Angelair
August 20th, 2013, 01:41 PM
Hello,
I've recently came across this forum and have been learning so much about ways to take care of my poor fried hair! This is such an excellent site - and of course as a newbie I have tons of questions! I have fine and thin/medium hair that's finally somewhere around APL, with a slight wave to it. Too many color changes - always the commercial dyes - and years of 'cone products - have left it looking dead, and my ends keep breaking off. Thus my roots keep growing but my length doesn't change much.
So far, I've begun a CO routine, with a shampoo maybe once every week or two, and have banished my hair dryer - and the flat iron - into the far reaches of my closet - gasp - I never thought that day would come! My hair likes the change, I think. As my roots are coming in, with some grays mixed in - I need to color, and since ice always loved red shades, I waiting now for my BAQ henna delivery to come this week. I know that I have to strand test since my hair has seen so much chemical damage.
What I realize, however is that I really know very little about proper hair care and would love any advice for healthy hair that actually grows - or for anything henna. Anything I should buy besides cone free conditioners? I don't know if I need a comb since I like to finger comb my hair,and I already had bbb from my hair drying days. I have coconut oil, but I'm not sure if it had any positive effect, I applied it tony dry ends last night but they r still dry today, I tried the SMT which I loved - hair was super soft after it dried,but next day was dry and brittle again.
Thanks for any help!
I've recently came across this forum and have been learning so much about ways to take care of my poor fried hair! This is such an excellent site - and of course as a newbie I have tons of questions! I have fine and thin/medium hair that's finally somewhere around APL, with a slight wave to it. Too many color changes - always the commercial dyes - and years of 'cone products - have left it looking dead, and my ends keep breaking off. Thus my roots keep growing but my length doesn't change much.
So far, I've begun a CO routine, with a shampoo maybe once every week or two, and have banished my hair dryer - and the flat iron - into the far reaches of my closet - gasp - I never thought that day would come! My hair likes the change, I think. As my roots are coming in, with some grays mixed in - I need to color, and since ice always loved red shades, I waiting now for my BAQ henna delivery to come this week. I know that I have to strand test since my hair has seen so much chemical damage.
What I realize, however is that I really know very little about proper hair care and would love any advice for healthy hair that actually grows - or for anything henna. Anything I should buy besides cone free conditioners? I don't know if I need a comb since I like to finger comb my hair,and I already had bbb from my hair drying days. I have coconut oil, but I'm not sure if it had any positive effect, I applied it tony dry ends last night but they r still dry today, I tried the SMT which I loved - hair was super soft after it dried,but next day was dry and brittle again.
Thanks for any help!