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2 Week Club: The low manipulation challenge... anybody?

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sareca said:
I'm on day 4 of 14 and it's been nothin' but smooth sailing. It gets easier and easier every time.

Tonight, I tried jojoba oil for the oil rinse. Tiffcurl recommended jojoba oil or rose oil. Anyway, I was amazed again and I thought it couldn't get any better. How wrong I was...

I actually mixed jojoba and meadowfoam oil went on and rinsed off so nicely. It hasn't dried yet, but I'm expecting good things. :yep: If you had oil rinses come out too greasy try jojoba oil.

Anyway, I'm gonna put my hair in a single french braid and leave it all weekend. I want the weekends to be pretty much no manipulation at all.
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I was tyring to get rid of all the jojoba oil I have, but it works really well for oil rinses. I'm going to end up ordering more. I tried the meadowfoam oil during my last wash, and it's great too.
 
Well I just washed and detangled (day 14) and I'm sitting with conditioner on my hair now. Detangling was a BREEZE and I lost very little hair! :clap:

Thank you, thank you, thany you, Sareca for starting this challenge! :flowers:
 
~Healthytresses~ said:
Well I just washed and detangled (day 14) and I'm sitting with conditioner on my hair now. Detangling was a BREEZE and I lost very little hair! :clap:
Thank you, thank you, thany you, Sareca for starting this challenge! :flowers:
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CONGRATS!

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Off to give you your trophy...
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I made it 23 days! Woo-hoo!

I detangled with my wash tonight. I was surprised with the amount of hair in the comb, shower and on my hands. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

I'm thinking about trying for 3 weeks again...but ladies I have a problem!

I've got an urge that is building...I have only used heat on my hair once in the last 6 months. But all of a sudden, for some strange reason I have this overwhelming urge to blow dry and flat iron!!!

The tied down bun thing isn't working out so good anymore. My hair isn't so smooth anymore. Looks like a crinkly wavy thing going back into a bun. Before the bun I did roller sets and rod sets for weeks. I think I am just bored!!

I'm doing the Bootcamp in addition to the low mani. Trying to stay strong and committed. But I want to see it!! I want to see!!

Methinks I'm going to have to get some braids before I find myself hiding in the bathroom with the blow dryer in one hand and the flat iron in the other.

Anybody else ever feel like this?
 
madamone said:
I made it 23 days! Woo-hoo!

I detangled with my wash tonight. I was surprised with the amount of hair in the comb, shower and on my hands. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

I'm thinking about trying for 3 weeks again...but ladies I have a problem!

I've got an urge that is building...I have only used heat on my hair once in the last 6 months. But all of a sudden, for some strange reason I have this overwhelming urge to blow dry and flat iron!!!

The tied down bun thing isn't working out so good anymore. My hair isn't so smooth anymore. Looks like a crinkly wavy thing going back into a bun. Before the bun I did roller sets and rod sets for weeks. I think I am just bored!!

I'm doing the Bootcamp in addition to the low mani. Trying to stay strong and committed. But I want to see it!! I want to see!!

Methinks I'm going to have to get some braids before I find myself hiding in the bathroom with the blow dryer in one hand and the flat iron in the other.
Anybody else ever feel like this?
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YIPPIE!!
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Yeah, I know what you mean. My hair always seems significantly longer every time I detangle. I told myself I wouldn't do any straightening until December, but for the last week I've been dying to rollerset and wrap. I'm on a mission tho... gotta stay strong. :charge:
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Ok, I am on day 4 :)

I washed last night and DC'd but didnt detangle, my conditioner concoction is so fantastic, the water did it for me :)

Just put hair in pony and braid the pony and let it out .

Its my new fave style LOL
 
KhandiB said:
Ok, I am on day 4 :)

I washed last night and DC'd but didnt detangle, my conditioner concoction is so fantastic, the water did it for me :)

Just put hair in pony and braid the pony and let it out .

Its my new fave style LOL
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That's the trick right there. I couldn't do this if the water didn't detangle for me. :nono: Only three more days to go!
 
I'm on day 7, it's crazy how much that DOESN'T bother me. I've only been to 2 weeks once and it was little stressful. This time I'm like... eh. :ohwell:

:yay:
 
I think I might detangle this weekend (day 11). D-day falls on a Tuesday and I'd prefer a weekend. I'm loving my hair right now so I don't know... :seesaw:
 
Finishing up week 4! Its easy for me b/c I need a relaxer in the worst way and combing it is not an option. :nono:

Once my Phytorelaxer come in this will all change.
 
Okay, I detangled this morning, so that means I went 8 days with no detangling.

I'll try to go longer next time, but on the up side, detangling was very easy. I'm wondering if going longer w/ absolutely no manipulation helped, or the pre-oiling rinse ? I lost very little hair. :yep:
 
I thought I posted my progress already...

Anywho so I went 8 days just WnG then when they got old I gently pulled them up into a puff. I co-wash and did the oil rinses 3x during these 8 days.

BUT the shedding was WAY to much for me to handle. So I detangled but forgot to oil rinse first (smaking forehead) duh! Luckly I DC or I would still be detangling today!

I put my hair in two strand twist so I'm 6 days down again...
 
Can I join too ? My hair needs some rest. I will comb my hair every other wash (once every 14 weeks) until the end of December.
I hope I'll retain a lot of lenght.
 
Minny said:
Okay, I detangled this morning, so that means I went 8 days with no detangling.

I'll try to go longer next time, but on the up side, detangling was very easy. I'm wondering if going longer w/ absolutely no manipulation helped, or the pre-oiling rinse ? I lost very little hair. :yep:
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Excellent! :congrats: You'll be at 2 weeks in new time. You, Khandi and Harmony are all making terrific progress. Congrats everybody!
 
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I haven't checked in since I joined the challenge. I've been really good with staying on my low-mani regimen. I've been oil rinsing and wearing wash-n-gos everyday (still working on my technique, but I think I have one that works). I haven't had a problem with tangles at all and a comb has not touched my head. I think I may detangle this weekend because I want to wear my hair straight and I'll either rollerset or flat iron.
 
I just did my normal weekly wash and was going to just wash and condition and not comb so that I could go another week. My hair was a matted tangled mess this week. Last week it went so smooth, but this week I had to detangle because I was scared to leave it like that. It took me forever and I lost so much hair. This week I washed with Aubreys GPB, instead of a moisturizing poo. Can I only wash with moisturizing poo's while doing no manipulation? I really love not manipulating my hair during the week, so somebody please tell me where it went wrong this week. Thanks!!
 
Minny said:
Okay, I detangled this morning, so that means I went 8 days with no detangling.

I'll try to go longer next time, but on the up side, detangling was very easy. I'm wondering if going longer w/ absolutely no manipulation helped, or the pre-oiling rinse ? I lost very little hair. :yep:
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This is true for me as well. I believe it's because of the low manipulation (ironically) :yep:
 
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