Supergirl
With Love & Silk
1) Healthy hair is beautiful hair. Health before length is a great philosophy. If you get your hair healthy, there will be little that you can do to keep your hair from inching down your back.
2) Trims aren't evil. Healthy ends are important. It's trimming in excess of what is needed that is the problem. Learning to self-trim is quite valuable so that you can avoid scissor-happy-stylists.
3) Some band wagons are worth your time. Others might not be. Use your best judgment.
4) Products don't give the same results to everyone.
5) I'm not sure I believe in growth aids, maybe health aids, but not growth aids.
6) It is possible to air dry with good results. Air drying has been one of the things that helped my hair thrive. I've gotten better results with growth retention with air drying more than I have with rollersetting.
7) If you want to learn how to DIY on a particular technique, invest the time to do so. It IS possible. There's probably a thread here or a youtube video or a website somewhere that can help you. Don't be disappointed if you aren't a pro at it the first few times you try.
8) PJism is okay. Even when you find your tried and true products, you might still love trying new things every now and then. It's fun, do it! (but don't go broke as you do it)
9) How do you find your "Holy Grail" (HG) products? When you find yourself recommending something to someone else, it's your HG. When you find yourself always coming back to a product, it's one of your HG products. When you find yourself always keeping a particular product in your stash it's probably one of your HG products.
10) Spending money on "big ticket" items (Pibbs, CHI, hair steamer, etc.) for your hair is cool. Invest in your hair, and you'll get return. If you opt to purchase less expensive versions of the LHCF big ticket favorites, that's fine too. Your hair probably won't benefit less in the long run, but you may like your immediate results better with the higher end product. For example, you may get a sleeker look with a Sedu flat iron vs. a Jilbere.
11) Protein is your friend. I don't like the bad rap protein gets sometimes. If you aren't relaxed and you never use heat or manipulate your hair then you might have a valid argument that protein is hardly necessary for you, but all others should view protein as a positive thing.
12) It takes time to develop healthy hair habits and healthy hair. I have seen many a frustrated newbie wondering why they're still experiencing breakage or having trouble with growth retention after X amount of weeks or months. When I see threads/posts like this, I always look at the join date to see how long they've been a member (not that they couldn't have been a lurker previously). I always tell them that whatever they were doing to their hair before they started caring for it meticulously is still hanging out on their hair. If, for example, Sara has 12 inches of hair and she started taking care of it 4 months ago, then she really only has 2 inches of well cared-for hair. If in the 3,4,5,6, etc. years prior she was using a blow dryer and flat iron weekly, relaxing every 4-6 weeks, and such, well that's what most of the hair on her head has been through and it isn't going to recover in a few short months, if at all. In fact, the longest of her hair should probably be trimmed off eventually.
And one day when Sara has been taking care of her hair well for a year or two or more, all of the hair on her head will finally be hair that has been taken care of, exposed to little heat, protective styled, etc. and will thrive like she's never seen.
13) Sudden and accidental hair damage is easier to resolve if the hair was mostly healthy before the damage occurred.
14) Hair damage is sometimes irreparable no matter what.
15) You can "slack" on your regimen a bit without messing up your progress if you've been at it a while. It's kind of like weight loss. You go hardcore to lose the weight, and then to maintain it you still have to work but not as hard as you worked to lose the weight.
16) Hateration is great inspiration.
2) Trims aren't evil. Healthy ends are important. It's trimming in excess of what is needed that is the problem. Learning to self-trim is quite valuable so that you can avoid scissor-happy-stylists.
3) Some band wagons are worth your time. Others might not be. Use your best judgment.
4) Products don't give the same results to everyone.
5) I'm not sure I believe in growth aids, maybe health aids, but not growth aids.
6) It is possible to air dry with good results. Air drying has been one of the things that helped my hair thrive. I've gotten better results with growth retention with air drying more than I have with rollersetting.
7) If you want to learn how to DIY on a particular technique, invest the time to do so. It IS possible. There's probably a thread here or a youtube video or a website somewhere that can help you. Don't be disappointed if you aren't a pro at it the first few times you try.
8) PJism is okay. Even when you find your tried and true products, you might still love trying new things every now and then. It's fun, do it! (but don't go broke as you do it)
9) How do you find your "Holy Grail" (HG) products? When you find yourself recommending something to someone else, it's your HG. When you find yourself always coming back to a product, it's one of your HG products. When you find yourself always keeping a particular product in your stash it's probably one of your HG products.
10) Spending money on "big ticket" items (Pibbs, CHI, hair steamer, etc.) for your hair is cool. Invest in your hair, and you'll get return. If you opt to purchase less expensive versions of the LHCF big ticket favorites, that's fine too. Your hair probably won't benefit less in the long run, but you may like your immediate results better with the higher end product. For example, you may get a sleeker look with a Sedu flat iron vs. a Jilbere.
11) Protein is your friend. I don't like the bad rap protein gets sometimes. If you aren't relaxed and you never use heat or manipulate your hair then you might have a valid argument that protein is hardly necessary for you, but all others should view protein as a positive thing.
12) It takes time to develop healthy hair habits and healthy hair. I have seen many a frustrated newbie wondering why they're still experiencing breakage or having trouble with growth retention after X amount of weeks or months. When I see threads/posts like this, I always look at the join date to see how long they've been a member (not that they couldn't have been a lurker previously). I always tell them that whatever they were doing to their hair before they started caring for it meticulously is still hanging out on their hair. If, for example, Sara has 12 inches of hair and she started taking care of it 4 months ago, then she really only has 2 inches of well cared-for hair. If in the 3,4,5,6, etc. years prior she was using a blow dryer and flat iron weekly, relaxing every 4-6 weeks, and such, well that's what most of the hair on her head has been through and it isn't going to recover in a few short months, if at all. In fact, the longest of her hair should probably be trimmed off eventually.
And one day when Sara has been taking care of her hair well for a year or two or more, all of the hair on her head will finally be hair that has been taken care of, exposed to little heat, protective styled, etc. and will thrive like she's never seen.
13) Sudden and accidental hair damage is easier to resolve if the hair was mostly healthy before the damage occurred.
14) Hair damage is sometimes irreparable no matter what.
15) You can "slack" on your regimen a bit without messing up your progress if you've been at it a while. It's kind of like weight loss. You go hardcore to lose the weight, and then to maintain it you still have to work but not as hard as you worked to lose the weight.
16) Hateration is great inspiration.
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