Tracy
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Well...
This was a REVOLUTIONARY haircare breakthrough week for me...
First, my hair is SLOWLY changing back to a normal dark brown color. This relieves me because it means I can maintain my hair at a dark brown until I want to go lighter again. I think next time around I'm gonna go STRICTLY with T&T Bronze - no substitutes.
I also discovered the wonders of the drawstring ponytail (Adrienne, girl, I'm STALKING your posts now, I'm planning on adopting a regime very similar to yours to push my hair over this mid-back/BS hurdle I'm facing now - your '02 to '03 growth results are REMARKABLE) and am planning on using it daily as I move into pahse two of my hair growth journey. Phase two will include the religious use of protective styling (something I've toyed with but never really adopted in the past) and sticking to a core group of products to maximize simplicity and consistency. Keeping my ends protected will be the focal point of phase two. I have made a list of surefire products on my hair, purchased them in bulk, and have given away SCORES of products that are not in the core group.
What I noticed looking at my pics is that while my hair is growing I seem to be retaining only about 4 inches of hair, at best, annually. The only thing I DON'T do, that I've been told repeatedly is key on growing hair BS and beyond, is scaling down to the lowest common "what works" denominator and sticking to it, and protective styles. Phase two is designed to see once and for all, whether these are the missing ingredients in my quest for waistlength hair.
I also remembered that one thing that worked well for me in the past was using Garlic Shampoo. I bought a bottle today and took it with me to the salon and was struck by how little hair was in the stylists comb in every phase of the process. Far less than normal even, and CERTAINLY far less than has been in my comb the past two weeks or so now that I am in shed mode for the fall.
Garlic is rumored in Latino hair circles to stop shedding and promote the growth of long, strong hair.
This will be a staple in a regime that will otherwise include only the following....
Dudley's Hair Rebuilder (I replaced Keraphix with this, upon careful evaluation I find that the Dudley's product does a better job for the purposes intended) (Ultra Mild Protein Conditoner)
Jheri Redding Protein Pac (Slightly more potent than the Dudleys' - contains Collagen Protein)
Sebastian Moisture Base (Light Mois. Cond)
Kenra KIE (Heavy Mois. Cond)
Motions Nourish (Leave In)
Kemi Oyl (Protection for Ends)
ORS Jojoba (Heavy Protection for Ends)
St. Ives Vanilla & Edelweiss for mositurizing ends (Mois. Ends)
Motions Oil in Mild - with one part diex y uno added to it to promote slower breaking down of the curl pattern.
I'm hoping for a real breakthrough this winter. I'd LOVE to retain at LEAST 6 inches of hair this year.
I also found yet another wonderful Dominican stylist uptwon (she does EXACTLY what I tell her to and agrees with all of our methods and theories on gorwing relaxed hair long). I am very hopeful that phase two will yeild stellar results.
Wish me luck!
This was a REVOLUTIONARY haircare breakthrough week for me...
First, my hair is SLOWLY changing back to a normal dark brown color. This relieves me because it means I can maintain my hair at a dark brown until I want to go lighter again. I think next time around I'm gonna go STRICTLY with T&T Bronze - no substitutes.
I also discovered the wonders of the drawstring ponytail (Adrienne, girl, I'm STALKING your posts now, I'm planning on adopting a regime very similar to yours to push my hair over this mid-back/BS hurdle I'm facing now - your '02 to '03 growth results are REMARKABLE) and am planning on using it daily as I move into pahse two of my hair growth journey. Phase two will include the religious use of protective styling (something I've toyed with but never really adopted in the past) and sticking to a core group of products to maximize simplicity and consistency. Keeping my ends protected will be the focal point of phase two. I have made a list of surefire products on my hair, purchased them in bulk, and have given away SCORES of products that are not in the core group.
What I noticed looking at my pics is that while my hair is growing I seem to be retaining only about 4 inches of hair, at best, annually. The only thing I DON'T do, that I've been told repeatedly is key on growing hair BS and beyond, is scaling down to the lowest common "what works" denominator and sticking to it, and protective styles. Phase two is designed to see once and for all, whether these are the missing ingredients in my quest for waistlength hair.
I also remembered that one thing that worked well for me in the past was using Garlic Shampoo. I bought a bottle today and took it with me to the salon and was struck by how little hair was in the stylists comb in every phase of the process. Far less than normal even, and CERTAINLY far less than has been in my comb the past two weeks or so now that I am in shed mode for the fall.
This will be a staple in a regime that will otherwise include only the following....
Dudley's Hair Rebuilder (I replaced Keraphix with this, upon careful evaluation I find that the Dudley's product does a better job for the purposes intended) (Ultra Mild Protein Conditoner)
Jheri Redding Protein Pac (Slightly more potent than the Dudleys' - contains Collagen Protein)
Sebastian Moisture Base (Light Mois. Cond)
Kenra KIE (Heavy Mois. Cond)
Motions Nourish (Leave In)
Kemi Oyl (Protection for Ends)
ORS Jojoba (Heavy Protection for Ends)
St. Ives Vanilla & Edelweiss for mositurizing ends (Mois. Ends)
Motions Oil in Mild - with one part diex y uno added to it to promote slower breaking down of the curl pattern.
I'm hoping for a real breakthrough this winter. I'd LOVE to retain at LEAST 6 inches of hair this year.
I also found yet another wonderful Dominican stylist uptwon (she does EXACTLY what I tell her to and agrees with all of our methods and theories on gorwing relaxed hair long). I am very hopeful that phase two will yeild stellar results.
Wish me luck!
