APL by Dec 2010!!!

[ellehair]

I will have my starting picture after I relax which will be after Xmas. i'm in Cornrows now, so I have to wait..

 

[Mz.Shug]

Here ya go! My starting pic. Kinda crappy but hey it's my 1st time.

 

[Taina]

Ok, so here are my starting pictures. As i said before, i'm not sure to reach APL by 2010, but i want to know how much can i reach in one year. I took those pics today, like 3 hours ago.

 

[QUEENJAMES231]

What are you doing for growth
Protective Styles, maintain moisture/protein balance, and MN here and there


What are you not going to do
I am not going to give up until i reach my goal.


What length are you now?
i am NL. I know APL by next year will be hard to acheive, but i"d rather set the bar extremely high and feel great about how close i come to accomplishing it, then setting it to low and getting there without and effort.

 

[itismehmmkay]

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[Heavenly]

What are you doing for growth?

Prepoo with olive or jojoba oil.
Washing weekly as usual with Mane&Tail, deep condish with NTM mask, blowdry with CHi silk infusion.
Texlax roots every 4 months.
Taking Vit C/ Iron, Flax, Eve Primrose, Probiotic, and Garlic... plus Centrum liquid vitamins. Phew.
2 8oz water bottles daily.
Exercise.


What are you not going to do?

Not going to trim or cut.
Not going to sleep without scarfe anymore.


What length are you now?

I am at shoulder length.

 

[DaPPeR]

What are you doing for growth?
Continue with protective styling and using MN
What are you not going to do?
Wash and DC once a week..mosturize twice a day and seal
What length are you now?
Shoulder length

 

[Vinyl]

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[SouthernStunner]

MINI ASSESSMENT:

• What are you doing for growth Protective styling with briads until Jan. Weave from Jan-March End of March-June, End of June-Sept, Braids from End of Sept-Beg of Nov. End of Nov I will relax (another 1yr stretch will be over) I will also be upping my protein and exercising.
• What are you not going to do I will not cut! I will however get a dusting in Nov.
• What length are you now? I am about 1.5 inc. past collar bone

 

[basketballbabe03]

Oooo!!! I'm in!!

What are you doing for growth:
Protective styles such as braids, twists, sew-ins, etc.

What are you not going to do:
Stay away from scissors, heat, and too much combing

What length are you now:
SL

 

[leleepop]

Im in.. I am almost apl and Ill do a lenght check soon. I want to be an inch past armpit length stretched before I claim it.then I will go for a blunt cut.hhg everyone... Regimen in my siggy and Ill have more details when I do my length check..

 

[djanae]

I'm in! And this is my first challenge at that...feels great lol


What are you doing for growth?
- use little to no heat, air drying as much as possible
- always seal wet hair with coconut oil
- do braid outs and twist outs (and when long enough, buns)
- wash 1-2 times a week (winter) / 3-4 times a week (spring and summer)



What are you not going to do?
- straighten more than 1 a month max
- get scissor happy (only light dusting as needed)


What length are you now?
layered hair, bottom layer between neck and shoulder length

Starting Pic:
Want to do back, pony and side comparison shots throughout challenge (to track layers - may grow them out...undecided)

 

[Ashleescheveux]

Ladies what is MN?

 

[topnotch1010]

Ladies what is MN?

Miconazole Nitrate antifungal cream. Some people use it as a growth aid (I think)....

I've been feeling so impatient lately...I want to be APL like YESTERDAY!!

 

[crvlnghair]

Sounds good!!

what are you doing for growth:
more protective styles
limit direct heat
start vitamin/growth aids regimen
keep ends moisturized to retain length
relaxer stretches
(may try being texlaxed)

What are you not going to do:
no stress over the hair
no direct heat everyday

What length are you:

Shoulder Length

 

[Honey-Dip]

What are you doing for growth?
Co washes, keeping my hair hydrated and sealing with EVCO or EVOO, low manipulation, DC's and more protective styling.

What are you not going to do?
NO direct heat. I'm recovering from heat damage now from a stylist who jacked up my hair

What length are you now?
Back to NL

 

[Friggin' Licia]

Woohoo! First challenge ever ! Hey ladies

* What are you doing for growth: Washing twice a week, use a protein treatment with every wash (my hair LOVES protein for some reason, clarify/avc once a month, wear a scarf EVERY night, dust as needed, moisturize and seal twice daily!
* What are you not going to do: Handle my hair too roughly, get lazy with moisturizing, use direct heat EVER, and use bobby pins that break my hair ever again ETA: Huge one right here: attempt to STOP playing in my hair throughout the day. I think this also causes my hair to break.
* What length are you now?: Uneven SL. Honestly, if I could get a little past full SL I would be in heaven

Oh, and question to anyone using vits. What are you using and how much? I'm thinking of getting fish oil biotin and GNC's hair skin and nails...but I wanted to be sure of the mgs i can take before purchasing.

 

[Theresamonet]

What are you doing for growth

Daily Co-washing
Shampoo (sulfate free)/ Dc 1x weekly
Pre-pooing
Moisturize 2x daily
Low Manipulation
* Going to try detangling every 1x bi-weekly
(or as long as I can w/out matting)
Protective styling
* braids, twists, extensions, bunning, etc.
Exercising
Covering my hair nightly w/ satin bonnet
Multi-vitamin/5000mcg Biotin
Will be using NuGro as a growth aid in spring/summer

What are you not going to do

No Direct heat
No Experimenting

What length are you now?

Neck length

(Will add starting pics later...)

 

[naturalpride]

I'm joining this challenge:

Regimen
-Moisturize and oil daily with Qhemit Biologics Amla and Heavy Cream and coconut oil.
-Co-wash weekly with HE Hello Hydration
-Shampoo twice monthly with Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap
-Deep condition weekly with NTM and oil scalp with olive oil weekly
-Protein as needed with Aphogee 2 minute and Nexxuss Emergencee
-Incoporate other products and routines as needed

Styling
-Twist outs weekly
-buns

Relax every 12-16 weeks with Optimum Regular

Current Length

 

[CurlTalk]

My first challenge!

What are you doing for growth

Low manipulation
Low heat
Protective Styling
Keep hair in kinky twists for part of the year

What are you not going to do

Use heat excessively

What length are you now?

SL


Will have to post length pics after I take these twists out near the end of dec., beginning of jan.

 

[Tolle]

What are you doing for growth
weekly wash and condition
biweekly 2 min aphogee
moisture moisture moisture
seal ends at least every other day
What are you not going to do
no direct heat(maybe 1x month pass)
stay away from the devil (hair glue)...its my weakness for instant thickness but also my recipe for baldness
What length are you now?
grazing collarbone

 

[Mattie26]

What are you doing for growth?
Mn
Protective styles, braids, wigs, wraps.....etc.
Baggying 3-4 times a week
Dc weekly
K.I.S.S

What are you NOT doing?
Going overboard with products.
Going crazy with the heat.

What length are you now?
Just made CBL.




4" to APL

ETA: In the back I'm past SL.

 

[LovelyRo]

What are you doing for growth?

• Protective Style (mainly sew-ins)
• Maintain protein-moisture balance
• Moisturize regularly
• Supplements

What are you NOT going to do?

• No Cutting (I just cut my hair from grazing APL to NL BOB in August... I forgot how addicting cutting was... I got it cut again a couple weeks ago and it had grown out ALOT)
• Use heat on a regular basis
• No blowdryer... I should just throw it away!!!

What length are you now?

• NL bob... I'm cutting it very close but, I'm going to get aggressive with trying to grow it out.

ETA Starting Pic

 

[indiangirl313]

What are you doing for growth?
1. Currently wearing individual braids,
2. taking MSM,
3. soy protein powder,
4. Future Biotics-Hair, Skin and Nail Vitamins,
5. Using mixture of MTG oil, Hairveda Vatika Frosting, and Shikakai Indian oil.
6. Also I plan to take my braids out New Year's Day 2010, will stretch my relaxer to 24 weeks
(currently at 13 weeks).
7. While I am stretching, I will be wearing protective styles, i.e. buns, half wigs, wet sets.

What are you not going to do?
No cutting, no styles that require a lot of heat

What length are you now?
SL

 

[glamchick84]

What are you doing for growth
K.I.S.S, Protective styling(halfwigs and buns), DC 2x per week, and Hair vitamins

What are you not going to do

No blow dryer(air dry only), excessive heat(maybe flat iron 2-3x this year), Major Cutting(micro dusting on texlax days)


What length are you now?

Between SL and APL

I want Full/Thick/Blunt APL!! I'm trying to grow out these layers and my hair is so thin!!

 

[Ozma]

I'm in it to win it!

• What are you doing for growth protective style, baggy, low manipulation, dc, henna
  
• What are you not going to do daily co-washes, brushing or combing dry hair, use any heat, get scissor happy
• What length are you now? SL
  

 

[shae101s]

What are you doing for growth?

1. Will wear hair in protective styles only (plaits, twists and cornrows..no puffs and resulting outs)
2. Exercise and take vitamins (which I never do either..so this will be double benefit health wise)..possibly: Future Biotics-Hair, Skin and Nail Vitamins or AfriGrowth60
3. Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize, seal and protect!
4. Keep at my Ayurvedic Methods at least once a month
5. Keep ends healthy by moisturizing and sealing them nightly if needs be.
6. Stick to products that work for me! No switching around


What are you not going to do?
I will say no to scissors, and I will not abuse my hair with heat or hairstyles that stress hair and scalp

What length are you now?
Shoulder Length

 

[twists]

What are you doing for growth?:

• Stay in protective styles, twists and buns
• Continue washing once per week
• Take my vitamins regularly
• Try and exercise regularly
• Just be patient

What are you not going to do?:

• Use a lot of different products
• Use heat
• Be discouraged

What length are you now?:
Shoulder length or a tiny bit below it

 

[PaleoChick]

Addendum to last post: Limit shampoo to as needed not routine...
That is all

 

[WaistLengthDreams]

OP, I sent you a PM to join this challenge!!!!

MINI ASSESSMENT:
What are you doing for growth

• Rollerset

• Stretch relaxers as much as possible

• DC weekly and protein treatments as needed

• Moisturize and seal my ends

• Dust regularly

• Only flat iron freshly washed hair avoiding the ends

• Drink more water

• Exercise Regularly

What are you not going to do?

• No Cutting

• No Blow Drying

• No Trims

• No short cuts

What length are you now?

• SL (will update with starting picture later)