BSL 2012 Challenge!!!

I have to put an updated pic. I will do so shortly. Lately my regimen has been super simple. I've been wearing a super cute slouchy hat and my hair is flat twisted in a nice design under. That way I can leave my hat on and if I have to take my hair down I can rock a twist out. I've been spritzing daily with my mixture of water, aloe vera juice, and JBCO. I also occasionally oil my scalp with a my Beemine growth serum. Idk if it's working but it smells good.
 
I'm going back to wearing my hair curly. I'll do twists only when i want to see more length...even though they shrink back up to my chin:fistshake:
 
I'm feeling like I can make it yall!!! :-) I was detangling my hair last night so I can wash today and sense it was pretty stretched I decided to take some pics for my 2012 Hair progress album. Sorry the pic looks so blurry my camera on my phone sucks!!
 

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BlkOnyx488
girl get on in here now! you are going to make it to APL before June (i'm giving you plenty of time). you are so close to APL now. just keep doing what you are doing. if your ultimate goal for the year is BSL, then you need to join! BSL by Dec 2012! YAY! my behind is in here. i know i said i wanna reach BSL by Aug, but i am going to give myself until Dec.

BlkOnyx488 said:
I wanna Join but i will wait until I officially hit APL! is that alright?
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shortdub78 said:
@BlkOnyx488
girl get on in here now! you are going to make it to APL before June (i'm giving you plenty of time). you are so close to APL now. just keep doing what you are doing. if your ultimate goal for the year is BSL, then you need to join! BSL by Dec 2012! YAY! my behind is in here. i know i said i wanna reach BSL by Aug, but i am going to give myself until Dec.
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@shortdub78

Ok ok I will join!!!:drunk: I have been stalking this post from the beginning
What is your goal date for BSL?
My Birthday 12/30/12!!!!!

What brings you to this challenge/whats your length story? (ie. This will be your first time ever being BSL; You were BSL but had a setback, or BC’d or chopped it off for a style and want it back again; You were BSL back in the day and now trying to achieve it again, etc.)

Shortbub78 yelled at me:blush::lol: I am a neck length lifer until I found LHCF. So pardon me if I am still having a little trouble believing BSL is possble for me! I am working on it!

Whats your current length?
I am Currently in Length Limbo somewhere between CBL and APL


Relaxed/Natural/Texlaxed/Transitioning?
Natural since Sept. 2007

Whats your reggie/What are you doing to make it to BSL? ( ie. Protective styling, low heat, stretching relaxers, vitamins, etc)

1. Weekly Black tea Rinses and DC, once a month I do a protein DC
2. Nioxin pills one a day as directed <--My 10 year old thinks taking hair growth pills is cheating:lol::lol::lol: I can't stand living with a natural hair Nazi:spinning:
3. bagging every night
4. Protective Styling 24/7 Currently I am wearing self installed individual braids. Or I wear Cornrolls and phony ponies.
5. Nightly Head Massage
6. Vegitarian Diet, Work out 7 times a week, drinking water lots of water
7. self trims every 2-3 months it depends on how long I keep my braids in:yep:
shooting for 3 months with is first install


What do you plan to do once you make BSL? (ie. treat urself to a flat iron or blow out and swang it til u get whiplash, wear it out more, stay disciplined and focused on MBL and WL, etc)

I gotta get to Butt length to shut my Mother up!! I will Rock my hair for my Birthday 12/30/12 Then back in a proctective Style after New Years, assuming the world doesn't end by 12/21/12:ohwell::grin:
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Braided up my hair in about 10 plaits last night and baggy'd (sp?) and rocking a super juicy braidout this morning. Looks great.
 
I think I have a new routine. I am natural and as my hair is getting longer, it behaves differently.
First, I am trying the no shampoo regimen. I haven't shampooed in two weeks, and so far my hair is responding well. I am also going to finger comb only. No more comb or Denman for me.
Last night I put some PBN on my hair and kept it until this morning. I rinsed it out, applied Garnier Fructis and finger detangled. I put about 10 twists and rinsed it out. I then added a little bit of conditioner and left it in. Last, I sealed with EVOO and OH Burn Sugar Pomade.
If my twists dry soft, this will be my new routine.
 
Pre-pooing right now,then I'm gonna try a shampoo bar for the first time. I'm using KBB's juicy bar.
I've been working two jobs,and consequently,seriously neglecting my hair. I hope to goodness that a small trim will suffice once I take this weave down.
*crosses fingers*
 
So after my birthday (Next Thursday yay!) I will either be in braids for the month of February or a weave. I've really been wanting to try the bohyme (or however you spell it) Brazilian hair. Plus, it would be easy enough to blend the front of mohair with it.

But weaves itch my scalp terribly! So it just might be the braids because those don't bother me so much. If I do braids I'll be getting chunky poetic justice braids (or Senegalese twists) simply because they're easier to take out too lol.
 
Pictures taken january 14, 2011.

One picture is me in a camisole (I think that's what those shirts are called...maybe I'm wrong lol) and the other is in a length check shirt. The # 1 line on the length check shirt is about where my bra would start.

Warning...took these with my phone and the pictures are flipped to the side...dunno how to fix.

Just tilt your head lol sorry





Sent from my SCH-I405 using SCH-I405
 

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Got my hair trimmed this past Saturday and my end result is in my siggy. I've done more harm than good (like I suspected) cowashing then bunning which resulted in ssk's; I continued to ignore them and ended up having to cut them out myself over the past month (some knots where in the middle of my hair strands!!!). The left side of my crown area had the most knots. My stylist recommend I continue to take my vitamins (& maybe add a b-complex) and keep my hair straight for a while to avoid the ssk's. So I will just flat iron once a month and in between continue to cowash/rollerset to keep my hair stretched then bun that way.
Lesson learned I can't wet bun!!!
 
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Adonia1987 said:
I think I have a new routine. I am natural and as my hair is getting longer, it behaves differently.
First, I am trying the no shampoo regimen. I haven't shampooed in two weeks, and so far my hair is responding well. I am also going to finger comb only. No more comb or Denman for me.
Last night I put some PBN on my hair and kept it until this morning. I rinsed it out, applied Garnier Fructis and finger detangled. I put about 10 twists and rinsed it out. I then added a little bit of conditioner and left it in. Last, I sealed with EVOO and OH Burn Sugar Pomade.
If my twists dry soft, this will be my new routine.
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Funny, this is what I am also discovering for my hair the longer it gets. I am only putting shampoo on my scalp, but I may forgo it altogether and just stick with conditioner washes.
 
What is your goal date for BSL? 12/31/12


What brings you to this challenge/whats your length story? I was grazing BSL then I noticed my ends looked rreally thin, and well health before length. I cut my hair a bit.

Whats your current length? The bottom of my shoulder blade I think,

Relaxed/Natural/Texlaxed/Transitioning? Relaxed

Whats your reggie/What are you doing to make it to BSL?I will be doing low-heat, protective styling and deep conditioning

What do you plan to do once you make BSL? continue with my reggie until I get WSL then cut to MBL

Here is my starting Pic

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RegaLady
Are you natural? SSK are driving me crazy! I don't wear my hair out but I still get a lot of them. Also my hair has been dry. JBCO has helped with the dryness. I stopped shampooing because every shampoo I've tried for the past six months left my hair feeling rough.
 
Adonia1987 said:
@RegaLady
Are you natural? SSK are driving me crazy! I don't wear my hair out but I still get a lot of them. Also my hair has been dry. JBCO has helped with the dryness. I stopped shampooing because every shampoo I've tried for the past six months left my hair feeling rough.
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Adonia1987

I am natural. 4a/b. My hair gets dried easily, too. The only shampooo that has been good to me is the Cream of Natural original (old green label). But I still don't shampoo very often. The only thing that has sustained moisture in my natural hair daily is baggying. I personally swear by it! In fact, I have been able to cut down on products, since I have baggying.

I will give JBCO a try but maybe to seal in moisture. I use EVCO or seal with EVOO during deep conditioning.

In regards to SSK, I don't get alot of them, BUT it may be because my hair stays twisted. What styles are you doing daily?
 
I just dragged my steamer from the basement so I'll add that to my routine and steam once a week with my DC :yep:
 
@RegaLady
@Adonia1987

im natural 4b. i also try staying on protective styles cause of those ssk!!
I can use shampoo but before i put oil all over my hair and leave it in for like 1 to 2 hours.(pre oil i guess you call it?) when i do this, my hair is never dry after shampoo.
when i finish shampooing i then deep condit. i detangle with the condit in.after all that i towel dried my hair. added carrot oil (the water based type like organics )and seal with a light oil.
the next day my hair was less dry than usual. On dry hair i added s curl gel. at 1st i felt dusgusted by the texture , but then long hours after (soon as i went out) my hair sucked up the gel and left my hair with the best moisture ever! i dont even have to moisturize every day.

i tried my spritz today but.....the method i said above is the best for my hair. after years and years (over 5 years) of knowing s curl and having the gel ,its only know that i understand that i can also use the gel for mositure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well im gonna buy lots of those pots!
 
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@RegaLady
@Adonia1987

im natural 4b. i also try staying on protective styles cause of thos ssk!!
I can use shampoo but before i put oil all over my hair and leave it in for like 1 to 2 hours.(pre oil i guess you call it?) when i do this, my hair is never dry after shampoo.
when i finish shampooing i then deep condit. i detangle with the condit in.after all that i towel dried my hair. added carrot oil (the water based type like organics ).
the next day my hair was less dry than usual. on dry hair i added s curl gel. at 1st i felt dusgusted on the texture , but then long hours after (soon as i went out) my hair sucked up the gel and left my hair with the best moisture ever! i dont even have to moisturize every day.

i tried my spritz today but.....the method i said above is the best for my hair. after years and years (over 5 years) of knowing s curl and having the gel ,its only know that i understand that i can also use the gel for mositure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well im gonna buy lots of those pots!
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Sounds like a great reggy!!! I am going to have to try the S curl gel one day.
 
Hi Ladies,

I just wanted to report back with some things that have been really working for me.

I went back to washing weekly with diluted poo (0.5oz moisture poo, 0.5oz oil, 5oz distilled water; sometimes 0.5oz neutral protein filler

Only using a comb 1X a week for detangling otherwise finger detangling

Protective Styling throughout the week and only wearing semi protective styles on the weekends to enjoy my journey

Taking vitamins faithfully:) Hairfinity (I am taking a starting pic today)
 
Still in twist extensions. I'm in week 3. I put them into an updo and I plan to rock that for a week and then switch to another style for a week.

I've poured my braid spray into a color applicator bottle and I still squirt it in between the style twice per day. So far so good!

My wigs have arrived and I'm already excited about going back to my wigs until my mother-son trip. :)
 
Hey everyone!

I cut some of my hair today. It was somewhat spur of the moment, but not really. I've been really super annoyed by the limpness of some of my ends. Parts of my hair that got overbleached when I dyed my hair last February were really limp and always throw the look of my hair off a bit. I normally wear WNGs so it doesn't matter so much, but I put my hair in some braids last night and when I took them out today, I was just done with some of my ends. So I went out, bought some shears, and cut off the parts that annoyed me.

I threw out a lot of the hair before I realized I might want to take a picture, so I only have a few ends to show. Here they are:
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I think I took off a bit more than I needed to, but that's okay. My hair immediately had more life to it. I'm feeling good.
 
I'm still here! hair has been in 6 cornrows under a wig since last weekend. I'm already starting to get bored and was thinking of doing braid extensions this upcoming weekend. I'll have to think about that a lil more tho :look:
 
MzSwift

Did you do these yourself? If so did you start with a twist or braid? If this is your first time do you recommend any particular utube videos(I have found quite a bit)? You may have answered this somewhere but I can't locate it:) TIA
 
hot oil treatment, cowashing, and setting the hair on large rollers today. really trying to hold out on this stretch. i got a few more weeks to go.
 
Now that I have a nice trim I will flat iron (1x a month) and the other weeks rollerset/bun. I'm determined to keep those ssk's away.
Tonight I'm going to cowash, DC, and rollerset.
 
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