APL 2012 Challenge

lamaria211 said:
Good morning ladies the weekends almost here:) how are we preping for wash day????
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right now i have in a mix of Brahmi and alma powder with coconut milk in my hair and i will be going through the day with this until im ready to go outside oh and i will be steaming after
 
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NikkiQ

I feel ur pain. I've been living in Guyana for a few years now and the power is constantly going out. It don't effect me much no more because we finally have a generator. But when I didn't have a generator I was relaxing my hair one time and the power went out. It was so nerve wrecking. I had to go outside to the yard pipe and rinse it out.
 
This weekend I plan on stocking up on sum black tea. I plan on putting the tea in a spray bottle. Can the tea be used as a moisturizer? I was thinking about spraying with it and then sealing with my WGHO. I switched my Reggie to only cowash once a week, so that I'm not losing too much hair.

NikkiQ, be safe, I hate when the electric goes out. Lighting and thunder r one of my phobias
 
pelohello said:
This weekend I plan on stocking up on sum black tea. I plan on putting the tea in a spray bottle. Can the tea be used as a moisturizer? I was thinking about spraying with it and then sealing with my WGHO. I switched my Reggie to only cowash once a week, so that I'm not losing too much hair.

NikkiQ, be safe, I hate when the electric goes out. Lighting and thunder r one of my phobias
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I don't think so....black tea can be drying. I used to spray it into my hair onto my scalp, and then put a moisturizing DC on top.
 
Hey ladies I had to read through been seeing some beautiful heads on hair pass through def motivation! I did an unofficial pull test on my twists I did after dcing! Let's just say I'm not a good twister :-( lol but I have 2-2.5 inches to get to reaching APL Im busting my butt to make it by dec 31st at 11:59 pm lol! If not my goal is to hit APL by my nappiversary in jan what y'all think? Oh and please excuse my back phat I'm working on that :look:
 

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polished07 said:
Hey ladies I had to read through been seeing some beautiful heads on hair pass through def motivation! I did an unofficial pull test on my twists I did after dcing! Let's just say I'm not a good twister :-( lol but I have 2-2.5 inches to get to reaching APL Im busting my butt to make it by dec 31st at 11:59 pm lol! If not my goal is to hit APL by my nappiversary in jan what y'all think? Oh and please excuse my back phat I'm working on that :look:
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Your very close and your hair looks thick and healthy :)
 
I've been a lurker for years but I've finally joined. Don't think I'll be APL by the end of the year but maybe close

~Current hair length
CBL
~Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Loc'd
Texlaxed
~APL goal month
Devember (most likely by Spring 2013)
~Current Reggie and styling choices
DC Every week with moisturizing co
Wrap at night
PS during the day with buns
2 Biotin 5000/ day
Finger combing -- minimize use of brushes and combs
Protein every 6 weeks or so
~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
I def haven't been PS as well as I should be. I'll be using a lot of sock buns. I posted this question in aother thread but has anyone had a bad experience with sock buns? I wrapped the sock around nylon to minimize breakage
~Post a beginning picture
Will post one soon
 

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triniprincess6 said:
I've been a lurker for years but I've finally joined. Don't think I'll be APL by the end of the year but maybe close

~Current hair length
CBL
~Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Loc'd
Texlaxed
~APL goal month
Devember (most likely by Spring 2013)
~Current Reggie and styling choices
DC Every week with moisturizing co
Wrap at night
PS during the day with buns
2 Biotin 5000/ day
Finger combing -- minimize use of brushes and combs
Protein every 6 weeks or so
~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
I def haven't been PS as well as I should be. I'll be using a lot of sock buns. I posted this question in aother thread but has anyone had a bad experience with sock buns? I wrapped the sock around nylon to minimize breakage
~Post a beginning picture
Will post one soon
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Welcome sounds like a good Reggie you'll be apl in no time:)
 
triniprincess6, my suggestions regarding the sock would be 1) I chose to wrap it in either silk or satin (instead of nylon) because I find that those materials "catch" less on hair and 2) when your hair gets to the point where your ends double over around the sock bun watch carefully for breakage because that's where I saw breakage 1st and 3) don't pull your bun back too tight, as to not stress your edges.
 
Onhergrind09 said:
@triniprincess6, my suggestions regarding the sock would be 1) I chose to wrap it in either silk or satin (instead of nylon) because I find that those materials "catch" less on hair and 2) when your hair gets to the point where your ends double over around the sock bun watch carefully for breakage because that's where I saw breakage 1st and 3) don't pull your bun back too tight, as to not stress your edges.
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Thanks so much for the suggestions! I have a few extra hair scarves that I don't use that might work!
 
This is kind of OT but itsn't:
I'm going on a cruise in september and I've noticed that whenever I do a beach vacation, I experience a LOTT of breakage when I return. I've learned that I can't wear my hair 'out' or going swimming with it 'out' so I plan on bunning a lot. Any PS suggestions for a beach vacation so that I retain length?
 
triniprincess6, My pre-swim regimen is: 1) I always slightly rise my hair then 2) saturate it with conditioner 3) put a swimming cap on. The reasoning being that if your hair is saturated with water & conditioner it can't soak up pool or sea water. Additionally, if I'm swimming in a pool I'd saturate my hair with a swimmer's conditioner (specifically aimed at canceling out the ill effects of chlorine on hair. Also, after I'm done swimming for the day use products aimed at swimmers when shampooing, conditioning and DCing. Also, keeping up with your regimen helps, which is hard to do on while on vacay but will result in less tears afterwards :).
 
Yay!!! We have power again!! I'm enjoying it while I can b/c the wind is picking back up a little and around here, if you fart too hard the power goes out.

no DC for me today. Just a little SM yucca and aloe. I am absolutely IN LOVE with that stuff!!
 
^^^glad u have power again!

Im starting the weekend hair festivities a little early with a prepoo of Dominican DC (capilo miel y leche) topped with honey and my oil mix of JbCo, peppermint and grapeseed. I used all of the honey and oil mix. :-(

Might wash later tonight or wait until tomorrow...
 
my mom who always has something bad/ negative to say about my hair just commented on how thick and long its looking. this makes me so excited to see my progress!
 
lovebug10 said:
my mom who always has something bad/ negative to say about my hair just commented on how thick and long its looking. this makes me so excited to see my progress!
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I love when healthy hair converts the most negative people in your life!! My mom told me every day from my last relaxer to a year after I BC'd that I needed a relaxer and I looked "a mess bout the head". Well I wore a funky twist out one day and she changed her tone then. Wait until I go home with thick APL hair next month. Look out now!

Sent from my Android...Boom.
 
According to my mom "all I do is grow my hair", lol-I'm not sure how that works since I'm a full time law school student, but that's her take on the issue. She used to haggle me about it, but now she asks me for advice regarding my little sister's hair (we have a similar hair texture) and she is always telling people with hair issues to come and ask me for advice cause of how I've turned my hair around. My oh my how time have changed:grin:.
 
Ok ladies we almost made it to page 3...NEVER!!! Working on taking these minis out and wondering how the resulting braidout will look.

Now planning my braidout for Dom Rep (washing/braiding next Thursday night)...trying to determine what is the best product mix and I really have no clue. Every time I do it with something different and have yet to get 'perfect' twist or braidout. Really trying to not buy anything if I don't have to. Should I use one product for moisture and one for hold??? An all-in one? I used the MJ's curly pudding on DC'd hair and my twistout came out great, but I was still looking for more...but not sure what.

Excuse the rambling LOL
 
jprayze said:
Ok ladies we almost made it to page 3...NEVER!!! Working on taking these minis out and wondering how the resulting braidout will look.

Now planning my braidout for Dom Rep (washing/braiding next Thursday night)...trying to determine what is the best product mix and I really have no clue. Every time I do it with something different and have yet to get 'perfect' twist or braidout. Really trying to not buy anything if I don't have to. Should I use one product for moisture and one for hold??? An all-in one? I used the MJ's curly pudding on DC'd hair and my twistout came out great, but I was still looking for more...but not sure what.

Excuse the rambling LOL
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Some ladies keep it really simple and use shea butter and EVOO. My braidouts are always a result from wearing my Celies for a week or more. I use a leave in condish and them either SM Deep Treatment Masque, Curl Enhancing Smoothie, or Curl Milk. I've used a wee bit of gel before, but I ended up with flakes when I took the braids down. Not a hot look on freshly dyed red hair.
 
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