Relax This....

My stuff from oyin hand made just arrived today. i'm pretty excited. i bought the shea butter, greg's juice, honey conditioner, and whipping pudding. has anyone ever used any of this? did it help a lot.


the website said that greg's juice has ingredients that are known to stimulate hair growth, so i'm hoping that's what's gonna happen.

has anyone had lots of success with this?

I try too moisturize my hair everyday with this olive oil stuff we have. We ran out of it and the only thign we have now is grease with olive oil so now I do that. I don't think it's good for me to put grease or the olive oil stuff on my hair everyday, especially for my forehead because it's starting to break out. So I was wondering, since I'm trying to grow my hair back the healthy way, how often should you moisturize it? Like everyday, every other day, ever two days?


And if you have any tips for me on growing my hair out that would be great. Lately I've been just leaving it natural and alone, with the occasional scalp massages, is there a certain time period your suppose to do it for? I just want my hair back! I miss it. I wish I wouldn't have ruined a good thing. I heard it grows better in braids, is that true? Awwww I miss my hair. it's 6 or 12 inches in a year right? Oh my Gosh. I miss it so much. I'll never get another perm again.

Are texturizers ok? Or just as bad as perms?

for those of you with natural hair that cut thier hair themselves , what is your method? And do you use a certain kind of scissors? I'm bout to go back to school and I'm not returning back to braids, but it's not my first time having my natural hair out when I was there.
I don't think its just me but at the bottom of some strands my hair ties into little knots. I guess it wraps around itself. Anyone know what I'm talking about? And how to prevent this. .
Needless to say it's definitely time for a trim or at least to keep it up til I can venture to Oakland and see if theres a place that can do it for me. (anyone know of any bay area, northern cali natural hair salons?)
I think I might die my hair this week and if I do I'll post pictures here. .But first off, who has died their hair and what are their methods. I do nt have super thick hair but it's not as easy as if my hair was straight, yknow.

answers from Permed, pressed and natural folks are all welcome

here's pics of my hair lately.


in twists

Does your hair grow better if it's in braids, or if you keep it natural and just moisturize it?

sooo i love my hair but i HATE taking care of it
i don't know what to do to it half of the time

i like the fro but floridas to humid so instead of being like
BAM! FRO
its like
PLBTTTT POOFF.
so hook me up with some ideas for hairstyles.. and some good products like shampoo and mosturizer



this is my favorite but it takes way too long to do.



this is me not brushing my hair

*sigh* hello.

Any advice on how to deal with frustration over the fact that relaxing is so prevalent? I know it's not my business what other women choose to do, but it just upsets me. I can't help it. I hate relaxing and I feel so strongly about this. I know it's wrong to push my views onto others. Has anyone else struggled with this? How have you dealt with these feelings?

from nature with love

i mma take my braids down and depending on how i feel like dealing with my hair and if im ready to dye it imma just wear it out. If not, I'll put braids back in but...I was thinking of getting some natural hair stuff
on my list:
avocado butter
shea butter
shealoe butter
glycerin (vegetable)

Are these good things to get? And how much glyercin should I use. I was thinking of putting some of this in a spray with I don't know olive oil and suave conditioner

Hey guys! I have dark brown hair. And I bought the HI Lift Brown Brownstne B53 color. I thought it would look good on me but one friend thinks it will look bad. SO, then I wa slike...maybe she's right lol. Getting second thoughts, but I mean, I already purchased it and who knows where the receipt is. So I was thinking of just dying the tips of my hair. I've seen that in some forums here and on people with natural hair and how they only have some of the bottom half of thier hair died .
Does anyone know this technique. or maybe I should try highlighting with that color.

this is the color:


( this is some pix of me:Collapse )
do you think I should try that dye though or do you think it will look bad?

Now, I'm not usually big on posting on LJ about my problems--but here goes. I'm 19 and I've been completey natural for about a year now. About 4 months ago I decided to loc my hair and I kinda like it... don't love it-- but it's growing on me. Either way, I'm currently a vocal performance major at a whiter than white university. I have a scholarship to be part of my college's Opera Company--which is pretty cool-- but recently I've been getting a lot of remarks about my hair (how it's not elegant.. bla bla bla). My mother, who is normally always on my side, is suggesting that I try to take out my locs and relax my hair again. I REALLY don't want to do that and I'm feeling extremely militant and indignant about the whole situation. To honest, I don't know what I'm asking ya'll.. somebody help me.. say something :(.

-jae