12 inches in 12 months - 2014

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Got my water in. Completed my vitamins and supplements. Baggying now. Will do 4 minutes of inversion/stretches before bed. Need to do some exercise. Will get at least a walk in tomorrow.

My hair is definitely growing. I colored my hair on April 30th and the grays are already making their appearance. Growth is a mixed blessing

I hear you with those grays. I do henna glosses at least twice a week mixed with indigo and it keeps those grays at bay. Since I'm in plaits, I only do now once a month and let me tell you those grays are peeking through. I think I'm going to start next month doing GHE only on the bottom half of my braids and not my whole head. When took plaits out, hair seemed a little mushy. I will be doing a protein treatment next week but I'm going to stop doing my whole head GHE because I spray my plaits with moisturising spray every PM.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I'm on a Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday schedule so starting to get some consistency. Doctored my 2nd bottle and put it in my root only applicator. It worked so well. And I feel like I didn't over use. Oiled my scalp tonight and now baggying.

I hope I get 1" this month. I know I just colored my hair at the end of last month and they are already trying to take over the world

On point with my agenda today
--vitamins
--water
--smoothie
--no junk food
--short walk
--inversion
--oiled scalp
--baggying

I remember reading something where it stated that it takes 21 days for something to become a habit. We all just need to stay focused and we will become habitually with our routines. Some things we faithfully do, but others we may not. I have been off track this week, but next week I'm putting myself back on track because June will be here before you know it and I too want to see some good progress with my June pic. Thanks for updating us. You're doing good!

 

[HoneyA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I'll join! I'm 25" as of Monday, 5/13 which is just 2" shy of HL on me (I'm short, 5'2"). I do all the other things and take good supplements. I'm going for another 10-12" at least in the next 1-1.5 years. At that point, I should be almost mid-thigh length (it is 35-37" on me).

Wow! You are doing well at 25" and you are going for mid-thigh length! I am sure you'll get there. You have a great track record .

Based on the past 8 weeks my leave out grew a little over 2 inches. I went from 5 inches to 7.25 inches. I will be pampering the ends of my leave out so I won't need to trim away my progress.

Great! Keep it up! It's good to see that our efforts are actually paying off.

P.S. I will be trying the inversion technique tonight before bed. I will try to be faithful and do it nightly for one month to see if it makes a difference.

That's the thing - being consistent. I can't even manage to do the technique for a week. I only did it 1x this week.

TGIF! I've got to work on my water intake. Goal for today is 64 oz

I'm going to try this today. I only managed about 50 oz. yesterday but it's improvement.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I finally got a sulfur oil mix together. I will begin using it on Sunday. I hope it is the right mix for me. I wonder if I made a sulfur mix with Aloe Vera Juice as opposed to so many oils. I just have to figure out a way to keep the mix fresh at room temperature or will I be forced to refrigerate the mix because of the Aloe Vera Juice.

The only aloe vera juice that I know that doesn't have to be refrigerated is the brand from Trader's Joe. I use this aloe vera juice and it saids on the container that it does not have to be refrigerated. That's just a suggestion. I do have a sulfur oil mix I'm using, NJoy's diluted with other oils, and MTG diluted with other oils. I'm going to make a new patch of moisturising spray and I'm gonna add some MSM powder which is another form of sulfur to see how it adds to my hair growth.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

TGIF! I've got to work on my water intake. Goal for today is 64 oz

Yeah TGIF! I can easily get down three 16.9 bottles of water and I only would need to drink another bottle but I have such difficulty. I will start too trying to see if I can get that other bottle down.

 

[SincerelyBeautiful]

I have some sulfur but really dont know what to mix it with. Do i mix with oils, conditioner, or do i make a spritz with it for my new growth and scalp? TIA

 

[QueenAmaka]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I have some sulfur but really dont know what to mix it with. Do i mix with oils, conditioner, or do i make a spritz with it for my new growth and scalp? TIA

SincerelyBeautiful When I make my own mixes I use oils - whatever I have on hand; usually castor, olive, or safflower and sometimes grapeseed oil. I also add in peppermint and rosemary. I only use it for my scalp. Happy mixing!

 

[OriginalCrownandGlory]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

The only aloe vera juice that I know that doesn't have to be refrigerated is the brand from Trader's Joe. I use this aloe vera juice and it saids on the container that it does not have to be refrigerated. That's just a suggestion. I do have a sulfur oil mix I'm using, NJoy's diluted with other oils, and MTG diluted with other oils. I'm going to make a new patch of moisturising spray and I'm gonna add some MSM powder which is another form of sulfur to see how it adds to my hair growth.

thanks! I may find myself in Trader Joe this weekend

 

[OriginalCrownandGlory]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I have some sulfur but really dont know what to mix it with. Do i mix with oils, conditioner, or do i make a spritz with it for my new growth and scalp? TIA

I just made my first sulfur mix, it is an oil mix. My mix includes carrier oils: jojoba, castor, and avocado, Essential oils: rosemary, tea tree, and peppermint. A dropper of neem oil, vitamin E and D. I also intend to make a sulfur mix that is aloe based but I am still working on what else I will add to it.

 

[Satya_R]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hey ladies!

Is it too late to jump on the bandwagon?

 

[daae]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Took my braids out!

2 inches till grazing BSL!

 

[OriginalCrownandGlory]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Woo hoo congrats daae

Hey @Satya R

 

[daae]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

thanks! OriginalCrownandGlory

 

[Blessed&higlyflavoured]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hey ladies, checking in

I've been co-washing often with copious amounts of cheap silicone free conditioner. My hairs soft and silky. i've been doing my scalp massages with castor oil, and smoothie and supplements daily. I've also put my hair in minibraids.
the minibraids give me the best of both worlds, small enough to style but because their plaits minimum shrinkage and tangling. they look a little flat but you can't win them all


how are you ladies?

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I just made my first sulfur mix, it is an oil mix. My mix includes carrier oils: jojoba, castor, and avocado, Essential oils: rosemary, tea tree, and peppermint. A dropper of neem oil, vitamin E and D. I also intend to make a sulfur mix that is aloe based but I am still working on what else I will add to it.

It sounds great. Just notice to see if your body reacts to it. Sometimes it may not be the sulfur, but other things that are added that may cause the problem.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hey ladies!

Is it too late to jump on the bandwagon?

Join us please. We would love to have you. You can incorporate all or some of the suggestions from Inspired's original post. I just changed it from 2012 to 2013. We will be checking in every 2 months with a progress pic (the 1st check in is the end of June). Glad to have you with us and please share any tips/suggestions that you may have.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Took my braids out!

2 inches till grazing BSL!

Congratulations! Way to go. Can't wait to see pic at end of June.

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Hey ladies, checking in

I've been co-washing often with copious amounts of cheap silicone free conditioner. My hairs soft and silky. i've been doing my scalp massages with castor oil, and smoothie and supplements daily. I've also put my hair in minibraids.
the minibraids give me the best of both worlds, small enough to style but because their plaits minimum shrinkage and tangling. they look a little flat but you can't win them all


how are you ladies?

Thanks for the check in. What brand of silicone free conditioner do you use. I looked at the cone-free conditioner list and I don't know if I should use White Rain, VO5, or Suave. I've never did cowashes before. How often do you do them?

 

[fancypants007]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I'm just checking in to see how everyone is doing. I was off track last week, but I'm back on track. I took my braids out last week and I did see growth, but I also saw breakage particularly around the front. I was using this moisturising spray but it might not have been so moistursing. I'm not worried because the breakage was not major. I remember Wanakee who grew her hair to waist length, she stated that we cannot stop our hair from breaking, but we want to control the breakage. I don't think my hair is breaking now, but I will still give it an Aphogee 2-step this weekend along with DC. I tweaked my regime a little bit because I'm learning to listen to my hair. But I'm on point and hope everyone else is too. I took my brewers yeast, msm and hair vitamin this morning. I will oil scalp with sulfur mix, exercise, do headstand, GHE later tonight. I can't wait to post a pic at the end of June.

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I'm still here. I was a little slack over the weekend. I usually do better during the week.

I intended on exercising over the weekend but it didn't work out that way. I installed kinky twists over the weekend. I think this will help a lot. It will free up a lot of time I was spending on my hair so I can now exercise and get other things done. This will allow me to more easily oil my scalp as well as cowash 2x a week. So my scalp should be healthier. I am plan to be vigilant moisturizing my hair so I can retain my ends when I take these out.

Getting back on track today with my eating, water, supplements, etc. Will update later today.

 

[naija24]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

I just recently ordered Biotin 10,000MG pills that should be here by Thursday. You think if I took those daily my hair would grow enough to be one inch/month?

 

[Blessed&higlyflavoured]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Thanks for the check in. What brand of silicone free conditioner do you use. I looked at the cone-free conditioner list and I don't know if I should use White Rain, VO5, or Suave. I've never did cowashes before. How often do you do them?

Hey, I use Baylis and Harding, great hair moisture surge. it comes in massive litre bottles that you can often found in tk maxx or pound shops. i added a bunch of sunflower oil for smoothness and ceramides.

i only shampoo once a week but because of all the growth aids, heavy sealing and products sometimes during the week my hair feels a little gunky. i do it about 1-2 times a week.

 

[HoneyA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

So far so good I think. My hair is retaining. The front part of my hair is past my chin now and that's not where my longest layers are. I was like when did that happen?

I started sleeping in a plastic cap last week because I misplaced both my satin scarves. I found them eventually. I normally use the plastic caps for overnight pre-pooing 1x or 2x a week. Little did I know that I was, in fact, GHE/whole head baggying so that's another thing on the list that I do. I'll increase this for the next four weeks and see how it affects my retention.

Continuing with the healthy eating and exercise and following my regimen strictly. Loosely bunning for the rest of the week.

naija24 be careful with that much biotin at once. The advice is usually to start with small amounts like 1000 mcg and then build up to 5000 mcg. That's the maximum amount that the body will absorb daily anyway. I think I read that somewhere. Make sure to take a B-complex and lots of water to prevent break outs. I tried this a few years ago and got painful acne. I haven't tried it again since because I'm not risking a break-out since beautiful skin trumps long hair in my books. Other ladies have had good results though. In any case, a good HSN with about 1000 mcg of biotin should do the trick.

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

naija24 be careful with that much biotin at once. The advice is usually to start with small amounts like 1000 mcg and then build up to 5000 mcg. That's the maximum amount that the body will absorb daily anyway. I think I read that somewhere. Make sure to take a B-complex and lots of water to prevent break outs. I tried this a few years ago and got painful acne. I haven't tried it again since because I'm not risking a break-out since beautiful skin trumps long hair in my books. Other ladies have had good results though. In any case, a good HSN with about 1000 mcg of biotin should do the trick.

Since you have already purchased them, you could try taking them every other day or every 3 days to see how your body responds.

I started with 1000 mcg and then switched to 2000 mcg until I finished the bottle. The current bottle I have is 5000 mcg. I take it daily unless I forget. I don't know that I will see 1" this month but still hoping. Even with supplements a lot of this really depends on what your body needs and is or is not getting. It is really hard to know. Your body chemistry is really going to be the deciding factor and it is just trial and error to figure out what it needs to be optimized.

 

[HoneyA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

Since you have already purchased them, you could try taking them every other day or every 3 days to see how your body responds.

I started with 1000 mcg and then switched to 2000 mcg until I finished the bottle. The current bottle I have is 5000 mcg. I take it daily unless I forget. I don't know that I will see 1" this month but still hoping. Even with supplements a lot of this really depends on what your body needs and is or is not getting. It is really hard to know. Your body chemistry is really going to be the deciding factor and it is just trial and error to figure out what it needs to be optimized.

That's exactly how I'd take them now (every 2 or 3 days) or alternatively you could start out taking them daily and see how your body responds (which is what I did before with the 10 000 mcg) and then adjust the dosage if need be.

faithVA how long have you been taking biotin overall and have you seen increased growth and retention that could be attributed to the biotin alone?

Some ladies report that they didn't really see a difference in growth but I guess it would depend on how consistently they were taking it and for how long.

 

[naija24]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

faithVA, goodness, I had no idea! At least it was $5 on amazon. I guess I"ll just take it once a week? that'll cover the 2000mcg a day, i think.

I'm just so bad with remembering pills that I figured upping the dosage would be better.

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

That's exactly how I'd take them now (every 2 or 3 days) or alternatively you could start out taking them daily and see how your body responds (which is what I did before with the 10 000 mcg) and then adjust the dosage if need be.

faithVA how long have you been taking biotin overall and have you seen increased growth and retention that could be attributed to the biotin alone?

Some ladies report that they didn't really see a difference in growth but I guess it would depend on how consistently they were taking it and for how long.

It's probably been a little over a month. I don't think it is long enough to see any difference. I just started the 5000 mcg about 2 weeks ago.

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

faithVA, goodness, I had no idea! At least it was $5 on amazon. I guess I"ll just take it once a week? that'll cover the 2000mcg a day, i think.

I'm just so bad with remembering pills that I figured upping the dosage would be better.

I don't know that it works that way. The body will probably take what it can use and flush the rest. So if it can use 3000 mcg on tuesday, that is what it will take and flush the rest.

Do the best you can at remembering to take them a few times a week.

 

[HoneyA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

faithVA, goodness, I had no idea! At least it was $5 on amazon. I guess I"ll just take it once a week? that'll cover the 2000mcg a day, i think.

I'm just so bad with remembering pills that I figured upping the dosage would be better.

naija24 I thought that the more I took I'd see faster growth so I opted for the highest dosage but I just ended up with the acne. It showed up in about 10 days. By about day 12, I had thrown the biotin in the garbage

It's probably been a little over a month. I don't think it is long enough to see any difference. I just started the 5000 mcg about 2 weeks ago.

faithVA Yes, they say it takes about 2 to 3 months for any noticeable difference.

 

[faithVA]

Re: 12 inches in 12 months - 2013

naija24 I thought that the more I took I'd see faster growth so I opted for the highest dosage but I just ended up with the acne. It showed up in about 10 days. By about day 12, I had thrown the biotin in the garbage



faithVA Yes, they say it takes about 2 to 3 months for any noticeable difference.

Almost everything that goes into the body takes about 90 days before a new balance is set. Some people notice results quickly but not most. In the supplement game you have to be consistent and stay with it.