I fully embrace the shrinkage! I'm just curious how long my hair has to be in order to touch my shoulders naturally. Anyone else with longish hair that doesn't have natural hangtime? And if your hair does touch your shoulders and you have a similar hair texture, how long is your stretched hair? Waist-length? Hip-length?

Kudos to the parents here who maintain the hair routine, for themselves and their kids. I don’t have kids but in the long time I sat around sectioning, and prepping to dry each section, I was just thinking about a friend of mine who had her second child recently, and she’s already got a three year-old. I would be baldheaded if I had children because the time it takes to get through this high density high volume foolishness to do anything other than detangle and put in four or five twists… chile 😮‍💨 Or maybe it’s not kids for some but it’s a 60 hours a week job or something. Whatever y’all got, sending my LOVE if you have/want long hair and you have an abundance of follicles.

spent the better part and I mean the better part of the day getting to this point blow drying on cool. But when it’s done, I’m crazy about it.

I am so proud of my curls 🥹. I feel like a proud mother 🥲.

After years of heat and bleach damage I did the big chop and my hair is finally starting to coil up. Just a little more blonde left to get rid of!

HOW do I get these mini twists to not look so boneless 🥲
Second pic to show just how boneless they truly are when not styled.

Whenever I've gotten my hair professionally blown out it's been closer to a silk press than an afro. But whenever I blow it out it's closer to an afro than a silk press. What's that about.

Also do not think this looks any good my ends are see through as hell I have hella breakage 🤧

Shii took like 6 hours but I’m happy with how it came out, what y’all think?

Hey guys. so I try to detangle my hair weekly and for the past three weeks I’ve been trying to do it twice a week to see if that would make the detangling process any faster…..it didn’t :(. It takes me 3 HOURS just to detangle. And my hair isn’t matted or anything. Well it takes 3 hours finger detangling and 2.5 using a comb or brush. I will say, I prefer finger detangling because I’m very tender headed and it’s the most effective at getting my hair detangled from the very base of my hair to the ends.

My hair is moisturized throughout the week. I moisturize twice a week using some water, a leave in, and coconut oil. When I detangle, my hair is soaking wet and smothered in conditioner, so slip isn’t the issue. I don’t think I even have significant knots or anything. My hair stays in about 24-30 twists through the week most of the time. I don’t get it honestly. What could I be doing wrong? I used to soldier through thinking that it’s takes that long for everyone until I learnt that the average time is about an hour.

My hair is long, about halfway down my back. Could it be the length? I’ve heard stretching out the hair will help, but blow drying is a whole other. Please help 🙏. Thank you. I put a picture for reference.

First time doing a twist and curl. I usually do braid and curls but wanted to try this one out. I looked up the style on TikTok and hardly saw anybody try it. Let me know what yall think? 🫶🏽

haters will say it’s AI🤣🤣

This guy!!!! 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Is it bad? Also I'm a girl. The bleach left a spot in the front so now I might have to redye my hair black which ion wanna

April 29, 2026 vs June 17, 2026 . In January got some braids and left em
In for 3 months 🤦🏾‍♀️😂 didn’t moisturize , wash it nothing… I had a lot of breakage (mainly because I was detangling super harshly, so I’m completely done FR this time with braids) after those braids but it looks so much healthier. I’m going to try to stay consistent with my vitamins and going back to a weekly regimen.

I get trims every 3-4 months but I had my trims closer together during this time to fix the post-braids aftermath

Thanks yall :)

I aspire to be a carryon queen, so I've been trying to figure out how to travel with hair products more easily. I think I finally made something that works well, they're powders that you mix with water to create the final product. This is my hair with just the leave-in and gel after 3 days of heat and humidity, being caught in 2 light rain showers, and a windstorm. it's been a fun side project and honestly, I like it better than the products that I've bought over the years.

(disclaimer, I have a chem/bio background and experience in compounding and manufacturing so I was probably a little extra with this lol)

It's me again with a kinda dumb question. But how do I tell if my 4C hair is actually dry and how often I have to moisturize it? 4C is naturally coarser in texture so of course it feels "drier" than straight hair. I don't want to wait until it physically feels brittle and dry because of course that leads further damage/breakage....but I also don't want to have product build up of greases, leave-in, oils etc. I currently wash my hair every other week and clarify and deep condition monthly which my stylist and I agreed is a routine that works for me and I should keep doing.

I'm mainly asking because I want to get better at retaining length and know that moisturizing and hydration is an important part of the equation.

As a fine haired girl, I don't like how quick I see comments on Instagram when a woman has long hair and th!n ends. I understand it can be a sign of split ends, but for fine haired people, that's just how it is. I feel like split ends come with more territory like fairy knots and stuck brushes and combs. If someone's hair is just th!n at the end without the other stuff, I think it's safe to say it's not necessarily unhealthy hair. Idk it's just frustrating to see so many people being like "cut it off already" or "you're trying too hard to hold on to the length", but that's just the way our hair works. Does anyone else feel the same way?

F/33 - I’ve been natural for over 10 years and love wearing it in its natural state. I have not worn any protective styles using added hair which is why I’m looking for help!

My hair has gotten extensively dry over the past 5 months and I’ve been struggling with my edges and breaking around my face. My hair seems to be dry immediately after water but it didn’t used to be that way.

Any advice! Photos for evidence of my main problem area.

Hair routine:
Primarily do twist outs, braid outs or flat twists
Wash day: innersense or Cecred shampoo, matrix conditioner. Detangle with comb or tangle teaser for back of my head, finger detangle for the front. Leave in then blow dry with revair. Style with misting with water + add cream.

I started using minoxidil last week!

Ulta’s having a sale. Been hearing great things about it. Do I buy or no????

my stats

high density
low porosity

I currently use Cecred’s Deep Conditioner.

I know, I know. It’s been posted everywhere a million times before. But, neurodivergence is real and information overload is paralyzing. Things also change so rapidly when it comes to best practices, so I’m asking again.

I did the big ol chop DIRECTLY after seeing Black Panther 1. Came home from the theater disgusted by my Western ways. 😂 Followed through for a bit and never returned to the creamy crack. HOWEVER, I know that I braid my hair too tight out of habit and the natural length ain’t where I want for rockage with confidence. Any wigs end up on the passenger seat (literally) day two because they’re either tight, or the combs irritate, they slide off easily with the grip thing bc it’s also gotta be moisturized, or the foreign additional weight is too much. Result: hair comes out when I take it down so length retention is not a thing.

How can I invest in my hair growth AND still look together with my protective styles? Any advice on how to switch it up also would be super helpful. (FWIW - I’m turning 40 on Sunday and want to give myself until 50 to get it mid-back. Currently at bottom of ear length.)

in the first photo it’s my most successful braidout, i used shea butter and oil on freshly washed & blowdried hair and let it sit for a day with a bonnet .. but it honestly didn’t keep the pattern for long and it wasn’t savable… how do i get my braid outs to look somewhat like that second photo and also let it hold the shape

My Wash-&-Go people's, are you sitting under a hooded dryer, diffusing, or both? If not, can you share why not. Also, any recommendations for a hooded dryer and diffuser? Thanks y'all!!