Hip Length 2011!! Let's do this!!
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wyldcurlz
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@BostonMaria - i haven't even unpacked my Pibbs yet and it might be a good idea since its sooo cold and i feel like wash-n-go's will leave me with pneumonia. how often would you normally straighten/rollerset under your Pibbs?
its very cold and i'm still rocking summertime wet curly ponys or 2nd day curly buns. no cold yet...i'll be expecting pneumonia any day now.
its very cold and i'm still rocking summertime wet curly ponys or 2nd day curly buns. no cold yet...i'll be expecting pneumonia any day now.
NJoy
Here I grow again!
So I just straightened and I won't be straightening again until January probably because it took entirely TOO long to wash, DC, detangle, braid up to air dry, detangle again, and flat iron...so yeah this won't be a frequent thing. I tried to trim into a v shape using feye's method but....yeah it's not much of a v but oh well I'm not fixing it until I straighten again lol
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AFTER
Will I make it to hip? IDK! My brother just told me today this is as long as it's gonna get because I'm BLACK! Yes he's seen all the pics of other ladies lol I hope I'm can make hip by next Christmas!
Girl, I'll bet that was a lot of work! Wowwee!! You did an awesome job. (I'm not looking forward to doing the same) It's so thick, long and healthy. You'll definitely make hip by next Christmas. Pop your brother upside the head. He doesn't know what he's talking about.
Lucia
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I'm wearing it straightened with some waves from large pincurls. then it will be back up in a PS once the holidays are over.
wyldcurlz
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So I just straightened and I won't be straightening again until January probably because it took entirely TOO long to wash, DC, detangle, braid up to air dry, detangle again, and flat iron...so yeah this won't be a frequent thing. I tried to trim into a v shape using feye's method but....yeah it's not much of a v but oh well I'm not fixing it until I straighten again lol
BEFORE
AFTER
Will I make it to hip? IDK! My brother just told me today this is as long as it's gonna get because I'm BLACK! Yes he's seen all the pics of other ladies lol I hope I'm can make hip by next Christmas!
beautiful! keep doing what your doing! ...and punch your brother in the gut for me.
Lovelylife
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Beautiful!So I just straightened and I won't be straightening again until January probably because it took entirely TOO long to wash, DC, detangle, braid up to air dry, detangle again, and flat iron...so yeah this won't be a frequent thing. I tried to trim into a v shape using feye's method but....yeah it's not much of a v but oh well I'm not fixing it until I straighten again lol
BEFORE
AFTER
Will I make it to hip? IDK! My brother just told me today this is as long as it's gonna get because I'm BLACK! Yes he's seen all the pics of other ladies lol I hope I'm can make hip by next Christmas!
Lovelylife
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I'll be purchasing some MSM this week. If I make it near to hip length I'll be amazed.
LaFemmeNaturelle
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Well with one month of this year and 12 months of next year, you can make it Janet!!!! We all can!
Question: does everyone have a solid regimen or are you ladies still switching techniques/products around?
Im kind of toying with the idea of deep conditioning bi-weekly and using cones again. I stopped dcing about a tear ago because I felt it did nothing for me and I was tired of being a pj trying to find the perfect dc. But before I straigtened, I dc'd with half Tresemme moisture rich and half se mega cholesterol andy hair was so easy to comb through it was amazing! So I think ill start doing it twice a month and hopefully it will actually give me the benefits of a dc other than slippery soft hair.
Hope everyone has a wonderful and peaceful thanksgiving!
Question: does everyone have a solid regimen or are you ladies still switching techniques/products around?
Im kind of toying with the idea of deep conditioning bi-weekly and using cones again. I stopped dcing about a tear ago because I felt it did nothing for me and I was tired of being a pj trying to find the perfect dc. But before I straigtened, I dc'd with half Tresemme moisture rich and half se mega cholesterol andy hair was so easy to comb through it was amazing! So I think ill start doing it twice a month and hopefully it will actually give me the benefits of a dc other than slippery soft hair.
Hope everyone has a wonderful and peaceful thanksgiving!
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BostonMaria
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I have a solid regimen of DCing every week, oil treatments every 2 weeks, protective styling, and rollersetting and/or curly ponytails. My hair is healthy. What I'm finding is that it takes longer to do. I want hip length hair so I'll have to get over it.
I've been working 60+ hours a week and it doesn't help that I work from home 90% of the time so that's why I've been a little lazy lately. Or maybe it's just that my PJism is long gone plus my regimen is super simple compared to years past that I think I'm being lazy.
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NJoy
Here I grow again!
I want to say that I'm gonna go hard for the rest of the year but, I'm definitely hair lazy and giving myself permission to just coast. There's so much going on with the holidays and year-end work stuff that I'm barely doing anything to my hair. I wish I could say I have it in braids or something and am just ignoring it but, please. My hair might be in whatever style I slept in and under a scarf most of the day. I'm taking hair lazy to the extreme. Especially since the kids are off school for the week. The few times that I've left the house was in a scarf. 
I'm considering doing twists but, I've been considering that for days and haven't gotten around to it yet. Besides, I don't even know if I'd do them right. Am I just taking two strands and twisting them? And is the twist going forward or backwards? And am I braiding the ends? Can someone help a sista out. I need a lazy style with no extra hair for awhile.
Haven't been wearing my half wig. And my 17 wks post ng is beyound trying to bun. Can't rollerset. And flat ironing my roots is out (might as well admit it to myself). Um...help.
I'm considering doing twists but, I've been considering that for days and haven't gotten around to it yet. Besides, I don't even know if I'd do them right. Am I just taking two strands and twisting them? And is the twist going forward or backwards? And am I braiding the ends? Can someone help a sista out. I need a lazy style with no extra hair for awhile.Haven't been wearing my half wig. And my 17 wks post ng is beyound trying to bun. Can't rollerset. And flat ironing my roots is out (might as well admit it to myself). Um...help.
Lucia
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Janet
You can make it just go hard w the moisture oils and PS so u can retain max length
Even if you get close to HL that's plenty of growth in 1 year.
La femme
Your hair looks good keep doing what your doing dust when you need to only
And you can make it to HL. Btw tell your bro to ge off the hateraide cause u got this.
You can make it just go hard w the moisture oils and PS so u can retain max length
Even if you get close to HL that's plenty of growth in 1 year.
La femme
Your hair looks good keep doing what your doing dust when you need to only
And you can make it to HL. Btw tell your bro to ge off the hateraide cause u got this.
Lucia
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Janet
You can make it just go hard w the moisture oils and PS so u can retain max length
Even if you get close to HL that's plenty of growth in 1 year.
La femme
Your hair looks good keep doing what your doing dust when you need to only
And you can make it to HL. Btw tell your bro to ge off the hateraide cause u got this.
You can make it just go hard w the moisture oils and PS so u can retain max length
Even if you get close to HL that's plenty of growth in 1 year.
La femme
Your hair looks good keep doing what your doing dust when you need to only
And you can make it to HL. Btw tell your bro to ge off the hateraide cause u got this.
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wyldcurlz
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i DON'T have a set regimen. i'm not really switching products much, its more that i'm just not doing anything. i CW every few days and then either wear a wash-n-go or pull back 2nd day hair into a bun.
the problem is - it tangles so badly! if its not wet, its tangled and it feels dry!
i'd LOVE to hear everyone's regimen and what they're doing that's working (or what wasn't working?) i really need to figure out something.
...especially you @NJoy with allllll that growth in less than 1 year! i really wanna know what you did!
Don't feel bad, NJoy (sidebar: your hair is so pretty and thick)! I'm just coasting through the next 5-6 mos wit my hair braided beneath wigs. I'm def. hair lazy as well...my hair is not hard to manage but I have low energy due to anemia...and I just do the minimum to keep it growing and keep breakage at bay. This is probably why I prefer wigs or braids...I don't have to worry about daily styling or weekly manipulation (washing, etc) to make my hair look presentable.
I CW/wash with diluted shampoo n condition in braids every other wk...moisturize and oil scalp every other night or every 3 days...and thas abt it. I rebraid when the braids get too fuzzy. Right now, I just can't get into having a heavy regimen. I have too much work in class! lawd I can't wait to be done
I CW/wash with diluted shampoo n condition in braids every other wk...moisturize and oil scalp every other night or every 3 days...and thas abt it. I rebraid when the braids get too fuzzy. Right now, I just can't get into having a heavy regimen. I have too much work in class!
lawd I can't wait to be done
NJoy
Here I grow again!
Girl, my main reggie is in my blog but, right about now, I'm hair lazy like a mug. I'm 17 wks post and am pretty much in the same boat as you. I cowash every few days, moisturize, seal, put my hair in 2-4 braids, pin those babies up. That's about all I can do with it. To go out, I cover it with my half wig or a decorative scarf. Either way, there's a baggy underneath it all so, I rarely see my hair completely dry at any point. Yep. Hair lazy is where I am now. Hoping that will change soon.
I hear that! I started this braids beneath wigs thing consistently last fall when I was getting a lot of NG and didn't want to have to style that mess or show it to the public in its unkempt-looking state.
I did 2-4 "Celie" plaits (cuz I didn't master cornrowing my own hair til this fall)...moisturized em, pinned them back, wig cap, and slapped on a wig if I had to go out. Mostly, I'm a homebody, so I have on a scarf or satin stretch cap (like dudes wear for their waves) at home. At home that bad boy (wig) is off (unless I have company), and I have no shame in my game!
I'm so happy and carefree abt this hair thing these days after putting in so much wrk in for yrs maintaining hair cuts, color, relaxers, going to salons. It's VERY refreshing to be so low-maintenance since I'm a DIY-er and do it all myself. Its too much work to flat-iron this mess every other week! Takes 2.5-3hrs to straighten, plus abt 45 mins to effectively wash n condition. Uh, no...not happening here, and don't even mention a rollerset...haven't done one in abt 5 yrs. Drying time is over 1.5 hrs, and about 45 mins to roll it! I used to do that EVERY WK on BSL hair but naw...these days I have too much else to do, and a lil' one who takes up most of my time!
When my hair is HL, I will just wear a bun, pony, single braid, or braidout pinned up...as for wearing it down...I won't be straightening as it takes too long and my hair is very soft...sucks up moisture in the air and reverts easily no matter what serum is used. However, I need to try some Sabino Moisture Block the next time I need to press for a special occasion.
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NJoy
Here I grow again!
I hear that! I started this braids beneath wigs thing consistently last fall when I was getting a lot of NG and didn't want to have to style that mess or show it to the public in its unkempt-looking state.
Mostly, I'm a homebody, so I have on a scarf or satin stretch cap (like dudes wear for their waves) at home. At home that bad boy (wig) is off (unless I have company), and I have no shame in my game!
It's VERY refreshing to be so low-maintenance since I'm a DIY-er and do it all myself. Its too much work to flat-iron this mess every other week! Takes 2.5-3hrs to straighten, plus abt 45 mins to effectively wash n condition. Uh, no...not happening here, and don't even mention a rollerset...haven't done one in abt 5 yrs. Drying time is over 1.5 hrs, and about 45 mins to roll it! I used to do that EVERY WK on BSL hair but naw...these days I have too much else to do, and a lil' one who takes up most of my time!
When my hair is HL, I will just wear a bun, pony, single braid, or braidout pinned up...as for wearing it down...I won't be straightening as it takes too long and my hair is very soft...sucks up moisture in the air and reverts easily no matter what serum is used. However, I need to try some Sabino Moisture Block the next time I need to press for a special occasion.
Exactly!!!
Exactly.
LaFemmeNaturelle
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That's me ALL day! IDK why I let these women on this board trick me into buying sabino thinking it would actually prevent my hair from reverting. I even considered using it in the summer but I didnt because I'm not THAT crazy. But yeah, my flat iron lasted 1 day bone straight, the next day it had gotten a little poofy and people asked why didn't I re-flat iron but I still wore it down. Day 3, one side is way too poofy to wear down so I wore a high ponytail today. My hopes were up so high lol oh well. Such is life
Lucia
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Question: does everyone have a solid regimen or are you ladies still switching techniques/products around?
I'm not making any big changes to my regimen actually I'm following the same plan that got me WL the 1st time except I'm PS-ing instead of install weaves. I already know the products that are good for my hair and what works so I'm sticking to that.
I'm not making any big changes to my regimen actually I'm following the same plan that got me WL the 1st time except I'm PS-ing instead of install weaves. I already know the products that are good for my hair and what works so I'm sticking to that.
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Lucia
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Natural (flat ironed) Hip-spriation!
YouTube - Flatironed NATURAL "hair porn"
YouTube - Flatironed NATURAL "hair porn"
Janet'
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Thanks Ladies!!!! I needed the encouragement!!! I am definitely going to go HARD in 2011 and @Lucia, you are so right- even if I get close to HL...That will be phenomenal growth and that's what I am going to focus on!!!
I am still trying to tweak my regimen, but so far, I know that I will wash every 7-10 days, deep condition every other wash, deep moisturize pre-poo every other wash, do a hard protein treatment every 6-8 weeks and keep my hair in low-manipulation and protective styling...Wash and go's work well for me (moisturizing with water, evoo, and Mixed Chicks leave in conditioner), but now that my hair is hanging a little more, I have been wearing it up off my shoulders. I would like to start incorporating hair sticks into my routine because I don't want to cause breakage.
@Lucia: Thanks for LHDC "hair porn"...I needed that inspiration, too!
I am still trying to tweak my regimen, but so far, I know that I will wash every 7-10 days, deep condition every other wash, deep moisturize pre-poo every other wash, do a hard protein treatment every 6-8 weeks and keep my hair in low-manipulation and protective styling...Wash and go's work well for me (moisturizing with water, evoo, and Mixed Chicks leave in conditioner), but now that my hair is hanging a little more, I have been wearing it up off my shoulders. I would like to start incorporating hair sticks into my routine because I don't want to cause breakage.
@Lucia: Thanks for LHDC "hair porn"...I needed that inspiration, too!
Lucia
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i DON'T have a set regimen. i'm not really switching products much, its more that i'm just not doing anything. i CW every few days and then either wear a wash-n-go or pull back 2nd day hair into a bun.
the problem is - it tangles so badly! if its not wet, its tangled and it feels dry!
i'd LOVE to hear everyone's regimen and what they're doing that's working (or what wasn't working?) i really need to figure out something.
...especially you @NJoy with allllll that growth in less than 1 year! i really wanna know what you did!
You sound like you have a regimen at least the Basics
There's a WL regimen thread I has almost everyone who's made WL except the new WLs who haven't posted yet.
Lucia
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That's me ALL day! IDK why I let these women on this board trick me into buying sabino thinking it would actually prevent my hair from reverting. I even considered using it in the summer but I didnt because I'm not THAT crazy. But yeah, my flat iron lasted 1 day bone straight, the next day it had gotten a little poofy and people asked why didn't I re-flat iron but I still wore it down. Day 3, one side is way too poofy to wear down so I wore a high ponytail today. My hopes were up so high lol oh well. Such is life
Sounds like you may need some cerimide oils and/or Roux porosity control.
I was having those issues after that bad bkt experience I used RPC and it fixed that. Hth
BostonMaria
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So I dyed my hair this weekend. Its a hot mess. I am in the process of looking for a salon to correct it LOL
Don't worry, my hair is fine
Don't worry, my hair is fine
LaFemmeNaturelle
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Thanks! I used ceramides most of this year but I stopped a few weeks ago. I doubt RPC will do anything because I'm a scalp sweater but next time I straighten I will use my French Perm Stabilizer as a final conditioner since it is very acidic. MY hair also didn't revert all the way it was just more poofier than I would have liked but I got used to it. I actually wore it down the next day and the days after. I would post a pic but ya'll are probably tired of my pics lol I'll post it in my album for anyone who is interested.
ETA: I actually still use ceramides. I forgot. I used to seal with sunflower oil but that's what I stopped doing. I still use sunflower oil in my diluted shampoo, which is Nexxus Therappe. That has ceramides. I also use GVP anti-snap after I shampoo which also has ceramides but the final acidic rinse could be what I'm lacking so I will try it.
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NJoy
Here I grow again!
Uh oh. What color did you do?
LaFemmeNaturelle
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lol wat color
Lucia
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I need to hurry up and texlax. I'm starting to struggle with this ng. And it has me wondering if I'm going to be able to handle hl hair. That's a lot of hair. I'll see how I feel after this texlax but, is anyone else feeling like "whoa"?
No I don't feel that too mch hair thing yet maybe when I reach HL but I doubt it cause I have hairanorexia.
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