Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

Lylddlebit said:

I had the chance to test out 2 of my EAP flat irons for my winter haircut. I tried the 1 inch ceramic with infrared light and the 1/2 inch ceramic. The 1 inch ceramic with the infrared light is an excellent flat iron. First impression: I would put the 1 inch ceramic infrared in the same tier as my staple FHI runway flat iron. Mind you the FHI retails at $450 and is difficult to find now. Whereas, the black Friday deal I got on the 1 inch ceramic was half off made the one inch ceramic cost about 70 bucks(it's around 140 without a sale) . The only con I have discovered is the casing gets super hot. Almost too hot to hold. I was doing fine holding it until half way through my hair then I put my heat glove on to finish using it. I am sure I can get used to using it without needing the heat glove. I also tried the 1/2 inch ceramic. It's just okay. I would put it in the same tier as a standard flat iron: it works nothing special, wouldn't go out of my way to repurchase. The FHI Runway is still my favorite flat iron I have had that for over a decade with no cons but the price point of the EAP with availability makes it a contender for sure especially if over time the performance lasts.

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Lylddlebit said:

Sallys had the large size treatment for around 5 bucks on clearance. I will be trying that soon myself, as a deep conditioner though.

https://www.sallybeauty.com/hair/hair-care/save-on-liters/keratin-smoothing-masque/SBS-302885.html

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SAPNK said:

I wish I knew how much breakage is acceptable. Everytime I look it up, I get the whole breakage vs shedding lecture. People with long hair never really talk about how much they get for some reason. I suppose if your not retaining length, whatever breakage you see is too much, but I cant seem to make it stop so I'm wondering if I should just accept it. I'm not sure.

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Lylddlebit said:

On average if I roll up all the hair I loose on wash day into a ball after detangling it's usually the size of a grape. Sometimes a Cherry or as much as a tootsie roll pop. That is wash, detangle and evening straightening hairs that come out . My hair is hip length. If I loose more than that in a week something is off. If I go longer without washing my hair for a few weeks or a month I expect the amounts to describe to increase proportionately. I never see short hairs on my clothes or in my bathroom unless I am trimming. This isn't to say pieces don't break off from time to time but it usually so little I don't notice. If it is enough for me to notice clusters of broken hair something is off. Hope that helps.

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Lylddlebit said:

On average if I roll up all the hair I loose on wash day into a ball after detangling it's usually the size of a grape. Sometimes a Cherry or as much as a tootsie roll pop. That is wash, detangle and evening straightening hairs that come out . My hair is hip length. If I loose more than that in a week something is off. If I go longer without washing my hair for a few weeks or a month I expect the amounts to describe to increase proportionately. I never see short hairs on my clothes or in my bathroom unless I am trimming. This isn't to say pieces don't break off from time to time but it usually so little I don't notice. If it is enough for me to notice clusters of broken hair something is off. Hope that helps.

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shawnyblazes said:

@werenumber2 @itsallaboutattitude @LStreeter

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SAPNK said:

I wish I knew how much breakage is acceptable. Everytime I look it up, I get the whole breakage vs shedding lecture. People with long hair never really talk about how much they get for some reason. I suppose if your not retaining length, whatever breakage you see is too much, but I cant seem to make it stop so I'm wondering if I should just accept it. I'm not sure.

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Lylddlebit said:

On average if I roll up all the hair I loose on wash day into a ball after detangling it's usually the size of a grape. Sometimes a Cherry or as much as a tootsie roll pop. That is wash, detangle and evening straightening hairs that come out . My hair is hip length. If I loose more than that in a week something is off. If I go longer without washing my hair for a few weeks or a month I expect the amounts to describe to increase proportionately. I never see short hairs on my clothes or in my bathroom unless I am trimming. This isn't to say pieces don't break off from time to time but it usually so little I don't notice. If it is enough for me to notice clusters of broken hair something is off. Hope that helps.

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ckisland said:

I have the same issue!! I get breakage no matter what I do with my hair. It grows just fine, and my length retention is good minus me over cutting/trimming, so I know that my breakage isn't "too" much. I do find that I lose the least amount of hair when my hair is straight than when I wear my hair any other way. I used to wear wash n'gos, and my retention was good, but I had a crazy amount of ssks. That's what pushed me over to becoming a heat trained natural.



I'm a super shedder or something because I always lose a good bit of hair. I'm shocked when I see ladies with such long hair barely lose anything! I know that there's always room for improvement.

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ckisland said:

I have the same issue!! I get breakage no matter what I do with my hair. It grows just fine, and my length retention is good minus me over cutting/trimming, so I know that my breakage isn't "too" much. I do find that I lose the least amount of hair when my hair is straight than when I wear my hair any other way. I used to wear wash n'gos, and my retention was good, but I had a crazy amount of ssks. That's what pushed me over to becoming a heat trained natural.



I'm a super shedder or something because I always lose a good bit of hair. I'm shocked when I see ladies with such long hair barely lose anything! I know that there's always room for improvement.

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SAPNK said:

I wish I knew how much breakage is acceptable. Everytime I look it up, I get the whole breakage vs shedding lecture. People with long hair never really talk about how much they get for some reason. I suppose if your not retaining length, whatever breakage you see is too much, but I cant seem to make it stop so I'm wondering if I should just accept it. I'm not sure.

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Honeypot said:

Try increasing your moisture and extra sealing on your ends

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shawnyblazes said:

@werenumber2 @itsallaboutattitude @LStreeter

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shawnyblazes said:

@aminata

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water_n_oil said:

The times I was WL in my life were also the times where I barely cared about my hair, products, ingredients, etc. Go figure.

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SAPNK said:

I wish I knew how much breakage is acceptable. Everytime I look it up, I get the whole breakage vs shedding lecture. People with long hair never really talk about how much they get for some reason. I suppose if your not retaining length, whatever breakage you see is too much, but I cant seem to make it stop so I'm wondering if I should just accept it. I'm not sure.

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GettingKinky said:

Since I started taking care of my hair I never see short broken off hairs either. Back in my pre hair journey days I had broken hairs every time I did my hair.

when you say your ball of shed hair is the size of a grape, so you ball it up tightly? When I pull my hair out of the brush it’s golf ball size, but I’m sure I could make it smaller.

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nyeredzi said:

I always have breakage, but I've been doing well with that the last few months. I also have a ton of shedding. I'm always baffled by how little hair people in youtube videos lose during wash day / detangling.

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