Give yourself the piece of (hair) advice you wish you did long ago...

**Karala** · November 30th, 2010, 07:22 AM

Give yourself the piece of (hair) advice you wish you'd given yourself (and taken) long ago.
Here's mine:

Dying the crap out of your hair every month for years, and then wishing for long healthy locks? Seriously, girl. Not gonna happen.

**jojo** · November 30th, 2010, 07:37 AM

Heat is not so hot for the hair....unless your after the scarecrow look!

**Bast** · November 30th, 2010, 08:00 AM

Don't go to your mother's hair stylist to get it all chopped off. In fact, don't cut at all.

**demonamay** · March 30th, 2020, 09:02 PM

Broken ends never retain the length of your hair and always cut off damaged hair ! Also no bleach or heat tools!!

**girlcat36** · November 30th, 2010, 08:02 AM

Stay far, far away from silicones!!!!!!!

**spidermom** · November 30th, 2010, 09:18 AM

Leave it alone and let it grow; you'll love it long.

**miss_purple** · January 23rd, 2011, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by spidermom

Leave it alone and let it grow; you'll love it long.

I so agree!

**lole18** · August 2nd, 2012, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by spidermom

Leave it alone and let it grow; you'll love it long.

your hair is gorgeous can u pls give me some tips to minimize the shedding and gain some thickness? half inch or two to my pony tail everyone's ponytail is more than 2.3 mine is 1.7 and im experiencing shedidng im only 17 what should i do

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**spirals** · August 21st, 2012, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by lole18

your hair is gorgeous can u pls give me some tips to minimize the shedding and gain some thickness? half inch or two to my pony tail everyone's ponytail is more than 2.3 mine is 1.7 and im experiencing shedidng im only 17 what should i do

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I stopped using shampoo a month ago and immediately noticed less shedding. I used to pull out gobs of hair in the shower while detangling and it was scaring me, frankly. I use soap and acidified conditioner with a citric acid rinse just on the top of my head, as it seems to need it there. Some people use shampoo and it's fine. I just know that SLS and ALS aren't good for me. I haven't tried decyl glucoside yet, or any of the other alternative detergents. But what I'm doing is working, so why mess with it?