APL 2012 Challenge

[faithVA]

It's not even December and there are 16 pages Whew, keeping up with this thread is going to be a part-time job.

 

[Evolving78]

we shall see when i get my touchup for Christmas, if i can make it that long. that was the main reason i wanted to do a hardcore protein treatment.

One more month til the challenge starts. I can't wait!!! Is everyone feeling confident that you'll reach APL in your goal month??

 

[esi.adokowa]

One more month til the challenge starts. I can't wait!!! Is everyone feeling confident that you'll reach APL in your goal month??

Maybe not confident, but definitely hopeful. I don't think I'll feel fully confident until I actually reach apl. For now, it still kind of feels like a bit of a pipe dream.

 

[kupenda]

^^^^ yup! In the back of my mind, I still expect to fall short. I haven't retained well in three months.


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[faithVA]

One more month til the challenge starts. I can't wait!!! Is everyone feeling confident that you'll reach APL in your goal month??

I haven't taken my starting pic yet. After I do that in December maybe I will fee confident. I am already experiencing hairexia because I NEVER think my hair is longer and I can't seem to gauge distances.

So I am hoping the starting pic in December will clear things up for me.

 

[NikkiQ]

faithVA I'm the same way! Even after taking those pictures I still feel hairorexic and still feel NL JJamiah called me out on it, but not until I flat iron next month will I feel like APL will happen anytime soon.

 

[cocoma]

Ok. I don't think I posted in here yet so I will start now. My longest layer is grazing BSL stretched. My shortest layer in the crown area is finally SL!!!!! It was my umm, my problem spot. Not anymore thanks faithVA and terressentials. Anyway. I did a henna treatment last week after washing with the mud wash and I am wearing a braid out bun. I usually do a wet bun but it is cold now so I will try the dry bun for awhile. I take 2 nioxin and 1 b complex daily. My shortest layer will be APL by August of 2012!

 

[faithVA]

Ok. I don't think I posted in here yet so I will start now. My longest layer is grazing BSL stretched. My shortest layer in the crown area is finally SL!!!!! It was my umm, my problem spot. Not anymore thanks @faithVA and terressentials. Anyway. I did a henna treatment last week after washing with the mud wash and I am wearing a braid out bun. I usually do a wet bun but it is cold now so I will try the dry bun for awhile. I take 2 nioxin and 1 b complex daily. My shortest layer will be APL by August of 2012!

cocoma, How have you seen your crown improve since using the mudwash?

 

[cocoma]

Yes!!! I have. It used to be very brittle and prone to splits, fuzzy ends looked like a poof!!! I did the 7 day detox and have been washing once a week for about 2 weeks now. In that short of a period I have noticed that my crown area is healthier and retains moisture better. the ends are smoother as well. Last week was my first henna since starting the mud wash and I am in Love with my hair. My DH who rarely comments on my hair looked at me and said how thick and healthy my hair looked. Also a friend who does my hair sometimes commented this morning on the health and thickness. No I don't have any good pics. I suck at taking hair pics, the pics never show how nice my hair really looks. I will do better though.

 

[cocoma]

Also I have only been using Bee Mine cream moisturizer, shea butter mixed with JBCO and jojoba or grapeseed or safflower oil. I don't use anything else on my hair. Water is my friend and I use Giovanni smooth as silk or 50/50 conditioners to rinse out my henna.

 

[Ogoma]

One more month til the challenge starts. I can't wait!!! Is everyone feeling confident that you'll reach APL in your goal month??

My goal month is December 2012 and I am giving myself until the 31st .

I am not confident at all I will reach it, but I'll try my best to do so. I can't tell if my hair is growing.

 

[LuvlyRain3]

I still haven't posted my starting pic.... I'm such a slacker

 

[bajandoc86]

One more month til the challenge starts. I can't wait!!! Is everyone feeling confident that you'll reach APL in your goal month??

I am confident I will reach APL by my goal month - Dec.....but I'm hopeful to reach it by my birthday in September. We'll see......

 

[JJamiah]

faithVA I'm the same way! Even after taking those pictures I still feel hairorexic and still feel NL JJamiah called me out on it, but not until I flat iron next month will I feel like APL will happen anytime soon.

U know I must do my job

Your hair is beautiful and growing nicely. I love that color on you. Fits you too a T

 

[JustGROWwithIt]

One more month til the challenge starts. I can't wait!!! Is everyone feeling confident that you'll reach APL in your goal month??

I'm still a little skeptical, but very hopeful! We'll see how my hair looks in December if I am retaining better. I wasn't retaining well for a few months due to bad decisions that I've now changed, so hopefully I'll start retaining again. Growth has never been an issue for me, it's retention.

 

[Aggie]

Here is a better pic....

I'm not sure if it LHCF standards but im in freeze frame right now...let me know if it ok to do the APL dance....lol

Ooooh iamtan, you are so there girlie. I would start some mild celebrations now just go all out at the end of December, dance, drums and everything.

 

[Aggie]

Hi I'm new and just did a 2 inch chop of damaged bleached hair! I'm sad about it buy excited to start growing virgin hair.

Length: top of shoulder/cbl
Type: idk yet, I think it's some kind of c type
Goal: apl by dec

I use olive oil in a cap once a week now. Minimal products. Boars brush minimal. Little to no combing. Water and vitamins. Wash every Sunday

Welcome to the forum GreenApple.

 

[Aggie]

One more month til the challenge starts. I can't wait!!! Is everyone feeling confident that you'll reach APL in your goal month??

I feel confident that I'll make it even with the 3-4 scheduled trims for next year. I'm about 2 inches away from APL now and as it grows, I will be trimming off the straggly split ends into more of a blunt look at the back. I should just bite the bullet and take it all off but idk, I really don't want my hair too short right now. I think I'll take it in small strides.

 

[bronzebomb]

~Current hair length - I think I am NL (I'll post a picture)
~Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Loc'd - Natural
~APL goal month - December 2012
~Current Reggie and styling choices - anything goes!
~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL? - Protective Styling the full year of 2012
~Post a beginning picture (pics below - with light heat and with heat and an attachment comb)

 

[NikkiQ]

Been watching my Saints play the Giants and haven't checked in on the thread since I got home

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[esi.adokowa]

Been watching my Saints play the Giants and haven't checked in on the thread since I got home

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not even a saints fan (cowboys all day) but I am happy to see the giants lose..

second day of sulfur + multivitamin

 

[NikkiQ]

not even a saints fan (cowboys all day) but I am happy to see the giants lose..

second day of sulfur + multivitamin

Cowboys leading their division and staying there with the giants losing.

okay...no more football talk lol

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[esi.adokowa]

NikkiQ, it's hard to stop..

so getting back OT haha, i'm 14 weeks post today! i was a quarter of the way through my stretch last week, and now i'm into the second quarter.

anyone else stretching in here?
how long are you going to go for?

 

[GIJane]

@NikkiQ, it's hard to stop..

so getting back OT haha, i'm 14 weeks post today! i was a quarter of the way through my stretch last week, and now i'm into the second quarter.

anyone else stretching in here?
how long are you going to go for?

I am also stretching. I am a little over 15 weeks post. I am attempting to stretch until the end of April esi.adokowa.

 

[Rossy2010]

@NikkiQ, it's hard to stop..

so getting back OT haha, i'm 14 weeks post today! i was a quarter of the way through my stretch last week, and now i'm into the second quarter.

anyone else stretching in here?
how long are you going to go for?

Im 10 weeks post and would like to stretch for 18 - 24 weeks.

 

[esi.adokowa]

Rossy2010 & GIJane, good to have some ladies to stretch with!
what's your stretching regimen and how does it differ from your regular regimen?

 

[klsjackson]

~Current hair length
between CBL and APL
~Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Loc'd
Relaxed
~APL goal month
Full APL by May 2012
~Current Reggie and styling choices
Working on creating a good reggie and I normally rollerset and wrap during the week and protective styles on the weekend
~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
I plan to start taking care of my own hair and no longer making weekly trips to the salon

 

[tiffers]

Count me in!

~Current hair length: CBL

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

~APL goal month: Ummm, I have no clue. I'm too lazy to think that far ahead. *thinks of a random month* April, I guess.

~Current Reggie and styling choices:

-Moisturize in the AM
-Baggy in the PM
-Massage some oil in my scalp of daily
-DC at least once or twice a week
-Cleanse when needed

My hair's in an awkward TWA stage, so there's not much I can do besides slap on a headband or scarf. Le sigh.

~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?: Scalp massages and baggying err day.

~Post a beginning picture: Picture is attached.

 

[Rossy2010]

@Rossy2010 & @GIJane, good to have some ladies to stretch with!
what's your stretching regimen and how does it differ from your regular regimen?

esi.adokowa my regime has changed completely. Normaly I would rock french braids or bun, seal and moisture on a daily basis. At the moment Im using box braids and keep them for two weeks under my wig - thanks to JJamiah. So far its working very well. This will be the first time I stretch this long so after 18 weeks I will be on the watchout.

whats your regime?

 

[Poutchi]

Ok I am back in this ... not for long though, will be away on vacation starting next saturday for 5 weeks!!! Yay...can't wait... I have just booked a flat iron and trim appointement at a hair salon for friday the 9th... I will take pictures after not sure i will have time to upload since i am leaving after the hair appointement... I figure out i am still not confortable showing my natural hair, honestly i love it, the texture of it and all, it is just the short hair look that i have hard time with... I can't wait till my natural hair starts hanging down...