Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

JerriBlank

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MzSwift

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These ayuverdic powders better thicken my hair up!!...they are messy, take time to mix and waste water in making sure they are completely rinsed out...it better be worth my while!

Lol!! I feel ya. That's exactly why I started doing glosses and teas instead. Those pastes were kicking my butt! They were a pain to apply and rinse. You should try teas and glosses - you'll still get the benefits of the herbs. You can also pre-mix the stuff. That was my regi. I only mixed once per month and got plenty of use from them.
 

JerriBlank

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Lol!! I feel ya. That's exactly why I started doing glosses and teas instead. Those pastes were kicking my butt! They were a pain to apply and rinse. You should try teas and glosses - you'll still get the benefits of the herbs. You can also pre-mix the stuff. That was my regi. I only mixed once per month and got plenty of use from them.

Did you refrigerate them?
 

Aggie

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Mixed up some henna tonight. I've put it in the freezer until the weekend. I'm gonna blend up sone hibiscus to add to the mix before I apply it on the weekend. I'm excited.
This sounds awesome @AbsyBlvd.

I want to henna my hair too but I really won't have sufficient time to complete one until December or maybe even January :sad:. I'm going to be so busy the next couple of months.
 
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GGsKin

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This sounds awesome @AbsyBlvd.

I want to henna my hair too but I really won't have sufficient time to complete one until December or maybe even January :sad:. I'm going to be so busy the next couple of months.

I understand. You've been through a lot. How are things? This is the first time since maybe July, that I've managed to grab some time for this so I'm looking forward to it:yep:
 

Aggie

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I understand. You've been through a lot. How are things? This is the first time since maybe July, that I've managed to grab some time for this so I'm looking forward to it:yep:
It's so kind of you to ask @AbsyBlvd. Yes we here in the Bahamas are still going through a lot but no lives lost, thank God. We are on a very long road to recovery. As for me and my house, we fared fairly well. It just hurts to see my fellow Bahamians suffer so much loss. One would have to be very strong and rest all their trust in God to see them all the way through and sanely.

My yard is still full of fallen trees that we we cut up in smaller pieces and still quite a bit left in the ground. It's actually everywhere on the island in just about everyone's yard. It will take quite a bit of time to clean it all away. I think my family might just burn ours once they are fully dried, then use the ashes to spread in the back yard and use it to enrich the soil there instead of dumping it.

I am eternally grateful to God for the mercies He actually did show us here because it could have been worse. I prayed before the storm and covered my home and all the homes in my neighborhood in the blood of Jesus Christ. He was the help I chose to ask for and leaned heavily on Him and He came through for my entire neighborhood. :yep: I truly am eternally grateful.
 

Lilmama1011

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Sometimes I feel like I'm hallucinating about how my ends look. Sometime it looks like it is thinning a lot, then less than I thought or not at all. It is like on wet/dry hair, I guess sense some parts are dry and some isn't that could be the reason. But when I roller set about a week ago my ends looks way better. I swear I wouldn't know what could have contributed to the thinning ends if that is the problem . I'm not using heat, excessive tension. I wash and deep condition weekly and handle my hair with care. majority of the time protective style and everything . It might be my hyperthyroidism. If it's not that then I'm done hiding my hair, forget that ish. We get so involved in the hair journey we don't enjoy our hair or life, I will do what I please but still not abuse heat
 

SheWalks

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My hair has been doing so well since the end of september, I'm not sure wth it is. My combo of products, the weather, not spending too much time on wash day. I'm not changing any of my products tho while this lasts. Maybe I found all my HG.
 

Lilmama1011

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Saw this in Marshalls and want it. Must be discontinued

How much was it
 

YesToHair!

4C/hi-po/Fine strands/med-low density.
Lol!! I feel ya. That's exactly why I started doing glosses and teas instead. Those pastes were kicking my butt! They were a pain to apply and rinse. You should try teas and glosses - you'll still get the benefits of the herbs. You can also pre-mix the stuff. That was my regi. I only mixed once per month and got plenty of use from them.

I must just go that route!
 

Honey Bee

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Noticed that products geared towards color treated hair are awesome for my hair. Wonder why?
Because they're meant to keep the cuticle closed. Is your hair normally porous, or extra tangly, or dry? All of those things are caused by inappropriately* lifted cuticles. This is actually one of my porous hair tricks, using products for color-treated hair. My relaxed hair was.... :nono: :lol:

*I said inappropriately cuz sometimes you want your hair to open up and accept what you're giving it, ie moisture, color, etc.
 

MzSwift

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Sometimes I feel like I'm hallucinating about how my ends look. Sometime it looks like it is thinning a lot, then less than I thought or not at all. It is like on wet/dry hair, I guess sense some parts are dry and some isn't that could be the reason. But when I roller set about a week ago my ends looks way better. I swear I wouldn't know what could have contributed to the thinning ends if that is the problem . I'm not using heat, excessive tension. I wash and deep condition weekly and handle my hair with care. majority of the time protective style and everything . It might be my hyperthyroidism. If it's not that then I'm done hiding my hair, forget that ish. We get so involved in the hair journey we don't enjoy our hair or life, I will do what I please but still not abuse heat

Have you looked into the "lead hairs" theory? That might explain why your ends look thin sometimes but not other times. I think it's something Chicoro brought up to the board. IIRC, it's taking into account that your various hair strands grow at different rates. So your ends will not be even. But if you leave it alone and don't trim them evenly, the shorter lengths will catch up to where the longer ones were. So, in essence, the longer lengths are leading the way for the shorter hair.

I think I follow this theory to some extent. I still dust/trim occasionally but overall, I leave my hair alone. I realized that there are times where my ends look thinner than other times but my hair wasn't unhealthy.
 
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