When Low Manipulation is BAD for your hair

by Fleurzty on February 8, 2010

We all know the stories of waist length divas who swear by low manipulation styles. I, myself, for at least a few months, have been taking measures to style once a week. This is fine and well until it becomes an affair of neglect to stretch to the end of the week. Ashamedly, this has been my story for the past two weeks. The twisted and pinned up picture you saw yesterday was my way of hiding unkempt hair, somewhat tangled at the roots hair at the end of last week. I stretched my style long after it was due to be restyled, and somehow wondered why it was a chore to style my hair over the weekend!

My advice is to assess where your hair is, the style itself and decide if it is worth it to stretch the style to the end of the week. Decide based on the condition of your hair and not your predetermined timetable for a given week! That said, I am conditioning my hair as I write this post, even though I conditioned on Saturday. (I didn’t have to work today :) )

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Nisus February 8, 2010 at 11:39 pm

I was just saying the same thing!! I did a twists then a twist-out, then braids and a braid-out for the past few weeks and my hair was NOT Happy when I was ready to restyle. The time it takes and the cold outside sucks, but my hair loves its water! DC and wash and go has it feeling good again.

Maria February 21, 2010 at 2:48 pm

Yeah I am one of those people that cannot do low manipulation. I only do what I feel my hair needs.

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