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Put my hair in small twists (it actually looks like I have extensions funny enough).

I'm about to start putting a castor oil mix in my hair because I have this one patch I broken hair, it's probably about a half inch long and I have no idea when it happened or how it got there. All I know is I want it to grow back!

HHG!
 
Hey ladies...if you haven't seen it i flat ironed my hair Wednesday nite...it came out niiiice:yep:

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I just finished putting Oyin Burnt Sugar Pomade thru my hair and i did 2 bantu knots...covered my head with a wig cap and my scarf AND my bonnet:grin:

Wig caps work great with controlling reversion at the roots!

My hair smells soooooo good! Lol! This stuff helps get the burnt smell out:yep:
 
This is my starting point. Hopefully I'll be WL by 2013!!! What do you think?
 

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My yarn braids have been in since January, it's almost time to take them out. Hope to do a length check and actually have some sort of improvement or whatever... ugh. I hope I can still hope for waistlength 2013!
 
SmilingElephant said:
Hey ladies...if you haven't seen it i flat ironed my hair Wednesday nite...it came out niiiice:yep:

Click here to see:D

I just finished putting Oyin Burnt Sugar Pomade thru my hair and i did 2 bantu knots...covered my head with a wig cap and my scarf AND my bonnet:grin:

Wig caps work great with controlling reversion at the roots!

My hair smells soooooo good! Lol! This stuff helps get the burnt smell out:yep:
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SmilingElephant it looks great and I was just thinking as I was clicking on the pictures that you know what it feels like to have waist length hair. it is funny because what you said about hating that stretched your hair seem longer than flat-ironed. lol my hair never seem longer even though I have pictures to prove that it is.
 
Shadiyah said:
SmilingElephant it looks great and I was just thinking as I was clicking on the pictures that you know what it feels like to have waist length hair. it is funny because what you said about hating that stretched your hair seem longer than flat-ironed. lol my hair never seem longer even though I have pictures to prove that it is.
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Thank you!:)

You know what...its funny you brought this point up. I will tell you this...WL hair does feels like APL.:yep: All this time with my hair straight i had to remind myself that my hair isn't that long anymore:lol:...it really does play on my mind bc it has the weight of my WL hair...but it doesn't really move like WL hair...its weird!

The humidity is really killin my style tho...its puffing up more and more:sad: I guess i'll wash it next week:crybaby:
 
SmilingElephant said:
Thank you!:)

You know what...its funny you brought this point up. I will tell you this...WL hair does feels like APL.:yep: All this time with my hair straight i had to remind myself that my hair isn't that long anymore:lol:...it really does play on my mind bc it has the weight of my WL hair...but it doesn't really move like WL hair...its weird!

The humidity is really killin my style tho...its puffing up more and more:sad: I guess i'll wash it next week:crybaby:
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SmilingElephant I thought that. Hey have you been reading my lastest blogs? The thing I found out to do and spend my time in someone else's hair and next time you look up your hair is there lol. at least that is what I am hoping.
 
How often will you ladies be posting length updates on here? 1/3/6 months? I'll be excited to see everyones progress through the year :)
 
Shadiyah said:
SmilingElephant I thought that. Hey have you been reading my lastest blogs? The thing I found out to do and spend my time in someone else's hair and next time you look up your hair is there lol. at least that is what I am hoping.
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The blog for today is amazing progress!:shocked: Ive been tryin to hip my dad to co-washing bc he has similar scalp issues....and it seems to be hereditary like your family member's hair:yep: Him and my uncle suffer w/ the same thing.

Does your hair....when wet...seem to be super strong? Like sometimes i get a single strand knot and when i try to be slick and try to pluck it off with my hand...its really hard to just yank it off...my hair feels stronger when its wet...weird.

I washed my hair tonite...NO HEAT DAMAGE!!!:dance7:....i had no idea what to do with my hair while it was straight. I just used conditioner and water to watch it revert first...then i shampooed and deep conditioned with some hair mayonaise i got from Walmart the other day...my hair feels SO good! I feel prettier with my natural hair:yep:
 
SmilingElephant said:
The blog for today is amazing progress!:shocked: Ive been tryin to hip my dad to co-washing bc he has similar scalp issues....and it seems to be hereditary like your family member's hair:yep: Him and my uncle suffer w/ the same thing.

Does your hair....when wet...seem to be super strong? Like sometimes i get a single strand knot and when i try to be slick and try to pluck it off with my hand...its really hard to just yank it off...my hair feels stronger when its wet...weird.

I washed my hair tonite...NO HEAT DAMAGE!!!:dance7:....i had no idea what to do with my hair while it was straight. I just used conditioner and water to watch it revert first...then i shampooed and deep conditioned with some hair mayonaise i got from Walmart the other day...my hair feels SO good! I feel prettier with my natural hair:yep:
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SmilingElephant The scalp thing. She thinks it is the henna that helped her scalp. I am using Nupur now so if you can get them to use the paste on their hair without the henna it will help. It is all gone from her hair and I mean all gone. I remember when I started it was behind her ear and everything. I am glad I didn't have any problems like that.

The strong hair is a good thing and why are you yanking your hair??? I take scissors and cut them out if it is something that can not come apart and if I feel knots up the hair. I read it is better to cut them away so not to damage any of the other hair.

I can never stand to smell my hair with that heat and in 2010 I think it was I was trying to length check and I said that is it no more heat to my hair. I just load it up with conditioner and then stretch it which someone else takes the pictures. I mainly take one it in the shower and one with my tie shirt on so I can see what it looks like over my clothes lol. I get a better picture that way anyways.

I have been in the bed sick since Thursday because of the LP I got done that day and this headache is so hard to get rid of. But I have my ends bagged. I put it in the high ponytail like always before bed but I put the plastic over the ends and then ponytail holder over that and then my cap on.
 
LexaKing said:
How often will you ladies be posting length updates on here? 1/3/6 months? I'll be excited to see everyones progress through the year :)
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LexaKing most of us have been on our own terms. I don't post pictures because I can't but I try my best to keep everyone up to dates with my words. We try to keep your cheered up with you are down and always tell you how good you look when you post pictures.

I am so happy with the progress I made this past year and to me during the time I didn't think it was growing anywhere lol.

Stick around everyone will peek in every now and then to let you know they are still around.
 
LexaKing said:
How often will you ladies be posting length updates on here? 1/3/6 months? I'll be excited to see everyones progress through the year :)
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I usually post things like length shots every 3-6 months but we also post pics of hair styles whenever we feel like it:yep: You'll also find we talk about random things sometimes as well....we're family now! Lol :grouphug:

Shadiyah...lol I don't yank em all the time...but once in a blue moon i attempt to bc im not by my scissors...i usually snip mine off too. But it like trying to pull a tag off a shirt or something! I was wondering if yours was like that too bc our hair behavior is so alike:grin:
 
Hi ladies! I haven't checked in for a while. I am grazing MBL and still working toward WL by 2013. I usually alternate between daily cowash/bun or pin up for a week or two, and cowash/twist then twistout for 1-2 weeks. I rarely wear my hair down unless it is for an occasional flatty/ length check/trim.

To boost me to WL, I am thinking about taking GNC Be Beautiful vitamins for a while. I am also hoping for great summer retention. HHG, ladies!!
 
Well it's family hair day.

Sitting with a Brahmi/Amla/Henna paste on my hair. I clarified first and then treated my hair with a cayenne pepper/peppermint oil infused Bhringraj oil. I can definitely feel the tingle! I covered with two plastic grocery bags and a thick shower cap. I have about 3 more hours to go before I rinse.

Little man is sitting with Brahmi/Amla tea under a plastic cap and wool cap. Hubby is in the cleansing stage, b/c he was napping. He's got a Neem/Shikakai/Peppermint oil cleanser on his scalp and hair. I'm hoping it'll help with his dandruff.

Doggie was treated yesterday to a wash and MT condition. I usually spray his coat weekly with a Tea Tree Oil/Water mix and then brush him. I think I might add a squirt of conditioner to it.
 
SmilingElephant said:
I usually post things like length shots every 3-6 months but we also post pics of hair styles whenever we feel like it:yep: You'll also find we talk about random things sometimes as well....we're family now! Lol :grouphug:

Shadiyah...lol I don't yank em all the time...but once in a blue moon i attempt to bc im not by my scissors...i usually snip mine off too. But it like trying to pull a tag off a shirt or something! I was wondering if yours was like that too bc our hair behavior is so alike:grin:
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SmilingElephant I notice it is strong but I have not pulled on it to see that point lol and not going to either :lachen:
 
MzSwift said:
Well it's family hair day.

Sitting with a Brahmi/Amla/Henna paste on my hair. I clarified first and then treated my hair with a cayenne pepper/peppermint oil infused Bhringraj oil. I can definitely feel the tingle! I covered with two plastic grocery bags and a thick shower cap. I have about 3 more hours to go before I rinse.

Little man is sitting with Brahmi/Amla tea under a plastic cap and wool cap. Hubby is in the cleansing stage, b/c he was napping. He's got a Neem/Shikakai/Peppermint oil cleanser on his scalp and hair. I'm hoping it'll help with his dandruff.

Doggie was treated yesterday to a wash and MT condition. I usually spray his coat weekly with a Tea Tree Oil/Water mix and then brush him. I think I might add a squirt of conditioner to it.
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Wow it is a family affair today.

I am sitting with dc and I think I may take a nap before I rinse it out.
 
You I have been meaning to say a little about this some time ago but forgot. I see everyone talking about steamers and buying steamers for their hair and I remember back in 2006 I use to get my hair steamed every week and I really didn't see anything that it use to do for my hair. That is doing the time that my hair was breaking off a lot but I didn't understand what was going on. Like I said a long time ago I really think it was the kind of henna I was using that broke my hair off because I was just buying any old kind of thing out of the grocery store. But the thing I am saying about the steamer what I saw back then is not making me want to stick that money out for one.
 
I have been seeing alot of talk about steamers. However i rarely use heat anyhow. I usually use indirect heat to do my leave in sometimes but thats about it. Whats so different about the steamer thats causing all the hype?
On another note ladies, i am 10 weeks post relaxer and want to see if i can stretch it to 12 weeks. Im really ready to realax though. Can't stand the NAPS lol although its not as bad as im used to since being on LHCF. My new growth is much more manageable now so thanks for the info ladies!!! You guys are like my HHJ family and I love you all
 
SincerelyBeautiful said:
I have been seeing alot of talk about steamers. However i rarely use heat anyhow. I usually use indirect heat to do my leave in sometimes but thats about it. Whats so different about the steamer thats causing all the hype?
On another note ladies, i am 10 weeks post relaxer and want to see if i can stretch it to 12 weeks. Im really ready to realax though. Can't stand the NAPS lol although its not as bad as im used to since being on LHCF. My new growth is much more manageable now so thanks for the info ladies!!! You guys are like my HHJ family and I love you all
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SincerelyBeautiful I don't know and I think it was opening up the pores but I don't know except moisture.
 
Washed my hair yesterday; I'm finding it easier to detangle but harder to wash all the conditioner out. I put my hair in twists afterward and let it air dry like that. Running low on the Qhemet Aeithiopika Butter and AOHC and since it is in short supply I will probably look for new brands to try - maybe Oyin or KBB.
I think I'm getting closer to APL but I'm not allowing myself to stretch my hair until May to keep me from obsessing.
 
Meritamen I am getting close to APL too. Think I am obsessing about it. Every since I cut out most of my layers, I have been loving the way my hair is growing out; hoping to be APL soon.
 
Seamonster Yeah, I just want to get to APL so I can be on my way to BSL and finally have some proof. Because right now I have this routine and so far I have seen results but I want that undeniable proof that long hair is obtainable for me. To stop obsessing I'm going to get my hair braided up and keep it in that style for 3 months.
 
Hair lazy day. I thought I wanted to do my hair today but it turned into being lazy today because I didn't get a lot of sleep today. I want to check my hair so bad but I am fighting back the urge. I don't know who I will get to take this next picture so I can see it myself lol My last picture was taken on 1.25 so I think it is really too soon to check I am trying to wait until June.
 
Ok here is my hair after my trim a week ago, and my new length shirt. Looks like im between a 2 and 3...
 

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Maybe this is a better picture :) Whats strange is my hair seems to already be growing out of my even trim.... hmmm
 

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