APL/BSL 2014 Challenge

I got my creta girl 2 weeks ago. I've worn her daily. I ordered a second one cause the first is getting ratty looking. I'm a little annoyed I waited so long to get in the wig game!

I told my hubby I'm gonna save for a couple months and buy a human hair curly wig so I don't have to replace a synthetic so often.

I moisturize and seal twice daily and wash and deep condition every Sunday.
 
lol. i was about to post a picture, then i remembered there were certain dates for length checks. i'll just do one next month.

yesterday i washed, dc'ed, detangled and did all that stuff.

i banded my hair over night and i just got done tension blowdrying. the banding and drying overnight stretched my hair so that i wouldnt have to use as much heat during the tension blowdry process.

i didnt do any styles yet. i put hair bands on the roots (a bunch of ponytails) and then pinned around my head them to keep my hair stretched - just banded the 2 back ponytails. not even sure what i want to do with it as far a style this time around. might just do twists tomorrow night. keep it protective and easy.
 
Washed my hair this morning without detangling/twisting/braiding first. Still trying to decide what I want to do with my hair. Feeling lazy so maybe ceilie braids until tomorrow morning.
 
I tried DC'ing on dry hair today and it worked out nicely. Wash day went quicker which is always nice. I cowashed with HV amala cream rinse so I'm not sure how it would work if I was shampooing. I'm going to try it again to see what happens. I did use twice as much product as I usually do but since I'm not DC'ing twice a week anymore that might still be okay.
 
Doing my relaxer this week, hoping to see some length. My bf said my ponytail looked longer over the weekend, so that was nice. Trying not to obsess over length tho.
 
Did an impromptu blowout on two back sections of my hair. I appear to be about 1- 1 1/2 inches from APL. I'm going to try the inversion method the first week of March, along with getting back into the gym to help push out as much growth as possibly by the end of March.
 
my hair has been straight for a week (blow out and flat iron). i love it. its still a couple of inches shy of apl... but not much. i should have it by Spring or at least the end of Spring :).... alanaturelle and i are about the same length. @alanaturelle we can do it!!!
 
Blow out and flat iron for valentine weekend. Last picture is after the curls fell. It looks like i am a solid 2-3 inches away from APL. If all goes well, with my current growth/retention rate, i will make it in September in time for DH birthday. I got my 4b/c hair this straight with one pass on 340 thanks to the carols daughter new anti frizz smoothing products. I used the whole line for this straightening process, and i love the results. My hair is still very soft and smooth although it is slowly reverting.
 

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apple_natural said:
my hair has been straight for a week (blow out and flat iron). i love it. its still a couple of inches shy of apl... but not much. i should have it by Spring or at least the end of Spring :).... alanaturelle and i are about the same length. @alanaturelle we can do it!!!
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I'm also a couple of inches from APL. My goal is to be APL by June 30th and BSL by Dec. I know we can do it, :grin:.
 
donnnne

yeah, these are staying in for a while. might do a 6 week deal with these. cant believe i got this done all today. i almost quit and was gonna leave it to finish tomorrow, but knowing me, i would have gotten lazy and not done it...so i forced myself to finish. glad i did. i took breaks to write a paper, took a break to make food, took a break to just fart around on the computer...and i still managed to get these super minitwists done before midnight.
 
Froreal3 said:
ronie That came out nice and straight. Looks really good. You did a great job.
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Froreal3 yes I was surprised. Last time I did 2 passes in some spot, and still had to bump ends before leaving the house.
I'm done with heat for a while now except for a soft bonnet dryer with roller setting. Straight hair is overrated, lol.
 
ronie said:
Froreal3 yes I was surprised. Last time I did 2 passes in some spot, and still had to bump ends before leaving the house.
I'm done with heat for a while now except for a soft bonnet dryer with roller setting. Straight hair is overrated, lol.
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ronie Girl I know. I was kinda over it on the second day. Part of it is because this pj loves to use her stuff and I can't with the straight hair. :look:
 
I ran out of aloe spray so I whipped up another batch this morning. Dh saw my celie braids and asked if I was wearing my hair like that today. Absolutely not!! I just hadnt put on my wig yet :lachen:
 
I need to get over my heat addiction so I can see some length. Im relaxing tomorrow so we will see what my hair looks like. I need to figure out how to get really good with flexi rods and curlformers and braid outs.
 
my hair is still straight and im loving it. i've been using avocado oil on my ends and actually wrapping it isn't difficult. i've been wrapping it. it looks pretty moisturized. i got a clip last time and i've clipped my bangs a little more. i'm satisfied with my ends right now.


here's my question: what do you do with your hair when you exercise?
 
I had a dream last night that I was able to comb out my shrunken cottony texture into something like a soft press...and even better my hair was at least bsl! Ah! I can't wait. Hoping to reach there by the end of this year, though beginning of next is more likely.
 
Got a corrective yesterday, beautician did a bit of trimming, but I'm happy with the results, still pushing for APL by May (wishful thinking), but def think I can get full APL close to bsl by dec. realistic or nah?


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