claviculanoctis
November 29th, 2010, 01:33 PM
I have SC till the age of 19. I never really questioned this method and never heard of any other method. Last summer aug 09 I cut my hair :D I have always considered myself to have thick hair but when I switched to CO my hair changed texture and thickness. I went from coarse hair to medium fine hair and overall circumference 1" less than before! Un-braiding a braid used to result in <i>extremely</i> puffy hair and now nice soft waves! :p From a clump in the wind to a whip in the wind! :eyebrows:
I do love the way CO works for my length, but having an oily scalp I had to stop! I have read there would be a "transition period" but its been 11 months and I still can't go more than 2 days without obsessing over the oil on my head! I do use powder just so I can get by the work day, but still have hair flat to my head!
I've stopped CO since august 10 one year later. I really wanted it to work for me, but obviously its not for me! Day 2 of my wash I CANNOT keep from scratching my scalp and picking off these little hard beads. Sometimes even day 1 1/2 after washing! with shedding! Its highly annoying and get strange looks from my boyfriend! haha
I need help! I'm leaning more to using shampoo once again (I don't get hard beads till second washing, 6 days apart then I massage jojoba oil to scalp pre wash. I tend to shed when I do this so I do it every other wash) I've done a lot of LHC searching, and
heres a short of what I have done: (Note: Day 1 begins after one night sleeping. So, the next morning)
-Co w/no cone. Day 1:soft/waves/shiny/very airy and light. Day 2(1/2) oily/itchy/flat to the head/quite a bit of shedding during. shed hairs with large plug when combing/hard beads. picking begins! A second night of sleeping. Solution:No sleep?
-Shampoo sulfate/diluted scalp only. Day 1:A lot of volume/flyaway near scalp/minimal shed during shower after shower/not as wavy or soft. Day 3: oily/no itch/no hard beads
-Alternate washing. I did 2 successful washings spaced 3 days with shampoo, but don't like my length. CO day 2 oily and itchy with soft length.
Which sulfate is most gentle? I'd love both scalp and length to be in happy harmony :confused: It seems ones always a day off, my length seems to be at its best when scalp is oily. Go figure..
I do love the way CO works for my length, but having an oily scalp I had to stop! I have read there would be a "transition period" but its been 11 months and I still can't go more than 2 days without obsessing over the oil on my head! I do use powder just so I can get by the work day, but still have hair flat to my head!
I've stopped CO since august 10 one year later. I really wanted it to work for me, but obviously its not for me! Day 2 of my wash I CANNOT keep from scratching my scalp and picking off these little hard beads. Sometimes even day 1 1/2 after washing! with shedding! Its highly annoying and get strange looks from my boyfriend! haha
I need help! I'm leaning more to using shampoo once again (I don't get hard beads till second washing, 6 days apart then I massage jojoba oil to scalp pre wash. I tend to shed when I do this so I do it every other wash) I've done a lot of LHC searching, and
heres a short of what I have done: (Note: Day 1 begins after one night sleeping. So, the next morning)
-Co w/no cone. Day 1:soft/waves/shiny/very airy and light. Day 2(1/2) oily/itchy/flat to the head/quite a bit of shedding during. shed hairs with large plug when combing/hard beads. picking begins! A second night of sleeping. Solution:No sleep?
-Shampoo sulfate/diluted scalp only. Day 1:A lot of volume/flyaway near scalp/minimal shed during shower after shower/not as wavy or soft. Day 3: oily/no itch/no hard beads
-Alternate washing. I did 2 successful washings spaced 3 days with shampoo, but don't like my length. CO day 2 oily and itchy with soft length.
Which sulfate is most gentle? I'd love both scalp and length to be in happy harmony :confused: It seems ones always a day off, my length seems to be at its best when scalp is oily. Go figure..