APL/BSL 2014 Challenge

HairPleezeGrow

HairPleezeGrow

Natural.MediumFine.3c.
I forgot to post my hair from yesterday. We went to church and then to the movies for our son's 3 year old birthday. We then went to my hubby's uncle's house for father's day bbq. Didn't really know what to do to my hair so I cowashed it the night b4 and pineappled it but when I took pineapple down it wasn't cooperating so I pinned the side with a flower.



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Mjon912

Mjon912

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I've been seriously MIA =( so sorry, I'm in the middle of a move and it's stressful... But I put box braids, without fake hair, in my head and I love them! I'm 22 months into my transition to natural and always wore straight hair but I couldn't do it with a 1 and 3 yr old, running an online business, and buying a house I didn't have the time! I'm so happy j out in braids, it's really giving my hair a break from everything and I'm thinking i will be on my way to BSL, if not BSL in sept when I take them out! When I put then in I was about an inch and a half from APL, I'm still using my Sulfur8/Hair Trigger Growth Elixer/MN mix about 3 times a week so fingers crossed this year I will finally reach BSL! When I do I'm getting some color lol! Happy Hair Growing Ladies
 
PinkyPromise

PinkyPromise

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Man I deep conditioned, washed and wore a blow out for like two days. My hair shrunk but I guess my hair just can't handle ANY kind of dryness/heat at all. I even spritzed my fro with my water mix to try and keep it moisturized and that didn't help. I'm back to just touching my collarbone now. But it's cool because in December I'll have stronger and longer hair. My hair is still about 7 inches but damn.
 
ronie

ronie

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HairPleezeGrow said:
I forgot to post my hair from yesterday. We went to church and then to the movies for our son's 3 year old birthday. We then went to my hubby's uncle's house for father's day bbq. Didn't really know what to do to my hair so I cowashed it the night b4 and pineappled it but when I took pineapple down it wasn't cooperating so I pinned the side with a flower.
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Lovely. Your curls are always on point.
 
Prettymetty

Prettymetty

Natural/4b/medium-coarse
Anyone using coconut oil? I have used it in the past, but right now I am having a love affair with evoo (my first love). No matter what else I try I always keep evoo in the regimen.
 
Adiatasha

Adiatasha

Well-Known Member
Prettymetty said:
Anyone using coconut oil? I have used it in the past, but right now I am having a love affair with evoo (my first love). No matter what else I try I always keep evoo in the regimen.
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I use it after I go to the Dominican Salons... And I Bantu knot my hair.

I just put it on the ends.
 
topnotch1010

topnotch1010

Real Housewife of Houston
Prettymetty said:
Anyone using coconut oil? I have used it in the past, but right now I am having a love affair with evoo (my first love). No matter what else I try I always keep evoo in the regimen.
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I mix my coconut & olive oil together. Coconut oil's molecules are small enough to moisture and penetrate the hair shaft, but I like that olive oil is a bit heavier, lasting a bit longer on my dry hair.
 
Fotchygirl

Fotchygirl

Well-Known Member
Prettymetty said:
Anyone using coconut oil? I have used it in the past, but right now I am having a love affair with evoo (my first love). No matter what else I try I always keep evoo in the regimen.
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I use it religiously when my hair is out of a weave. It's my go to oil for sealing.
 
NaturallyATLPCH

NaturallyATLPCH

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Much love to San Antonio and the Spurs, I've always liked how humble yet driven they are. :yep:

It's been a minute since I've chimed in as well. My hair is in box braids. When I blew out my hair to prep for braiding, the back of my hair is about an inch from being armpit length. The shortest part is chin length (in the front).

Slow growing hair SUCKS. I do have to remind myself I did have a set back where I had to get a cut (1 1/2 inches last August).
 
HairPleezeGrow

HairPleezeGrow

Natural.MediumFine.3c.
NaturallyATLPCH said:
Much love to San Antonio and the Spurs, I've always liked how humble yet driven they are. :yep:

It's been a minute since I've chimed in as well. My hair is in box braids. When I blew out my hair to prep for braiding, the back of my hair is about an inch from being armpit length. The shortest part is chin length (in the front).

Slow growing hair SUCKS. I do have to remind myself I did have a set back where I had to get a cut (1 1/2 inches last August).
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I know tell me about it. My hair grows slow to me. If it weren't for my NJoy oil, inversion and hairfinity I probably wouldn't even get 1/2in a month.
 
HairPleezeGrow

HairPleezeGrow

Natural.MediumFine.3c.
So I'm going to New York City with my 11 y/o daughter for the IMTA convention and trying to decide how I want my hair. I know i'm getting a sew in but trying to think of what hair to get. I can't have my dew looking all busted lol. Any suggestions? I was looking at the yummy hair (tight curls) but dang they need a sale or something lol.
 
Jace032000

Jace032000

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I'm incredibly dissapointed. I had a major setback last week and I'm now not going to meet my July goal of BSL. I went in last week for my monthly rollerset. Usually I do the set myself but was feeling like I needed a break. Huge mistake. I never have a problem rolling my APL on white perm rods but my stylist complained the entire time. She kept telling me the hair was too long for the rollers. I took it as a compliment and let her groan and complain. The set came out nice but as the weeks past I noticed my ends were breaking off terribly and my entire head was full of SSKs. Needless to say I've been setback I've lost two months worth of growth. I'm really really sad....

I'm not sure what caused the massive breakage...maybe not using end paper? The tension she used in rolling??? Who knows.

Below is my before and after picture (after on right). Even stretching my curled hair---it barely reaches to arm pit length.



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faithVA

faithVA

Well-Known Member
Jace032000 said:
I'm incredibly dissapointed. I had a major setback last week and I'm now not going to meet my July goal of BSL. I went in last week for my monthly rollerset. Usually I do the set myself but was feeling like I needed a break. Huge mistake. I never have a problem rolling my APL on white perm rods but my stylist complained the entire time. She kept telling me the hair was too long for the rollers. I took it as a compliment and let her groan and complain. The set came out nice but as the weeks past I noticed my ends were breaking off terribly and my entire head was full of SSKs. Needless to say I've been setback I've lost two months worth of growth. I'm really really sad....

I'm not sure what caused the massive breakage...maybe not using end paper? The tension she used in rolling??? Who knows.

Below is my before and after picture (after on right). Even stretching my curled hair---it barely reaches to arm pit length.



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:bighug: I'm sorry about your setback. What did she comb your hair with?

I had a setback on my last rollerset and I think the culprit is the tool she used to detangle my hair.

My recommendation is to do a keratin protein treatment as soon as possible and start doing search and destroys as soon as possible to keep the splits from taking any more hair with it than is necessary.
 
HairPleezeGrow

HairPleezeGrow

Natural.MediumFine.3c.
Jace032000 said:
I'm incredibly dissapointed. I had a major setback last week and I'm now not going to meet my July goal of BSL. I went in last week for my monthly rollerset. Usually I do the set myself but was feeling like I needed a break. Huge mistake. I never have a problem rolling my APL on white perm rods but my stylist complained the entire time. She kept telling me the hair was too long for the rollers. I took it as a compliment and let her groan and complain. The set came out nice but as the weeks past I noticed my ends were breaking off terribly and my entire head was full of SSKs. Needless to say I've been setback I've lost two months worth of growth. I'm really really sad....

I'm not sure what caused the massive breakage...maybe not using end paper? The tension she used in rolling??? Who knows.

Below is my before and after picture (after on right). Even stretching my curled hair---it barely reaches to arm pit length.

Sent from my iPhone using LHCF
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Sorry Jace...hopefully with the advice faith suggested you will recover from this. :-(
 
Fotchygirl

Fotchygirl

Well-Known Member
Jace032000 said:
I'm incredibly dissapointed. I had a major setback last week and I'm now not going to meet my July goal of BSL. I went in last week for my monthly rollerset. Usually I do the set myself but was feeling like I needed a break. Huge mistake. I never have a problem rolling my APL on white perm rods but my stylist complained the entire time. She kept telling me the hair was too long for the rollers. I took it as a compliment and let her groan and complain. The set came out nice but as the weeks past I noticed my ends were breaking off terribly and my entire head was full of SSKs. Needless to say I've been setback I've lost two months worth of growth. I'm really really sad....

I'm not sure what caused the massive breakage...maybe not using end paper? The tension she used in rolling??? Who knows.

Below is my before and after picture (after on right). Even stretching my curled hair---it barely reaches to arm pit length.



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Sent from my iPhone using LHCF
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I'm starting to be very scared of stylists from all the horrific setback stories I hear here. Sorry about your setback Jace, but to comfort you, you may have lost some length but you haven't lost your thickness. Your hair is still beautiful and I'm sure it will grow back before the year is over.
 
HairPleezeGrow

HairPleezeGrow

Natural.MediumFine.3c.
Ugh so this is my twistout in this darn humid Texas heat. So yeah back to my wash n gos it is. I will cowash with Wen (cant think of the name of the winter one but smells like mint patties) and go from there
 
faithVA

faithVA

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^^You are the only one that knows that wasn't the look you were going for. Your hair is so curly, it looks good anyway.
 
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