Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

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3rd Big Chop on 7/18/2016
The longer my hair gets, the drier it is which is very annoying. I do not use any heat, only every 3 months for my regular trims, and I only use moisture based products. My hair has about 80-95% shrinkage when fully wet and I think I’m a 4b/4c hair type. Despite all of these challenges, my hair is the healthiest it has been in a very long time, and I own that to daily co-washing, hot oil treatments, protective styles. My shedding and breakage has declined due to this method.
 

dyh080

Well-Known Member
I think when you reach a certain length all that are comfie with you will ask (all races) because as we all know "black girls don't have long hair". They would have to feel comfortable enough to ask though and many aren't. They will automatically assume you just got it in your genes somehow from an other and that's how it's long not because of work. That's my fear at least. You're black til you got long hair than you got something mixed in there because it's long.

I bet they don't ask people who have long dreadlocks that question!
 

Royalq

Well-Known Member
So I learned 3 things about my hair.
One is that it doesn't like to be manipulated sloppy wet. Which is the opposite of what is usually said "don't manipulate hair when it's dry". Seems like my hair is stronger when dry or dryish damp. When I detangled wet I get sooo much hair come out, but when I detangled dryish damp I barely get hair coming out.

Second my hair prefers to be moisturized dryish damp too. All this time I would wash my hair towel dry a bit then apply my moisturizers and seal and my hair would feel dry. But now I let my hair air dry to about 80% dry then I apply my moisturizers and seal and my hair feels so juicy.

And lastly my hair actually liked shea butter. Maybe because I was trying to use shea butter on wet hair which my hair didn't like. But a week and a half ago I moisturized dry and seal with straight shea butter and braided my hair. Shame on me but I didn't touch my hair again till this week. I thought my hair would be a dried out mess but much to my surprised it was soo soft and supple as if I just moisturized it. I'll be keeping these tips in mind now.
 

RossBoss

Well-Known Member
For the past several months, I have been wondering why I can't get my tub sparkling clean. I have tried all sorts of cleaning agents and it still looks dirty. I finally figured it out. I now need a degreaser for my tub. I use so much oil that it now has created some grease stains on my tub.

I wash my hair daily but am now shampooing only twice per week. I'm finding that as my natural hair gets longer every month, squeaky clean hair does not look as good as hair that has a small amount of buildup of oil on it. Plus, that layer of oil makes detangling a breeze. So I'm constantly running EVOO mixed with cheapie conditioner through my hair every day and dc'ing with cholesterol conditioner mixed with EVOO once per week. My hair is healthy, shiny and thriving.
 

LushLox

Well-Known Member
This hair masque CoCo and Eve is all over the internet, people are raving about it. Anyone tried it here?

It needs to be good at that price. :look:

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Aqua (Water) Cetearyl Alcohol Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract Dimethicone Behentrimonium Chloride Parfum Glycerin Cetyl Alcohol Sodium Benzoate Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil Shea Butter Ethyl Esters Caryocar Brasiliense Fruit Oil Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil Hydrolyzed Linseed Extract Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate Phenoxyethanol Cetrimonium Chloride Potassium Sorbate Ethylhexylglycerin Selaginella Lepidophylla Extract Saccharomyces/Silicon Ferment Saccharomyces/Iron Ferment Saccharomyces/Magnesium Ferment Saccharomyces/Copper Ferment Saccharomyces/Zinc Ferment Tocopherol Lactobacillus Ferment Benzyl Alcohol Benzyl Salicylate Coumarin Limonene Linalool

£35/$46
 

Lissa0821

Well-Known Member
I am loving aloe vera juice and gel on my hair lately. I have been using it as a 50/50 mix with distilled water as a leave in and refresher spray during the week. Yesterday I did a light dusting over my entire head. I put my hair in mini braids, moisturized my ends and sealed with Fruit of the Earth aloe vera. My hair is soft and my ends feel so much better. For my next wash day, I plan on spraying my hair with the aloe vera then topping it with my deep conditioner of choice and sitting under my steamer.
 

sunflora

Flowah Powah
This hair masque CoCo and Eve is all over the internet, people are raving about it. Anyone tried it here?

It needs to be good at that price. :look:

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Aqua (Water) Cetearyl Alcohol Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract Dimethicone Behentrimonium Chloride Parfum Glycerin Cetyl Alcohol Sodium Benzoate Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil Shea Butter Ethyl Esters Caryocar Brasiliense Fruit Oil Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil Hydrolyzed Linseed Extract Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate Phenoxyethanol Cetrimonium Chloride Potassium Sorbate Ethylhexylglycerin Selaginella Lepidophylla Extract Saccharomyces/Silicon Ferment Saccharomyces/Iron Ferment Saccharomyces/Magnesium Ferment Saccharomyces/Copper Ferment Saccharomyces/Zinc Ferment Tocopherol Lactobacillus Ferment Benzyl Alcohol Benzyl Salicylate Coumarin Limonene Linalool

£35/$46

I saw it. I don't use products with dimethicone, plus I have never once used an expensive product that was 'worth it' IMO. It seemed to be a small container too. Let me know if you try it out.
 

LushLox

Well-Known Member
I saw it. I don't use products with dimethicone, plus I have never once used an expensive product that was 'worth it' IMO. It seemed to be a small container too. Let me know if you try it out.

Nah I’m not going to bother, there’s nothing exceptional in those ingredients that make the price tag worthy of my dough.
 

OhTall1

Well-Known Member
My hair is so incredibly fine. I have a whole head full of mid strand splits, and I think they may be from my Denman. I'm going to get rid of it, and cut my hair back down to a tapered TWA to start over again. Thankfully I love having short hair and it suits me.
 

ItsMeLilLucky

Aka Giveme D’Monee
My hair is so incredibly fine. I have a whole head full of mid strand splits, and I think they may be from my Denman. I'm going to get rid of it, and cut my hair back down to a tapered TWA to start over again. Thankfully I love having short hair and it suits me.
That’s messed up..
 

sunflora

Flowah Powah
My hair is so incredibly fine. I have a whole head full of mid strand splits, and I think they may be from my Denman. I'm going to get rid of it, and cut my hair back down to a tapered TWA to start over again. Thankfully I love having short hair and it suits me.

This happened to me, only towards the top of my head. I had pinned it on a nylon "BHB". Do you use one of those? I hope it's not my denman, but I can live without it. I've been favoring wooden brushes lately anyways.
 

Tefnut

Well-Known Member
Ulta has Viviscal hair vitamins half off today ($20 instead of $40) for its Gorgeous Hair event. I bought a couple of boxes just in case. It's a 60 day supply and the serving size is 1 tablet a day. This would be my first time taking them.

ETA: It says the serving size is 1 tablet per day but the directions recommend taking 2 per day. Why not just say that the serving size is 2 per day?! I know it's because some people would scoff at paying $40 a month for these vitamins! (Now, I'm wondering if I should get more boxes...)

https://www.ulta.com/gorgeoushair/


 
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FadingDelilah

Well-Known Member
The front of my hair is only about 1.5 inches from shoulder length :eek: Thats about 4.5 months from now with my growth rate. I can't believe by March 1st I 'll be 75% full shoulder length. It seemed much farther for some reason. I guess I was looking towards achieving apl so much I forgot all about shoulder. Yayyyy!!!
 

Prettymetty

Natural/4b/medium-coarse
Any one else feeling lazy because of the cold front? My hair will be lucky to get washed at all this week. And I don't feel bad about it. Having to section, braid, prepoo, wash, dc and blowdry is a lot of work. Then I straighten afterwards. I was doing it every 3 days, but damn I'm tired af. I think I had 1 day off this month for a funeral...

Sigh. Sadly my hair isn't a priority anymore. I wish I had the time lol
 

KinksAndInk

Professional Napper
The back section of my crown refuses to let me be great. No matter how much love or product I give it, it’s always frizzy at the roots and about 4 inches down the shaft. It’s also coarser than the rest of my hair but then it starts to soften and match the rest of my texture as it gets longer. Weird and annoying.
 

LostInAdream

Well-Known Member
I’ve been wearing my TWA out for the past two weeks and love it. I never thought short hair looked good on me but It looks good. I get so many compliments. however, it’s soooo cold out I have to wear head wraps or I start sniffling. I’ve been wearing wigs for years now and just want to enjoy my hair out. I want to protective style with braids or something but love my new look.
 
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