SL 2013 Challenge!!~~~

I'm going to go back protective styling and forget about actual style for a minute. So no wet-molds and heat; back to rollersets. But I won't do those daily air-dried rollersets like I did before, but just rollers w/ no snaps and sitting under the dryer. Then maybe doing that 2X a week. Will probably wear a headband or use hairpins to pull the bangs/front back. And call that a day. And I'll maintain with rolling at night and trying to preserve my edges.

Just trying to decide if I'll use setting lotion or NTM. NTM is great on wet hair, but isn't long-lasting. But if I'm washing 2X a week, that might be okay. Even 3X a week probably wouldn't hurt...just not 7X/daily.

Cowashed and DC last night. Used my steamer for the first time in weeks. Put in some ugly twists that will stay on until friday. Will do a twistout for this weekend. I really wanted to blow dry and twist, but no heat this summer. I want to be surprised come september.
shortdub78 how are you liking the silk dreams stuff you got?

ronie said:

Cowashed and DC last night. Used my steamer for the first time in weeks. Put in some ugly twists that will stay on until friday. Will do a twistout for this weekend. I really wanted to blow dry and twist, but no heat this summer. I want to be surprised come september.
shortdub78 how are you liking the silk dreams stuff you got?

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i love it! i haven't tried everything yet. just the nourish oil, satin smooth cream, and the waterfalls mist. my hair has a soft touch and no dry feeling, i am going to try the shampoo, conditioner, and leave-in tonight or tomorrow.

I'll get back to my BB grease too. It has sulfur and coconut oil...all this time that stuff was in there. And wheatgerm.

Looking at my other challenges in my siggy....so I'm getting back on the water, back with yall, back on grease. I'd like to get back on Mineral Rich, but I don't like how it effects periods like it's estrogenic or something. I might chill on that and just make sure I get in some multi-vitamins.

I'm with you on the water. This past week I have truly been slacking on my water intake. I did a little better today while at work and there is still time to get a few more ounces in.

Okay so I was going to str8en for my length check but I decided to just do a pull test like I did in April. I have done like 4 trims since then and don't know if I made any progress at all. First pic is in April that hubby took and 2nd one this month my daughter took. Her finger didn't go all the way to the end of my hair like hubby did but I'm sure you can see the length in the pic. What do y'all think? Did I make any progress considering the trims? I know I need to hide my scissors but I keep thinking my ends are split...sigh









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HairPleezeGrow said:

Okay so I was going to str8en for my length check but I decided to just do a pull test like I did in April. I have done like 4 trims since then and don't know if I made any progress at all. First pic is in April that hubby took and 2nd one this month my daughter took. Her finger didn't go all the way to the end of my hair like hubby did but I'm sure you can see the length in the pic. What do y'all think? Did I make any progress considering the trims? I know I need to hide my scissors but I keep thinking my ends are split...sigh



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I think you made progress especially since you trimmed girl!

On my last wash, I didnt prepoo and I saw and felt the difference. Dry, hard, tangly, frizzy. After the gym this afternoon, I decided to do my prepoo oil. My hair was so dry, I had to wet bc the oil was just sitting on top of my hair. My tea rinse waiting and I think I'll also do a ten min giovanni reconstructor before my dc

HairPleezeGrow said:

Okay so I was going to str8en for my length check but I decided to just do a pull test like I did in April. I have done like 4 trims since then and don't know if I made any progress at all. First pic is in April that hubby took and 2nd one this month my daughter took. Her finger didn't go all the way to the end of my hair like hubby did but I'm sure you can see the length in the pic. What do y'all think? Did I make any progress considering the trims? I know I need to hide my scissors but I keep thinking my ends are split...sigh

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Yes progress girl. And your princess hid about an inch under her little finger. You my friend should be in the APL challenge. I am working to be that length in December. Will love to see your str8 hair too. Not pressuring you to apply heat though.
I can t tell how long your torso is. But on me that length would be only 3 inches from APL.

@HairPleezeGrow, yes you gained some length. I don't know if I can say it's an inch but it looks as if it's as much as your hubby's thumb nailbed is long. That's pretty good since average growth for 2 months is usually one inch and you did dust too many times yet you managed to retain almost as much as normal people grow in that time. This confirms you're definitely a unicorn.

Here's a side-by-side with lines to show what I'm talmbout:

ronie said:

Yes progress girl. And your princess hid about an inch under her little finger. You my friend should be in the APL challenge. I am working to be that length in December. Will love to see your str8 hair too. Not pressuring you to apply heat though.
I can t tell how long your torso is. But on me that length would be only 3 inches from APL.

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Thnx ronie...I probably won't str8en until Nov or Dec just bc I'm trying to lay off the heat.

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Nonie said:

@HairPleezeGrow, yes you gained some length. I don't know if I can say it's an inch but it looks as if it's as much as your hubby's thumb nailbed is long. That's pretty good since average growth for 2 months is usually one inch and you did dust too many times yet you managed to retain almost as much as normal people grow in that time. This confirms you're definitely a unicorn.

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Nonie thnx you ma'am. I love how you were able to put the pics to compare and glad you did that bc u couldn't see the growth so thank you. I know I need to keep those darn scissors away but my hair seems so fine to me and I keep getting these freaking splits ugh. Think I'm going to do another hendigo this weekend and hide the scissors lol.

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HairPleezeGrow said:

Okay so I was going to str8en for my length check but I decided to just do a pull test like I did in April. I have done like 4 trims since then and don't know if I made any progress at all. First pic is in April that hubby took and 2nd one this month my daughter took. Her finger didn't go all the way to the end of my hair like hubby did but I'm sure you can see the length in the pic. What do y'all think? Did I make any progress considering the trims? I know I need to hide my scissors but I keep thinking my ends are split...sigh



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ETA: Never mind. Was looking at the wrong picture. Yes you have gained length.

So I curled my twists with the perms rods last night. I was actually able to sleep on them. Meh, not sure if it looks better. But maybe it will give me a better twist out when I twist it out. Next time I will roll it as soon as I do the twist to see if it works better. It has only been a few hours and the curls are falling out already.

I think I may buy some larger perm rods and try rodding my entire head and see if I can get 2 or 3 day hair from that. Just wish my back was longer so I could put it up when it flattens out. hmm, maybe I can do a flat twist in the back. Need to see how many perm rods I need.

Just thinking out loud.

faithVA said:

I could be wrong and hopefully I am, but it looks shorter to me based on where it is from the curl of the R. Maybe it is the same length.

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If you look at the pic where my daughter's finger is you can see my hair goes past it some. Her finger is covering the end. It's definitely not shorter however I wasn't sure if there was any noticeable growth. Take a look at Nonie's comparison pic above. It shiws better than mine.

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faithVA said:

So I curled my twists with the perms rods last night. I was actually able to sleep on them. Meh, not sure if it looks better. But maybe it will give me a better twist out when I twist it out. Next time I will roll it as soon as I do the twist to see if it works better. It has only been a few hours and the curls are falling out already.

I think I may buy some larger perm rods and try rodding my entire head and see if I can get 2 or 3 day hair from that. Just wish my back was longer so I could put it up when it flattens out. hmm, maybe I can do a flat twist in the back. Need to see how many perm rods I need.

Just thinking out loud.

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When are you going to the twistout? I bet it looks really nice.

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faithVA, your original statement wasn't that farfetched. I thought the same thing at a glance too and it wasn't until I drew lines that I saw the difference.

Here's another image with red lines added to show distance from the R's curl:



The red line is slightly longer, but also notice that in the photo to the left, the hair is pulled at a slight diagonal instead of straight down which will make it hit a higher point than it would if it had been pulled straight down.

It is very hard to take perfect comparison shots but if you add those two factors, then it's clear there has been some increase in length even though we cannot be sure by how much.

HairPleezeGrow said:

When are you going to the twistout? I bet it looks really nice.

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I'm not sure. I am debating. I am attending a memorial service out of town this Saturday and I'm not sure if I am going to wear twists or a twist out. I want to keep the twists in so I don't have to twist it back up over the weekend. But I don't want to be at the service looking like no one takes care of me either I will decide Saturday morning.

My twist outs right now all look like the same afro no matter what I do. I have tried big twists, small twists, flat twists... the same. So I end up wearing some type of head band in the front to give it some type of shape.

It looks nice when I do a roller set but I ain't trying to do all that.

HairPleezeGrow said:

If you look at the pic where my daughter's finger is you can see my hair goes past it some. Her finger is covering the end. It's definitely not shorter however I wasn't sure if there was any noticeable growth. Take a look at Nonie's comparison pic above. It shiws better than mine.

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Don't mind me. I was just confused.

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I'm not sure. I am debating. I am attending a memorial service out of town this Saturday and I'm not sure if I am going to wear twists or a twist out. I want to keep the twists in so I don't have to twist it back up over the weekend. But I don't want to be at the service looking like no one takes care of me either I will decide Saturday morning.

My twist outs right now all look like the same afro no matter what I do. I have tried big twists, small twists, flat twists... the same. So I end up wearing some type of head band in the front to give it some type of shape.

It looks nice when I do a roller set but I ain't trying to do all that.

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faithVA, what do you think about maybe styling your twists as if it was loose hair? Yesterday i was playing with mines, and i think i might be able to wear them out. I pinned the 2 sides back, and i did a little pompadour with the front portion. I then added a little accessory on the opposite side of the pompadour. It is not perfect, but when i go back to work, that is exactly how i will wear my hair. I just gotta make the twists smaller. The ones i have now were meant only for the house. The picture i have is not really clear but i will post hoping it helps.

faithVA said:

I'm not sure. I am debating. I am attending a memorial service out of town this Saturday and I'm not sure if I am going to wear twists or a twist out. I want to keep the twists in so I don't have to twist it back up over the weekend. But I don't want to be at the service looking like no one takes care of me either I will decide Saturday morning.

My twist outs right now all look like the same afro no matter what I do. I have tried big twists, small twists, flat twists... the same. So I end up wearing some type of head band in the front to give it some type of shape.

It looks nice when I do a roller set but I ain't trying to do all that.

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Yeah I feel the same way about my twistouts lol. They look the same for me too and fro-ish. I think when we get some more length they will start to look better to us. My problem is my crown is a different texture and gets frizzy/fuzzy and it's way shorter than the rest of my hair so it naturally takes on a fro look. Then I have the mess with the rest of it to blend with the fro on top and end up with a fro lol. I don't mind though. Pic below was of my latest twistout when I first took it down b4 I fro-ed it out. I just dk what to do with the top...on another note have fun at the service and I'm sure your twistout looks really nice and full. I may have to try the perm rod advice you got bc I bet it makes all the difference in the world. Well whatever do you decide please post pics. I love seeing y'all styles and progress.

Eta: sorry I just re read and you said memorial service. :-( ignore my have fun comment please



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ronie said:

faithVA, what do you think about maybe styling your twists as if it was loose hair? Yesterday i was playing with mines, and i think i might be able to wear them out. I pinned the 2 sides back, and i did a little pompadour with the front portion. I then added a little accessory on the opposite side of the pompadour. It is not perfect, but when i go back to work, that is exactly how i will wear my hair. I just gotta make the twists smaller. The ones i have now were meant only for the house. The picture i have is not really clear but i will post hoping it helps.

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ronie that looks really pretty and such a gr8 idea for any length. See I'm style challenged lol and would have never thought of this. FaithVA I think it would look really nice and elegant!

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ronie said:

@faithVA, what do you think about maybe styling your twists as if it was loose hair? Yesterday i was playing with mines, and i think i might be able to wear them out. I pinned the 2 sides back, and i did a little pompadour with the front portion. I then added a little accessory on the opposite side of the pompadour. It is not perfect, but when i go back to work, that is exactly how i will wear my hair. I just gotta make the twists smaller. The ones i have now were meant only for the house. The picture i have is not really clear but i will post hoping it helps.

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Aw, thank you for trying to help me. You are so sweet.

I will try that. Honestly I'm feeling quite lazy and just choosing to complain vs. make any real effort to make my life better

I will get my act together.

HairPleezeGrow said:

Yeah I feel the same way about my twistouts lol. They look the same for me too and fro-ish. I think when we get some more length they will start to look better to us. My problem is my crown is a different texture and gets frizzy/fuzzy and it's way shorter than the rest of my hair so it naturally takes on a fro look. Then I have the mess with the rest of it to blend with the fro on top and end up with a fro lol. I don't mind though. Pic below was of my latest twistout when I first took it down b4 I fro-ed it out. I just dk what to do with the top...on another note have fun at the service and I'm sure your twistout looks really nice and full. I may have to try the perm rod advice you got bc I bet it makes all the difference in the world. Well whatever do you decide please post pics. I love seeing y'all styles and progress.

Eta: sorry I just re read and you said memorial service. :-( ignore my have fun comment please

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LOL i feel you. I have this portion of my hair right below the crown on the right that always fro out on me, no matter what i do ( more products, less products, smaller twists, tighter twists). IT is a small portion so i try to work with it. But your twistout is very very nice girlfriend. It looks more wash and goish, and i love it.

HairPleezeGrow said:

Yeah I feel the same way about my twistouts lol. They look the same for me too and fro-ish. I think when we get some more length they will start to look better to us. My problem is my crown is a different texture and gets frizzy/fuzzy and it's way shorter than the rest of my hair so it naturally takes on a fro look. Then I have the mess with the rest of it to blend with the fro on top and end up with a fro lol. I don't mind though. Pic below was of my latest twistout when I first took it down b4 I fro-ed it out. I just dk what to do with the top...on another note have fun at the service and I'm sure your twistout looks really nice and full. I may have to try the perm rod advice you got bc I bet it makes all the difference in the world. Well whatever do you decide please post pics. I love seeing y'all styles and progress.

Eta: sorry I just re read and you said memorial service. :-( ignore my have fun comment please

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Girl, all those curls on your head I will show you a fro when I get back I'm going to show you some real frizz too.

You're hair is really cute. It is growing nicely.

HairPleezeGrow said:

@ronie that looks really pretty and such a gr8 idea for any length. See I'm style challenged lol and would have never thought of this. FaithVA I think it would look really nice and elegant!

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It would look nice. Looks good on you ronie. I think the issue is my hair isn't that long to even pin back. Probably because I'm in the SL challenge when I'm not even NL

It will be there one day. Just have to wait it out.

faithVA said:

Girl, all those curls on your head I will show you a fro when I get back I'm going to show you some real frizz too.

You're hair is really cute. It is growing nicely.

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No faith this is b4 I fro-ed it out right after I took the twists down. And yes I get plenty of frizz my camera just isn't showing it right. Bring on the fro ma'am lol!

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So washed my hair last night. I ended up using the NTM and rolling with magnetic rollers and clips. I knew they wouldn't make my hair as taunt (sp?) as when I use the snaptops. But I think the snaps break my edges so I didn't want to go back to that.

Then I put a scarf on, let it airdry a bit, only b/c I was getting my lil one to sleep. Then sat under the dryer. Mostly so I won't go to bed w/ wet hair, which I think causes breakage when I have the clips in.

Anyway, woke up and hair is pretty fluffy. The edges aren't as smooth, but it's a fine look for me. Since it has grown out a bit, it has a nice shape w/ the head band. I didn't put anything in it. Usually with my daily air-dried rollersets, I would have to put some grease in there so my hair wouldn't frizz, but I think since I sat under the dryer it's not needed as much.

I haven't seen the back of my hair yet b/c I took the rollers out while I was in the car and just fingercombed, then used a comb to comb the hair back before my headband.

It's a good protective style...not a real style I'd just really go out with, but it's neat and I still look cute with it. So I'll be doing this for a while; probably most of the summer. I'll find some other looks I can do besides the headband too...mostly for weekend/going out looks. The headband will most likely stay for the weekday/workdays though.

Feeling optimistic that my hair is about to get healthier. I mean, I just knew better with all that dang heat...smh .

Anyway, I'll grease my scalp tonight and do a dry rollerset and wear a headband tomorrow. I'll see how it feels tomorrow and that'll determine whether I wash it again on Friday. I'm actually thinking of doing a MWF wash schedule...then T&Th grease my scalp...then S&Sun just chill and try different hair designs. I think that's exactly what I'm doing actually.