2015 APL/BSL Challenge

I keep saying I'm gonna complete a full wash day but I'm SO.DANG.LAZY.

Also...I want new products. But I've got tons of products already. And I'm not even using them!

So since there's only 4 months left to the year I'm going to finish strong. I got rid of a lot of products in my stash so I can stick to what works. I got rid of v05 because I prefer Aussie moist 3 minute, got rid of grease, and a few shampoos. I haven't been moisturizing and sealing at all except on wash day so I'm going to try and do that for the next four months by keeping the products on my counter.

I have got to figure out a quick , gentle and painless way to detangle my hair without ripping it out. Last wash day was a disaster... I was literally in tears and frustrated. I shouldn't have washed my hair loose.

I think I'll skip the shampoo next time and just cowash. I will let yall know how it goes.

PlainJane said:

So since there's only 4 months left to the year I'm going to finish strong. I got rid of a lot of products in my stash so I can stick to what works. I got rid of v05 because I prefer Aussie moist 3 minute, got rid of grease, and a few shampoos. I haven't been moisturizing and sealing at all except on wash day so I'm going to try and do that for the next four months by keeping the products on my counter.

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That's a good idea, keeping products out on the counter. I think I'll do that too and get through them asap.

I'm going to moisturize with aloe juice and glycerin today and seal with safflower oil. My hair seems to like the ceramides in safflower oil.

Since I am working 11 straight days I won't be able to wash my hair until next Tuesday.

Did a much needed finger detangle and moisturize session last night. Put my hair in about 15 twists. About to massage some Liquid Gold Green Magic into my scalp. Also, I'm getting my length back. The back of my hair is less than half an inch from APL. Maybe a quarter inch

Prettymetty said:

I have got to figure out a quick , gentle and painless way to detangle my hair without ripping it out. Last wash day was a disaster... I was literally in tears and frustrated. I shouldn't have washed my hair loose.

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Tangle teaser!... and yea. No loose washing or at least don't scrunch it up a lot

As for moi...

I'm in wig braids. I'm wearing... isis bs202 in a light red color with #4 roots. It's stinking adorable and I want it in a 2 and a 4

I wonder how my hair is going to look by the end of June next year. That's when I want to straighten it all the way... when I'm done with my one year Bible reading. Straightening my hair will be a gift lol. Hopefully lol. Usually it's fuller when I leave it alone for several months. Hopefully a year of wigs will get me at leeeeast arm pit length .. but we'll see.

I'm pretty sure I have some kind of knock off flexi rods. These things barely bend and won't stay in my head.
Where do you all buy yours from?

Its so hard cutting back on direct heat.

PlainJane said:

I'm pretty sure I have some kind of knock off flexi rods. These things barely bend and won't stay in my head.
Where do you all buy yours from?

Its so hard cutting back on direct heat.

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I get mine from the Bss, Ross or Amazon and they all seem to bend just fine. They do slip out if I try to sleep in them lol. And it just isn't comfortable. Where did you get yours?

Prettymetty said:

I get mine from the Bss, Ross or Amazon and they all seem to bend just fine. They do slip out if I try to sleep in them lol. And it just isn't comfortable. Where did you get yours?

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It ended up being a faulty pack. The first pack would only stay put if I used rubber bands to tie them together. I'm so styling challenged I can't figure out how to wrap it on the rod in the spiral motion . I'll probably try it on dry hair before I do it on wash day. I'm so desperate to find a style that'll keep me away from the flat iron

I did my texturizer a week ago at 13 weeks post. I finally tried the Roux porosity control conditioner and it changed my hair! I used a lot of protein that day too bc my hair is so porous and it filled all the cracks. I even did a henna indigo this weekend and still no protein overload and no tangling just smooth silky hair!

I shoulda did this years ago!

I might as well prepoo and cowash today with Loreal Damage Erasing balm and vo5 clarifying conditioner. I rarely cowash, but my last shampoo session left my hair stripped and tangled.

Oan how do you know when It's time to clarify? I think I should just because nothing seems to be working anymore

Welp!! I cut about 4+ inches off , so I'm not making APL this year. Bye ladies

^^^pics?!

I was moisturizing two section of my hair today because I am lazy. I noticed that my curls clump well, but in each section I have hairs that are not like the rest. They are.......straight!? How is that possible? How bizarre!

First I looked at the back and I was wondering why there were strangling pieces. I thought maybe it was wig hair stuck somehow. Nope. I pulled it and it hurt! Upon further investigation, these hairs are actually coming out of my head... straight. I mean they I tried running conditioner down the length a bunch of times to see if it would curl up. Nope. Straight with a little loose...something. a big curl that doesn't belong on my head.

That was the back section, so I thought it was an isolated incident. I have a random blonde hair on my arm (right arm near my elbow) that also grows straight and veerrry long. It's weird.

Well, then I moved to a front section because, like I said, I'm lazy. I'm going to just do two a day. While moisturizing it, there they were again. Hairs that do not match. Nope. They are straight. They did make really big curls after I kept trying, but they are just like that. Out of my head. From root to tip 0_o

You thought the roots were at least curly didn't you? So did i. They are not. Straight from the beginning to end.

I am officially a hair alien. You see I thought I've seen this before in life. But I didn't let my hair stay in its natural form. I stretched it with braid outs, so I dismissed it. Now that I've been doing a lazy version is the max moisture thing and seeing more clumping curls, they stand out. Like. ... straight hairs in a big curly poof! (I refuse to call my hair an afro for sone reason. Its not a style. Its my own hair).

Hmph. Chronicles of a hair texturezoid

hello everyone! is it to late to join?

I big chopped this July after 1 year and a half transition.
I would love to get to apl by december. Maymbe this is not realistic. I have not really length checked that well.

I decided that I should clarify at least once a month. We have hard water and I my moisturizer has cones. My hair feels gummy and yucky when wet despite all the protein I use. It had also been tangled and breaking on wash days.

I will do my hair once I finish all my housework. This has been a hectic week already, because it's the first week of school.

I did a small length check of a section near the back of my head. It isn't apl that's for sure. I think I'm just got back the length I cut last year. Well, it's OK. It is barely September. I'm not expecting apl by December. I hope I'm close enough to grazing apl by April 7th of next year though.

I need to get proper applicator bottles if I'm going to keep trying diy products. So far, I just want to buy ready made products.

PlainJane said:

I'm pretty sure I have some kind of knock off flexi rods. These things barely bend and won't stay in my head.
Where do you all buy yours from?

Its so hard cutting back on direct heat.

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Stick in there! Lol.

To avoid direct heat, I'm wearing wigs. Before my wigs, I was wearing braids... before my braids lol. I was wearing braid outs or twist outs and pinned it up with banana clips. I love those things. I wear my hair like that instead of putting it in a ponytail

I love a good banana clip. I don't use hair bands either.

Prettymetty said:

I have got to figure out a quick , gentle and painless way to detangle my hair without ripping it out. Last wash day was a disaster... I was literally in tears and frustrated. I shouldn't have washed my hair loose.

I think I'll skip the shampoo next time and just cowash. I will let yall know how it goes.

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I prepoo with coconut oil and hello hydration. I detangle with that on it and twist up that section. I wash in sections as well. I finger detangle exclusively so I can feel any knots or anything. This helps me gently detangle. I only do my hair when I have time to do it as it takes me about 45 min.

I clarify about once every other month. I don't use cones,mineral oil or anything like that. My clarifier is ors creamy Aloe. I also use this b/c we have hard water and even though I have a shower filter I still chelate with this poo to.make sure that any mineral deposits aren't stopping me from reaching my goals.

Thanks @ajargon02. I think I need to clarify. My leave in is Anti humidity and full of cones. It's hard to even wash off my hands so I know it's causing buildup on my strands.

I keep putting off washing my hair, but seriously I will do it today.

Man , this isis bs202 is my stinking favorite wig. Out of all the wigs I bought, this one is the best. I love it. It's perfect. I need a million more. This red color is perfect on me too

Much needed hot oil treatment with coconut oil while handling business around the house. Not sure what I want to do next though...

Clarifying worked wonders for my hair. I lathered twice and then put a generous amount of Loreal Damage Erasing balm for 3 minutes. My hair was so easy to detangle tonight and there was minimal breakage/shedding.

Surprisingly the Suave Daily clarifying shampoo didn't make my hair feel stripped or squeaky clean. I will clarify again in 2 weeks. Unless I give up cones I will have to clarify at least once a month.

So I just came to the realization that big hair looks so much better on me than straight hair. I think I straighten because it's easy to style.

My hair didn't do so well using hair dew and BSP combo daily so I'm going to buy coconut oil tomorrow and try that this week instead.

Something I'm doing is causing me to have a lot of single stranded knots. I think it's from flat ironing my hair without it being completely stretched first-- my ends curl up so tight. It's frustrating because I just trimmed my hair a few weeks ago to get rid of them.

It's a big goal but I would like to give up direct heat for the rest of the year.

This will be my last week with the box braids, I made it two months. I'm just waiting on my Heaven wig to get here and then I can take a quick update pic and back to my wigs

Sleeping in my DC tonight out of sheer laziness. I dusted today. My hair is coming along. The very back could be APL by the end of the year, but the rest has a ways to go. I will clay wash in the morning, and rebraid in prep for my wig.

Doing a henna indigo 2-step process today to cover my grays and keep my black color. Hair is still silky smooth after my TU and showing signs of improved porosity. Still wearing wigs everyday to work (I'm hooked, lol!). I will also use my split ender this weekend too. I will need to do a light flat iron for that so prob do a length check.