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SunySydeofLyfe said:
Hey buddy!!! How did it go?

Suny
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Great!! My shedding has decreased dramatically. I'm going to have my mommy corn braid it for me tomorrow and I'll keep them in for 2 weeks at a time until may. All I have to focus on now is keeping my new growth and my ends soft and moist!
 
Nix08 are you still cowashing daily with all this newgrowth we're workin' with?

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sunnieb I sure am:yep: I'm finding that my ng helps with my styles:look: it helps give volume. I mainly finger comb so don't get to particular about my ng. I've actually been wearing my hair out a bit more because of the ng.
 
I originally posted on 2/28 and I'm still buddyless.... I plan to stretch until early May (between 10 and 12 weeks post). I guess it depends on what's going on at the time.
 
MissyB - please keep posting!

You will by buddied up in no time! :yep:

I posted plenty of times with no buddy in sight.

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MissyB said:
I originally posted on 2/28 and I'm still buddyless.... I plan to stretch until early May (between 10 and 12 weeks post). I guess it depends on what's going on at the time.
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Hey MissyB if you want to and if my buddies don't mind you can join us! Most of us are stretching somewhere between 16-20 weeks but we all are ending around May 11th!
Kim0105 londonfog Angelinhell lovely_locks sckri23
Hopefully I didn't forget anyone. Sorry if I did
 
Thanks Babygrowth for the offer, *waits patiently for response from Babygrowth's buddies*. Before this touch up I stretched for 20 weeks (for the first time). May 11th makes 10 weeks for me. The last time I went past 11 weeks I had crazy shedding, but then again I didn't know anything about this forum or a healthy hair journey. I'm not sure if 10 weeks will be too soon, I'm confused at this point.
 
MissyB said:
Thanks Babygrowth for the offer, *waits patiently for response from Babygrowth's buddies*. Before this touch up I stretched for 20 weeks (for the first time). May 11th makes 10 weeks for me. The last time I went past 11 weeks I had crazy shedding, but then again I didn't know anything about this forum or a healthy hair journey. I'm not sure if 10 weeks will be too soon, I'm confused at this point.
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When stretching its ok to take baby steps! To me anything more than 8 weeks is awesome! But in this thread you will learn a lot of tips to help you stretch as long as you want. For example, one of the things I learned was I get protein overload easily deeper in a stretch so I had to change my reconstructor and voila no more protein overload!
 
Mande30 mschristine hnntrr

Hey buddies! How is everyone doing this week? It was a pretty good week for me. My color turned out perfect and I did a small trim, but it made all the difference in how my hair looks and feels. I trimmed about 1 inch all over and my left side grows faster than my right, so I took of about 1.5 inches. It is still a little longer than the right side, but you have to be might nosy to see that. :lachen:
I did my wash day today, because I was out of town during the week. I am currently sitting under the dryer waiting for my rollerset to finish drying.

Happy hair growing!!!!:yep:
 
klsjackson said:
Mande30 mschristine hnntrr

Hey buddies! How is everyone doing this week? It was a pretty good week for me. My color turned out perfect and I did a small trim, but it made all the difference in how my hair looks and feels. I trimmed about 1 inch all over and my left side grows faster than my right, so I took of about 1.5 inches. It is still a little longer than the right side, but you have to be might nosy to see that. :lachen:
I did my wash day today, because I was out of town during the week. I am currently sitting under the dryer waiting for my rollerset to finish drying.

Happy hair growing!!!!:yep:
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Doin good! Cant believe i have made 13 weeks of no relaxer. Its been a breeze and hopefully the remainder of my 6 month test transition will be this smooth. Currently in twists that I am planning on washing once or twice a week with diluted conditioner and I am hoping to leave these in for 3 weeks. I have to take them out for school project around the 1st of April then I am planning on putting them back in around the 7th of April to the 16th of May. They seem to be holding moisture well enough and my new growth feels really soft still. Cant wait to see any bit of progress I make with these twists in. Its def easy to forget about merging the two textures or styling it everyday. The only thing that sucks is the weight...chronic neck pain. Ugh. Guess I gotta get used to all this hair!
 
Kim0105 that coconut creme relaxer is awesome! I have it sitting in my hair but by the time I finished applying with my worlds greatest invention to man called a SPRUSH, my hair was already super soft!
 
Babygrowth Kim0105 (londonfog Angelinhell lovely_locks sckri23 if they want to share the buddy love)
I'm SUPER AMPED!!!! I never knew what people meant when they said their hair "likes" something. I get it now. I just figured out that my hair likes protein! My hair has always been dry. I thought I needed to increase moisture so I went in with the moisture guns blazing. I've been LOC moisturizing & sealing nightly and deep conditioning weekly for a month but I didn't see much of a change other than shine. I know a month's not a very long time, but it seems like it for me. Last night I did a 2 step Aphogee treatment due to shedding (nothing excessive, I just not used to the shedding - I had locs for over 6 years so hair coming out is weird). I air dried & flat ironed my hair and I cannot believe how soft it is!!! I'm not gonna go overboard with the heavy protein though.
 
Babygrowth said:
Kim0105 that coconut creme relaxer is awesome! I have it sitting in my hair but by the time I finished applying with my worlds greatest invention to man called a SPRUSH, my hair was already super soft!
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It is great, isn't it? Even after co washing on Friday I was still able to comb through my new growth without issues. I'm definitely gonna keep doing this until this stretch is over.
 
MissyB said:
Babygrowth Kim0105 (londonfog Angelinhell lovely_locks sckri23 if they want to share the buddy love)
I'm SUPER AMPED!!!! I never knew what people meant when they said their hair "likes" something. I get it now. I just figured out that my hair likes protein! My hair has always been dry. I thought I needed to increase moisture so I went in with the moisture guns blazing. I've been LOC moisturizing & sealing nightly and deep conditioning weekly for a month but I didn't see much of a change other than shine. I know a month's not a very long time, but it seems like it for me. Last night I did a 2 step Aphogee treatment due to shedding (nothing excessive, I just not used to the shedding - I had locs for over 6 years so hair coming out is weird). I air dried & flat ironed my hair and I cannot believe how soft it is!!! I'm not gonna go overboard with the heavy protein though.
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I'm glad you got your dryness issue sorted out. I had locs for about 3 years 2005-08 and loved them. I got rid of them because the weight of them was causing me to lose my hairline.
 
klsjackson said:
Mande30 mschristine hnntrr

Hey buddies! How is everyone doing this week? It was a pretty good week for me. My color turned out perfect and I did a small trim, but it made all the difference in how my hair looks and feels. I trimmed about 1 inch all over and my left side grows faster than my right, so I took of about 1.5 inches. It is still a little longer than the right side, but you have to be might nosy to see that. :lachen:
I did my wash day today, because I was out of town during the week. I am currently sitting under the dryer waiting for my rollerset to finish drying.

Happy hair growing!!!!:yep:
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I have to retrain my hair to wrap right but it came out pretty nice. I really like my new relaxer and I think it's a keeper. I think I'm going to invest in some aphogee 2 minute reconstructor and maybe a 2 step..I need a good protein treatment. I clipped a my ends so they look pretty good. I need my nape cut because it is an ugly site back there, smh. I'm trying to figure out how often I need to wash my hair now that I'm going to be in the gym 3 times a week.
 
Kim0105 said:
It is great, isn't it? Even after co washing on Friday I was still able to comb through my new growth without issues. I'm definitely gonna keep doing this until this stretch is over.
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Girl, I think it may have over moisturized my hair! My NG coils/kinks is popping but my Relaxed hair is crunchy and limp. And its oily so I have to tweak the recipe a little bit next time but I'm definitely doing this weekly until the end of the stretch!
 
klsjackson said:
@Mande30 @mschristine @hnntrr

Hey buddies! How is everyone doing this week? It was a pretty good week for me. My color turned out perfect and I did a small trim, but it made all the difference in how my hair looks and feels. I trimmed about 1 inch all over and my left side grows faster than my right, so I took of about 1.5 inches. It is still a little longer than the right side, but you have to be might nosy to see that. :lachen:
I did my wash day today, because I was out of town during the week. I am currently sitting under the dryer waiting for my rollerset to finish drying.

Happy hair growing!!!!:yep:
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@klsjackson

I am glad your hair is on track. A trim makes a world of difference. I am in the 2013 Bootcamp, so I won't be trimming, just dusting, all this year.

I thought I was the only one with one side longer than the other. I'm glad you said that. I always thought that I somehow damaged one side.
 
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hnntrr said:
Doin good! Cant believe i have made 13 weeks of no relaxer. Its been a breeze and hopefully the remainder of my 6 month test transition will be this smooth. Currently in twists that I am planning on washing once or twice a week with diluted conditioner and I am hoping to leave these in for 3 weeks. I have to take them out for school project around the 1st of April then I am planning on putting them back in around the 7th of April to the 16th of May. They seem to be holding moisture well enough and my new growth feels really soft still. Cant wait to see any bit of progress I make with these twists in. Its def easy to forget about merging the two textures or styling it everyday. The only thing that sucks is the weight...chronic neck pain. Ugh. Guess I gotta get used to all this hair!
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hnntrr Can't wait to see your 6 months of NG!
 
mschristine said:
I have to retrain my hair to wrap right but it came out pretty nice. I really like my new relaxer and I think it's a keeper. I think I'm going to invest in some aphogee 2 minute reconstructor and maybe a 2 step..I need a good protein treatment. I clipped a my ends so they look pretty good. I need my nape cut because it is an ugly site back there, smh. I'm trying to figure out how often I need to wash my hair now that I'm going to be in the gym 3 times a week.
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mschristine I go to the gym most days of the week. I shampoo once a week and co-wash once a week. This seems to work fine for me. I only sweat a lot from my head when I do cardio, and thats only 3 or 4 days a week. So the twice a week wash does pretty well. I just don't have time or a desire to wash more.
 
Mande30 said:
@mschristine I go to the gym most days of the week. I shampoo once a week and co-wash once a week. This seems to work fine for me. I only sweat a lot from my head when I do cardio, and thats only 3 or 4 days a week. So the twice a week wash does pretty well. I just don't have time or a desire to wash more.
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Mande30, this sounds like I wrote this myself. I had to do a double take, LOL! This is exactly my head, hair & regi & I have one side that is longer than the other too (from another one of your posts)!
 
londonfog said:
@Mande30, this sounds like I wrote this myself. I had to do a double take, LOL! This is exactly my head, hair & regi & I have one side that is longer than the other too (from another one of your posts)!
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londonfog I have found my hair twin!!!!:grin: I see that I am going to have to cheat on my buddies and have a side piece :lol:.
 
could someone explain a corrective relaxer?

When I put chemical in my hair like 2 weeks ago, the dumb lady did it wrong and i have like three different textures on my head and it's really weird to style. i want to be texturized so that I can still do wash and goes if i feel like it but maintain it easier. if i did do a corrective, how long should i wait? i already feel new growth coming in and id on't want my hair to start to break. it's too short right now.

thoughts?
 
baddison sunnieb Nix08 Cherry89
It's about time to end my stretch. I had some unnecessary breakage yesterday. Kind of pissed me off! My little curlies are coming in nicely, dh even mentioned them in a loving way :blowkiss:, but the two textures are giving me fits.

I.Suck.At.Stretching!

ETA: I'm 9 weeks post, I think. I lost count.
 
divachyk - glad you were with us for a while. If breakage starts, go ahead an relax. No need to lose any hair unnecessarily.

Can't wait for your relaxer reveal pics!
 
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