2 Inches In 4 Months Challenge - 2016 (session 3 - Sept Through Dec)

Today was CoWash Saturday for me.

  • Pre-poo'd overnight with my AVJ spritz and Hairitage Butter on my ends.
  • This morning, I applied a mixture of Curly Kinks DC, HydroQuench Honey Pineapple Hibiscus DC & Brahmi Powder and went under my heat cap for an hour.
  • Cleansed my scalp with CC Natural's Scalp Scrub and CW'd my length with Honey Handmade's Knot Going Bananas, used Garnier Triple Nutrition as a reconstructor & rinsed out 80% of the V05 Strawberry & Cream.
  • LCOB'd with L = Aphogee Curlific, C = Treluxe Untie the Knot, O = Orofluido on length & Sunny Isle JBCO on edges & B = Hairitage Horsetail Butter on scalp & Siamese Twists Pracaxi Peach ButterCreme on ends.
My hair is so spoiled.
 
Froreal3 said:
Still going strong w/increased protein intake. This is going from very little to about 70 grams per day. Hopefully it helps me see 13" in my nape by the end of this challenge. Also still doing my Manetabolism vitamins and NJoy sulfur. If these three things don't work, I give up! :lol:
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I'm supposed to be doing this and I just can't get it together. I'll never see progress if I don't get serious.

I straightened my hair over the weekend and right now I've just put it in 2 loose braids down the side of my head. I plan on wearing it like this for the rest of the week redoing them nightly after I apply NJoy's oil.
 
Tonight, I put Avon's Advance Techniques on my braids, sat under the heat cap for 30 minutes, CW'd, and rinsed it out and rinsed out 80% of Elucence Moisture Balancing Conditioner.

I LCOB'd with L = Aphogee Curlific, C = Hawaiian Silky, O = Orofluido on length & Sunny Isle JBCO on edges, B = Hairitage Hydration Horsetail on scalp & Siamese Twists Pracaxi Peach ButterCreme on ends.

Day 3 of inversion complete!
 
I'm washing my hair tonight and doing a dc with elixir ultime. I might dye a small section to measure my growth. I'm going to skip my growth aids for a few days. The ayurvedic oils in Gro aut are making my scalp itch :pullhair:
 
Today was Shampoo Saturday:

  • Pre-poo'd overnight with my AVJ spritz & Spectrum Coconut Oil.
  • This morning, I applied Embrace the Natural You DC and went under my heat cap for an hour.
  • Shampoo'd my scalp with Embrace the Natural You Frothing Cleanser, CW'd my length with Alikay's Cowash Me, reconstructed with Joico K-pak, did an ACV rinse & rinsed out 80% of the Elucence Moisture Balance Conditioner.
  • LCOB'd with L = Alikay's Lemongrass, C = Fekkai Glossing & Elasta QP Olive Oil & Mango Butter, O = Keravada Super Gro on scalp & Kreyol Essence Chocolate HBCO on edges & B = Marie Dean Coconut Cream Butter on length & KJ Naturals Milk & Honey on ends.

After plaiting my hair, I baggy'd and did my Day 7 inversion for the month.
 
Can anyone else tell when their hair is growing? Even when they can't see a difference? I feel like I can. My scalp is sore and tingling. Figured it was the oil so haven't used it since Thursday I don't think. My ends have been looking very neat since my cut last month. Washed yesterday and now not so much so I know there's growth there. Not sure if the scalp thing is hair growing or something else though.
 
Today I washed my scalp, sat under the dryer and deep conditioned hair..Applied some tea tree oil and massaged. I am not sure if it's new growth or if my braids are just loosening up. Any of you ladies use MN on your scalp?.. Thinking about applying 3 times a weeks. Not quite sure if my vitamins are working.
 
I moisturized with Mizani D'Tangle leave in, then moisturized and sealed with my shealoe oil infused butter today. Replait my celies and preparing for bed now.
 
KammyGirl said:
Can anyone else tell when their hair is growing? Even when they can't see a difference? I feel like I can. My scalp is sore and tingling. Figured it was the oil so haven't used it since Thursday I don't think. My ends have been looking very neat since my cut last month. Washed yesterday and now not so much so I know there's growth there. Not sure if the scalp thing is hair growing or something else though.
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No I don't have signs :ohwell:
 
KammyGirl said:
Can anyone else tell when their hair is growing? Even when they can't see a difference? I feel like I can. My scalp is sore and tingling. Figured it was the oil so haven't used it since Thursday I don't think. My ends have been looking very neat since my cut last month. Washed yesterday and now not so much so I know there's growth there. Not sure if the scalp thing is hair growing or something else though.
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I can only tell when I do a pull test. The itchies is a good indicator though. I think we get extra growth from all the scratching and patting
 
KammyGirl said:
Can anyone else tell when their hair is growing? Even when they can't see a difference? I feel like I can. My scalp is sore and tingling. Figured it was the oil so haven't used it since Thursday I don't think. My ends have been looking very neat since my cut last month. Washed yesterday and now not so much so I know there's growth there. Not sure if the scalp thing is hair growing or something else though.
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I like to think that it's growing, however I have no tells. I just wait until I've got that side by side pic to compare. Now that I've taken measurements, I'm interested to see how much retention I'll have this year.
 
KammyGirl said:
Can anyone else tell when their hair is growing? Even when they can't see a difference? I feel like I can. My scalp is sore and tingling. Figured it was the oil so haven't used it since Thursday I don't think. My ends have been looking very neat since my cut last month. Washed yesterday and now not so much so I know there's growth there. Not sure if the scalp thing is hair growing or something else though.
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I can not tell when my hair is growing until I straighten it out. Which it may be sooner then I thought, my braids have become so loose and I have only had them in for two weeks.
 
Tonight, I put Dove Nourishing Oil Care Conditioner on my braids, sat under the heat cap for 30 minutes, CW'd and rinsed it out and rinsed out 80% of Elucence Balance Conditioner.

I LCOB'd with L = Alikay Lemongrass, C = Soultanical's Mane 'n Thick, O = Keravada Super Gro on scalp & Kreyol Essence Chocolate HBCO on edges, B = Marie Dean's Coconut Cream on length & KJ Natural's Milk & Honey on ends.
 
@faithVA I think that my straight hair feels thin compared to my natural hair. Also, the right side in the back is shorter and thinner than the right. I am doing a trim on the 31st to even things out a bit. My fragile hair needs to be trimmed frequently or else the ends look thin.

On the bright side my longest layer is between #9 and 10 on my shirt. I'd honestly be happy if all my hair grew to #10 with thick ends by the end of the year. I will probably be dusting every 2 months for the rest of this year
 
Today was CW Friday:
  • Pre-poo'd under my wig at work with AVJ spritz & KJ Naturals Milk & Honey on ends.
  • When I got home, I added Aubrey Organics GPB & HSR mix on ends and AO White Camellia on scalp & length for an hour under a heat cap.
  • Used CC's Naturals Scalp Scrub, CW'd with HH Totally Twisted, Joico K-pak Reconstructor & rinsed out 80% of the Elucence Balancing Conditioner.
  • LOCB'd with L = Annabelle's Honeydew LI, O = Keravada Super Gro, C = Ouidad Moisture Lock, B = Marie Dean Coconut Cream on length & KJ Naturals Milk & Honey on ends.
 
As for me today, I prepooed with Matrix Biolage Hydrasource with Aloeconitioning balm mixed with sunflower and palm oil and a dash of aloe jiuce.

It felt much better than it did last week. I suppose I can use it as a deep conditioner this way, but the prepoo is working swimmingly so why mess with a good thing?

I used Redken Time Reset shampoo (made my hair feel squeaky clean without feeling hard) and now I'm deep conditioning with Redken Time Reset Youth Revitalizer replenishing deep treatment for 20 minutes under hooded dryer.

This shampoo and treatment also have ceramides and camellia oil in them. I'm a little excited about that so we'll see how good it is for my hair once I'm done. I'm washing this out and finishing off with a palm oil rinse leaving some of it on my hair.

I'll be moisturizing with Redken Anti Snap leave in sealed with sunflower oil. That's me for my hair day.
 
I haven't used any oil or growth aids the entire week. I haven't even touched my hair this week and I think I'm paying the price. Lots of shedding and crazy dry hair. It'll need some tlc for a while.
 
All I did tonight wS miisturized my ends with my Keracare/Kccc knot today combo moisturizer. It feels wonderful and I'm trying hard to keep my hands out of it.
 
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