I had a hair crisis after yet another failed braid-out attempt (pics to follow) and texted my BF to come chop all my hair off!! I'd had it with the tangles and was (kinda) ready to look like a boy again (not!). But I took a deep breath, got my detangling comb and some clips and proceeded to blow dry instead. Thank goodness I have my Paul Mitchell
Super Skinny Serum and
Relaxing Balm. These two products smooth my hair out immediately once I blow dry with my paddle brush. Add in my FHI and all is well in the world.
Here are the pics my braidout experience. My last one for a long time, hehe
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| Rocking my braidout and Becca lip gloss :-) |
Um, yeah...I sectioned my hair off and braided it this way as opposed to cornrows, which I refuse to do. I hate them. Mainly because I don't have thick hair. Yeah...While it did turn out better than when I do cornrows, all that detangling and braiding and sitting under the dryer biz is for the birds. I don't know I used to do this every week in the past. Crazy. I couldn't be bothered nowadays. BF said if I try it again next time to use setting lotion, which worked famously for my flexi-rods (lasted forever!!) so if I do, I will follow his advice. His brain is so smart ;-)
Seriously, I have the blowdry/flat iron process DOWN. It's a science when I get in the bathroom. I've got it down to 2hours, from start (shampoo) to finish (combing out to wrap or go on about my day). No other styling method can beat that for me at the moment. I make sure to sufficiently condition and deep condition regularly, so my new growth isn't "heat trained" at all. Which is great for when I do want to do wash n go's next year.
So yeah, basically, I just rationalized to myself that since blowdrying/flat ironing is working so well for me, there really is no point to BC. I'll just continue to grow it out and trim relaxed ends as needed...No need to over-complicate this process at all :-)
Holla <3
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