sealing????
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Topic: sealing????
Posted By: tushay
Subject: sealing????
Date Posted: March 01 2008 at 11:29pm
i read on the forum that alot of you moisturize your hair and then you seal it....what exactly is sealing the hair????? and what method to you do and products that you use????...i'm trying to create a regimine myself------------- don't chase me unless your ready to catch me!!! |
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Posted By: cmesweet
Date Posted: March 02 2008 at 8:38am
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Sealing the hair means you are trying to keep the moisture from escaping your hair strands.
People usually use oils after wetting wit water or a leave-in conditioner their hair, so the moisture from the water can not exscape. There is a sticky at the top of the forum about oils and you can see what people say about the oils they use.
Another method that I like to use is mix a dime to a quater size amount of olive oil with my moisturizing conditioner. I am not exactly sure if it works but I've been doing it for 4 years and my extremely healthy and the oil adds a bit of shine as well.
I hope this information has helped a bit. ------------- Natural BC May 9, 2004 |
Posted By: tushay
Date Posted: March 02 2008 at 6:30pm
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thank you cmesweet....are you a member of bhm??? i joined this one when bhm closed but i will continue to visit
last night a made a concoction of water,almond oil and glyerine in a spray bottle....gosh nobody told me how MESSY...that whole proccess is....i got oil and water all on the floor and mirror...im now trying to find a cleaner way to use my potions....can you use too much glycerine?? and little water??
i know i have a lot of question..forgive me.. ------------- don't chase me unless your ready to catch me!!! |
Posted By: cmesweet
Date Posted: March 03 2008 at 6:25am
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Hey!
Yes I am a member of BHM...this site though is the first one that I found. I had been on here for years and all of a sudden it became slow so I joined BHM. I'm usually in the growth or Natural Hair section under the name CMEFROANDBEYOND.
THere is alot of information here.
The ingredients that you used sounds good. However, I don't know much about glycerin but from reading forums the glycerin and water recipes has to be based on trial and error. Glycerin helps to pull in moisture into the hair. However, you can get too heavy with it.
Do you have a funnel where the long skinny side fits in the bottle and u pour the ingrediets through the wide side?
Usualy, if I am mixing something, I mix it while the bottle is in the sink so I won't spill on the floor and only have to wash the sink out. ------------- Natural BC May 9, 2004 |
Posted By: MsMiamiLady
Date Posted: March 04 2008 at 7:09pm
| oils are good to use for sealants. i use castor oil and it does the job |
Posted By: tushay
Date Posted: March 05 2008 at 4:55am
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thank you ladies so much...i decided to use eash one separately in a squirt bottle it's cleaner.less of a mess...the next day my hair came out shiney moist and soft....i think i've found one so far so good... ------------- don't chase me unless your ready to catch me!!! |
Posted By: cmesweet
Date Posted: March 05 2008 at 10:50am
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Isn't it great when you find something that works for you? ------------- Natural BC May 9, 2004 |
Posted By: tushay
Date Posted: March 06 2008 at 2:41am
yep....especially when it doesn't cost alot of money!!! ------------- don't chase me unless your ready to catch me!!! |
cmesweet wrote:Posted By: sexibeach
Date Posted: March 06 2008 at 10:12am
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our hair naturally contains moisture, but because our hair is also naturally porous, keeping the moisture inside is a difficult...sources of outside moisture, or external moisture supplementation is necessary for black hair...water molecules and moisture from these supplemental moisturizing products easily passes into the hair shaft, but they pass out just as easily...the moisture you apply needs to hold in by something. Oil...a light coating of oil on top will help seal the moisture inside. Oils are made of large molecules..these molecules are too large to absorb by the hair strand...applying oils to the hair and scalp will coat them and trap moisture that is inside on the inside and moisture that is outside on the outside...the key is to lock in the moisture within the strands with your oil...if you use oils without a moisturizer or before one, the oil will seal the moisture out of the hair strand and lead to eventual dryness...this technique of moisturizing and sealing has really been helpful to me and is a resonating hallmark of my regimen...moisturizing and sealing success is all in the order in which you apply your products... |
Posted By: tushay
Date Posted: March 07 2008 at 5:04am
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sexibeach....thanks!! that explains it down to the t....what oils and moisterizers do you use?? ------------- don't chase me unless your ready to catch me!!! |
Posted By: sexibeach
Date Posted: March 07 2008 at 6:17am
i use dominican conditioner's b/c i love their products.. so i pre poo first with dabur amla oil, and add a mayo conditioner or protein conditioner product, http://store.sickbay.biz/caeghaco16oz.html - http://store.sickbay.biz/caeghaco16oz.html and then set under the heating cap.. then after i wash i condition again, use shea butter, carrot oil cream, and olive oil cream to saturate my hair with moisture, and seal with jamaican black castor oil mix with Wild growth oil and it seals in the the moisturizing hair creams and locks moisture in..
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