BSL 2012 Challenge!!!

[MzSwift]

For the ladies who don't think they'll make it by the EOTY, check this out:

I didn't think I'd make it to APL last year.

Here's April 2011-

Here's December 2011-

I've never had that kind of growth in that short amount of time! There were only two things that changed. 1) I began going out dancing every Friday night -- no lie! It was my exercise and I only did it once per week. 2) I began seriously visualizing myself pulling my hair down to that length (past APL) almost daily before bed. I began increasing it to multiple times per day.

My job is/was stressful, my diet is/was poor and I've been using the same scalp GA (sulfur/MT) since 2010 and have not had any increase in growth like that.


That may not be much growth to some, but that was A LOT for me. I hope it inspires someone else

 

[CurlsBazillion]

For the ladies who don't think they'll make it by the EOTY, check this out:

I didn't think I'd make it to APL last year.

Here's April 2011-

Here's December 2011-

I've never had that kind of growth in that short amount of time! There were only two things that changed. 1) I began going out dancing every Friday night -- no lie! It was my exercise and I only did it once per week. 2) I began seriously visualizing myself pulling my hair down to that length (past APL) almost daily before bed. I began increasing it to multiple times per day.

My job is/was stressful, my diet is/was poor and I've been using the same scalp GA (sulfur/MT) since 2010 and have not had any increase in growth like that.


That may not be much growth to some, but that was A LOT for me. I hope it inspires someone else

Thats awesome retention to me!! You go girl!!!! I'm going to start visualizing much more often.

 

[beautyintheyes]

For the ladies who don't think they'll make it by the EOTY, check this out:

I didn't think I'd make it to APL last year.

Here's April 2011-

Here's December 2011-

I've never had that kind of growth in that short amount of time! There were only two things that changed. 1) I began going out dancing every Friday night -- no lie! It was my exercise and I only did it once per week. 2) I began seriously visualizing myself pulling my hair down to that length (past APL) almost daily before bed. I began increasing it to multiple times per day.

My job is/was stressful, my diet is/was poor and I've been using the same scalp GA (sulfur/MT) since 2010 and have not had any increase in growth like that.


That may not be much growth to some, but that was A LOT for me. I hope it inspires someone else

that is alot to me did you ps most of the time!

 

[MzSwift]

beautyintheyes

Yes, I mainly PS under wigs. But in the summer, I use mini braids that I leave out and water rinse daily.

 

[faithVA]

For the ladies who don't think they'll make it by the EOTY, check this out:

I didn't think I'd make it to APL last year.

Here's April 2011-



Here's December 2011-



I've never had that kind of growth in that short amount of time! There were only two things that changed. 1) I began going out dancing every Friday night -- no lie! It was my exercise and I only did it once per week. 2) I began seriously visualizing myself pulling my hair down to that length (past APL) almost daily before bed. I began increasing it to multiple times per day.

My job is/was stressful, my diet is/was poor and I've been using the same scalp GA (sulfur/MT) since 2010 and have not had any increase in growth like that.


That may not be much growth to some, but that was A LOT for me. I hope it inspires someone else

I wonder how many people you got to close their eyes and visualize right then.

 

[MzSwift]

LoL! I hope so!
I was inspired and reminded by NJoy. I use visualizing in my personal life with work and with our home but I never thought to use it for my hair until her progress with that.

 

[RegaLady]

MzSwift, I love your progress! Love it, love it!!! I agree about visualizing. Its funny because when I first started this journey I could not visualize myself with long hair because I LOVED me a cute short cut. After years of growing, I find that I now imagine myself with long natural hair and that it looks very good on me. I am working toward that hair goal.

You know you are inspiration

 

[coolsista-paris]

wow MzSwift : thay is some serious growth/retention !!! great progress!

 

[MzSwift]

Aww RegaLady , thank you so much!!

Yay, it's so good to meet a fellow former short-hair lover! I rocked short hair for about 15 years and this is the first time I've tried to grow my hair long. I have never felt as pretty as I did with short hair until my fro grew out!

We're gonna rock with our BSL hair

 

[coolsista-paris]

hi again ladies !!!! its been long (i.had to renew my subscription that was over).

how is everyone doing? im in conrows under braids as.usual. i tried a shampoo this week.it kept my hair soft without me having to pre poo with oil. wow that is great. maybe cause it has no silicons ...no paraben and i didnt find any laureth sulfate whatever its called lol.
my hair was clean and soft. not stripped like others do.
+ it has a function against hard water.

garnier fructis :




its all in.french but it must be in.english on the net.

 

[gforceroy]

MzSwift Thank you for sharing those pics! It gives me hope that I will reach my goal by the end of the year. . Great progress in growth and retention!

 

[MzSwift]

Yay! And thank you!

Happy Mother's Day, to all of the mothers and mother-figures in here!

 

[MzSwift]

hi again ladies !!!! its been long (i.had to renew my subscription that was over).

how is everyone doing? im in conrows under braids as.usual. i tried a shampoo this week.it kept my hair soft without me having to pre poo with oil. wow that is great. maybe cause it has no silicons ...no paraben and i didnt find any laureth sulfate whatever its called lol.
my hair was clean and soft. not stripped like others do.
+ it has a function against hard water.

garnier fructis :


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its all in.french but it must be in.english on the net.

coolsista-paris

What type of Garnier is it (Triple Nutrition, Sleek and Shine, etc)? I would like to try this shampoo on my little man. I think we have hard water as well. Thanks!

 

[coolsista-paris]

coolsista-paris

What type of Garnier is it (Triple Nutrition, Sleek and Shine, etc)? I would like to try this shampoo on my little man. I think we have hard water as well. Thanks!

hey. i just checked the us garnier website. you dont have all the shampoos we do in france. i didnt find the one in have. mine says new so im wondering if its gonna be released later in the us. weard? mine says "silicon,paraben free". says pure shine in the middle of the bottle. says also anti hard water agent (calcaire in french).

 

[Evolving78]

Checking in

 

[ImanAdero]

Recently just been stretching my hair in twists or braids and bunning. I need to set up a hair appointment though to get it braided before my triathlons this weekend!

I'm still not really on my hair game like I should be. I don't deep condition or cowash as I should 0_o and it shows. I FEEL like my hair has been the same length for the past 5 months. But I'll get to BSL by the end of the year. So I'm not in a rush.

I'm workin on it though.

 

[Imani]

Hey everyone! Checking in really quickly. I have to do some training for work for the next couple weeks so I may not be online as much.

My hair seems to be doing pretty well after I washed it following my professional straightening for the length check. It seems to be doing better with moisture and much easier to comb. I think I'm going to start adding some more aggressive shampoos to my reggie. I've been in the Hi Porosity Thread, trying to come up with some reggie ideas-I am thinking this property of my hair may dictate a lot of my reggie. I bought some Giovanni Tea Tree shampoo and I think it helped to get my front to curl up more (its has this loose random frizz texture naturally plus some heat damage from when I used to wear straight half wigs).

I also tried a "wash and go" which was a bust. I just don't think I have wash and go hair or the patience for it even if I did-it was taking forever to dry and in the meantime I was walking around looking like I had a jherri curl, just not the hotness. I was back in a trusty twist out the next day.

 

[naturalagain2]

I wore a roller set throughout most of last week. Last night I sprayed with my hair with my conditioner mix and sealed with Marie Dean Whipped Raspberry Mango Hair Butter (I really like this butter it smells wonderful and melts right in your hand!) and did a braid n curl. This is the best braid n curls I've ever done! I plan to do a henna treatment some time this week before putting my hair in senegalese twists on Sat. I hope I have time too...

 

[kandiekj100]

I'm hanging out b/w APL and BSB and I know that's a direct result of the kinky twisits I had in for 6 weeks at the beginning of the year and the wigs I've been rocking. Y'all I am so torn as to what to do now. I could keep on wigging it, but I've grown tired of taking my hair off. I would love to get a sew-in, with my parameter out or braids. I've been thinking of this for a few weeks now and have not made a move yet.

I'm not sure what is so difficult about me committing to one. I think it's b/c I don't know what type of hair to get in either case. I know I want curly hair if I get a sew-in. I live in Florida and now is not the time for straightening my hair out to match straight weave. And the braids, I'm just not sure what style: small, medium, large, actual braids, sengelese twists, kinky twists, UGH! I think I'd get more longetivity out of braids, but the weave thing sounds so intriguing.

 

[Charla]

Hi, fellow BSB/BSL strivers! My summer has begun so I won't have time to check in here regularly, but I will be back for the August check-in for sure! Can't wait, actually! Don't know what length I'll be then, but it has to be longer than it is now, right!

My summer reggie is going to be alternating between braids and wigs. By August I'll need a trim I'm sure, but I'll wait until after the check-in.

My success you, Ladies! See you at the end of summer!

 

[MzSwift]

kandiekj100

I still feel like there's no better way to PS and pamper your hair than when rocking a wig. But I totally understand needing a break. I often switch between braid/twist extensions and wigs.

Another way I take a break is to rock the wig M-F and then rock an "out" style Fri night through Sunday. Rebraid, wash/DC and then back to the wigs during the work week.

I have so much weave hair but I have never put one in b/c I realized that I need the access to take care of my hair while PSing. Even when I rock the extensions, I can't keep them in too long (longer than 4 weeks) because I feel the need to attend to my hair.

GL w/whatever you decide!

 

[ImanAdero]

Hair is currently in 2 french braids...

Man having dense/thick natural hair is HARD. It was seriously a struggle putting my STRETCHED hair into the two french braids.

 

[g.lo]

For the ladies who don't think they'll make it by the EOTY, check this out:

I didn't think I'd make it to APL last year.

Here's April 2011-

Here's December 2011-

I've never had that kind of growth in that short amount of time! There were only two things that changed. 1) I began going out dancing every Friday night -- no lie! It was my exercise and I only did it once per week. 2) I began seriously visualizing myself pulling my hair down to that length (past APL) almost daily before bed. I began increasing it to multiple times per day.

My job is/was stressful, my diet is/was poor and I've been using the same scalp GA (sulfur/MT) since 2010 and have not had any increase in growth like that.


That may not be much growth to some, but that was A LOT for me. I hope it inspires someone else

thanks for sharing this, last year I started my HHJ with NL and i used to dream and feel may hair APl, I made Apl in November.
this year is a different story, from the beginning of the year i couldn't see my hair (in my mind) longer, i had a bad case of hairanorexia that started to settle in me and I did allow it as well! Thanks for this post as you just reminded me that i should not accept the hairnarorexia and start visualizing again! BSl for this year!!!

 

[TruMe]

ImanAdero - I also want to put my hair in a french braid, just for a change in style but even without the thick hair, I still can't seem to manage one. It is very hard with curly hair for me. Oh well.

 

[naturalagain2]

I'm getting senegalese twist on Sat so last night I shampoo'd with Aveda Dry Remedy Shampoo and did a henna gloss treatment. I let that sit for 2 hours then DC'd overnight with DB Deep Conditioner Mask/HV Moist 24/7/ and Peppermint Oil. I wash that out with tressemme natural conditioner (since I needed more slip) this morning. Then I blow dried my hair with Aveda Smooth Fusion & USC and did two french braids. I'll keep this in until Sat. My hair feels so soft and moisturized. I Aveda.

 

[ImanAdero]

Deep conditioned overnight and currently in 6 twists pinned up on my head.

 

[ImanAdero]

Washed my hair and Deep conditioned overnight

 

[KurlyNinja]

I am determined to make BSL this year! Even after my trim. I'm back on a strict exercise regimen, I'm taking a womens sports vitamin. I've also started back on taking Biotin (7,500mcg). I'm also hoping to see a summer growth spurt and hoping that the Aloe Vera rinses that I've started doing will help with retention as well as growth.

 

[RegaLady]

Today makes 10 days being in my braids, I have 20 more days to go. I hope to get kinky twists for the summer and baggy bun while I am in them. I will make BSL in December, so it will be non stop protective styling for me.

On another note, I have hooded dryer that should be arriving tomorrow. I would love to test it out, but I'll wait.

 

[Skiggle]

Hairwise I had a productive day. Wash, henna and DC with moisture/protein. Spring twists tomorrow. I also trimmed my hair. and it made soo much difference. Instead of spending hours detangling it took me two hours and some change. So happy.Ladies please don't wait to trim your ends b/c you want to keep your length it isn't worth it. The snagging and the breaking was too much for me
I will be protective styling for the rest of the year.