BSL 2012 Challenge!!!

[glamazon386]

I posted this in the HYH Reveal thread but I'll post it here too.

I had some setbacks with breakage and hair loss this year. But here's my progress for the past 5 months. I'm about 3 inches from BSL. Should be able to get there by the end of the year.

January 24, 2012 vs. June 23, 2012

 

[lamaria211]

I posted this in the HYH Reveal thread but I'll post it here too.

I had some setbacks with breakage and hair loss this year. But here's my progress for the past 5 months. I'm about 3 inches from BSL. Should be able to get there by the end of the year.

January 24, 2012 vs. June 23, 2012

Thick and pretty

 

[SkySurfer]

Just washed my senegalese twists. Scalp is feeling mighty fresh

 

[lamaria211]

I just sprayed my celies with African Royale Braid spray (not gonna seal yet) and used my scalp mix (that now contains some megatek)

 

[iamtan]

I would like to know am I BSL yet? I did a quick length check and I think i'm grazing BSL.



Another comparison pic. The left pic was from September 2011 and the right was yesterday.

 

[lamaria211]

I would like to know am I BSL yet? I did a quick length check and I think i'm grazing BSL.

Another comparison pic. The left pic was from September 2011 and the right was yesterday.

Congrats girl yes you are bsl

 

[Onhergrind09]

So in thinking about how I'm going to go from APL+ to BSL I've realized that one of the things I'm going to adjust is to detangle my hair mostly dry before DC-ing. When I wait to detangle while rinsing out my DC, I loose much more hair.

 

[Shana']

I have been completely neglecting my hair but I am still hoping to make BSL when I touch up in August. I'm revamping my reggie to maximize my results for the remainder of the year.

 

[lamaria211]

I watched a youtube video where the girl used braidspray or scurl to detangle. She made it look pretty easy

 

[Charla]

Hi, ladies! So I was in a hair funk because I felt like my hair wasn't growing and that I had about 2" to make it to APL, so I decided to perk myself up I would flat iron my hair. And I discovered that I just barely made APL in the back! I knew I made it in the front, but the back seemed like I had a ways to go.

I had so many more pics, but my SD card was wiped out somehow. These are a few I was able to recover. Sorry for the quality and bad angles. My 6yo took most of them! By the time my husband came home, my hair was already reverting, so he didn't get to see the full length, when I showed him these pics, he said, "So your hair is down your back?!" He was sooo excited!

If you look at the time stamps on the pics, you'll see how quickly I reverted from APL back to SL! And I know this isn't the best job, because I couldn't get my ends fully straight, but that's ok because this week, I'm going to go ahead and do about a 1/2" trim all over.

Now that I've made APL, I feel less stress because the next goal lengths should be a breeze. APL is the longest I've been in my adult life! Ya'll I'm so excited!

 

[lamaria211]

Congrats Charla.
I just started braiding my hair this morning with any luck ill be done by night fall

 

[livinthevida]

I posted this in the HYH Reveal thread but I'll post it here too.

I had some setbacks with breakage and hair loss this year. But here's my progress for the past 5 months. I'm about 3 inches from BSL. Should be able to get there by the end of the year.

January 24, 2012 vs. June 23, 2012

Great progress @glamazon386! What did you use to help improve breakage?

 

[livinthevida]

I would like to know am I BSL yet? I did a quick length check and I think i'm grazing BSL.

Another comparison pic. The left pic was from September 2011 and the right was yesterday.

Congratulations @iamtan! You are BSL & well on your way to MBL

 

[livinthevida]

So in thinking about how I'm going to go from APL+ to BSL I've realized that one of the things I'm going to adjust is to detangle my hair mostly dry before DC-ing. When I wait to detangle while rinsing out my DC, I loose much more hair.

Onhergrind09 excellent idea! I do exactly the same when I prep my hair on Sunday's I gently detangle then apply my conditioning mask. Before hand when I would rinse my mask in the shower I used my wide tooth comb and noticed long hairs coming loose. A little research via YouTube and I discovered hair is its weakest when wet best to detangle on dry hair then style

 

[livinthevida]

I have been completely neglecting my hair but I am still hoping to make BSL when I touch up in August. I'm revamping my reggie to maximize my results for the remainder of the year.

Hi Shana'! what are the changes you'll be making to your reggie? I think in the past 5 months since starting my HHJ I've updated my reggie at least 3 times yet each time I added something that was so useful. A few of my new favorite things: satin foam rollers, conditioning cap, silk pillowcase

Hi, ladies! So I was in a hair funk because I felt like my hair wasn't growing and that I had about 2" to make it to APL, so I decided to perk myself up I would flat iron my hair. And I discovered that I just barely made APL in the back! I knew I made it in the front, but the back seemed like I had a ways to go.

I had so many more pics, but my SD card was wiped out somehow. These are a few I was able to recover. Sorry for the quality and bad angles. My 6yo took most of them! By the time my husband came home, my hair was already reverting, so he didn't get to see the full length, when I showed him these pics, he said, "So your hair is down your back?!" He was sooo excited!

If you look at the time stamps on the pics, you'll see how quickly I reverted from APL back to SL! And I know this isn't the best job, because I couldn't get my ends fully straight, but that's ok because this week, I'm going to go ahead and do about a 1/2" trim all over.

Now that I've made APL, I feel less stress because the next goal lengths should be a breeze. APL is the longest I've been in my adult life! Ya'll I'm so excited!

Congratulations Charla!

 

[livinthevida]

Ladies it's now officially a week since starting on my new hair oil - Wild Growth Hair Oil (WGHO) - posting here new results of roller setting with WGHO on air dried hair and the results! To see how my setting is coming along I'll post mostly pictures here and in the APL 2012 Challenge

These first set of pictures are my air dried hair with WGHO applied ears to ends (see that shine!) and my hair set in satin foam rollers:

 

[livinthevida]

Ladies these second set of pictures are results of roller setting with WGHO on air dried hair:

P.S. in one of the pictures I ended up channeling my inner Charlie Angel and started to whip my hair when taking the picture

 

[RegaLady]

Checking in! Moisturized, sealed and back in the bun.

 

[KurlyNinja]

Walmart is selling Giovanni products for $7!!! I stocked up.

 

[Evolving78]

iamtan congrats lady! you have made great progress!

Charla congrats lady! i remember when you made it to SL and everybody had something to say about that! now you are APL!

i have had some oil in my hair since Saturday evening. i really need to rinse and wash today.

 

[Charla]

Charla congrats lady! i remember when you made it to SL and everybody had something to say about that! now you are APL!

Thanks, shortdub78! Just like then, I'm now focusing on the next milestone! Hope to make BSB by December. woot woot!

 

[glamazon386]

Great progress @glamazon386! What did you use to help improve breakage?

Thanks. I didn't really use anything. I probably should do a protein treatment now that I think about it. I had to learn the hard way that if I manipulate my hair too much I get breakage. I have fine hair so I have to be careful. Low manipulation and protective styles work well for me. I had to go back to that.

 

[growbaby]

Just cowshed n followed with a much needed protein treatment

 

[Mjon912]

iamtan and livinthevida looking good dolls...very beautiful heads of thick hair...love.it.

 

[lamaria211]

Checkin in I just sprayed my minis with 613 Replenishing Mist. I think (not sure yet) I may stop weekly cowashes and just do my weekly wash (with cleansing condish) and DC

 

[livinthevida]

iamtan and livinthevida looking good dolls...very beautiful heads of thick hair...love.it.

Thank Youuuu Mjon912 :wink2:

I am working on knowing exactly how much Wild Growth Hair Oil (WGHO) to use! with the Organic Coconut Oil (OCO) very little on the finger tips worked perfectly and with the WGHO knowing how many drops to use I am still perfecting

 

[Onhergrind09]

I don't think I ever posted starting picts, so here they are. In these picts my hair is air dryed, until December, I'm pretty much unconcerned about straightening my hair .

 

[livinthevida]

I don't think I ever posted starting picts, so here they are. In these picts my hair is air dryed, until December, I'm pretty much unconcerned about straightening my hair .

Onhergrind09 you are inching closer to BSL!

 

[djkforeal]

Quick update, I think I am getting closer and closer to my goal of full BSL but I don't have any desire to do an accurate length check at the moment because it is blazin hot here. Anyway, I continue to wear these lace wigs even in the sweltering heat because it is very easy maintainence and it protecting my hair from the sun. I have picked up the shampooing back to once a week and I find that I want to clarify my hair more because it is so hot and I want to make sure I get my scalp totally clean before I apply more products to it. I have never really been a fan of co-washing because I need the buildup to be removed from my scalp and I can never get that root lifting effect from the conditioners. One new product that I have been testing out is the Eden Body Works Peppermint and Tea Tree hair oil and I must say that it is great, it really opens up the follicles in the scalp so they can receive the wonderful benefits of the hair oil itself. Other than that everything else is pretty much the same with me either flat twisting or braiding my hair after I have moisturized and sealed, then apply my lace wig. Oh, I did give a u part wig a try for a couple of weeks but I did not like the manipulation I had to do to the front of my hair on a daily basis, so I am back to a lacefront.

 

[hair4romheaven]

My last update is on page 64 and it appears I made BSL/BSB so I am graduating to the MBL challenge. I was really hanging around because I really didn't think I was there yet and I love communicating with you ladies. What's funny is we set these goals and once we reach them we question our self like "OMG I don't think I am XYZ length" That is exactly what I was doing. I guess I was shocked since I never see my hair. LOL So I will continue to encourage you ladies from the side lines because I know you all will graduate with honors.