OK, that wasn't as bad as I thought, but very infomative
Hair condition:
-Normal to high porosity. Fine hair.
- Weirdly she pinned my hair type as 3C mostly with some 4a when I've always pegged it as 4 a/b/z
erplexed I'm not so sure about this, but hay. However, she was reluctant to go there as she said I shouldn't really take advice just from hair type. Things like the thickness and strands and porosity will affect peoples reviews of products which makes perfect sense
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-I have the beginnings of quite a few mid shaft splits. She said it was a common finding among textured hair and what I needed to do is prevent these weak spots from breaking. Also to try not to create more mid shaft splits from manipulation/combing.
Mistakes I had made:
- Not using protein. She suggested 1x, or 2x per month and said it was important for my hair. Especially if I go on to flat iron in the future. She didn't want to promote Aphogee as she wasn't impressed with their results when viewing users slides.
- I lost some hair in the past from flat ironing and she said it was because I had flat ironed still damp hair
Basically it created bubbles and boiled it or something, eek! That makes sense.
- Detangling/combing without a detangler. She said this is probably why I have mid shaft splits.
- She doesn't think I wash my hair enough. Although she seemed surprised when I told her.
Recommendations:
- Have a few split ends but they are very short so suggested a 1/4 trim and so on every 8 weeks.
- My hair is very soft and fine so she said I should have no problem straightening in the future on a low heat. She said to start on 300 and see how that goes.
- Detangler - their own Aloe spray. Also she said I should use a leave in conditioner.
- Wash once per week. She thinks my breakage during manipulation will cease when I incorporate the protien and leave in/detangler/deep condition.
- ACV 1 x per month to lay the cuticle down. I may use my porosity control, but forgot to ask her opinion of it!