Dee's No Comb No Brush CHALLENGING Challenge

**Mikalia42** · 06-24-2013, 01:05 PM

Update: still no combs or brushes. Finger detangled what was supposed to be a 3 day old braid out and rebraided my hair to keep it stretched. Epic laziness is epic. Bun for today and keeping it moving.

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**fitzlocs** · 06-24-2013, 04:05 PM

Just wanted to pop-in and cheer you ladies on in your challenge! Also, I've noticed that regular use of coconut oil leads to longer and stronger nails - so that may be an unexpected consequence that you can look forward to

**KnottyAuthor** · 06-25-2013, 12:20 AM

What happened @ Claire76???? I was cheering you on!!!!

Originally Posted by Claire76

My newbie (< 1 year old) locs were completely down as of yesterday. In the conditioning and detangling aftermath, I tried to use my Denman. My hair said,"WHAT. do. you. think. you. are. doing?"

I wound up finger-detangling my hair.

Later today I found my Tangle Teezer. And even though I keep reading about finger-detangling, I'm struggling internally.

Deep down I keep feeling as though I have to use a tool on my hair.

But I want to join this challenge...And I probably will.

**KnottyAuthor** · 06-25-2013, 12:26 AM

I really listen to my hair. When i do braid-outs, I'll spritz, seal with oil/curl milk or shea butter as needed, depends on how my hair is responding. I generally don't rinse my hair until the weekend. When I wear it with that str8 blow out 'look' from stretching, I will detangle nightly with oil only. If I rinsed frequently, I'd be a habitual wet-head..my hair holds ON to water like nobody's business so I try to wait for the weekends to rinse-but spritzing..love it. I use the AVJ of course.

What's working for you?

Originally Posted by OHR

My hair loves AVJ as well. I've combined it with Oyin's Honey Hemp and a bit of distilled water, and I like it a lot. How often do you detangle per week? Do you mist first, then detangle in between washings?

**OHR** · 06-25-2013, 01:24 AM

^I kinda do the same as you. But with my working in my yard this week: heat and humidity, I've got to rinse my sweaty scalp at least 2x/week.

AVJ + water + a cheapie conditioner does the trick for detangling. An AVJ and water combo works well as a spritz.

**Damica78** · 06-26-2013, 08:39 PM

I'm doing this now. I don't comb my hair or use a brush I use to use the denman and I thought I had to detangle but I really don't have tangles as much now that I'm using my clay wash. This is a good challenge I'm looking forward to finish it.

**CCmomof5** · 06-30-2013, 08:25 PM

Another major wash/detangling session with no comb/brush use. I've been wearing a bun almost exclusively, and I rinsed my hair twice since the last full detangling, so I was tempted to use my wide-tooth seamless comb to get through the sections that are more tangle-prone - but I fought it, and trusted that pulling apart the sections and running my fingers through them was enough.

I think that consistent spritzing with AVJ/ water mixture, followed by sealing with my oil mixture and light finger detangling several times a week is what will really help me stick to this challenge.

**ChelWren** · 07-01-2013, 10:00 PM

I am definitely in on this challenge. I haven't used a comb in months and I'm loving it! I finger detangle and it works great for me.

**KnottyAuthor** · 07-05-2013, 01:57 PM

updates on no comb challenge in the fotki...yes, bringing back the fotki! lol!

**CCmomof5** · 07-05-2013, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by KnottyAuthor

updates on no comb challenge in the fotki...yes, bringing back the fotki! lol!

Nice fotki pics!! Your "every day look" is very similar to my "most days look".

I often pull my hair back with the side swept bangs - I'd say I wear my hair that way about 70% of the time. The only difference is I put mine in a bun a lot of the time. This week, though, I had a bantu-knot out ponytail pulled to the side, so it looked kinda of similar to yours! It looks really good on you!!