Alot of ppl believe heat damage is others curl pattern too.... seen it on a one of youtube couple's channel (her separate channel).... they kept saying "I love your curl pattern" and her hair was heat damaged like crazy
My sister for example! On GAWD! My hair is natural and hers is dyed, fried and neglected! The only thing we have in common is using castor oil! I want to post videos but I want my hair to be long like hers so I can prove my method works!
My biggest hair mistake was flat ironing my hair everyday. And i mean every single day in high school. I would touch up my ends every morning cause the straight look was definitely in. My mom warned me but of course i didn’t listen cause i didnt want puffy hair. My hair went from the middle of my back to my shoulders to my chin in months. Then i decided to go natural cause i was bald headed😂😩😩😩
Oh my hon :) I went natural in February 2008 after transitioning for months. My biggest mistake was wearing a wig daily for months without proper care underneath the wig. I recently talked about this in a video.
My first year natural was trial and error with so many errors - following someone else’s hair routine and expecting the same results, not moisturizing my hair when needed, following type 3 gurus when I’m type 4 and couldn’t understand why my hair looked different when I did the same thing. CRAZY stuff but thankfully I figured it out. Education and learning what your hair needs is the key to happy natural hair.
1. Not using shampoo (the early 2000 curly girl madness. 2. Not using protein. 3. Not using enough products when conditioning, detangling and wash and gos. 4. Blonde highlights (1990s) 5. Not using a swimmers shampoo after swimming.
I was guilty of the pony holders with the metal, but no more. I sleep with satin pillowcases, because I have problems with bonnets, and scarves staying on my head.
My hair texture is completely different than what I thought when I was first natural. I literally thought I had no curl patter, but I’m 3c. I guess it was dry Because it was always frizzy. Complete different with correct moisture levels.
Tori Thomas Same here. 10 years ago I went natural and my hair was dry as a desert. I relaxed it after a year. Last year, I decided to go natural again. My hair is hydrated and curly (3b-4a).
@@Xanthe79 It will take time for your hair to adjust. After 6 months to a year you will notice a change in moisture and curl pattern texture etc. 😊 Product use is trial and error. Products that worked when I first went natural don't work for me now. Don't turn into a product junkie like I did. One really bomb affordable product you can try is ORS Olive Oil Moisturizing Hair Lotion with Castor Oil. It's affordable but works really well. My hair is all mixed up but mostly type 4. Goodluck.
I used to ONLY cowash my hair. I thought since it was a “cleansing cowash” then that was good enough but of course I was wrong. Shampoo is a must and I see the difference in my hair growth for sure
Same and I went from picking them to straight cutting them with scissors... worked for a while and I had basically NO split ends and knots but I don’t think it does anymore 😭 in fact it makes it worse. Trying to stop it
Sincerely Leshawn I’ve never been to a hair salon in my life. I’m a broke college kid so I have a friend who does my braids if I want them, I do everything else myself and haven’t used heat on my hair since 2013
I'm on this same journey now with my hair. I stopped going to my hair stylist, but it's for the better. I already see a little improvement. Thanks for sharing. It gives me hope.
1: Retwisting my hair every night. Not only was that setting me up for product build-up(esp since these products were hella thick), but I was also manipulating it too much. 2: Using thick products. Even though my hair is coily, I found that light creams and gels work wonders for my hair. Took me so long to realize since I assumed that having type 4 hair meant that I NEEDED thick products. It forced me to see that what works for someone else may not work for me and I needed to take into account how thick my own hair was.
I feel you with this comment 🙌 I'm type 4 and I had to learn most products that work for a ton of kinky coily's on UA-cam like the eco styler and wetline extreme gels are a hell no for me. Natural custards and jelly's are the only way I can get a successful wash and go.
I wash my hair every two weeks i would not oil my hair or my scalp. I didn't trim my ends, condition or deep condition. I've been natural for 10 years, my hair should be longer. Now I've been taking care of my hair in the last 2 years. I wash every week I don't condition but I deep condition with hot oil treatment weekly. I oil my ends daily and scalp daily. I'm high porosity with medium density and I think I'm about 4a/4b.
My biggest mistake and I'm completely ashamed was washing my hair whenever my style came out which was after 3 months🤢. I have been saved now so I shampoo every single week and also cowash midweek. I want to see a picture of your hair blonde.
@@anndeecosita3586 well it did not lol. I now have scalp eczema/seborrheic-dermatitis. It is mostly hereditary as in my case but if you do proper scalp care you might never get it. But cause I wasnt caring for my scalp I got it and sadly, it can't be cured, it can only be managed. Getting it was what made me serious about scalp care. Lesson learned lol.
Daisy Flower this happened to me too! When I was 9 my mom left braids in my head for 6 months... I lost half of my hair and got seb derm, which I still have. I grew my hair back, now it’s bra strap length. But seb derm really sucks, I have it under control though
When I first went natural a mistake I made was pulling my hair and BRAIN back with tight headbands. I wanted a puff so bad loll!! Hair started to thin around the edges smh.. Another major mistake I make is dying my hair. I would promise myself that I wouldn't do it anymore but I'm hardheaded loll! Using box dyes eats my hair up, no matter how well I take care of it. Trying my best to not buy one and just get something like the hair paint wax instead lol.. great video! ❤❤
1: I just greased my scalp & didn't know anything about moisturizing my actual hair 2: I didn't cleanse my hair properly 3: I didn't deep condition at all mostly because I didn't know what that was during that time
Realized washing my hair with only sulfate-free shampoo caused my scalp to itch terribly. The itching stopped as soon as I started using shampoo with sulfates. Now I shampoo with a clarifying sulfate shampoo followed by a sulfate-free moisturizing shampoo. My scalp never felt better!
I found the main thing for me is moisturization and washing my hair. Honestly my hair just grows. As time goes by i have length and people ask but i have no special routine or like avoiding products or any of that. I do avoid excessive heat and deep condition often. I do use the two step protein treatment maybe once a month or even two or three months. Thats it.
Natural hair mistake #1: believing my stylist when they say "they're only going to DuSt My EnDs." I cut it myself- at least i know i wont cut too much!
ripping through hair with combs , im on a finger detangle journey. let my mom do my hair (box braids) , she combs through my hair with a fine tooth comb and pulls knots apart. not protective style in between getting braids. i’d wear puffs all the time, unstretched because i got lazy at twisting at night, KNOTS FOR DAYS. seal hair with oils. oils dont do shit , i use hair grease now🤷🏾♀️ best decision ever.
I’m twelve and cut my hair in January due to having my hair flat-ironed. I begged my mom to get one because I was the only black girl in my class. I would over iron my hair and I thought that my curly- straight hair was a curl pattern. After cutting my hair its now in the awkward length stage, and before it was shoulder length. I’m lost about being natural.
My biggest mistake was not getting my hair the moisture it needs I was listening to what other ppl said and my hair was DRY 😫 I didn’t even know I really had curls
I’ve made soooooo many mistakes during my journey lol but two that come to mind are not trimming when I need to (or at all lol) and putting so much oil on my hair that it was dripping in my face and breaking my skin out and I thought it was ok 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
1. My HAIRDRESSER; she did not know what to do with my fine, med density, low porosity hair. she was always telling me “you got white peoples hair” 🙄 fried tf outta my hair & would turn me around in her chair. She cut off 8 inches of my hair
Najha girl yes! Then she cuts my hair off the day before family pictures. Had me looking like a whole egg out here in these streets 😭 I cried my eyes out
My mistake is going to a traditional hair stylist that doesn't have natural hair clients. My other mistakes were not moisturizing enough and not applying products properly. Great video, Jaelen!
My first few years of being natural I use to straighten my hair every 2 weeks in the colder months. When I stopped doing that I finally was able to grow my hair to mid-back length.
1. using a sulfate free shampoo even while it was drying my hair out something bad. finally switched to sulfate shampoo and my hair is thriving. 2. not watering down my thicker products so my low porosity hair could absorb it better
After 3 years of growing my hair, I flat ironed my hair with a conditioner ( which i thought it’s was a heat protectant)😭 heat damage and I had to cut it all and star over, I’m 1year post bigchop 🤧
See I was just about to straighten my hair after a year of no heat but you know now I ain’t touching that shit I’m too scared lol my hairs mid back and healthy af😭😭 so sorry for u sis
None yet because I’m still transitioning and thank goodness I get to learn from UA-camrs like you. Thank you!! For teaching us! Your nail color is life.
What cheap products are you talmbout👀? And my biggest hair mistake was listening to so many different UA-camrs and thinking I could only do to my hair what they said.. and things they said were taboo I avoided like the plague! But I finally figured out what works for my hair and it’s beginning to flourish
1.) Trimming my hair too often (it’s an obsession😫). 2.) Shampooing too often, I get product build up really easily (please recommend products that don’t build up!)
For me my biggest mistake was keeping the damaged ends from the relaxers instead of cutting it off. I cut that ish off and my hair growth started going tf AWF!
1. At night, I didn’t protect my hair at all in high school. Just slept on it every. single. night. 2. Every morning it would be matted of course, so I would just re-do my entire styling process (wet my hair, put in hair cream and gel, and LEAVE the house with WET hair). I’m pretty sure I ended up having moisture overload for a while. But that was years ago and my hair is flourishing now. 💪🏾
Girl, I have been eight years natural an made mistakes in the past five years 😂 with heat damage an not deep conditioning in the past. Now my hair is really flourishing an healthy. I had a similar straightening schedule too in my past every wash day lol 😂 gosh I didn't do a big chop but I had to cut my hair. I learned alot from those past five years. This video was very helpful knowing my hair is finally at a good state an that my curls are popping now! 😁 This was an inspiring video. Thanks for letting us know what we should avoid doing to our hair.
Hey honey , do you cut your own ends? I used to always go get my ends cut but the last time I cut my ends , I did it myself because I feel like stylists cut too much off. Could you possible make a video & list the steps & methods of cutting your own ends?! ❤️ THANK YOU!
i used to straighten my hair every sunday 😬 straightened my hair for the first time in almost a year back in october for shits and giggles but i just bought a wig to satisfy that inner need for straight hair. but my curls are doing so well now 🥺💗
Girl i agree 100% i had no clue what protein treatments were. But you live and you learn. I love protein treatments now, however, ive never straightened my hair or used heat, other than the cool air setting on a blow dryer.
1. Left my hair alone thinking the curls will clump naturally. But ended up with so many knots (one was the size of a bottle cap and ended up having to cut it)😭 2. I kept cutting my hair thinking they were split ends or unhealthy. But really they were dry and needed moisture🙄 3. Trying products type 3 (watery consistency) youtubers were using🤦🏾♀️ 4. Letting my beyonce hair length shrink up to me looking like Jay-Z. Shrinkage was a snake to my newly natural self😡
Im a dye-head. I used to dye my hair and then be lazy in my early 20’s.Now that I’m older I’m not so lazy and I don’t experiment with other people’s routines outside of techniques. It’s hard to keep up with washing and deep conditioning/protein treatments each week but my hair is flourishing now. Another mistake I did was not know my porosity I assumed I was low and would deep condition for hours and then wonder why it was breaking. I typically stick to the directions now and at best I may add a additional 10 mins but if I do more my hair is very mushy.
When I was little my mom always had my hair in braids I have a picture of me as a 3 year old with straight permed hair the day I was gonna get braids after taking mine out 3-7 days ago my mom combed my hair out and she didn't section she didnt wet it she didn't do anything just stuck a comb into my hair and pulled as hard as she could while I screamed smh. ....
In all honesty this week was my since I've been natural (3yrs) wore my hair curly (1st attempt at a wash n go) and everyone loved it but me. I salute you curly girls y'all the real MVP's. I'm a naturally straight kind of girl
Finding a moisturizing routine!!!!!! It’s so hard to genuinely moisturize my (naturally) dry hair. Like some products I have been trying make it more “sticky” than moisturized if that makes sense! Being with stylists (including my mom) who doesn’t know my type of hair and just does the routines they do on everybody. Wearing too much wigs and doing nothing to my hair underneath (very cringy right?)
I have low porosity/medium 3c hair I followed everyone i focused on what everyone else had all the expensive high quality products just because they had long shiny bouncy curls so i thought thats exactly what i needed. Honestly it just caused me more bad than good. Now i know *to* *stop* *following* *the* *crowd*
I get scissor happy I feel like that's the reason why my hair it's not where I feel like it should be. I got a trim my second year of being natural that was so bad that I literally damn near start it over somebody else did it for me. And I lied to lady who trim my hair this time around and she said I had done a really good job and I honestly in about 7 months but I told her having three. That showed me after her doing a thorough cut that I don't have to trim my hair as much.
One mistake that I still do is touching my hair a LOT. Specially the ends. I used to do it when I had it relaxed and now I do it to my transitioning hair because I had my hair relaxed when I was very little and didn’t know what my texture was like so this is new to me and I just keep touching it because it’s different... i think it’s one of the reasons I have so many split ends and fairy knots. idk how to stop I think it has a lot to do with anxiety but I’m trying to stop 😭
I am a 3b/natural/ with dyed blonde hair past my shoulders. I am ova this blonde and love your red!!!! I need this hair to grow. thnx for sharing the amazing info~
Whew I made so many mistakes in the beginning because I didn’t know what to do. I stayed away from silicones and sulfates. I tried to make my own products. Tried to keep up with bloggers buying all these products they got for free...spent wayy too much. I used to style my hair too much. I used to wash my hair too much. Tried too many DIY hair masks 😖. Followed too many type 2 -3 youtubers wondering why my hair “didn’t do what theirs did” .Rough combing and brushing. Over picking with the hair pick. Caring too much what people thought of my TWA. Accepting that my hair is what it is whether it’s too kinky...unmanageable....too short...annoying to detangle at times, I’ve just learned to accept it cause it’s mine. I’ve been natural for years now. And I’m sure I’ll continue to make more mistakes but meh....just hair. And there’s always a scarf or hat to wear on those weeks of neglect lol.
My biggest hair mistake was not deep conditioning and expecting my hair to be moisturized. I also slept on a cotton pillowcase with no bonnet or scarf.
Mine was trying to use the cheap products...... I have now switched over to Camille Rose for naturals and my hair loves it........I plan on doing a follow me with my hair journey soon......
The ponytail holders and flat ironing my hair was definitely it for me but I been keeping my hair in braids and protective styles for a couple years now and making sure its healthy and clean and sis my hair is Growing 😊😊😊
I did EVERYTHING wrong but my hair still grew it just kept breaking. I gave up the hairdresser cuz it was hatin going on. Im natural and start the satin pillowcases now i love my hair.
My biggest mistake that I still make is not sleeping with a bonnet I was experiencing some breakage in the back of my head and I had no idea why until this video Btw love your channel I'm am struggling to embrace my curls so thanks love you
I did it as well! Bleached my hair platinum blonde with boxed dye and splat lighten bleach and to add a cherry on top I dye it pink, purple, blue and green over and over again. I super glad that I still have hair on my head
My hair is so undefined at the roots! The ends will curl if I brush through my hair with conditioner but the roots (or the top 3/4 of the strand) will not clump or curl for the life of me! I decided to bring my problems hair because I was hoping there were other (extremely) High porosity type 4 girls with tips. Thanks!
It took my hair 2 years to finally see what I’m curl pattern was because it was so damaged and I was only making it worse. My hair has grown from being barely to my ears to being past my hair pits
I made just about every mistake there is (except for bleaching) especially when my hair was relaxed. I’ve been natural for 2 years now, and I’m still figuring some things out. At least I know not to trim too often, and to only do micro trims when I do. I’ve cut off too much hair before. One of the huge mistakes I made was pulling my hair back too tightly, especially when I was relaxed. I wore low buns and ponytails all the time back then. My back edges never recovered, they’re destroyed. My front edges are still thin from that. I also didn’t moisturize like I should have. When I was relaxed I was afraid of getting my hair damp or wet unless I was washing it. I wouldn’t have EVER spritzed it with water! Ever. I used products with bad ingredients, too, because I didn’t know they were bad. And waaaaay too much heat styling.
My mistakes: 1. I used rubber bands when doing protective styles. Those rubber bands tear my hair out so any growth is cancelled out. And when I was going through my crochet hair phase I would rush and literally cut my own hair while trying to take them out. 2. Not finding the right products to detangle/nor taking enough time detangle. I finally started using aussie moist and finger detangling-immediately I stopped losing hair. 3. I got lazy and stopped deep conditioning and then recently I stopped paying attention to my ends and making sure they were truly sealed. So of course, my ends got really frizzy and I just had to give myself a trim.
In the beginning my hair mistake was i would over oil my hair and then flat iron it 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️I didn't know any better. I didn't have any knowledge about hair maintenance but I learned. I use minimal heat in my hair now. I get it pressed every 2-3 months by my stylist because I can't cut my own ends. But I have high porosity, oily hair that I wash every 2-3 weeks with a steamed protein deep conditioner and sometimes hot oil. It works for me. Now my only problem is I dont know how to style my natural hair 😩
Man do I wish I knew what I know about my hair now then I used to flat my iron like a crazy person everyday never washed my hair Properly or deep condition I wish I would today that was 7 years ago I’ve learned a lot about my hair and I am happy I’ve been natural this long and stuck with it
I’ve done all of this to a tee. Red & blonde and straightening my hair every two weeks. My trims also turn into cuts! We are hair twins 😭 I think I’m high porosity but I need understanding of it
Comment natural hair mistakes you made!
Thanks for the tips girl💗 A mistake i make is breaking my hair while detangling
Combing my hair dry
Cutting my hair myself🙄🤦🏾♀️
Wearing tight braids and not cutting my split ends yesterday I had to cut so much I felt sad
Not moisturizing my hair properly
A lot of people believe heat damage is their curl pattern lol
This is so sad 😭
Alot of ppl believe heat damage is others curl pattern too.... seen it on a one of youtube couple's channel (her separate channel).... they kept saying "I love your curl pattern" and her hair was heat damaged like crazy
I thought that yeah so sad...
My sister for example! On GAWD! My hair is natural and hers is dyed, fried and neglected! The only thing we have in common is using castor oil! I want to post videos but I want my hair to be long like hers so I can prove my method works!
😂😂😂😂 This comment made my life
My biggest hair mistake was flat ironing my hair everyday. And i mean every single day in high school. I would touch up my ends every morning cause the straight look was definitely in. My mom warned me but of course i didn’t listen cause i didnt want puffy hair. My hair went from the middle of my back to my shoulders to my chin in months. Then i decided to go natural cause i was bald headed😂😩😩😩
😭 me too! Good thing we know better now
Me too. I was always straightening n relaxing then I colored it,broke off n I went natural.
Oh my hon :) I went natural in February 2008 after transitioning for months. My biggest mistake was wearing a wig daily for months without proper care underneath the wig. I recently talked about this in a video.
How's your hair now sis?
The condition of my hair is better now. I started to consume more protein and using various oils as explained in some videos.
My first year natural was trial and error with so many errors - following someone else’s hair routine and expecting the same results, not moisturizing my hair when needed, following type 3 gurus when I’m type 4 and couldn’t understand why my hair looked different when I did the same thing. CRAZY stuff but thankfully I figured it out. Education and learning what your hair needs is the key to happy natural hair.
What's even worse is when you followed gurus who had different porosity than yours. Different hair type + different hair porosity = yikes
Yes,so true.
My friend gave me a tip to have a guy cut your hair. Cause sometimes hair envy is real. And I’ve been able to retain length through my cuts
People who destroy others' hair out of jealousy end up bald headed on god😓🙏
Three times? In a month?? I'm surprised you had any hair left. But when you know better you do better. Your hair is beautiful!
1. Not using shampoo (the early 2000 curly girl madness.
2. Not using protein.
3. Not using enough products when conditioning, detangling and wash and gos.
4. Blonde highlights (1990s)
5. Not using a swimmers shampoo after swimming.
Yes, not using protein or consuming enough protein is my biggest mistake. I talked about this in a video.
I was guilty of the pony holders with the metal, but no more. I sleep with satin pillowcases, because I have problems with bonnets, and scarves staying on my head.
Where do you get your satin pillowcases from?
@@abbywabby30 I get them from Sally's, or from Burlington coat factory. They may even sale them at Walmart or Target.
Dollar tree
BLACK PPL BLONDE LMAOAOAOAOAOA I know EXACTLY what shade you mean sis 😭😭😭😭
Lmaoo right? Probably a 27 color
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Knowing my hair does not like protein and trying it again just to "make sure"
Lol well now you know for sure SURE 😂
My hair hates protein too!
Lol me af
KoalatyKills same I did a protein treatment twice and half my hair fell out
This made me laugh 😂😂. But how do you know?? I'm still unsure, but I keep doing them occasionally.
My hair texture is completely different than what I thought when I was first natural. I literally thought I had no curl patter, but I’m 3c.
I guess it was dry Because it was always frizzy. Complete different with correct moisture levels.
Tori Thomas Same here. 10 years ago I went natural and my hair was dry as a desert. I relaxed it after a year. Last year, I decided to go natural again. My hair is hydrated and curly (3b-4a).
@@gaylan61802 can u please tell me what you use to keep it moisturized? I just recently went natural and my hair is a dry, frizzy mess😞
@@Xanthe79 It will take time for your hair to adjust. After 6 months to a year you will notice a change in moisture and curl pattern texture etc. 😊 Product use is trial and error. Products that worked when I first went natural don't work for me now. Don't turn into a product junkie like I did. One really bomb affordable product you can try is ORS Olive Oil Moisturizing Hair Lotion with Castor Oil. It's affordable but works really well. My hair is all mixed up but mostly type 4. Goodluck.
I used to ONLY cowash my hair. I thought since it was a “cleansing cowash” then that was good enough but of course I was wrong. Shampoo is a must and I see the difference in my hair growth for sure
Girlllll meeee toooo Omgg even with cheap vo5 shampoo the wash made the difference
Every time I go to the salon I have a set back.
Facts sis, facts! 👏
Every. Single. Time.!! I know better now
every time!!! many beauticians are not treating our hair as delicately as they should i swear this comment is me
Me too sis, me too 😫
My hair start growing and improving when I stop going to the salon.nobody but me touch my hair
I used to pick my single strand knots off 😬🤦🏾♀️
Same I still do but I'm trying to stop. I just hate that they're there and haven't figured out how to reduce the chance of getting them.
Same and I went from picking them to straight cutting them with scissors... worked for a while and I had basically NO split ends and knots but I don’t think it does anymore 😭 in fact it makes it worse. Trying to stop it
Evette they suck! I just make sure to keep hair shears near me now
nadine aww dang you would think that cutting helps! I know I had to change my regimen to help reduce the knots and shedding at least
Girl me too ..
Not moisturizing properly
I haven't been to a hairstylist in over 8 years after my last set back. Im my own hairstylist and my hair has flourished!
Sincerely Leshawn I’ve never been to a hair salon in my life. I’m a broke college kid so I have a friend who does my braids if I want them, I do everything else myself and haven’t used heat on my hair since 2013
I stopped going to a hair stylist months ago and my hair is thriving. Plus its helped me learn my own hair and how to take care of it
I'm on this same journey now with my hair. I stopped going to my hair stylist, but it's for the better. I already see a little improvement. Thanks for sharing. It gives me hope.
You always provide the best information... 📝 my mistake is not moisturizing like I should...
1: Retwisting my hair every night. Not only was that setting me up for product build-up(esp since these products were hella thick), but I was also manipulating it too much.
2: Using thick products. Even though my hair is coily, I found that light creams and gels work wonders for my hair. Took me so long to realize since I assumed that having type 4 hair meant that I NEEDED thick products. It forced me to see that what works for someone else may not work for me and I needed to take into account how thick my own hair was.
I feel you with this comment 🙌 I'm type 4 and I had to learn most products that work for a ton of kinky coily's on UA-cam like the eco styler and wetline extreme gels are a hell no for me. Natural custards and jelly's are the only way I can get a successful wash and go.
I've just started getting into light products and I love it so much🙏🙏my hair's been doing much better since then too
I wash my hair every two weeks i would not oil my hair or my scalp. I didn't trim my ends, condition or deep condition. I've been natural for 10 years, my hair should be longer. Now I've been taking care of my hair in the last 2 years. I wash every week I don't condition but I deep condition with hot oil treatment weekly. I oil my ends daily and scalp daily. I'm high porosity with medium density and I think I'm about 4a/4b.
My hairstylist helped me start my HEALTHY natural hair journey so I’m very grateful
My biggest mistake and I'm completely ashamed was washing my hair whenever my style came out which was after 3 months🤢. I have been saved now so I shampoo every single week and also cowash midweek.
I want to see a picture of your hair blonde.
Aja Olokun Me too! Pics, please. 😁
Aja Olokun How did your scalp handle that?
@@anndeecosita3586 well it did not lol. I now have scalp eczema/seborrheic-dermatitis. It is mostly hereditary as in my case but if you do proper scalp care you might never get it. But cause I wasnt caring for my scalp I got it and sadly, it can't be cured, it can only be managed. Getting it was what made me serious about scalp care. Lesson learned lol.
Aja Olokun woww Ive had scalp psoriasis since I was a child. I realized my hair needed to be washed either every week or every 2 weeks.
Daisy Flower this happened to me too! When I was 9 my mom left braids in my head for 6 months... I lost half of my hair and got seb derm, which I still have. I grew my hair back, now it’s bra strap length. But seb derm really sucks, I have it under control though
When I first went natural a mistake I made was pulling my hair and BRAIN back with tight headbands. I wanted a puff so bad loll!! Hair started to thin around the edges smh.. Another major mistake I make is dying my hair. I would promise myself that I wouldn't do it anymore but I'm hardheaded loll! Using box dyes eats my hair up, no matter how well I take care of it. Trying my best to not buy one and just get something like the hair paint wax instead lol.. great video! ❤❤
One mistake I made was treating my longer hair like I did when it was shorter. Which stunned my growth.
I definitely understand that girl! It’s a whole different process when your hair starts to grow out!
1: I just greased my scalp & didn't know anything about moisturizing my actual hair
2: I didn't cleanse my hair properly
3: I didn't deep condition at all mostly because I didn't know what that was during that time
Same😣
I blow dry my hair way too much 🤦🏽♀️
I'm glad I didn't have a blow dryer😂😂
Realized washing my hair with only sulfate-free shampoo caused my scalp to itch terribly. The itching stopped as soon as I started using shampoo with sulfates. Now I shampoo with a clarifying sulfate shampoo followed by a sulfate-free moisturizing shampoo. My scalp never felt better!
I found the main thing for me is moisturization and washing my hair. Honestly my hair just grows. As time goes by i have length and people ask but i have no special routine or like avoiding products or any of that. I do avoid excessive heat and deep condition often. I do use the two step protein treatment maybe once a month or even two or three months. Thats it.
Every 2 weeks? Girrrrrrl I used to flat iron my hair literally every WEEK.
Natural hair mistake #1: believing my stylist when they say "they're only going to DuSt My EnDs." I cut it myself- at least i know i wont cut too much!
Accurate because they get scissor happy and I end up with a big chop 🤦🏽♀️
And they cut more because they want everything to be even. I dont wear my hair straight so frequently enough to need it to be even 😂
more like dust yo whole scalp, goodness😭
@@ahhhitgavebirth8125 😂😂
Hi, the biggest mistake I made was doing protein treatments every week😔
I did that before cause I read it wrong
@@barbaratucker2833 same
Do you have low-po hair?
@@kaec4393 I have high porosity if you were talking to me
@@kaec4393 yes I do
ripping through hair with combs , im on a finger detangle journey.
let my mom do my hair (box braids) , she combs through my hair with a fine tooth comb and pulls knots apart.
not protective style in between getting braids. i’d wear puffs all the time, unstretched because i got lazy at twisting at night, KNOTS FOR DAYS.
seal hair with oils. oils dont do shit , i use hair grease now🤷🏾♀️ best decision ever.
Vasty A. Girl hair grease 😢😍
Hair grease baaaaddddd 🥰♥️
My daughters bands hit the middle of her back with coconut blue magic thick on ends. Low porosity
I honestly feel like grease isnt harmful. I had a bomb twist out with grease once. Grease isnt bad as long as you wash your hair since its heavy
@@destiny.shantelle mines is light and my scalp is so clean with it on alone.. Of course you need moisture soo I use water
I’m twelve and cut my hair in January due to having my hair flat-ironed. I begged my mom to get one because I was the only black girl in my class. I would over iron my hair and I thought that my curly- straight hair was a curl pattern. After cutting my hair its now in the awkward length stage, and before it was shoulder length. I’m lost about being natural.
Well I hope I can help love!!
My biggest mistake was not getting my hair the moisture it needs I was listening to what other ppl said and my hair was DRY 😫 I didn’t even know I really had curls
I’ve made soooooo many mistakes during my journey lol but two that come to mind are not trimming when I need to (or at all lol) and putting so much oil on my hair that it was dripping in my face and breaking my skin out and I thought it was ok 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
1. My HAIRDRESSER; she did not know what to do with my fine, med density, low porosity hair. she was always telling me “you got white peoples hair” 🙄 fried tf outta my hair & would turn me around in her chair. She cut off 8 inches of my hair
prettypea713 brings back memories ...😭 I’ll never let anyone flat iron my hair ever again
Najha girl yes! Then she cuts my hair off the day before family pictures. Had me looking like a whole egg out here in these streets 😭 I cried my eyes out
I hate how people will be mad rough with our hair and make it thin out then cut all of it off. So trash. Hair salons don’t be caring about our hair
Najha sure don’t! I wish I could post pictures in the comments cause girllllll I was a whole mess 😂
I have definitely been there
Just recently passed the one year mark of no heat! YAY! I'm guilty of not deep conditioning and not moisturizing consistently.
My mistake is going to a traditional hair stylist that doesn't have natural hair clients. My other mistakes were not moisturizing enough and not applying products properly. Great video, Jaelen!
My first few years of being natural I use to straighten my hair every 2 weeks in the colder months. When I stopped doing that I finally was able to grow my hair to mid-back length.
1. using a sulfate free shampoo even while it was drying my hair out something bad. finally switched to sulfate shampoo and my hair is thriving.
2. not watering down my thicker products so my low porosity hair could absorb it better
After 3 years of growing my hair, I flat ironed my hair with a conditioner ( which i thought it’s was a heat protectant)😭 heat damage and I had to cut it all and star over, I’m 1year post bigchop 🤧
Oh nooo sis!! 😔
NaturalReign 🤧
See I was just about to straighten my hair after a year of no heat but you know now I ain’t touching that shit I’m too scared lol my hairs mid back and healthy af😭😭 so sorry for u sis
Wxvyy_L0wkey yes boo! I cried so hard, I will never strengthen my hair again
Never
Every natural needs this video I swear!
I think we all make these common mistakes when we are uneducated about our hair
Not clarifying my hair enough, once I learned about clarifying shampoo and bentonite clay my hair would be refreshed after getting the buildup off
Not making my own oil, deep conditioners, and protein treatments as well as aloe Vera. I tried store ones but they never work like when I make my own
I trim my hair too much too
None yet because I’m still transitioning and thank goodness I get to learn from UA-camrs like you. Thank you!! For teaching us! Your nail color is life.
What cheap products are you talmbout👀? And my biggest hair mistake was listening to so many different UA-camrs and thinking I could only do to my hair what they said.. and things they said were taboo I avoided like the plague! But I finally figured out what works for my hair and it’s beginning to flourish
For me personally, I had to let Cantù and ecostyler gel go.
1.) Trimming my hair too often (it’s an obsession😫). 2.) Shampooing too often, I get product build up really easily (please recommend products that don’t build up!)
Sleep without protection...lmao! Good one Jae :)
Your sense of humor is giving me life!!! Great video
How do you keep it so healthy despite all the dyeing?
For me my biggest mistake was keeping the damaged ends from the relaxers instead of cutting it off.
I cut that ish off and my hair growth started going tf AWF!
i love how shes so real
1. At night, I didn’t protect my hair at all in high school. Just slept on it every. single. night.
2. Every morning it would be matted of course, so I would just re-do my entire styling process (wet my hair, put in hair cream and gel, and LEAVE the house with WET hair). I’m pretty sure I ended up having moisture overload for a while. But that was years ago and my hair is flourishing now. 💪🏾
Girl, I have been eight years natural an made mistakes in the past five years 😂 with heat damage an not deep conditioning in the past. Now my hair is really flourishing an healthy. I had a similar straightening schedule too in my past every wash day lol 😂 gosh I didn't do a big chop but I had to cut my hair. I learned alot from those past five years. This video was very helpful knowing my hair is finally at a good state an that my curls are popping now! 😁 This was an inspiring video. Thanks for letting us know what we should avoid doing to our hair.
Hey honey , do you cut your own ends? I used to always go get my ends cut but the last time I cut my ends , I did it myself because I feel like stylists cut too much off. Could you possible make a video & list the steps & methods of cutting your own ends?! ❤️ THANK YOU!
i used to straighten my hair every sunday 😬 straightened my hair for the first time in almost a year back in october for shits and giggles but i just bought a wig to satisfy that inner need for straight hair. but my curls are doing so well now 🥺💗
Reign keeps on inspiring small UA-camrs like myself 💜
Girl i agree 100% i had no clue what protein treatments were.
But you live and you learn.
I love protein treatments now, however, ive never straightened my hair or used heat, other than the cool air setting on a blow dryer.
She said " Sis if you don't do nothing else just moisturize me"!..so guilty of this.Mama i appreciate your honesty...those tips really helped!!!🥰
Tbh you don't need a bonnet. Sleep on a satin or silk pillowcase 😊
I use all three because I’m that extra. Satin pillowcase, silk scarf, and satin bonnet. No friction formed against me shall prosper!
For me, satin pillowcases makes me too hot when sleeping. 🥵
It’s a good option for people who sleep like statues
No because my hair is always flat in the back
1. Left my hair alone thinking the curls will clump naturally. But ended up with so many knots (one was the size of a bottle cap and ended up having to cut it)😭
2. I kept cutting my hair thinking they were split ends or unhealthy. But really they were dry and needed moisture🙄
3. Trying products type 3 (watery consistency) youtubers were using🤦🏾♀️
4. Letting my beyonce hair length shrink up to me looking like Jay-Z. Shrinkage was a snake to my newly natural self😡
😂😂😂 at #4 lolol
Im a dye-head. I used to dye my hair and then be lazy in my early 20’s.Now that I’m older I’m not so lazy and I don’t experiment with other people’s routines outside of techniques. It’s hard to keep up with washing and deep conditioning/protein treatments each week but my hair is flourishing now. Another mistake I did was not know my porosity I assumed I was low and would deep condition for hours and then wonder why it was breaking. I typically stick to the directions now and at best I may add a additional 10 mins but if I do more my hair is very mushy.
When I was little my mom always had my hair in braids I have a picture of me as a 3 year old with straight permed hair the day I was gonna get braids after taking mine out 3-7 days ago my mom combed my hair out and she didn't section she didnt wet it she didn't do anything just stuck a comb into my hair and pulled as hard as she could while I screamed smh. ....
lmao_its me what
@@6ftNaturalBeauty I'm confused to
@@godsmoke7678 what's so confusing?
@@karalapse everything you said
In all honesty this week was my since I've been natural (3yrs) wore my hair curly (1st attempt at a wash n go) and everyone loved it but me. I salute you curly girls y'all the real MVP's. I'm a naturally straight kind of girl
We love it when she jumps right into the video in less than 3o seconds😂💥
Finding a moisturizing routine!!!!!! It’s so hard to genuinely moisturize my (naturally) dry hair. Like some products I have been trying make it more “sticky” than moisturized if that makes sense!
Being with stylists (including my mom) who doesn’t know my type of hair and just does the routines they do on everybody.
Wearing too much wigs and doing nothing to my hair underneath (very cringy right?)
I have low porosity/medium 3c hair
I followed everyone i focused on what everyone else had all the expensive high quality products just because they had long shiny bouncy curls so i thought thats exactly what i needed. Honestly it just caused me more bad than good. Now i know *to* *stop* *following* *the* *crowd*
@plugboi johnny it just looks like 3c curls and some parts are looser
My hair mistake was rice water!!!!! I got protein overload!!
ReignGang!!🙋🏾♀️❤ Still learning and I'm trying to not play in my hair.🙈
Hey boo! I struggle with this too! It’s a habit.
I get scissor happy I feel like that's the reason why my hair it's not where I feel like it should be. I got a trim my second year of being natural that was so bad that I literally damn near start it over somebody else did it for me. And I lied to lady who trim my hair this time around and she said I had done a really good job and I honestly in about 7 months but I told her having three. That showed me after her doing a thorough cut that I don't have to trim my hair as much.
One mistake that I still do is touching my hair a LOT. Specially the ends. I used to do it when I had it relaxed and now I do it to my transitioning hair because I had my hair relaxed when I was very little and didn’t know what my texture was like so this is new to me and I just keep touching it because it’s different... i think it’s one of the reasons I have so many split ends and fairy knots. idk how to stop I think it has a lot to do with anxiety but I’m trying to stop 😭
I needed to hear this cause I was about to go crazy on a new hair color 🤣
I am a 3b/natural/ with dyed blonde hair past my shoulders. I am ova this blonde and love your red!!!! I need this hair to grow. thnx for sharing the amazing info~
Whew I made so many mistakes in the beginning because I didn’t know what to do. I stayed away from silicones and sulfates. I tried to make my own products. Tried to keep up with bloggers buying all these products they got for free...spent wayy too much. I used to style my hair too much. I used to wash my hair too much. Tried too many DIY hair masks 😖. Followed too many type 2 -3 youtubers wondering why my hair “didn’t do what theirs did” .Rough combing and brushing. Over picking with the hair pick. Caring too much what people thought of my TWA. Accepting that my hair is what it is whether it’s too kinky...unmanageable....too short...annoying to detangle at times, I’ve just learned to accept it cause it’s mine.
I’ve been natural for years now. And I’m sure I’ll continue to make more mistakes but meh....just hair. And there’s always a scarf or hat to wear on those weeks of neglect lol.
My biggest hair mistake was not deep conditioning and expecting my hair to be moisturized. I also slept on a cotton pillowcase with no bonnet or scarf.
Mine was trying to use the cheap products...... I have now switched over to Camille Rose for naturals and my hair loves it........I plan on doing a follow me with my hair journey soon......
Trying someone else's routine instead of studying my hair.
I was trimming my hair every 2 months😭😭😭 I know you can beat me!
The ponytail holders and flat ironing my hair was definitely it for me but I been keeping my hair in braids and protective styles for a couple years now and making sure its healthy and clean and sis my hair is Growing 😊😊😊
I did EVERYTHING wrong but my hair still grew it just kept breaking. I gave up the hairdresser cuz it was hatin going on. Im natural and start the satin pillowcases now i love my hair.
My biggest mistake that I still make is not sleeping with a bonnet I was experiencing some breakage in the back of my head and I had no idea why until this video
Btw love your channel I'm am struggling to embrace my curls so thanks love you
I did it as well! Bleached my hair platinum blonde with boxed dye and splat lighten bleach and to add a cherry on top I dye it pink, purple, blue and green over and over again. I super glad that I still have hair on my head
A natural hair mistake I (not really me but my mom) made was perming my hair and now I'm in the process of becoming natural and I'm 5 months in
My hair is so undefined at the roots! The ends will curl if I brush through my hair with conditioner but the roots (or the top 3/4 of the strand) will not clump or curl for the life of me! I decided to bring my problems hair because I was hoping there were other (extremely) High porosity type 4 girls with tips. Thanks!
This is how many people have/had heat damage (including me)
It took my hair 2 years to finally see what I’m curl pattern was because it was so damaged and I was only making it worse. My hair has grown from being barely to my ears to being past my hair pits
Another high porosity UA-camr now I have 4 to follow! Keep doing.ha thang👌🏾 cuz I need it😅
This video was very, very helpful...One of the best I've seen! Thank you for sharing!!! Please continue to educate us😊
I made just about every mistake there is (except for bleaching) especially when my hair was relaxed. I’ve been natural for 2 years now, and I’m still figuring some things out. At least I know not to trim too often, and to only do micro trims when I do. I’ve cut off too much hair before. One of the huge mistakes I made was pulling my hair back too tightly, especially when I was relaxed. I wore low buns and ponytails all the time back then. My back edges never recovered, they’re destroyed. My front edges are still thin from that. I also didn’t moisturize like I should have. When I was relaxed I was afraid of getting my hair damp or wet unless I was washing it. I wouldn’t have EVER spritzed it with water! Ever. I used products with bad ingredients, too, because I didn’t know they were bad. And waaaaay too much heat styling.
Jae could you do a history of your hair journey with pics as the years went by?
Shereese Blackman if I’m not mistaken she does have a video of this that she did a few months ago
@@joiandriataylor5226 Oh really? My bad...thanks Joi'Andria, I'll do a search
My mistakes: 1. I used rubber bands when doing protective styles. Those rubber bands tear my hair out so any growth is cancelled out. And when I was going through my crochet hair phase I would rush and literally cut my own hair while trying to take them out. 2. Not finding the right products to detangle/nor taking enough time detangle. I finally started using aussie moist and finger detangling-immediately I stopped losing hair. 3. I got lazy and stopped deep conditioning and then recently I stopped paying attention to my ends and making sure they were truly sealed. So of course, my ends got really frizzy and I just had to give myself a trim.
In the beginning my hair mistake was i would over oil my hair and then flat iron it 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️I didn't know any better. I didn't have any knowledge about hair maintenance but I learned. I use minimal heat in my hair now. I get it pressed every 2-3 months by my stylist because I can't cut my own ends. But I have high porosity, oily hair that I wash every 2-3 weeks with a steamed protein deep conditioner and sometimes hot oil. It works for me. Now my only problem is I dont know how to style my natural hair 😩
Gurl yaaasss pantyhose is life! I thought I was the only one with that quirk!
Man do I wish I knew what I know about my hair now then I used to flat my iron like a crazy person everyday never washed my hair Properly or deep condition I wish I would today that was 7 years ago I’ve learned a lot about my hair and I am happy I’ve been natural this long and stuck with it
Your one of my favorite youtuber's and your also my inspiration
My problem has always been not moisturizing enough and in probably still over manipulating my hair
I found you two weeks ago and now I'm a subscriber. I love that you're true to yourself. Even my mom likes you. Thanks for the tips 💙💙
I’ve done all of this to a tee. Red & blonde and straightening my hair every two weeks. My trims also turn into cuts! We are hair twins 😭 I think I’m high porosity but I need understanding of it
What part of high porosity do u need understanding on?
I used a heating brush to straighten my hair!!!!! still trying to recover from heat damage !!!