Wassup Fellaz, I'm new to tha board & i'm just checking things out.. any how..I have a couple concerns.

I originally had cornrows from 1996-2002 but I got a cut & I started my waves in March 03 and was spinning by June 03..I guess I just hard a natural pattern. I've always had soft managable hair. And what sux about it is that whatever direction i comb/brush it in..it goes...now to some people that may seem good, but when you want a style to hold...it kinda sucks!

Now I aint sayin I got real real soft hair eitha..just managable ya dig. Believe me, if I dont keep it moisterized & brushed it will napp up!

and thats exactly what happened...a few times I visited my girls apartment & spent the night with no du-rag & no brush, and I sleep kind of wild...well she hard a hard "girl" type brush...& I normally use soft to medium...& I kind of lost my pattern!

Its still there...but not as strong as before..it kind of strated to fade. I have been reading and following these tecnieques you all posted for the past couple of days & I gotta hand it to yall...yall know exactly what your talkin bout...

I was ussing similar techs before & I was just experimenting...nobody told me how to get waves...they just told me to keep brushin! but I incorporated the water & lets jam myself...I even used "Johnson's Baby Oil Gel"

My hair doesnst agree with gunky hard pomades..I mostly use soft stuff...I recently got Scurl 360, & I think thats gunna be my new best friend! I have that...doo-grow, a water/moisterizer spray bottle & lets jam.

& I follow the water & shower routine in the morning, & the 1 1/2 hr.brushing routine mid day, while spraying the water/moisterizer spray bottle in between.

My hair is still kinda short..I got it cut last monday sept 5..

& I think I should keep following instructions while letting it grow a little, and when it does...switch to the medium brush and continue the method.Tell me, am I doing this right? How long will it take to get my babies back?

Also..To get the 360's..

 when I brush the top of my head...should I start at the middle of my crown & brush forward tward my forhead and out to my sides?

or

Start at the middle crown & brush inward and straight down?  

let me know sumfin fellaz..

GoTTi wrote:  I've always had soft managable hair. And what sux about it is that whatever direction i comb/brush it in..it goes...now to some people that may seem good, but when you want a style to hold...it kinda sucks!

r u using that soft brush or medium brush when ur hair does that. i notice my hair does that too afer i apply moisturizer to it but only wit a medium-hard brush. and the reason that ur waves faded when u used that girl brush is becuz it was too hard. those kinds of brushes are made so hard to detangle hair and thas prolly wut it did wit urs. (broke all ur hair up, and made it look jes wavy instead of having waves, and poofy im guessing)

nah, I was just sayin...

On the top of my head, should I brush inward in a circular motion with the brush slightly tilted?

or should I start in the middle of my head & brush  outward twards each side with the brush slightly tilted

to get the 360's?

see the Instructions said to start at the top midlle & brush out..

I'm guessin that means to start in the middle of my head & brush  outward twards each side with the brush slightly tilted

but when I do that, that seems to take away from my pattern in the top middle.. but not on the top sides.... understand?

just stick to one meth and keep brushin thats pretty much it. good luck

GoTTi wrote: nah, I was just sayin... On the top of my head, should I brush inward in a circular motion with the brush slightly tilted? or should I start in the middle of my head & brush  outward twards each side with the brush slightly tilted to get the 360's?

it doesn't mater if you brush inward or outward, just brush forward

GoTTi wrote: see the Instructions said to start at the top midlle & brush out.. I'm guessin that means to start in the middle of my head & brush  outward twards each side with the brush slightly tilted but when I do that, that seems to take away from my pattern in the top middle.. but not on the top sides.... understand?

what instructions?

whatever instructions you read is making things confusing to you. just brush forward

and on the sides..should I brush down, forward, or forward and down at the same time?

brush like this starting from the crown of ur head.

man you nikkaz is geniouses!!

I was just thinking that someone should use photoshop and do something like that...but i didnt think that anyone would take the time to do that and be on the same page as me...once again...thanks alot!

JaSoul07 wrote: Man people have posted and re-posted that pic. Maybe we should keep it as a sticky thread or somethin because everybody new asks exactly how to brush. Just my opinion

yeah, exactly what i was thinking. i was waitin on sum1 else to post it, but no one did, so i went ahead and did it. and no prob GoTTi. its a pic that ppl have been usin for awhile. i cant even remember its origin but whoever made it... mad props.

ok...yall answered the sides question halfway...I know I should brush at an angle when i'm doing my sides...

but what i'm askin...is

should I brush my sides at an angle with the handle facing forward (twards the front of my face)?

or backwards.. (twards the back of my head)?

JaSoul07 wrote: Man people have posted and re-posted that pic. Maybe we should keep it as a sticky thread or somethin because everybody new asks exactly how to brush. Just my opinion

I agree with this man. I hear what direction do you brush from almost every new person. It is a good question but it gets old after a while, so I'll make it a sticky post.