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pearlific1 said:
We can keep one another company in the 2014 challenge :yep:

...but I plan to be up outta APL 2014 by April :rolleyes::lol:
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Deal!

I'm at that point right now where I always wind up cutting my hair. I've noticed that everytime I get past SL and about CBL, my nape breaks off. I cut it and start all over again. It's happened again for the 4th time!! I'm not going to cut it off this time. I'll baby my nape and I'll braid, my nape re grows faster in braids.
 
FemmeCreole said:
Deal!

I'm at that point right now where I always wind up cutting my hair. I've noticed that everytime I get past SL and about CBL, my nape breaks off. I cut it and start all over again. It's happened again for the 4th time!! I'm not going to cut it off this time. I'll baby my nape and I'll braid, my nape re grows faster in braids.
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How are you wearing your FemmeCreole? Whenever I get to SL, my hair immediately goes into loose updo's and buns.
 
Ok I'm in ! I don't know what took me this long to go back to this board ... Anyway ! Here are my details for this challenge ^^

Current length :
just below SL

Relaxed

Goal month :
APL by December 25th 2013

Current Reggie and styling choice :
I'm now 8 month post relaxer and I'm aiming for 12 month (a full year ! Wish me luck ^^)
I installed a weave and a lace closure in order to grow out my bangs a little bit ^^ I redo my weave every 6 weeks !

*My vits :
- Hairfinity
- Evening primrose oil
- cod liver oil
- b complex

* I drink 2L of water a day

* go to the gym 3x or 4x per week

* wash every other week

* moisturize hair underneath the weave 3x / week (not too much to avoid buildup)

* inversion method for hair growth (with oil massage ) for 1 week every month

It was my starting lenght back in November 2012 when I started the stretch ! Still 3-4 months to go to mark my 1 year post-relaxer anniversary :)

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What do you plan on changing to make it to APL :
I just started this reggie, which consists in a no manipulation routine , so I hope it will turn out great for me ^^
 
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pearlific1 said:
You think 6-8 weeks is enough time to give a new reggie a chance? It seems like a rather short amount of time to me...
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:yep: In 8 weeks my hair grows just under 1 inch on average so when my reg is working I can see a difference in length retention by then, even if it's by a little bit. I don't want to be wasting any more time with a regimen that isn't working for me :nono:. It took me long enough to get here so if I don't see a difference by then I'll just keep it moving.
 
I will be washing my cornrows on Friday.
That will make 9 days post cornrow install.

I have really to report except that they have been really easy.

M&S PM
Njoy oil & baggy 3xs a week -every few days
 
yea. i'm probably going to be an apl by april girl as well. i figure that i'm going to be grazing by the end of the year at best. i'm not thinking that i have had much growth from may... considering its barely august, though, i can't really judge and! i had a lot more retention from oct to may last year that i had no idea i would get, so who knows what will happen to me by the end of the year, but i still think i will need until my anniversary april 7th for apl.

hair is in box braids. i'm going to be rebraiding closer to the end of the month.
 
I'm really having the urge to wear my hair straight but I cant decide if I should or not.

Before I knew I couldnt but now that monsoon is over and there is almost zero humidity its like the perfect time!!! But I have started working out daily and dont know how to manage straight hair and working out daily.

Last time I had to deal with that I was in the military, relaxed, and wore my hair in a bun every day :look: So I dunno
 
hairqueen7 said:
Am I the only one that my hair seems more moisturized and stays that way for a week wen I'm in my twist?
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You aren't the only one. Twists lock the moisture in. Loose hair exposes all of your hair to elements leading to moisture loss.

Looks like I'll be in the APL in April crew also. Me and my temple area are currently having a battle of wits. Temples are winning so far. lol

Going to go forward with only finger detangling that area. My roots tend to tangle so I like to fully detangle with a wide tooth comb and then the tangle wrangler. This works great for the rest of my hair but the temple area is far too fragile. It breaks even finger tangling and sheds the most. Gots to find a happy medium.
 
So u telling me since moisture = growth retention , all I have to do to make apl by Dec is keep my hair moisturized in twist omg yay I found the growth secret lol. That's why the ladies on YouTube hair grow so fast their hair is always in them dam twist lol.
 
I have to start working out and the weather is cooling, what's the healthiest way to maintain my natural hair?

Unlike most posters, I feel relaxed hair would be easier? My natural hair frizzes more than my relaxed did. And I still need to look decent at work. Any ideas?
 
BEAUTYU2U said:
I have to start working out and the weather is cooling, what's the healthiest way to maintain my natural hair?

Unlike most posters, I feel relaxed hair would be easier? My natural hair frizzes more than my relaxed did. And I still need to look decent at work. Any ideas?
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BEAUTYU2U I have been going through the same trial but I am just too chicken to relax again seing what happened last time. Now my regi is mainly either washing/cowashing my hair during a shower or just dunking my hair in the sink and getting it wet in the morning. I either leave in conditioner or use ecostyler and brush it back into a bun. I use curls apricot gel to smooth my edges and keep everything decent looking for work, so I just have a curly bun with the rest of my hair smooth (I use a bristle brush for my edges).

I don't think anything is wrong with relaxers but I jsut do not like other people touching my hair (nor can I afford that) and I do not trust myself to do it either! My at-home perms are what causes me to BC in the first place.Still do whatever you're most comfortable with. I have a coworker who has such thick and long hair and is relaxed. I'm always so tempted to ask her what she does with her hair......
 
BEAUTYU2U said:
I have to start working out and the weather is cooling, what's the healthiest way to maintain my natural hair?

Unlike most posters, I feel relaxed hair would be easier? My natural hair frizzes more than my relaxed did. And I still need to look decent at work. Any ideas?
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i dont know, but i put my hair in two kind of loose french braids to the back once and that was fine because it didn't crinkle my hair too much (it was straightened). i just wrapped it at night and it was straight again by morning. could you put it into a pineapple pony on the top of your head?

eta: or just put it however and bantu knot that night or braid out that night?... or coordinate the workouts for cowash days so you cowash after the workout anyway
 
Yeah I'm not going back to the crack. I guess I could keep twists in then take down after workout? I hope it doesn't make my scalp sweaty. I try not to cowash in fall/winter too much.
 
BEAUTYU2U I'm the same. I'm really not a co-washer but I wet my hair (whether its a poo wash, a rinse, or a co-wash) several times a week in the summer but then come winter I slow it to like once a week.

I think I will be doing what yuhlovevybz said and rock the sleek bun all winter at work and wash at night after my work outs
 
I want to join. I doubt I'll make APL by December I'm shoulder length now, but I would like to see how much growth I can get in the next few months. If I'm allowed to join ill be back with my info.
 
  1. Current hair length : shoulder length in the back stretched, collarbone length in the front stretched
  2. Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Transitioning: Texlaxed
  3. Goal Month: August 2014
  4. Current Reggie and styling choices: I always cowash in braids. Cowash in the morning with Mane n Tail baggy 5 min. then rinse then baggy with Parnevu leave in conditioner & Suave Almond and Shea butter with a little evoo for 45 min then rinse cowash with HE totally twisted conditioner. Spray hair with water with peppermint in it massage. Then finger comb into desired style which is down everyday. At night rinse hair and apply Parnevu for dry hair leave in conditioner and baggy
  5. What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?: Take vitamins, cowashing my hair in braids, being more gentle with my hair, baggy every night with leave in conditioner. Considering Cayenne Pepper but still on the fence about that one. Oh and using Mane n Tail (we'll see if the Mane n Tail works) :perplexed As well as using peppermint for my scalp.
  6. Post a beginning picture: Beginning picture in avatar
 
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Trying something random:: Sitting with a mix of black coffee and eucalyptus oil marinating on my scalp.

Since I'm in corrnrows, I decided to add the coffee and eucalyptus oil to an applicator bottle and apply it under and between the braids.

I've been sitting with the mix under a shower cap for the past hour. About to rinse and cowash. Feels great.

Monday I will do it all over again except I will do a steam treatment before rinsing.
 
Completed one week wearing my mini twists. They are a little frizzy, but I'm still going for one more week.

I'm loving the ease of wearing these and plan on going for a four month stretch with them. I'll cowash or wash every week, restyle the twists every 2 weeks since my hair can get messy quickly.

My hair feels nice and moisturized.
 
If I could get an inch a month, I think I could make APL by year end...how in the world am I gonna accomplish that?!?!?!
 
I haven't check in here in so long I been so busy with life and more annoyed by how slow my hair is growing I just threw the towel in for a while and stop looking in the hair threads cause they were causeing me grief lol but I'm just trying to leave it alone in buns while looking for work nothing new here is my length check im just starting to touch i think the bottom of my tattoo is apl
 

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