Peggy E.
July 1st, 2013, 12:27 PM
I've been trying out a lot of new styles lately, including finally learning how to do a crown braid and other "braid around the head" styles I had been previously unable to create. All thanks to YouTube.
One in particular has been a great easy fun go-to style and I'm wondering if it might not be damaging my hair: the Aphrodite Knot. This uses no elastics, no teasing, no hairspray. However, you do tie your hair on top of your head in knots (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_30u_7KOAo).
I have been pinning the ends under with Amish-style pins. Also have been doing some top knots, again without elastics and with what I think is as hair-safe procedure as possible. And yet my hair is really looking damaged, broken, roughened.
Thought I would try to protect it by making sock curls so that I would not have to tuck the ends under. Put leave-in conditioner on my ends before putting hair up and tying n the sock. This has made the ends appear almost burned, frizzy - have not brushed them upon removal of socks, so having protected them before putting them up, carefully removing them, then tying in knot, don't understand what is going on and how I can prevent this from happening?
Would like to continue this style, as I really love it, but if there's no way to continue it without damaging my hair somehow, I'll have to give it up. As well as the sock curls? And even the braiding around head? And return to the boring two or three styles I did every single day for years??! :o(
What if I put it in the knot while it was wet and slathered in leave-in conditioner?
Any advice? My hair is thin (and getting thinner with all this) but it is beyond hip length, so pretty long. In "Fairy Tail" ends, I'm not real fond of on my because they are thin and, as has been so often said, "stringy." I'd taken to micro-trims in an attempt to thicken them out; no luck.
It does seem that so many of the styles have teasing involved and I will NOT do this - might as well just rip it out of my head and save myself some trouble! :o(
Thanks for any comments, suggestions, advice or just plain sympathy!
One in particular has been a great easy fun go-to style and I'm wondering if it might not be damaging my hair: the Aphrodite Knot. This uses no elastics, no teasing, no hairspray. However, you do tie your hair on top of your head in knots (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_30u_7KOAo).
I have been pinning the ends under with Amish-style pins. Also have been doing some top knots, again without elastics and with what I think is as hair-safe procedure as possible. And yet my hair is really looking damaged, broken, roughened.
Thought I would try to protect it by making sock curls so that I would not have to tuck the ends under. Put leave-in conditioner on my ends before putting hair up and tying n the sock. This has made the ends appear almost burned, frizzy - have not brushed them upon removal of socks, so having protected them before putting them up, carefully removing them, then tying in knot, don't understand what is going on and how I can prevent this from happening?
Would like to continue this style, as I really love it, but if there's no way to continue it without damaging my hair somehow, I'll have to give it up. As well as the sock curls? And even the braiding around head? And return to the boring two or three styles I did every single day for years??! :o(
What if I put it in the knot while it was wet and slathered in leave-in conditioner?
Any advice? My hair is thin (and getting thinner with all this) but it is beyond hip length, so pretty long. In "Fairy Tail" ends, I'm not real fond of on my because they are thin and, as has been so often said, "stringy." I'd taken to micro-trims in an attempt to thicken them out; no luck.
It does seem that so many of the styles have teasing involved and I will NOT do this - might as well just rip it out of my head and save myself some trouble! :o(
Thanks for any comments, suggestions, advice or just plain sympathy!