2017 Shoulder Length Challenge

Yesterday I washed my hair and did the same detangling with the denman and still what looks to me like a lot of hair. I'm almost sure that I have been detangling wrong all these years. Because I used a wide tooth comb first and some hair came out. Then went through again with the denman and got the rest. And one more comb through with the denman and zero hairs. So I guess it's OK. I'll keep an eye to see if my hair starts to look different or thinner than it already is.

In other news after I washed my hair I was able to bun easily in the shower. I almost decided to wear it like that but then thought I would get lazy and start to ruin my ends bunning so I dragged myself to the mirror at like 8pm last night and styled my hair. I was being so lazy I used barely any product and did big old fat knots. LOL
 
I've washed twice with the terressentials. Hair has diluted SM detangler. The terressentials is ok, just very basic. The mint kind smells like toothpaste. I won't repurchase, but I am def sticking to natural cleansers going forward. Next wash, I want to make an okrah detangler to prepoo with. My mom tried it on my sister's hair and it really helped.
 

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Rocky91 said:
I have hair ADD. I just got this weave at the beginning of the month and I want out.
Straight weave + working out is not working for me. I'm ready for some braids or twists again, and I might do them myself.
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I looked at my bank account and my savings goals and it's too early to take out my weave still. Haven't gotten my money's worth. :lol:

I might rollerset it or something to not be bored.
 
Rocky91 said:
I looked at my bank account and my savings goals and it's too early to take out my weave still. Haven't gotten my money's worth. :lol:

I might rollerset it or something to not be bored.
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You can do lots of things depending on the style you got. Go ahead and play with some rollers - hard rollers, flexi rods, perm rods.

faithVA said:
Focusing on learning new software technologies is fun and helping me focus on something other than my hair. I've got a lot to learn and study so may even we I look up I'll be SL.
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Having something else to take up your time really does help. I've taken my crochet basket out again and I've been playing with that so I don't worry too much about my hair.
 
That's awesome @faithVA! I recently took web programming but we didn't do anything hands on with jquery or bootstrap so I might need to get back to that. I went to a career fair today and it seems like JavaScript is a good language to know. I didn't like algorithms. It wasn't what I expected, but I'm always like that with these classes.

I'm getting off topic, lol. Anyway, I bought some infusium 23 and mixed it with my Mane & Tail braid spray. I spray that on my twists daily and oil them where my ends stop every other day. Sometimes I spray with water.
 
the camille curl maker is very sticky. im surprised so many people like it. or maybe the stickiness is because i used the SM raw shea butter detangler as my eave in? Hair is super soft, but sticky. it will be a while before i try to wear a wash n go again. not liking the shape of my hair.

Clay washing is awesome. Terressentials was great to my hair, but I went through it super fast. I may purchase some aloe vera juice and just make my own. the formula is essentially aloe vera juice, bentonite clay, herbal extracts, and essential oils.
 
beingofserenity said:
the camille curl maker is very sticky. im surprised so many people like it. or maybe the stickiness is because i used the SM raw shea butter detangler as my eave in? Hair is super soft, but sticky. it will be a while before i try to wear a wash n go again. not liking the shape of my hair.

Clay washing is awesome. Terressentials was great to my hair, but I went through it super fast. I may purchase some aloe vera juice and just make my own. the formula is essentially aloe vera juice, bentonite clay, herbal extracts, and essential oils.
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Lots of us make our own. When I did use Terressentials I watered it down quite a bit. I use rhassoul clay primarily now.
 
faithVA said:
Lots of us make our own. When I did use Terressentials I watered it down quite a bit. I use rhassoul clay primarily now.
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Yes! I watered it down too and it actually worked so much better for me that way. I don't know if I have low porosity hair,but I have been watering down my leave-ins and they are much more effective on my hair diluted. I'm thinking I should try to water down my conditioner too. It's possible that I don't really need to use a conditioner when I use clay. I might just need a good leave in.
 
beingofserenity said:
Yes! I watered it down too and it actually worked so much better for me that way. I don't know if I have low porosity hair,but I have been watering down my leave-ins and they are much more effective on my hair diluted. I'm thinking I should try to water down my conditioner too. It's possible that I don't really need to use a conditioner when I use clay. I might just need a good leave in.
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Yeah, sometimes I do skip the conditioner and use the leave-in. I try not to use both a conditioner and a leave-in. I've been watering down my leave-in lately and just spraying it on. Not sure yet how that is working but it seems to be OK so far.

Let me know how the watered down conditioner works.
 
Saturday I washed and deep conditioned and air dried in a ponytail. I was feeling the look and thought I would wear it for the week. After it started to dry I felt the tightening at the back even though I did the ponytail very loose. So I took it out and cowashed yesterday and did my bantu knots. My hair is very stiff and tight today for some reason. Possibly because I set on soaking wet hair. I should know by now that I can't do that because my hair shrinks down to half an inch practically.
 
I washed today and started braiding. I have to finish the back, but eh, I'm not liking how these look. I should have let my hair finish drying instead of braiding on damp hair. I might end up taking these out and starting over.

I need a trim in the worst way, and I really need to take the extra time to section and detangle my hair. I lost entirely too much hair this go 'round.
 
Yea i lied :look: i went ahead and got some senegalese twists because i'm way too lazy to do them myself. i just can't be bothered with styling my hair right now at all, with a really strict gym schedule and just trying to get my whole life together.

My last set of twists, I didn't take care of properly and my hair turned out dry when I took them out. So I'm planning to moisturize these well. At least 1x a day, I will:
-oil my scalp with Mane Choice growth oil
-spray scalp and hair with Carol's Daughter leave-in
-rub some Shea Moisture curl enhancing smoothie into my hair for moisture
 
I bought some liquid collagen from Costco. I'm going to try it for February and March to see if I notice any difference in my hair and skin. It also has Biotin in it. I'm hoping it doesn't break me out.

I will do a pull test this weekend to see where I'm starting. If I don't notice at least some difference in 60 days then I won't bother. Fortunately you just add it to water and since I need to get my water in anyway, it's not too much trouble.

Other than that, not much going on with my hair. It's still up in flat twist. I'm washing every two weeks and moisturizing mid-week. Pretty boring right now.
 
My new regimen:

Once a month: Clay treatment and/or diluted shampoo
I love clay for my hair but I don't like how messy it is, having to mix it all the time. And I don't think my hair needs it more than that. It starts to dry out a little. I also am not sure I like how it seems to be both elongating and flattening out my hair. Conditioner gives me fuffy, full hair. Clay gives me very defined, flatter hair. It also seems to sort of lock my hair into a curl pattern so it makes it harder to comb out shed hairs. It could be my mix also, but I don't feel like spending too much time trying to figure it out.

Once a week:
Cleanse (diluted shampoo or co-wash)
Deep condition
Condition/Leave in
Moisturizer/Detangler
Gently Detangle
Bun

The products that I am using for the above are the Devacurl decadence no poo and one conditioner. They both smell like lotion. The no-poo is ok, it's a cleansing conditioner. Doesn't sud. The conditioner is amazing. I only need a little bit and it immediately softens my hair and detangles. My hair strands slide a part. I believe it also doubles as a leave-in. I don't feel the need to wash it out. I will re-purchase the one conditioner, but not the no poo.

Moisturizer detangler today is the SM raw shea butter detangler. I really like how moisturizing this detangler is and it also really helps to detangle my hair. I won't be diluting it anymore since I plan on washing my hair less often, so I want it to really coat my strands.

I also like that I don't really need to section my hair with these products because they don't cause my hair to tangle. Sectioning is great but annoying because I need a lot of sections due to how short my hair is and it makes the wash process go so much slower. I'm sure when it starts to get past my shoulders, I'll need to section.
 
Wore my flat twist for two weeks. I'm doing my hair this weekend to get some water on my scalp and I need some color.

I washed with Creme of Nature Shampoo. Now I'm DCing with TGIN Deep Conditioner. Since it's so late I will do an overnight DC. I rarely do those because I hate for my head to be wet all night. But it's too late to start on my color. In the morning I will do a mudwash and then apply my color. I will twist it up some kind of way tomorrow and try to get 2 more weeks out of that style.
 
What length are you now?

Back at Neck Length.

Natural/Relaxed/Transitioning?

Natural!

What's your plan to reach SL?

Back to Basics. Keep scalp clean and rotate moisture/protein routine every few days. Protective styling as well. Hide or restore edges to optimal health. I have edges but the wear and tear have them looking a bit thinner than the norm.

What's your regimen?

Protective style and scalp scrubs/cleaning. Then moisture/protein balance.


How will you celebrate/reward yourself when you reach SL?

Rock my real hair over summer months.

Anything else you want to share?

Neck Length starting of year, aiming for shoulder length by July 2017! I'll be protective styling until then.

Post your starting pic:

My hair is currently in a sew in...when I take it out, I will show my starting length.
 
Bosslady1 said:
What length are you now?

Back at Neck Length.

Natural/Relaxed/Transitioning?

Natural!

What's your plan to reach SL?

Back to Basics. Keep scalp clean and rotate moisture/protein routine every few days. Protective styling as well. Hide or restore edges to optimal health. I have edges but the wear and tear have them looking a bit thinner than the norm.

What's your regimen?

Protective style and scalp scrubs/cleaning. Then moisture/protein balance.


How will you celebrate/reward yourself when you reach SL?

Rock my real hair over summer months.

Anything else you want to share?

Neck Length starting of year, aiming for shoulder length by July 2017! I'll be protective styling until then.

Post your starting pic:

My hair is currently in a sew in...when I take it out, I will show my starting length.
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Welcome @Bossylady1
 
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