantasies I have (sexual and non-sexual). I be holdin back in that vicariously thread o_O And it's weird that I used to wear hats (even during summer) too :lachen::lachen:
 
Chicoro said:
I have not straightened my hair since September 2014.
I decided to blow it dry on Friday. I got it washed, conditioned, detangled and separated into 10 sections ready to blow it dry. Then, the comb attachment refused to stay put and shot off like a rocket. I taped it up with some electrical tape. The blowdryer overheated and died. I had 1 section half way blowdried. I guess that is better than 1/2 my hair dried and straightened.

I flat-ironed that one section I was able to sort blow dry and did a length check with that! I was happy to see that my hair is finally back to a good length. It's about 2 inches below my waist. In 2012 I tried to self trim and over 3 trims I raggedly cut off about 8 to 10 inches. Awful. Then in 2014, I got my hair done and the person over trimmed again. Sigh.

Now, I'm back on track. I'm hoping to get my hair back to tail bone length by the end of 2017.
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(Post above is from May 8th, 2016, post #31,721 of this thread. Documenting this for myself.)

I don't believe that I ever have had thick, full, healthy even tailbone length hair.
 
I had a dreams last night that I tried to self trim and ended up taking off way too much in some places. I then thought about big chopping again. My heart was crying.

I don't know why I've been having so many bad hair dreams. Must be the combination of my meds and the time I spend on this forum.
 
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I'm tired..so tired of Black men on YouTube acting like straight up women. Get out my face! Stop acting like you get a period Ok!!!! This is hair related because (It was a twist out video) he was flipping his hair and talking like Susan. We (Me) Black women want to adore and look up to you my brother! But not like this. No, not like this.
 
So why Adora are your popping it in the middle of the living room blasting Formation...

This is hair related..she didn't rock an afro.

"Cause I slay, aye- aye. I go hard, ima star"

*dip low & bounce*
 
So I was looking for a good quality shampoo that has: only a few familiar ingredients, no protein and is cheap. I picked up one that was marked with an orange $4.99 tag that was left in the wrong area (like somebody had decided they didn't want it) and it had all of those qualities. So I'm thinking about how nice it is and when I turned it around to look at the front again I realized it was for dogs. :oops: It didn't show a dog on it or anything so I didn't know! I just saw the word "shampoo" and immediately went to look at the ingredients.

I laughed. And then I then went into the dog hair care isle. :p (Do NOT judge me!!) To my surprise, most of the shampoos were formulated similarly!! I walked out asking myself, "How come dogs get all the good products?" I might have to start shopping in a new isle for my hair needs... o_O
 
Colocha said:
@YvetteWithJoy was it you that mentioned Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee?

If it was, have you used it with a wash and go before? I bought some and I really like it for slicking for buns and the roots of twists. The hold honestly is Rock Hard. I'm wondering if a wash and go with it would lock out tangles.
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@Colocha, did you ever try a wash and go with Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee? I'm reeeeeeallly tempted to do it tonight.
 
I wanted to try a 100% silicone free routine to see if it makes a difference, I bought:

- Love Beauty And Planet Shea & Sandalwood Purposeful Hydration Shampoo
- Maui Moisture Curl Quench and Coconut Oil Conditioner
- Not Your Mother's Naturals Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Repair & Protect Leave-In Conditioner
- Cantu Natural Hair Leave In Conditioner
- Cantu Natural Hair Moisturizing Curl Activator Cream

I have to admit, my hair looks the best that it has ever looked :eek: Curls defined, moisturized, bouncy, soft and frizz free. Even the parts of my hair that are always dry and never clump are moist and clumped :gorgeous:
 
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nerdography said:
I wanted to try a 100% silicone free routine to see if it makes a difference, I bought:

- Love Beauty And Planet Shea & Sandalwood Purposeful Hydration Shampoo
- Maui Moisture Curl Quench and Coconut Oil Conditioner
- Not Your Mother's Naturals Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Repair & Protect Leave-In Conditioner
- Cantu Natural Hair Leave In Conditioner
- Cantu Natural Hair Moisturizing Curl Activator Cream

I have to admit, my hair looks the best that it has ever looked :eek: Curls defined, moisturized, bouncy, soft and frizz free. Even the parts of my hair that are always dry and never clump are moist and clumped :gorgeous:
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Pics or it never happened :angel:
 
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