how do you get long hair

I disagree, I have very long hair and I use heat all the time. I think the secret is finding what products work on you. Not all "black" products are for black hair. Most have mineral and petroleum oil.

I blowdry my hair everytime I wash it and flat iron it afterwards. Plus I flat iron it about every day. Also, I always use some kind of heat protectant (John Frieda's Blow-Dry Creme, Garnier Fructis' Smooth Milk) before I blowdry it or else your hair will break. It leaves my hair so smooth and silky. Some people trim their hair every 4-9 weeks religiously. I only trim it if I ABSOLUTELY HAVE to, when I start seeing split ends. I wear my hair out, curled, in ponytails, buns, bone straight, every kind of style.

I think you should keep your regime simple too. Some people do wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much to their hair.

thanks so much for all the infro. an gonna take my hair soo this weekend and relax it. wish me luck

diedre0125
ur hair is sooo long how did you manage to grow it that long with it breakin. i can only hope my hair grow that long one day

did you every use braids or any thing like that to grow it

so if the key is to moisturize daily how do you guys do it.

do you part your hair into four sections to get to the scalp or do you just grease you.

Keep it healthy and don't cut it. Simple as that.

For wrapping my hair, I simply use a silk scarf. Sometimes I don't even wrap my hair but I suggest not doing that.

And I never, ever, ever grease my scalp or put grease in my hair.

[QUOTE=Sistaslick]wrapping thinned my hair on one side it doesn't work for everybody.[/QUOTE]

I've heard other complaints of how wrapping thins hair. I haven't had any problems w/ it thus far, but don't want any damage in the long run. So, I'm curious as to HOW and WHAT causing the thinning???

Wrapping thinned your hair?! Wow! I'm sorry to hear that :(

What do you do with it at night then?

I think the thinning just came from me brushing it in that circle every night--its not really a "natural" direction for the hair to be combed or brushed in.  I tried changing the direction of the wrap to see if that would help---but it wasn't long before I just threw in the towel all together  My lil hair just didn't like it.  I try not to manipulate my hair too much nowadays and wrapping all this hair (especially since I like to stretch my relaxers)  requires an act of Congress and alot of manipulation. 

At night, I just moisturize my hair and pin it in a loose bun with no ties and holders and tie it down with a scarf.

Sistaslick,

Can you show a picture or explain how you put your hair in this bun at night

Sistaslick - Your pic shows your hair from August to February.  In that 6 month period, what did you do/use?  Your hair is gorgeous and so thick.  Mine used to be & always has been, but last year this time (about 8 months after the birth of my daughter), my hair started to thin (shedding badly) & has continued on this path until about a week ago when I decided to go back to my old regimine of Nioxin products.  I noticed that you said no petroleum/mineral oil/SLS/ALS free products - what do you use to moisturize with on a nightly basis?  Do you relax your hair?

Diedre0125 - you mentioned that you never grease your scalp or put grease in your hair.  How do you moisturize daily and keep it soft?  Your hair is very pretty!