woe is florida
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Topic: woe is florida
Posted By: Erinlynn
Subject: woe is florida
Date Posted: April 19 2004 at 11:57am
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I am traveling up to buffalo sometime in the next month or so and I am going to bring all my curlers!!! In Buffalo I can curl my hair into spiral boing boings or into s/z shaped waves and my hair will stay like that all day long and even for the next few days afterward the curl will hold although with less definition. Hooray!! Woe is Florida. Land of everlasting humidity. Dragging my tresses down and immediately killing my curl. I used to feel blessed that my hair was straight so that I could go curly when i wanted and it would hold and last but I could also have straight hair...i do think its easier to curl straight hair than it is to straighten that which is curly. But now with Floridas thick droplet laden swamp air (in spite of the fact that my beloved wetlands are being drained and filled) my curls fall out within the first day. Waves last longer but are also dragged down. I had thought my hair was just too long to hold curls anymore but no, its the humidity. Woe is Florida. Cursed am I. =) |
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Posted By: Viktoria
Date Posted: April 19 2004 at 12:20pm
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Sounds nice going on a trip! I suppose it is leisure since the curlers go along. I personally never cared or noticed the humidity before I got long hair. In our horrid dry winter, itīs a chore just keeping it hydrated enough so it wonīt break. But spring is coming, hurray says the hair. My nose however, is not as happy... I hope you have some really good hair days! 
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Posted By: Erinlynn
Date Posted: April 19 2004 at 12:38pm
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Actualy its work and play. Im going to work up in Buffalo for a while but I will be staying with my parents for those weeks =) Im just going to take advantage of my curling ability while im there =) ------------- |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: April 19 2004 at 7:06pm
Hmm... true, Florida is a swamp of raging humidity 6 months of the year... but the weather here the past few weeks/months has been of excellent, and mostly low-humidity. Well, enjoy your trip to Buffalo... for what, 26 weeks? That'll help you avoid the humidity here, though you'll get some weeks of it up there too.  ------------- |
Posted By: Lalaithial
Date Posted: April 21 2004 at 11:53am
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The temperature has been nice hasn't it? I commiserate with my fellow floridians on not being able to curl without difficulty. The best thing that works for me, is wearing rag-rollers to bed with my hair damp. That stays for at least half-a day :) ------------- |
Posted By: Erinlynn
Date Posted: April 22 2004 at 5:25am
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I also sleep in my curlers to keep any curl at all... ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: April 23 2004 at 2:38pm
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The only thing that works against humidity is full cover-up. I stuff my hair in a hat before I go outside, and only take it off when I get inside, where the AC's going. This works well in Tennessee summers. |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: April 25 2004 at 3:54pm
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Another possibility is to braid your hair (in whatever way(s) you might want to try) when damp and allow to dry until completely dry (like, one day later). Take it out and the waves will hold fairly well... especially if you use some sort of setting gel before braiding. ------------- |
Posted By: Erinlynn
Date Posted: April 26 2004 at 6:03am
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The braid method works but it still doenst old as long in florida as it could. Untill i move I might be doomed =) Especialy since I like to go for 45 min long walks every day. A hat...hmmm, I could try that... |
Posted By: tengence
Date Posted: April 29 2004 at 9:32am
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I just wanted to say my gf has the same prob. she also has curly hair but the humidity down in florida makes it go frizzy sometimes. I moved down here from upstate NY for school and she came with me regretfully. She is down here for me not for the weather LOL. Tengence ------------- |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: May 02 2004 at 2:35pm
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The first year I lived here, my hair got frizzy. An unexpected phenomenon because my hair is straight. I came to realize that I was overly-cleaning my hair when I washed it. Took all of the natural oils out of it, so something had to take its place -- the humidity. Now, when I wash, I get it clean but not "squeaky" clean. It helps tame the frizz. ------------- |
Posted By: Erinlynn
Date Posted: May 10 2004 at 10:48am
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Lol, mine gets frizzy on the top untill I brush it. I used to be able to air dry it and stay nice and silky flat...not here! As for that aforementioned friend of mine, lol, she tells me my hair gets really frizzy after I curl it and go through the day. I , again, beg to differ. My curls completely come out by the end of the day, they dont get frizzy. She also claims her hair is dark brown...its black. there isnt even a hint of brown in it under the sun. I dont know why she tries to call it brown at all. Its such a nice deep dark shiny black, very lovely, and yes it is thick and soft too. I would be proud to call it black. After all she is of asian decent. Shes got a lovely head of hair. ------------- |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: May 11 2004 at 8:54pm
In addition to avoiding overly-cleaning my hair, there are two other things I do to reduce frizz: 1) rinse the conditioner out with cold water (no hot) 2) final rinse of 1/4 gallon of distilled or purified water with 2 tablespoons of vinegar added to it. Both of these things help to get/keep the hair shafts smooth. Even though the humidity has jumped in the past few days, my hair is smooth and frizz-free! I'm lovin it.
Sounds lovely, indeed!  ------------- |
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