from NeckLENGTH to beyond WaistLENGTH! :)

[AngelEyez]

This haircare journey has been an interesting one for me, I never thought I could live without my black gel, relaxers, and spritz!

I found LHCF in 2008 and decided to go natural the very next day. I had to grow to love my texture, I didn't have soft ringlet curls like my father or a shiny butter soft mane like my mother. While transitioning my grandmother always mentioned that "I needed to take better care of myself" (aka. "why would you walk out the house without your hair "not done")..

But to make a long story short, I ignored the urge to return to the crack, ignored the negative comments, and continued to learn to love my hair. And in return it loved me back.

Now on to the pictures.... 2008-PRESENT
STARTING POINT: NL
MY GOAL IN 2008: BSL
CURRENT GOAL: HipLength and beyond

THEN:

JANUARY 2011:

NOW:

Ponytail THEN:

Ponytail NOW:

FRESHLY colored hair:

Grown out Color:

TRANSITIONING STYLES & RANDOM TEXTURE SHOTS:

Thank you for viewing ladies!

 

[nappystorm]

Wow!! Great progress!

 

[Simply_elle]

Wow wow!!!!!!

Good job!!!! Your hair is beautiful, and amazing progress!!! I love the "hairbow" up-do It's

Thanks for sharing

 

[Moonpie8]

WAY to grow!! Tremedous progress and healthy beautiful hair!!

 

[bride91501]

AMAZING progress chile .....what's your reggie??

 

[sweetlaughter]

your hair looks amazing. i'm so happy for your progress!

 

[HE_Blesses_MY_Tresses]

#1, I love the short, sweet and straight to the point intro about your history, no 10 paragraph bio and tons of pics, just like we love....
#2, you are super adorable with that kitty!!!
#3, Please dont think you are getting out of this thread without posting your regemine.
#4, I LOVE the quick descision to go natural...ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!

THANKS!!!!

 

[reeko43]

That is so inspiring to me! Your hair looks gorgeous!!

 

[EllePixie]

Well excuse me! Get it, girl! Awesome progress.

 

[hairedity]

Beautiful hair, awesome growth & retention!!! What was the top thing(s) you would say attributed to such amazing retention? Did you do a lot of protective styling?

 

[prettynatural]

beautiful hair in great retention!

Sent from my SCH-I400 using SCH-I400

 

[AngelEyez]

AMAZING progress chile .....what's your reggie??

thank you EVERYONE, you gals sure know how to make a girl smile

My regimen in the beginning was extremely convoluted. I was an extreme product junkie, wanted to try everything at least ONCE, MN on scalp, all different types of products and gels and creams and potions...

But now I keep it sweet and simple:
I wash every other week with either diluted black soap or suave clarifying shampoo.

I condition with whatever I have laying around the house (eggs, glycerin, silk amino acids, coconut oil), slab it on in sections, braid it and leave on overnight. I have a color applicator bottle I fill with pure aloe vera and a few drop of teatree/pepperment and use that on my scalp. It feels SO refreshing, I love it Plus, it stopped my dandruff COMPLETELY.

and then I style the next morning, either straightened or in its' natural state, depending on my mood.. (I love Redken smooth down heat glide for my heat protectant)

I'm not a no-heat nazi, I wear my hair down 85-90% of the time..I haven't had a stylist touch my hair since the beginning of my journey, self-trim time has become theraputic for me

Charmeuse silk scarf at night, no brushing, very limited combing..That's pretty much it... Thank you for asking!

 

[AngelEyez]

Beautiful hair, awesome growth & retention!!! What was the top thing(s) you would say attributed to such amazing retention? Did you do a lot of protective styling?

Thanks hairedity

The things that I feel attributed to my growth and retention are learning my hair, meaning i stopped piling anything and everything on it. I had a bad habit of reading a review and jumping in my car to purchase whatever product was mentioned. Now I just stick with what works for me.

I do my own trims and I check my ends regularly. I don't have pretty flowy layers and my hair may not be cut into a style but my ends are split-free and I don't have salon regret from feeling like a stylist cut more than what was needed.

But I feel like my thirst has contributed to my recent growth spurt (I got an 1" last month)..Meaning, my water intake has been RIDICULOUS! I drink close to a gallon a day now. My hair, body, and health LOVES it

Thank you again for your question!

 

[ms.blue]

Amazing progress. NL-WL is just amazing in three years.

 

[NaturalBoss]

Your progress is ridiculous! Thanks for sharing.

Ok, you've got me motivated. If I can get to WL by December 2011, I will have went from NL to WL in 3 years also. Wow! You are so inspiring.

 

[greenandchic]

Great progress and beautiful hair. Keep up the good work!

 

[Aireen]

Dreams do come true! Inspirational progress!

 

[LushLox]

Wow, amazing progress! Well done!

 

[Myjourney2009]

WOW!!!

I'm going to try that aloe with tea tree oil for my DD I already use something with tea tree but hey it cant hurt to try this

 

[Lucia]

I think it's safe to say you've reached your goal of HL
Congratz your hair is gorgeous

 

[melissa-bee]

Gorgeous hair

 

[appplecidder]

Your hair is so pretty.. I love how you stated you stopped jumping on every bandwagon and found what works for you. Great retention..

 

[Etherealsmile]

Your progress is jaw-dropping, thanks for sharing!!!

 

[Janet']

Your hair is lovely!!! And, your progress is awesome!!!!

 

[Platinum]

Great progress! Congratulations!

 

[Nix08]

That's down right gorgeous

 

[bride91501]

thank you EVERYONE, you gals sure know how to make a girl smile

My regimen in the beginning was extremely convoluted. I was an extreme product junkie, wanted to try everything at least ONCE, MN on scalp, all different types of products and gels and creams and potions...

But now I keep it sweet and simple:
I wash every other week with either diluted black soap or suave clarifying shampoo.

I condition with whatever I have laying around the house (eggs, glycerin, silk amino acids, coconut oil), slab it on in sections, braid it and leave on overnight. I have a color applicator bottle I fill with pure aloe vera and a few drop of teatree/pepperment and use that on my scalp. It feels SO refreshing, I love it Plus, it stopped my dandruff COMPLETELY.

and then I style the next morning, either straightened or in its' natural state, depending on my mood.. (I love Redken smooth down heat glide for my heat protectant)

I'm not a no-heat nazi, I wear my hair down 85-90% of the time..I haven't had a stylist touch my hair since the beginning of my journey, self-trim time has become theraputic for me

Charmeuse silk scarf at night, no brushing, very limited combing..That's pretty much it... Thank you for asking!

I swear.....KISS proves itself to be the real deal every time! Congrats again- your progress is truly inspiring

 

[Vintagecoilylocks]

Very very inspiring.

Its good to see how you quickly over came any mental blocks on your texture and got to the task of caring for your hair. Fabulous results.

congrats and keep growing!

 

[NuBraveHeart]

beautiful hair, beautiful progress, beautiful lady! thanks so much for sharing that story with us. i'm on a path to keep it simple myself. congratulations!

 

[naturalagain2]

Wow this gives me so much hope!