APL 2012 Challenge

[lamaria211]

^^^the SE regular one! i tried the green one and i gave it away! it made my hair feel like straw. that one has more protein in it. the SE regular has no protein in it, but silk in it. i still have it in too. i guess i need to rinse this stuff out. i am getting tired. i need to roll my hair.

I think the leave in is equally fabolous!

 

[justicefighter1913]

Hey ladies! I'm still here and in this. I just haven't been commenting much. I'm still braided up and under a wig....yes, even during this heatwave in the desert Oh well, I'm pretty sure that I'll make APL this year...finally!!!! I'm already there in the back, but my hair is in some serious layers. Pics to follow in September Keep going ladies!

 

[justicefighter1913]

OTNikkiQ what is this soon to be PR business about Ms. Lady?!! lol

 

[Missjae09]

I'm in(reluctantly)! for the past 4 months or so I have become a straight haired natural though I wear braidouts once my flat iron job gets old and puffy. My nape continues to be a problem child For me; wearing my hair straight allows me to monitor it better and it helps with keeping knots and tangles at bay. My nape has broken off yet again! :-( The rest of my hair is very healthy but without the cooperation of my nape its going to take me longer to reach my goals. If I can retain the 3 inches that my hair will grow for the remainder of the year I should be GRAZING APL by the end of Dec. :-( Not where I thought I would be but I realize I'm still learning my hair and though I've got most of it figured out, there's still some things to be learned!

I'll need a few days to post my pics.
HHJ!

 

[Evolving78]

the SE is the bomb! hair is moist and gave me a lot of slip! i will be using this for now on for my dc! it's late, like 1am now. i am air drying my hair using the scarf method. i applied all of my leave-ins and sealed my hair with some argan oil. i used my blow dryer on cool setting to seal in the moisture and oil to help prevent frizzy and brittleness. so far so good. i stopped though because i didn't feel like holding the dryer. so i am letting it air dry again, but i will use the dryer one last time before i hit the sack. i plan on bunning my hair.

i waited too late to roller set my hair. if i can get this air drying thing to a science and make it work, i will just do this during the middle of the week and roller set on the weekend. i am so lazy during the middle of week. blow drying on cool i think will help me out big time.

 

[NaturallySweet73]

I may not be able to check in until sometime in august. If that is not an issue, yes

 

[claud-uk]

i still need to get some more Keracare leave-in. i am finally running low on that. i had it for almost a year. a little goes a long way.

I just ordered some of this and waiting for it to arrive how often did you use yours for it to last almost a year???

If your decide to prepoo, add some honey!

Absolutely, I just did a pre-poo with honey added for the first time (I usually use just ceramide oils) after reading something on another thread, and even after using sulfate poo my hair felt soooo good that this is now my new regi!

 

[Evolving78]

I just ordered some of this and waiting for it to arrive how often did you use yours for it to last almost a year???



Absolutely, I just did a pre-poo with honey added for the first time (I usually use just ceramide oils) after reading something on another thread, and even after using sulfate poo my hair felt soooo good that this is now my new regi!

i use it twice a week, but only a small amount. it goes a long way and i have the small bottle too.

 

[xNichex]

Checking in! My hair spritz finally came today. I am soooo excited to try it out! Does this make me strange? lol

 

[TheNDofUO]

I've got my braids in. They're too heavy! I'm thinking of lightening them up.

 

[LilMissSunshine5]

I am getting my hair straightened & trimmed today...I'm hella nervous! But I'm excited to see my length I'm sitting with a honey/EVOO/banana/molasses pre-poo in my hair right now! I've got 30 minutes until the party gets started

 

[NikkiQ]

Hey ladies! Checking in. I'm still lurking here but I won't post any updates until I'm full APL out of fear of being forced to graduate!
It will happen this year!
Happy Growing to Everyone!!!

We won't force you out woman. Look at the APL Ninjas we got around here. newnyer and growbaby where ya at?

OT@NikkiQ what is this soon to be PR business about Ms. Lady?!! lol

Yeah I do need to change that now huh? lol

the SE is the bomb! hair is moist and gave me a lot of slip! i will be using this for now on for my dc! it's late, like 1am now. i am air drying my hair using the scarf method. i applied all of my leave-ins and sealed my hair with some argan oil. i used my blow dryer on cool setting to seal in the moisture and oil to help prevent frizzy and brittleness. so far so good. i stopped though because i didn't feel like holding the dryer. so i am letting it air dry again, but i will use the dryer one last time before i hit the sack. i plan on bunning my hair.

i waited too late to roller set my hair. if i can get this air drying thing to a science and make it work, i will just do this during the middle of the week and roller set on the weekend. i am so lazy during the middle of week. blow drying on cool i think will help me out big time.

NOW do you see why everytime anyone needed DC suggestions SE would be the first thing out of my mouth??LOVE THE STUFF!!!!!

I may not be able to check in until sometime in august. If that is not an issue, yes

Not an issue at all

Checking in! My hair spritz finally came today. I am soooo excited to try it out! Does this make me strange? lol

No that makes you a hair enthusiast. That's a better way of saying it

I am getting my hair straightened & trimmed today...I'm hella nervous! But I'm excited to see my length I'm sitting with a honey/EVOO/banana/molasses pre-poo in my hair right now! I've got 30 minutes until the party gets started

pics or it didn't happen!

I think the leave in is equally fabolous!

Yes...yes it is

 

[pookaloo83]

Ready to take these twists out. They're looking hella frizzy but people seem to think its my hair sometimes.

After these ill give my hair a break then it'll be crochet braids for a while.

Sent From Mah Phone

 

[lamaria211]

My Wen is coming today and its pretty much all I can think about now. I have probably 3-5 years worth of products now so im on a use 5 buy 1 challenge with myself
Oh and I got my Curl Junkie yesterday to! To bad I cant crack it open right now I have other stuff to use up first

 

[growbaby]

We won't force you out woman. Look at the APL Ninjas we got around here. newnyer and growbaby where ya at?

*summersaults in* yes we are here !! Join us on the dark side *evil laugh* lol

-ninja out

 

[NaturalfienD]

I'm in(reluctantly)! for the past 4 months or so I have become a straight haired natural though I wear braidouts once my flat iron job gets old and puffy. My nape continues to be a problem child For me; wearing my hair straight allows me to monitor it better and it helps with keeping knots and tangles at bay. My nape has broken off yet again! :-( The rest of my hair is very healthy but without the cooperation of my nape its going to take me longer to reach my goals. If I can retain the 3 inches that my hair will grow for the remainder of the year I should be GRAZING APL by the end of Dec. :-( Not where I thought I would be but I realize I'm still learning my hair and though I've got most of it figured out, there's still some things to be learned!

I'll need a few days to post my pics.
HHJ!

Hi Missjae09 ~ I am sorry to hear that the nape of your hair is causing issues in terms of retaining your length. Your hair looks great in your siggy by the way. I am wondering what the possible causes of breakage could be. Is there a possibility that the flat ironing is causing your hair to dry out and break over time? There was some information on youtube about the need for hella moisture prior to flat ironing to maintain the health of your hair. I believe the video was done by Patcholi (sp, Patcholi89 I think ...); I am sorry that I don't have the link but I know someone does. I don't flat iron/use heat often so that has been helpful in my retaining length but there are some lovely ladies in here that flat iron and have beautiful hair/able to retain length ... they definitely can be of service to you regarding flat ironing.

I know everyone's hair is different but just a random thought. Have you considered sealing your hair with a heavy oil or grease prior to setting your hair for the twist out? (Moisturizing your hair first of course, so you are sealing in the moisture with the oil/grease.) That approach was helpful for me keeping SSKs at a minimum. Now, I get them occasionally (just a symptom of having kinky hair, but I S&D them joints so it's all good) but I found grease to be helpful for my hair. Finally, have you considered the possibility of PSing for the remaining part of the year? I have been doing the crown and glory challenge and found that PSing is the best way to achieve my length goals.

I hope this helps on some level and HHG to you too girl!!

 

[NikkiQ]

Took a road trip to San Juan today. I'm still DCing as we speak lol. Just threw a wig on top. Not too obvious either.



Sent by me from my Android phone.Boom

 

[xNichex]

Just used the spritz that arrived..... O MY DAYS! My hair is super soft!

 

[Angela4769]

ROLL CALL TIME

Half way point for the challenge ladies!! Next check in on June 30th. You in or out? And yes I did call everybody out on this one

Well, I guess I'm OFFICIALLY kicked out...

 

[lamaria211]

Took a road trip to San Juan today. I'm still DCing as we speak lol. Just threw a wig on top. Not too obvious either.

Sent by me from my Android phone.Boom

Im always dcing out and about especially on the hotter days, another reason I love my wigs

 

[Mazza64]

I'm still in found some serious split ends so don't think I'm going to reach APL this year. But I'm planning to step up my whole routine. I'm determine to reach at least APL

 

[lamaria211]

Missjae09 I also use grease and since I started using it my ssks have went from being a serious problem to maybe 4 or 5 in my entire head. I have to add that I also started moisturizing more and I only touch my hair once a day when M&S I think getting rid if my HIH disease helped a lot as well. Hth

 

[NikkiQ]

Well, I guess I'm OFFICIALLY kicked out...

If you already hit the APL mark, I didn't call you out in the roll call. I don't expect the APL Ninjas to participate in the length check when they really don't have to

 

[jprayze]

Took a road trip to San Juan today. I'm still DCing as we speak lol. Just threw a wig on top. Not too obvious either.

Sent by me from my Android phone.Boom

Cute look!!!

 

[BBritdenise]

NikkiQ I wanted to join...

 

[xu93texas]

See already pretending to be Dominican

I'm going to your lovely city for the 1st time next week. Very excited.

Oooh! Have fun faithVA. I'm from New Orleans and I haven't been "home" in over a year. I've been craving a po-boy and beignets!

 

[xu93texas]

Here is my length check pic. I just joined 10 days, so not much progress. I'm definitely looking forward to my September length check progress.

 

[mami2010]

NikkiQ I'm in but I went and got about 1 inch trimmed yesterday.

 

[pookaloo83]

Gonna start taking these twists out tonight I think. Idk.. I kinda miss my hair.

 

[livinthevida]

Hi Ladies!!!!

OH LAAAAAAAWDDDD!!! I leaped far back as 30 pages to catch up here & it's well worth it! WOW! I am loving all of the great pictures here on our beautiful heads of hair! here's my very long "catching up" post:

Welcome @polished07, @xu93texas, @xNichex! @RemyRem, @bones! You are joining a very supportive thread here on LHCF! :wink2:

@TheNDofUO no worries bella! I second @shortdub78 all of your hair will grow back very soon and healthier

@LilMissSunshine5 I hear you on that bra strap running high in the back zero judgement here

A Very Happy Belated Birthday @gvin89!

Congratulations @Blairx0! @jprayze! @NaturalfienD! @afrofaithful! @Missdelicious1! and anyone else I missed! on reaching APL!

@jprayze I am very happy to hear you are adding Organic Coconut Oil (OCO) to your reggie! If you have any questions just let me know Now that I've used OCO for nearly 6 months I DO LOOOOOOOVE IT! Yet with my 6 month HHJ approaching you all know I have been thinking of changing up my reggie and hair care. I am in awe of the amazing MN results this year yet I have decided to go with a new oil for the next 6 months of my HHJ. I am hoping my hair will respond well to the change if I keep with another oil. I've selected Wild Growth Hair Oil (WGHO) via Amazon. I like the ingredients and plan to apply just as little of WGHO as I did of OCO to my hair. You know me I'll continue to post my roller-setting pictures after the fiscal year comes to end and post notes of my new reggie this weekend after our June 30th length check My first day of using WGHO begins July 1, 2012

Great hair @shesheshe22!

@Blairx0 these are a bit dated yet I GOOGLED "wet bunning advice" and found these:
The Rules Of Wet Bunning on LHCF
From Short to Long Wet Bunning Tips

@Mjon912 I'm still on the lookout for a dryer. I've settled on using mesh rollers if I use a dryer. If I want to air dry my hair naturally I use the satin foam rollers via Sally Beauty Supply

@shortdub78 luv that video on How to use Goody Spin Pins! I can't tell in the video but are those ends soft? looks easy enough yet they won't catch on the hair in the bun?

@NikkiQ YES! count me in for ROLL CALL! see everyone June 30th