Waist Length 2013

[SmilingElephant]

I am natural, no color, fine hair.

Hair Regime
Onion mask every other day
Oil rinse every other day
co wash every other day
Kimmaytube leave in daily, seal with Shima oil

Nighttime
Shea butter mix on hair
potion on scalp
scalp massage
Baggy

Any tips on how to have more moisture in the hair and stop breakage/SSK is appreciated

How often do you thoroughly detangle AND thoroughly get rid of shed hairs??

 

[faithVA]

Seamonster[/USER];14090829]I am natural, no color, fine hair.

Hair Regime
Onion mask every other day
Oil rinse every other day
co wash every other day
Kimmaytube leave in daily, seal with Shima oil

Nighttime
Shea butter mix on hair
potion on scalp
scalp massage
Baggy

Any tips on how to have more moisture in the hair and stop breakage/SSK is appreciated

Have you considered reducing your cowashing to 2x a week putting your hair up and just leaving it alone? Your doing a lot to your hair every day. Because if you cowash today then you must be doing something to it tomorrow, then cowashing again the day after that. Some people can do it but have you tried giving your hair more breaks in between?

Not sure why your ends would be dry since you cowash every other day, unless your ends are out all day and you aren't sealing them.

 

[Nix08]

Just popping in to say I'm still enjoying my hair The silica strengthening conditioner that I use whenever I wet my hair really is adding strength ... I love it

 

[Seamonster]

How often do you thoroughly detangle AND thoroughly get rid of shed hairs??

Maybe once a month because it takes a long time.

 

[Seamonster]

Have you considered reducing your cowashing to 2x a week putting your hair up and just leaving it alone? Your doing a lot to your hair every day. Because if you cowash today then you must be doing something to it tomorrow, then cowashing again the day after that. Some people can do it but have you tried giving your hair more breaks in between?

Not sure why your ends would be dry since you cowash every other day, unless your ends are out all day and you aren't sealing them.

My ends are out. It is too hot to go without the wash, I am sweating, and my head starts itching. I seal, but my hair just drinks the sealers up. I didn't baggy last night because I was trying to look cute for my guy, and my hair feels like cotton. I am going to seal with a coco butter mix and see if that works.

 

[silenttullip]

So I g2 go back to my Everyday Shea shampoo and evoo/euv prepoo
otherwise I end up washing every 3 days ew lol
On the good side there is growth taking place.
I'm due for a s&d/dusting for mid sept I'll take pics

 

[Shadiyah]

So last nite i took time out to shampoo, detangle/deshed AND deep condition my hair....i notice its time to thoroughly detangle my hair when i start seeing little knots of hair forming at the end of my curls....and it usually starts happening around day 3 or 4 when i haven't detangled...so...i did that last nite and my hair feels SO happy!

I have been using the Mixed Silk almost exclusively for my daily styling...i'm ALWAYS on the run especially with my newfangled busy schedule and i don't have to take 10 minutes to rake gel and stuff through my hair....with the Mixed Silk i just co wash with my Suave,finger comb, and then rinse all of that out and slap the Mixed Silk in....i wear my hair in a puff or a curly fro and be on my way...sometimes i put my EcoStyler on my edges...but thats what i do on the daily now....so i think i'm gonna get more of it...and it defines my curls just perfectly...the only reason i'm keeping the Eco in rotation is because it gives weight to my hair in the front and makes it lay down more when i wear it down.

I discovered they sell the Suela y Canela deep conditioner in the big BSS i like to go to...so i don't have to order it online anymore!!! YAY!! In fact i used it last nite....the Mixed Silk Deep conditioner is amazing too...i want the whole line now!!...i don't have the shampoo.

well that all sounds great!!!! I don't have the shampoo either because I don't use shampoo that much I still have a whole bottle of the mixed chicks shampoo..

but what I wanted to post was I have found now that I don't need those curl products for my hair anymore unless I want to. I co wash with the TR Salon conditioner that I gave a review about which I found at the dollar tree. I hope they have some more when my grandfather and I go there on thursday because I brought about 5 bottles and gave my daughter and mom one. I want to be stocked up because I can not stand the VO5 and Sauve on my hair. well I use that and then while my hair is wet I put the hairveda whipped creme ends hydration in it I was using it as a leave in conditioner but once my hair drys I have curls like I like nice and loose and looks like I did a rollerset and then I use the eco styler on my edges just so my whole head looks smoother. I am loving it I also am still using the JBCO for growth and I can tell you between that and the strong root I have gotten alot of growth just don't know a number yet. I just know that when I am in the shower my hair is hangin on my back loving it!!!!! I have been baggin most nights and putting my henna in every 2 weeks or so I want to do it more now. well I just did my mom hair today so I will be posting pictures in a min as soon as I finish cleaning up the water from this storm..

 

[SingBrina]

Just popping in too, still in a weave... It's been a month now.... One more month and I'm taking it out and reduing it. Going to wash it and retighten it today.... Hope that my hair is past the top line of the dress below... We shall see

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[LilMissSunshine5]

I blowdried my hair from being soaking wet for the first time since I BC'ed! Maybe bc I put in 14 braids first & then blow dried on warm heat, it went very well...only took me 30 minutes to finish my whole head Then, I did 2 strand twists on my dry, stretched hair...YAY! I am leaving them in until Tuesday/Wednesday & then wearing a twistout for the rest of the week For ladies who use blowdryers, how often do you use them? I am on a low heat regimen (I've only used direct heat/flatiron 2x this yr). My goal is 4x/year...but I don't know how damaging blowdrying would be, I just want more length in my styles

 

[Minty]

I need to henna but am not feeling it right now, hopefully I'll do it today -

Chelate shampoo
Air dry
Henna
co-wash with HV Amala
DC with Kerastase

On Thurs. I'll do a deep moisture pre-treatment, BKT w/QOD Gold and trim my hair. (atleast that's the plan)

 

[Nix08]

Going to do a simple DC and co wash today...I can't believe August is over already

 

[SmilingElephant]

Hey ladies!!

So get this....i had my sister to stretch my hair the other nite...on a whim...to see how long it really is...i had her stretch the nape....and the verdict is...

I am 1-1 1/2 inches away from APL!!:woohoo:....but i can't show ya right now...bc i am in the HYH Challenge....so come December we shall see if i actually make APL....i'm SO excited!

 

[NikkiQ]

This must've been stretch weekend b/c I too did a stretch test,but to the front this time. I've never pulled my nape over my shoulder before so I gave it a shot Saturday and whatdoya know??? It was past my collarbone and VERY close to my arm pit. Maybe pulling it to the front is throwing me off a bit, but I'll take it!! Hopefully by the end of the year I can make some movement towards APL. SOOOO stoked!

 

[nakialovesshoes]

Hey ladies!!

So get this....i had my sister to stretch my hair the other nite...on a whim...to see how long it really is...i had her stretch the nape....and the verdict is...

I am 1-1 1/2 inches away from APL!!:woohoo:....but i can't show ya right now...bc i am in the HYH Challenge....so come December we shall see if i actually make APL....i'm SO excited!

This must've been stretch weekend b/c I too did a stretch test,but to the front this time. I've never pulled my nape over my shoulder before so I gave it a shot Saturday and whatdoya know??? It was past my collarbone and VERY close to my arm pit. Maybe pulling it to the front is throwing me off a bit, but I'll take it!! Hopefully by the end of the year I can make some movement towards APL. SOOOO stoked!

Even though I'm going to have to gradually chop this chemical off, I'm at the same point as you two. My hair is about midways between my collarbone & my armpit.

ETA: Actually it's closer to my armpit, really close.

 

[SmilingElephant]

This must've been stretch weekend b/c I too did a stretch test,but to the front this time. I've never pulled my nape over my shoulder before so I gave it a shot Saturday and whatdoya know??? It was past my collarbone and VERY close to my arm pit. Maybe pulling it to the front is throwing me off a bit, but I'll take it!! Hopefully by the end of the year I can make some movement towards APL. SOOOO stoked!

This is what i had been doing....but i had her to pull it from the back...and she makes sure i'm holding my head up right....but it was closer to APL than when i pull it in the front.

***sidenote*** i don't see how these chicks come in this refridgerator of a library rockin booty shorts!!....lawd

But yeah...i guess it is stretch week

 

[SmilingElephant]

Sooooo....i'm trying to decide still...if i wanna keep my Blogspotblog or my OnSugar blog....OnSugar has a lot of different features but takes a lot of getting used to...Blogspot is user friendly...but...idk....it doesn't have the cute picture effects like on OnSugar.

I'm trying to decide where i'm gonna post next

 

[silenttullip]

I like ur on sugar one... It's prettier than a regular blogspot BUT blogspot may be easier for seo I'm not completely sure though

 

[Shadiyah]

something is going on with my hair. I don't know what it is but it is not feeling very soft and bouncy like it was. I think I will go back to plaiting just in case don't want a set back with my length.

 

[ImanAdero]

I'm gonna turn my twists into braids. They just last longer and I can co wash when in braids.

I could co wash in twists but I feel like my hair will just get REALLY tangled if I do that.

That's the next hair plan.

Oh! I did a random Dusting the other day. I hope I didn't take too much off

 

[SmilingElephant]

something is going on with my hair. I don't know what it is but it is not feeling very soft and bouncy like it was. I think I will go back to plaiting just in case don't want a set back with my length.

Have you tried clarifying?....i hope you don't have a setback.

 

[Nix08]

^^ I was just coming in here to recommend clarifying too

 

[silenttullip]

Thirding clarifying, followed by a good dc, splashed with an acv rinse, and topped off with a nice moisturize & seal maybe

 

[Shadiyah]

Have you tried clarifying?....i hope you don't have a setback.

well I just did a acv rinse this morning but I think I have to get some shampoo because the only thing I have is the creme of nature with green top that has no saulfate in it??? is that one??

 

[Shadiyah]

does anyone know if henna really is like doing a protein treatment? that is the only thing that I can think of that I changed... I started to do more in a month when I was only doing once a month and it was just great and no other protien because my hair can not stand protien and my hair is feeling just like it did when I got protein overload.

 

[Shadiyah]

does anyone know if henna really is like doing a protein treatment? that is the only thing that I can think of that I changed... I started to do more in a month when I was only doing once a month and it was just great and no other protien because my hair can not stand protien and my hair is feeling just like it did when I got protein overload.

Oh wait the other thing that is new is that conditioner I got from the dollar store called TR salon which is suppose to be like Tresseme

Ingreditents:
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[silenttullip]

Yep I was thinking u had overload too because of the dryness... That's why I think a moisturizing dc (aohsr, silk elements moisture, nuetrogena triple moisture etc) after a clarifying shampoo (something cheap even would work suave clarifying or vo5 kiwi lime or vanilla mint, or if you like bigger prices try nexxus aloe rid or paul mitchell one two or three, also ors creamy aloe is clarifying but won't leave hair stripped) would get you back into shape and then moisturizing and sealing in that moisture.
For me I still have only used henna once and after I rinsed my hair felt like I did a hard protein "never good for me" so I assume if you usually don't work with protein that using henna more frequently may act similar.
You probably know what I mean but that's all I could think of unless you have hard water if that's the case it could be mineral build up and a clarifying would still fix it.

does anyone know if henna really is like doing a protein treatment? that is the only thing that I can think of that I changed... I started to do more in a month when I was only doing once a month and it was just great and no other protien because my hair can not stand protien and my hair is feeling just like it did when I got protein overload.

 

[Shadiyah]

Yep I was thinking u had overload too because of the dryness... That's why I think a moisturizing dc (aohsr, silk elements moisture, nuetrogena triple moisture etc) after a clarifying shampoo (something cheap even would work suave clarifying or vo5 kiwi lime or vanilla mint, or if you like bigger prices try nexxus aloe rid or paul mitchell one two or three, also ors creamy aloe is clarifying but won't leave hair stripped) would get you back into shape and then moisturizing and sealing in that moisture.
For me I still have only used henna once and after I rinsed my hair felt like I did a hard protein "never good for me" so I assume if you usually don't work with protein that using henna more frequently may act similar.
You probably know what I mean but that's all I could think of unless you have hard water if that's the case it could be mineral build up and a clarifying would still fix it.

You may be right because my hair didn't feel like it normally does after I henna. and I don't have a protien regi at all I may use a conditioner like every other or every 2 months. I was hoping it wasn't the new condtioner I got from dollar tree because I was buying them out lol. I have 4 bottles now and going tomorrow for more if they have any lol.

I just remembered I have a pack of rainwash in there which removes all those things you are talking about from your hair I will do it now and take the list with me to the store tomorrow and pick one up.

 

[Shadiyah]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to thank you ladies so much. I put that morrocan oil intense in my hair and my hair is BACK I MEAN BACK BABY!!!! oh it was worth every penny.

 

[Kerryann]

well i washed and str8ened today just to see what i was working with and im growing slowly but surely i cant wait to get my braids tomorrow i cant wait

 

[afrochique]

Slowly inching toward BSL. I haven't used heat in about 2 months and I will be stretching my relaxer to the end of the year. HHG!