12 Inches In 12 Months - 2016

Haven't been posting but I've been consistently taking my Manetabolism vitamins. I decided that I was doing too much with the vitamins, egg and wheat germ Shakes, carrot juice and everything else that I was doing so I'm simplifying it but just doing vitamins and carrot juice for now until I use up all my carrots. Juicing is just too much to be trying to do every day. It takes too long to clean the juicer lol.
 
EthansMama said:
:clap: My first LC ever!

I now see my first pic wasn't very clear. You can't see my armpits to get a good idea of growth but I think you can still see some. I think I averaged at least 1/2 to 3/4 inch a month over for the last three months. I usually grow about 1/4 to 1/2.

Fist pic was 12/6/15
Second pic 2/29/16

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Kells said:
Well this is unfortunate, I only got the basic 1-1/2 inches over the past 3 months.
I guess my MSM has run it's course in terms of rapid growth lol

Hmmm, well Hairfinity always worked for me (1 inch/month). Maybe I'll go back to that and try Inversion as well for this next round.

I also decided not to do a hair care analysis right now, because my daughter needs one more than me right now.

I'm going to do a little trim, start inversions and see what happens at the end of this month and by then, I should be back on Hairfinity.
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YAY!!!!! I see growth and thickness in both yall LC!!!
 
NaturallyBri87 said:
Haven't been posting but I've been consistently taking my Manetabolism vitamins. I decided that I was doing too much with the vitamins, egg and wheat germ Shakes, carrot juice and everything else that I was doing so I'm simplifying it but just doing vitamins and carrot juice for now until I use up all my carrots. Juicing is just too much to be trying to do every day. It takes too long to clean the juicer lol.
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I know what you mean. During the holidays I slacked off my protein shakes and green and carrot juices too because I was too busy.

I dint juice though, I buy the Bolthouse farms veggie juices at the supermarket. It's the next best thing!
 
pelohello said:
wash day will most likely be today. I'm plan on clay washing, protein, DC and maybe a wng. However, I'm leaning more to a twistout. I noticed some breakage and IDK if it was due to me being alittle rough or if I need protein. My last protein was a month ago. I noticed with the ivory shea butter it doesn't keep my hair moisturized as long as the yellow shea butter. I'm hoping that once I make my shea butter mixture it will help it to last longer.
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I finger detangled my hair. I'm hoping to wash my hair tonight, but I'm sooooo tired!!!! If I don't wash it today, I will wash it tomorrow. My wng lasted since Mon but it really could of lasted a whole week. I will most likely do another wng, since it was so easy. I need to re-up on some conditioner. If I can't find tressume undone conditioner then I think I'm going to try Kinky Curly conditioner. We'll see.
 
NaturallyBri87 said:
I have a nutri bullet but will it make the carrots into juice? I'll probably have to add some sort of juice to it to get the desired consistency if I put carrots in it.
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Not sure how well it breaks down carrots. I would use mostly liquid and fewer fruits and veggies with carrots since they are so hard.
 
Just finished washing and DCing my hair. I'm still noticing alittle breakage, but on the right side. I'm def gonna keep an eye on this. I put some protein conditioner on the right side. So hopefully that will make a difference.
 
I have been meaning to check in and I am not sure if I did or not.
When I started in December my hair was about 10 inches and now it is about 12 maybe 13 because it does fold over the ruler. YAY almost an inch of growth a month December 1 2015.jpg March 1st 2016.jpg
I was taking the Millie Organics with the bamboo but it was way to much biotin and I had a bit of a breakout. I am going to take just the bamboo for two months then try just the Millie Organics and figure out which one I like better.
As for the regimen not much has changed. Still try to henna once every 4-6 weeks and alternate clay wash with conditioner only. I have also been having a great deal of success with using irish moss, green tea and slippery elm instead of a leave in then applying gel.
I did have a set back when I was trying to use up a bunch of stuff under the cabinet. I think it is time for me to face it I wasted money trying new stuff that my hair just does not like, but it is tough for me to let it go.
Bikram yoga has been making my hair really dry but I found a thread with some interesting ideas so I will give that a go.

Maybe next week I will put in some mini twists so I can trim my hair.
 
NaturallyBri87 said:
Haven't been posting but I've been consistently taking my Manetabolism vitamins. I decided that I was doing too much with the vitamins, egg and wheat germ Shakes, carrot juice and everything else that I was doing so I'm simplifying it but just doing vitamins and carrot juice for now until I use up all my carrots. Juicing is just too much to be trying to do every day. It takes too long to clean the juicer lol.
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Totally feel you on the juicer!
When I was on top of my game I would make a bunch on Sunday then freeze them and thaw one the night before. Usually, it would thaw out by mid-morning completely.
 
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Hi ladies, below is my March 2016 LC check in progress. I think I see growth! I didn't stretch the sides in this photo but they hit about BSL once stretched. My rat-tail is inching closer to my waist (yay!) but I won't claim waist length until all my layers hit waist length.

This is unwashed hair (21 days to be exact). I am about to go wash and do a protein treatment, deep condish.


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Totally forget about length check. Have no idea if my hair has grown.

But I have been washing and conditioning weekly.
Taken vitamins and drinking water. Eating fruits and my veggies daily.

Been on wng styles. I purchased Mop Top gentle shampoo and conditioner. It smells great, moisturize and cleanse my hair well. May become a new staple.

I will be back this week with length check.
 
So, today was my first day washing since the LC.
I think I'll officially get off the MSM bandwagon for now because I'm over the shedding.

I'm considering lace-wigging it as my PS; the black baseball cap and headwraps have been my primary go-to in covering my hair and it's causing me to feel really frumpy and homely, so I'll be putting aside some moolah here and there to invest in a few.

Other than that, I'm still washing and DC'ing weekly, vitamins as the growth aide, and until I officially get in a wig, I'm gonna work on getting my hair back into the clumping, WNG mode.
 
I finished installing my mini twists yesterday (pics in the everyday hair thread). It was really impromptu. It took me 3 days to complete. It was either twists, relaxing my hair or cutting my hair. IDK I'm just so over my hair. I don't feel like it really growing and it's so thick that I'm tired of dealing with it; at least for now:)
 
pelohello said:
I finished installing my mini twists yesterday (pics in the everyday hair thread). It was really impromptu. It took me 3 days to complete. It was either twists, relaxing my hair or cutting my hair. IDK I'm just so over my hair. I don't feel like it really growing and it's so thick that I'm tired of dealing with it; at least for now:)
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It's growing:yep:.
 
@Janet' your set looks so good. Really cute. I don't know if you mentioned, but what size rollers did you use? I'm thinking of picking up some more of the French mesh ones:look:
 
I'll be doing my length check next week when I take my braids out. I'm hoping my manetabolism plus my garlic oil will bump me up to a full inch. I've been slacking on my carrot juice and eggs smoothies tho :-(
 
I'm really starting to miss my hair. If it behaves after my dc I might run the flat iron over it on the lowest setting. I can wear my hair out on my off days (today, tomorrow and Friday), but once the weekend comes I'm back to wigging it again.
 
So i checked on one area, back corner which reached my collar bone, and it has only grown an inch since Jan. So I thought, this means there is something else I've stopped doing that caused my Fall growth spurt. I realized that I hadn't replaced my daily vitamin (thinking they had nothing to do with growth...sigh), and when I looked at the vitamin/mineral listing, there was biotin. I had NO idea biotin was in my daily vitamin.

Of course I've ordered a bottle and a separate vegan hair/skin/nail supplement of the same brand (Mega Foods) which I can take 3Xs a day. I took the first pill last night and will measure all over this evening after I hit the gym.

I feel like I'm starting at square one (despite the 1" of growth), so I am looking forward to much better progress at the next check in.
 
I M&S my twists yesterday. I moisturized with diluted tressume and sealed with shea butter and WGHO. I also oiled my scalp with WGHO.

I still have yet to invert. I'll start tomorrow
 
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