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hairqueen7 I have been looking through threads regarding hair growth improvement. The 12 inches in 12 months thread is interesting. It mentions deep conditioning with heat. My hair has not been growing fast. I am adjusting my regimen with deep conditioning with heat and steaming twice weekly and additional cowashing in the summer. My hair is thriving with these adjustments and I oil rinse as well. You could look at recommendations in that particular thread for tweak worthy steps to aid in retention.:lick:
 
I agree my hair definetly respond well to heat versus body heat (my chosen "lazy" way). I have to train myself to sit under a dryer for longer than 10mins. If I can sit under there for a DC treatment for an hour, you best believe I am going to treat myself....haagen daaz peanut butter ice cream. yes ma'm :grin:
 
felic1 said:
hairqueen7 I have been looking through threads regarding hair growth improvement. The 12 inches in 12 months thread is interesting. It mentions deep conditioning with heat. My hair has not been growing fast. I am adjusting my regimen with deep conditioning with heat and steaming twice weekly and additional cowashing in the summer. My hair is thriving with these adjustments and I oil rinse as well. You could look at recommendations in that particular thread for tweak worthy steps to aid in retention.:lick:
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Thanks so much I already dc every 2weeks with heat for 2 hours but I was definitely thinking about adding cowashing and ms more just to see if it changes but thanks I will go check out that thread.
 
I'm so late but I want in! There is still quite a bit of time left in the year!

Current hair length: Scraping APL in the back, a little past SL at the crown and the purgatory between SL and APL on the sides (my nape is always significantly longer... ugh. my nape was MBL when the rest of my hair was SL-APL)
Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Transitioning: Natural
Goal Month: I want to be as close to full APL as possible by the end of year (probably too ambitious for my shorter hair)
Current Reggie and styling choices: I follow the LadyPaniolo regimen - braided up under a wig!
What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
I am going to be PS'ing hardcore to make sure I gain as much length as possible between now and the summer of 2014.

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:) I'm happy we've been keeping this thread alive for so long. Half the year in, half the year to go so we have come far ladies! great job! while we ***still lots of time to grow to our goal!!**

i bought my tangle teezer yesterday. i've only used it on two twists that i took down to try it. i love it already tho. LOVE it. can't wait to try it on my whole head... but i must resist right now. i dont plan on doing a length check until my nephew or neice is born in december (i'm using my sisternlaws due date as my next length check).
 
I have to drop out of this challenge I relaxed my hair yesterday and had to cut about 3 1/2 inches off because of damage and see thru ends so now I'm back to neck length. So good luck all Ima head over to the shoulder length challenging
 
I'm not sure if I ever officially joined this chalkenge but I really would love to be full apl by December if not by oct 1st.. I'm not sure how long it's going to take but currently have kinky twist in that I plan on keeping in for 3 months.. After kinky twist I may get hair flat ironed professionally if its the length I want.. If not ill be getting another 3 month sew in because I retain very well with protective styles ...current length below



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PerfectlyFlawed said:
I have to drop out of this challenge I relaxed my hair yesterday and had to cut about 3 1/2 inches off because of damage and see thru ends so now I'm back to neck length. So good luck all Ima head over to the shoulder length challenging
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I hate to hear that you had to cut. I'm sure your hair is in great shape now. Good luck on your hair journey!
 
So my girls are trying to kick me out of the SL challenge but I'm not ready to leave yet as I'm not comfortable joining this challenge as of yet. I feel like I have a looong way to go so I'm just going to lurk for now until I get the nerves to join you lovely ladies.

HPG

Don't judge...Sent from my SPH-L900 using LHCF
 
I'm 8 weeks post relaxer and hoping I am at least grazing APL when I relax in 2 weeks. My hair has been cut in a U shape so my target is for the longest bit to be APL not necessarily the sides, cos by the time the sides are APL the back will probably be MBL...

I think my September relaxer should have me officially at APL and not just grazing - fingers crossed.
 
Box braids are officially out. I made 6 weeks.

I have a relaxer scheduled for July 3Rd.
Im starting to see breakage at the line of demarcation :(
 
BEAUTYU2U said:
I got so excited about starting the challenge, I forgot to add my own regimen :lol: It's kinda under construction but here goes ...

Weekly
Shampoo - Ion Hard Water Shampoo or Organix Coconut Milk Shampoo
Conditioner - Aphogee 2-Step Protein Treatment or Organix Coconut Milk Conditioner
Moisturizer - Qhemet Biologics Burdock Root Butter Cream (cold weather) Kinky Curly Knot Today (warm weather)
Sealants - Castor Oil & Coconut Oil (cold weather) Avocado Oil (warm weather)
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Updating my regimen :spinning:
 
I think I made it past SL! On my way to APL! I was sooooo scared to flat iron as I am on my transition (7 months in) but I used plenty of heat protectant and thinking about Heat Training. Don't throw anything at me... One of my friends is heat trained and has really been of great support. She is MBL and has beautiful healthy hair. I know all heads are not made alike but she has been an inspiration. I will post her pic as well. The test was when we went to the Dominican Republic and I could see her hair wet. She had lovely waves even with using heat every 2 weeks for the last 2 years. So here I go... Anyone in here heat trained?

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My friend and coworker, natural and heat trained

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Me, 6.24.13 flat ironed after Ors Aloe shampoo, Ors DC and Tresemme heat protectant, finished with argon oil on ends.
 
So apparently I'm doing something right because my hair feels sooooo good and healthy !! I've been doing a simple m&s : water , grapeseed oil , & cantu's leave in cream .. So far , so good (:
 
the tangle teezer is officially my best friend. my hair feels good. i've only been taking a few twists out and retwisting them. i dont think it has grown much so far, but it feels really good. thats good enough. i'm trying to be careful with stray strands that aren't in my twists all the way or in the wrong twist or something. i'm more concerned about keeping strands than length this year. i know i have super thick hair so i want to see it at its glory.
 
hairqueen7 said:
Ok so I calculated my growth for a whole year and ladies its official my poor hair that I treat so lovely only growz 3-4" a year I was so heart broken but anyway ,what I want to know is it because for the past year and a half I been deep conditioning on dry hair and then shampoo, should I start doing it the right way and maybe my hair will grow more or is it just my hair and genetics?
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My hair definitely prefers deep conditioning in wet hair. Maybe you should try that method for a bit.
 
I am joining this challenge in hopes of making APL by my next touch up. The pic attached is my length at May 18, my last relaxer. I am hoping to stretch for 24 weeks this time- I went 19 weeks last time.
I steam deep condition 2 times per week and cowash 5 days a week (after workouts). I air dry and for the summer will be bunning.
 

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@BEAUTYU2U you look like you are pretty much at APL to me - nothing lacklustre about that
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Thanks, hun! But it's where I was a few months ago, that's why I'm ticked. I've been CBL for over a year now.

Ok, let me quit whining :giggle: I'm OP, I'm supposed to be inspirational :look: I can't wait to see more length checks from you ladies!
 
I think I am going to start heat stretching a la Alicia James' method every month before getting my hair braided up so I can stay on top of my ends. Seeing splits and trimming is a lot easier for me when my hair is really stretched, plus having stretched hair will make it easier to braid. I'm happy she posted this because blow dryers are the devil on my hair!
 
i can't wait until my hair is waist length :( waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

i wonder if i can retain that much length within two years.... i wish. that's my new goal. WL by end of 2015. that is 2.5 years. thats plenty time
 
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