NikkiQ
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I'm gonna hold you to that picture jayjaycurlz!
APL 2012 Challenge
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Meritamen
On a happy hair journey
Here's my super late update. 
Wish I had grabbed my hair better than that. This pic makes my ends look thin but they aren't. Oh, and I don't have any weird lumps in my a back that's from my hoodie that I tucked under.
ETA: Posted another photo to be examined by the jury. Regardless of where I am now I'll be joining BSL 2013. 
Wish I had grabbed my hair better than that. This pic makes my ends look thin but they aren't. Oh, and I don't have any weird lumps in my a back that's from my hoodie that I tucked under.ETA: Posted another photo to be examined by the jury.
Regardless of where I am now I'll be joining BSL 2013.
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NikkiQ
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Here's my super late update.
Lol @ weird lumps. I wouldn't have noticed it either. I was staring at that hair of yours! I can't tell if the stripe your hair reaches to if APL or full APL. What are you woman??
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jprayze
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Still have my hair straight, haven't washed yet but used suave dry shampoo which worked ok in absorbing some of the excess oil. A lady at church said your hair is beautiful; what do you use on it? Where do I begin?!? Tea, MN, honey lol...I told her a lot of things, smiled and said thank you.
bettysmsboop
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NikkiQ
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BEAUTYU2U
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I never know what to say when people ask me this (lol) Cause the products I use are mostly online or I'm not too picky about some things. Once I got methods and a regimen down, the products can vary.
I bought two nicely ripened avocados for a wonderfully fortifying DC Treatment. I just now peeled and mashed them...
..and made the best d@mn batch of guacamole I ever made!!! Sorry hair, I couldn't resist, next time, I promise.
BEAUTYU2U
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Oh, in other news, I think that Aphogee Two-Step might be my new best friend. I'm always afraid of protein on my fine strands but my hair felt great after using them. Didn't even bother with my BRBC afterwards, just applied JBCO/EVCO on soaking wet hair and braided.
Blairx0
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I have fine strands too and I find my hair loves protein. I am going to keep it up in the hopes of gaining thickness. Keep us updated!
lamaria211
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I just had the BEST wash day ever my hair feels sooo good both sift and strong, I'm aiming for a repeat next week. Btw Aussie Moist is heaven sent
Seamonster
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I bought two nicely ripened avocados for a wonderfully fortifying DC Treatment. I just now peeled and mashed them...
..and made the best d@mn batch of guacamole I ever made!!! Sorry hair, I couldn't resist, next time, I promise
Girl, I was getting hungry when you said avocado.
If you go on my youtube channel you will see me making salads with walnut oil, black current oil, and pouring a little rose hip oil into something for flavor. I bought all those oils for my hair journey. Even ate up my hemp seed oil, and my hair loves hemp seed oil.
I am greedy, and this stuff smells so good. We are going to have well conditioned hair in spite of our appetites.
jprayze
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KiWiStyle and Seamonster I'm in the kitchen now. Cooking dinner, brewing my chamomile tea rinse infused with rosemary, and about to make my honey prepoo (with cinnamon and a drop of lemon juice)! Every food had a dual purpose lol
bettysmsboop
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Need ends trimmed more than wanted. But they look much better. Still trying to figure out how to keep them in good shape.
jprayze
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Have you ever tried dusting? That has helped me a lot!
Evolving78
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those hot curlers worked and my hair turned out very nice. SO didn't take a pic of me last night either! he will take pics of me lookin a hot mess around the house, but when i go all out, no pics!
i did flat iron my roots in the crown area. since i used the rollers on air dryed hair, it was big and Farrah Fawcett like! i used my flexi rods (grey, purple, and orange) to roll my hair up last night. when i took them out today, it was tight at first, but when the curls started to fall, it was just the way i wanted.
i will use the hot rollers when i want to jazz things up a bit instead of doing a major roller set. and i'm glad i was able to use the flexi rods on dry hair to maintain my style for the next day. i never have next day hair!
i did flat iron my roots in the crown area. since i used the rollers on air dryed hair, it was big and Farrah Fawcett like! i used my flexi rods (grey, purple, and orange) to roll my hair up last night. when i took them out today, it was tight at first, but when the curls started to fall, it was just the way i wanted.
i will use the hot rollers when i want to jazz things up a bit instead of doing a major roller set. and i'm glad i was able to use the flexi rods on dry hair to maintain my style for the next day. i never have next day hair!
polished07
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jprayze I just dusted about 0.5 inches off my hair while in braids my ends look alot better I don't want to have to go through a setback due to not trimming so I took off 0.5 I won't do it again until jan I guess.
I'm still wigging it was tempted to take my cornrows down and wash and dc but I had to do my girls hair so ill try to wash/dc next week! I'm still in the running to make APL by Decembers end hoping to gain every inch I can but if I don't make it by then can I still Join the BSL challenge
I'm still wigging it was tempted to take my cornrows down and wash and dc but I had to do my girls hair so ill try to wash/dc next week! I'm still in the running to make APL by Decembers end hoping to gain every inch I can but if I don't make it by then can I still Join the BSL challenge
NikkiQ
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Of course polished07!! You don't have to be APL or beyond to join. Anyone is welcome. We encourage all to join us. You know how we roll. Like the nice old lady down the block on Sunday for dinner...we don't turn anyone away
bettysmsboop
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What is dusting?
Seamonster
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jprayze That sounds like some good honey cinnamon lemonade to me. My hair wouldn't get a drop of that.
Seamonster
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jprayze I just dusted about 0.5 inches off my hair while in braids my ends look alot better I don't want to have to go through a setback due to not trimming so I took off 0.5 I won't do it again until jan I guess.
I'm still wigging it was tempted to take my cornrows down and wash and dc but I had to do my girls hair so ill try to wash/dc next week! I'm still in the running to make APL by Decembers end hoping to gain every inch I can but if I don't make it by then can I still Join the BSL challenge
polished07 I only have one little layer that grazes APL. My hair is cut like the Brady bunch mom. So I could really claim jaw length for most of my hair.
The beginning of the year is always so much fun in the APL and BSL boards because all the ninjas that didn't quite make their goal come out of the wood work and we all celebrate their accomplishments.
jprayze
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bettysmsboop said:
"Dusting" refers to ONLY trimming off a very small amount of hair. the hair usually so fine that it looks like dust on the floor. If you are planning on growing out your hair a good TRIM is best. After that, rather than trimming inches off your hair a month get your hair dusted or do the dusting yourself. I don't know any stylist who actually do a dusting. I usually twist my hair and dust the ends.
Dusting is usually less than a quarter of an inch. Also, for optimum results people usually do what is called Search and Destroy. I do this with my own hair every few weeks. It is when you go thru your hair looking for split ends and trim the split ends off. This works because you have more control of the health ofyour ends and you reduce the risk of losing as much length when you do a trim again.
Guinan
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Good Morning Ladies!!
This will be picture overload
I decided to wait to claim APL until Dec 2012 but will still participate in both APL & BSL 2013 threads.
I only DC for an hour on Friday and I then braided my hair in fours to let it air dry for a day and a half. I then flat ironed on Sunday. I had to do two passes b/c when I flat ironed it bone straight I did not like it
so I re-did it and bumped the ends.
So on to the pics! The 1st pic is from July. The other pics are from yesterday.
This will be picture overload
I decided to wait to claim APL until Dec 2012 but will still participate in both APL & BSL 2013 threads. I only DC for an hour on Friday and I then braided my hair in fours to let it air dry for a day and a half. I then flat ironed on Sunday. I had to do two passes b/c when I flat ironed it bone straight I did not like it
so I re-did it and bumped the ends. So on to the pics! The 1st pic is from July. The other pics are from yesterday.
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