question for ph users
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Topic: question for ph users
Posted By: LuckieDuckies
Subject: question for ph users
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 10:41pm
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welp this is the second day of install and i have a couple more hours worth to go which ill probably finish up tommorrow, my question is the hair is feeling a little rough already and i havent even washed or really done anything with it yet, just braided it so it looked ok at work... i baby oiled it a bit today but it didnt really help with the roughness, will the fabric softener do that? ill go out and buy some tommorrow.. thanks for any help you can give!
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Posted By: delin
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 11:30pm
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What texture of curl did you use? The general consensus seems to be the 28m is a little coarser than the 50. I only have experience with the former and yes, it definitely is more coarse than my own hair.
I razored the ends and use a silicone product along with fabric softener (I love the Downy lavender stuff) and while still rougher than my own hair, it improved. I'm hoping my 50m will arrive tomorrow...then I'll be able to do a texture comparison.
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Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 11:47pm
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Yeah, I'd try some diluted fabric softener in a spray bottle and/or
silicone spray, and be careful not to brush too hard or anything. I'm
suprised that it's rough already, given the fact that you haven't
washed it yet. :)
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Posted By: LuckieDuckies
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 11:29am
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well i went ahead and washed it today, even tho i only have abou a little under 1/2 my head done its still a very good chunk of hair yowzer, i braid it and it looks like it could be a whole head of natural hair already this stuff is thick...i put diluted fabric softener in it too and it did help it out, i would call it softer but definately not silky theres still kind of a tinge of roughness to it im waiting to see how it drys out i blow dryed it a bit today. my question is im still waiting for my dome spray do you think that will make the difference to it being silky? its still in no way as soft as my own hair but i was thinking this is my first time with synth so maybe im just not used to it yet maybe? what about you jenny would you call your hair silky? i know yours sure looks like it is
p.s. it is 50 mm : )
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Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 12:29pm
Yeah, mine's real silky right now, but then again, I haven't washed it
yet. I also didn't DIY it, so the hair wasn't "handled" much or exposed
to any heat prior to the installation or during, really--I'm sure
there's more handling involved if you're doing pretipping and all of
that. Mine was literally taken out of the bag, blended, and braided in;
that's it. So it's very silky, and all I've been doing to it is
detangling twice a day with a wide-tooth comb and the Dome spray. I
sleep with it in a braid or bun.
With the last batch of PH I had, I found that it got fairly stiff after
the first two washes, and after that point (when the 50mm wave had
pretty much dropped out anyway) it was necessary to blow it out or
steam it using a good "gripping" brush (focusing primarily on the ends)
at least once a week to keep it silky. Others may have different ways
of going about it, but I've found that works best for me. Then, I just
"reset" the hair with flocked hot rollers.
With this new batch, I've only been washing the top (my real hair) up
to now, but I'll probably do the whole thing today or tomorrow, and
I'll keep you posted on my progress.
I would urge you not to use too many products. I think a light misting
of diluted fabric softener after washing, the occasional misting of
Dome spray when detangling, and perhaps a little silicone here and
there is ample.
Also, to some extent, I do think that synth hair is a bit stiffer (and
thicker) than most human hair. That said, it shouldn't be so stiff that
it feels awful or looks bad.
For more suggestions, you might want to go through some of my back
posts. I was having a lot of trouble with the PH/Dome at first and a
lot of people gave me great advice. There's one post in particular
called "What am I doing wrong..." that you may want to check out.
Here's the link:
http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TI D=20326
As well as all the synth chronicle posts:
If you go to this (a search-results page), it should bring up about 6
different "synth chronicle" pages, which will show the progression of
the hair and all that great advice. I can tell you that the hair was in
very good shape after 7 weeks, when I had it redone--somehow it got
better over time (strange as that may seem).
(I'm sure that these links will be broken, but if you close up the extra spaces they should work.)
Good luck! :)
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Posted By: LuckieDuckies
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 9:50pm
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thank you so much jenny...my hair is feeling a lot better now..its not quite to the point where i want it yet but i think just a little silicone spray will do it wonders..feels soft braided it tighter like you suggested in your one post and the fabric softener is really kicking in! now just gotta finish installing it tommorrow : )
thank you delin and mocha too for helping me! : )
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Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 6:17am
Cool. I'm glad it's working out better now, Luckie.
Seriously, this hair has a mind of it's own a bit, and I remember
having the exact same problems at first and being really worried, but
it just seems to work itself out.
I'm planning to wash my hair today (unfortunately) so I may have some
of that roughness again too. In which case, I'll need to go back
through all those posts again, too. I can't even remember how it
rectified itself, really....
:)
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