APL 2012 Challenge

[Geminigirl]

Wow this thread sure is overwhelming because I don't think I will read back but start here from my post on and try and keep up. Anyways I believe my hair is like 1 inch past CBL and it never has been so I am so excited. I will post a Starting length up of my hair later after i take down my plaits.

 

[kittenz]

Wow this thread sure is overwhelming because I don't think I will read back but start here from my post on and try and keep up. Anyways I believe my hair is like 1 inch past CBL and it never has been so I am so excited. I will post a Starting length up of my hair later after i take down my plaits.

@Geminigirl No need to read back, we've just been rambling If you want, just go look at the pictures (that's what I do )

WELCOME!!

 

[Geminigirl]

kittenz

Thanks. Glad to be here and I think I am going to do it this year. LOL I just look at pics too but sometimes my brain gets in this mode where it thinks it has to read every post and then I get bored. I think I am going to look through the pics tonight though. i need to find my inital post anyways...i think I made one.

 

[orangepeel]

I'm back in. I made it to APL in Nov, but it is was just grazing. I plan to to a "ends trim" and want to have full APL.

When I do my final length check for 2011, I will comeback and post a picture here.

 

[mami2010]

I just co-washed and rollerset. I'm 8 weeks post debating if I should relax and start this challenge with freshly relaxed hair or should I stretch to 12 weeks... Help me ladies... I really only feel like 4 weeks post. New growth is so soft these days.

 

[NikkiQ]

mami2010 how long are you used to stretching for? I say stick with your usual reggie. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[mami2010]

mami2010 how long are you used to stretching for? I say stick with your usual reggie. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

8 to 10 weeks but I want to start stretching to 12 weeks

 

[NikkiQ]

If you think you can go for 12, I saw go for it. If your NG is like butter now, then a few more weeks won't hurt ya

 

[MeowMix]

May I join please. BTW, sorry for interrupting and being late. I'm just now seeing this


~Current hair length SL
~Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Loc'd Natural
~APL goal month Slow grower so let's say August
~Current Reggie and styling choices Stay in braids, cowash DC 1-2/wk, dust every 8-10 weeks, vitamins
~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL? More water, cardio 2-3x/wk
~Post a beginning picture On right hand side in signature

 

[VictoriousBrownFlower]

@BronxJazzy I'm stealing that style! It's cute and I think our hair is around the same length.

ETA: We are definetly not the same length. I saw some other pics in a different thread. You hava a lot os shrinkage.

Yeah my hair is just a mystery the second time around. When I went natural the first time shrinkage was a big issue for me but I used gel to set my curls. When I do that it makes my hair shrink more because I have fine hair. So I experimented with just conditioner and it works so much better for me. I dont even worry about shrinkage now. Multiple pineapples at night help too if I want a really stretched out look like this

but with gel we look damn near the same length

 

[kittenz]

so many typoserplexed glad you could decipher that. I either need to learn to spell definitely or stop using it

 

[Seamonster]

I was in the APL challenge last year, and I think I need one more time to seal the deal

~Current hair length Full SL blow out
~Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Loc'd Natural
~APL goal month March
~Current Reggie and styling choices Daily wash, grease, massage and mask. Twice per month braid
~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL? Grow aids, supplements, and protective styles
~Post a beginning picture Waiting until Christmas to get a true length check

 

[lilyofthenile]

It's nearing the end of the semester for me which I'm so happy about. No more constant work and assignments and more time to take my hair out! LOL. Yeah I need time to do my hair. It takes me a while to detangle it too because I'm so afraid of damaging it. I'm not the only one who can take up to two hours, right?

 

[Geminigirl]

Here is my starting length pic. I know it's not 2012 yet but might as well take it now that my hair is stretched.

 

[NikkiQ]

May I join please. BTW, sorry for interrupting and being late. I'm just now seeing this


~Current hair length SL
~Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Loc'd Natural
~APL goal month Slow grower so let's say August
~Current Reggie and styling choices Stay in braids, cowash DC 1-2/wk, dust every 8-10 weeks, vitamins
~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL? More water, cardio 2-3x/wk
~Post a beginning picture On right hand side in signature

Welcome to the group MeowMix Do you do your own cornrows? B/c if so...you need to bust up the details on how you do them!

 

[menina]

Current hair length: layered shoulder length..cbl technically
Natural
APL goal month: um 2012
Current Reggie and styling choices: shampoo & DC, detangle, moisturize, & airdry in braids weekly
braidout buns/puffs or twistout buns/puffs
anything special will be done as needed
What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL?: try updo
protectives styles, dust on a schedule, & being more gentle.
Post a beginning picture:

sorry for the blur, i moved my hand while pressing the button lol

 

[NikkiQ]

Geminigirl you look pretty frikkin close already. How much further til APL for you??

 

[Evallusion]

8 weeks post. Still in my kinky twists. Gave em a good shampoo. Thinking about taking them down Saturday at 6 1/2 weeks in. Tis all...

 

[Geminigirl]

Geminigirl you look pretty frikkin close already. How much further til APL for you??

NikkiQ I think this just happened because I was PS for almost three months. My hair has never been this long in my life. When I pull it down in the back it's nowhere near my Armpit. I can't flat iron to save my life so I don't know. Next time someone is over, hopefully my hair is still stretched so I can have them stretch it so I can know for sure. I may see if my DD can help me, then I can better answer that question.

ETA- Don't get me all excited I have never been APL in my life. I was stuck at the a certain length relaxed and natural and I have FINALLY made it a good inch past my CBL. It was always touching or barely past it. I am a believer in PS to reach APL. And i will continue. I know I should be there by summer 2012 with no setbacks or severe trims.

 

[Geminigirl]

Here is my hair on whatever date the pic says. I was stuck here forever, and like I said like maybe a few centimeters past my CBL. When i pull my hair down in the back it looks just like this one but I know my hair has grown.
Sorry for all the back exposure, I was probably in and out the shower or about to take one.

And this stretched like the front but on a different side

 

[Evolving78]

going to try this single flat twists on the sides with a bunny bun today. i am doing hot oil treatment now and will be washing in a few. i am airdrying and not roller setting. i just see too many people benefiting from protective styling, so i am going to do my best to try to make it work for me and to help me get to my goal in April. i want to be able to wear style that allow me to wear my scarf under my hat when it gets really cold outside.

 

[indarican]

Geminigirl love the nails!! Id say you got like 3 more inches to go.

 

[Geminigirl]

Ewww really? thanks lol. That picture is from November of last year but 3 inches is attainable by summer. I think I grown 1/2-3/4 of an inch in some places of my head per month.

 

[Geminigirl]

going to try this single flat twists on the sides with a bunny bun today. i am doing hot oil treatment now and will be washing in a few. i am airdrying and not roller setting. i just see too many people benefiting from protective styling, so i am going to do my best to try to make it work for me and to help me get to my goal in April. i want to be able to wear style that allow me to wear my scarf under my hat when it gets really cold outside.

YES! Do IT! PS. Some days I would miss my hair so bad. I'd hate wearing wigs. BUT the proof is in the pudding and after this week I am going right back to hiding my hair.

 

[pookaloo83]

So I got tired of the beanie and put my hair back in mini twists last night. I got spoiled by these twists now. I just love waking up and not having to really to my hair. Because I have to be at work 7am every morning.

Naturals, how are you washing hour hair? Loose? In braids/twists? Ive been doing it lately while in celie braids. Trying to minimize the tangles.

 

[kittenz]

@NikkiQ the gel I used was GroWorks Style It. It's very cheap AND I got it on clearance ($1.44)

It's still holding up and I think it looks better today.

 

[indarican]

pookaloo83 i wash my hair loose. but i use the baking soda shampoo so 1 tablespoon baking soda to 2 cups water. I just pour it in, leave it for a bit, then rinse out while raking my hair with my hand. i then follow raking my hair with loads and loads of conditioner. I by conditioner by the gallon just so i dont have to be skimpy.

 

[NikkiQ]

So I got tired of the beanie and put my hair back in mini twists last night. I got spoiled by these twists now. I just love waking up and not having to really to my hair. Because I have to be at work 7am every morning.

Naturals, how are you washing hour hair? Loose? In braids/twists? Ive been doing it lately while in celie braids. Trying to minimize the tangles.

I'm bad. I cowash and wash with my hair loose but the tangles aren't really that bad when I do so. I know I need to wash in sections but its such a pain in the butt when my hair is at this length and ridiculously thick. My sections and braids turn into little puffs no matter what I do. Talk about a hot mess

 

[BlkOnyx488]

So I got tired of the beanie and put my hair back in mini twists last night. I got spoiled by these twists now. I just love waking up and not having to really to my hair. Because I have to be at work 7am every morning.

Naturals, how are you washing hour hair? Loose? In braids/twists? Ive been doing it lately while in celie braids. Trying to minimize the tangles.

i like to cleanse my hair loose. i wear my hair in cornrows for a month at a time. so when i take it down i love feeling the water run through every strand. i clarfy with acv then i slather a ton of conditioner and dc under the dyer then before i rinse out the dc i section my hair in 8 braids then rinse. depending on how much time i have i either let my hair air dry or i sit under the dryer while it is int the braids this way it dries stretched out a little and tangle free

 

[faithVA]

Naturals, how are you washing hour hair? Loose? In braids/twists? Ive been doing it lately while in celie braids. Trying to minimize the tangles.

My hair is finally long enough to wash my hair in twists. Right now I am doing 6 twists that I put in when I apply my conditioner. I will undo them 1 at a time to rinse and then put them back in. My hair holds onto product so they won't rinse clear while in twist.

But it has made my wash day regimen so much easier.

I never thought I would get to this day.