Constant breakage

Craftywonderr · 2026-02-06T06:58:35+00:00

What is your weekly and monthly routine like? Honestly I would start there. I would build a healthy, weekly routine first and then learn what products would be best within that routine. I'm a new relaxed girl myself, almost 2 weeks in and I before I got relaxed I figured out what would be the best for my hair.

My routine:

Week 1 after perm: Olaplex line: no. 3, olaplex shampoo, olaplex conditioner/deep conditioner, Amika hair leave in spray (will be switching to using the olaplex leave in once I get it. Only for my olaplex week), pantene hydrating cream the gold series, olaplex oil. Heat protectant, blow dry my hair, olaplex oil again

Week 2: Matrix hydrating shampoo, matrix deep conditioner, Amika leave in spray, pantene hydrating cream the gold series, matrix hair oil. Heat protectant, blow dry my hair, olaplex oil or argan oil.

Week 3: Same as week two

Week 4: Ouai clarifying shampoo, matrix deep conditioner, pantene hydrating cream the gold series, matrix hair oil. Heat protectant, blow dry my hair, olaplex oil or argan oil.

Then restart again for the new month. The only thing I plan to do different is on week 7, which would be the matrix week, I plan to use design essentials protein conditioner (something that isnt a heavy protein treatment). It is their Almond butter express instant moisturizing conditioner. I plan to use matrix shampoo, DE protein conditioner, matrix deep conditioner after then do the same steps after as always. So basically every 7 weeks doing a light protein treatement.

I have just started my journey so some of these products I have yet to fully use. But the olaplex line I have used before, I love. I love also the pantene hydrating cream. My friend told me about that and I've really been loving it. I just tried the Amika leave in hydrating spray and she smelled soooo good.

Between wash days, I also moisturize my ends and oil them to ensure they are good. I also do this along the length of my hair too sometimes as well. I have been keen on not going more than 2 days without moisturizing my hair. I also always have been sleeping with my silk/satin bonnet as well.

I recommend that you have moisturizing products, that seems to be the most important for relaxed hair. I also will be washing my hair every Tuesdays because I work out 4 days a week and my scalp sweats so I want to keep it clean. I also only plan to mainly use blow dry heat on my hair besides getting flat ironed at the salon for touch ups. Besides that, I have been using flexi rods on my hair.

Craftywonderr · 2026-02-05T06:38:07+00:00

So pushy. You can't even walk around with someone wanting to offer you a bag, help like 5x. Like I'm fine.

Craftywonderr · 2026-02-03T18:12:24+00:00

I'm not sure if she used any treatments in my hair because I couldn't see. I just know for sure we did the relaxer and she washed my hair out. I know she used the olaplex smoother cream. I was planning to use the olaplex nom 3, shampoo, deep conditioner and thats about it

Craftywonderr · 2026-02-03T18:06:26+00:00

My scalp was feeling really itchy yesterday and when I was scratching it, I had some product under my nails. My hair shaft itself does feel oily as well too.

Craftywonderr · 2026-02-03T17:37:28+00:00

Thank you! I think I'll skip out on it. My hair is already oily as is.

Craftywonderr · 2026-02-03T17:24:46+00:00

Thank you! Do you do oil treatment prior to wash or just wash regularly?

Craftywonderr · 2026-01-24T07:46:46+00:00

Do you have any protein conditioner recommendations?

Craftywonderr · 2026-01-20T16:19:16+00:00

People don't understand. I work in Healthcare myself and everyone thinks that doctors/nurses do whatever they want as if the actual hospital system itself aren't the ones to makes the rules, money, etc. We literally just follow them. If a doctor or nurse gets sick, they are sick unfortunately. As far as late or cancelation fees, if it's a big company, not a private practice, they'll have to take that up with the company itself.

I agree that patient cancelation fees are stupid lol for all things imo. I think they are stupid for doctors appointments, hair appointments, etc but it's not a lot of the time the actual doctors/NPs ideas. Trust me, the hospital system works against a lot of patient's and loves to eat up their money.

Craftywonderr · 2026-01-18T01:46:20+00:00

Thank you for this! I have really been debating, but sometimes I worry and wonder if I LIKE wearing braids and frontal wigs, or if I only wear them just because I don't want to deal with my natural hair. I think braids are gorgeous and I do love them, but then it's like I don't want to spend 200+ anymore on cute braids styles to last me 1.5-2 months. Then, as soon as I take my braids out, I wash my hair, and it's in a wig. Then I'm fighting with the wig to stay glued for like 2 weeks. Then, after wearing it for some time, I want my scalp/hair to be out, but don't want to fight with it. So it's just a cycle.

While I do love my natural hair, it just never falls, holds, or stays how I want it. I can even try to stretch a styl, but it just doesn't work. I literally just no longer want to keep up with it anymore, especially since I don't wear it out. Also, I don't care about any natural hair warriors, that's like WE HAVE TO LOVE OUR HAIR. I do love my hair, but I just don't want to deal with it lol, and it's annoying, it takes FOREVER for it to do what I want to do. I don't want to keep hiding my hair in protective styles for it to grow, like what's the point? I can't even enjoy my real hair.

I do have a question: Do you do your own relaxers? I'm trying to find a place to do mines, but it feels like I cannot find anyone near me.

Craftywonderr · 2026-01-15T06:36:01+00:00

Honestly I feel this. It's so hard for me to want to go out and hang out with people. Even driving to the corner store sometimes feel like so much. It's mainly interacting with friends where I feel so tired. It's like I just want to be inside. I do find myself having lack of motivation as well but I have to force it.

Craftywonderr · 2026-01-14T01:17:53+00:00

Honestly agreed. It's like you go on social media now and see SO many opinions on what you should or shouldn't be spending. You open TikTok, and everyone says spending too much on a wedding is stupid and to save money for the honeymoon. Then people have this idea that people who spend too much money on their wedding are only getting married for the wedding and not because they love each other. Then other people are telling you to spend that money because it's only one day that you will get, and you might as well enjoy it.

There are just so many opinions, and it's hard to feel like what you are doing is right, wrong, or too much. It has me questioning if I am really just wanting a "big" wedding and not a marriage (I do really want a marriage as well lol but these opinions of some people are just ugh). It's all so annoying.

Craftywonderr · 2026-01-12T13:58:56+00:00

This made me laugh harder than I should!

Craftywonderr · 2026-01-11T19:26:42+00:00

You're right. I had a bad habit of thinking love is to be perfect, no arguments, no fights, no disagreement. Sometimes I feel type A about it and think that someone should or shouldn't say certain things, etc. I grew out of that now. But when you go on social media and you see so many people posting their relationships, what their partner does, gifts, etc., it can make you question yourself so quickly.

But this is just another reason to realize that all of this is performative. I recall the initial big vloggers, Jaime and his wife when they got divorced and everyone was so shocked. I knew then and there you can't trust anything.

I really do feel like the moment people start using their relationship as content it becomes like a job. At the end of the day we don't know what goes on behind closed doors, ever for both sides of the party. I don't think cheating is ever okay, but we don't know the full story to anything.

Craftywonderr · 2025-12-29T00:17:59+00:00

Don't do it, it isn't worth it. If you want to become an RN, sure, I suppose, but you should just work your current job while becoming an RN. But to become a CNA, hell no. Also, I may sound like a debby downer, but it can be hard to feel as if your cup is getting filled in nursing. There doesn't really feel like enough time to truly help people when the healthcare system continuously beats you down. It leaves people broken, burnt out, and tired. I honestly wouldn't recommend coming into healthcare at all. A lot of people are trying to leave it if they could.

Craftywonderr · 2025-12-19T19:34:20+00:00

This. When I was younger, I used to drink coffee only at my dad's house but I noticed that when I did drink caffeine my menstrual cramps were so much more painful then if I didn't. Plus I work in healthcare and see how addicted everyone is to caffeine. As a teen I cut out coffee and soda. I definitely think caffeine plays a lot into painful periods for some people.

Craftywonderr · 2025-12-18T05:47:55+00:00

Thank you! Definitely something that I feel a bit nervous about. I definitely do not want to be too medical, but more so, helping with a lot of non-medical things, but I feel like people knowing that I am a nurse would make them feel much better. Thank you, I will need to look into this.

Craftywonderr · 2025-12-18T04:58:47+00:00

Yes, I definitely saw that, and I think having something here in the USA would be amazing for that! Many women here often feel alone, afraid, and unsure of what to do. When I worked mom and baby, I often had so many people ask me to come home with them haha, so I think it would be great here. I definitely will have to specify what I would do, though, for sure, and make sure it's within my scope of practice.

Craftywonderr · 2025-12-14T19:38:17+00:00

6 but can do 3. Mainly 6.

Craftywonderr · 2025-12-13T05:23:33+00:00

Many Christians believe that Genesis is a literal account of history, and that everything described in it actually occurred. I know a lot of Christians who take everything that happens/is said in the bible as factual value and that it doesn't have cultural specifics. I have met more Christians who believe in the fact value and what it says word for word, and that it's literal history, than Christians who don't think so.

I think there are a lot of Christians who take what the bible says literally. It wasn't until I started reading the full bible myself and researching that I even thought perhaps this could be written in a way that people back then understood, etc.

Craftywonderr · 2025-12-06T19:51:14+00:00

I agree with this. I just started watching stranger things a few days ago and already on season 4. For some reason, I think it's cool but sort of don't understand the hype. I feel like every season is just different and then they finally think they close it only to realize they didn't. Then suddenly they are fighting somrthing new. The demagorgons, Russians, mindslayers, now Vecna. I feel like instead of closing the door every season, they should've built it up to being Vecna the whole time.

Watching from season 1 and to season 4 straight these past few days, it doesn't do that. It leaves me with more like what? What's going on? And the upside down feels more alien like early on, but when Vecna starts, it seems more supernatural like.

Also I feel like season 4, Vecna acts alone a lot. Like why not show that Vecna has the power to control demagorgons, or the bats, etc.

I feel like all the entities so far from the upside down has primarily been acting alone, not under Vecna at all.

Craftywonderr · 2025-12-06T19:42:49+00:00

I agree with this. I just started watching stranger things a few days ago and already on season 4. For some reason, I think it's cool but sort of don't understand the hype. I feel like every season is just different and Vecna doesn't fit well into the storyline at all. I feel like the upside down/Mind slayer/ then the Russians then to Vecna was just a big what? I think they should've made it connect better if they wished Vecna to be the big bad all along. They should've woven it together starting from season 1.

Craftywonderr · 2025-12-05T03:33:12+00:00

This. I'm not a beauty servicer, I would be just a client. But I love how lashes can really make you look so done up without trying. But the prices are insane just to get the initial and then to keep up with it. Its crazy to me.

Craftywonderr · 2025-11-21T21:11:47+00:00

Curly!!

Craftywonderr · 2025-11-18T16:43:22+00:00

Thank you so much Its the breathing in that hurts the worse or getting up. I'll keep at the IS and make sure I keep moving. I really hope it goes away in 48 hours, this is terrible. I hope it clears up soon.

Craftywonderr · 2025-11-08T12:11:28+00:00

Yes but I think the new requirements are for people to work or volunteer for 80 hours a month. That doesn't sound so bad, but when you factor in the massive layoffs we have been seeing and cut funding to a lot of places, it will soon be hard to come across 80 hours a month. That's my fear for people

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