Soullurre
November 14th, 2014, 10:03 PM
Hi, I'm back again and was experimenting. I wanted to try out the water only method of just using nothing but water no hair products. I did this for 1 month and 14 days. My hair at the sides started filling in and my hair was getting thicker. So thick my rattail comb was a pain in the butt. I'm still on my journey so I'm 3 months into hair growth so it's still short. Too short to do anything with. So it always mashes together and annoys me. I guess that's part of my hair texture. Well by the 1 month and 14 day Mark I was getting discouraged and upset cus it was getting difficult to detangle. I had to wet my hair just to get the comb through but it's fall season going into Winter, so wetting my hair a lot makes me easily get a headache or stuffy nose, etc.
So I stopped and listened to my mother and applied hair grease to my scalp and hair and omg within 24 hours my scalp was itchy, a little sore, and just greasy. I washed my hair with castille soap several times trying to get the grease out and my hair was still greasy and gross. I got sulfate shampoo and tried to get it out and it worked but I didn't want the sulfate to irritate my scalp later so I got a bar of soap and washed it all out again. Now my hair is super clean and I combed it til it dried.
I feel defeated. Did I mess up my hair now? Should I stuck with the water only method and the problem was just the comb? Or was wetting my hair a lot making it harder to detangle my afro hair? How long does it take for the hair to adjust to water only method? Is using a bar of soap or castille soap defeating it all? I need some help. I want to be able to comb my hair dry cus wetting it makes me get sick.
So I stopped and listened to my mother and applied hair grease to my scalp and hair and omg within 24 hours my scalp was itchy, a little sore, and just greasy. I washed my hair with castille soap several times trying to get the grease out and my hair was still greasy and gross. I got sulfate shampoo and tried to get it out and it worked but I didn't want the sulfate to irritate my scalp later so I got a bar of soap and washed it all out again. Now my hair is super clean and I combed it til it dried.
I feel defeated. Did I mess up my hair now? Should I stuck with the water only method and the problem was just the comb? Or was wetting my hair a lot making it harder to detangle my afro hair? How long does it take for the hair to adjust to water only method? Is using a bar of soap or castille soap defeating it all? I need some help. I want to be able to comb my hair dry cus wetting it makes me get sick.