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Jun. 23rd, 2013 12:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lady_organaHey you guys!
So since I can remember me and my hair...we've kinda of been enemies? It's always been tough to deal with. I got my first relaxer when I was like four or three or something, reportedly because my mom found to hard to deal with.
I've been getting relaxers since then. I remember I used to hate to get my hair washed. I absolutely hated it. I swear I would make a scene and cry whenever my mom washed it. I remember she was surprised once when my former sister in law, Shauna, told her she had washed my hair and I didn't cry XD
It started falling out once. I can't remember exactly what grade I was in, but maybe junior high? I had dyed it countless times and it got damaged.
For awhile I stopped relaxing it. My mom would use olive oil in my hair and she would just straighten it out. It started growing out after that.
Right now I'm having the same issues. My hair dries easily and it's shorter on one side. It's always the same side. I think it's probably because I always sleep on this side.
But I've been looking at some natural hairstyles. I've been thinking about perhaps letting my natural texture show. I usually don't like how it looks, but that's because I don't know what do with it and I don't know how to properly take care of it. But seeing other women with my hair type (4C thank you very much), I see how pretty theirs is.
So yeah I think I might go natural at some point. I want to try it out at least. But I really need to find the right products for my hair regardless and treat it better.
This entry can also be found on DW at: http://leia-solo.dreamwidth.org/300631.html
So since I can remember me and my hair...we've kinda of been enemies? It's always been tough to deal with. I got my first relaxer when I was like four or three or something, reportedly because my mom found to hard to deal with.
I've been getting relaxers since then. I remember I used to hate to get my hair washed. I absolutely hated it. I swear I would make a scene and cry whenever my mom washed it. I remember she was surprised once when my former sister in law, Shauna, told her she had washed my hair and I didn't cry XD
It started falling out once. I can't remember exactly what grade I was in, but maybe junior high? I had dyed it countless times and it got damaged.
For awhile I stopped relaxing it. My mom would use olive oil in my hair and she would just straighten it out. It started growing out after that.
Right now I'm having the same issues. My hair dries easily and it's shorter on one side. It's always the same side. I think it's probably because I always sleep on this side.
But I've been looking at some natural hairstyles. I've been thinking about perhaps letting my natural texture show. I usually don't like how it looks, but that's because I don't know what do with it and I don't know how to properly take care of it. But seeing other women with my hair type (4C thank you very much), I see how pretty theirs is.
So yeah I think I might go natural at some point. I want to try it out at least. But I really need to find the right products for my hair regardless and treat it better.
This entry can also be found on DW at: http://leia-solo.dreamwidth.org/300631.html
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Date: 2013-06-23 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-06-24 04:30 am (UTC)Coconut oil is great for hair. :) Plus is doesn't smell as strongly as olive oil. Some other things I can suggest are taking biotin and switching to sulfate/silicone free shampoos and conditioners. You can find them at walmart, L'Oreal makes a good line. A boar bristle brush and a wooden combs are great as well, much more gentle on your hair.
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Date: 2013-06-24 04:35 am (UTC)I'll look for some of those brushes!
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Date: 2013-06-27 01:54 pm (UTC)I'm white and I have stupid hair lol. I use products normally used by black women and it has made a WORLD of difference for my hair. To the point my mother now uses the same products. We have a lot of Native American on her side of the family, so that may be part of our problem.
What I'm using right now is a Biolage product that I got at a Sears salon, but I know the salons inside walmarts sell the same line of products.
http://www.amazon.com/Matrix-Biolage-Exquisite-Replenishing-Treatment/dp/B008BT2P7S This is the leave-in oil treatment after washing and conditioning. I just squeeze the water out of my hair, massage some of this in, then wrap my hair in a towel for half an hour (longer if possible) and then I can comb my hair without tangles and it stays nice and soft and smooth once dry.
http://www.amazon.com/Matrix-Biolage-Exquisite-Micro-Oil-Conditioner/dp/B008N9F3GQ/ref=pd_sim_bt_3
The shampoo and conditioner I use. It smells wonderful and all three products together have made my hair a new creature lol
And I think buying the products at the salon was cheaper than buying them off of Amazon would be!
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Date: 2013-06-27 04:48 pm (UTC)