2018 Relaxed Hair End-of-year Picture Thread

[sunnieb]

Here we are ladies!

This thread is for us to show pics of our relaxed hair from this year.

And yes, it's a PICTURE thread!

You can post as many times as you want. The only rule is that the post has to have a relaxed hair pic from this year. We don't want one picture posted, then 5 pages of 'Your hair looks great!' posts!

I'm closing this thread on January 1st, so get in here!

Here's a random pic from October when I was about to go workout:



I'm relaxing this week so I'll post 1 year growth pics then.

 

[PlanetCybertron]

I’ll do a comparison type thingy.

January
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Most recent. End of November
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[sunnieb]

@faithVA you broke the rules on the second post! I'll forgive you since we go way back, but no more.

Relaxed pic posts only ladies!

That bun is made with a black silk scrunchie and open-ended hair pins.

@PlanetCybertron I knew you'd come through! Gorgeous!

Pic below is when I finally had enough hair to try a bang.

 

[LushLox]

Here's a few of mine.

 

[Rozlewis]

Here are a few that were taken early to mid this year. I will post updated pics at the end of this month.

 

[sunnieb]

Looking beautiful @Rozlewis and @LushLox!

I was traveling for work a few weeks ago and didn't have a mirror to check my bun. Took a pic to make sure all was tucked and in order:

 

[LushLox]

@Rozlewis Your hair in your avi looks gorg! Was that from a rollerset or something else? If a rollerset what products did you use, I totally need to steal them!

I returned my Dyson Airwrap, a total waste of time for me!

ETA: Oh my bad @sunnieb, here's another one then. (Yes I was wearing a scarf, in public - only for a few minutes lol)

 

[sunnieb]

@LushLox ....um, where's your pic in this post??? ^^^^^^

Here's a pic from October before my relaxer. I wanted to assure myself that my edges are indeed growing back.

 

[sunnieb]

@LushLox all is forgiven! You're just like me! I take random hair pics wherever I happen to be at the moment.

Traveling for work last May means hair pics in the hotel room of course! I was prepping my hair the night before a big meeting and was a little self conscious about how to style it. I took this pic to see how my hair looked from the back. I was checking for thin spots.

 

[Rozlewis]

@Rozlewis Your hair in your avi looks gorg! Was that from a rollerset or something else? If a rollerset what products did you use, I totally need to steal them!

I returned my Dyson Airwrap, a total waste of time for me!

@LushLox

Thanks!! I blow dried and flat ironed my hair, which I don't do too often. I only flat iron 3 times a year. The next time will be on December 29th for my husbands birthday dinner.

I received my Airwrap and I want to try it on my daughters natural hair to see how it works before I make a decision. If I had purchased the RevAir first I would not have bothered with the airwrap.

 

[sunnieb]

@Rozlewis sooooo....... when you flat iron on December 29th, add that pic to your post.

ETA: here I am fussing, and didn't attach a pic. brb

Pic of my failed bangs from today. I didn't let them dry enough last night and this is the result.

 

[sunnieb]

Ok, here are my year end/ growth pics.

This is from February. My beautiful BSL hair was long gone and I was trying to deal with it. Stress was too much out of control last year. My hair loss told the story. I was determined to grow my hair back.



Just relaxed on Friday, and I'm thrilled with my growth and retention. Looking forward to maximum retention in 2019!

 

[Chicoro]

Ok, here are my year end/ growth pics.

This is from February. My beautiful BSL hair was long gone and I was trying to deal with it. Stress was too much out of control last year. My hair loss told the story. I was determined to grow my hair back.

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Just relaxed on Friday, and I'm thrilled with my growth and retention. Looking forward to maximum retention in 2019!

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[divachyk]

To the beautiful hair and progress.

 

[Sanity]

I don't relax until the end of next month! Here's my final progress pic! excuse my shirt!
(I've also included my Before and After for 2018)
Blowdried hair:

 

[sunnieb]

@Sanity thick and beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

This pic is from last week. I'm finally able to pull off a curly bang again! The short pieces are growing in and not looking so out of place.

 

[Sanity]

@Sanity thick and beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

This pic is from last week. I'm finally able to pull off a curly bang again! The short pieces are growing in and not looking so out of place.

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Thank you so much!

 

[sunnieb]

Cannot stress enough how important it is to take hair pics in order to stay motivated! It's still a little bit of a shock for me to be dealing with short hair. I can't even make a decent ponytail!

However, I can clearly see progress in the pics below.

Damaged hair mess from February:

Moisturized mess:


Pics from this morning-

Before moisturizing:


After moisturizing:


Much better to start over growing out short, healthy hair than to hold on to a damaged mess!

 

[GettingKinky]

All these pictures make me miss my relaxed hair. Some days I’m so tempted to relax again.

@sunnieb somehow I missed hearing about your setback. What happened? You are making great progress in your recovery.

 

[sunnieb]

@GettingKinky I didn't take care of myself for a long time. My husband is chronically ill and I was trying to get a promotion at work. I put my health on the back burner. My hair simply left my head.

It's been a year and I'm in full recovery mode now.

Here's my bang from last week. Looking fuller and more moisturized.... finally!

 

[GettingKinky]

@sunnieb I’m glad to hear that you’re making your health a priority again. You’ll have your BSL hair back in no time.

 

[Bette Davis Eyes]

Im all in the wrong thread but I was liking pictures while I was here,

Great job ladies !!!

 

[sunnieb]

Merry Christmas ladies!

We are back home from celebrating and I wanted to see if I had enough hair to twist and pin the back like I did in my BSL days.

It's a puny lil milkdud, but I have juuuust enough hair. Even a little progress is progress!

 

[Anewme2019]

Here's a few of mine.

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You have nice hair.

 

[MzSwift]

OMG, I’m loving the updates in here ladies! So inspiring!!

I just finished my hair and I’m so tired.
13 weeks post here but flat ironed with CHI Thermal system.

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December 2018
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[LushLox]

Stunning and luscious hair @MzSwift

Yeah imma come back and find a pic before I get told off by @sunnieb

 

[topnotch1010]

December 2017



December 2018


2nd year natural

 

[sunnieb]

@LushLox where da pics at????

j/k - Maybe the spirit of the season took hold, because I'm a big 'ol softie now. I just wanted to see relaxed hair pics all in one place.

I'm still closing this thread on January 1st though!

 

[sunnieb]

Flexi 8 game changer.....

Now that I have enough hair for a miniature swoop and tuck, I can dig out my Flexi 8's and give my hair a break from bunning.

This is style keeps my ends tucked away, but I love seeing evidence that my hair is growing!

 

[BonBon88]

Hi ladies, this is my first post!

I’m currently at about BSL and plan to grow my hair back to MBL by this time next year.

I relax every 4 months (12 weeks) using Phyto II and use henna once a month. Olaplex is also a staple as well as SheaMoisture’s Manuka Honey & Yogurt and 100% Virgin Coconut Oil masques.

I tried to upload a photo but am having trouble! Never done this before; the size of the photo may be too large.

ETA: I managed to make the photo I was going to post my avatar instead.