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^^^^ yay! Lets do it! We gonna have some mad retention and growth from now to 18 weeks. Im Excited! :) :)

Relaxed on Dec,22 So my 18 week mark is April 6th. The last month of school. Maybe I can give my peers a surprise, because I bun regularly, and they never seen my hair length, :grin: So that should be about 2 1/2 - 3 inches of new growth.
 
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Cattypus1 said:
How's the finger, girl? It's rough trying to do anything with a sore finger. It's awful to have a hangnail, I can't imagine a burn. 2nd degree! Did you have it treated by the doc?
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&Cattypus1 no I didn't see a doctor. The blister didn't get that big and the pain subsided after an hour. I didn't have any problems doing my hair, the band-aid helped a lot. Thanks!

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sunnieb said:
Welcome @Cherry89! Let's do this!

Nawl @Nix08! You not leaving me and @baddison to go the full term alone! You in it to win it girlie! :grin:
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sunnieb....girl you are too funny!!

So to "Team18weeks".....LOL!! (yeah, we need to start naming these relaxer buddy teams...:grin::grin:)

...any way..to Team18weeks who relaxed with me on December 21st/22nd - we are at 3 weeks post. Anyone have any ng sightings? Believe it or not, a tiny bump at the scalp is beginnig to show its head.

sunnieb
Nix08
KiWiStyle

who else??
 
I like that Team 18 weeks! Go, Go, Go!!!!!!!! I am on team March or Go Home!!!! Not sure the number of weeks. So violetvee, LETS DO THIS!!!!

APL 2013, BSL 2013
 
Cherry89 said:
^^^^ yay! Lets do it! We gonna have some mad retention and growth from now to 18 weeks. Im Excited! :) :)

Relaxed on Dec,22 So my 18 week mark is April 6th. The last month of school. Maybe I can give my peers a surprise, because I bun regularly, and they never seen my hair length, :grin: So that should be about 2 1/2 - 3 inches of new growth.
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baddison,

You forgot to add me.. :sad::grin:
I Relaxed Dec, 22. So our TU should be around April 6th!
Go Team18!!!:clap:
 
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Alright, lovely ladies......I need to make sure who is on the team with me... correct me if I'm wrong.....

Team March
mschristine Mid March 12 week stretch
klsjackson March 12 week stretch
hnntrr March 17 13 week stretch
GhanaGirl March 16 week stretch
Mande30 March 8 12 week stretch


I would like to be familiar with your HHJ, as well as, gain some insight and tips AND be able to encourge you as we go. Can you please answer these questions:

-Do you go to a salon or self relax and what type of relaxer do you use
-What is your daily and weekly regimen and what products do you use
-what challenges have you joined, if any
-having any pressing problems or issues with your hair
-current length, goal length

I guess you can tell that I am excited :drunk: that I am not alone in this journey, my DH thanks you to because he was all I had to talk to and the subject was not to his liking, please forgive me if I have gone overboard....
 
Hey buddies londonfog, lovely_locks, and sckri23! I am 4weeks post and I finally see some NG! This is my usual because even back in the day when I was going to the salon every week around week 4 my hair would get resistant. I love seeing my hair grow and its thicker than its ever been! What yall got going on?

Sckri- is your friend ok?
 
mschristine, klsjackson, hnntrr, ghanagirl23


-Do you go to a salon or self relax and what type of relaxer do you use
Hopefully, my March relaxer will be my first self- relaxer- Mizani Butter Blend Sensitive Scalp or Design Essentials Sensitive Scalp (current)

-What is your daily and weekly regimen and what products do you use
M/S daily or every other day with SCurl and EVCO
Weekly wash (Elasta QP Cream Shampoo), DC (KeraCare Humecto), Leave-in (Carefree Curl Activator) Seal (EVCO)
Moderate Protein- Aphogee 2 minute (once every 12 weeks, week before relaxer)
Mild Protein- Mane N Tail Olive Oil Conditioner (as needed)

-what challenges have you joined, if any
2013 Bootcamp

-having any pressing problems or issues with your hair
recovering from protein overload (I've learned that I can't handle Aphogee 2 step).

-current length, goal length
currently- 1 in or so below shoulder length goal- Waist length
 
Mande30
I self relax with Optimum Salon Collections regular strength

I DC once a week with either ORS hair repair nourishing conditioner or Nexxus Humectress under a heating cap for about 45 minutes to a hour; M&S twice a day with Herbal Essence touchably smooth split end protector and coconut/grapeseed oil mix; I'm a little past NL and my goal is APL. I have an area in the back of my hair that needs extra babying because it breaks so easy for some strange reason; I'm in the delightfully delicious DC challenge and I think that's all...

ETA: I forgot about the SL Challenge 2013; I also air dry a lot and rarely use direct heat
 
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Mande30 said:
Alright, lovely ladies......I need to make sure who is on the team with me... correct me if I'm wrong.....

Team March
@mschristine Mid March 12 week stretch
@klsjackson March 12 week stretch
@hnntrr March 17 13 week stretch
@GhanaGirl March 16 week stretch
@Mande30 March 8 12 week stretch


I would like to be familiar with your HHJ, as well as, gain some insight and tips AND be able to encourge you as we go. Can you please answer these questions:

-Do you go to a salon or self relax and what type of relaxer do you use
-What is your daily and weekly regimen and what products do you use
-what challenges have you joined, if any
-having any pressing problems or issues with your hair
-current length, goal length

I guess you can tell that I am excited :drunk: that I am not alone in this journey, my DH thanks you to because he was all I had to talk to and the subject was not to his liking, please forgive me if I have gone overboard....
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Don't feel bad. My DH was the only person I had to talk to about this as well. Everyone else was like, just get some weave :nono:. Not for me! So I'm glad to have the LHCF. Welcome to the team!:yep:

-Do you go to a salon or self relax and what type of relaxer do you use: I started self relaxing this year and I use ORS Lye Relaxer in Normal

-What is your daily and weekly regimen and what products do you use
I shampoo and DC weekly. I use normally pre poo with oils (JBCO; grapeseed; EVCO; avocado and olive oil) If I don't do a pre poo I clarify then use the oils as a HOT. I follow with a moisturizing shampoo; treat with Roux PC; DC with a moisture or moisture/protein conditioner. Right now my moisture DC is Beautiful Textures Rapid Repair or Humecto and my moisture/protein is ORS Replenishing. I alternate weeks to keep my hair in balance. I use Chi Straight Guard, PM Super Skinny Balm or Chi Silk Infusion as a leave in (not all at once, one or the other depending on my hair needs) and I rollerset with diluted Lottabody. I only rollerset, no flat iron or direct heat.
-what challenges have you joined, if any: I'm currently in the Use up your Stash challenge. It's the only one right now. I haven't been good with challenges in the past.
-having any pressing problems or issues with your hair: My main problem is I have some thinness on the right side. It's mostly due to a major setback I experienced in the end of 2011 and I got a major cut in Feb 2012. But I have seen a lot of progress.
-current length, goal length: My current length is right at shoulder length. I was grazing full APL when I experienced my set back. So my 1st goal is to get to that length with healthy hair. My next goal will be MBL.
 
Mande30 said:
Alright, lovely ladies......I need to make sure who is on the team with me... correct me if I'm wrong.....

Team March
mschristine Mid March 12 week stretch
klsjackson March 12 week stretch
hnntrr March 17 13 week stretch
GhanaGirl March 16 week stretch
Mande30 March 8 12 week stretch


I would like to be familiar with your HHJ, as well as, gain some insight and tips AND be able to encourge you as we go. Can you please answer these questions:

-Do you go to a salon or self relax and what type of relaxer do you use
-What is your daily and weekly regimen and what products do you use
-what challenges have you joined, if any
-having any pressing problems or issues with your hair
-current length, goal length

I guess you can tell that I am excited :drunk: that I am not alone in this journey, my DH thanks you to because he was all I had to talk to and the subject was not to his liking, please forgive me if I have gone overboard....
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WoohoO! We are all so close together with out relaxer dates. Fantastic. We can do this ya'll.


-Do you go to a salon or self relax and what type of relaxer do you use
My mom has been relaxing me for the past 4 years, occasionally a family friend will do it. However, I will be looking into self relaxing since I may be moving to a new area soon and wont have my mom/family friend to help me. Normally I use Motions Reglar No lye. I use this to texlax. I dont add anything into it right now. I just use it out the box and limit the time it stands on my hair (about 10 mins as apposed to 15-20) as well as I have eliminated combing through the sections. Finger smoothing is good enough for me.

-What is your daily and weekly regimen and what products do you use:

Major wash day (sunday): Co wash, DP, tea rinse under dp, flat iron or curl formers.

Cowash days (Tuesday/Thursday)

Pre-Poo and Chelating Shampoo: once a month. (maybe twice)

Daily: (if curly) keep experimenting with spritz, currently using green tea, cantu shea butter, evoo and water
(if flat ironed) cantu shea butter and hair silk.

My staples are: EVOO, Organixs Moroccan Argan Oil (I have both renewing and luxorious) and Tea Tree Oil Creme. Organics by Africas Best Olive Oil DP. Lutrasilk Placenta and Jojoba Oil Cholesteral. Redkin Extreme Conditioner. Cantu Shea Butter (daily), Paul Mitchell Heat Seal and Shampoo Two Clarifying, Mixed Chicks Hair silk, Miss Jessies Baby Butter Creme. Green Tea. Black tea and Chamomile.

-what challenges have you joined, if any

COWASH 2012, SL, APL and BSL 2013, Coffee, Tea, AVJ Challenge 2013​

-having any pressing problems or issues with your hair
Breakage and shedding. Still tweaking my regimen.
Dealing with dryness
Working on my ends.
Thickening hair
May be low porosity, still researching.
-current length, goal length

Grazing SL in the back. mini goal full SL. Goal length Full MBL.
 
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Hairroots

I'm struggling! I think I saw some breakage.... IDK. It's THICK over here! I'm itching to relax... only at 13 weeks. I'm going to watch and straighten today and see if that helps
 
GrowAHead said:
Hairroots

I'm struggling! I think I saw some breakage.... IDK. It's THICK over here! I'm itching to relax... only at 13 weeks. I'm going to watch and straighten today and see if that helps
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Don't do it. When are you seeing the breakage? What are you using to soften your new growth. I'm using aloe vera juice mix with oils as a spritzer.
 
Hairroots said:
Don't do it. When are you seeing the breakage? What are you using to soften your new growth. I'm using aloe vera juice mix with oils as a spritzer.
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I put some bee mine moisturizer on at night and seal with a grapeseed/caster oil mix... I'm going to make sure I wash in sections and deep condition well today and see if that helps
 
Alright Team March, hnntrr mschristine klsjackson GhanaGirl, I see the majority of us are self relaxers or aspiring self relaxers.

I am glad that I have you ladies to bug with my qestions and anxieties before the big day.

I practiced tonight during my prepoo. I am getting faster with my application and smoothing times, which is good. But I am still overlapping and could greatly improve on my neatness.

I keep hearing good things about the Roux Porosity Control (klsjackson). What does it do for your hair? I guess I mean what is its purpose? I am so scared to add anything to my regimen, but how will I know that something works for me if I don't try it.
 
Mande30 said:
Alright Team March, @hnntrr @mschristine @klsjackson @GhanaGirl, I see the majority of us are self relaxers or aspiring self relaxers.

I am glad that I have you ladies to bug with my qestions and anxieties before the big day.

I practiced tonight during my prepoo. I am getting faster with my application and smoothing times, which is good. But I am still overlapping and could greatly improve on my neatness.

I keep hearing good things about the Roux Porosity Control (klsjackson). What does it do for your hair? I guess I mean what is its purpose? I am so scared to add anything to my regimen, but how will I know that something works for me if I don't try it.
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Mande30: I started using Roux PC when I began taking care of my own hair. No matter what I did, my hair did not have that smooth texture it did when I went to the salon. When I experienced my setback in 2011, it was like my hair went haywire!!! It wouldn't lay down and always looked dry and rough. I began searching the boards and realized I may have a problem with porosity. My understanding of the purpose of Roux PC (and products like it) is to make the hair cuticle lie down flatter.

I began experimenting with different products and found Roux PC. I already had some in my stash, but I didn't know how to use it. I tried using it many different ways, but the best for me is to include some in my DC or to use it by itself for 1 min or less, rinse and then apply my DC. If I use it as a final rinse, it makes my hair dry and hard. If I use it by itself for over a minute, it leaves my hair dry and unmanageable. Go figure!! But it is now a staple in my routine. I sometimes use French Perm Stabilizer. Its a little stronger than Roux PC and can be very drying, but it excellent after a relaxer.
 
KiWiStyle said:
You are pumping me up! It'll be time for my henndigo after I relax in 11 days, easy breezy because I'll have no NG to fuss over.

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I was going back and forth on whether to henndigo before or after...I settled on the added protection of before since I really want more of a texlaxed look than relaxed. I hope my hair appreciates it. Got my henndigo on, I'm under plastic and now I'm ready to watch the Showtime Free preview!
 
Nix08 said:
Am I doing the math right we are relaxing at the end of April???
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I think around April 18 or so. My counter says I have 104 days left.

ETA: It's April 26

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:nono: I'm not worthy a buddy....

I'm 6 weeks
I relaxed my hair after a 6 mos stretch.
I used a reg olive oil relaxer. I haven't used a reg relaxer in 6 yrs...

I relaxed my edges which are porous :grin: in spots....

the pretty soft curly hair got hard.....
they started falling a out a few days later:sad: oh well my hair didn't fall out.

I forgot how fast a reg relaxer go to work....:hammer:
 
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klsjackson said:
@Mande30: I started using Roux PC when I began taking care of my own hair. No matter what I did, my hair did not have that smooth texture it did when I went to the salon. When I experienced my setback in 2011, it was like my hair went haywire!!! It wouldn't lay down and always looked dry and rough. I began searching the boards and realized I may have a problem with porosity. My understanding of the purpose of Roux PC (and products like it) is to make the hair cuticle lie down flatter.

I began experimenting with different products and found Roux PC. I already had some in my stash, but I didn't know how to use it. I tried using it many different ways, but the best for me is to include some in my DC or to use it by itself for 1 min or less, rinse and then apply my DC. If I use it as a final rinse, it makes my hair dry and hard. If I use it by itself for over a minute, it leaves my hair dry and unmanageable. Go figure!! But it is now a staple in my routine. I sometimes use French Perm Stabilizer. Its a little stronger than Roux PC and can be very drying, but it excellent after a relaxer.
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klsjackson Does it have protein in it? Ever since my protein overload I am so afraid of anything with protein in it. But it sounds like something I would like to try. Thanks for the tips on how you use it. If I decide to get some I will be sure to let you know how it comes out.
 
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