BSL 2013 Challenge

[jprayze]

Well I made it a month in my crochet kinky twists and they are holding up so well, better than regular kinky twists because my 3b/c hair will probably be poking out of the twists trying to escape and my twists would be sliding down from the root...hanging on. I think when I got them done the regular way, I only kept them in for 3 weeks.

As far as care and maintenance, I apply liquid gold sulfur oil on my scalp in between my cornrows about everyday. I prepoo with wild growth oil on my scalp before I Cowash with V05 kiwi clarifying condish which I love.

pelohello I love your braids. Great job! I'm really loving hiding my hair now, might get braids next. I miss my hair but I like the surprise when I take the PS out

 

[jprayze]

Beautifulwildflower What do you use to detangle?

 

[jprayze]

Just sharing updated pics of my hair

 

[naturalagain2]

Well..I've had my protective style in for a week and a half. I won't be able to last until this weekend. I'm going to take these two braids out Wednesday and do another protective style probably two flat twist going into a bun in the back plus I'm in desperate need for a protein treatment.

 

[Guinan]

Question????......I am 4b/c and have been wearing track braids (for wigs) for about 6 months, taking them down once a month to do detail hair care. I find that my ends tangle much and makes it hard for me to rebraid my hair before and after it dries from a wash.

Has anyone been able to retain most of their curl pattern after texlaxing? I like my curl pattern, tho crazy as it is but the tangled ends are becoming too much of a pain. I texlaxed once (whole head), however my hair came out too straight . So, I was thinking maybe I could texlax just my ends about 2"- 4" worth to loosen the curl pattern a little. Any thoughts, tips or advice would be appreciated on the subject .



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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

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Beautifulwildflower, are you smoothing too much? I noticed when I smooth with just my fingers, I have more of a curl pattern than when I would use a comb. What brand of relaxer are you using? If you are using a regular strength one, you may need to add oil/conditioner. If I can think of anything else I'll post

 

[Beautifulwildflower]

Beautifulwildflower What do you use to detangle?

I use either Shea Moisture extra moisture or restorative conditioner. When I clarify I use Trader Joe's Nourish Spa conditioner. Sometimes I'll add olive oil and detangling is easy, but my ends just wrap/curl around each other. So when I start track braiding I get the knots on my ends and have to stop braiding to separate the knots.

I just started using a spray mixture that contains distilled water, aloe Vera, glycerin, coconut oil, olive oil and a dash of Vit. E. Hair is soft and detangling is easy, but my ends, the same. I'll be trimming my ends in a week or so, but my mom's ends do the same thing as mine does even after I trim her hair.

Just curious if texlaxing my ends will solve that issue/??

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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

 

[Beautifulwildflower]

Beautifulwildflower...maybe you just need a dusting/trim or a different style under the wig like individuals.

I'll be trimming my ends in a week or so, but my mom's ends do the same thing as mine does even after I trim her hair. I will be taking about a month off from wigs in Dec. and I do change my track braid pattern from time to time erplexed.

Just curious if texlaxing my ends will solve that issue/??

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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

 

[Froreal3]

^^^I don't think texlaxing the ends is the answer.

 

[Beautifulwildflower]

pelohello: I'm actually relaxer free, have been since 2011. The last time I relaxed I used Organic Root Stimulator Relaxer Kit Regular Strength and added olive oil to texlax (did it myself - unable to find salon/someone to do it without experiencing damage), it came out straighter than I wanted. I do prefer Motions relaxer tho, was my first time using Organic Root.

I don't really smooth too much as my goal is to detangle (detangling alone takes a long time) then braid up.

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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

 

[Beautifulwildflower]

^^^I don't think texlaxing the ends is the answer.

Oh, burst my bubble why don'tcha, ! It might not be, but what's a frustrated sista to do?? Love my texture, however tired of the battle of the last 2"- 3" of my ends .

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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

 

[Duchess007]

I'll be trimming my ends in a week or so, but my mom's ends do the same thing as mine does even after I trim her hair. I will be taking about a month off from wigs in Dec. and I do change my track braid pattern from time to time erplexed.

Just curious if texlaxing my ends will solve that issue/??

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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

Your ends are the most fragile part! Just say no to texlax.

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[Guinan]

Beautifulwildflower, hows ur protein/moisture balance? I notice when i have 2 much protein my hair is a Knotted & tangly mess.

 

[Guinan]

^^^ when u take down the braids, do u "dry" detangle with oil or do u "wet" detangle with a conditioner?

When I was natural, I couldn't wet detangle cause it would recurl my hair.

 

[Beautifulwildflower]

Your ends are the most fragile part! Just say no to texlax.

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Darn it! I was hoping some would say "yeh girl texlax away" .


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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

 

[Beautifulwildflower]

Beautifulwildflower, hows ur protein/moisture balance? I notice when i have 2 much protein my hair is a Knotted & tangly mess.

U know pelohello I moisture treat once a month then I protein treat the following month or when I'm coloring. On my ends I usually use vitamin E, coconut /olive oil and aloe Vera juice.

Ahhhh, you know I just realized that aloe Vera is a protein and I have been spraying it on my hair almost everyday. Tho my hair seems to like it (no tangle issue except for my ends last 2"-3"), I wonder if this is a reason for my ends dilemma erplexed. I'll have to check out that possibility.


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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

 

[Beautifulwildflower]

^^^ when u take down the braids, do u "dry" detangle with oil or do u "wet" detangle with a conditioner?

When I was natural, I couldn't wet detangle cause it would recurl my hair.

I dry take down my braids and as much as I use oil it never occurred to me to oil first. However, take down is not hard it's the braid up that's a pain dry or wet.



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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

 

[Froreal3]

Oh, burst my bubble why don'tcha, ! It might not be, but what's a frustrated sista to do?? Love my texture, however tired of the battle of the last 2"- 3" of my ends .

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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

Try doing a moisturizing DC/steam treatment with extra conditioner on your ends. Then use a good thick moisturizer and heavy seal your ends with a thick whipped butter, oil based cream or even grease.

 

[fifigirl]

Hi everyone....good to see everyone staying strong with trying to retain length. I've been MIA but I have kept to my regime completely. Started a few things tho. I started using Njoy's oil in august, started Inversions in September and I recently started taking 5000mg of biotin.
My hair is currently 13 weeks post relaxer and I've had my braids in for 2 weeks. I intend to carry it till first week of December and then will relax my hair second week. I cant wait to do a length check in December and see how much length I retained and if I made it to BSL!

 

[GettingKinky]

I've been so lazy lately. I usually wash every week but I keep letting it drag out. I think if I'm not home on Sunday to apply my dry DC I just end up not washing my hair. I may need to simplify and just prepoo with oil instead of dry DC. The AOHSR is so thick it takes so long to put it in. Oil would be much faster. I wonder how my hair would do if I just skipped that step all together.

Here's my bun today.

 

[deedoswell]

I've been so lazy lately. I usually wash every week but I keep letting it drag out. I think if I'm not home on Sunday to apply my dry DC I just end up not washing my hair. I may need to simplify and just prepoo with oil instead of dry DC. The AOHSR is so thick it takes so long to put it in. Oil would be much faster. I wonder how my hair would do if I just skipped that step all together.

Here's my bun today.

I just love your hair - I think I tell you this every time you post a pic! It is so thick - luv the bun.

I've been super lazy with my hair too. I agree the AOHSR is really thick but my hair is thin and I can usually get it almost saturated pretty quickly - I think doing the dry DC though it's harder and sometimes I don't feel as though I've applied all of the conditioner on all of the strands.

 

[GettingKinky]

Thanks deedoswell. I never think of my hair as thick, just poufy so it takes up a lot of space.

I need to just get off my lazy butt and dry DC my hair tonight. I add grapeseed oil to make the AOHSR thinner and to get my ceramides in. Maybe today I'll even more oil to thin it out more.

 

[deedoswell]

Thanks deedoswell. I never think of my hair as thick, just poufy so it takes up a lot of space.

I need to just get off my lazy butt and dry DC my hair tonight. I add grapeseed oil to make the AOHSR thinner and to get my ceramides in. Maybe today I'll even more oil to thin it out more.

I never thought to do that!!! I have grapeseed oil. I'll have to try it with my AOHSR next time!

 

[GettingKinky]

I never thought to do that!!! I have grapeseed oil. I'll have to try it with my AOHSR next time!

I bought plastic jars and put the HSR in them because it's easier to get to and then I just pour in the oil and stir it up. I keep looking for ways to make this quicker and easier.

 

[Guinan]

Question ladies, are any of y'all still waiting on the BSL/MBL challenge to be started? Are we still gonna have that as a challenge or have y'all moved on. I've joined the WL 2015, challenge, but I'm willing to participate in two length challenges if the bSL/MBL challenge is started.

If one isn't started does someone want to step-in as a temp challenge leader until NikkiQ, comes back or should we just wait it out.

I really hope she's okay

 

[polished07]

Question ladies, are any of y'all still waiting on the BSL/MBL challenge to be started? Are we still gonna have that as a challenge or have y'all moved on. I've joined the WL 2015, challenge, but I'm willing to participate in two length challenges if the bSL/MBL challenge is started. If one isn't started does someone want to step-in as a temp challenge leader until NikkiQ, comes back or should we just wait it out. I really hope she's okay

I too joined the WL 2015 challenge so Ill be over there with ya!

 

[SincerelyBeautiful]

Question ladies, are any of y'all still waiting on the BSL/MBL challenge to be started? Are we still gonna have that as a challenge or have y'all moved on. I've joined the WL 2015, challenge, but I'm willing to participate in two length challenges if the bSL/MBL challenge is started. If one isn't started does someone want to step-in as a temp challenge leader until NikkiQ, comes back or should we just wait it out. I really hope she's okay

I was just patiently waiting on NikkiQ but if we need a stand in we an do that until she returns. I'm sure she wouldn't mind. She knows how anxious we all are

 

[Duchess007]

I was just patiently waiting on NikkiQ but if we need a stand in we an do that until she returns. I'm sure she wouldn't mind. She knows how anxious we all are

I'll start it tomorrow morning if she hasn't done it already.

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[Beautifulwildflower]

Try doing a moisturizing DC/steam treatment with extra conditioner on your ends. Then use a good thick moisturizer and heavy seal your ends with a thick whipped butter, oil based cream or even grease.

I'll give it a try probably sometime mid December. I'll report the results then.


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Natural/Relaxed: a gradual 6" cut til' perm was gone
Current Length: 2" past APL, could be BSL??? Won't be sure until December when I straighten do a length check
Goal Length: Thick WL, or maybe even Hip length
Oil of Choice: Coconut oil, jojoba oil and rosemary

 

[GettingKinky]

I finally applied my dry DC. I'll wash and damp bun in the morning.

 

[Froreal3]

Question ladies, are any of y'all still waiting on the BSL/MBL challenge to be started? Are we still gonna have that as a challenge or have y'all moved on. I've joined the WL 2015, challenge, but I'm willing to participate in two length challenges if the bSL/MBL challenge is started.

If one isn't started does someone want to step-in as a temp challenge leader until NikkiQ, comes back or should we just wait it out.

I really hope she's okay

I've moved on to two waist challenges. I want to graze WL in 2014, but I also want full waist in 2015, so I'm in both of those. I will of course join the next challenge that yall are in as well. So I'll be in three length challenges.

I saw that NikkiQ was on 11/8. No, I wasn't super sleuthing. I was on my phone on the site and accidentally clicked her username instead of that little blue arrow to see recent posts. So I think she's ok...just busy.