2016 Bsl/mbl Challenge

Tonight, I put Jakeala's Flax Mallow & HE Totally Twisted Conditioner on my braids, sat under the heat cap for 30 minutes, CW'd and rinsed it out and rinsed out 80% of V05 Island Coconut Moisturizing Conditioner.

Sat under the dryer on low for an hour and LCOB'd with L = Jakeala Pineapple Protein Spray, C = Carefree Curls Gold, O = Duafe Naturals Love Me on length, Keravada Oatmeal Milk & Honey Alter Ego on scalp & Kreyol Essence Lemon HBCO on edges, B = Zipporah Beauty Sweet Orange Shea Cocoa Moist on ends.
 
Life is easy in flat twists even though i can't see my length, esp since i gave myself a deep trim. Even though I love the ease of wearing wigs I miss wearing my curly fluffy fro.. But I don't want to do the work for it to look nice :cry:

Ah well onwards with the wigs.
 
ajargon02 said:
Doesn't look like I have retained anything. ......maybe I will straighten and do a comparison pic that way to really see, but I think I will be disappointed. ....
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Ok, so this time I straightened, but I still don't see any retention......wth am I doing wrong? I am about to go into braids without extensions for a month and see what happens.
 

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Today was Shampoo Saturday:
  • Pre-poo'd overnight with my AVJ spritz & coconut oil.
  • Applied Mane Choice Green Tea & Carrots DC and went under my heat cap for a little over 1 hour.
  • Shampoo'd with Coco Curls, CW'd my length with Ynobe's Pumpkin Silk, reconstructed with Ion & rinsed out 80% of V05 Island Coconut Conditioner & ACV rinse.
  • LBO'd with L = Cream & Coco's 1000 Flowers, B = Alikay's Shea Yogurt on length, Liquid Gold's Green Magic on scalp & Honey's Handmade Whipped Vanilla on ends, O = Sunny Isles Lavender JBCO on edges.
I am really hoping for some growth & retention when I do my 1st quarter length check at the end of this month.
 
Went to the salon today for full service treatment. Wash, Aphogee 2 step treatment, DC, trim and flat iron. I wore my LC shirt so that I could do my March measurement. She blow dried on the lowest setting and I used both the Aphogee regular leave-in and sprayed the root and ends with the Aphogee green tea and keratin reconstructor spray. For heat protectant we used IC Fantasia heat protectant spray. We flat ironed on 350 with one pass. Before my trim my hair had achieved just under 2 inches of growth.

Last LC I was at the 10 line, prior to the trim I was at the 12 line and grazing BSL. For me BSL is at the 13 line. After the trim I am at the 11 line. I was surprised by the amount of growth in just 2 1/2 months but it has me encouraged that I should be able to reach full BSL by June and hopefully not need to trim as much. My ends look and feel much better though.

Hopefully this blow out and flat iron will last 2 weeks. Now I'm off to invert for 5 minutes and then will pin curl my hair up and put on my scarf for the night.

Below are some pictures, the first is from December length check, the second is before the trim today and the last one is after trim and loose curls.
 

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@Prettymetty, thank you! I was so nervous about heat damage and I guess I won't really know for another 2 weeks but I tried to take every precaution. I even bought my flat irons because my bestie still uses an oven as I wanted to make sure it was no hotter than 350. I loved that IC Fantasia heat protectant, also smelled nice as well.
 
So guys, I had my first setback in years :( and I am back to APL/grazing BSL...so here's what happened: I went to my regular Dominican salon for a wash n set and...well, let's just say that there were a ton of knots that were NOT there before and now my hair is short.

My goal is still FULL MBL by the end of the year,but I doubt I'll make it. My plan is to wear my straight hair through March and then get some braids through the summer (with liberal breaks and care) and then check in with my hair in September.

Setbacks are a part of life, but I'm such a slow grower, it's upsetting.
 
I just realized I don't have any moisturizing deep conditioners. I have a ton of protein treatments though. I might pick up a bottle of Keracare Humecto
 
Daina said:
Went to the salon today for full service treatment. Wash, Aphogee 2 step treatment, DC, trim and flat iron. I wore my LC shirt so that I could do my March measurement. She blow dried on the lowest setting and I used both the Aphogee regular leave-in and sprayed the root and ends with the Aphogee green tea and keratin reconstructor spray. For heat protectant we used IC Fantasia heat protectant spray. We flat ironed on 350 with one pass. Before my trim my hair had achieved just under 2 inches of growth.

Last LC I was at the 10 line, prior to the trim I was at the 12 line and grazing BSL. For me BSL is at the 13 line. After the trim I am at the 11 line. I was surprised by the amount of growth in just 2 1/2 months but it has me encouraged that I should be able to reach full BSL by June and hopefully not need to trim as much. My ends look and feel much better though.

Hopefully this blow out and flat iron will last 2 weeks. Now I'm off to invert for 5 minutes and then will pin curl my hair up and put on my scarf for the night.

Below are some pictures, the first is from December length check, the second is before the trim today and the last one is after trim and loose curls.
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Looking good girl!! I really love the one that's straightish with the body curls in it. You look absolutely gorgeous!
 
Checking in. My regimen is tweaked. I haven't been obsessed with length lately just health. If I make it, I make it. If I don't well then a terminal length of APL isn't bad I guess but yeah it would be so lovely to make BSL. On me BSL would feel like WL. Maybe since I'm not so obsessed with length just health, it will sneak up on me. :D
 
Aggie said:
Completed 7 days of my inversions tonight.
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Me too. I also changed up my wig regimen. I'm wearing a black satin scarf instead of a wig cap. The caps give me a headache and I think the nylon was causing dryness and breakage on my ends.

I'm not sure if the wig cap, sulfur or Chi Keratin Mist is responsible for my brittle breaking ends, but I stopped using all 3. Until I figure out the culprit I'll be using mn and peppermint oil.
 
Caramel74 said:
Checking in. My regimen is tweaked. I haven't been obsessed with length lately just health. If I make it, I make it. If I don't well then a terminal length of APL isn't bad I guess but yeah it would be so lovely to make BSL. On me BSL would feel like WL. Maybe since I'm not so obsessed with length just health, it will sneak up on me. :D
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@Caramel74, I like your attitude and like my grandmom used to say a watched pot never boils so focusing on health makes a lot of sense. I'm really trying to focus on the health of my ends so that hopefully subsequent trims will be more dusting.
 
I put HE Totally Twisted Conditioner on my braids, sat under the heat cap for a little over 30 minutes, CW'd and rinsed it out and rinsed out 80% of V05 Island Coconut Moisturizing Conditioner.

I LCOB'd with L = Cream & Coco 1000 Flowers Martini Mist, C = KJ Naturals Lemongrass Marshmallow Slip, O = Duafe Naturals Love Me on length, Mielle Organics on scalp & Sunny Isles JBCO on edges, B = Hairitage Hydration on ends.
 
Need to give my hair some TLC but I don't feel like doing it so I made an appointment to get my hair washed, blow-dried and my ends trimmed. I may skip getting my ends trimmed it depends on how they look after the blowout.
 
Daina said:
@Caramel74, I like your attitude and like my grandmom used to say a watched pot never boils so focusing on health makes a lot of sense. I'm really trying to focus on the health of my ends so that hopefully subsequent trims will be more dusting.
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Thank you :blush2:

It's like... once you've been through it all, the big chops, the trims to make it even but it still grows uneven, etc. Then you finally get some progress bc you don't give up and also the wonderful support you get here on the forum (never would have gotten this far w out it), you just finally learn.

You mentioned "your ends," yes and yes! That's what I'm saying too. You have to be so delicate with them to retain it. Olive oil makes the hair stronger so I look forward to my prepoo and basically try to take it easy on the detangling too. Set it (usually in a wet bun) and forget it. Then wear it loose but I've seriously cut down on manipulation. To try and think about manipulating it with all that crazy heat has been a no no lately. I'm too scared of the damage it could cause. Probably only for trims now.
 
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