2017 Shoulder Length Challenge

beingofserenity said:
I don't think I want to straighten my hair or use any heat on it at all for 2017. For health reasons and also because the more I get to know my hair the less I want to change it. When I am unhappy with my hair, I want to kill it with heat, when I am happy with my hair I let it be.

I'm glad I decided to start wearing wigs. It's taken the stress out of haircare for me and is allowing me to get to know my hair. I wasn't feeling the straight hair anymore, so I just bought this 4c half wig from outre that I saw on youtube. I hope I love it. To be honest, I sometimes feel like my features are too large for straight hair.
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shortdub78 said:
My hair is not straight, but here is an idea of where I'm currently at.
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That is definitely SL. Congratulations!!!
 
Wash day is Saturday and I can't wait. I've enjoyed my straight hair and I could probably keep it longer but my scalp is starting to itch. Probably too much oil since I've been massaging every other day.
 
I stumbled upon some Silk like scrunchies at Walgreens. I went in there to get some spin pins. They just had the blonde colored ones... I need dark. I will have to go to Sally's to get the good hair day pins. These black hair pins just feel like it's stabbing my hair strands.
But now that I got a few scrunchies, I'm set. My rat bun will look decent.
 
beingofserenity said:
My hair is multitextured or something. Tighter as you approach the crown. Looks dumb when I tried to define my curls, wonder if I gave heat damage????

Deep conditioning with some Mizani hydro stuff. Not as softening as shea moisture.

I'm only finger detangling in the shower going forward
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My crown is a tough cookie too! I gotta treat her totally different than the rest of my head. She is the most resistant, yet most fragile.
 
faithVA said:
I finally made my mudwash. So I'm ready to start my hair. I will mudwash and then color. Im going to put in two strands twist while I watch a movie or two.

But one step at a time.
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I'm so lazy. I'm tired for you already. Have you worn your two stand twists out yet? Like for a style. I remember a while back you said you were waiting for them to hang a little more.
 
KammyGirl said:
I'm so lazy. I'm tired for you already. Have you worn your two stand twists out yet? Like for a style. I remember a while back you said you were waiting for them to hang a little more.
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:lol: I don't know why I'm feeling so lazy. I've gone from washing every 3 days to once a week and now every 2 weeks. With each change I get lazier.

I have the color in now so the worst part is almost over.

I wear my two strands out whenever I do them even if they look horrible. I definitely want them to get longer but I needed a change from the flat twist. Unfortunately I doubt if they will hang any longer than the last time I wore them. I'm thinking by June they should look more presentable.

I will post a pic when I'm done. I hope I can keep these in for two weeks.
 
I clarified and installed 2-strand twists on Wednesday. I used my tried and true cocktail; Uncle Funky's Daughter Curly Magic and Camille Rose Almond Jai Twist butter. Today I trimmed .5" off each twist and did a twist out. I think I have less than one inch of damaged ends left and then I'll finally see the fruits of my labor. It doesn't even look like I trimmed any hair off and my ends of my twists are thicker!

I love my hair so much and the way my hair looks now I can't wait to get to SL and beyond! I'm happy I don't have to pin my sides up anymore on day 1 for my hair to look styled.

To retain moisture better I decided to cleanse and DC every 5 days instead of 7 days. I noticed by day 5/6 my hair is parched because I don't put anything on it after wash day. I figured if I rehydrate it before it's completely depleted of moisture I can build on what's there instead of starting over. Starting over just means I'm never really increasing my hydration levels...remaining stagnant.

According to my komaza care analysis report I'm suppose to do a protein treatment every two weeks to keep my damaged ends in check and keep it from spreading up the strand. I think it's been over two weeks so next wash day I'll give my hair a dose of protein.
 
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jennifer30 said:
I have such a hard time dealing with two textures...i just cringe washing my hair....
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My bangs area is what I call mutt hair as far as I can tell. I'm still dealing with damage so I'm not sure if that area took the brunt of the abuse or if it's just different than the rest.

When I apply my leave-in and styling products, it doesn't seem to want to absorb and so I slather them on and squish the products in really well and then twist it. I have noticed that as I'm adding my twist butter, it sits on my hair and appears to have build up even after it was clarified. I'm going to give it to March before I reassess if the problem is product application or if that area is low porosity.
 
KiWiStyle said:
My bangs area is what I call mutt hair as far as I can tell. I'm still dealing with damage so I'm not sure if that area took the brunt of the abuse or if it's just different than the rest.

When I apply my leave-in and styling products, it doesn't seem to want to absorb and so I slather them on and squish the products in really well and then twist it. I have noticed that as I'm adding my twist butter, it sits on my hair and appears to have build up even after it was clarified. I'm going to give it to March before I reassess if the problem is product application or if that area is low porosity.
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Yeah. Once my hair grows out i think it will look better. Im still trying the right products..nothings ever work for my hair
 
faithVA said:
Thank you. It's getting there slowly. These are wearable. I will have to see how much they shrink overnight.
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Did you do them on wet hair?

I'm going to do my hair today if I can ever get off the couch. Here's the plan. Joico MR shampoo, Nexxus Emergencee conditioner (ran out of Joico MR conditioner), Nexxus Emergencee Treatment, Joico MR balm under dryer for about 20 minutes, rinse then style. I'm contemplating stretching in 2 braids and then doing my bantus on dry hair so they aren't so tight and shrunken when I take them down. I just don't want to do my hair over 2 days.

I also need a trip to the beauty supply store. I'm desperate for some clarifying shampoo and moroccan oil.
 
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