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Posted: July 08 2005 at 11:41am
I appreciate everything you are saying. I was just wondering the certain questions I asked. I actually have my own line of hair products for the range of interracial hair. It is not quite similar to curls. I have formulated them differently. I know a lot about hair, genetics and chemistry. I have two science degrees. Really I just wanted to know what people are doing to achieve the effects they want. Where I'm from people are very open and talking about race. I didn't think it would be a big deal.
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Blended - Have you tried the Curls line (available thru naturallycurly.com and curls.biz). This is a line of products that was created specifically with bi/multi racial hair in mind. The owner, founder is bi-racial.
Your hair sounds like it would be gorgeous with the right products. I think I understand what you mean by the type of hair that you describe and have friends who are bi-racial (quite common where I live). My niece is not bi-racial but has hair that sounds similar to yours (sort of). When wet it is to her waist, but when dry shrinks to mid back, more frizzy / waves than curly. If she bounces around (very active kid) it becomes Diana Ross like. Her roots are completely straight. At the very front, she gets this fuzzy halo :)
With anyone’s hair, there are products out there that will work and give you the results you desire. But, most of the time, it's trial and error until you find one that works for you. Since your hair is curly (forget ethnicity) it requires moisture (a good conditioner) and the right combo of leave in conditioner / styling products (like a glosser, curly pudding or hair mayo) to bring out and preserve the curl.
If I were you, I would focus more on the naturallycurly.com. There is tons more info, product reviews and advice specific to your hair type. Also, beware of using products with too many harsh chemicals in them. This can be especially drying and make the frizzy-fro thing even worse. Look for products that have more natural ingredients, botanicals and essential oils in them.
Also, it wouldn't hurt to be more open to advice from those who have and love their curly hair, such as Pokahontas. They may or may not be mixed but their hair may be more silimiar to yours than you care to think.
Good luck!
Thanks afrolatina. That's exactaly what I was trying to say but some people are more focused on race than the hair texture itself. Curly hair is just that....curly hair. Like u said, forget ethnicity.
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No one said get over it...I said once you get over the situation/issue or topic. But as I have read other posts on the board I see your recieved assistance. I am not one for arguments sooooo, I hope you got the info you needed.
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Blended - Have you tried the Curls line (available thru naturallycurly.com and curls.biz). This is a line of products that was created specifically with bi/multi racial hair in mind. The owner, founder is bi-racial.
Your hair sounds like it would be gorgeous with the right products. I think I understand what you mean by the type of hair that you describe and have friends who are bi-racial (quite common where I live). My niece is not bi-racial but has hair that sounds similar to yours (sort of). When wet it is to her waist, but when dry shrinks to mid back, more frizzy / waves than curly. If she bounces around (very active kid) it becomes Diana Ross like. Her roots are completely straight. At the very front, she gets this fuzzy halo :)
With anyone’s hair, there are products out there that will work and give you the results you desire. But, most of the time, it's trial and error until you find one that works for you. Since your hair is curly (forget ethnicity) it requires moisture (a good conditioner) and the right combo of leave in conditioner / styling products (like a glosser, curly pudding or hair mayo) to bring out and preserve the curl.
If I were you, I would focus more on the naturallycurly.com. There is tons more info, product reviews and advice specific to your hair type. Also, beware of using products with too many harsh chemicals in them. This can be especially drying and make the frizzy-fro thing even worse. Look for products that have more natural ingredients, botanicals and essential oils in them.
Also, it wouldn't hurt to be more open to advice from those who have and love their curly hair, such as Pokahontas. They may or may not be mixed but their hair may be more silimiar to yours than you care to think.
Good luck!
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hope that helped. sorry, i forget sometimes that not everyone is fluent in instant messenger speak
learn to love what you were born with
you can do anything if you set your mindto it (just dont try this with hair,that could turn out bad)
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Hi, what does hth mean? (sorry)
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Posted: June 29 2005 at 7:14pm
I'm so glad it's worked for you. I discovered Suave Daily Clarifying Conditioner on my own, but it's become very popular as the cleansing conditioner to use.
Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask?
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Posted: June 29 2005 at 7:10pm
im not going to tell you what my race is, because it doesnt matter. but
what i do know is that i have been following ekatherines conditioner
only routine, and it tamed my curly hair (thanks gurl). my hair is
naturally a 3b1 according to blended beauty's chart. my hair used to
get puffy and frizzy (much like you described stacie) but thanks to
this co routine, my curls are soft and beautiful, and they organize
into nice ringlets without products. what i do daily in the shower:
1.) cleanse with suave daily clarifying conditioner
2.) moisturize with biolage conditioning balm (left on for 3 minutes)
3.) moisturize with pantene's deep treatment for colored hair (left on for one minute)
as a leave in after the shower i use avon naturals moisturizing
conditioner (exact name: poppy flower and almond milk moisturizing
conditioner for dry or color treated hair) which i have "spiked" with 2
tbls of evoo
once a week i use a clarifying rinse similar to what ekatherine prescribed earlier.
hth stacie
learn to love what you were born with
you can do anything if you set your mindto it (just dont try this with hair,that could turn out bad)
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I wasn't jumping. Why did you tell me to get over it. That was the jump.
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Posted: June 29 2005 at 5:41pm
Noone attacked you just assisting others who don't know that no matters what someone is mixed with...they may have different hair texture.
Go jump on someone else!
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Yeah it's new. It's an add on to the old one. It just completes it I guess.
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Posted: June 29 2005 at 11:46am
Blended Beauty wrote:
That one is too general and skips so many types that people have to say I'm inbetween this and that. The one I posted is for anyone who has the type of hair that is in that range. It's an add on to the old one. I don't know how that old typing system can jump from 2B to 2C like that. They are missing a huge number of people. I think its an ignorant chart.
I wouldn't say ignorant but they are making big jumps. Not everyone knows about the other chart. Well, I didn't. Now I know.
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I never said that other mixed people can't have other types of hair. I only spoke about my type and tried to explain it. I don't have to get over anything. I specifically said that the chart is for ANYONE who has that type of hair,not just biracials. I know all about hair and I know that mixed hair comes in all different textures. I was asked about mine. Not others. I showed the chart so that I could show what my hair was. That is all. I don't know why you attack.
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Posted: June 29 2005 at 11:08am
There are people who ARE interracial that don't have your hair texture and there people who Aren't interracial and do have your hair texture. Once you get over that, you can fully explain your texture because not many people will be able to determine 3b and 3c and then you can post and get great info.
For instance..my cousins are interracial but their hair texture is no where in the 3's they are in the 4's and i have non interracial cousins who hair is in the 3's
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I mean 3B to 3C
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That one is too general and skips so many types that people have to say I'm inbetween this and that. The one I posted is for anyone who has the type of hair that is in that range. It's an add on to the old one. I don't know how that old typing system can jump from 2B to 2C like that. They are missing a huge number of people. I think its an ignorant chart.
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Hair like mine is really dry and frizzy like afro hair but looser obviously and the curls are like cork screws. But I also can only comb it in the shower with conditioner in it and if I don't put a leave -in cream in it, it will be a giant puff afro. It's not sleak and silky like a lot of normal type curly hair. If you look at this page I am a CB.7 and I wish I was a CB.1
Ok, that's interesting. I've never seen a hair type chart like that. I hope this dosen't sound dumb but I really don't know, is that chart only for biracial people? http://naturallycurly2.com/curl411/types.php <----This is where I got mine from. I didn't know they had a different one.
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Sweetcandicurlz wrote:
Pokahontas said "I am mixed, just not half and half.", first u said u are not interacial, now u say u are mixed but not half and half. What do u mean i'm a littled confused. If u don't mind, let us know what u mean. thanks
Means I have other races in my family bloodline. I guess in my view everyone (speaking for black people) is mixed with something because none of our roots are fully african so I consider myself black but I do have Native American and Caucasian in my family also. As far as me saying I'm mixed, yes I am but I'm not interracial which to me means having two parents of totally different races, which I do not have. Sorry for confusion, hope that helped.
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Hair like mine is really dry and frizzy like afro hair but looser obviously and the curls are like cork screws. But I also can only comb it in the shower with conditioner in it and if I don't put a leave -in cream in it, it will be a giant puff afro. It's not sleak and silky like a lot of normal type curly hair. If you look at this page I am a CB.7 and I wish I was a CB.1
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afrolatina wrote:
. That's exactaly what I was trying to say but some people are more focused on race than the hair texture itself. Curly hair is just that....curly hair. Like u said, forget ethnicity. 
