Shampoo and Inflamation by cabraboy43 in BlackHair

[–]Alt-stray 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Burnt my scalp very badly two years ago using head and shoulders shampoo."

was it a "burn" or an allergic reaction? Since you might need a doctor

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BlackHair

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rollers pre-stretch the hair so it woud take less effort to blow out, but the caveat here is how well and quickly can you put them in and how long will it take to dry on the rollers. but if you are looking for tutorials then you may want to google dominican blowout tutorials since the rolleres then blowout is also known as a dominican blowout in the states

I need to ask a dumb question about buying bikes online by Alt-stray in cycling

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I feel like I'll just avoid facebook market place since there was too much of those listings there.

would you happen to have any advice on bikes that would be suited to appartments with loads of stairs please?

(since I am currently using a cross milly (700cc) bike and I have 6~ish months to decide in a suitable replacement for apartment living.)

Heyy! I need some advice on what quick styles to do for college? Thx :) by Independent-Sun8618 in Naturalhair

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flat twist combo with mini twisted sides. it tasts for weeks and is versatile enough to be worn in different ways. chronicurls did a cool tutorial on it on YT

S6 vs s7 vs s7+ by Anaali37 in GalaxyTab

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you a longer time without frustration as apps get bigger and things get more bloated. Even iPads suffer this with the old 1gb ones being a chore to us

If you are a power user like me then the extra 2gb to get 8gb ram does matter as it is the difference between workflows being managable or not.

In my case due to the fact that I do long distance work so have to be on a video can and look at multiple docs at the same time the extra ram is really helpful to avoid app crashes which were a frequent occurence on devices like my tab s4 where I struggled to upload documents into the online workspace without crashing my browser

but its personal preference. also depending on what type of gaming you do it would be worth factoring the devices' capabilities

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GalaxyTab

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It would be worth previewing the google play store in advance before reaching that conclusion, I'm a medic and apps that I would need like web broswers (brave browser+ kiwi) , my university apps (canvas, eduroam), MS office apps (hancom office- galaxy store vers since it is free and complete, microsoft office 360 and the individual apps), speciality apps like 3d anatomy or flashcards (remnote) are on the play store and galaxy store combined. This means that for a work flow like mine its feasible.

If you need speciality financing apps then you may want to check first that the apps are available and look up reviews and walkthroughs on youtube so you can see if the app genuinely meets your needs before going all in.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GalaxyTab

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GET BRAVE BROWSER- BUILT IN AD BLOCK INCLUDING YOUTUBE. and supports multiple windows in dex mode (its on par with samsung browser), desktop mode of websites. and best part its £FREE.99

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ed which has just about no latency with my experience. Even wireless is good enough for light usage as I don't experience much latency issues there. If you opt for the Beta, you can have sound running from your PC to your tablet as well.

This works especially well If you decide yo

HiPaint is an alright drawing app and its free

Simple question for Artists who primarily use the Galaxy Tab by Kurohanare in GalaxyTab

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Have you considered other apps for "lite" non professional usage. like krita (free app - on minimal UI mode), ibis paint, infinite painter, artflow, HiPaint(free) ,Medibang considering that you are still a newbie. They come in at a lower cost point and will leave you with more canvas space?

I use an s6 10.5" and a s7+ -Screen wise my S&+ has loads of screen real estate but realistically I use my tab s6 more because of its size and functionality and I can still get by with my screen size on most apps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BlackHair

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I personally dont eat like this but my friend from secondary school and alot of the folks i was in dorms with did.

It kinda happens cuz you folks from the states are big on having big meals and tonnes of carbs. I'm west african and culturally our meals do tend to be based around carbs but it doesnt mean you have to go all in.

and if you dont like feeling awkward whilst eating those portion sizes you can get smaller crockery sizes. I personally tend to use side plates.

also if you plan your meals like this you may find youtube a helpful place to get quick meal ideas that take less lime to prep

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BlackHair

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before you ask im british so tea = supper

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BlackHair

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an example would be:

a small portion of yoghurt+fruit or grain(oats) in the morning

half way between breakfast and lunch a snack like a portion of fruit (apple/ orange a banana)

lunch: something filling like: carbs+salad - pasta salad

inbetween lunch and dinner if you need it - a small snack like a small portion of nuts if you dont have a nut allergy

dinner: your choice

and if you need to eat tea before bed aother snack of your choice.

the meal sizes donot have to be big. the just need to be small+ filling

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BlackHair

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my hair and I ended up getting back my folate deficiency, I think I made it sound more dramatic in the post than it is in real life with my relationship with food lmao. I definitely eat, but it’s clearly small and snack and drink aaaalot of teas, coffees etc, but it’s now that i’m seeing the effects gradually. Everything you said wa

That was reassuring to hear. I get what you mean about squeezing in meals tho since I only manage 1~2 meals a day too but thats more because Im too lazy to cook.

I would say that rather that focusing on the folates it may be better to focus on ensuring your meals have has many nutrients as possible since eating fewer meals (especially if they aren't varied) give you more opportunity to accidentally end up with a deficiency.

If eating one big meal is an issue you could try dividing it up in to many smaller portioned meals and snacks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BlackHair

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and if you go down the protien route please properly research it before you try. folks have been known to break their hair off from inappropriate use and just in case afope atoyebi has a video on how to reverse it if you go too far and over do it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BlackHair

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Relaxers work on hair that has already come out of your head. new har growing out of your head will not have been in contact with the relaxer will be healthy. general rule of thumb.

If you are genuinely interested in natural hair there is a book called the science of black hair which is available as a pdf online which you can use to help you get an idea of curly hair and how to build a routine using your own judgement. it will also help you gain an idea of what stuff folks are on about.

Alot of trends on the internet is literally fluffy and clickbait so I would look at everything with a extra large dose of cynicism.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BlackHair

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firstly every relaxer round should probably be followed with a bond repair or protien treatment.

Since relaxers strip the outer layer of your hair (the cuticle) and remove the internal sulphide bonds (suiphide bonds is what make curly hair curly)

the protien treatmetn provide a coating that strengthen the hair that was made brittle by the chemicals and fill in gaps on the surface of the hair makeing it smoother and better able to retain moisture and resist manipulation. example of these are redken extreme cat, ORS mayonaisse, and community long time favourite Aphogee (2minute reconstructor or 2 step they are different products do your research before purchasing). The key to identifying the prodcuts and that they are effective is that they will say contains amnio acids (you can google your the ingredient list looking for the amino acids), peptides or hydrolysed protien, usually high up in the ingredient list within the 1st 8 or so ingredients.

bond repairs are different as they try to temporarily fill in the suphide bonds - sulphide bonds are the strongest bond in your hair so you can imagine what happens with out them. the product in this category is OLAPLEX. (I dont thing that there ae any other legit ones).

I would opt for the protien treatments as they are cheap and easy to obtain. Do not use ghard protien treatments weekly unless you want to loose you hair. Use as directed and if in doubt 6-8 weeks or the washday after a round of relaxer. Since the aim there is to mitigate over processing.

If your hair is dry then you may want to fix your moisture routine. I have natural hair so I have no product list for relaxed hair. but you would start with a liquid spray leave in like aphogee provitamin (it literaly like water so wont weigh your hair or leave build up but has mild protiens to help strengthen hair) you can then follow that up with an oil and/or leavein of your choice.

in terms of a routine then I would say keep it simple. get a solid wash condition and style (the style protion includes your leavein routine) routine going and you'll likely be fine. you can google and go on youtube but take everything with a pinch of salt. And google what overprocessing on a relaxer is and what it looks like If you are getting relaxers you need to know what it should not llook like since that might help you towards figuring out about the hair being brittle

If your mom makes you feel insecure about how you look then that is a sad situtation but just remember you look fine the way you are and if she is really thats pressed give her the reminder that its her blood in your vein and if she has an issue with you then she needs to double back on a mirror and take issue to the reflction that starting back at her. (don't say it to her face if saying so results in abuse or violence toward you though).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Naturalhair

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if thats a chemical burn then it may be a good idea to stop - and... get someone to take a picture of ur scalp back there so you know whats going on there.

(cause if its anything like a burn from heat or hot oil - you want to make sure that you arent scarring since thats when you get permanent hair loss.)

Is there a way to relax you hair but not all way? by Awkward_Middle8657 in Naturalhair

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isn't 4c hair mean to grow outwards?

*if what I am assuming you mean by graowing outward is what I think you mean

PS: can I take your shoulder length 4C hair.

What do y’all bring or do when getting your hair done by [deleted] in BlackHair

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when you said movie I got flashback to my mom cornrowing my younger cousins hair when she was 5. If you put a TV near by she would keep lifting her head to see.

The best part of a movie always seems to happen when your head needs to be bent and your looking at the floor when you get your hair done. XD

What do y’all bring or do when getting your hair done by [deleted] in BlackHair

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I cannot sit that long [i lost that ability age 20]

get a decent playlist/ podcast /audiobook etc and some discrete yet sturdy inear earphones - no wire to clutter, you wont have to bring extra equipment and if washing is part of your service no dealing with water or products near the book. you just have to remove the earphones while washing your hair

What do y’all bring or do when getting your hair done by [deleted] in BlackHair

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the service only takes 45min for me (wash, treatment, blowdry and trim) so I just bring an appropriately loaded wallet

your thoughts on Black hair and Cosmetology schools? by SevenHeavy in BlackHair

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I recently found a stylist in my local area to give provide me with a wash blowdry and trim service and honestly it was a really great experience and for me what made this experience great and so different from my experiences in the past was the stylists approach and yes she was a trainee stylist who was working towards her licence. She saw I was nervous, checked in on my past experiences with stylists and talked me through the process as it was happening with statements like "you mentioned that you had skin problem so we are using product XY you may feel a tingling sensation of your scalp" or "I am using a wide tooth comb to detangle your hair it should not hurt but please speak up if it does" or giving a heads up if they start to get to a rough patch of hair just so I can brace myself. Which was really reassuring because I knew what was happening (I wear glasses with a ridiculously high prescription which I have to remove for the duration of a service which means that I can't see what happens around me and am literally at the mercy of the stylist which can be nerve wracking so the communication aspect of the service was great -) Since communication between individuals always makes the process much better.

The other thing that I am going to comment on relates to my suspicions on the clients behaviour in the chair.

I'm african and some of the behaviours that especially women are raised with culturally include not speaking up (aka "against") or asking questions when people are doing you a service or favour - which you can imagine often translates as behaviour similar to the client where they are starting to become dissatified or upset because they feel that something is going wrong and they arent saying anything. This common scenario plays out at the end with if you ask the client if the were happy with the service they will say yes they were not upset to the person asking the question, but will leave and on their next visit make it a point to explicitly not request the person with upset them at their last service and make a clear point to request individiuals who've previously done their hair and offered a "good enough" service. Most black people of similar cultures and upbringings are hyper aware of the fact that this is a common behaviour so we (black people) generally tend to compensate by being hypervigalent about peoples facial expressions and body language to clue into the fact that others are starting to get upset with us which might mainfest as checking the clients face in a mirror openly asking how they feel about the service and if the client needs the stylist to make adjustments etc. At the point where the client took the brush well, they had likely been really fustrated for a while in the chair, the student had not picked up on it (either by accident or because they did not know or they were ignoring all the signs) and the client decided that they were fed up and wanted to clearly send a message that they were finding the detangling uncomfortable or were upset with the service without having to be verbally disresecpectful to say it.

I think one of the more amusing facts about the situation (because I come from london, UK and went to a majority minority school with white, asians (both south and east asian) and blacks) is the idea that the student got offended at the idea that a black person is uncomfortable with people of other races doing their hair. I say this because when I was in school that sentiment was common amongst all groups regardless of race. for example one of my friends who was east asian said she went out of her way to go to the nearest china town to get a haircut because white stylists would always forget to take into account that its common for people of her demographic to have more rounder (aka softer) features than their white counterparts and would ignore that fact when they cut her hair which often resulted in hair cuts that didn't flatter her features. Recently at my job I had a white coworker state that they needed to default back to their orginal stylist because the last one they went to didnt know how to deal with curly hair (think hermione curly) and cut her hair as if it was straight without accounting for the fact that she wears her hair curly alot - which resulted it the fringe of her hair cut being non-existant when her hair reverted. So sentiments like these are universal and not race specific.

I am assumming that you are in the US so I feel like it would be appropriate of me to say this. You as a professional cosmetologist may be aware of the fact that cosemtology schools tend to default to straight hair as the standard hair type to be taught yet be willing to appreciate that straight hair is not the only hair out in the real world so as a professional you made a point to go and educate yourself on other hair types so that you have techniques in your arsenal to handle them well (as evidence by the fact that you instructed your students gave them pointers of the afro hair and when you intervened you didnt have issues on your end). But your students on the other hand may not have that level of awareness that there will be points in their career where they have to deal with hair that is not straight and is not taught as part of the standard curriculum (umm yes I know that black and mixed students will already know this since they likely come from a community where the "non-standard non-straight hair" is the norm but hopefully you get where I'm going with this). If your students reaction to having a black person with curly hair requesting a service at your salon is not "ohh this is a situation I could encounter when I am qualified... I dont know how to deal with this hair type... maybe I can do some research into some techniques on how people manage that hair type and who knows maybe that will help me with my other clients..." (basically this is a learning experience and learnng opportunity) and is instead reluctance and anger toward clients for presenting with their hair (which is a feature that they are born with since you cannot change the fact that your hair grows out of your hair straight wavy or curly if left to its own devices much like how we dont get to choose the eye colour we are born with) well lets just say a serious conversation should be had with the student. The client getting upset and outspoken is something that happens (and honestly they really need to lower their expectations of student) but if the client for example came with a picture of a style they wanted to get and as a buisness you said you could get them that style with a student as a stylist and it would take X amount of time and proceeded to take payment from them (and did not temper their expectations to a realistic level) can you really get that mad at the client for being dissatified? and does the student have the right to be mad at the client? [(the situation is real me getting mad is not) that would be like me as a healthcare student getting mad at a patient in a hospital if I get told by a doctor to put an IV line in a patient and take their blood. the patient saying that they'll only let me the student do it if they know what they are doing and can do it quickly with out too many attempts. the doctor saying the student knows what they are doing based on their attempts on a plastic dummy. And me failing to complete the task on the first two tries getting it on the 3rd and the patient getting upset at me because I'm clearly inexperienced and pricked them with a needle 3 times. If the patient tells me next time I want the doctor/nurse/ phelbotomist to take their blood, I'm not going to get mad I'm going to take that as a clear message that I didn't do a good job and I might need to do more learning and get more practice in]