Waist Length Challenge 2015

[VK1K]

If I make it to WL by 2015 I promise I'm throwing myself a party! Cake, gifts and all.lol

Hahaahha wait gifts for myself! That's great motivation. I may use this idea

 

[Fine 4s]

I can't wait for the January 1014 kickoff!!!!

 

[prettybyrd]

I did a pre-poo with coconut oil this morning. I am shocked that my hair is responding so well to coconut oil. In the past my hair would get hard if I just thought about using it. Right now my hair is soft and the ends are smooth. Maybe I was not using a good quality oil in the past?

Also, not experimenting as much with heat and scissors has left my hair very healthy. I'm still in the twists I put in before sitting under the dryer this morning, and they are so thick! My hair has been thin for a few years now, and I honestly never thought I'd have twists this fat.

Keeping my hair stretched has been a great idea! I'm back in love with my boring plaits.

BTW, I will also be posting pics in January after I trim.

 

[Firstborn2]

I got tired of seeing my ends go to war with one another so I just trimmed 1inch off all the way around. I am so happy I did! My ends feel like butter, no more single strand knots! Yay

 

[RaeShouna]

I did a pre-poo with coconut oil this morning. I am shocked that my hair is responding so well to coconut oil. In the past my hair would get hard if I just thought about using it. Right now my hair is soft and the ends are smooth. Maybe I was not using a good quality oil in the past?

Be mindful that the reason your hair is doing well this particular time with the coconut oil is because it needed the protein. So if in the past it made your ends crunchy use sparingly...like every other day/week or however you moisturize.
I too have had the battle of the ends...and I have lost many a battle but I'm slowly winning the war. Lol

 

[angelhairtype4]

I am still in my box braids. Having issues because I want to take them out (I struggle with hand in hair syndrome). I may pop on a wig just to switch it up.



Ok, so I put on my fav wig to go out. Feeling much better
I've had this wig for a long time. Whenever I feel like having straight hair I slap it on. It looks similar to how my hair did when relaxed.

 

[DrC]

I blow dried my hair and it looks like I stuck my finger in an electric socket. so I did a bun. Even though I have a big head. I may start bunning for retention, There is an old thread on here where a poster said she bunned 90% of the time and made it to WL in no time. I'll see if I can find the thread. For anyone interested.

 

[beautyintheyes]

im getting my first quick weave! im interested to see how it does i have my hair braided down with a cap on and hair is glued to it. has anyone had one done before can you share your experience

 

[Firstborn2]

DrC is this the thread you are looking for?

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=5635

 

[DrC]

DrC is this the thread you are looking for?

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=5635

Yeah, that's it. thanks

 

[greenbees]

JJamiah, can you please add me to this challenge?


Ultimate Goal: MAYBE WHIP length, or just whenever doing my hair isn't fun anymore
Regimen: Wash/deep condition and style in twists weekly. Moisturize and seal with homemade spritz and coconut oil. Oil scalp with castor oil when I remember. Do the greenhouse method at lease once a week.
How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: Not sure yet. I'm not during another official length check until the end of December. I'll measure then.
Natural/Relaxed/Other: Natural
Tips/Tricks: Moisturize and baby your hair
Issues or difficulties you're having: Lack of patience, tangles, single strand knots & breakage from too-tight buns

 

[JJamiah]

DrC and ladies I honestly can't wait until I can start bunning I need a style that is easy breezy... other than wash-n-go's, even though I honestly can't wait until next year when I start my wash and goes again.. for now I am done with them.

 

[JosieLynn]

So last night I did a HOT with Amla and black castor oil. Plan on doing a shampoo, protein and DC today. Just trying to figure out what style I want to attempt. The weekend is the only time I have to experiment....think I might just blowdry on cool and do my usual bun or do a dry Bantu knot out. Doubt I'll leave the house much so i can prolly leave the knots in until tomorrow

 

[ojemba]

Steaming after I oil my scalp with jbco/peppermint then re twisting my hair line for second and last week in my medium twist.

 

[prettybyrd]

Be mindful that the reason your hair is doing well this particular time with the coconut oil is because it needed the protein. So if in the past it made your ends crunchy use sparingly...like every other day/week or however you moisturize.
I too have had the battle of the ends...and I have lost many a battle but I'm slowly winning the war. Lol

Ohmigosh, thanks! I have used coconut oil as a pre-poo around three/four times recently and each time my hair loved it. I only use it once or twice a month. I will keep close watch on my hair and resort to other oils should I notice the crunchiness coming back.

Thanks again, I'm hoping to retain as much as I can and this info will certainly help.

 

[divachyk]

Same here, I've been stuck at MBL for a good long while. I think my hair can't get longer than that without high protection. Like growing it I could wear it down more and make mistakes with it and still see progress. But I guess my ends are so old it can't take that. It will maintain but it's not enough to retain. :\

I can't seem to make it to BSL, everytime I reach APL I'll have a setback of some sort. Like now I am about 2inches past APL however I need to cut about 1 1/2inches due to single strand knots. If I make it to WL by 2015 I promise I'm throwing myself a party! Cake, gifts and all.lol

Celesti FirstBorn, we have got to figure out our culprit and overcome our respective hurdle. Deal?

 

[JosieLynn]

update on my Amla HOT....that is some super oil. I accidentally made it an overnight HOT but when I went to wash my hair the next morning it took me 3 shampoos to get it where my hair didn't still feel oily and i was sure my scalp was clean lol thankfully even after all that my hair still felt very soft and was easy to detangle...just have to remember 30 min HOT is all i need with the amla lol. Also i ended up blowdrying, straightening and doing a light dusting. I haven't cut/trim/dusted my hair since december of 2012 so i figured it was time and I really didnt have to cut any substantial amount off, at the most in some areas MAYBE an 1/8 in, so i'll wear my hair out today since it's straightened and then it's back to flat-twists and buns for the week. I have a photo of the total amount trimmed as well as a dry flat-twist and bantu-knot out I wore yesterday.

 

[SCarolinaGirl]

Relaxed my hair last night and flat ironed this morning. I'm happy with the results. Pic in siggy!

 

[nlamr2013]

I'll try to join. I always forget about challenges.
Ultimate Goal:
I'm going to say hip length stretched
Regimen:I'm working on that it seems when I get something down *poof* magic happens and I cant or dont keep it up. I am trying to stick to protective styling during the week. nightly ghe/baggying for moisture and weekly wash and dc
How many inches do you have to go to get to WL:
I think technically I only have 9 inches but I want to cut off some of my ends that have once again become damaged/thermalaxed due to my over straightening. So about 14 inches
Natural/Relaxed/Other: (OPTIONAL) doesn't matter to me, I love it all...Natural
Tips/Tricks: I dont have any
Issues or difficulties you're havingdryness and it seems every time my hair gets a certain length around the bsl area something happens and I either stop noticing growth, I have to cut it, or it seems thinner than I'm used to. Also my edges, a piece in my crown and my nape are all the places where the hair is forever shorter, more dry and wiry and I cant seem to get a hold on it. Hoping that nightly baggying will solve this

 

[Sholapie]

SCarolinaGirl your hair looks great and you have nice thick ends!

Relaxed on Friday and DC'd on dry hair today with ORS replenishing pack. I forgot how much I love that DC. I used extra strength to relax but my hair still came out wavy (with lots of smoothing) so I may as well go back to regular strength.

I think my goal is for waist length air dried hair because I never flat iron these days and my relaxed hair still has a lot of shrinkage

 

[Firstborn2]

Celesti FirstBorn, we have got to figure out our culprit and overcome our respective hurdle. Deal?

divachyk, I always have my hair in a protective style but I need to leave the twist alone. I lose way to much hair with that style. I'm going to just experiment with a regular bun for the nxt 6mos and see how that goes. I also need to incorporate more trims, these single strand nights are giving me nightmares

 

[Cocoa3438]

Hello I would like to join! It sounds like a great challenge to push myself to really retain some length. I'm natural and my goal is to be past BSL by 2015. My current regimen is washing hair once a week and keeping it in simple styles like puffs and buns most of the time. Use heat maybe twice a year and keeping it under 250 degrees.

 

[divachyk]

Firstborn2, I honestly believe most of my damage happens day of relaxer. I'm very careful at home and while I do cause some breakage, it's just nowhere near the amount on relaxer day. Just this last touch up, I allowed her to apply the relaxer & neutralizer and I handled the rest. My hair was breaking by the handful -- I have a tendency to be dramatic but I'm seriously for real when I say, I'm surprised I have hair remaining. The issue: I didn't do a protein treatment. Thereafter, I learned from a LHCF stylist that protein is only needed when the relaxer is too strong. The breakage halted instantly after using protein. This was an eye opener that perhaps the relaxer is way too strong. I'm considering texlaxing vs. relaxing to strengthen the strands.

 

[Froreal3]

I'm trying out inversion this week to see if I get an inch. That will really boost me toward my year's goal of grazing MBL. If it works, I will do it once a month.

 

[JustGROWwithIt]

I've been doing inversion. Hoping to get an inch as well!

 

[Duchess007]

I'm trying out inversion this week to see if I get an inch. That will really boost me toward my year's goal of grazing MBL. If it works, I will do it once a month.

Ditto- I've started doing 4 minute inverted massages daily. I'm not doing a LC til end of month tho.

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[ImanAdero]

I tried inversion last week, but don't really know how much growth happened because I'm not sure if my hair grew, or if the braids loosened lol.

Even still maybe the growth is just taking time to show lol

 

[Froreal3]

Ditto- I've started doing 4 minute inverted massages daily. I'm not doing a LC til end of month tho.

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Girl you better lc after 7 days!

 

[angelhairtype4]

I couldn't take another week of braids, so I took them out. Did my first rhassoul mud wash. It was nice. I didn't need any conditioner to detangle and my hair felt clean but moisturized. Right now Im sitting with henna on my head and orange hands....sigh....I was to lazy to go and get the gloves

 

[Anticipatience08]

It would be awesome sauce to get to waist length in 2014, but just in case I'm signing up here!

Pic in siggy!!

Current regimen: moisturize 3 times/week with Shea Moisture Coconut Hibiscus Curl & Style Milk, using NJoy's oil, and Cantu leave-in conditioner, shampoo and overnight DC weekly or under dryer for 20-30 mins, protective style thru sew-ins w/ closure.