APL 2012 Challenge

Shoulder length
~natural
~Goal month: October
~REGI- shampoo biweekly
dc 2 week
cowash 1-2 per week
protein biweekly
Moisture and Seal GHE style Daily/nightly

~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
more protective styling and having a consistant regimen
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sofash said:
Shoulder length
~natural
~Goal month: October
~REGI- shampoo biweekly
dc 2 week
cowash 1-2 per week
protein biweekly
Moisture and Seal GHE style Daily/nightly

~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
more protective styling and having a consistant regimen
~
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Welcome sofash. From your picture you look like you are already at APL unless I'm missing something. So what are you trying to achieve?
 
faithVA said:
Welcome @sofash. From your picture you look like you are already at APL unless I'm missing something. So what are you trying to achieve?
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i had BADDDDD heat damage so I had to cut some of it a lot of it actually. 2-3 inches .bad bad bad
the from heat damage is so bad i couldnt even cut it all off. ultimatelyi d like full, healthy apl. right now it seems to be just one part of my head instead of the whole length

eta to correct spelling mistakes
 
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melisandre said:
Hey, I've been MIA in this challenge, but I wanted to provide a quick update on my progress. Yesterday was wash day and I noticed that I am almost APL. I took a pic to share. I'm barely scraping APL, so I think in another month I'll be there. I'm excited because, I thought that I wouldn't make it until the fall (Oct '12 or so) and now it looks like I'll make it this summer. :yep: :lol:
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Congrats. You made it
 
^^I haven't used any B&B products before, but hopefully that thread you bumped will give you some good answers. Does it seem like a cowash condish?
 
NikkiQ said:
^^I haven't used any B&B products before, but hopefully that thread you bumped will give you some good answers. Does it seem like a cowash condish?
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The ingredients sound more like a DC to me it says leave in for a minute or two but I think I paid about 20$+ so it better not be a cowash condish. It smells heavenly im hoping its good I want to try it when I finally finish my bottle of Kenra mc next wash day
 
~Current hair length:
Shoulder length

~Relaxed/Natural/Texlaxed/Loc'd:
Natural

~APL goal month:
December

~Current Reggie and styling choices:
Shampoo and DC every 2 weeks with Body Blends moisturizing shampoo and conditioner, Add leave in conditioner, moisturize daily. Flatiron at the salon once a month. Twistouts when I don't flatiron.

~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
Taking multivitamins and DCing once a week if possible

~Post a beginning picture:
Attached is from March 30, 2012
 

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A few months late..but I want to join!

My longest layers are almost at BSB, but I want my shortest layers which are currently almost SL to make it to APL by the end of the year before I claim the length. And I want my twists to hang to APL w/o stretching.

Natural/4a

Regimine: DC and wash/co wash every 4-7 days. PS all the time!...very rare heat use,

Vitamins, protein, TLC, and positive visualizations!
 

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So K-Mart can totally kiss my patooty. They wanted $14.99 for their generic tube of MN. Like for real???? I don't think so.
 
Does anyone know of any hair vitamins that are comparable to Nioxin (or even ones that work better?) I only have 30 pills left and the price has more than doubled since I ordered last (bc they are changing the formula), so I need to find a new hair multivitamin by the end of June. Preferably one that doesn't have a ton of biotin bc it causes my face to break out :nono:
 
LilMissSunshine5 said:
@NikkiQ- That is WAY too expensive...I wonder why the price was so high? How much was in the tube? Maybe it had more ounces than normal?
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Nope it was a regular size tube. Just ridiculous! :nono:

LilMissSunshine5 said:
Does anyone know of any hair vitamins that are comparable to Nioxin (or even ones that work better?) I only have 30 pills left and the price has more than doubled since I ordered last (bc they are changing the formula), so I need to find a new hair multivitamin by the end of June. Preferably one that doesn't have a ton of biotin bc it causes my face to break out :nono:
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I haven't ordered any since I saw the price go up. They even cancelled my automatic renewal option on Amazon MONTHS before the prices started going up so I'm guessing they knew this was gonna happen back then. I'm gonna switch back to my GNC Hair,Skin and Nails vitamins.
 
jprayze said:
I answered in the MN challenge but since everyone is not on that thread, I wanted to answer here. I'm a long term transitioner so I basically treat my hair relaxed when I straighten. If I straighten, I wait 2 wks to wash. use oil sparingly as well because I don't want my hair getting weighed down and no moisture because of reversion. I just go a good DC before straightening. I will just apply the MN directly to my scalp 2 times a dayand follow up with massaging in some oil...sort of the same as mixing I guess...I would have 1 step. But if I feel my hair/scalp is getting too oily, I may just do oil once a day. I like the grapeseed oil because its the lightest.

If I wear my hair in some natural style like a twist out or a bun, none of these rules apply...I oil to my hearts content and moisturize if I want to :-) and I wash once a week and throw in an ocassional cowash.

BTW, I'm planning to do my LC (little chop) this summer. I think I have an inch or so left of relaxed ends. But I want go make APL first, just to see that I can actually make it!
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Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU...ive been doing research and I already ordered some Darcy's Botanicals Transitioning cream I'll use that and I'm on a search to find some Herbal Essences Long Term Relationship cream.those will be my moisturizers while on the MN challenge. I plan on applying my MN/bb super growth mix to my scalp and massaging, then using one of the moisturizers following up with dr miracles Gro oil...Im not sure if that's doing to much tho, should I be moisturizing my ng every time I apply? Now I just need to find how soon before i relax I need to stop using the MN

eat: I'm bunning for a yr so I can go oil crazy =) how long have you been transitioning for?
 
So, when I ordered the ponytail holder u also ordered a French twist comb. I wore it today and u really love it. I might have to get one in another fabric pattern.

Eta: I cannot figure out how to get these pictures to post correctly. Sooooo annoying!
 

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coolsista-paris said:
the karite is a shea butter conditionner (karité means shea butter in french)
and yeah i better use these products. it woke me up! no buying products till i use at least half of these (well...ill try lol)
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This sounds worth trying coolsista-paris! I just searched the web and cannot find the exact bottle you have there. I think it could be a really good transition from using Organic Coconut Oil (OCO) maybe even using the karite with my OCO reggie! Do you know if the vendor sells that product in the U.S.?
 
jprayze said:
I answered in the MN challenge but since everyone is not on that thread, I wanted to answer here. I'm a long term transitioner so I basically treat my hair relaxed when I straighten. If I straighten, I wait 2 wks to wash. use oil sparingly as well because I don't want my hair getting weighed down and no moisture because of reversion. I just go a good DC before straightening. I will just apply the MN directly to my scalp 2 times a dayand follow up with massaging in some oil...sort of the same as mixing I guess...I would have 1 step. But if I feel my hair/scalp is getting too oily, I may just do oil once a day. I like the grapeseed oil because its the lightest.

If I wear my hair in some natural style like a twist out or a bun, none of these rules apply...I oil to my hearts content and moisturize if I want to :-) and I wash once a week and throw in an ocassional cowash.

BTW, I'm planning to do my LC (little chop) this summer. I think I have an inch or so left of relaxed ends. But I want go make APL first, just to see that I can actually make it!
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Thanks for all the details jprayze! How much are you planning to cut in the mini-chop after making APL? will you continue to use MN after the mini-chop?
 
melisandre said:
Hey, I've been MIA in this challenge, but I wanted to provide a quick update on my progress. Yesterday was wash day and I noticed that I am almost APL. I took a pic to share. I'm barely scraping APL, so I think in another month I'll be there. I'm excited because, I thought that I wouldn't make it until the fall (Oct '12 or so) and now it looks like I'll make it this summer. :yep: :lol:
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Congratulations melisandre! what do you think worked in your reggie to get you to APL sooner this year?
 
sofash said:
Shoulder length
~natural
~Goal month: October
~REGI- shampoo biweekly
dc 2 week
cowash 1-2 per week
protein biweekly
Moisture and Seal GHE style Daily/nightly

~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
more protective styling and having a consistant regimen
~
DSC00464.jpg
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caribeandiva said:
~Current hair length:
Shoulder length

~Relaxed/Natural/Texlaxed/Loc'd:
Natural

~APL goal month:
December

~Current Reggie and styling choices:
Shampoo and DC every 2 weeks with Body Blends moisturizing shampoo and conditioner, Add leave in conditioner, moisturize daily. Flatiron at the salon once a month. Twistouts when I don't flatiron.

~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
Taking multivitamins and DCing once a week if possible

~Post a beginning picture:
Attached is from March 30, 2012
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Duchesse said:
A few months late..but I want to join!

My longest layers are almost at BSB, but I want my shortest layers which are currently almost SL to make it to APL by the end of the year before I claim the length. And I want my twists to hang to APL w/o stretching.

Natural/4a

Regimine: DC and wash/co wash every 4-7 days. PS all the time!...very rare heat use,

Vitamins, protein, TLC, and positive visualizations!
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Welcome sofash, caribeandiva, and Duchesse! :rolleyes:
 
skraprchik said:
So, when I ordered the ponytail holder u also ordered a French twist comb. I wore it today and u really love it. I might have to get one in another fabric pattern.

Eta: I cannot figure out how to get these pictures to post correctly. Sooooo annoying!
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Looks cute & a nice fit @skraprchik! was it easy to set into the hair? when my hair gets real curly it's wide and hard to put into anything :lol: unless I hold it all together after a roller set!
 
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