Honey Bee
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@crimsonpeach, Oooh, pretty! Do you have a pic of how your wet hair looked before?
I haven't done the Cherry Lola yet. I sent SO to get some yogurt (and it was on sale!), but they didn't have full-fat.
So I need a work-around. I looked up the ph of yogurt and it's 4.5-5. I have ph strips so I'm gonna test my conditioners to see which one falls in that range. (eta: I didn't have to break out the ph strips! I remembered that the natural haven has a list of the ph's of common conditioners. Aussie Moist (reg) and the 3mm are 4.8-5.8, good enough for a test run. 
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And now, for another segment of 'From that long @ss thread on BHM'...
I'm on page 223.
Pinke Cube just finished explaining something she noticed: those who are 'slow hydrators' (meaning, they've been doing it for a while and they still have lots of frizz) tend to water down their clay too much. (She noticed it on skype, she said, so she must have been skype'ing somebody through the process. Talk about dedication! ) She used herself and msdeekay as counter examples (they both have yt vids showing how they apply it).
Her conclusion was that the clay should feel creamy when you apply it, and coat every strand to the point that your hair is white. You should be making small sections and making sure you work it in good from root to tip. If the clay feels squeaky when you apply it, you're doing it wrong.
It was also found that people with the best results kept the clay on much longer than 30 min. Some people slept in it, left it in for the entire day, etc, and they reported well-conditioned hair. I can confirm because I left my clay in for something like 4-5 hours to no negative affect.
eta again, last one, lol. I forgot something important. Pinke Cube also warned against smoothing your hair back like how you would do a relaxer, flat to the head. Iow, you should be using the clay as you would use gel in a wash and go.
I haven't done the Cherry Lola yet. I sent SO to get some yogurt (and it was on sale!), but they didn't have full-fat.
So I need a work-around. I looked up the ph of yogurt and it's 4.5-5. I have ph strips so I'm gonna test my conditioners to see which one falls in that range. (eta: I didn't have to break out the ph strips! I remembered that the natural haven has a list of the ph's of common conditioners. Aussie Moist (reg) and the 3mm are 4.8-5.8, good enough for a test run. )And now, for another segment of 'From that long @ss thread on BHM'...
I'm on page 223.
Pinke Cube just finished explaining something she noticed: those who are 'slow hydrators' (meaning, they've been doing it for a while and they still have lots of frizz) tend to water down their clay too much. (She noticed it on skype, she said, so she must have been skype'ing somebody through the process. Talk about dedication! ) She used herself and msdeekay as counter examples (they both have yt vids showing how they apply it).Her conclusion was that the clay should feel creamy when you apply it, and coat every strand to the point that your hair is white. You should be making small sections and making sure you work it in good from root to tip. If the clay feels squeaky when you apply it, you're doing it wrong.
It was also found that people with the best results kept the clay on much longer than 30 min. Some people slept in it, left it in for the entire day, etc, and they reported well-conditioned hair. I can confirm because I left my clay in for something like 4-5 hours to no negative affect.
eta again, last one, lol. I forgot something important. Pinke Cube also warned against smoothing your hair back like how you would do a relaxer, flat to the head. Iow, you should be using the clay as you would use gel in a wash and go.
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, all it did was smell fishy. I'm sure I got some extra minerals or something in my hair, though. 
