APL 2012 Challenge

[TheNDofUO]

I've been lurking for some time recently. It's because of my 12 hour shift. My hair probably hates me right now. sorry hair! I can't wait to go university in 2 weeks! I also can't wait to deep condition my hair

 

[NikkiQ]

TGIF ladies!!!! It's pre-color day and I couldn't be more excited!! I get to be a red head again tomorrow! If it fades any before then, I'll just go ahead and use a jar of Manic Panic when I get to NOLA. And this may be crazy....but I may put a purple streak in somewhere. Might as well have fun with color while I'm not working.

 

[Evolving78]

i'm washing and rolling my hair tomorrow.

 

[Guinan]

Hey ladies I'm leaving for DR in a few hours...I will come back with pitchas! Lol

Have fun!!! I wish i was going!

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch Q using LHCF

 

[livinthevida]

Ladies!!!!!!! I sure missed you all!!!!

I know there's tons to catch up on yet first I want to say: my heart and prayers go out to everyone impacted by Hurricane Issac this week! I have family in 2 of the States impacted and hope your loved ones are safe too

Today is length check day for us BSL 2012 Challengers! I return this evening for update pictures shared over with my BLer's!

jprayze Wishing You a Fun and VERY SAFE journey to the DR!

NikkiQ who is the amazing specimen in your signature? OH WOOOOOWWWAAA!

 

[Blairx0]

i'm washing and rolling my hair tomorrow.

Come back with pictures of your curls

 

[Lurkee]

I relaxed my hair today. I took pics with my phone but honestly I am not sure how long my hair as grown. I need one of those length check t-shirts. Some pics:

 

[lamaria211]

I relaxed my hair today. I took pics with my phone but honestly I am not sure how long my hair as grown. I need one of those length check t-shirts. Some pics:

Your definitely apl Congrats ninja

 

[Lurkee]

I think I am now APL but I need a trim/ shaping of my hair. Also I have short broken hairs all around my head.

 

[NikkiQ]

I relaxed my hair today. I took pics with my phone but honestly I am not sure how long my hair as grown. I need one of those length check t-shirts. Some pics:

Ohhhh yeah. You must now accept your new title of APL Ninja!

Sent from my Android...Boom.

 

[Lurkee]

Ohhhh yeah. You must now accept your new title of APL Ninja!

Sent from my Android...Boom.

Yeah I know. Sigh. I am only a trim away from returning here though. I think I will go to a stylist in December for my relaxer and get a trim then join the BSB 2013 challenge.

I lurk everywhere anyway.

 

[Guinan]

I'm starting to get tired of my navy bun & thinking bout blow drying & buning every 2weeks. I will air dry to about 80% dry & then blow it out. I'm in a hair funk

 

[Lurkee]

I'm starting to get tired of my navy bun & thinking bout blow drying & buning every 2weeks. I will air dry to about 80% dry & then blow it out. I'm in a hair funk

pelohello, be careful! I think the short broken hairs around my head is from blow drying. I went into a hair funk a while ago and changed my regimen into browdrying + flat ironing every two weeks and I think I caused a lot of breakage.

Admittedly, I did not air dry before. I left my towel on till damp and then blowdried. If you decide to go ahead, be gentle.

 

[NikkiQ]

I haven't blowed my dry in forever, but I used to let my hair air dry about 90% of the way and the blow dried on a low setting just to get it a little straight before flat ironing or twisting. When I go home, I will be getting my hair blown out and flat ironed and take pics for our September check in. Hopefully it's not disappointing and doesn't look APL at all b/c I will SO go back to claiming CBL.

 

[livinthevida]

Hi Ladies! Sharing here new length check pictures via the BSL 2012 Challenge! My curls are GREAT first thing in the morning after a quick rinse, mesh rollers, and hair dryer set. By the end of day all the curls are much looser but still very soft. These were just taken a few minutes ago! I am still keeping with my A.M. reggie weekdays and my weekend reggie of 2 two-strand twists!

1. first photo is my roller set hair after work
2. second photo is roller set hair with less FLASH!
3. third photo is roller set hair showing there's just a few inches to go before my hair naturally falls at APL. Hoping when I reach Waist Length (WL)! my roller set hair will rest at APL, BSL, or better yet MBL!

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[NikkiQ]

Looks GREAT livinthevida!! So shiny

 

[livinthevida]

Ladies!!!!!!! I sure missed you all!!!!

I know there's tons to catch up on yet first I want to say: my heart and prayers go out to everyone impacted by Hurricane Issac this week! I have family in 2 of the States impacted and hope your loved ones are safe too

Today is length check day for us BSL 2012 Challengers! I return this evening for update pictures shared over with my BLer's!

@jprayze Wishing You a Fun and VERY SAFE journey to the DR!

@NikkiQ who is the amazing specimen in your signature? OH WOOOOOWWWAAA!

Congratulations @Lurkee on reaching APL!!!

@NikkiQ I've been MIA as Vida Ninja for so long I finally read through most of our pages and see that fine specimen there is Ryan Lochte :wink2: YUMMMMMMMYYYY!

 

[livinthevida]

Looks GREAT @livinthevida!! So shiny

Thank Youuuuuu @NikkiQ :wink2:

Amazing to see here I am 7 months this week into my HHJ (January 28, 2012 - August 28, 2012!) & ONLY 4 months till 2012 closes! I am hoping to be rocking my APL/BSL hair into 2013!

I'll return in a few minutes too looking for a few of my comparison pics on roller set hair!

 

[lovebug10]

My mom took the last of my beloved DB Transitioning Creme. I've been trying to use ORS moisturizer in the meantime but my hair stays hard and rough. It did however give a defined braidout.

Seriously once I started spoiling my hair with these all natural products it has been rejecting everything else.

 

[livinthevida]

Ladies sharing this 7 month view via the BSL 2012 Challenge!

I searched and searched and here are my roller set results between January 28, 2012 and today August 31, 2012! I learned two things I MUST DO ASAP: 1. get a camera (a real camera!) other than my wonderful Android and 2. take better pictures!

Part I first as attachments are limited to 5:

Here's a quick recap:
1. January 2012 I started my first ever HHJ here at LHCF with pink snap on rollers and Organic Coconut Oil. You can barely see it yet my hair is resting at my neck. Definitely shorter compared to August 2012!
2. February 2012 finding it so hard to sleep with snap on rollers I started to set with satin foam rollers and LOVED the results
3. March 2012 was not completely a lost roller setting with Infusium 23 Leave In I just wasn't ok with seeing my hair flatter than usual definitely missing roller sets with Organic Coconut Oil
4. April 2012 sorry no pictures in April on roller sets what was I thinking
5. May 2012 no roller set pictures in May either yet at this time I was 4 months into my HHJ and getting more comfortable with experimenting plait braids and two-strand twists. Here's my May post on Weekend Hair

Part II continued...

 

[livinthevida]

Part II cont :wink2:

6. June 2012 not sure why I have no roller set photos this month, still experimenting yet here's a photo of my hair naturally air dried after brushing with my new Denman 9 Row. Hard to see here yet my cousin took the photo after I held my hair in a bunch. I planned to tie it at the back of my neck yet the photo came out with it all bunched together in the center. Still a very good picture of my natural curly hair
7. July 2012 experimented for 30 days with using Wild Growth Hair Oil (WGHO) and setting with satin foam rollers....oooOOOOOOoo I missed my OCO! by the time July ended!
8. August 2012 there's two photos here, the 1st one is a good comparison to both May's Weekend Hair and June's Air Dried Denman and the 2nd is today's roller set using a Hair Dryer. My curls are much looser after several hours of work resting naturally just past my shoulders today!

 

[livinthevida]

Ladies shared a new set over at the BSL 2012 Challenge!

I am working on figuring out how to add this filmstrip to my signature below will likely do when we celebrate our hair growth by end of year 2012!

Here's an easier view of my Jan to Aug hair growth on roller set and air dried hair!

 

[polished07]

I washed my hair with KBB shampoo "juicy" bar and dc'd over night with Aussie moist and coconut oil! Oh I did a hot oil treatment too with evco evoo peppermint castor oil and vit e mixed too! I blew my hair using the tension method leaving texture to my ends and on the cool setting on high, I did a couple of hot shots to my roots but thats it! My hair came out fluffy and I love my big Fro after this weekend I will be weaving up until nov can I do an early length check?

Here's my hurr shrinkage and blown out I'm happy with my progress being 19 months post relaxer

 

[polished07]

Idk why I'm cheering like that in the first pic :-/

 

[polished07]

Ladies shared a new set over at the BSL 2012 Challenge!

I am working on figuring out how to add this filmstrip to my signature below will likely do when we celebrate our hair growth by end of year 2012!

Here's an easier view of my Jan to Aug hair growth on roller set and air dried hair!

All of those juicy curls and Gorg hair!

 

[NikkiQ]

Idk why I'm cheering like that in the first pic :-/

b/c you're happy with the health of your hair. It looks good!

Sent from my Android...Boom.

 

[MrsJaiDiva]

Sooo...I'm checking in with my Birthday goal length check! What say you ladies? Can I officially say I'm grazing APL?

 

[Seamonster]

MrsJaiDiva You just made apl, if that is what you mean by grazing

 

[jprayze]

Just jumping on to show you all the braidout I ended up with for trip. I took NikkiQ's advice and kept it simple (just shea butter and a bit of oil) and it turned out much better.

 

[Beautifulwildflower]

A couple of days ago I did a protein and moisturizing treatment of egg and banana, olive, avocado and jojoba oil which I left on too long. With too many family interruptions all day, I ended up rinsing the treatment out 9 hours later. Anyway, I did a wash and braid out. I think my hair is APL, I'll know for sure in a week or so after I do a permanent blue color, then press out.

By the way, last month I went to the hair salon for the first time in years in hopes of being pampered and take a break from the hours I spend doing my hair. A friend referred me. When I called the salon we got acquainted with each other ( I told her about my natural hair and regimen and her response about her as a stylist sounded dreamy). The next time I called was to make an appointment.

When I went I was excited and nervous at the same time. For almost 10 years the only other person in my hair besides myself was my godmother and to my dismay she retired. I've been on my own since. Prior to her my hair salon experiences had not been positive.

I went in with high hopes . The stylist was very nice, she'd worked with natural hair before she assured me and didn't mind using the products I brought.

Everything seemed great until upon her washing my 'just came out of braids, uncombed hair' she takes out a plastic shampoo brush

and starts to comb out my hair with it. I cringed as I heard the snap, crackle and pop.

I brought out my wide tooth pick

(mine only has eight teeth) and asked her to use that and instead of starting from the ends she started at my roots. My hopes were diminishing fast. I told her to go ahead and just blow dry my hair since I decided not to press for the summer. She said she had a cool technique with blow drying that would make it seem as if I had a press - unlike the blow dryer comb.

Blow dryer goes on and a brush begins to pull and tug and snag my hair. Not only was it painful, but my hair did not look pressed, it looked blow dried. I was just done.

Needless to say, like a child is to a scary movie so am I to a hair salon.
Does anyone personally know of a stylist in the orange county, southern california area that REALLY nows how to work with natural hair?

Signed,
Can someone else who knows what they're doing wash my hair?