APL 2012 Challenge

[pookaloo83]

Do you think maybe you could do another set of kinky twists and forget about your hair for a bit? I'm more than sure your hair is growing lady.

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Good idea. Forgot about braids. Think I'll slap some in. Cause I'm driving myself crazy. A d now that I think about it, I'm still dc'ing! Lemme wash this mess out. Smh.

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[Meritamen]

So I have enjoyed my press and it has motivated me to care for my hair again, but I miss my kinks already! At first I was going to leave it alone just to see how long it would stay straight which is not long since my roots have reverted back already. I need to get back to working out so this will probably be cowashed out tomorrow. Viva la kinks!

My iPad has a mind of its own.

 

[KaramelDiva1978]

I think I will I'm tired of looking homeless
What's your Reggie like?

Very easy: I treat my hair as if its fully relaxed. Cant use the same products I used for natural hair. Im a CON and Keracare girl. Moisture and seal daily with ORS and Scurl seal with Vatika or castor oil. PS with bunning and rollersets. Love it!

 

[longhairdreaming]

Had a hair nightmare last night! I was at the sink combing my hair and it was breaking off and I had those tree branch-like splits everywhere...my brain sure is back on hair. On a great note all my hair products survived the plane ride!!!

 

[beautyintheyes]

Hey ladies, I am 9 weeks post, need a hairdo asap! I am going to my family reuion and dont want to look like I need a relaxer. Do you have any suggestion? Help!

Maybe twist with flexi rods?

 

[NikkiQ]

I can pull my Celies up a bit.Not sure if that's growth or if they got a little loose from the cowash the other day. Either way, I'm not complaining lol

 

[Guinan]

Good Morning,

Attach are two new hair styles that I want to work on. My fav is the rose bun. I think it would be easier to try these styles on straight hair but I really want to do the rose bun on curly hair. Sorry if the pics are alittle fuzzy, but it's a pic from a pic on my sis's phone. My sis has an account w/ instagram and one of the girls on there does amazing braids/styles. I think both of the styles are great protective styles and def spices up things. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do these styles I'm all eyes. Hopefully if I can do these styles, I'll post some pics.

I have no hair plans today. I have been taking it easy on my hair and not fussing with it so much. I plan on cowashing on Wednesday.

 

[Kerryann]

Thinking of doing a texturizer for my birthday I have super tight 4c coils

Girl i've been flirting with this idea because all these ssk's and the longer it gets the thicker it gets very hard to handle...i also feel like im at an awkward stage

 

[NikkiQ]

Good Morning,

Attach are two new hair styles that I want to work on. My fav is the rose bun. I think it would be easier to try these styles on straight hair but I really want to do the rose bun on curly hair. Sorry if the pics are alittle fuzzy, but it's a pic from a pic on my sis's phone. My sis has an account w/ instagram and one of the girls on there does amazing braids/styles. I think both of the styles are great protective styles and def spices up things. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do these styles I'm all eyes. Hopefully if I can do these styles, I'll post some pics.

I have no hair plans today. I have been taking it easy on my hair and not fussing with it so much. I plan on cowashing on Wednesday.

Those are GORGEOUS!!! You gotta post pics when you attempt these. I live vicariously through you ladies. I'm so style challenged and I have no patience to try

 

[longhairdreaming]

Good Morning,

Attach are two new hair styles that I want to work on. My fav is the rose bun. I think it would be easier to try these styles on straight hair but I really want to do the rose bun on curly hair. Sorry if the pics are alittle fuzzy, but it's a pic from a pic on my sis's phone. My sis has an account w/ instagram and one of the girls on there does amazing braids/styles. I think both of the styles are great protective styles and def spices up things. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do these styles I'm all eyes. Hopefully if I can do these styles, I'll post some pics.

I have no hair plans today. I have been taking it easy on my hair and not fussing with it so much. I plan on cowashing on Wednesday.

The bun looks beautiful! I love braid styles.

 

[bettysmsboop]

Maybe twist with flexi rods?

Thanks. I did wash my hair and rolllerset it and I am currently under the dryer now. I am unable to twist well enough to showcase. I am still working on that.

 

[Blairx0]

Thanks. I did wash my hair and rolllerset it and I am currently under the dryer now. I am unable to twist well enough to showcase. I am still working on that.

Super interested to see your rollerset. I tried and it was an epic fail

 

[NikkiQ]

Where has everyone been lately? It's been SUPER quiet! Don't be hidin cause we got a length check coming up next month. You know I'll call ya out! jk

 

[Blairx0]

I'm still here trying to figure out how to rollerset

 

[polished07]

Where has everyone been lately? It's been SUPER quiet! Don't be hidin cause we got a length check coming up next month. You know I'll call ya out! jk

When is the next length check? I need to make hair plans lol

 

[NikkiQ]

When is the next length check? I need to make hair plans lol

End of September so you have plenty of time lol

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[Guinan]

I just m&s my hair and surprisingly I noticed less shedding since using the Black tea. The only problem is that it makes my hair very dry. so I think I am only going to do a tea rinse once a week.

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[esi.adokowa]

Good Morning,

Attach are two new hair styles that I want to work on. My fav is the rose bun. I think it would be easier to try these styles on straight hair but I really want to do the rose bun on curly hair. Sorry if the pics are alittle fuzzy, but it's a pic from a pic on my sis's phone. My sis has an account w/ instagram and one of the girls on there does amazing braids/styles. I think both of the styles are great protective styles and def spices up things. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do these styles I'm all eyes. Hopefully if I can do these styles, I'll post some pics.

I have no hair plans today. I have been taking it easy on my hair and not fussing with it so much. I plan on cowashing on Wednesday.

whhooo that rose bun is too cute!
i don't think it will matter if you do it curly or straight.
i'm going to try it out as well :]]

 

[Firstborn2]

Where has everyone been lately? It's been SUPER quiet! Don't be hidin cause we got a length check coming up next month. You know I'll call ya out! jk

Checking in not much to report. Cowashing my hair everyday, keeping them in Celie braids until the end of the year. I need to be at least grazing APL by the end of the yr.

 

[jprayze]

Those are GORGEOUS!!! You gotta post pics when you attempt these. I live vicariously through you ladies. I'm so style challenged and I have no patience to try

I feel the same way. I'm style challenged too and my patience is low...I only do the easiest styles possible

 

[jprayze]

Just put in braids for braidout tomorrow - this is a trial run before my trip. Will do again on Thursday night.

 

[NikkiQ]

Checking in not much to report. Cowashing my hair everyday, keeping them in Celie braids until the end of the year. I need to be at least grazing APL by the end of the yr.

Firstborn2 How is the cowashing daily going with the Celies? Are they unraveling any? I cowash maybe twice while in my set of Celies and I keep them in for 2 weeks at a time before taking them down for wash day and put in a fresh set.

 

[bibs]

Lol at calling us out. I've kind of hit a hair plateau. I flat ironed yesterday (finally) to switch things up. I have to dust my ends because I have a lot of splits and knots and of course it rained I'm not posting a pic until next month, though, because I didn't make much progress.

 

[KaramelKutie803]

Just checking in. I was on the fence about my hair & these devils called SSKs weren't helping. Was constantly having to snip here & there cause they were just getting out of hand. I finally decided to texlax my hair. Been thinking about it for months & finally did it last night & I LOVE my hair now. It's less frizzy, no knots, easier to detangle, and most of all still has a lot of texture which I wanted the most. Soo on to the pictures.



This is my hair before.



Hair fully dried, maximum shrinkage right before texlaxing



Hair afterwards. It actually hangs now & has length



Hair this morning after air drying in a bun last night. Still has lots of texture to still do twist outs, braid outs and even puffs. I'm happy about my decision and how my hair turned out. Now time to focus on getting to APL or at least close to it.

 

[Kerryann]

See another texlax im so tempted KaramelKutie803 your hair looks great

 

[KaramelKutie803]

See another texlax im so tempted KaramelKutie803 your hair looks great

Thank you! I'm surprised it came out so well since I've never relaxed my own hair before. But I say if it's something you really want to do, try it. I loved my natural hair but in the end I did what I thought was best health wise for my hair & my lifestyle. I love it

 

[Queensheba88]

~Current hair length past collar bone ~Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Loc'd texlaxed.
~APL goal month Dec 2012
~Current Reggie and styling choices shampoo dc m&s daily...braids and wigs
~What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL? Nothing keeping it simple
~Post a beginning picture

JULY 2012

AUGUST 2012

 

[jprayze]

^^^great progress!

 

[jprayze]

My test braidout before the trip. One lesson learned-- I'm going to have to do a little dryer time to make sure my hair is dry. It was a little damp this am, but I had to get to work.

I need to put a little more product in the back. I mixed ORS smooth & shine pudding with green fantasia IC gel and a few drops of oil. I like that combo

My hair was a bit rough, so I will clarify Thursday and follow with a nice DC.

 

[chelleypie810]

Queensheba88 Great progress! What is ur reggie!!??? I need these extra 2 in by December.