APL 2012 Challenge

[Evallusion]

Evallusion transition? You relaxed at some point? I'm waaayyyy outta the loop!

Yup, I relaxed back in October. My relaxed hair is cool but I miss my natural hair. I guess its true what they say, "Sometimes you don't know how much of a good thing you've got until its gone." I'm transitioning back to natural with the Crown & Glory Method. So far so good.

 

[NikkiQ]

I think I'm going back to my trusty cornrows. And to incorporate heat into my reggie a bit more, I'm gonna have them done once a month on blown out hair

 

[Evolving78]

i am trying to stretch my touchup to 12 weeks, but i usually like to go for 8 weeks. i'm on week five post touchup.

 

[JustGROWwithIt]

Question for the ladies:

Naturals- How many months/years post BC are you?

Relaxed/Texlaxed-How long in between touch ups do you normally go? Are you a stretcher? What do you do to help maintain your NG?

My last relaxer will be 4 years ago next month. I didn't realize I was BC'ing, I wasn't interested in a HHJ I just knew that chemicals were frying my hair and I always wanted a cute sassy cut so I chopped it after having about 2-3" of new growth already and had the cutest hair cut. That was 3 and a half years ago. That's why I am so frustrated about my length now. I didn't know about HHJ's and LHCF and YouTube. I just did whatever to my hair and it continued to break off and grow what I thought to be very slowly (not realizing it was breaking almost as fast as it was growing!) I didn't start my HHJ until about a year and a half ago and then slacked off alot , lost of lot of hair, and have been back on hardcore since last August when I realized my hair was the same length as it was the year before! :imstupid:

 

[JustGROWwithIt]

I wanna break out a new wig. The one I've been rockin took its last breath yestrday. May she rest in piece.

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I about died laughing at your last sentence. I had to cut loose my half wig I was sportin' all summer a couple months ago and I was sad too. Where do you find your wigs? I have a hard time finding anything I like that don't look wig-ish and fake.

 

[TheNDofUO]

I'm baggying at the moment with Henna Wax Treatment and Elasta QP DPR 11 and coconut oil. I shampooed with neutralising shampoo so I could clarify for my relaxer and also regulate the pH of my hair in one step.

 

[NikkiQ]

I about died laughing at your last sentence. I had to cut loose my half wig I was sportin' all summer a couple months ago and I was sad too. Where do you find your wigs? I have a hard time finding anything I like that don't look wig-ish and fake.

9 times out of 10, I order from Hairsisters. I can usually figure out if I can work with the wig or if it looks too fake, ya know? If you ever need help choosing wigs, I'll be glad to help.

 

[newnyer]

Question for the ladies:

Naturals- How many months/years post BC are you?

Relaxed/Texlaxed-How long in between touch ups do you normally go? Are you a stretcher? What do you do to help maintain your NG?

I know I'm late but...
In the past I've gone about 8-9 weeks in between touch ups but since my HHJ I've tried to stretch more often by a few weeks. This time around I plan on getting my touch up after 13 weeks. Not really a "stretch" in comparison to some LHCF ladies, but I haven't really learned how to deal w/ a lot of NG yet w/o breakage so until then...I'll keep it a 3 month stretch max.

As of now I'm going back to cowashing for moisture every few days & right back into a bun into my touch up. Can't be bothered w/ too much detangling. Lol
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[newnyer]

@newnyer how cute! I love it!! What color rods were used?

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Girl WHY am I JUST now answering your question?! I used the purple rods. Bought 5 packs I think (comes w/ about 10 rods per pack) but only used 4....I have a small pin head. LOL.

Did an impromptu set on my own 2 days ago using only about 10 rods total so the i had slightly looser curls...but it came out nice. I used only leave in conditioner instead of the setting lotion, so my curls didn't stay in as long as the last time, but my ends felt SO much more moisturized.

 

[lovely_locks]

My hair has been breaking so much this past week. I felt that I was doing so good too. My ends have been looking and feeking great, and I have not been using heat.

 

[LuvlyRain3]

I'm so discouraged when it comes to straightening. But I need to trim. Any naturals trim without straightening?

 

[faithVA]

I'm so discouraged when it comes to straightening. But I need to trim. Any naturals trim without straightening?

Because I wear twist and twists out 85% of the time I don't bother to straighten my hair before dusting. I don't need my hair to be even at this point and cutting off 1/4" to 1/2" isn't going to make my hair look lopsided.

I have dusted my hair in twists or in little small sections.

If you are going to take off more than 1/2" you may want to straighten. If not just dust your ends in small sections.

 

[kittenz]

I'm so discouraged when it comes to straightening. But I need to trim. Any naturals trim without straightening?

@LuvlyRain3 Nonie does and a few other who trim in twist. I plan to when I do my first trim as a natural later this month.

 

[pookaloo83]

Ive ben wearing a braidout for 6 days with no combing. Just taking big pieces and rebraiding at night. So last night I devised to detangle my braid out a bit with my shower comb and a spritz of water. I didn't lose much heir. I think the hair I lost was shed hair and it was about the size of a quarter. I thinkvi may wash on Wednesday my hair is a lil itchy but I think I can get away without washing for 2 weeks.

 

[klsjackson]

Current hair length
Between SL and APL
Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Loc'd
Relaxed
APL goal month
June 2012
Current Reggie and styling choices
Shampoo and DC weekly and rollerset
What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
I plan to only rollerset no direct heat
Post a beginning picture
I will post later.

 

[kittenz]

Ive ben westing a braidout fir 6 days with no combing. Just taking big pieces and rebraiding at night. So last night I devised to detangle my braid out a bit with my shower comb and a spritz of water. I didn't lose much heir. I think the hair I lost was shed hair and it was about the size of a quarter. I thinkvi may wash on Wednesday my hair is a lil itchy but I think I can get away without washing for 2 weeks.

I'm jealous of people who can do this. I haven't been able to go past a week w/o washing in forever. If I try you can visibly see gunk on top of my hair and if I scratch I get build-up under my nails

 

[faithVA]

Put my hair in curly 2 strand twists in the front and a bun in the back. I am looking forward to APL length hair. I think that will give me a very nice bun that is easy to tuck.

I will but the back in two strand twists tonight when I get home.

Think I will cowash mid-week to keep my scalp clean and to add more moisture to my hair. Now that I can bun the back I think cowashing mid-week will be doable.

 

[kittenz]

Put my hair in curly 2 strand twists in the front and a bun in the back. I am looking forward to APL length hair. I think that will give me a very nice bun that is easy to tuck.

I will but the back in two strand twists tonight when I get home.

Think I will cowash mid-week to keep my scalp clean and to add more moisture to my hair. Now that I can bun the back I think cowashing mid-week will be doable.

That sounds cute. And it's perfect if you can't finish twisting in one day. I'll remember this when my hair is long enough to bun.

 

[NikkiQ]

My hair has been breaking so much this past week. I felt that I was doing so good too. My ends have been looking and feeking great, and I have not been using heat.

lovely_locks what has your reggie been looking like lately? Have you changed anything that might cause the breakage? Let's get to the bottom of this so we can nip this in the bud for you now.

 

[pookaloo83]

I'm jealous of people who can do this. I haven't been able to go past a week w/o washing in forever. If I try you can visibly see gunk on top of my hair and if I scratch I get build-up under my nails

I'm usually like this too! But this time around its not like that for some reason. I'm one of those people who has to wash weekly, but ive been using less product this time around, and also just applying product to my hair and not letting it get too close to my scalp.

 

[sweet_silvia88]

Current hair length
SL

Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Loc'd
Natural

APL goal month
December 2012

Current Reggie and styling choices
Moisturize daily, Apply any growth aid i have @ the moment, taking biotin,MSM till i run out of them, use heat occasionally

What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?
Not flatironing for a while 0_o

Post a beginning picture

 

[kittenz]

@pookaloo83 I may try using less product because as much as I like doing my hair it would be nice to not HAVE to wash it (esp. in the winter)

 

[Ntrlmystik]

My starting length Dec 2011

 

[kittenz]

I've been relaxer free for 1 year!!! It doesn't seem that long ago now but I know it would have been near impossible to do without everything I learned here. I tried to transition before, years ago before I knew of LHCF and threw in the towel after 6 ROUGH months. I had no idea what to do or use. Fast foward to now after my easy breezy 10.5 month transition to my big head of curls, waves and kinks. I love it!! THANK YOU to everyone who shared any type of information here and on YT and thank you to everyone who asked the questions I didn't even know to ask but benefited from! I owe you my hair (but you aint gettin it!!)

***folds speech, hands over mic, exits stage left***

 

[indarican]

I miss my hair, no more wigs for a bit.

 

[NikkiQ]

Congrats kittenz!!! You'll see that the time will fly by and before you know it, you'll be 1 year post BC too.

indarican what's going on with the wigs? You wearing full caps, halfies, or LFs?

 

[LuvlyRain3]

faithVA kittenz thanks maybe ill try trimming in twists. i think thats how kinkycurlyqueen said that she trims her hair in one of her vids.

 

[indarican]

NikkiQ full caps and LF, I just figured out that the lace from the LF is cutting my skin, so if its doing that on my skin it must be shredding up my hair... I wear them as halfies, and the full wig I just dont feel comfortable in. The only wigs i really feel comfy in is HW. But its the styling under that is the pain in my booty right now. I got paranoid with the banding thing, thought my hair would break off at the ponytail site. Its just all too much, i think ima do some buns and some hat days, until i can figure out what to do with my hair under the hw.

 

[pookaloo83]

Twisting my hair as we speak. My scalp starting to itch a bit, but I'm not gonna wash till Friday at least! Behave Scalp! Behave!!

 

[NikkiQ]

Cowashed my twists tonight. They already look a hot mess so I don't care. I'll be taking them out on wash day and prepping my hair for cornrows. I'm gonna start keeping a hair journal so I can keep track of what treatments I've done and when it's time for a trim or dusting.