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Daydreamer.
September 28th, 2016, 02:10 AM
What does your hair like?
What does your hair dislike?
Bonus Questions:
How did you find out what works for your hair?
How long did it take to find your (perfect) routine?

Daydreamer.
September 28th, 2016, 02:12 AM
My hair likes:
- Moisture!
- Oils
- Shea butter
- Hair masks
- S&D
- Finger detangling
- Updos
My hair dislikes:
- Protein!
- Hair dyes
- Brushes
- Hair elastics
- Tight hairstyles
Q1:
I found out through experimentation! Lots of it!
Q2:
I have yet to find my perfect routine, but I'm getting there! Just got to experiment a little more...

Kajzh
September 28th, 2016, 02:19 AM
What does your hair like?
> Water-soluble humectants
> Fatty alcohols
> Silicone heat protectants
> Frequent vinegar rinses
> Hydrolyzed protein

What does your hair dislike?
> Shea butter, coconut oil, and opaque "solids"
> Waxes: Lanolin, beeswax, etc
> Winter in general, haha!

How did you find out what works for your hair? How long did it take to find your (perfect) routine?
It took years of trial and error, as well as reading about cosmetic chemistry, for me to get a grasp on what works and doesn't work for me. It took about four years of conscious haircare to figure out what works for me.

TatsuOni
September 28th, 2016, 02:20 AM
My hair likes:
-Oils
-CO
-Honey
-S&D
-Buns
-Fermented rice water
-Catnip
-Coconutmilk

My hair dislikes:
-Sulfates
-Cones
-Plastic brushes
-Cotton pillowcases
-Being washed too often
-Hairdryers

How did you find out what works for your hair?
Years of experimentation.

How long did it take to find your (perfect) routine?
24-25 years if I would have searched from the age zero... But the biggest change was to start CO-washing and I did that 2013.

littlestarface
September 28th, 2016, 02:35 AM
What does your hair like?
smelling good
Honey
sulfates
protein
henna
yogurt
avocado
coconut milk
oils
drying by itself no towel just out n open
tresemme well conditioners in general but my hair looks great with tresemme and hask masks
heat caps, steamy bathroom
bananas
being a pain





What does your hair dislike?
cones
suave
vo5
me
being contained
sulfate free
being combed
other people


Bonus Questions:
How did you find out what works for your hair?
I tried it and it liked it, I tried it and it hated it.


How long did it take to find your (perfect) routine?
I dunno, for me it was just trial n error all throughout my life, there wasn't a certain time period for anything, hell i'm still figuring out if it likes this that or the other.

Groovy Granny
September 28th, 2016, 06:58 AM
What does your hair like?

Warm to cool scalp diffusion; air dry ends

Daily BBB in the Winter

Damp bunning 1 hour after shampoos in Winter to enhance waves

Mineral oil on damp hair (ears down) in the Winter

Air drying in a banana clip after my shampoo to enhance curls in Summer

Rosewater and Glycerin spritzes to enhance Summer wurls

Joico Moisture S&C

Satin pillow cases

What does your hair dislike?[/B]

Argan oil...it stains it :(

Aloe to enhance curls after shampoo;it is just stiff and sticky and lank :p
(I use only a teesy bit to tame wispies on slick bun styles only-rarely)

How did you find out what works for your hair?

Just by trial and error when a condition needed a remedy after direction was given here.

How long did it take to find your (perfect) routine?

Since growing out my chin length layered hair from January 2013, and having increasing silver growth that tends to curl....I'd say it took me until late Spring of this year.
By June I was all one length, at hip, and could see how my silver wurls responded to various treatments.
So it took about 3.5 years to get my routine down pat at goal length hair and have us both happy :)

astrid92
September 28th, 2016, 09:04 AM
What does your hair like?
What does your hair dislike?
Bonus Questions:
How did you find out what works for your hair?
How long did it take to find your (perfect) routine?

My hair likes anything with coconut oil in it. I also like the hask and ogx shampoos and conditioners.My hair also likes lushes Fairly traded honey shampoo. My hair dislikes pantene products, along with and light weight conditioner. I found this out by trial and error and i still don't have a set routine yet.

Obsidian
September 28th, 2016, 10:35 AM
What does your hair like?
Sulfates
cones
henna
wide tooth combs
moisture
ACV

What does your hair dislike?
SMT
aloe gel
protein
Curl enhancing creams
honey
soap
clay

How did you find out what works for your hair?
Experimenting

How long did it take to find your (perfect) routine?
Still working on it

vampyyri
September 28th, 2016, 10:37 AM
What does your hair like?
Clarifying shampoo, cone-free conditioner, Shea Mositure Curl Enhancing Smoothie, aloe gel, garnier serum, finger combing

What does your hair dislike?
Sulfate-free shampoo, silicone conditioners, brushes, satin pillowcases, oils, conventional gel

Bonus Questions:
How did you find out what works for your hair?
A LOT of LHC initiation :lol: basically I dun goofed for two months straight.

How long did it take to find your (perfect) routine?
About two months of being on here and trying everything. I wouldn't have found my perfect routine without the help of lapushka, whom I am eternally grateful for her guidance!

HairPlease
September 28th, 2016, 10:56 AM
What does your hair like?
-Being left alone
-Sulfates
-Light products/light amounts of silicone
-Chelating products
-Hard water

What does your hair dislike?
-Oils
-Heavy doses of silicones
-Brushes
-"Deep moisturizing" products
-Being touched (the more you touch it, the angrier it gets! I've said it before on here--it actually bit me once!) :lol:

Bonus Questions:

How did you find out what works for your hair?
Trial, error, and suggestion.

How long did it take to find your (perfect) routine?
About a year.

embee
September 28th, 2016, 01:43 PM
What does my hair like:
Very dilute shampoo
Water Only
No Water - Sebum Only

What does my hair dislike:
full strength shampoo
baking soda
any kind of oils
most conditioners - unless greatly diluted
fine tooth combs
elastics
barrettes

How did I find out what works?
I tried various things and was pleasantly surprised at how inexpensive my hair care could be.

How long did it take?
No idea. Have been here over 10 years, tried the things that worked quite some while ago.

lapushka
September 28th, 2016, 02:40 PM
What does your hair like?

A simple routine. WCC (+ ROO) + LOC

What does your hair dislike?

Too many heavy creams and oils.
Staying wet for too long, or overnight (esp. the roots).

Bonus Questions:
How did you find out what works for your hair?

Trial & error, lots of trial & error!

How long did it take to find your (perfect) routine?

A couple of years, at least!

reilly0167
September 28th, 2016, 02:56 PM
Kind of a short list but here goes.
Hair likes:
Olive oil
Honey
Chargrin valley butter bar
Avocado oil( just started trying. It last week, my hair adores it)
Acv
Loreal total repair s/c
Shea butter
Coconut milk soaks
Henna

Hair dislikes:
Coconut oil, all of a sudden my hair doesn't like, after awhile using it.
How I know now what works:
Trial and error

How long for perfect routine.
About a year, but I always change up a bit.

RavenRose
September 28th, 2016, 03:47 PM
Hair likes-
lots of moisture!
I use WCC, plus leave in
Argon, Jojoba, and Sweet almond oils
Shea butter
Lightly coney serum when left down
Weekly clarify and Deep treatment.

Hair Dislikes-
Sulfates-well more like my skin rashes out from them.
large amounts of Proteins cones, or anything that builds up
coconut, olive oils, or other heavy oils
Honey
Aloe
Dry air, heat styling
Being down- gets tangled so easily
Staying up- slippery mess refuses to stay up unless damp.

triumphator!
September 28th, 2016, 03:54 PM
My hair is ambivalent to:
everything

My hair dislikes:
being one texture