Quinta Vs The Perm Box + 5 Ways You Can Alleviate Hair Frustrations
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Funny right? Quinta talking to a perm box has to be one of the funniest things I saw all day! Who in the world thinks of these things it was a perfect visual of what happens in the beauty supply store when you are haveing a particularly hard natural hair day and you come face to face with a perm box.
You know we have all had the very same conversation, first we consider it, then we quickly remove the thoughts out of our mind and suddenly twisting your hair at night does not seem too bad.
At this moment I am having a mini hair crisis myself. It is safely under my bonnet, but I know if I stick my hand under there I will feel the dryness the tangles and the knots and it is enough to stress anybody out. At this point in my journey, I know exactly what to do when I feel as if a spray bottle and a Denman brush* will not be enough to heal the disaster happening under my bonnet.
Most hair problems stem from physical issues with our hair, dryness, tangles, brittle hair, or frustration with hair growth. On the days you feel like you need to just get a perm because you are so frustrated with hair care issues I want to give you my secrets for getting through it. These methods have worked for me and I know they will work for you! Here are 5 ways you can get through a tough patch without perming your hair:
1. Put deep conditioner* in it
When my hair is in a tangled state of just no return, one of the things that I do is I grab my deep conditioner and just get it in my hair the best way I know how.
I would choose a deep conditioner* that knew was thick and had ingredients that could do most of the work for me and apply it all over my hair. This method may require a lot of product since your hair is dry but after you get enough in you will notice that your tangles will literally start melting away.
Steaming your hair prior to even getting into the shower is another great way to get your hair to relieve itself of chronic dryness and tangles.
Apply your deep conditioner* as explained in point on and either create your own steam by covering your head with a plastic bag and then a warm towel or you can use a steamer* if you have one.
Steaming your hair opens up your cuticles and allows your product to seep into your strands and if you are doing a protein treatment, the protein will heal some of the rough areas of the strand that contribute to your hair feeling brittle and dry.
3. Steam at the gym
This is another way of preparing your hair for detangling and just overall pampering especially if you love using the steam room at the gym.
After your workout, use a light conditioner so that you are not walking around with white stuff in your hair, apply the conditioner all over your hair and pin it up neatly.
The steam room is not only a great way to end your workout you can steam your hair while you are enjoying it as well.
After you are done, if you plan to shower and wash your hair at home, cover your hair with a plastic cap and another cap to maintain the heat and also so you aren’t attracting any stares from other gym clientele until you get home.
4. Hot oil treatment
Oil treatments are great for your scalp especially if we pick great pure oils* like coconut oil*, olive oil* or castor oil*.
They help to heal the scalp, and in addition to that, the oils* help to create slip between your strands making your hair much easier to detangle and wash on wash day. Just apply your oil or oil mix all over your hair, cover, and heat with a heating pad or overhead dryer.
Oil treatments are amazing for those days your hair just needs a little bit of pampering and it can make all your troubles go away.
5. Think positive
So far I have outlined 4 ways you can physically fix your hair so that whatever problems you think your are having can be easily resolved but sometimes it’s all about mindset.
I know when you are faced with a perm box no amount of extra work is going to help with changing your mind so you might have to start with a little preliminary chit chat with yourself.
After all, if we can go to the beauty supply store and talk to a perm box, we should have no issues talking to ourselves woman to woman in the mirror.
Stand in the mirror and try to rememeber all of what you went through to get your hair to where it is now. Know that you cannot fix any of the problems you are looking at with a perm and that you will have to fix your hair either way.
Give yourself some hair love and your hair a little bit of patience and then watch the frustrations float away! What do you do when you are faced with the perm box? Have you ever given in?
