lets try this again *big chop 2024* 

I saw your TikTok, you look sooo good!

@@BrittanyMia oooohhh 😍😍 thank you!! 2024 is one hell of a year man 😅

Girlll, I did it back in December of last year! I cut off 25’ of hair. I know, it’s a crying shame, but it got so damaged from flat ironing. I heard different hair products can damage your hair as well. So we need to stop using sooo many products on our hair because we’re curious to try them and it’s ‘natural’ and black owned. Maybe this is just a lesson learned for all of us 🤷🏾‍♀️

lol I big chopped last friday

yea, I cut off my hair- mid back. I love my twa buzz cut, doja and a TikTok creator inspired me to shape it like that and embrace my curls-- I love it!

this the fourth RU-vidr and I've discovered its the new trends like the BGC haircare regime (over cleansing and not enough moisturizing, TOO MUCH HEAT there's no such thing as indirect heat), curly cuts, overmanipulation etc. I even had to cut a lot more of my ends. I'm going back to the basics for 2024. Grease, hair oils and twists for low manipulation. It worked years ago why switch it up. My scalp and my hair has been healthier, shiner and have been thanking me.

@@AfroTae I have always wondered why using a heat protectant when doing wash n goes was not part of the BGC regimen. Even the sun's rays can damage hair; I have never understood why diffused drying is not damaging, over time.

Thank ya 🤎

Thank you! Love her down she’s so talented.

Can you share which non prescription ones that you are enjoying? I still get flares up and have been trying to figure out how to deal with it!

@@Michelle-dm3nl I use "as i am" dry and itchy shampoo and avalon keracare dry and itchy scalp shampoo (this one is very moisturizing and I love it) . I rotate them every two weeks

@@cydashlee Yeah I rotate my shampoo and conditioners. I have a sensitive reactive scalp but no SD. Yeah I don't put anything on my scalp but shampoo and a water-based scalp mist. I avoid putting stylers, pre-poos and leave-in conditioner on my scalp. I let my trichologist exfoliate my scalp if they think it's necessary.

@@Michelle-dm3nlsalicylic acid shampoo has been amazing for my daughters scalp. No flare up of sb since I’ve started. Once I stopped oils on the scalp I realized it was a big factor too. Like huge.

You can use oils is just only MCT Oil, and Squalane Oil.

Thank you so much!!

Thank you 🤎

Thank you 😋

@@BrittanyMia proud of the dedication fam

I was thinking the same thing!

Thank you so much❣️

I remember you commenting a while back stating that you swim a lot and need to shampoo your hair to get the lakewater out of your hair every day in the summer, and that shifted my perspective because you appear to have a lot of healthy hair. I’m learning that my scalp doesn’t love to be oiled at all, and the only oil that I use now is the medicated oil that was prescribed to me. Even pre-pooping with oil is too much, especially putting oil on a dirty scalp. However, my dermatologist encouraged me to try and prepoo with the medicated oil. Its intended use is to sit on the scalp overnight, or at least for four hours on damp hair and scalp in order for it to do its thing. That correlates perfectly with pre-pooping so I’m going to definitely give that a try. When it was prescribed to me, I used it morning and night two times a day for two weeks while I had my flat twists, and that did the trick as well. My hair is dry, but it’s not as dry as it was when I was shampooing my hair two times in a row for these past couple years. I got used to it and thought that that’s how it was supposed to be, but my hair never needed to feel squeaky clean after a shampoo before and it was thriving, simply shampooing one time .I never needed to have squeaky clean hair until I started learning that we should be shampooing our hair two times. I learned that from watching other people on RU-vid who were doing the BCG method and I subconsciously integrated it into my routine which really dried out my hair strands. I think it’s useful to cleanse the hair two times when it needs it, but my hair couldn’t handle it even though I was using a lot of product to style it at the time. So my assumption that prepooing would keep my hair strands more moisturized because I was adding more product on the product that was already there was actually just irritating my scalp even more. I only use one to two products my to style my hair now - a leave-in conditioner, and a heat protectant (maybe) - and because of that I only need to shampoo one time and focus it on my scalp. Our hair might be the weakest and driest type out of the bunch, but it’s a lot more manageable than we (me 🙋🏾‍♀️) make it out to be. I’d also love to see that research. Since our scalp is skin and needs to be cleaned as such, It makes sense that it would be more balanced with more frequent cleansing. And when I say cleansing, I don’t necessarily mean shampoo, as you mentioned just water can do a lot for our scalp. Water wash and condition every day and only shampooing 1x once a week for the past month my scalp has not had a flareup since before I big chopped. I appreciate you sharing your insight.

@@BrittanyMia I’ve always shampooed twice because my mom and salon stylists always did with my natural and relaxed hair growing up. But it always two different products, first clarifying shampoo then moisturizing shampoo. Then a conditioner. That always gave me the most balance and it still does for shampooing. Now I only double clarify if I’m afraid I’ve got anything mysterious in my hair or if I’m doing henna, because I don’t want anything trapped in my hair. I totally get it. I did hot oil treatments monthly on my relaxed hair, I’ve maybe done 3 on my natural hair. The only prepoos I still use are the goopy ones like African pride, or herbal ACV diluted with tea and water. There’s hard water where I’m at and this has really been helping plus it’s always great for rebalancing my scalp. I do it 1-2/month. It’s not really recommended by doctors but it is in holistic care for SD. From what I’ve read, it wouldn’t make it worse, but there’s also no guarantee it would help depending on what actually causes the SD. And I agree, my hair is way more manageable than I grew up believing. And I’m at the point where I don’t struggle with kinkier/tighter coiled textures either, so I admit I have a healthy amount of skepticism for those conversations. There’s too much out there now. Yes for a lot of us our scalp just loves water and I’m glad cuz I love pools, lakes and beaches 🥰

haha thank you! What made you big chop for the fourth time?

@@BrittanyMiaI TOO have seborrheic dermatitis (I’ve known and was diagnosed a loooooooong time ago) and I had locs and I really needed to be washing my hair once weekly and that just doesn’t align with loc’ing + it was reeking havoc on my scalp. I also couldn’t fathom combing out locs (I have a lot of hair) so I just cut it off. I miss the length and I’m impatient but I love my coils

Does Brittany also have seborrheic dermatitis?

@@Cathie30 yes she discusses that in the full video

Love that for us 🫶🏾

Thank you! I have many head wraps and I love it as an aesthetic choice sometimes but I used to wear them all the time in college so I’m a little burnt out and only use them when I want to cover my hair. The damage was a blessing in disguise because I had to decide what I actually wanted from my hair, and pay better attention to my scalp health. At the end of the day, if my hair wasn’t damaged I probably would have tried to grow it out in a bunch of protective styles. Nothing wrong with that, it’s just not something that I wanted to do or even enjoy doing. I’m glad this made me sit down and think back to what it was that I was doing this for, and it’s simply to see my curls thrive and for a healthy scalp and head of hair. I’m excited to continue to share my journey! 💗

Always do what's best for your hair...and scalp! regardless of what the natural hair community says. I've been natural 15 years and I stopped going to black salons! I started to get a more honest assessment of my hair from Aveda salons and their non-black stylists. I have black trichologists who I went to with scalp issues and they also helped my hair. My hair and scalp prefers flat twists over twists or braids. It's less tight that braids and my ends are mostly tucked away and it stays neater unlike twists for me. My hair is ultra-fine and the twists always unravel and tangle by day 3 or 4. I've seen a lot of trends that damaged people hair and scalp in those 15 years. I watch a few cosmetologists, cosmetic chemists and trichologists on youtube and they do not jump on every trend. They look at their client experience and their technical knowledge from training and they do not treat every clients hair and scalp the same! Few advocate wash and gos as year round styling for type 4 hair.

It's a common thing on and off RU-vid... If our hair can withstand it is another thing. I get bored easily and I also notice wearing the same style puts tension on my hair and scalp in the same spot so I have to switch it up. I keep my trichologist products, Cantu, Aphogee, Olaplex and a protein-free deep conditioner always in my rotation but I'll try other products especially leave ins. I don't play around too much with my shampoos, pre-poos, scalp products or deep conditioners. My methods haven't really changed in 5 years and I still do the same protein regimen with Aphogee for the last 15 years.

An OG! Thank you for following my journey for so long, I’m so excited to keep it going and start fresh this go round with all that I know now!

The most moisturising shampoo I have is the Creme of Nature Argan Oil From Morrocco Sulfate-Free Moisture & Shine Shampoo. I only use a sulfate clarifying and chelating shampoo once every 4-6 weeks. I follow the regimen recommended by my trichologists: 1. Shampoo once a week 2. Use Deep conditioner with a plastic cap and hot towel for 20 minutes 3. Apply leave in detangler and leave in conditioner and steam with a plastic cap and hot towel for 20 ninutes Daily. 4. No stylers, no grease, raw oils or raw butters and keep my ends tucked in. When I do this, I never have dry hair... When I fall off or decide to use some gel... Yup dry hair. I either moisture train my hair or.... Wear styles that facilitate dryness and then complain about dryness. Lol! My hair's moisture cycle is 24 hours.... If I don't add some leave in moisture... By then..at 25 hours dryness and splits! 😅😂🤣🙈. My hair is set up like a clock and a calender. Every winter I lose/shed hair. Every 4-6 weeks my hair needs clarifying, chelating and Aphogee 2 step. Every 25 hour my hair is looking to dry out and split (break and leave my head for sure lol!) some stylists are telling people with dry hair 2 shampoo twice a week with a clarifying shampoo.. Am no Ma'am/Sir.. It could never be me. Some stylists are telling people to skip deep conditioner and leave in conditioner. Nope never me again. As for gels.... I've known since the 90s, that gels dry out and break off hair...whether relaxed or natural, that's why I always ran from edge control. Glad i did cause I'm in my 40s with all my hair line follicles still alive. If your hair is dry... Apply water/aka moisture aka a moisture based product. It could be jheri curl juice, As I Am Castor water, curl refresher spray or a leave in conditioner cream/lotion..but do something. If you have dry face, hands or feet, you don't give up soap, you find a moisturing cleanser and moisturise after you cleanse.. With face and feet twice a day. With hands, we apply gand cream every time after we wash our hands that could be as much as 12 times a day but we do it. But somehow we think we can go days, weeks months without applying moisture/water to our scalp and hair. Meanwhile our ancestors were swimming in the river water everyday in Africa.

Thank you!!

I always transition my damage but I'm not a hair youtuber. Lol! So in 15 years i only big chop one... Unless you count last summer when I got a fro-hawk with shaved bald sides. 😅😅😅 the hair was healthy I was just bored of it. So i cut off half and had bleached honey blond bayalage highlights. This year I'm less bored but i will use some temporary colour if the mood hits again. I fantasize about shaving it all off for a blond buzzcut but I need hair in winter. 😅My hair grows slowly.

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Is there no protein in any of the products that you are already using? Shampoo, deep conditioner, leave in conditioner/mist?

Ayyyye let’s go!!

Thank you 😘

🥰

Definitely see a black dermatologist/trichologist. The ones with clients with straight hair have no idea what people with kinky, coily, curly, nappy hair go through.

Preciate cha!

I went natural 15 years ago and the first thing I learnt was not to shampoo with a sulfate/clarify shampoo every single week. I really don't understand how that message was lost in recent times. Then again I see my trichologists and stylist regularly so maybe it was a new thing that I was unaware of. Back in my day they said TV will rot your brain if you watch enough crap... Now it's the same for the internet. I think before my time this is why they banned so many books. Lol!

Same. Wash and goes are a summer style for me. The other seasons are too drying for my ends to be out flappling in the wind....and it be windy!

I love that! My focus isn’t necessarily growth, but more so just a healthy scalp and healthy hair. I’m loving it short so I may keep it this way for a while.

@@BrittanyMia same! I just want my hair to be healthy and full, I lost a lot of hair too, due to low iron, so I cut it off, did a protein treatment and just starting over! can't wait to see the new journey!

Blonde buzzcut is my dream hair but i need to move to the tropics for that. I don't like my head being cold in winter. I need my hair hat in London, England ! 😅😅😅

Thank you! I used the Innersense Quiet calm curl control. Just one product 💕

I could never do the multiple styling products. Or the 10 hour wash days with multiple treatments. I always wanted, simple, easy and cheap hair. Unfortunately my haircare is none of those things so I keep the styling as simple and cheap as possible. My trichologists helped me. They literally told ne i only need shampoo, deep conditoner, leave in detangler, leave in conditioner and a water based scalp mist. Meanwhile brands be trying to get us to use 50-11 products a week. 😅😂🤣🙈 I top up my hair strength once a month to protein and Olaplex, the rest of the time i just mostly use what my trichologists said to use. I think i used edge control once last month. 😅

What are styling tools? 😅🙈🤣😂 I have three seamless (wide, medium and small toothed) combs and a Wet Tangle Teezer for fine and fragile hair for detangling and parting... Oh wait you mean the flat iron? That's for my wigs. Blow dryer. Again mainly wigs. 😅😅😅 I wear a wash and go 25% of the year. I rub leave in conditioner in it with my hands and go. Lol! I love my soft fluffy touchable afro. I like my dates playing in my hair and not getting a handful of product when they take their hand back . Lol! 😅😅😅 I know some of y'all are married/in a committed life partnership but still let the man touch it daily. 🙈🙈 😈😈

Same!!

Mmmm basically yes. Just using a lot of products and too much of them simultaneously.