Waist Length Challenge 2015

[Ogoma]

Mid week CoWash this morning. Hair in a top bun. I will take it down and re moisturize this evening because it will be exposed to the elements this night.

 

[mscocopuff]

I washed today with a little condish. Put in some SM Curl Soufflé and coconut oil and rolled out. I pretty much just pulled it back into a ponytail.

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[JJamiah]

Hello ladies,
I am still under braids and patiently waiting until November 17, before I even think of removing them. I will most likely self braid and wig it up for the holidays. But will be straightening for my b-day. And then back up in braids. .protective styling all the way. ..until summer. ..
I miss my hair. ..

 

[Duchess007]

Under the bonnet dryer with my DC. Trying to make sure I didn't do any damage by combing and roller setting this weekend. I won't be doing that again any time soon. :-/

I mixed my DC with Island Coconut VO5, slathered it on, covered up with a plastic bag, and will sit under the dryer for an hour. Then rinsing, LCBing and putting in 8-10 twists.
























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[Froreal3]

Duchess007 I am sure your hair is fine if you were gentle. I did a protein treatment prior to setting just for added strength.

 

[Saga]

Ultimate Goal: I used to want WL, but sporting booty braids now makes me want TBL

Regimen: It may change, but at the moment it is to PS in braids for 4-6 weeks (wish I could do 2 months but it feels like my hair matts way before then) Wash bi-weekly (used to do weekly but I'm experimenting) M&S as needed, sleep with a satin scarf or satin pillow case.

How many inches do you have to go to get to WL: Currently my hair is 11-12in and last I checked WL on me is either 16-18 so....I'd say 6 inches even.

Natural/Relaxed/Other: Natural

Tips/Tricks: Finger detangling has significantly decreased my breakage and trimming my ends is something that cannot be neglected for too long

Issues or difficulties you're having: Definitely just sticking to one protective style and leaving my hair alone, but now that I'm working a more demanding Job I don't think it will be a problem anymore.

 

[Firstborn2]

My hair has been in twist for the past 2wks. My hair felt like it was matting so I decided to take it down tonight. I lost so much hair during the take down even my son gasped. I love twists but unless I'm twisting to do a twistout, I'm going to stay away from this style!!! I hope I didn't lose to much progress

 

[Celesti]

My hair has been in twist for the past 2wks. My hair felt like it was matting so I decided to take it down tonight. I lost so much hair during the take down even my son gasped. I love twists but unless I'm twisting to do a twistout, I'm going to stay away from this style!!! I hope I didn't lose to much progress

I know exactly what you mean! I can't wear two-strand twists for more than a week! My hair just matt up if I do. I started wearing chunky twists early this summer and just doing an up-do with it. Since they are chunky they don't matt up and re-twisting is a breeze! Though I'd like a new style, It's becoming boring lol. But I'm willing to keep it if I can't find something else.

 

[ojemba]

Hi Ladies,

I really wanted to lighten the top of my hair so I watched some YouTube went to the BSS and purchased the products and did it at home.

My ends did not lighten as the rest so I reapplied the bleach no no no!! My ends turned a greenish/grey color. I figured if I aply a regular color it would blend back. So i applied a golden bronze. Well my ends were more stubborn than I imagined. In the end I just cut it off :-(. About 2-3 inches. I really like the color thou.
















I'll definitely stay twisted up for some time until it catches up. But I figure it will look like a bang or layers.





Thank God it was just that small section on top.

On a brighter note my nape is actually APL




My home made LC tshirt is a bit off. The first solid line is labeled APL but It looks lower than my arm pits.

 

[Froreal3]

ojemba Yeah...no, that green color was not the business. Your new color looks cayuute though!

Yeah, that length check shirt. The first line looks BSB...so you are almost there.

 

[JosieLynn]

Seriously debating what is going to be my style for the fall and winter. On one hand I thought maybe I could just wear it in updos like usual but then I thought abt all the hats and hoods and scarves I'm going to be wearing and thought I might go back to this wig I made. I'm really nervous about having my hair out in these winters. So I might just wear updos until I feel the need to wear more winter stuff. Then it's back to flat twists under my wig.

 

[yaya24]

JosieLynn
I like your hairstyle in the picture.

How did you achieve the soft waves?

 

[Ravenhairedbeauty]

Hi ladies I'm back with my info:

Ultimate Goal:Waistlength
Regimen:In the mornings I cowash with which ever VO5 condish I want to use, then I use SM Yucca & Aloe Thickening Growth Milk. At night I cowash again and add deep conditioner, moisturize and seal, and sleep with a plastic cap and a satin scarf
How many inches do you have to go to get to WL:I have 10 inches of hair and on me it takes 18 inches to make WSL so I have 8 inches to go
Natural/Relaxed/Other: (OPTIONAL) doesn't matter to me, I love it all...
Tips/Tricks:I'm texlaxed, but I don't plan on texlaxing anymore, it's left my hair kind of limp and I miss the fullness of my natural hair
Issues or difficulties you're having:Trying to thicken my hair up, ever since I texlaxed it, don't get me wrong detangling is a breeze and I can see my length a little bit better, but it's left my hair very fine, and when it was just natural my hair was very thick, so I think I'm going to leave the texlaxing alone

 

[JustGROWwithIt]

I think I meant to say oil rinse, but I just massaged my scalp with castor oil like you would a conditioner (when you co-wash) after my workout. My scalp feels great! This is my first time doing it.

keranikki, thanks for explaining. Do you find that doing an oil rinse without shampooing out the excess locks moisture out of your hair since it is sealed with oil? I've wanted to try oil rinsing before but not sure about the sealing affect and moisture.

 

[JustGROWwithIt]

Hello ladies,
I am still under braids and patiently waiting until November 17, before I even think of removing them. I will most likely self braid and wig it up for the holidays. But will be straightening for my b-day. And then back up in braids. .protective styling all the way. ..until summer. ..
I miss my hair. ..

I know how you feel. I miss my hair too! I have my current set of braids in under my wig until end of October and it's killing me already. I'm PSing until Summer too...seems so far away!!

 

[DrC]

My hair grows in layers. My shrinkage is abou 60%.
Layers and shrinkage combined is not fun

 

[uofmpanther]

I think I may be measuring waist length wrong. When I measured, I got about 26 inches and I'm only 5'4" with a short torso. How are you ladies measuring waist length?

 

[Firstborn2]

I know exactly what you mean! I can't wear two-strand twists for more than a week! My hair just matt up if I do. I started wearing chunky twists early this summer and just doing an up-do with it. Since they are chunky they don't matt up and re-twisting is a breeze! Though I'd like a new style, It's becoming boring lol. But I'm willing to keep it if I can't find something else.

Maybe I will try chunky twist and she how that goes, thank you Celesti for the advice.

 

[DrC]

I think I may be measuring waist length wrong. When I measured, I got about 26 inches and I'm only 5'4" with a short torso. How are you ladies measuring waist length?

uofmpanther what starting point of origin are you measuring from? Crown? Nape?

Is your tape measure in inches?

 

[Celesti]

My hair grows in layers. My shrinkage is abou 60%. Layers and shrinkage combined is not fun

My hair grows in layers too, styling can be a little frustrating because of it. And it's hard to show the length you've gained because of it too :\ So I've started to measure specific sections from my scalp to the tip. Actually, I just remembered there were some posts on another thread where people were commenting on someone's hair who I think had the same issue. People can easily mistake someone whose nape hair is longer than the rest of the their hair as unhealthy and thin. But I don't think it's always the case. Because my crown hair will take longer I get to waist than my nape. And it has nothing to do with thinning or unhealthiness. Just my hair grows in layers :\ Eventually whenever I hopefully get to waist length, I'll start trimming back the longer length so the crown hair will catch up. Only if it ever gets to waist length lol.

 

[Froreal3]

My hair grows in layers. My shrinkage is abou 60%.
Layers and shrinkage combined is not fun

My hair grows in layers too, styling can be a little frustrating because of it. And it's hard to show the length you've gained because of it too :\ So I've started to measure specific sections from my scalp to the tip. Actually, I just remembered there were some posts on another thread where people were commenting on someone's hair who I think had the same issue. People can easily mistake someone whose nape hair is longer than the rest of the their hair as unhealthy and thin. But I don't think it's always the case. Because my crown hair will take longer I get to waist than my nape. And it has nothing to do with thinning or unhealthiness. Just my hair grows in layers :\ Eventually whenever I hopefully get to waist length, I'll start trimming back the longer length so the crown hair will catch up. Only if it ever gets to waist length lol.

My hair grows in layers too. The front grows the fastest for some reason. I have a patch on the left side of my crown that is either super slow growing or just not retaining. My nape grows fastest after the front. I also measure different sections of hair every few months to see if any progress has been made. When my nape gets to full MBL, I may go ahead and flat iron and trim it into a shape.

I think I may be measuring waist length wrong. When I measured, I got about 26 inches and I'm only 5'4" with a short torso. How are you ladies measuring waist length?

I'm 5'2" and I'm measuring waist length from the nape. I have about 11" in the nape and roughly 6 more inches to go.

 

[JJamiah]

I have updated the list ladies, and please pardon me if I am a bit slow on things, I am in full blown semester mode and I have quite a few papers and deadlines do. I apologize for my lack of expediting things, but I will do my best to keep the list up once every 2 weeks

 

[JJamiah]

I know how you feel. I miss my hair too! I have my current set of braids in under my wig until end of October and it's killing me already. I'm PSing until Summer too...seems so far away!!

I know it does...... JustGROWwithIt
but let's think, by next summer we will be a good length more than right now...

and I will be interning as a Paralegal and .... about to finish part 1 of 3 in my schooling ...

 

[uofmpanther]

Thanks Froreal3 and DrC ! I was measuring from my crown to apparently my hip. I just had my DH help me re-measure. From my nape, waistlength is 17.5 inches. When I undo my flat twists this weekend, I'll know for certain where I am; but, I know my nape had hit shoulder length (6") when I measured July 12th, so I had about 11.5" left back then.

Hopefully, I've got less to go now. I'll do my full update when I measure.

 

[divachyk]

The biggest hurdle for me, by far, is MBL to WL. I've been here several times and it seems I never make it to WL without incident or setback. This time around is no different. My hemline is not even. Hopefully it will even out over time.

 

[Celesti]

The biggest hurdle for me, by far, is MBL to WL.

Same here, I've been stuck at MBL for a good long while. I think my hair can't get longer than that without high protection. Like growing it I could wear it down more and make mistakes with it and still see progress. But I guess my ends are so old it can't take that. It will maintain but it's not enough to retain. :\

 

[Firstborn2]

The biggest hurdle for me, by far, is MBL to WL. I've been here several times and it seems I never make it to WL without incident or setback. This time around is no different. My hemline is not even. Hopefully it will even out over time.

I can't seem to make it to BSL, everytime I reach APL I'll have a setback of some sort. Like now I am about 2inches past APL however I need to cut about 1 1/2inches due to single strand knots. If I make it to WL by 2015 I promise I'm throwing myself a party! Cake, gifts and all.lol

 

[Froreal3]

Thanks @Froreal3 and @DrC ! I was measuring from my crown to apparently my hip. I just had my DH help me re-measure. From my nape, waistlength is 17.5 inches. When I undo my flat twists this weekend, I'll know for certain where I am; but, I know my nape had hit shoulder length (6") when I measured July 12th, so I had about 11.5" left back then.

Hopefully, I've got less to go now. I'll do my full update when I measure.

Yeah, that sounds much more normal. We are similar in height and WL is about the same. I estimate you have about 10 inches to go.

 

[JosieLynn]

JosieLynn I like your hairstyle in the picture. How did you achieve the soft waves?

This is my wig that was made from Malaysian body wave i believe and in the picture that was just it freshly washed and dried to its curl pattern. But I usually Bantu knot it for bigger bouncier curls

 

[JustGROWwithIt]

I'm not going to be able to leave my hair braided until the end of this month like I had planned. I braided my hair in a circle pattern around my head this time and I must not have done them tight enough because after only a couple of weeks they are extremely loose and I'm worried about matting. I wanted to not touch my hair for 6 weeks but it looks like I will be taking my hair down next week instead. I'd do it this weekend if I wasn't busy. I'm irritated!