Apl 2018

[faithVA]

Aw, thank you. I don't wear my hair out and straightened much, so I'm way more critical of my ends when I'm doing length checks than when I wear braids or twists LOL.

Don't cut to even out but If you haven't trimmed this year at least give yourself a dusting before putting your hair away.

 

[Soaring Eagle]

OK. I straightened my hair last night, so here's my starting picture. My ends are atrocious but I didn't feel like trimming it or asking my husband.

Atrocious where? Those are some pretty nice ends. Good job.

 

[Miss617]

Don't cut to even out but If you haven't trimmed this year at least give yourself a dusting before putting your hair away.

I have trimmed a couple of times, not to even out but to get rid of split ends and SSKs. I still have some but they definitely feel better than usual. I'll take a good look and see if I really need to trim again.

 

[faithVA]

I have trimmed a couple of times, not to even out but to get rid of split ends and SSKs. I still have some but they definitely feel better than usual. I'll take a good look and see if I really need to trim again.

Sounds like you are on top of it and have everything under control.

 

[Miss617]

Atrocious where? Those are some pretty nice ends. Good job.

Aw, thank you! I'm my own worst critic, I guess!

 

[Miss617]

Sounds like you are on top of it and have everything under control.

Still learning but figuring it out slowly but surely!

 

[faithVA]

Finally started wash day. I shampooed with Nexxus Therapee Shampoo. I deep conditioned with TGIN Mask for about 30 minutes using my heat therapy cap. I shampooed again with Camille Rose Ginger Rinse. I towel dried and applied Surya Brasil color. Sitting with the color in now and will rinse it out in 30 minutes.

I'm thinking I will try blow drying my hair on wash day. I'm hoping this will help my ends but not sure yet. I wish I knew if this was better than letting my hair air dry.

 

[Qtee]

I'm in..Cut my hair earlier this year... I was MBL natural...I got bored and dyed it ...still bored so I relaxed it... that broke my hair off terribly as relaxers always do for me... it was uneven n broken sooo i took clippers and shaved it all off.. now its growing back nicely..

What length are you now? CBL

What's your regimen? low maintenance..i wash every 1.5-2 weeks depends on how I feel.. cowash every couple days... I put in a homemade leave in mixture with conditioner and JBCO..and an oil mixture with olive oil, JBCO and sometime coconut oil.. I put those in once or twice a week..my hair is in 2 braids or a braid out mostly..I'm so boring when it comes to my hair..

What do you need to do/change to reach APL? maybe cowash more...other than that nothing much.. it grows pretty nicely regaredless

Goal areas: back, front, sides, crowns if already APL in a section/sections

What month would you like to reach your goal? IDK maybe May..LOL... Its crazy I looked up and I could put it in 2 braids finally with a little hang time..so I dont bother with it much or pay much attention to my hair..I just let it do what it do..

 

[Queensheba88]

Saving my spot....currently under a wig but will do a length soon

 

[Froreal3]

*Don't mind me. I'm just here for the starting pics. Happy growing ladies!

 

[kupenda]

First wash of the year! I finger detangled with coconut oil and massaged my scalp with Camille’s Rose Cocoa Nibs oil before my first inversion. Then shampooed with Creme of Nature Argan oil. Now I’m under the hooded dryer with my hair covered in bekura Vanilla Whiskey and will follow it up with Cacao Bark before twisting with Honey Latte, and sealing with Oyin Burnt Sugar

 

[topnotch1010]

First wash of the year! I finger detangled with coconut oil and massaged my scalp with Camille’s Rose Cocoa Nibs oil before my first inversion. Then shampooed with Creme of Nature Argan oil. Now I’m under the hooded dryer with my hair covered in bekura Vanilla Whiskey and will follow it up with Cacao Bark before twisting with Honey Latte, and sealing with Oyin Burnt Sugar

We (my dds and myself) just added finger detangling to our reggies after seeing it in another challenge thread. It was surprisingly easy! I wish I had’ve picked that up years ago. Your products sound delicious!!

 

[topnotch1010]

Finally started wash day. I shampooed with Nexxus Therapee Shampoo. I deep conditioned with TGIN Mask for about 30 minutes using my heat therapy cap. I shampooed again with Camille Rose Ginger Rinse. I towel dried and applied Surya Brasil color. Sitting with the color in now and will rinse it out in 30 minutes.

I'm thinking I will try blow drying my hair on wash day. I'm hoping this will help my ends but not sure yet. I wish I knew if this was better than letting my hair air dry.

I had been blow drying on wash days for the past 4 months. That only equated to once a month because I was only doing 1 wash (shampoo) day a month too. I blow dryed to 85% dry and I could still see some of my ends on the floor when done.

Monitor it really closely.

 

[jennex]

*Don't mind me. I'm just here for the starting pics. Happy growing ladies!

We could use all the encouragement we can get!

 

[faithVA]

I had been blow drying on wash days for the past 4 months. That only equated to once a month because I was only doing 1 wash (shampoo) day a month too. I blow dryed to 85% dry and I could still see some of my ends on the floor when done.

Monitor it really closely.

Thank you. I'm already done with it. I will try something different next wash day until I can find something that works.

 

[Evolving78]

Thank you. I'm already done with it. I will try something different next wash day until I can find something that works.

I would have said tension dry on cool.

 

[Country gal]

I am in. I have been wearing weaves for the past 3 years. I am determined to get to All. my ends are chewed up but I will work on it.

https://ibb.co/dZ6dmb

 

[faithVA]

I would have said tension dry on cool.

My hair takes a long time to dry with cool and it tends to dry hard for some reason. But it took too long to blow dry so I'm over it already. I don't need to add another 30 to 45 minutes to my wash day. I will save the blow dry for special occasions.

 

[LovelyRo]

I’m in!

What length are you now? Between SL and APL

What's your regimen? I’m currently protective styling with box braids. I spray my hair with braid stray and leave in conditioner every couple of days. Rinse roots with diluted ACV. I’ll have to come back with a new Reggie after I take down the box braids.

What do you need to do/change to reach APL? Take supplements regularly. Put the scissors down!

Goal areas: back, front, sides, crowns if already APL in a section/sections... APL in the back... at least SL on the sides.

What month would you like to reach your goal? June 2017

Post your starting pic... I’ll post when I take down my box braids.

 

[faithVA]

Happy New Year ladies. May you all have a wonderful 2018.

 

[faithVA]

Last year this time I didn't really have a plan. This year I think I have at least a basis to get me started.

I've already colored my hair for this month. For the rest of the month I plan to water rinse or cowash every 4 days. I will do a 4 step sealing method using a leave-in, glycerin spray, moisturizer and a sealer of some sort (gel, grease, butter or heavy cream). I will do my best to finger detangle. And I will keep my hair in the same flat twist style for the month. This month I'm wearing my flat twist all going to the right side.

If I really need to I will do a very gentle shampoo on my scalp.

On each of my rinse days I will be focusing on ways to better manage my ends. I really need to take notice of what works and what doesn't.

 

[keranikki]

Happy New Year ladies. May you all have a wonderful 2018.

Happy New Year's my dear and may you achieve all of your desires for 2018 also!

 

[FemmeCreole]

I realized that my ends are my main issue. My hair grows with no problem but my ends never stay good long enough. They split and get see through so I usually have to cut a nice chunk every year.

 

[topnotch1010]

I am in. I have been wearing weaves for the past 3 years. I am determined to get to All. my ends are chewed up but I will work on it.

https://ibb.co/dZ6dmb

I realized that my ends are my main issue. My hair grows with no problem but my ends never stay good long enough. They split and get see through so I usually have to cut a nice chunk every year.

Ok ladies, what are y’all going to do differently to keep those ends off the floor and on your head this year? Do you think it’s dryness, too much manipulation, heat, or some other reason that is causing your ends to break?

 

[topnotch1010]

Last year this time I didn't really have a plan. This year I think I have at least a basis to get me started.

I've already colored my hair for this month. For the rest of the month I plan to water rinse or cowash every 4 days. I will do a 4 step sealing method using a leave-in, glycerin spray, moisturizer and a sealer of some sort (gel, grease, butter or heavy cream). I will do my best to finger detangle. And I will keep my hair in the same flat twist style for the month. This month I'm wearing my flat twist all going to the right side.

If I really need to I will do a very gentle shampoo on my scalp.

On each of my rinse days I will be focusing on ways to better manage my ends. I really need to take notice of what works and what doesn't.

Happy New Year to you too!!

I’ve learned that I must have a solid plan too. I’m not one of these lucky gals that can grow butt length hair on a whim. My back will grow and retain with little effort but my sides and front are super fragile. That’s why I’m keeping it super simple with just moisturizing, sealing, and hiding my ends. My back is still too short from wearing the tapered cut after my BC, so I can’t bun yet. I’m wearing the two French braids until I can bun. Being able to bun is my mini goal for this year. I do tuck and pin the ends of my braids to keep them out of the wind though. Seems to be working out well thus far.

Coloring my hair is something I think about. I only have a few strands of gray but of course they will begin to take over as time goes on. Do you use semi or permanent to color your hair?

I tried using henna once and it was such a mess!! It made my hair super hard too. I wanted it to work but I don’t think I did it right. Anyone had good results?

 

[FemmeCreole]

Ok ladies, what are y’all going to do differently to keep those ends off the floor and on your head this year? Do you think it’s dryness, too much manipulation, heat, or some other reason that is causing your ends to break?

I really don't know what I'm doing wrong. I had my hair in crochet locs from July to December, leaving my hair untouched for 8 weeks at a time. When I'd take the locs down I'd wash, DC and blowdry and then cornrow again to install the locs. I didn't flat iron the entire time. My hair grew out a lot but the ends were still horrible. I don't know what to do to prevent these split ends from taking over!

 

[Country gal]

Ok ladies, what are y’all going to do differently to keep those ends off the floor and on your head this year? Do you think it’s dryness, too much manipulation, heat, or some other reason that is causing your ends to break?

I think protective styles have helped my hair to grow but the ends were raggedy or split. So I'm going to have to probably trim them. I really have no clue because my hair never gets to APL.

 

[IslandMummy]

Starting pics:

I need a good cut.

 

[faithVA]

Starting pics:

I need a good cut.

You are APL in the back and it looks like you only need 2 inches in the front.

 

[faithVA]

I plan on repeating what I did last week and wear the same flat twist style for a month at a time. I will try to wear the same flat twist style for 6 weeks but if I get bored after 4 weeks I will switch it out.