Ragtatter
June 18th, 2020, 10:49 AM
Hey guys.
I've always had long hair (usually hovering between waist and tailbone length), but in 2018 I had it all cut back to shoulder length. I was entering my clinical year and finishing up my degree, and long story short, was staring down the barrel of an entire year worth of 80-hour weeks, on top of taking care of all of my animals. Something had to give (a few somethings, actually,) and the casualties ended up being my hair, my self-care routine, and my social life. My stylist begged me not to do it, but I didn't have a lot of options, so off it went. Since then, I've been working on growing it back.
I unfortunately had some friends talk me into belayage. My stylist was also pretty enthusiastic, so I went for it. This was a mistake. Belayage looks amazing on a lot of people, but it was not a good fit for me.
My hair is now at about 27", 2" of which are virgin.
I recently discovered hair sticks, which are amazingly comfortable and do a good job of keeping my hair neatly out of the way in the lab. No more scrunchie headaches! I've also upgraded to a silk pillowcase. I've purchased a pair of hair scissors for S&D later, but I'm not starting that yet.
Right now, I'm going to stick with Condition-Wash-Condition until my next salon appointment in August (Coronavirus permitting, of course). My plan is to have all my current split ends trimmed off, and then try to maintain it on my own with S&D. (My stylist loves long hair, and has been helping me work on growing it out, so I can trust her to only trim the damage).
My hair left to it's own devices is straight, but it takes rag curls very well and will hold them for days. I also have a bit of an issue with my canopy getting oily; right now I'm using a clarifying shampoo every two or three days. I've tried stretching out washes, but to no avail. A product change is probably in order, but I wanna CWC for a while first and see if that helps.
I've always had long hair (usually hovering between waist and tailbone length), but in 2018 I had it all cut back to shoulder length. I was entering my clinical year and finishing up my degree, and long story short, was staring down the barrel of an entire year worth of 80-hour weeks, on top of taking care of all of my animals. Something had to give (a few somethings, actually,) and the casualties ended up being my hair, my self-care routine, and my social life. My stylist begged me not to do it, but I didn't have a lot of options, so off it went. Since then, I've been working on growing it back.
I unfortunately had some friends talk me into belayage. My stylist was also pretty enthusiastic, so I went for it. This was a mistake. Belayage looks amazing on a lot of people, but it was not a good fit for me.
My hair is now at about 27", 2" of which are virgin.
I recently discovered hair sticks, which are amazingly comfortable and do a good job of keeping my hair neatly out of the way in the lab. No more scrunchie headaches! I've also upgraded to a silk pillowcase. I've purchased a pair of hair scissors for S&D later, but I'm not starting that yet.
Right now, I'm going to stick with Condition-Wash-Condition until my next salon appointment in August (Coronavirus permitting, of course). My plan is to have all my current split ends trimmed off, and then try to maintain it on my own with S&D. (My stylist loves long hair, and has been helping me work on growing it out, so I can trust her to only trim the damage).
My hair left to it's own devices is straight, but it takes rag curls very well and will hold them for days. I also have a bit of an issue with my canopy getting oily; right now I'm using a clarifying shampoo every two or three days. I've tried stretching out washes, but to no avail. A product change is probably in order, but I wanna CWC for a while first and see if that helps.