Going from Relaxed to Natural Curly
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Printed Date: July 18 2025 at 6:17am
Topic: Going from Relaxed to Natural Curly
Posted By: cocoa828
Subject: Going from Relaxed to Natural Curly
Date Posted: May 19 2005 at 2:53pm
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As strange as it seems, I am not having a problem with frizzing, but can someone give me some advice on why my hair is wavy/straight in the middle, but curly at the roots and ends. How do I (if possible) remedy this? My hair also appears to be more curly underneath and the top looks straggly/wavy. Any advice? |
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Posted By: Sweetcandicurlz
Date Posted: May 19 2005 at 8:10pm
Well, if you want it to be just all natural regular curly, all I could tell you is to not put any more relaxers in your and if possible just let it all grow out until the middle is curly like the roots. If I find anything else out, I get back w/ u. Hope I helped!  ------------- I love chocolate and monkeys!!I'm the sweetest peanutbutter cup chica you'll ever want to meet! love, hugs, and kisses. |
Posted By: cocoa828
Date Posted: May 20 2005 at 1:03pm
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Thanks you helped. I know I will not put anymore relaxers in my hair, but I can't find any product that keeps the top layer of my head from looking so straggly/stringy and all underneath is curly. I use John Freida's Dream Curls Perfecter and FX Curls Mousse and Curl Booster, but that seems to make my hair feel crispy. Any suggestions? |
Posted By: mitch5150
Date Posted: May 31 2005 at 5:02am
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Hey Cocoa, I'm mitch5150 I've been a haircutter/hairstylist since 1993 just to let you know how much experience I have. Get yourself a very very wide tooth large comb and use it when you wash your hair. After you lather up the shampoo and wash your hair comb it out before you rinse out the shampoo after you comb out your hair rinse out the shampoo and comb out your hair again then try using a leave in conditioner comb out your hair once again with the conditioner in your hair. If it is a leave in conditioner dry and style your hair. You can rinse the conditioner out if you like. You'll notice a huge difference in the condition of your hair. This is a remedy for you situtation. The better condition your hair is the better your style will look. If you have any questions you can email me at mailto:customonegtr@rock.com - customonegtr@rock.com . I will be glad to help you with anything you want to do with your hair. Sincerely mitch5150 |
Posted By: rebella
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 2:06pm
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hey.. will anyone plz help me in this,i live in the middle east,n there's no such thing as hair proffessionals over here!i have curly hair,i relaxed it 3 times in 6 months!!i didnt know how insane ws that untill it went flat after the third time..it recovered n started lookin fine...n again after 6 months i relaxed the roots(3 cm),im sure u know how u become addicted to this whole thing!now it has been 10 months with no relaxing..but i cant live with my hair,im nt even sure my natural hair really looks like that!!its soooo very dry near the roots and ends,a single hair is thick..and it varies in its thickness..and it breaks soo easily..though normally my single hair would look like a thread!cant b broken!i really cany live with it..i feel soo ugly...its short ..dry..nt everywhere!im using a dermatologist shampoo with mink oil...a leave in condotioner n sometimes hair serum...im really fed up with it...im considering going to a doctor..bt im afraid he'd laugh at me and tell me thats just ur natural hair..another options is relaxing until it gets really long..i'd go back to my natural hair then..i guess its easier whn its long...bottom line..i reaaaaaalllllly neeeeed proffessional help,i dont know if a hair as bad as mine exists..naturally????!!!!my mum n sis say it ws wavy whn i ws small.......plz help in this..thanx in advance! ------------- dozzz |
Posted By: Sweetcandicurlz
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 5:48pm
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this is for REBELLA,
Well the only thing I can tell you to do is if what your wanting is to keep it from being frizzy, is just to ALWAYS have it moisturized. If you don't already use a daily moisturizing conditioner, you should start. Sometimes what I do with my hair to keep it moist is to condition it really good at night and put it in some kind of braid(s) and rap it up and in the morning it is very conditioned and not very frizzy. Then in the morning I just style it and if needed ,which most of the it is, I put some more. And if it is still frizzy and dry you should try and get some kind of sheen spray or anti frizz spray to take with you on the go so if it start to get dry and frizzy, you can just spray some in your hair. Well I hope I helped. And what might also help is not to wash your hair everyday if it dry, try maybe washing it a maximum of 3 times per week so that way your hair can maintain it's natural oils and won't become so dry. Good luck  ------------- I love chocolate and monkeys!!I'm the sweetest peanutbutter cup chica you'll ever want to meet! love, hugs, and kisses. |
Posted By: rebella
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 3:12pm
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hey, thaaanx a loot sweercandicurls 4 ur reply..it feels soo gr8 to have someone lsn 2 u aand offer some help..! as 4 the deep conditioning,i'll defenitly try that..bt im afraid it wont help.. i dont think its just dry...u see..im trying to make my hair healthier...to get back my natural healthy hair..then i'll just forget about it...!products cn do miracles..bt i need i loong term solution...like hot oils...u see the result after a while...bt its a guud one!...n now i have a new problem..well its nt that new..i just realized its a problem recently!..im breaking my hair...i automatically start playing with it..n i cut it near the roots...n i do it a loot near my forhead...i caaaant control it!...thats y its frizzzy btw!...i really dnt want to relax it...so f anyone knows any way i can deal with this..please help me.. p.s im goin 2 canada in 2 weeks....montreal...so f anyone would like to recomend anything there...im oopeen to all options! ------------- dozzz |
Posted By: rebella
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 3:19pm
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hey cocoa828, i guess all u need is a gud suitable shampoo,n a leave in conditioner..i personally recomend the one from smooth n shine...sooo gud!!..u cn use instead of water..it doesnt get sticky... u might need some serum for the curly part..i passed through a period like that b4..my hair ws kinda' short...which helped a lot!so f urs is loong...the difference will b more obvious.....u might consider cutting it...bt one things is for sure..dont u ever relax it!!!...f u've gone soo far that u can c ur natural curls...lukin gud 4 a while is not worth damaging ur hair all over again... hope that helped!
------------- dozzz |
Posted By: aliaa
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 4:59am
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hey there rebella! id like to announce to u that u suffer from TRICHOTILLOMANIA!! to be honest with u, i have some mild form of it. my voluntary hair plucking fiesta is much exaggerated during my exam periods! the cause of this disorder is obviously some sort of stress in ur life, and u 'cope' with it by taking it out on ur poor hair so try to figure out what is stressin u out, and try to solve or manage it, since it is ur primary problem, from which ur other problems appear to originate.. also, since its all psychological, promise urself that u wont do it, and if ur willpowered enuf, that should work. also, stop playing with ur hair, as that will increase the liklihood of u finding hairs that u dont like and find irregular and kinky ones, and we all know what that means! THE DREADED PLUCK! try tying ur hair to prevent unvoluntary hair playing.. hope this helps, take care btw i come from the middle east too! i live in kuwait! and u ? |
its some sort of anxiety disorsder where one pulls out their hair from the roots! its actually more common than u think, 2% of the population have it, believe it or not! 
Posted By: aliaa
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 5:00am
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oh rebella, sorry, i just noticed that u have 'Jordan' written in ur location :P
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Posted By: rebella
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 2:43pm
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hehehehehehe..aliaa!...im afraid im gonna have to tell u smthg anyway..thnx for the tip!..never knew there's such a thing...i'll try nt to reach that point.. kuwait!..i hve a friend from kuwait..so i'd love to chat wiz u smday!
------------- dozzz |
!..i said i cut my hair 'NEAR' the roots...which means i dont pull it out..el 7amdulillah!...i know!..i still have a problem to deal with...its just less serious...well..nt really cause i have a whole bunch of short hair all around...its out of controol!...oh n beleive me...i KNOW wht u mean...!..i reached a point whre i thought my natural hair ws like that
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