Breakin. And not the kind from the 80s. :/

Theeeese are the Breeeeeaks!!

 

Since this is kind of a sad post, I will gift you guys this cute vid of Vin Diesel "Breakin" when he was a teen. lol

So lately I've been loooooovvvving the curly fro look with the flexi rods, and once the style gets old, I pin to the side, smooth my front and make a giant fro-nytail, or make a fly frohawk. Apparently though, in my excitement, I failed to remember the rule of thumb with fragile hair. Well... the rules of thumbs. All the fingers.

- I forgot about overstyling on one section of the hair can cause too much stress on those hairs. BREAKAGE.
- I forgot about how I NEVER ever never never have used a bristle brush on my hair, and commenced to using it just to get that smooth look on my edges. BROKEN-NESS.
-I also completely forgot that using certain products that resemble gel, even Smooth n Shine which claims to be a "conditioner" can stretch hair too far and cause it to break under too much tension. WAH!.

So I spotted the breakage on one side of my hair and I'm sad. I worked so hard on this GOC (grow out challenge ) only to have my straight week be ruined by raggedy frontal sections. LOUD SIGH AND EYEROLL. Oh well. Womp Womp.


Well I'm not Curtis Blow
And I'm not here to flow
But if you dont know,
now you know! *crosses arms and poses*

hahahahahaha!!


 Please learn from my mistakes. Be kind to the hair!

Fairy Knots, Breakage and shrinkage

Sooo reading one of my online-girl CurlyNikki  (who prob dont know me from a can of marshmallow juice lol ) posts about Henna, she talks about how she stopped for a while and experienced smaller hair, breakage and fairy knots. I have those anyway. I'm still not sure I want to Henna since its permanent... but I DO want stronger hair that doesnt spit my product back at me because its so lightweight.

PAUSE: Did I just wipe some "oil sweat" away from my temples?? UH-Uhhh This oil regimen is too much!! GTO! ( Get Thee OUT! )

I need moisture, for my hair and scalp because even with the nice heavy texture the oil is giving my hair - by the end of the day my hair is dry feeling, scalp is itchy... and I'm just greasy. When I put some of that "castor Oil" product my mom had or the "Olive oil" one I bought - my hair felt soooo gooood. Like it literally felt like each strand had drunk a glass of water and my scalp was digesting it. THAT GOOD. I think I'm going to continue to oil - just not every day. Maybe every 2 days. And just on my scalp. In the meantime I need to purchase that stuff my mom has, and start doing my twist outs dry with butters, puddings and merengues instead of wet with oils. Looks like I'm a dry/damp twistie. :) Especially now that I'm stretching instead of wet setting.  

My goal is to find something that conditions my hair enough that I dont have to bother it every day. As of right now, I'm doin a lot with it. Trying to find my "regimen". First off the list - Easy on the OIL!

Back to Henna.. I need to ask my stylist what I can do about breakage. I'm pulling out long strands here. And fairy knots. I'm wondering where the heck these things are coming from! And if Henna is going to get rid of them - what ELSE can I use that will do the same trick? Protein?


Hmmmm.