APL/BSL 2014 Challenge

[BlaqKitty]

Oh wow you are almost there...

HPG

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Not really, lol. My hair has some layers bc when I big chopped I butchered... And the back layer of my hair grows the fastest. It's weird. ^-^ Hopefully I can get BSl this year though.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Not really, lol. My hair has some layers bc when I big chopped I butchered... And the back layer of my hair grows the fastest. It's weird. ^-^ Hopefully I can get BSl this year though.

Oh okay...well you will get there.

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[virtuenow]

Well, I don't believe in length checks ladies...so this is going to be interesting. I mean, I do not pull my hair down to certain spots on my body. I refuse to do acrobatics to do a length check. I have 85-90% shrinkage so that's not my forte'. My hair is going to have to get there on its own. So my goal reflects my [non-heat] stretched goal. ETA: oops wrong thread.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Well, I don't believe in length checks ladies...so this is going to be interesting. I mean, I do not pull my hair down to certain spots on my body. I refuse to do acrobatics to do a length check. I have 85-90% shrinkage so that's not my forte'. My hair is going to have to get there on its own. So my goal reflects my [non-heat] stretched goal. ETA: oops wrong thread.

Lololol!

HPG

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[BlaqKitty]

Oh okay...well you will get there.

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Thank you! I really hope so.

 

[SingBrina]

Deep conditioning tonight. Did a coffee rinse and not sure if I'll do bantu knots or flat iron my hair. I've been doing good not using heat lately and I'm shocked. I kind of want to keep it up.

 

[Wenbev]

So today I went Thanksgiving shopping with my sister. We got everything we need for next weeks dinner except turkey and ham (my brother is getting that). This will be our first Thanksgiving Holiday without my mom and I hope we do her proud. Good thing I helped her cook (I pretty much did it all) lol for the past 5 years. Anyone else do their food shopping?

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HairPleezeGrow you will do her proud
I'm thinking about not cooking and ...gasp...getting dinner to go!

oan - sitting with trader joes nourish condish and grapeseed oil under the heat cap for 20 min. Will cowash and dc on top of a tea rinse for 30 min, flat twist in eight twists before bed.

 

[sisters248]

Last night I moisturized and sealed my hair with motions oil lotion and sunflower oil. Then I braided my hair. Today I plan on cowashing my hair with Suave.

 

[yaya24]

I want to get fenugreek tea to do tea rinses.

Coffee and black tea rinses are a no no for me.

I will post starting pic tonight. I will just be pulling down a piece of hair.
After my relaxer yesterday, I only got my hair blowdried. I declined the flat iron. I prefer to do that myself. Once I got home, I MOISTURIZED my hair with Oyin Dew and sealed with Hot 6 oil. I then heavy sealed the last 2 inches of my hair with Oyin berries pomade. I baggied (ends only) before bed.


... VENT STARTS ... NOW.

I paid $75.00 for her to apply a relaxer, rinse it out, DC & blowdry. Good grief.

She was kind of rought with the blowdry . I hope my hair did not suffer.
I will dust in 1 month when I straighten.

Next time I will have just have her:
(1) Relax
(2) neuatralize
(3) Put in the DC -with a shower cap

& then I will pay my $75.00 angry2 and leave with the DC & shower cap on.

I wish I could confidently self relax, but I am not about that life right now.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

I want to get fenugreek tea to do tea rinses.

Coffee and black tea rinses are a no no for me.

I will post starting pic tonight. I will just be pulling down a piece of hair.
After my relaxer yesterday, I only got my hair blowdried. I declined the flat iron. I prefer to do that myself. Once I got home, I MOISTURIZED my hair with Oyin Dew and sealed with Hot 6 oil. I then heavy sealed the last 2 inches of my hair with Oyin berries pomade. I baggied (ends only) before bed.

... VENT STARTS ... NOW.

I paid $75.00 for her to apply a relaxer, rinse it out, DC & blowdry. Good grief.

She was kind of rought with the blowdry . I hope my hair did not suffer.
I will dust in 1 month when I straighten.

Next time I will have just have her:
(1) Relax
(2) neuatralize
(3) Put in the DC -with a shower cap

& then I will pay my $75.00 angry2 and leave with the DC & shower cap on.

I wish I could confidently self relax, but I am not about that life right now.

Wow yeah I probably wouldn't even have her dc...just relax and neutralize! Sorry you had a bad experience.

HPG

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[yaya24]

HairPleezeGrow Thanks!
I was surprised, she's usually pretty gentle. I think she had plans, and I was her last appointment of the evening erplexed (4:45 appointment).

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

HairPleezeGrow Thanks!
I was surprised, she's usually pretty gentle. I think she had plans, and I was her last appointment of the evening erplexed (4:45 appointment).

Yes but even with having plans she's still a professional stylist and shouldn't rush through a job. While you are in that chair her clients should be#1 priority until you walk out that door (unless there's an emergency and she has to leave of course reschedule). I dk I think I would have just rescheduled if she didn't have the time to do it right and the way she normally does with you. It's your hair in the end so you have to make sure stylist are taking care of it as if their own.

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[yaya24]

HairPleezeGrow- We were already on the detangling phase when things started going south. I wish I had known in advance, I certainly would have rescheduled.


She was shocked that I wanted to leave "with my hair not done"..

Next time she will be really shocked when I'm ready to leave in a processing cap.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

HairPleezeGrow- We were already on the detangling phase when things started going south. I wish I had known in advance, I certainly would have rescheduled.

She was shocked that I wanted to leave "with my hair not done"..

Next time she will be really shocked when I'm ready to leave in a processing cap.

Lol yeah she will.

HPG

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[LovelyRo]

I don't like bunning! It's cool when I'm air drying but, after a day, I'm over it!!! Today, I'm wearing a side bun with a goddess braid in the front! I had to make sure everything else was super cute today! I feel so blah when I wear buns! I might wear a braid out tomorrow!

 

[tapioca_pudding]

All4Tris I feel blah after bunning all week too... Thankfully I have a work event every Friday, so I wind up doing a braidout or twistout which helps mix things up so I dont feel TOO ugly every single day lol.

 

[LdyKamz]

I haven't done anything to my hair in over a week. My hair is getting longer and it's just not doing what I want it to. At this point I either wish it was shorter or would hurry up and get to mid back already. And I'm just barely getting to SL.

This weekend I am going to do a protein treatment and then a nice long moisturizing DC and then do a flexi rod set. I haven't used my flexi rods since I was relaxed (almost a year post) and I'm nervous. I'll post pics even if turns out bad.

Also I gained an inch in a month after taking Biotin for that long. Only problem is my skin suffered even with my skin regimen. I knew what was a risk. So I have 2 whole bottles of Biotin that I can't use. Ugh!

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Just did a trim or dust whichever one you want to call it. My ends were tangling around each other extremely bad and SSKs galore. I know I don't have to show pic but I'm a firm believer if no pics it never happened lol.




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[Gryphyn]

I'm definitely in! I'll take a starting pic at the end of the year after my TU and post in my album.

Current hair length - Longest layer APL, the rest is between CBL and APL
Relaxed/Natura/Texlaxed/Transitioning - Currently texlaxed
Goal Month - Full APL by June, touching BSL by December
Current Reggie and styling choices - Wash, co-wash or rinse daily, LOC method
What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL/BSL? - Less chemicals (i.e. texturizing instead), longer stretches, more frequently dusting... following other techniques for fine hair
Post a beginning picture - will do next month

 

[tapioca_pudding]

Im going to have to trim after my relaxer last night. Dunno how much Ill wind up taking off. Blah.

 

[yaya24]

My castor oil came in the mail yesterday!!!

It came with a nozzle tip applicator bottle, and I mixed in hempseed oil (1oz) to 2 ounces of JBCO and then I added peppermint oil for the scalp stimulation benefits.

I applied it last night and plan on using it daily.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

My castor oil came in the mail yesterday!!!

It came with a nozzle tip applicator bottle, and I mixed in hempseed oil (1oz) to 2 ounces of JBCO and then I added peppermint oil for the scalp stimulation benefits.

I applied it last night and plan on using it daily.

Sounds like a really good combo.

HPG

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[mshoneyfly]

My castor oil came in the mail yesterday!!! It came with a nozzle tip applicator bottle, and I mixed in hempseed oil (1oz) to 2 ounces of JBCO and then I added peppermint oil for the scalp stimulation benefits. I applied it last night and plan on using it daily.

I had to put mine in a color applicator bottle
It came in one of those amber glass bottles...no nozzle tip.
yaya24
What brand of JBCO do you have??

I LOVE this HHJ!!

 

[faithVA]

I haven't done anything to my hair in over a week. My hair is getting longer and it's just not doing what I want it to. At this point I either wish it was shorter or would hurry up and get to mid back already. And I'm just barely getting to SL.

This weekend I am going to do a protein treatment and then a nice long moisturizing DC and then do a flexi rod set. I haven't used my flexi rods since I was relaxed (almost a year post) and I'm nervous. I'll post pics even if turns out bad.

Also I gained an inch in a month after taking Biotin for that long. Only problem is my skin suffered even with my skin regimen. I knew what was a risk. So I have 2 whole bottles of Biotin that I can't use. Ugh!

Try modifying your dosage. Trying every other day or every 2 days. Or try reducing the dosage.

 

[gvin89]

I want to get fenugreek tea to do tea rinses.

Coffee and black tea rinses are a no no for me.

I want to try tea rinses as well. Why did you choose fenugreek?

 

[apple_natural]

im lost and late... anyway...

dc'd with Macademia Deep Repair Masque... i got a small packet from JCPenneys salon. LOVED IT. although the little package is 30+ at Target, I'm thinking of getting it because my hair feels great and i didn't have to use much. I mixed it with my ORS orange smelling conditioner, but i think i still liked it on the sections i used it on its own, and I could continue to mix it since i have a ton of ORS conditioner left.

did a braid out and its clipped up. my hair style until Thankgiving holiday off work when i plan to put in/wear box braid it for a while.

 

[Sholapie]

apple_natural I tried a sample too and also loved it but it's so expensive lol I can never bring myself to buy it.

Finally listened to my hair and I'm dumping evco for the winter. It makes it feel harder and rougher than without. I tried evoo and so far so good, I may try a few other oils but I don't want to encourage my pjism. I know my hair likes evco so I will revisit it in warmer weather.

 

[Igotstripes]

I'd like to join!

Current hair length: between sl and apl
Natural

Goal Month - March

Current Reggie and styling choices - I have braids but my Reggie is wash once a week and m&s often

What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL/BSL?
Plan on getting a weave w: a closure :0

Post a beginning picture

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

im lost and late... anyway...

dc'd with Macademia Deep Repair Masque... i got a small packet from JCPenneys salon. LOVED IT. although the little package is 30+ at Target, I'm thinking of getting it because my hair feels great and i didn't have to use much. I mixed it with my ORS orange smelling conditioner, but i think i still liked it on the sections i used it on its own, and I could continue to mix it since i have a ton of ORS conditioner left.

did a braid out and its clipped up. my hair style until Thankgiving holiday off work when i plan to put in/wear box braid it for a while.

That macadamia repair mask is wonderful and yes very pricey for me as well lol.

HPG

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[yaya24]

@mshoneyfly I have the Tropic Isle brand. The Amazon seller included a nozzle tip applicator bottle.

@gvin89
I have used fenugreek powder and it yields slip and softness until my next wash. I read of another member using the tea, and she stated that the results are the same, minus the messiness.

I'm thinking about letting go of all messy powders in 2014 (I use cassia, fenugreek and neem). I already use neem oil over the powder (even though it smells disgusting.. but I wash it out really well, so the benefits trump the smell).

My fine hair needs options outside of powders that offer the same or comparable benefits.