APL 2012 Challenge

polished07 said:
I know there are a bit of naturals on this site but any of you ladies PS using wigs/weaves? Or ps by cornrowing weekly or biweekly and washing taking down and doing it all over again? If so how is your retention and growth been? I'm seriously thinning about just hiding my hair for the rest of year I'm thinking wigging it via upart wigs w closure so no heat on my leave out the only thing is when I sew my upart down I'm not tempted to take my wig off and mess w my hair but then I can't really MS daily like I want to either idk just making hair plans for the next 5 months I'm thirsty to hit APL lol
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Well I used weaves as my PS and I think I had really good retention even without MS. I BC'ed to about 3 inches in sept 2011, then by June 2012 my hair in the back was 2.5 inches above APL, the absolute front of my hair went from eyebrow length to top of lip length, and sides ear length (or a lil past) went to past collarbone.

I wore my weaves for 10 weeks at a time and when I took it down I of course had lots and lots of shed hair but my hair was still thick. And when I got a relaxer in June my hair did not look like it suffered breakage.

Hope this helps.
 
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I was supposed to cw today but I didnt get around to it. Now everyone in my house is asleep so I decided to put on some Ion Hard Water condish followed by HE LTR condish then some WGHO ill rinse in the morning and use my HE LTR leave in and seal:)
 
Happy Hump Day ladies!!

Might take the Celies out today and stretch them out in bigger braids to rock a braid out or braid out puff this weekend.

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Morning ladies. Ive been up since 7am feedding kids,babies and puppies I did manage to rinse out my condish and apply my leave in and some EVOCO:)
 
2 more months til my birthday and I'm PRAYING I can claim APL by then! Nothing would feel better than to go home for my birthday and show off how long my hair has gotten :yep:
 
NikkiQ said:
2 more months til my birthday and I'm PRAYING I can claim APL by then! Nothing would feel better than to go home for my birthday and show off how long my hair has gotten :yep:
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Ummm last time I checked you were apl! and I be checking:)
 
It is five more days until my micro trim. The ends in my nape and sides seemed ok, but the middle is still tangling, split, and knotted. hopefully, a few more mini trims and I will have a whole head of healthy tangle free hair. My twist have a dramatic line of demarcation. They will be pretty thick, then all of a sudden, get really thin in the middle. Monthly micro trims, along with healthy hair practices is my plan to get there by year end, right now.
 
I'm so happy I can pull my Celies into one ponytail. They are finally long enough to be put in a pony and ALL STAY INSIDE THE SCRUNCHY!! No headbands and no bobby pins. :woot:

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Ladies I think I'm really experiencing a growth spurt this summer because my hair has been growing .5"-1" in a month n in some areas 1/3-1/4 " every two weeks .my question to you is this happening because its summer or because my hair is healthy now ,also will it stop in the fall/winter ,cuz lord knows I don't want that to happen lol
 
RemyRem said:
NikkiQ awh thanks. I might need alot. Starting now lol. Anyone know of a good DC cuz the one i have now has cones and idk if thats bad or good :perplexed
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You asking a bunch of pjs about good DCs:)
I can name a few what exactly are you looking for?
There is a thread dedicated to cone free conditioners if thats what your looking for I use cones so I.dont no many off the top of my head
 
::sigh:: Really rethinking texlaxing my hair again. I got it pressed/flat ironed yesterday and when I said my hair was soooo thin. It was literally paper thin when she was done. I was soo confused because my natural hair is nice nd thick. Shoot my hair was thicker when it was relaxed versus how it is now in its natural state. I was so disappointed I just throw it up in a pony tail after wearing it straight for only one day. Guess natural may not be for me. Didn't have any growth either since last check-in in June. Seems these ssk and manipulation of my natural hair is thinning it out greatly.
 
^^^^how much are you manipulating your hair now? Any way to cut back on it? Do PS's that last a week or more?

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I was going to cowash, but my hair had alot of build up, so I wash. I used KeraCare hydrating shampoo and conditioned with Infusion 23. My hair was very easy to manage. I followed up with Its a 10 leave in and tied it down with a scarf. No issues.
 
NikkiQ said:
^^^^how much are you manipulating your hair now? Any way to cut back on it? Do PS's that last a week or more?

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I don't manipulate it much at all. I think it's like my mom said and might be the sew-ins. I have very fine, very soft hair. Always been that way. I could never get spiral curls or candy curls without them holding the whole day. I would always have to use spritz or some kind of strong holding product even the day of getting style done. I just chalked it down to no more sew-ins for me....for a while. Sooo much hair came out this time it was ridiculous. Over 2 golf ball sized amounts. I've just decided to give my hair some time and see if it thickens back up. Thinking about adding Biotin to my supplements but I already take a Hair Skin & Nail vitamin that has biotin in it so I might just find a small dosage of Biotin and take that along with my vitamin. Going to up my DCing and go back to strictly doing twistouts into puffs. At least my hair WAS growing and retaining when I was doing that.
 
NikkiQ said:
I'm so happy I can pull my Celies into one ponytail. They are finally long enough to be put in a pony and ALL STAY INSIDE THE SCRUNCHY!! No headbands and no bobby pins. :woot:

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:detective: Sounds like APL to me, length check is right around the corner :eye:
 
hairqueen7 said:
Ladies I think I'm really experiencing a growth spurt this summer because my hair has been growing .5"-1" in a month n in some areas 1/3-1/4 " every two weeks .my question to you is this happening because its summer or because my hair is healthy now ,also will it stop in the fall/winter ,cuz lord knows I don't want that to happen lol
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Hair growth is not even all year long, we all have times when our hair grows more or less. Lifestyle changes like increased exercise, and nutrition increase hair growth. Most of us eat healthier in the summer and increase our passive exercise, causing hair growth. Enjoy, and baby those ends.
 
Hi ladies!
Coming out of ninja lurk-land to say that I did suffer a bit of breakage in the back/middle of my hair due to relaxing and having a permanent dye applied in the same day. Oh well, live and learn, right?

But my hair is pretty much indestructible, and seems to still be growing. Even after the breakage, I'm only a few inches away from bsl!

When I reach bra strap, I'm going to maintain there for the rest of the year. That should give my shorter layers a chance to catch up a bit, while allowing me to grow out a bit of the broken sections.

HHG ladies! :grin:
 

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esi.adokowa said:
Hi ladies!
Coming out of ninja lurk-land to say that I did suffer a bit of breakage in the back/middle of my hair due to relaxing and having a permanent dye applied in the same day. Oh well, live and learn, right?

But my hair is pretty much indestructible, and seems to still be growing. Even after the breakage, I'm only a few inches away from bsl!

When I reach bra strap, I'm going to maintain there for the rest of the year. That should give my shorter layers a chance to catch up a bit, while allowing me to grow out a bit of the broken sections.

HHG ladies! :grin:
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Your hair growth is awesome!!!
 
Hey ladies, boy have I got some catching up to do! I'm back in the good ol' USA, sick but here, and can't wait to have a proper hair day lol. Still waiting on my flat iron from misikko.com to arrive which is a blessing though since we all know how doing your hair when sick, tired or just plain crappy works out...just curious to see how my two months of no flat iron worked out for me.
 
Taking the Celies down this morning. I'll try to do a quick pull test and take a pic if there are any noticeable changes from the last length check I did.
 
I had a nightmare last night... I got micros or something and a lady was snipping the hair sticking out of the micros..when I proceeded to take down the braids I was neck length! I went to the store and lost it! I woke up to my phone ringing and I had to touch my head to make sure. Whew..horrible dream..
 
gforceroy said:
I had a nightmare last night... I got micros or something and a lady was snipping the hair sticking out of the micros..when I proceeded to take down the braids I was neck length! I went to the store and lost it! I woke up to my phone ringing and I had to touch my head to make sure. Whew..horrible dream..
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LMBO!!

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