APL/BSL 2014 Challenge

[Adiatasha]

Okay I'm back March 1st my hair measured between 5 inches (bangs and sides) to 7 inches (nape and crown). Yesterday my hair measured between 6.25 inches (bangs and sides) to 8 inches (nape is 7.5, crown is a little over 8). I am somewhere around 21-22 months post, so I have not retained all my growth. But counting trims and all the trial and error breakage, I'm still happy. Especially since I haven't done a protective style at all since last year when I was still wigging. I'm thinking all the high puffs messed with my nape retention and excessive manipulation during the week trying to have fun with my hair messed with the rest. I did my first P.S. last night though! I washed my hair, twisted it with APB pudding and hairveda almond glaze, pulled it back into a ponytail and wrapped some kanekelon hair around it so it actually looked like somethin lol. I'll leave it like this until next weekend.

You have hair like me veesweets !!!

What texture do you consider yourself?

 

[veesweets]

You have hair like me @veesweets !!!

What texture do you consider yourself?

I think medium to high porosity, mostly fine strands, medium density . I've been considering myself just a generic type 4. Maybe a cottony 4a/b?

 

[Fotchygirl]

Sorry this happened to you. I had gunk and stuff in mine...Here are some things I learned from taking down weaves. How long did you have your weave in? Moisturizing daily might have been a little overkill

Tips for weave takedown:
1. Set aside a day for it. Like all day. Like 8 am to 5 pm.
2. Take your time. When you get frustrated, take a break.
3. Detangle, then detangle again and then again with oil. Do not put any moisturizer, water or anything water like. Only use oil. Try to only finger detangle the first time your detangling.

Adiatasha I had my sew-in for a full 2 months and am 5 months post relaxer, not transitioning though. I must confess I did use a water based moisturizer cos I was saving my coconut oil. Thanks for the tips.

 

[youwillrise]

decided to measure my hair for the first time in a while. im at almost 8 inches in most spots...(7.5 to 7.75 inches...some spots are even closer to 8...some spots are a bit shorter, though)...im kinda "eh" about it. i guess its fairly average seeing as though i cut to about 2.5/3 inches in late august 2013...im just impatient lol. get me back to apl, puhlease?

im itching to be able to do one ponytail/puff again. im so close...yet so far away. hair's just not there yet. maybe in a couple of months.

 

[topnotch1010]

6 month update

Jan (when I first found out about my surprise baby!) on the left and today (8 months pregnant) on the right

 

[LexiDior]

Progress!!

 

[Prettymetty]

I spritzed my hair with spring water and diluted conditioner. Then i split my hair into 2 sections (left and right). I detangled each section and braided it up. I wore my satin bonnet for a couple hours and then decided to unravel the 2 large braids. My hair was still damp, but I love the definition. Now that it's dry my hair is bigger and fluffier

Slighly damp braidout

 

[karmaslove]

Hey ladies, I've just joined the forum after being a lurker for the longest lol. Hopefully I can still join this challenge.
1. Current hair length
- about an inch below collarbone

2. Relaxed/Natural/Texlaxed/Transitioning
- Newly Relaxed

3. Goal Month
- Hopefully by December 2014

4. Current Reggie and styling choices
- Prepoo and deep condition once a week for now and wear flat twists or twists outs
- Thinking about going back to wigs

5. What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL/BSL?
- using more protective styles to retain length, focus on using more protein to strengthen my fine strands

6.Post a beginning picture

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Hey ladies, I've just joined the forum after being a lurker for the longest lol. Hopefully I can still join this challenge.
1. Current hair length
- about an inch below collarbone

2. Relaxed/Natural/Texlaxed/Transitioning
- Newly Relaxed

3. Goal Month
- Hopefully by December 2014

4. Current Reggie and styling choices
- Prepoo and deep condition once a week for now and wear flat twists or twists outs
- Thinking about going back to wigs

5. What do you plan on changing (if anything) to make it to APL/BSL?
- using more protective styles to retain length, focus on using more protein to strengthen my fine strands

6.Post a beginning picture

Welcome!
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[PinkyPromise]

I'll be back good by my birthday in December.

 

[Fotchygirl]

So I took Adiatasha's advice and calmed down and worked on my knots and tangles and finally got all of them out by this morning. Afterwards I washed and deep conditioned my hair. Saturday I will relax and post my June LC pic ( i.e if I can figure out how to do it, I'm struggling with that). You ladies are all so supportive. Hopefully we will all be at our goal lengths by December 31st.

 

[Adiatasha]

So I took Adiatasha's advice and calmed down and worked on my knots and tangles and finally got all of them out by this morning. Afterwards I washed and deep conditioned my hair. Saturday I will relax and post my June LC pic ( i.e if I can figure out how to do it, I'm struggling with that). You ladies are all so supportive. Hopefully we will all be at our goal lengths by December 31st.

I'm soooo happy it worked out.

Most women think they can just hop in the shower and it will just melt away... No no.

Time and patience

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Happy 4th of July!

 

[Adiatasha]

Attempted yet another Bantu knot out on semi blowdried hair with trader joes conditioner and coconut oil... We will see ... Sigh

Here is one Bantu knot one hour in:

 

[Prettymetty]

I shampood with Creme of nature Argan oil. Did a dc with nexxus humectress and then I did a final rinse with vo5 kiwi lime for slip. Next, I added some chi silk and blowdried my hair. Here is a blowout pic

Im going to lightly flatiron so that it's easier to bun for the next week

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Attempted yet another Bantu knot out on semi blowdried hair with trader joes conditioner and coconut oil... We will see ... Sigh

Here is one Bantu knot one hour in:

I love it!

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

I shampood with Creme of nature Argan oil. Did a dc with nexxus humectress and then I did a final rinse with vo5 kiwi lime for slip. Next, I added some chi silk and blowdried my hair. Here is a blowout pic

Im going to lightly flatiron so that it's easier to bun for the next week

Very nice can't wait to see bun pics

 

[Fotchygirl]

Happy 4th of July!



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Beautiful!

 

[Fotchygirl]

So ladies I went to the salon to relax my hair and what a disaster that turned out to be. She didn't base my scalp, put the relaxer all over my hair, combed my hair with a fine tooth comb and I had a LOT of NG and didn't use a heat protectant when she was blow drying my hair. Worse she had the nerve to show me a huge ball of hair that came out of my head from her small comb of course. She took back my progress and has made me more determined than ever to learn to self-relax.

So I'm definitely not at APL, I look far from it actually. Will keep pushing and learning how to take better care of my hair. I just have to get all my appliances together. I need to buy a hooded dryer for my DC's and a blow dryer with a comb attachment then I'll be set for my next relaxer in December.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

So ladies I went to the salon to relax my hair and what a disaster that turned out to be. She didn't base my scalp, put the relaxer all over my hair, combed my hair with a fine tooth comb and I had a LOT of NG and didn't use a heat protectant when she was blow drying my hair. Worse she had the nerve to show me a huge ball of hair that came out of my head from her small comb of course. She took back my progress and has made me more determined than ever to learn to self-relax.

So I'm definitely not at APL, I look far from it actually. Will keep pushing and learning how to take better care of my hair. I just have to get all my appliances together. I need to buy a hooded dryer for my DC's and a blow dryer with a comb attachment then I'll be set for my next relaxer in December.

Oh no...I am so sorry this happened. Yes definitely learn to do it yourself. Lauren Mechelle actually has an informative video on how she realxes.

 

[mshoneyfly]

So I think I need to cut my ends off. They are so see-through and I feel like Im not making ANY progress. My hair seems even shorter than it was 6 months ago. I havent been using heat and have been PSing for months now. The rest of my hair feels stronger and thicker but those ends... Maybe if I cut off an inch I can sort of start over... I wanna see some REAL progress six months from now Warning: hair looks healthier in pics than in person

 

[Jace032000]

Did a length check today after what I thought was a massive setback with a disastrous rollerset. Turns out the setback wasn't too bad. Despite the massive amount of SSKs I had to clip out...my hair grew quite a bit in a month. I didn't reach BSL this month like I intended but I will in August. Feeling hopeful about MBL by the end of this year!





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[Fotchygirl]

Thanks HPG, I will check it out right now and one lady from the relaxed hair thread actually suggested that I practice with a conditioner until I feel confident to do it with a relaxer which I'm gonna try as well. My next relaxer date is in December so I will definitely be ready by then.

 

[Fotchygirl]

So I think I need to cut my ends off. They are so see-through and I feel like Im not making ANY progress. My hair seems even shorter than it was 6 months ago. I havent been using heat and have been PSing for months now. The rest of my hair feels stronger and thicker but those ends... Maybe if I cut off an inch I can sort of start over... I wanna see some REAL progress six months from now Warning: hair looks healthier in pics than in person View attachment 267745

Oh lawd! I also have the same problem but I'm thinking of babying mine to health with a lot of oil.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

So I think I need to cut my ends off. They are so see-through and I feel like Im not making ANY progress. My hair seems even shorter than it was 6 months ago. I havent been using heat and have been PSing for months now. The rest of my hair feels stronger and thicker but those ends... Maybe if I cut off an inch I can sort of start over... I wanna see some REAL progress six months from now Warning: hair looks healthier in pics than in person

Sorry that you are going through this. You need to get down to the reason for you not retaining. Do you let your hair take a breather in between installs? What's your reggie like during PS and when you are not PSing?

 

[Fotchygirl]

Hi ladies, I am trying to post a pic . Please bear with me. It's my first time posting a pic, it was easier than I thought. I don't know why it appeared upside down though.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Did a length check today after what I thought was a massive setback with a disastrous rollerset. Turns out the setback wasn't too bad. Despite the massive amount of SSKs I had to clip out...my hair grew quite a bit in a month. I didn't reach BSL this month like I intended but I will in August. Feeling hopeful about MBL by the end of this year!

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Jace that is some gr8 progress! Lovely

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Hi ladies, I am trying to post a pic . Please bear with me.

You still have some nice length and baby your hair for a bit due to the setback. DC and M&S like crazy. Try prepoos as well. I hate when stylist mess up a good thing (our hair) this is why I stay leary. I know all are not like this but most are.

 

[Jace032000]

Jace that is some gr8 progress! Lovely

Ty so much! I was shocked because after that rollerset last month I just wanted to cry!!! I had been wet bunning all month and clearly that worked very well for my hair although I do need a trim.

Below is a better pic with more light.



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[MissC320]

^^^ Very lovely!!! ;-P