** ANYTHING Goes Challenge~Post your starting pics here please **

[Tracy]

Now this is my kind of challenge.

I'm not much of a challenger - I tend to drop out without meaning to because I've forgotten I've joined, but this is something I planned to do anyway, so it fits right into my scheme this year.

I'm interested in get back to full, healthy, well trimmed bra strap length hair this year. I plan to take pics of my progress and post them in my LHCF album (provided I can get it to work). I also plan to use products almost exclusively from Aveda all year long as sort of a personal challenge to commit to a product line. The only exceptions will be some styling products from other lines, but the majority of my maintenance will be Aveda.

Happy growing, girls!

 

[Glib Gurl]

I'm in. I don't have the discipline to stick with the Bootcamp Challenge. Plus, more importantly, I'm still pretty new to this whole haircare game . . . so I am interested to try different things and see what works best for me.

Here is my starting pic:

This year, I am basically going to continue to do what works (co-washing, protein treatments, dc'ing, sealing with moisture) and also experiment with some other things to see what happens - I'm particularly planning to try rollersetting (a la Macheriamour's method), dc'ing and drying under a hooded dryer, and yes, even using a flat iron . . . .I paid $100 for my chi - it's time to use it!

Thanks for starting this challenge, Bre!

 

[morehairplease]

count me in. I will post pics later on this week once I take some with my new cut.

 

[lucky8502]

Ok sounds like fun and I just started with biotin MN and MSM so this should be interesting

 

[youwillrise]

i totally missed this post.

just a pulldown picture i took about 3 weeks or so ago:

my hair isnt apl yet...it just looks like it because my arm is up.

best wishes ladiiiies

 

[Bliss806]

This is my hair in the beginning of december.. I will take another pic tomorrow to show the end of december.

 

[Valerie]

Count me in, my starting pictures are in my album, from January 2008.
Drinking more water
Carrot juice with celery on a regular basis
Using aloe juice, castor oil, amla, cod-liver as a daily rinse.
Massage twice daily
Using amla, aritha, neem, shikakai powders as shampoo and cassia obovata as a conditioner.

 

[Duchesse]

Count me in! I already failed the bootcamp (pressed my hair) and the wig challenge (got paranoid about my hairline). I have to keep it real with myself and my problems with commitment and ANYTHING goes definitely works for me. My recent hair is my sig pic.

I'll be continuing with my vitamins and healthy diet, DC at least twice a month, wear protective styles most of the time, use heat no mas than twice a month, wig it when I feel it, and just be smart with my hair. I gained about 7+ in. in 2007 but had to trim some off. Hopefully in 2008 my longest layer will be APL.

 

[hopeful]

^^^^Duchesse I like your siggy pic, your hair is pretty.

 

[cutenappygrl]

This challenge seems interesting to me mainly b/c i see SL/APL/ BSL and grow out challenges but no "nape length challenge" and since that's my goal for '08 and I'm all alone then I'm an anything goes kind of gal.

 

[latingirly020488]

HEY GUYS IM A NEWBIEW!! JUST JOINED TODAY ( MY BDAY), IM SO EXCITED ENOUGH LURKING NOW I AM AN OFFICIAL NIKOS COUSIN!!! WELL I AM IN TOO! THE PICS IM POSTING ARE PROGRESS PICS FROM AUGUST 2007-JANUARY 2008 .. I HOPE TO BE ARMPIT LENGHT BY JUNE OR JULY 2008 ... I AM CURRENTLY 13 WEEKS POST AND IM TRYING TO STRETCH TILL JUNE OR JULY .. RIGHT MY NEW GROWTH IS A BIT OUT OF CONTROL .. BUT IM LOVING IT!

http://members.fotki.com/latingirly112484/about/

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

HEY GUYS IM A NEWBIEW!! JUST JOINED TODAY ( MY BDAY), IM SO EXCITED ENOUGH LURKING NOW I AM AN OFFICIAL NIKOS COUSIN!!! WELL I AM IN TOO! THE PICS IM POSTING ARE PROGRESS PICS FROM AUGUST 2007-JANUARY 2008 .. I HOPE TO BE ARMPIT LENGHT BY JUNE OR JULY 2008 ... I AM CURRENTLY 13 WEEKS POST AND IM TRYING TO STRETCH TILL JUNE OR JULY .. RIGHT MY NEW GROWTH IS A BIT OUT OF CONTROL .. BUT IM LOVING IT!

http://members.fotki.com/latingirly112484/about/

Happy Birthday and welcome!!!

 

[thefineprint]

i'm in! i've lurked on LHCF for 3 years and this is my first challenge to join because that's how lazy i am at least this one doesn't involve me changing anything. lol. i can't wait to check back in in 6 months.

 

[TaurusAngel]

this sounds like a plan. no rules, just growth. I can handle that. I'm in.

 

[hopeful]

Your first pic is so pretty! Bre, I'm going to wait to post pics at the end of March when I reach my two year natural anniversary. For now I'll post stats:
Nape: 6 inches
Crown: 11 inches
Front/bangs: Very close to chin length
The rest of my hair is between 6 & 11 inches.
My goal this year is for my hair to be APL in the back, I think I can do this by fall. It will take awhile for me to be full APL.

Hi guys
I am in the middle of blowdrying and flatironing my hair and I am so excited. So I posted the above stats on 1/1/08, right? So just 1 1/2 months later and today my nape is 7 1/2 inches! This is huge for me, really huge because my nape usually grows really slowly, like between 1/4 and 1/3 inch per month. My bangs are 11 1/2 inches now and about an inch past my chin. I'll be back with more measurements later and maybe some pics if I'm not too lazy. My crown is 13 inches! So I've gained 1 1/2 inches in my nape, 2 inches in my crown and I guess a couple inches in the front/bangs. I'll try to post pics later tonight.

I think I've seen good growth so far this year because I have not been combing my hair very much, I put it in a puff and leave it alone, rinse, detangle with fingers and put it back in puff, moisturize before going to bed. I've also been eating better too and drinking lots of water.

 

[hopeful]

HEY GUYS IM A NEWBIEW!! JUST JOINED TODAY ( MY BDAY), IM SO EXCITED ENOUGH LURKING NOW I AM AN OFFICIAL NIKOS COUSIN!!! WELL I AM IN TOO! THE PICS IM POSTING ARE PROGRESS PICS FROM AUGUST 2007-JANUARY 2008 .. I HOPE TO BE ARMPIT LENGHT BY JUNE OR JULY 2008 ... I AM CURRENTLY 13 WEEKS POST AND IM TRYING TO STRETCH TILL JUNE OR JULY .. RIGHT MY NEW GROWTH IS A BIT OUT OF CONTROL .. BUT IM LOVING IT!

http://members.fotki.com/latingirly112484/about/

You've made nice progress latingirly! A lot of us are chasing down APL.

 

[LongHairDreams]

Hi guys
I am in the middle of blowdrying and flatironing my hair and I am so excited. So I posted the above stats on 1/1/08, right? So just 1 1/2 months later and today my nape is 7 1/2 inches! This is huge for me, really huge because my nape usually grows really slowly, like between 1/4 and 1/3 inch per month. My bangs are 11 1/2 inches now and about an inch past my chin. I'll be back with more measurements later and maybe some pics if I'm not too lazy. My crown is 13 inches! So I've gained 1 1/2 inches in my nape, 2 inches in my crown and I guess a couple inches in the front/bangs. I'll try to post pics later tonight.

I think I've seen good growth so far this year because I have not been combing my hair very much, I put it in a puff and leave it alone, rinse, detangle with fingers and put it back in puff, moisturize before going to bed. I've also been eating better too and drinking lots of water.

Go head girl...

 

[hopeful]

Go head girl...

Thank you.

I have pics that I tried to post but I'm having technical difficulties tonight, oh well, I'll try again tomorrow.

Okay, I'm back, here are the pics:

Bangs/Front (11 1/2 inches):

Crown (13 inches):

Back:

For the first time in my life the strap on my purse caught on my hair.

 

[hopeful]

Finally posted pics ^^^

 

[nicki6]

Your hair looks , Hopeful! What's your goal?



ETA: This was my 300th post!!!

Don't ask me why that's exciting

 

[LongHairDreams]

Thank you.

I have pics that I tried to post but I'm having technical difficulties tonight, oh well, I'll try again tomorrow.

Okay, I'm back, here are the pics:

Bangs/Front (11 1/2 inches):View attachment 9929

Crown (13 inches):View attachment 9931

Back:View attachment 9933 View attachment 9935

For the first time in my life the strap on my purse caught on my hair:grin:.

I bet that was a great feeling.

 

[hopeful]

Your hair looks , Hopeful! What's your goal?

Thank you Nicki6! My goals are APL by Fall/Winter of this year and Bra Strap by Fall/Winter of 2009.

I bet that was a great feeling.

Yep it was, at first I was like what the heck?! then I was like .

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

Thank you.

I have pics that I tried to post but I'm having technical difficulties tonight, oh well, I'll try again tomorrow.

Okay, I'm back, here are the pics:

Bangs/Front (11 1/2 inches):View attachment 9929

Crown (13 inches):View attachment 9931

Back:View attachment 9933 View attachment 9935

For the first time in my life the strap on my purse caught on my hair.

Awwww. look at my lil hopefuls pics!

 

[hopeful]

Awwww. look at my lil hopefuls pics!

You are so funny. Your posts always make me smile.

 

[hopeful]

How is everybody doing? Just checking in. I've been out of town all month, plan to update my measurements sometime this week. I had to cut some a few months ago because of heat damage so I'm not sure how much progress I've made.

 

[SelfStyled]

Thanks for bumping this up. My hair broke and shed up until Mar from a corrective gone wrong. I cut my hair in a bob in Mar, and I have been slowly growing ever since, but better yet retaining. My update is on my siggie.

 

[sweetgal]

This is a great idea-add me to the challange please!

Currently doing Mega Tek/ovation (not as consistent as I want to be), braids, cornrows etc. I use s-curl as my moisturiser because braid spray does not work for me....simple and easy!

Hope I get some awesome results

 

[hopeful]

Thanks for bumping this up. My hair broke and shed up until Mar from a corrective gone wrong. I cut my hair in a bob in Mar, and I have been slowly growing ever since, but better yet retaining. My update is on my siggie.

Sorry about the correctice gone wrong. Your hair is looking good in your siggy!

This is a great idea-add me to the challange please!

Currently doing Mega Tek/ovation (not as consistent as I want to be), braids, cornrows etc. I use s-curl as my moisturiser because braid spray does not work for me....simple and easy!

Hope I get some awesome results

Welcome sweetgal, I hope you get the results you want.

 

[hopeful]

1/1/08
Nape: 6 inches
Crown: 11 inches
Front/bangs: Very close to chin length
The rest of my hair is between 6 & 11 inches.

2/19/08
Nape: 7 1/2 inches
Crown: 13 inches
Bangs: 11 1/2 inches (past chin)

Made some needed cuts because of heat damage in March I believe, don't know how much I cut.

9/6/08
Nape: 8-9 inches
Crown: 14-15 inches
Bangs: 12 inches

I'm going to get my hair flat-ironed and trimmed next Saturday at JCPenney, this will be my first professional styling in 3 1/2 years.