I Am So Blessed
I'm easy going.
All the time!
Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud
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I Am So Blessed
I'm easy going.
Just the thought of my hair reaching that length cracks me up. And I feel like I won a million dollars. Your hair WILL get there no doubt about it. You could say its inevitable (with faith). And thank you!
Bette Davis Eyes
The "OG" Product Junkie
water_n_oil
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GettingKinky
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I bought a HUGE shower cap. It covers all my hair and now I don’t have to be careful while I’m showering. It’s awesome. Sometimes it’s just the little things.
Nightingale
On the Grow and Keeping it Simple
I just started following wolfganglisborg on Instagram and I'm going to try to implement a few of his tips. He's mastered smoothing and waving his seemingly cottony 4a hair with hair tools and minimal products.
ItsMeLilLucky
NotLucky no mo' just blessed.
I put my hair in two strand twists because I was getting hella breakage from my shrunken fro. And I needed to hold off doing my hair until I can do a protein treatment and trim.
water_n_oil
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I follow him as well. I can't use all the tools he does but I've learned how to get nice waves for a puff w/o gel at least.
Mane Event
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Thank you!!!!!
Nightingale
On the Grow and Keeping it Simple
I agree about using all those tools. I'm going to use just a couple and test out his oil wash idea.
GettingKinky
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I stumbled across the curlyhair subreddit the other day. There’s a bunch of white women using shea moisture products and Cantu products. I wasn’t expecting that.
water_n_oil
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White women love shea moisture lol. I browse that sub here and there but it's mostly selfies and people asking for their hair type half the time.
GettingKinky
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I kind of want to buy DevaCurl cleanser and conditioner, but I don’t want to turn into a product junkie. I’ve been buying too many hair products lately.
prettyinpurple
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I did the same thing and had the same reaction lol.
I noticed that Target as a travel size of the cantu curl cream now lol.
Bette Davis Eyes
The "OG" Product Junkie
you must have never been on NaturallyCurly forum before? Curltalk..
White women go hard in the paint. They also tend to use a lot of products we talk about.
ItsMeLilLucky
NotLucky no mo' just blessed.
They come in undercover
GettingKinky
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I haven’t been on naturallycurly or curltalk.
One WW on curlyhair called her hair cut to get rid of her dyed hair the big chop. Just wow. And others are using kinky curly products. My mind is blown.
Bette Davis Eyes
The "OG" Product Junkie
Curltalk used to be jumping. Now it’s a dead zone but the threads are there and some people still post. I learned a lot about my hair from Type 3’s over there. Some of our products geared to type 4s are too heavy but a lot love to scrunch out the crunch from their gel with a butter or pomade. KCCC is like a holy grail. @GettingKinky
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Nightingale
On the Grow and Keeping it Simple
How long did it take for your waves to develop? One wash? Several?
I washed today and the detangling did not go smoothly, but its done. I dont have deep, smooth waves yet though. I'm wondering if being low porosity makes it take longer...
water_n_oil
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I don't think mine will ever look like his lol. Took a few washes to see more. Whenever I detangle with tools my hair puffs out even if I'm standing right under the water so idk. Might work better after clarifying? I haven't tried again yet. I use warm water, oil, and a boar bristle brush for waves when wearing a puff. I'm low po too so you might be on to something about it taking longer.
Lita
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GettingKinky
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I bought a new shampoo and conditioner and I’m so excited to try them tomorrow. I have visions of happy hydrated hair. I can totally see how PJism starts.
water_n_oil
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All this time my hair simply needed a double shampoo to get some "ack right". Funny because my mom literally never skipped the second shampoo when I was a kid. Further proof I need to just get back to the basics
ItsMeLilLucky
NotLucky no mo' just blessed.
Goodness gracious, I just want a shampoo, D/C, and a good trim. I don’t want a silk press. I don’t want a protective style. These women in Chicago want an arm, a leg, and a couple toes. Then I found one lady I was interested in, and it turns out she’s in fornicating Michigan. Why does she have a Chicago stylist hashtag. Forget it, I’ll do it myself 
water_n_oil
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So I tried again tonight and now I'm thinking maybe I just didn't take my time the first time. Didn't get super waves but I can definitely see how this will work if I'm consistent like he is. I used my shampoo brush (Dollar Tree. It's like the Tangle Teezer) and two different Conair combs. I think later I want to replace the brush with the handled Tangle Teezer from Ulta.
Bette Davis Eyes
The "OG" Product Junkie
ALL I want is to rock my washngo but my hair is nothing but tangles after awhile which hinders my retention.
If I could loosen it slightly so the strands dont wrap totally around each other and just refresh every 2-3 days , it might be golden.
Well, its a nice thought though.
If I could loosen it slightly so the strands dont wrap totally around each other and just refresh every 2-3 days , it might be golden.
Well, its a nice thought though.
I Am So Blessed
I'm easy going.
Aha!! I know what I need to do now. Since my hair is so long I gonna have to do a light finger detangling every 2 to 3 days bottom line. That's the only way I can keep up with these ling coily strands. And I don't mind.
If I think of it like laundry, I'd rather wash one load every five days then wait two weeks and have to do 2 1/2 loads plus separate colors. It only took me 10 minutes to sit here while watching TV to go through each chunky twists and pull out the shed hairs. I have seven chunky twists. And I'll keep these same seven twists even when styling.
This just seems better than waiting for the weekend to sit down and prepare mentally for a full blown detangling session.
If I think of it like laundry, I'd rather wash one load every five days then wait two weeks and have to do 2 1/2 loads plus separate colors. It only took me 10 minutes to sit here while watching TV to go through each chunky twists and pull out the shed hairs. I have seven chunky twists. And I'll keep these same seven twists even when styling.
This just seems better than waiting for the weekend to sit down and prepare mentally for a full blown detangling session.
I Am So Blessed
I'm easy going.
I think I want to do a dusting for the fun of it. Sometimes doing them can be satisfying.
I Am So Blessed
I'm easy going.
Tomorrow after work I'm going to set my hair on perm rods for the fun of it. If it dries overnight and looks decent I'll do some sort of up style with curly bangs. I had this bottle of Bronner Brothers foam wrap stuff for the longest. And I have a all kinds of rollers, I have perm rods, tension rollers, the throwbacks with clamps, I threw away my flexi rods though. Anywho.
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