APL/BSL 2014 Challenge

faithVA said:
The piece you are pulling is APL. Do you mean you will be APL when the hair higher up reaches?
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The last layer is scraping APL, but I think with 2-3 more inches all over I can claim full APL, even though I will still have layers.


Prettymetty said:
charmtreese you are my hair twin!! I dont see too many 4bs. Usually its 3c/4a or 4a/4b. Do u get a lot of ssks? What products do u use? Sorry for all the questions
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Yayyyy, hair twin! I do get ssks, but they're not uncontrollable. My favorite products are: JBCO (the one from Sally's), joico reconstructor spray, TIGI serious conditioner, Paltas, and AVJ.
 
charmtreese said:
The last layer is scraping APL, but I think with 2-3 more inches all over I can claim full APL, even though I will still have layers.




Yayyyy, hair twin! I do get ssks, but they're not uncontrollable. My favorite products are: JBCO (the one from Sally's), joico reconstructor spray, TIGI serious conditioner, Paltas, and AVJ.
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I just bought some jbco from sally's. I got the rosemary one. So far I love it. My hair is easy to please though lol. I just spray it with aloe juice/glycerin and seal with evoo every other day
 
Prettymetty said:
I just bought some jbco from sally's. I got the rosemary one. So far I love it. My hair is easy to please though lol. I just spray it with aloe juice/glycerin and seal with evoo every other day
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That's pretty much my regimen, but I m&s daily because I where my hair out daily. My moisture spray consist of: George's aloe vera juice, oyin juice, and joico spray and I seal w/ castor oil.
 
My hair has been in celies all week as I have been wigging it. I've been applying almond oil and I love this stuff. My hair feels wonderfully soft.
 
still in the mini twists. this upcoming monday will mark 2 weeks. i did decide to condition wash them the other night. right now they're just pinned back to keep them stretched. ive been wearing scarves on my head the past few days. will probably continue to wear scarves into next week. trying to keep my manipulation to a minimum. feel like ive been doing too much lately.

also, i feel like every part of my hair is growing except for the front. hmmmm. i dunno. last i checked, i had noticed growth in every other area. ((shrugs)) i guess we'll see how things end up when i get these twists out...which, hopefully wont be for another 4 weeks or so.
 
Currently DCing after my weekly wash. While I was shampooing in the shower I noticed that my hair felt a little heavier. Not sure what that means, if anything. I hope it means that I have a shot at APL by early summer :lol:
 
Hey ladies, just checking in. Only one month until my first length check of the challenge. I hope I retained at least an inch after I trim. Tomorrow is wash and DC day for me which reminds me that I need more conditioning caps.
 
Pre-pooing with heat right now. Used my homemade hairdrenalin on my scalp and a mix of molasses, amla oil and Trader Joes nourish spa conditioner. Will wash and DC with something I picked up at the Indian grocery. Plan to dry overnight and dust off my Caruso rollers in the AM. If I'm not lazy might use the steamer to DC.

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My hair been in a bun last two days, wash day is usually on Saturday but felt the need to wash sooner(thursday). Have to visit gnc store to buy oils, grapeseed, jojoba, peppermint. A few good spritz of this mixture after washing and conditioning then pinned up in twists gets my hair soft moisturized and flowing when twists dries at take down. Hair has been suffering from dryness without it. Gnc store asap
 
Update! My hair has grown a lot, and I have still been living in my mini medium twists! Did a very light trim last night and everything is looking good. I'm feeling confident about hitting bsl.

Hopefully, I will be able to give a length check something this month.
 
Im going to have to drop out of this challenge, as I've decided to transition for a year. I will likely hit APL at some point, but I plan to do trims along the way. I hope you ladies reach your goals!!!
 
tapioca_pudding said:
Im going to have to drop out of this challenge, as I've decided to transition for a year. I will likely hit APL at some point, but I plan to do trims along the way. I hope you ladies reach your goals!!!
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Awww, I thought you recently just relaxed. I think you should stick around here and stalk the relaxed thread. Maybe you might find helpful tips to guide you.
 
alanaturelle said:
Awww, I thought you recently just relaxed. I think you should stick around here and stalk the relaxed thread. Maybe you might find helpful tips to guide you.
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Yeah I relaxed like one or two weeks ago. Im just not happy with my relaxed hair and not really a fan of the straight look etc. Plus I think as a whole my fine hair just can't handle a relaxer. And finally ( :lol: ) I think I just love my natural hair more than I do my relaxed hair. So Im just gonna transition for a year and call it a day. Im a curly girl at heart. :love:
 
I'm so bored with my hair! I've been doing wigs for a few weeks. I then switched to a phony pony because the wig was making my head sore. I'm considering braids this weekend but those don't sound great either. I don't want to fidget with my hair too much either.

End rant. :-)
 
so... yea.. we colored my hair. it looks great and i was so ecstatic until i realized that I don't know what the heck to do with it. how do i keep colored hair healthy? we trimmed the ends a good bit.
 
apple_natural said:
so... yea.. we colored my hair. it looks great and i was so ecstatic until i realized that I don't know what the heck to do with it. how do i keep colored hair healthy? we trimmed the ends a good bit.
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If you didn't do a keratin protein treatment after coloring, you need to do a keratin protein treatment within a week to 10 days. You may want to find a shampoo for color treated hair to help prevent the hair from fading and from drying out. Or at least dilute the shampoo. Make sure you DC regular to keep your moisture up.
 
faithVA said:
If you didn't do a keratin protein treatment after coloring, you need to do a keratin protein treatment within a week to 10 days. You may want to find a shampoo for color treated hair to help prevent the hair from fading and from drying out. Or at least dilute the shampoo. Make sure you DC regular to keep your moisture up.
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Moisture moisture and more moisture. Colored hair dries out faster than uncolored hair. But you can keep your hair with color, I colored my hair like a year and a half ago and I kept my strands. But the good thing is I had healthy hair practices so I didn't need to change anything up. I washed weekly, list urine and sealed daily a d deep conditioned every week even before I had color. Everyone kept say they were scared to color their hsir, especially with being relaxed but I was good
 
I posted this in my other challenge thread---but I broke down and applied heat today. Wanted to do a length check after my nightmare visit to the Scissor Happy Stylist a few weeks ago. So far--I'm a few inches away from BSL. Hope to reach by July!

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So for the last week in a half, I've had my hair in about 25-30 medium twists-- for the whole time before this that I've been transitioning, my hair has been in cornrows for 2-3 weeks at a time. I just really hope my hair isn't tangling and matting as I speak, but then I'm also afraid that I'm manipulating it too much by re-twisting and detangling a few at a time each day. I've been transitioning for about 8 months.
 
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Length check!

I stand at about 5'7" lol, so I definitely wish I was shorter so I could be BSL already lol. Nonetheless, I am very happy!!! I'm thinking my BSL is closer to MBL.

Sorry, it's not pin straight as I got really lazy towards the top but I think it looks really nice. Going to have fun styling on straight hair.
 
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