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    Posted: April 15 2008 at 11:26am
Hey cmesweet. My hair feel out with the braid lol. I almost cried but I'm blessed that I was able to take all the braids out without losing my hair line. I would confront her but I don't want to get angry with her because I'm very sensitive with my hair.
 
I just plan on getting a trim and style. Nothing dramatic, but I also want a little bang. I am saying goodbye to extensions...but might go for starightbacks here and there.
 
I do appreciate the advice you have given me. I'm so glad that I became a member of HB.comThumbs%20Up
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O no!!!! Unhappy
 
I'm so sorry that happened to you. How much cutting do you plan on doing? When you say falling out do you mean it was taking your hair  out with it too? If so that is horrible. I'm sorry you were not satified with them, I've never had microbraids. 
 
Would you feel comfortable telling the stylist about the end results of your braids? I think she should know.
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Hey girls. I have a confession...I took out my micros! After sitting in the hair shop for like 10 hours and two weeks of micros, I had to take them out. What a bad experience. I know they call micros...micros but damn, the braids were too small. It was like she took small sections and attached a lot of hair on top of my hair. My micros were falling out on their own. I was so afriad of losing my hair at the edges, so I took a day off work and got rid of them f**kers lol. $120 down the drain and my hair is a hot mess.Cry I'm thinking about going to the shop when I get paid and just get a treatment, cut and style. Sounds like a good idea? I guess so
 
 
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Alexsandra- if you go to www.growaforhairlong.com there is a regimen on there and a video of how to wash braids.
 
Tanya- What is it about Florida that you have to think about cornrows? I'm not from there, so can you elaborate?
 
Lafemmoir- Usually when I go swimming, I rinse my hair and then slather conditioner on it. That works for me!
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Hey, you guys probably seen this question a lot of times, but can I wash my micros? They used human hair and I was wondering will the hair get tangled or anything like that??
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Originally posted by Godsflowerrr Godsflowerrr wrote:

i'm gonna wear my hair down more now that it is warming up...yeahhh!


I'm lucky I get to live in Florida, but anyway I probably will make a change with my hairstyle for the spring anyway... can't really figure out what I'm going to do yet. My son has been asking me to braid him up to... he's trying to grow his out to. We'll see, I don't want him getting any negative looks because of a hairstyle. Things you have to think about down here in FLorida....
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I pulled this from my post on BHM about swimming and caring for your hair.. HTH

Tips for swimming:
 
  1. Pull your hair into a ponytail. ETA: Braid the ponytail in a loose braid. Use a holder or barrette to keep the braid from coming loose.. This will keep your hair under control and help minimize tangles and matting.
  2. Rinse your hair THOROUGHLY with fresh water before you get in the pool/ocean. Your hair is a sponge, and it will absorb the fresh water which will help to minimize the amount of pool/salt water that the hair shaft will absorb.
  3. If you will not be washing your hair IMMEDIATELY after swimming (sun bathing, etc), rinse your hair thoroughly when you get out of the water.. I usually follow-up by smoothing a moizturizing or leave-in conditioner on my hair, combing it through and putting the hair back in a ponytail. (you don't have to use an expensive conditioner for this.. an inexpensive conditioner (like Suave) will do)
  4. Use a good clarifying shampoo such as Nexxus Aloe Rid after swimming. This shampoo will remove the chlorine and salt from the hair shaft. Follow up with your regular shampoo and conditioning routine..


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How can I protect my hair from chlorine?  Is it quite damaging to our hair?  On the other hand, can we wash our hair everyday?
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I don't have a particular style I want to wear but I do want to start doing conditioner washes at least 3 times a week again and maybe flat iron my hair so I can see where I am length wise
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I need to swim, but I have finally gotten my hair healthy and it took so long, but I can't let my hair determine my lifestyle.  I am not my hair!!!  But, I guess I have been for a looooong timehumpie
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Alexsandra, I'm glad you got what you got something to satifisy your needs and save you some time.

 
I noticed alot that when I get compliments from Caucasion people, it usually ends with the phrases "You should wear that style all the time." " You should keep it like that" You reminded me of this when you mentione the bun story.  I wonder why that is?
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Yeah you guys, I got the braids. Well actually I got the micros, but wore them in a straightback style. My clients didn't look at me weird, so it didn't effect my gratuity. She was shocked of course and still told me "well, I still like that little bun that you wear". I'm like oh no, not the bun story...I agree with you mbell, as long as you should always keep your hair very neat and flake free, there shouldn't be a problem.

Oh Godsflowerrr, you became my new inspiration!!!! I looked at your photos. My hair was short like yours in the beginning of your hair journey five years ago. I'm still working on keeping my hair in good condition. Thanks to Blackhairmedia.com and Hairboutique.com, you guys really helped me out big time! Makes me want to shed a tearCry
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i'm gonna wear my hair down more now that it is warming up...yeahhh!
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I think it's all about how u wear braids: now if ur mane looks like u've been rubbing ur head against carpet for 3 weeks straight then that is definitely unprofessionalThumbs%20Down, but I think as long as braids are neat and visibly flake free then u're good to goBig%20smile!
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Doing well.

 
I'm laughing right along with youLOL.

She can kick rocks.
 
You know, alot of people think the the traditional African/ African descendent hairstyles are unprofessional. I don't like that way of thinking at all.
 
 
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Originally posted by Alexsandra Alexsandra wrote:

Hey hair growers. I'm going to get my braids tomorrow. I told my boss she's going to notice something different about me on saturday. She says "well I hope it's something good". And I'm just laughing in the back of my head....How are y'all doing today??
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Hey hair growers. I'm going to get my braids tomorrow. I told my boss she's going to notice something different about me on saturday. She says "well I hope it's something good". And I'm just laughing in the back of my head....How are y'all doing today??
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Originally posted by Alexsandra Alexsandra wrote:

I'm not a racist (well can be at times) but one of my bosses is white and she told me it was unprofessional. Then I asked my black boss and he didn't find anything wrong with it. She doesn't understand our culture and I'm tired of wearing buns lol. I'm going to go for the straightbacks. It's not like they can fire me lol. Thanks you guys!!!:)
Girl wear your braids and FUGGG 'EM!!! If any of your bosses object to your hair, just whisper very softly to them "Title VII", and keep it moving..LOL

About 5 years ago I had to check my boss HARD for making a "Shaniqua" comment about my braids.. In addition to the "Shaniqua" comment he had the NERVE to tell me he didn't like braids on me.. Thought they didn't "suit" me.. I told him that I didn't give two rats asses about what HE didn't like on me.. It was my head, and my money, and as long as I was neat, clean (you know PROFESSIONAL) that his opinion on which hairstyle I should wear was of NO CONCERN to me.. (You KNOW what I PROBABLY said in response to the "Shaniqua" comment) Now fortunately Manny and I had the kind of relationship where I could be in his face so-to-speak and get that little situation cleared up IMMEDIATELY.. He apologized PROFUSELY, and that was that..LOL


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I agree!
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I'm not a racist (well can be at times) but one of my bosses is white and she told me it was unprofessional. Then I asked my black boss and he didn't find anything wrong with it. She doesn't understand our culture and I'm tired of wearing buns lol. I'm going to go for the straightbacks. It's not like they can fire me lol. Thanks you guys!!!:)
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