2 INCHES IN 4 MONTHS (end of the year) CHALLENGE

[TeeSGee]

I want in!!! I wanna have healthy MBL hair and fuller edges by end of yr..


What's your regimen?
Pre-poo wash day
shampoo 1x wkly with Moisturizing poo
Clarify 1x month
DC 1x wkly
Protein 2x mthly or when needed
Moisturize & Seal every other day
Oil Scalp 2x wkly

What Products are you using?
Elasta QP creme conditioning shampoo / Kenra Moisturizing Shampo
Clarify: Mizani Phurify / Ors Creamy Aloe
Kenra MC
AOGPB / Joico KPak Deep Penetrating Reconstructor
Bee Mine Luscious Balanced Cream Moisturizer
Sunflower oil
JBCO
Vatika Oil pre-poo
Leave-in Revlon Equave

What will you especially do for achieving this goal?
I will be minimizing heat and doing mostly buns in order to protect my ends

 

[Charla]

You women and your darn challenges! And me and my darn need to gain these inches! I'm in! My next LC is Sept 3. I'll post pics then.
in the meantime, this is the nape as of today, freshly washed and blown out.

What's your regimen?
Wash once every 7-10 days. M&S as needed. Keeping it very simple.
What Products are you using?
Avj, Aussie Moist, castor oil.
What will you especially do for achieving this goal?
Sulfur oil, scalp massages & GHE every other day.
Continue vitamin reggie.
Continue walking 4 days weekly.

 

[Damaged but not out]

Please, add me as well.

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What's your regimen?
Clay Washes every 2 weeks
Oil Rinses and DCs weekly
Henna every 2-4 weeks,until I use up this old stash I have
Weekly braid-set or twists
I do take supplements and exercise.

What Products are you using?
Clay wash- Bentonite Clay with different things added, trying to create my own mud wash
Oil rinses -blend of grapeseed,hemp,macadamia,coconut
Deep treatment :Aubrey Organics conditioners, overnight
Moisturizer : aloe and water, shea butter
Sealant : castor oil,hemp,coconut

What will you especially do for achieving this goal?
Keep my damn hands out of my head and away from scissors!!
Oiling my hair every other day

 

[g.lo]

I am in, will take a pic either end of the week or next week when i wash my hair! i am in the hide your hair challenge as well, so will throw some box braids, probably for the all 4 month and see! will probably cowash more often!

 

[lushcoils]

I'm so in! It will be the perfect birthday present for me... 2 more inches will be the longest length I've gotten so far.

I'll be back to post more later.

 

[missjones]

I might want to join, but I just BCed and I need to get my reggie down

 

[Sensual~Beauty]

What's your regimen?
Currently, I don't have a regimen but I'm going to start washing my hair once every 2 weeks or sooner. Yesterday I washed my hair with plaits in it and took the plaits out 1 at a time, moisterized and untangled it that way. Once my entire head was out i blow dried it then flat ironed it. I may not flat iron all that time but everything else will be my process for these 4 months.
What Products are you using?
I have to purchase products so none to name right now.
What will you especially do for achieving this goal?
Make sure I keep up with a regimen instead of going days without doing anything to my hair.

This is my 1st challenge and I'm anxious to see how I'll do. My hair normally grows fast even without me trying to grow it.

 

[Nat1984]

Count me in too!! Will be back with pics and regimen soon

 

[Seamonster]

I am in, I am using potion on my scalp, Shima oil on my hair, DT, and home remedies.

 

[PJaye]

Sign me up, too!

Starting Pic
I will post one on or before September 1.

What's your regimen?
- Detangle/Shampoo/DC every week
- Protein treatments as needed
- Refresh with water spritz and Darcy’s Botanicals Transitioning Hair Creme every other day

What Products are you using?
- Shampoos: CON Argan Oil Shampoo, Elasta QP Creme Conditioning Shampoo, Quantum Clarifying Shampoo
- Detanglers: Suave Professionals Almond & Shea Butter Conditioner, Tresemme Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner
- Deep Conditioners: Hairveda SitriNillah Deep Hair Masque, Joico Moisture Recovery Treatment Balm, Nairobi Humecta-Sil Conditioner, Shescentit Banana Brulee Moisturizing Deep Conditioner, Alter Ego Garlic Hot Oil Treatment
- Protein Treatments: Colorful Neutral Protein Filler, ApHogee Keratin 2-Minute Reconstructor
- Co-Wash Conditioners: Shescentit Avocado Conditioner, Shescentit Super Soft Honey Conditioning Rinse, Tigi Bed Head Moisture Maniac Conditioner, Yes to Carrots Pampering Conditioner, Oyin Honey Hemp Conditioner
- Leave-ins: Darcy’s Botanicals Daily Leave-In Conditioner, Darcy’s Botanicals Peach Kernel Hydrating Milk
- Moisturizers: Qhemet Biologics Amla & Olive Heavy Cream, Qhemet Biologics Burdock Root Butter Cream, Darcy’s Botanicals Madagascar Vanilla Styling Cream
- Sealant: Oil Mixture (castor, flax seed, wheat germ, macadamia, camellia, rice bran, pumpkin seed, emu)

What will you especially do for achieving this goal?
I will refrain from experimenting and return to my tried and true methods/products.

 

[TeeMBL]

FIRST POST AND FIRST CHALLENGE!!

I've been lurking (or stalking, whichever) for about 9 months now, so this is exciting.

What's your regimen?
I'm relaxed so I try to stretch 12-14 weeks, I've also recently decreased my use of a flatiron from once a week to whenever I have something going on (which is rare so I've been in a bun for two weeks, I think I'm trying to go a month without heat). The closer I get to a touch-up, I may change it up, who knows. I'll of course be sealing, using scarf method closer to re-touch, and protective styling. I plan to bun 5-7 days a week, once again only wearing it down for special occasions. I wash and DC once a week, and cowash once a week, or if I feel the need to.

What Products are you using?
Shampoo - Elasta QP
DC - Silk Elements Megasilk
Co-wash - Herbal Essence Hydralicious (Purple bottle)
Moisturizer - Leave-in condish, or Scurl
Oil - Whatever I feel like at the time
Vitamins - Nioxin
Protein - Aphogee 2min recon

What will you especially do for achieving this goal?
Little heat, dusting, and bunning.
Will add photo September 1.

 

[Damaged but not out]

refrain from experimenting.


i should try that...i won't but i should

 

[faithVA]

I'm in... Why not, I have nothing to lose. I have to trim my ends between now and December but at least I can keep track of my progress. Maybe I will end up with 2" after the trim. Maybe

Must Include a starting pic because we will reveal at 4-month mark ! Will update my pic by Sept 1

What's your regimen?
Shampoo weekly/biweekly with mud wash
Oil rinse
Seal ends with unpetroleum jelly
DC 1x a month with homemade condish
Scalp massage 3x to 4x a week
Protective/Low Mani style 98%

What Products are you using?
Terressential Left Coast Lemon mud wash
Sunflower Oil
Coconut Oil
Unpetroleum Jelly
Home made condish
Chicoro's Leave-In
AloeVera Gel
Flaxseed Gel


What will you especially do for achieving this goal?
Protective style 98%
Seal ends every other day
Scalp massage 3x to 4x a week
Vitamins and Biotin
Moisturize daily/every other day

 

[newnyer]

Well sure! I THINK it will take me about 3.5 inches to get to APL but I gotta start somewhere, right?!

Must Include a starting pic because we will reveal at 4-month mark ! I think I'm getting a touch up tomorrow...so I'll put in a starting pic then.

What's your regimen?
Shampoo weekly, DC weekly (alternate between protein & moisturizing)
Co-wash 1-2x a week
Moisturize w/ S-Curl & Seal with oil nightly
Daily bun (at least until I can easily handle another PS!)

-What Products are you using?
Shea Moisture Moisture Retention Shampoo
Alter Ego (add honey)
Silicon Mix
Suave Coconut, Mane & Tail, or VO5 (for co-wash)
Aphogee 2 minute
Nexxus Emergencee (new!)
Aloe Vera Juice (new!)
S-Curl
Hot 6 oil
Coconut Oil (new!)
Olive Oil

What will you especially do for achieving this goal?
Continue same regimen PLUS:
1. Get back to daily vitamin intake and sulphur/MN/MT/oil mix scalp massages.

2. Increase water intake

3. Try henna to thicken strands.

4. Utilize steamer more.....that sucker still seems to get too darn hot for me...but it makes my NG SOOOOO soft. Maybe I'll get used to it.

5. Incorporate coconut oil and AVJ in my regimen. I want to see if they will live up to the hype. Suggestions are more than welcome!

 

[nisemac]

Count me in!

Must Include a starting pic because we will reveal at 4-month mark !

Hair length as of Sept. 1: top, 3 1/4, rest, 3 inches. I'm averaging about 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch a month (since joining LHCF in July). Forgive the cornrows, I only learned about 4 weeks ago!

What's your regimen?

Currently, I wash, condition, deep condition weekly. I cornrow my hair and wear a half wig, moistuizing with leave-in and sealing with coconut oil.
What Products are you using?

Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Shampoo
alternate between L'oreal Curl Repair and Intensive Repair conditioners
alternate L'oreal Curl Repair and Intensive Repair Deep Conditioning treatments, adding an egg and EVOO once a month as my protein treatment
Giovanni Direct Leave-In (moisturizer)
KCCC Knot Today(moisturizer)
Coconut oil (seal and added moisture)


What will you especially do for achieving this goal?

Protective styling--keeping my hair in cornrows, braids, or twists and wearing half or whole wigs. I think I've incorporated most of the important things--moisture, low manipulation, protective styling. I take a mulitvitamin and just plan to focus on overall health. Avoiding heat totally.

I plan to experiment with wigs, although my recent switch to the half wig seemed to get more attention than I would have gotten back in the States--of the handful (literally) of AA women here, there are only two of us who are natural and the other wears wigs or headwraps as she's locking. There was another, she rocked an ol school twa but she's gone. The others have relaxers. Because the work community is so small, even minor changes in appearance are noticed. I'm trying not to let it make me feel self conscious or deter me.

On my products...it can sometimes take a month or two to receive packages so, unless I make it myself, I'm limited to what products I can use. I would prefer to use Shea Moisture products exclusively, but I've run out and sometimes packages never make it. Import products like dove, pantene, and loreal exists and so far, with all the hard water issues, i'm doing pretty good.

 

[JudithO]

I'm in... First Challenge.

Template to join :
Must Include a starting pic because we will reveal at 4-month mark !
Will edit this post this weekend to attach pictures.

What's your regimen?
Wash and deep treatment every week - I shampoo mostly, other times I cowash
PS with cornrows under half wigs - redo cornrows weekly, finger comb. I wash and DC in my cornrows, let it half dry before I take out and redo.

What Products are you using?

Prepoo: Coconut oil

Shampoo : Dessert Essence Coconut Shampoo, I clarify with Giovanni's 50/50 (I'm currently trying out Terresentials pure mud wash)

Deep treatment : A variety of oils and butters then Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition Conditioner.

Moisturizer : Water , or Kimmaytube Leave in

Sealant : Shea Butter Mix

Vitamins: Nature's way Alive Women's Energy.

What will you especially do for achieving this goal?
PSing in cornrows, or bantu knot outs, or twists and curls. I plan to start exercising too. Need to drink more water though

Are we allowed to post monthly updates, or just the big reveal? My normal growth is about .5 inch/month

 

[Seamonster]

Regime: Onion mask, co wash and oil rinse every other day
Growth Aids: Potion
Retention Aids: Shima Oil
DT Weekly: WDT by Jessicurl, Carmel Treatment, Cherry Lola
Leave in Daily: No brand loyalty plus shea butter mix
Monthly Clarify with clay
Mostly Bun Hairstyle, recently added monthly search and destroy. May go to bi weekly if I can't get through all may hair each time.

I am new to the site, and haven't figured out how to post a picture yet.

 

[missjones]

Ok, I'm in. Why not? I'll post pics when I wash my hair.

What's your regimen?

• Wash with shampoo once a week
• Co-wash once or twice a week
• DC once a week
• Moisturize and seal once a day
• Probably do wash and gos
• Clarify once a month

What Products are you using?
Shampoo: ORS Creamy Aloe Shampoo, ION Clarifying Shampoo, Beautiful Curls Shea Butter Curl Activating Shampoo, and Aphogee Shampoo for Damaged Hair

Conditioner: Herbal Essences Hello Hydration, Herbal Essences Long Term Relationship and V05 Blackberry Sage Tea Revitalizing Conditioner

Deep Conditioner: Organics Olive Oil Deep Conditioner, Mixed Silk Moisturizing Treatment, Elasta QP Intense, and ORS Replenishing Conditioner

Leave-Ins: Beautiful Curls Curl Activating Shea Butter Leave-In, Creme of Nature Lemongrass and Rosemary Leave in, Aphogee ProVitamin Leave In and Herbal Essences Smoothing Leave In Creme

Moisturizers: Elasta QP Olive Oil and Mango Butter Moisturizer and ORS Olive Oil Moisturizing Lotion

Oils: Shea Moisture Hold and Shine Moisture Mist, EVCO, EVOO, jojoba, sweet almond, peppermint, and lavender.

Curl Creams: Shea Moisturer Curl Enhancing Smoothie and Beautiful Curls Shea Butter Curl Activating Cream

Gel: Ecostyler Argan

What will you especially do for achieving this goal? Keep my hair moisturized and my scalp clean.

 

[PinkyPromise]

Ok so I'm back. I took down my sew-in last night and I'm back with pictures.

Blow dried

Pigtails

Front

Nape

I'm transitioning and it's been 8 months. I haven't flat ironed but plan to do so in December for my birthday. I guess I'm full NL/SL even though my hair hits CBL. Help me out I really won't know until I flat iron which I'm not doing right now. I just want to be full SL by December.

I cowash and dc every week. I'll dc with yogurt once a month. I basically bun and Bantu knot when I'm not under a weave. That's about it. I also oil my scalp every day. I have some of that "potion" still left over but once that runs out I'll have to get something else.

Products
-Cantu Shea Butter
-Olive Oil Smooth and Hold Pudding
-Organics Hair Mayo
-Soft Sheen Carson - Roots Of Nature Remedies - Mango Oil and Cupuacu Butter Feather Whipped Curl Cream THIS STUFF IS AWESOME! It smells WONDERFUL. They have a version for kinky/coily hair but I just got the one for curls because I wanted something light. I highly recommend this!
-Potion
-Dannon all natural regular yogurt

I'll be exercising, eating clean, and taking a gummy multi to help me reach my goals. I still have 10 pounds to lose, maybe I'll reach both goals this challenge!

 

[brownsugarbaby]

I going to play too.
Be back on the September 1.

 

[jenaccess]

I an in this one for sure. I need 2 inches to be at bra strap length. I will post pics on Sept. 1st.....this will give me enough time to figure out how to post pics.

 

[jenaccess]

my regime is simple now. I wash every other week, cowash 1x weekly,deep condition 2x monthly, aphogee protien teatment 1x monthly, moisturize and seal nightly. I will bun for next 4 month, no heat no matter what.

 

[greenandchic]

I will probably post another photo on Sept 1, but here's what I have so far...

Taken today

 

[Nix08]

I think I'm in ... I'll be back
Must Include a starting pic



What's your regimen?
What Products are you using?
What will you especially do for achieving this goal?

 

[frizzy]

I updated post #18 with my regimen and a photo of my hideously thin ends.

I flat ironed 2 days ago so I could get a good length picture for this thread, but that didn't work out for me.

 

[jerseygurl]

I'm in. I'll be using braids to get there. I'm about to install nubian twists and I plan to wash every two weeks and use my sulfur oil the week leading up to my wash.

Starting pic:

 

[PYTiara89]

Im in

Sent from my PC36100 using PC36100

 

[Krystle~Hime]

i'm actually infusing some herbs in castor oil and will start using it in September ! I want my scalp to be in the best condition for this challenge !!!

 

[ScorpioBeauty09]

I'm definitely in this challenge!! I just had a setback but I'm not giving up on my hair goals for this year and being in this challenge would be good for me. I don't have a starting pic yet I'll post one before September begins.

What's your regimen?
Shampoo, (sometimes I use ACV diluted with water and added peppermint, lavender and rosemary oils), DC w/heat every 2 weeks

What Products are you using?
Most important ones are Pantene Beautiful Lengths and Tresemme Breakage Defense conditioners as alternating DCs and Garnier Fructis anti-dandruff shampoo for dry scalp

What will you especially do for achieving this goal?
I ordered Hairfinity vitamins, hopefully I'll get them before September begins. Keeping my scalp clean is also important and I will make sure my hair is moisturized and sealed at all times and maybe try PS-ing.

Update: With my setback I'm now roughly 6 inches from BSL. Before, 2 inches would've gotten me 1/2 inch away from BSL. Anyways, my goal for this challenge is 3-4 inches, which will put me back where I was before this set back.

 

[abcd09]

Goal : REACH IT !!
Template to join :
Must Include a starting pic because we will reveal at 4-month mark !
What's your regimen?
What Products are you using?
What will you especially do for achieving this goal?


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Im in.

Regimen: Wash/dc weekly, if not cowash in middle week when time allows. Finger detangle first, afterwards, rollerset and sit under dryer for 30 mins, air dry rest of the night. Wear up 70% of time.
Products: Shampoo is Joico Chelating. Dc: Humecto/ORS. Moisture: Hair One. Sealant: Argan oil.
What will you do especially? Drink more water. Trim before Sept 1. Exercise daily and cut out sugar/carbs/add more protein to diet.