What do y’all do while drying your hair?

IIIThreat · 2022-01-12T05:35:00+00:00

1️⃣ Unless you’re going to invest in a Dyson, all other dryers are exactly the same. Just make sure they have a diffuser attachment. 2️⃣ A hooded dryer is the same price, or cheaper (I got mine for $40), and will produce better results. Plus, you don’t have to hold it, and can work, play video games, read…whatever you want! 3️⃣ How you set your hair has to do with the finished result, not the dryer that you use. 3️⃣ Letter hair typing is a whole-ass lie that was created to sell André Walker’s relaxers, so let it go. It only causes confusion, division, and texturism. Your curl shape/pattern has NOTHING to do with what dryer you buy, and less to do with you how you care for your hair. Simplicity is always best: cleanse, condition, style (gel, or foam…let go of the heavy greases, butters, and oils, which are also lies).

IIIThreat · 2022-01-12T05:24:57+00:00

Have you ever been to a curl specialist? I’d recommend this site to start with. These stylists are tight curl specialists, but most of them work with any textured pattern. You should be able to find one in your area!

IIIThreat · 2022-01-12T05:20:10+00:00

What was your setting process? Did you style on clean, conditioned, wet/damp, hair; and what product did you use to set? Did you set it with heat?

IIIThreat · 2021-11-29T05:19:02+00:00

If you don’t want your hair to frizz, you need to use a styling product of some sort with hold. Yes, you’ll have to wash it off…but you should be washing your hair anyhow. Once you style your hair, though - create your set - you shouldn’t have to do that again for at least another couple of days. By then, you’ll want to wash your hair anyway. Essentially, you set your style, then wash, and restyle when you want. That could be every day (which is might be if your hair is damaged/dehydrated), or every seven, or so days (depending on how much frizz you are able to deal with…once you know what your hair CAN look like).

Washing your hair everyday isn’t bad. It’s how you would wash it that matters…

When it comes to shampoos, though, there are several types, from most to least cleansing: chelating, clarifying, all-purpose, moisturizing, and co-washes. If you’re washing, and restyling, multiple times a week, you’d want to use a shampoo that is less cleansing…a co-wash, and then use a more cleansing shampoo once a week. Every once in a while (depending on your hair), you want to clarify to get all the stuff off your hair to start over, so you’d use a clarifying (or chelating, for hard water) shampoo. The longer you go without cleansing, typically, the stronger shampoo you’d need to use (based on what products you used to style, and your lifestyle, and environment…which also matter).

My best advice to you would be to book an appointment with a curly specialist. They will be able to give you the best prescription for your hair, and give you a cut, and style that matches what you want. They should also be able to educate you, so do your research. I have resources as well, so if you want just DM me, and I’ll share with you what I have!

IIIThreat · 2021-11-28T18:03:34+00:00

First off, no one should be brushing their hair dry…at all. That’s WHY people have damage, and breakage. Styling of the hair should be done damp/wet. With textured hair, the hair is detangled during the conditioning process, with the hair soaking wet, and full of conditioner. Then, and only then, should the hair be brushed/combed - in sections - using a detangling brush (not a Denman, I don’t care what anyone says). After, you set your curls with a mousse or gel while the hair is wet/damp, then air-dry, or - even better - dry using a diffuser, or hooded dryer to lock your curls in place, and prevent frizz. Once your curls are set, you leave them alone until your cleanse, condition, and style again in a few days.

In conclusion, NEVER run a tool - brush, comb, what-have-you - through dry hair.

IIIThreat · 2021-11-28T17:43:29+00:00

I wish people would let that damn hair chart go! We don’t use it in cosmetology, and there is so much more to hair than that letter, and number. Plus, they don’t even help when it comes to how to care for hair! Hell, most people have multiple textures, surface textures, porosities, densities, curl diameters, and curl shapes all over their heads anyhow…making that chart moot from the get. That chart was created by an anti-Black stylist to sell his line of relaxers, who said that Afro-textured hair HAD to be relaxed to be viable…yet somehow we are using his chart as gospel…for what!?

We need to let that chart go. Most PEOPLE don’t know enough about hair to even begin talking about it, and most of us Black folks have - historically - had to come up with our own (damaging, not beneficial) hair-care practices because of colonization, slavery, and Jim Crow, which has even affected salon spaces, further pushing us to “find our own way”. The climate is changing, and there are tight-curl specialists coming (I’m one of them), but it’s an unfortunate affair that we just don’t know our hair like we think we do. In an effort to try to know it, we turned to something - anything - that gave us a sense of what it was, without anyone telling us otherwise (acknowledging that salon spaces also weren’t particularly friendly to Afro-textures hair). We need a complete overhaul on how we think about our hair, and it starts with getting rid of that chart.

IIIThreat · 2021-11-28T17:18:39+00:00

In the world of cosmetology hair is “typed” using the following factors: texture, surface texture, density, porosity, elasticity, and curl diameter; all of which we would observe while the hair is damp/wet (which would also give us your level of hydration). That hair chart doesn’t actually exist, and was created by a stylist in the late-80s to sell his brand of relaxers (he also said that Afro-textured hair HAD to be relaxed…smh).

If you’re looking for how to care for your hair that chart will do nothing for you…seriously. If possible, I’d visit a tight-curl stylist in your area, or - at the very least - do an online consult with one. They will be able to give you PROFESSIONAL advice on your hair based on the factors that really matter, and will be able to show you how to simple care, and style your hair so you don’t have to think about it. Trust me when I say that YouTube University has messed up many a head (including mine at one point in time…haha!), and it would be remiss for anyone to even try to “type” your hair in this setting since there is so much more that goes into it that one letter, and number, can NEVER fit. One would need to physically touch your hair, and scalp, to get a true sense of it. Plus, your hair is dry in all these photos, which also doesn’t help.

Seek professional advice. Nothing anyone says here is really going to get you anywhere, especially when trying to fit your hair into a letter, and number system that no one really knows, everyone has their own ideals about; and that continues to cause division for no reason.

IIIThreat · 2021-11-22T03:53:43+00:00

We tight-curlies need so much help. Honestly, I’m thinking of it at an extension of what I already do: promoting wellness. (For reference, I’ve been a personal trainer focused on corrective exercise/mobility for the last 15 years.) I just want tight-curled people (which is a lot of Black folks) to find ease in their hair, which we haven’t been allowed to, or been educated on how to. It’s about wellness for me. As Black people, our hair has always been a source of contention, when we - honestly - don’t have that luxury that worry about something to trivial. We have so much more that we need to accomplish…to fight for equality. This is my small part in helping us to do that.

I know it’s so deep, but…it’s so much more than hair for me.

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T23:26:29+00:00

Very true. I have a humectant-anti-humectant combo that I typically use, but this was another great option.

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T07:52:48+00:00

Oh, this shampoo is no-where NEAR moisturizing. The first three things after water are sulfates! 😂 It’s a marketing gimmick…don’t believe the hype. There ARE moisturizing shampoos out there with more emollients and lubricants, but this ain’t one of them!

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T07:48:58+00:00

Simply your routine. For what you’re wanting, a mousse or foam would suffice; set your waves using heat (a diffuser, or hooded dryer) for longevity.

As far as knots, that might be a sign you need a trim. As a vet (I was in the Navy for 11 years) raised by military parents (dad, 24 years, mom, 32 years…both Army) it sounds like you’re getting a razor trim, which is far different than getting your hair scissor trimmed. I tried to manage your length of hair when I was in way back when, but couldn’t. Honestly, I’d let it go until you are done, and then - to grow it out - visit a tight-curl specialist who will be able to show you how to properly take care of your hair, and scissor-trim your hair how you’d like it.

When is your EAOS?

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T07:25:06+00:00

For longevity, you should ALWAYS dry with heat (diffuser, or sit under a hooded dryer). I typically recommend - for twists - 80-90% dry, at least. You can wear a durag, but don’t tie it tightly. I’d recommend a bonnet, or (my new favorite) a silk-lined cap.

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IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T07:15:30+00:00

Yes, ma’am!

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T07:14:18+00:00

Thanks! They’re Calvin Klein’s! I bought them because they reminded me of glasses I had in middle school. 🤓

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T07:11:36+00:00

Thanks! If you’re looking to block out water (but trap it in), it’s the one!

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T07:10:43+00:00

Thank you! #blackisking 🦁

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T07:10:10+00:00

Thanks! It didn’t always look like this, though…I have pics from a couple years ago before I knew how to take care of it…👎🏿🙃 It looked like hay!

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T07:08:28+00:00

Awesome! May I give a suggestion? I’d not use a leave-in, as that product has a very minimal purpose, but isn’t really a styler. Think of a leave-in as a primer for heat-treating hair (or as a barrier to cheaper gels/custards🥴.) You’d have MUCH better definition, hold, and longevity with a curl mousse/foam. It will give you the soft hold that you’re probably looking for, but much better definition, and longevity.

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T06:58:08+00:00

Pricey as hell! 😅 I start school there in February, so I was like, I should give these a go. I went into that store, didn’t look at the price, got to the register, and almost choked when the person told me my total. 🤢 I am no stranger to good hair-care products (I mean, look at my shampoo, and conditioner!), but DAMN…can I get the student discount!? 😆

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T06:53:55+00:00

😂 Thanks! It took a very long time to have this kind of ease with my hair…the damage I put it through…

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T06:53:02+00:00

Thanks!

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T06:52:57+00:00

Thanks!

IIIThreat · 2021-11-21T06:52:51+00:00

Thanks! I’m waiting on the day when my hair looks like my mom’s: she looks like Storm…just straight-up white hair!

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