I’m thinking of roller setting my hair and sitting under the hair dryer. I’ve always preferred roller setting over blow drying because there’s significantly less mechanical damage that can occur since you’re not ripping through your hair with a blow dryer.

I haven’t applied any heat to my hair in almost a year and I did my BC in July, so I doubt any of the hair on my head even knows what heat is.

The reason I’m thinking of doing this is because I want to see if my hair will feel softer when it dries by heat and isn’t air dried.

Taking it back to the old school! Has anyone roller set their natural hair?

What do you think?

XOXO,
Rece

*Credit to Shelli for the poll idea. LOL*

It’s been a rough week with work. I’ve had my hair in a bun all week. *yawn* That’s a first! I’m contemplating if I should do a dry twistout for tomorrow (prob not). I usually like to have a style for the weekend and a plain bun is sooooo the opposite of cute. The only thing is that it’s supposed to rain tomorrow. Blah!

On Wednesday I missed my relaxed hair. I was looking at some pics from 2005 and beyond and loving my hair. I don’t know if it’s so much the straightness that I miss, or if I miss the length more.

Yesterday I looked up the YouTube video of KimmayTube talking about the pH of hair and hair products. I previously doused my hair in Castor oil and I realized that my hair is only curly when I’m washing it and it’s under the running water. I remembered in her video she stated that products that are a certain pH cause the hair to curl more and that products that are a higher pH cause the hair to be more straight and bushy, which is good for stretching the hair. I mostly use oils, so I never get that curl effect. In addition, she said that oils don’t add moisture, they just seal in moisture. Hummmm…

After I looked at the video and washed my hair, I decided to mix a new batch of the KimmayTube leave in and give it another shot. It actually worked out pretty well. I put some additional Aloe Vera Gel in my hair to hold the front down. I think I haven’t been using enough product when I’ve tried it before. I can’t say that my hair curled more, but it felt more moisturized. Then back into a bun it went.

I have no idea what I’m doing differently, but this wasn’t the texture of my hair before. I’m on a quest to find the right product to bring out the curl and shine that I know is there.

XOXO,
Rece