Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

FadingDelilah said:

When you just spent several hours getting a protective style installed and you can finally get out of your seat.

Click to expand...

LOL LOL !! True.

I am ashamed to say today i was 5 weeks post wash. I finally did it and DCing right now. It took a long time to apply my conditioner! This is the life all the long haired naturals were talking about and I brushed them off. Now I believe them....now I believe. Wash day is not to be taken lightly at this stage. My hair is so heavy on my head with the DC. I can't move fast enough to hurry and get that plastic bags on my head to take the weight of. Hair was hanging to mbl with the DC. If I wiped it fast I could hurt my neck.

Y'all I had a twa two years ago.... tis all.

@FadingDelilah dont give up yet. Hide your hair! Like what @YvetteWithJoy and @Alma Petra said.

When I had 6inches of hair I did nothing but twists under hats. Just don't bother styling it right now. I waited until my hair reached the point were I could slap a Marley hair bun on it. I didn't combed my hair for two weeks at a time.

If I were you I'd put my hair in about 6 ponytails and do the braidless crochet method. With hair that matches yours. I am thinking about trying it with Marley hair.

I Am So Blessed said:

@FadingDelilah dont give up yet. Hide your hair! Like what @YvetteWithJoy and @Alma Petra said.

When I had 6inches of hair I did nothing but twists under hats. Just don't bother styling it right now. I waited until my hair reached the point were I could slap a Marley hair bun on it. I didn't combed my hair for two weeks at a time.

If I were you I'd put my hair in about 6 ponytails and do the braidless crochet method. With hair that matches yours. I am thinking about trying it with Marley hair.

Click to expand...

Lucky you that you can wear fake hair and put your hair in 6 ponytails, lol! My hair is so thick using that few ponytails would put wayyy too much tension on my parts. I also swore to never wear fake hair, even though I get sooo tempted sometimes, so no luck there either. I will just have to wait until my hair is a few inches longer to start styling it. Hopefully by June I will be full shoulder length.

FadingDelilah said:

Lucky you that you can wear fake hair and put your hair in 6 ponytails, lol! My hair is so thick using that few ponytails would put wayyy too much tension on my parts. I also swore to never wear fake hair, even though I get sooo tempted sometimes, so no luck there either. I will just have to wait until my hair is a few inches longer to start styling it. Hopefully by June I will be full shoulder length.

Click to expand...

You'll reach your goals soon then. I actually won't do the ponytail method I was suggesting it for you. And like you I also feel weird about fake hair. I hate it actually. (I hate what it's become) But on the other hand if wearing it can get me out of an awkward stage I'll incorporate it. (Without it looking like fake hair) Marley hair matched my hair to a T and took me right out of the TWA stage so fast.

If i were to do crochets i would just do two flat twists accross in the back to achieve the half up half down look, without my own hair rubbing on my shoulders. If I feel super weird about it I'll take them out. I'll let y'all know if I really go through with it. I will never wear human hair omg. (But all in all, wearing fake hair is wearing fake hair).

Are your products fulfilling all of your moisturized wishes? If yes then you are set to gain those inches by June.

FadingDelilah said:

I want to get some rubber thread so I can try banding my hair.

Click to expand...

Aha! (As if this is a new idea) have you tried roller setting with those little perm rods!?

I hope that you answer "no" lol because I see that working for you.

@FadingDelilah Also *extra talkative *

Head bands! I wore one everyday with my TWA (which I didn't have for long, my hair grew so fast on S curl spray) in high school.

MeaWea said:

Has anyone been able to source the original Felicia Leatherwood brush? I gave up on looking for it once I found the Kare Co Tangle Buster at Walmart.
The Tangle Buster looks like the Leatherwood brush but the Leatherwood brush is a bit smaller.
(Yes, I just watched Naptural85s review of the Revlon dryer brush.)

Click to expand...

@MeaWea
I thought I purchased mine a while back during a BF Sale directly from a FL Site? (I could be wrong tho')? She was offering them for either 9 or 12 bucks.

I also have the Kareco and use it way more than the FL. The FL is too "stiff" and I like the way the Kareco moves & gives to the hair.

There are several knock-off FL's that you can purchase from a Sad.dlery or Eq.uine shop. I bought a couple of those for about $2.99 and also use them more than the Original FL, only because they have more "give" to them.

I want to do these half up half down hairstyles so badly, but I do not want to wear my own hair out in the back!!!

the only way I can think to achieve this without my hair being out is crochets. I would leave the whole front half out and just crochet the back half with Marley hair.

I'd do two or three flat twists going across In the back and crochet the hair in. It would blend quite seamlessly.

IDareT'sHair said:

@MeaWea
I thought I purchased mine a while back during a BF Sale directly from a FL Site? (I could be wrong tho')? She was offering them for either 9 or 12 bucks.

I also have the Kareco and use it way more than the FL. The FL is too "stiff" and I like the way the Kareco moves & gives to the hair.

There are several knock-off FL's that you can purchase from a Sad.dlery or Eq.uine shop. I bought a couple of those for about $2.99 and also use them more than the Original FL, only because they have more "give" to them.

Click to expand...

I can echo this post almost entirely, @MeaWea.

Anyone else with scalpy edges? Not because they are damaged, but because that's what you were born with?

I never wear braids, weaves, wigs, or any other type of install, and haven't had chemicals on my hair since 2004, so 14 years ago.

Rough hair day this morning. After being sick all weekend I did not get a chacne to do my hair. This morning my hair was dry and tangled. Since I was still not 100% I did not want any water touching my hair. Luckily it's cold out. I did one flat twist in the front and put a hat on. Looks pretty good. The hat saved the day.

The Mane Choice tropical line smells so good!!!

Has anyone tried the braid/twist out cream? How is it?

Does the sealing cream indeed seal?

TIA!

krissyhair said:

Anyone else with scalpy edges? Not because they are damaged, but because that's what you were born with?

I never wear braids, weaves, wigs, or any other type of install, and haven't had chemicals on my hair since 2004, so 14 years ago.

Click to expand...

Same and it's very annoying. And not only that, but the edges I do have don't grow past a certain length and are fuzzy, curly and a lighter colour than the rest of my hair. I legit slick down my edges because the gel makes it look darker and like I have some.

YvetteWithJoy said:

The Mane Choice tropical line smells so good!!!

Has anyone tried the braid/twist out cream? How is it?

Does the sealing cream indeed seal?

TIA!

View attachment 427268

Click to expand...

Wow those prices!

I Am So Blessed said:

Wow those prices!

Click to expand...

Yes. I know you use activator and grease at excellently cost effective pricing. Very cool.

YvetteWithJoy said:

Yes. I know you use activator and grease at excellently cost effective pricing. Very cool.

Click to expand...

I use what works, they happen to be cheap at the same time. Very cool.

I hope you like it. I use to spend A lot on products back in the Day. It was fun. The Beauty Supply store was my hang out! Asian owner told me once "you neva buy hair! You always buy good products" i was touched that she noticed! Nowadays I just use what i know works.

One day I'm coming to your house with a basket.

My favorites were Dominican products. How how I loved them.

I Am So Blessed said:

I use what works, they happen to be cheap at the same time. Very cool.

I hope you like it. I use to spend A lot on products back in the Day. It was fun. The Beauty Supply store was my hang out! Asian owner told me once "you neva buy hair! You always buy good products" i was touched that she noticed! Nowadays I just use what i know works.

One day I'm coming to your house with a basket.

My favorites were Dominican products. How how I loved them.

Click to expand...

Neat!

You hope I like what? The product? I don't have it. I'm just trying to learn about it.

.

YvetteWithJoy said:

Neat!

You hope I like what? The product? I don't have it. I'm just trying to learn about it.

Click to expand...

LOOKS GOOD.

I Am So Blessed said:

@FadingDelilah Also *extra talkative *

Head bands! I wore one everyday with my TWA (which I didn't have for long, my hair grew so fast on S curl spray) in high school.

Click to expand...

I never mind talking to you! I will get some head bands and work on more moisture. I realized today Shea butter isn't the one for me and I am going to try using avj instead. My scalp loves it. Sadly though I accidentally mixed some shampoo into my bottle of avj and now I'll have to purchase a new bottle.

Things are progressing little by little.

I am actually looking foward for my trim in April. I dont think i need one, but I'm doing it to be safe I guess. Plus It always feels brand new after a good trim. It's like a reset button.

I Am So Blessed said:

Wow those prices!

Click to expand...

I'm so used to paying those kind of prices (and more ) that the Mane Choice prices look quite cheap/reasonable to me. I think I'm numb to it now lol.

Gorgeous bun @Alma Petra

FadingDelilah said:

I never mind talking to you! I will get some head bands and work on more moisture. I realized today Shea butter isn't the one for me and I am going to try using avj instead. My scalp loves it. Sadly though I accidentally mixed some shampoo into my bottle of avj and now I'll have to purchase a new bottle.

Things are progressing little by little.

Click to expand...

Thank you!!

Yay!! Progress means success.

Yeah, I heard that AVJ was like a humectant or something. Humectants are good.

LushLox said:

I'm so used to paying those kind of prices (and more ) that the Mane Choice prices look quite cheap/reasonable to me. I think I'm numb to it now lol.

Click to expand...

..... I totally GET that.

To be on this level of hair growth is absolutely astounding. I will be there.. I totally 4c it.



22Century Woman WOW.

I am wondering how long is she going to continue going her hair! I hope she grows on.

I absolutely love CravingCurlyKinks hair <--this woman.

EfficientlyNatural

Shout out to the Gs in the game and many more like them.


WOW to be on that level of hair growth is absolutely astounding. I will be there.. I totally 4c it.

I literally just realized that I have been accidentally spraying my hair with diluted shampoo. I’ve sprayed it a few times because I thought it was leave in conditioner spray and I forgot to take the label off *facepalm*

Speaking of leave in conditioners, I’m test driving 3 I got from the big BSS, until I can get some APB. Fun fact: I’ve tried 50-11 times to upload pictures of the ingredients, but I guess that wasn’t happening lol. So here’s some copy and paste action:

Ingredients for the “pink bottle” aka Dream Kids Olive Miracle Detangler:

Aqua, Cetrimonium Chloride, Amodimethicone, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract/Aloe Vera, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil/Oilve Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit/Shea Butter, COcos Nucifera Oil/Coconut Oil, Tocophero/Vitamin E, Glycine Soja Oil/Soybean Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil/ JOjoba Oil, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil/ Grape Seed Oil, Persea Gratissima Oil/ Avocado Oil, Linum Usitassimum Seed Oil, Triticum Vulare Germ Oil/Wheat Germ Oil Hydrolyzed Silk, Hydrolyzed Triticum Acrylamidopropyltrimoinium Chloride/Acrylates Copolymer, Trideceth 12, Glycerin, Polyquaternium 11, Oleth 20m Benzophenone 4, Imidazolidinfyl Urea, Critic Acid, Parfum/Fragrancem Benzyl Benzoate, D-LIMONENE

Ingredients for the Knots Be Gone:

Key Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice(Aloe Vera Juice) , (Marshmallow) Althaea Officinalis Root Powder, Hibiscus (Flower) Rosa-Sinensis extract, Behentrimonium Methosulfate (Natural Detangling Agent), Vegetable Glycerin , Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Fragrance (Parfum) , Botanical Blend.

Featured Ingredients:

• Marshmallow Root: Contains an amazing detangling ability due to mucinogenic properties which gives hair slip, keeps hair soft and works to soothe dry scalp and reduce dandruff.
• Aloe Vera: Moisturizes and conditions hair by smoothing the hair cuticle while coating it to seal moisture in. It also strengthens cortex of damaged hair
• Hibiscus Flower: Repairs hair cuticle, provides nutrients to smooth and soften hair and discourages split ends to promote healthier hair.

Ingredients for the Mielle Tinys and Tots Sacha Inchi Detangling Conditioner:

Aqua (Water), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*,Glycerin*, Honey*, Plukenetia Volubis (Sacha Inchi) Oil*, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil*, Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil, Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Cetearyl Alcohol, PEG-40 Castor Oil, Stearalkonium Chloride, Acrylates Copolymer, Polysorbate 20, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Methyl Gluceth-10, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol *Certified Organic Ingredients Warnings: Avoid contact with eyes. If eye contact occurs, rinse with water. Hair flammable. Flammability is increased when wearing leave-on products of this type. Keep hair away from sparks, flames or lit tobacco products at all times. For external use only. If ingested, contact a medical professional. To be applied by adults only. Keep out of reach of children. Contains oils derived from nuts. Avoid contact if there are known nut allergies.

I Am So Blessed said:

To be on this level of hair growth is absolutely astounding. I will be there.. I totally 4c it.



22Century Woman WOW.

I am wondering how long is she going to continue going her hair! I hope she grows on. View attachment 427274

I absolutely love CravingCurlyKinks hair View attachment 427270<--this woman.

EfficientlyNatural

Shout out to the Gs in the game and many more like them.


WOW to be on that level of hair growth is absolutely astounding. I will be there.. I totally 4c it.

Click to expand...

I see what you did there

I am obsessed with watching hair trimming/cutting videos on IG.