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Topic: Brittle hard hair
Posted By: TwinkletOes23
Subject: Brittle hard hair
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 5:07pm

I washed my hair the other day and it was brittle and hard is this because i am in ned of  a relaxer or could it be something else




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Posted By: R2D2inoz
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 11:23pm
Sounds like it needs more moisture.  If it happened just after a wash and you used shampoo then it could have stripped it dry.  I had the same problem which I eliminated after doing co washes and only clarifying with non sulfate products.

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Natural 10 years
3b/4a armpit length hair


Posted By: Renata22
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 11:37pm

You may have stripped it dry with your shampoo if you used the wrong one.

 

OR...If you used a high silicone conditioner along with a high protein conditioner, that could do it REALLY BAD. I made that mistake one time.

If you MUST clarify, I would suggest putting some of your regular moisturizing shampoo in a bowl and mix it with some apple cider vinegar and a little water. It's runny and watery, but nothing clarifies my hair better...and my hair is soft afterwards.

My hair HATES CO washes.



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Hair type: who knows?
Length: 23 inches as of 3/10/06
MY HAIR IS OFFICIALLY BRA STRAP LENGTH!!
Goal: Waist Length, which is only 30 inches so
ADVISE ME ON HOW TO GET JUST 7 MORE INCHES OF GROWTH!


Posted By: Renee
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 12:07am
clarifying shampoo please. its probably product buildup

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Posted By: TwinkletOes23
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 9:28pm

I used a shapoo with sodium laureTH sulfate in it and its suppose to be smoothing intense ...could it be because i was in a rush and blow dried it on low and then flat ironed it?

 

well today i washed and condioned and it came out fine...maybe it was b/c the night before i heated some conditoner up and put it on my hair over night....?



Posted By: ThAbAdDeStBaBy
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 9:53pm
I think it was the shampoo with the sodium sulfate in it. It can sometimes rob the hair of moisture. Thats why its good to follow up with a moisturizing shampoo or deep hydrating conditioner. HTH

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ThAbAdDeStBaBy
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Hair Goal: BSL by late 2007-early 2008
Hair now: net weave w/EP-RT




Posted By: Renata22
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 10:35pm

You put a conditioner on OVERNIGHT? If it had either a lot of protein or silicone in it, that could also be a culprit.

I typically don't have a problem with shampoos, but I have to be careful of what CONDITIONERS I use.



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Hair type: who knows?
Length: 23 inches as of 3/10/06
MY HAIR IS OFFICIALLY BRA STRAP LENGTH!!
Goal: Waist Length, which is only 30 inches so
ADVISE ME ON HOW TO GET JUST 7 MORE INCHES OF GROWTH!


Posted By: TwinkletOes23
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 11:06pm

quote : You put a conditioner on OVERNIGHT

Yeah ive been doing that lately and i can def. tell a diff when i do it and when i dont ...when i dont it comes out hard and brittle if i do it comes out soft



Posted By: Champagne_Wishe
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 10:58pm
I sometimes leave a conditioner overnight and my hair is like butter.  But I make sure it is a moisturizing conditioner.  My hair doesn't need a protein based conditioner that much anyways.        



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