Awwww! Thank you!! Really appreciate the kind words and support. 🤗

So true! My hair has forced me to learn patience! I’m also deciding to commit to detangle more frequently to avoid having to do such extensive detangling at once.

Best of luck on your hair day! I’m still tired from mine. Feel like I ran a marathon lol

Awww!! Thank you❤️

You are so welcome! ❤️

You’re too kind. Thanks! ❤️

Ur detangling method is good aswell!

@@lovelyhope2664 thank you! Efficiently Natural and I go way back and there are lots of parallels between our routines. We have slightly different, yet interchangeable ways of achieving the same result. The underlying principles are the same or similar.

@ Naturally High Thanks so much!!! ❤️ So true! We do many things in our routines very similarly. Still looking forward to collaborating again! 🤗

You’re so welcome!

Very smart way to do it. ❤️

You are so welcome!

You’re so welcome!

Olive oil sounds like it would work well too!! But I absolutely love castor oil. I’m addicted to heavier oils.

Same, olive oil works best for me!

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Thank you so much and welcome to my channel! ❤️ I started transitioning from relaxed hair in 2009 and had shoulder length relaxed hair at the time. I was fully natural (no more relaxed ends) by 2015. And here we are in 2021! So it has been a long journey . 😀

I have used many different brands in the past and they all have worked well/similarly...with variations mostly in the thickness/smell/color. This was my first time using the JBCO by shea moisture and I was pleasantly surprised by the thickness/consistency and think I'll be using it again. I've previously used the brand by NOW foods (very mild smell) and that works well.... lol have even used the little blue bottle of castor oil from CVS that's marketed as a digestive substance and that's pretty good too. Many many choices..=)

I detangle weekly on sectioned and twisted and clipped up hair. The amount lost is less scary than the 4-6-10-12 weekly detangling some people attempt.

❤️ awww, thank you so so much!!! Yes I did it. I’ve been trying to learn how to do makeup over the last few months so your compliment means so much to me..I’ve been pretty clueless about makeup for the longest time but my sis in law has been teaching me. Hahaha, yes I try to wear my white coat from time to time. Lol..thanks!

I think using a very small amount of water/water-based products is key and following that up with an oil.

I can completely relate to you on this. How thoroughly I choose to detangle my hair has been something I have gone back and forth on over the years. I honestly think that for someone with hair on the kinkier side of the spectrum the degree of detangling is going to be entirely dictated by how you choose to style your hair. There is a balance between detangling enough so that your hair doesn’t dread and detangling too much such that you’re actually causing more mechanical damage than good. For someone who wears hair in individual braids with their own hair most of the time, I don’t think that style necessary requires that every single tangle be removed...but I would tend to try to unclump the hairs that are stuck together during the detangling process and remove as many shed hairs as possible. For someone who mostly wears their hair straight, i.e., blow drys or flat ironed for stretched styles then it would be necessary to get most of the tangles out for these styles to have a smoother appearance. Over the years I’ve sort of gone between detangling thoroughly (when I’m planning to blow dry/flat iron and every tangle needs to be removed) and not as throughly (sometimes if I’m twisting my hair up, doing braids outs/twist outs). Generally speaking my hair does best with less mechanical manipulation and when I don’t over detangle. In those instances when I’m trying to detangle just enough (but not prior to straightening), I focus on making sure all the shed hairs are out and hairs are moving in the same direction and without discrete knots. I think un-clumping is probably important at this stage because often the clump may be harboring some shed hairs that need to come out. The comb for me helps In that last step/confirmation that shed hairs are our and the hair is all moving in the same direction. I also can’t remember the last time I went to someone to do my hair - I’ve found people just don’t have the patience that I have with it. I wholeheartedly agree with you that doing my natural hair takes up way too much space and time in my life considering all the other things I could be doing so I’ve tended towards protective styles for this reason. It’s my mission though to try to find ways to change this!! It shouldn’t have to be this time consuming.

@@EfficientlyNatural 🤩🙌 Aww, thanks so much for taking the time to comprehensively respond to my problem. It's much appreciated and really helpful. What you say is logical and makes complete sense. As I never straighten my hair, I'm not concerned about smoothness at all, but you're right it's good practice to remove potentially problematic shed hairs and obvious knots. My hair is quite fine and medium density so I just don't feel it could cope with heat or combs, so I'm always as gentle and patient as possible to avoid as much breakage as I can. Still though it's just not possible to rescue every single strand, which is why of late I've been tempted to just leave some of the clumps alone. It's so helpful to know that I'm not alone in my dilemma 🙂. Cracking the code on cutting down time while still maintaining beautiful healthy natural afro hair, will be a giant leap forward for us all! So when you achieve the breakthrough I think black women everywhere should honour you with a very prestigious award! I keep my hair in braids mostly and actually the majority of the time I am not dealing with my hair, but I tend to forget this when it's time to wash my hair and end up feeling very sorry for myself or conflicted with guilt about my vanity! However I do love natural hair and would not choose it to be any other way. If I ever truly reached the extreme end of my tether, I would just cut it. This is highly unlikely though as I have had this natural head of hair for most of my life and it is a journey that is political as well as spiritual. Thanks again and I hope you have a lovely day 🌻🖤

I honestly don't know my hair porosity! It's probably about time that I find out since I get so many questions about it. Lol I imagine it varies based on different sections of my hair. The back of my hair shrinks a ton with minimal water...the front not as much.

I don't use water to detangle but I moisturise my hair daily but I keep it stretched with clips and twists. I detangle weekly with a store bought detangler/pre-poo, oil and/or butter before wetting my hair. I have ultra-fine, high porosity, ultra-coily, ultra-dry, awkward length 4c hair.

Nice hair

Lol!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly wish I had one too!! Lol! I think they can be very very useful as well when used appropriately.

Do tell!!!

@@EfficientlyNatural There are several videos showing how simple it is to churn butter from heavy cream in a food processor then apply the fresh butter to your scalp and hair. Here's one link where her texture is closer to 4c. I can see this working for you as a highly efficient detangling method. If you try it, please post a video, as well as your wash and condition method. I used African black soap to wash it out without stripping all the moisture out from regular shampoo. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ncWlZauG2pO2dZ8.html

@@HadassahSikani Many people do the same thing with olive oil or coconut oil. You just need to use an oil or butter with a lot of slip.

Sounds like it would be really neat to try! I’ll make it a point to test it out. Thanks!

@@heredianna2496 Agreed👍🏾. It's the same reasoning just a different product. You can even just use ghee butter instead of churning heavy cream to make butter in a blender. Lol people have even been using whipped butter, lard, bear grease, vegetable shortening and so on for this matter. Thank you 🙏🏾

Girl, I understand! It takes me 5 to 6 hours and my hair isnt waist length. Im not sure if im doing too much or....

@@tanaicannon5843 if it's any consolation, it doesn't increase that much with length.

I have ultra-fine hair and a sensitive scalp so I have to detangle weekly to shampoo my scalp. I have to use a seamless comb because I can't feel all the ultra-fine strands to remove.

Omg..It takes me toooo long. But it honestly depends on how long I wait between detangling sessions. I put it off this time so this was definitely a two day job with maybe around 3-4 hours each day. Wish I I had timed it to know for sure! But I feel your pain. Trying to come up with a better solution for this.

@@NaturallyHigh ❤❤❤❤ Eeekkkkk!!😍😍😍 I love your channel! Its because of you that I now wash in twists - game changer! And that is relieving to know. Im thinking ill just break up my detangling sessions into 3hr incriments versus doing it for 6😂

I definitely have. It works well too! But I prefer having my hair a little more stretched to detangle. I’ve certainly done both from time to time.

Thanks for noticing!! ❤️

Yes - I think it’s a combination of things. I didn’t get my hair very wet throughout the process so that helped keep it stretched. Secondly..the front half of my hair tends to not get as much shrinkage as the back half of my hair (which unfortunately I did not have enough time to show towards the end. The back definitely bunches up much much more as soon as a bit of water touches it. But all in all using small amounts of water and quickly following that up with oil helps a ton.

@@EfficientlyNatural cool thanks.

@@kerriewithpurpose5722 Hi to her answer I would also add that the longer my hair stays stretch and without the addition of water, the longer it will take to shrink back up when touch by a little bit of water. So keeping a stretch style and not touching it for a while (at least a week is very helpful to me) rather than moisturizing my hair every day. I'll make sure to moisturize my hair well when I style it because then I don't touch it until its time to detangle!

That’s also very true!!!!

@@kerriewithpurpose5722 I have shorter but finer hair. I use hair sectioning clips like what they use in the salon and keep the sections twisted and clipped out of the way. I divide my hair into 24 sections. I detangle weekly with oil, butter, pre poo or a detangler with aloe, slippery elm or marshmallow root.

So true!!

Worse part of being natural 😭 detangling

😂🤣😂 so true!!!

Lol! I feel the same