Goombay_Summer
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Amazing progress !!!!!
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am i crazy, or did i really get a few inches in less than three months?
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lilsparkle825
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LOL! that would be hilarious. i was thinking about going back to her to get a blowout just so she can see that she didn't accomplish her goal of setting me back. the look on her face when she sees my growth would be priceless! HOWEVER, i know she'd probably just get more upset and do something even worse.
lilsparkle825
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aww, please don't be jealous
but i agree, they can be. this was my first setback, but i have heard of SO many women to whom this has happened, including a few of my hair idols.these are the products/methods i have been using since june:
~olive oil shampoo, which i use every 3-4 weeks
~HE hello hydration -- cowashing (every day or every other day)
~kimmaytube leave-in -- leave-in, moisturizer, sealant
----> ingredients: giovanni direct, whole leaf aloe vera juice, cold pressed castor oil, jojoba oil
~aloe vera gel -- occasionally moisturizing at night, smoothing edges when bunning
~i use megatek very infrequently. right after my setback i was using it once or twice a week in a squeeze bottle mixed with oils (i would apply this to my scalp and edges). on the rare occasion i DC, i add a squirt of MT to my moisturizing DC. i like matrix biolage conditioning balm for that. (i have DC'd about 5 times all summer....it's just too hot to be under that dryer!!) i don't really use it unless i remember. back in 2008 i used it every other day for a month and i got an inch that month, but i also got LOTS of shedding. i use it for protein purposes more so than as a growth aid.
~sometimes when i don't feel like mixing up the moisturizer, i just use plain old giovanni direct straight from the bottle and seal with a mix i made of EVOO and castor oil, or i will use EVCO.
~my hair is almost ALWAYS wet. like i said earlier, i have been wet bunning for the past six weeks. i have worn my hair out about 10 days out of those six weeks, and then i usually do rollersets with satin-covered sponge rollers or a braid-n-curl or twist-n-curl. these styles last me about three days, then i go right back to wet bunning.
~oil rinses are AWESOME for detangling and giving my hair crazy shine, but i only discovered them maybe 3 weeks ago. i use EVOO, EVCO and castor oil.
that's really it. like i said, i'm thinking it's the wet bunning, and maybe the new leave-in....
Chameleonchick
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I can't see them either.
ConstantlyDynamic
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i can't see the pics either but i did see the blog and your hair looked gorgeous! sounds like a good regimen too
lilsparkle825
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sorry ladies. the updates aren't letting anyone see attachments. here they are:
june 5, 2010
august 30, 2010
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Chocolatelove2010
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Wowwwwwwww! My jaw actually dropped lol.
Great Progress.
Great Progress.
CurliciouslyMo
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Really nice progress! I didn't realize how much length I had until I had my hair straightened this past March. I wear my natural coils year-round, only straightening it once or twice, so it's hard to see how much length I have...
SN: is your nappiversary the day you cut off the final bit of relaxed hair?
SN: is your nappiversary the day you cut off the final bit of relaxed hair?
lilsparkle825
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^^^yup, june 13th.
isn't it crazy to see the difference in length between when it's curly vs straight? i swear, my hair hasn't changed from NL unstretched since i started this whole thing, although when it's straight, i've been everything from SL to BSL.
isn't it crazy to see the difference in length between when it's curly vs straight? i swear, my hair hasn't changed from NL unstretched since i started this whole thing, although when it's straight, i've been everything from SL to BSL.
Guyaneek
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It looks gorgeous. Can you please tell me... what is a twist and curl?
lilsparkle825
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A twist & curl is a better way of doing a twistout, IMO. I love twistouts, but the curls aren't always uniform. For a twist & curl like the one in my sig, I made six two-strand twists on damp hair, stopped twisting about halfway down, smoothed the untwisted part at the ends with my denman, and set it on a perm rod. In the morning, I unraveled the twists carefully and fluffed. There are also braid & curls; I did both and posted the results on my blog and in my fotki.
lilsparkle825
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A twist & curl is a better way of doing a twistout, IMO. I love twistouts, but the curls aren't always uniform. For a twist & curl like the one in my sig, I made six two-strand twists on damp hair, stopped twisting about halfway down, smoothed the untwisted part at the ends with my denman, and set it on a perm rod. In the morning, I unraveled the twists carefully and fluffed. There are also braid & curls; I did both and posted the results on my blog and in my fotki.
flowinlocks
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Beautiful progress!! Congratulations!!
lilsparkle825
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KBLC, you aren't the first person to say that. The only thing that confuses me is where my shoulder blade is -- I mean, I can't see the one on the right in the pic, and the one on the left seems to be higher since I am reaching up. When I was getting my sis to take the pic, I couldn't get a good pose where my shoulder blade was clearly showing -- unless I did a back bend or something!
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lilsparkle825
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DRKC -- if it was a birth control patch, I might think that. This is a fentanyl patch (painkiller)....I was in a really bad car accident in December and I still have bad back pains from breaking my hip and tailbone in three places.
I do often wonder how the medications I take affect my hair and skin, though....
I do often wonder how the medications I take affect my hair and skin, though....
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