BSL 2012 Challenge!!!

sofash said:
I always told myself that if i culd reach APL that would be enough for me. when your are just SL APL seems so long but now that im APL i still feel like i dont have enough hair. Hopefully i can reach it by the end of the year. im trying to make enough money so i can get a KS or KC sew in for the summer. its HOT
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I feel the same way now that im apl, apl feels short to me now I need to be bsl;)
 
ManiiSweetheart said:
Okay so after the pool i did an oil treatment with just olive oil, then before i went to bed added a DC of Aussie moist and olive oil (all i had, running low on hair stuff). Then yesterday i kept that mix in all day until shower time (rinsed) then i spritzed my hair with whatever is in my spray bottle ( AVJ, water, glycerin, V05 moisture milks condish and WGO i think:look:) then my mommy (i''m only:grin: 17 y'all) plaited my hair for me then i applied my MN to to parts and massaged that in, MTG mix to the length of the plaits and sealed with Shea Butter. I'll keep these in until they look nasty:yep:
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Sounds great! I'm over 30 but that's exactly what I did last wk, got my mommy to plait my hair! Great for applying your MN.
 
Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Today I wore my LF wig in a ponytail! I love it!!! I've been doing so much with it. I have my hair in 6 celies now; I just cowashed them and now will apply MN and seal.
 
Was bored so i put my hair into mini twists... Spritzed my hair with whats in my spray bottle and sealed with DAX, imo its perfect for these twists cause i feel like they're going to stay longer than the usual .6 seconds with anything else Plus it only took 45 mins!
 
Week 2 of braids right now.

Even though I still have a good 3 weeks left in these, I'm trying to think of my next move. For some reason I want a long curly weave... I just don't want to buy expensive hair.

Anyone know of any GOOD but moderately priced hair?
 
jprayze said:
Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Today I wore my LF wig in a ponytail! I love it!!! I've been doing so much with it. I have my hair in 6 celies now; I just cowashed them and now will apply MN and seal.
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my weekend was fun an a hot mess all at the same time! :lol: i hate that i wasn't able to roller set this past weekend. i had to rush and pull out the blow dryer. but i dusted my ends too.

i really hope by September, i am closer to BSB. i am going to do a lot of setting my hair on big rollers and bunning.

when the weather gets cool again, i am going to purchase some WEN, since i won't be able to use my favorite moisturizing, due to it having glycerin in it.
 
Heres a pic of my recent salon visit. I still have to get it trimmed though.


Sorry that its small and sideways. I'm posting from my cellphone and will change it once I get to a computer.

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SO helped me measure the other day. I'm a little less than 3 inches away from the top of the bra strap and a little less than 5 inches from the bottom. Hoping to be there by the end of the year.

Wore a phony pony the past 2 weeks. Got a fresh weave installed over the weekend. Plan to wear it for the rest of the summer.
 
i notice that I have to wash my hair more, i usually only put it in buns or banana clips now but its like i get so much shrinkage. ugh. did anyone else have to start cowashign and washin their haire more offten
 
So I havent noticed until the today, but my bang area is now 2 inches below my chin. The rest of my hair is full SL including the sides. I'm about an inch away from APL. Its growing back nicely after my trim. I also HATE my natural layers. I haven't really noticed that until recently either. I'm not doing any more trims this year just dustings. But I believe that by the time I get to BSL I'm going to do another trim to get rid of more layers.
 
I am having a dilemma it seems with my nape area. I feel as though it is breaking off because it is not as long as the hair right above it (nape is right at APL and the rest is further). I wear buns Monday thru Friday but think that it's actually when I wear my hair down on the weekends that this occurs. I am actually looking forward to wearing my hair out even more come next month but this breakage has me kind of scared. That patch of hair is vastly different then the surrounding hairs (I would say 3B while all around is 4A or possibly 4B). I was thinking of doing more protein in that area but that would just suck because the surrounding areas need more moisture and then back at the top needs protein. My head is a jumbled mess of hair types.
 
Got my hurr did! Lol. I'm happy with my length progress so far. I have to remember not to beat myself up too badly about my thinness..not only does genetics & breakage play a part, but I had also had a fight with my scissors about 3 years ago while taking out a weave. The scissors won. Anyway, that section is starting to grow back and I think once it reaches to a certain length my thin ends will fill in nicely. So impatient though!
ETA: going to try & post pics tonight when I get home!
 
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newnyer said:
Got my hurr did! Lol. I'm happy with my length progress so far. I have to remember not to beat myself up too badly about my thinness..not only does genetics & breakage play a part, but I had also had a fight with my scissors about 3 years ago while taking out a weave. The scissors won. Anyway, that section is starting to grow back and I think once it reaches to a certain length my thin ends will fill in nicely. So impatient though!
ETA: going to try & post pics tonight when I get home!
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Congrats!!! Can't wait to see some pics!!:lick:
 
TruMe said:
I am having a dilemma it seems with my nape area. I feel as though it is breaking off because it is not as long as the hair right above it (nape is right at APL and the rest is further). I wear buns Monday thru Friday but think that it's actually when I wear my hair down on the weekends that this occurs. I am actually looking forward to wearing my hair out even more come next month but this breakage has me kind of scared. That patch of hair is vastly different then the surrounding hairs (I would say 3B while all around is 4A or possibly 4B). I was thinking of doing more protein in that area but that would just suck because the surrounding areas need more moisture and then back at the top needs protein. My head is a jumbled mess of hair types.
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It sounds like a good idea to rub some protein in that area every now and then. It shouldn't bother the other hair that much, especially since it's isolated to the nape. GL!
 
My grandmother saw me m&S today and said my hair is getting long. -_- I didn't feel an ounce of happiness to here that. I'm not excited because my hair isn't long by LHCF standards or my own for that matter but also I'm just feeling blahzay about hair. I feel like my hair care practices has to be a well oiled machine, pun intended, in order for me to see results and I'm not feeling it as of lately. I needed to dust 11 days ago and I don't know what I'm waiting for. To get to my goals its all work and no play smh.
 
Haven't checked in in a while...

I spent 3 weeks without straightening my hair. While it was nice to wear my little curly bun for a change, I got knots and my ends suffered a bit :ohwell: I won't call it a major setback, but I feel like I'm behind in growth about .5 inch.
On the plus side, my dad saw my hair out over the weekend and was like , "woooww, look how long it is!" :lol: I think the longest bit is about an inch or so away from BSL, but it's not all even like I want it.

Oh well. I did give myself to the end of the year to get BSL with nice even ends, so I'm trying not to get discouraged. In the past I would have grabbed scissors and been like "let's start fresh!!" but I'm resisting. I will lightly dust after my next wash to clean things up, but no major trimming!
 
hair4romheaven said:
NikkiQ lamaria211 thank u soo much. :) i'm happy with my progress. 2 years 9 mnths natural. I'm having faith for mbl by dec. *prays for mbl*
Lol
Eta wow I bc 2 years ago today.
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All that hair in 2yrs!!! Ok I want to know what your doing and not doing? Regimen please??
 
Okay, maybe I should have gotten on this earlier cuz I've been sweating all day! Lol...but here is my length check. Woo-hoo! Inching closer!

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Summer has given me a great gift! Extreme growth! Didn't think I was gonna make it to BSL this year, but now my hopes are back up! I'm back to APL from when I got 2" taken off about 2 months ago.

End of March:
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Today:
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NICE! I want a gift from summer! What do you think contributed to the spurt? You know we're all dying to know!:lachen: KurlyNinja

In the meantime, I'm loving these summer buns but I've been so extremely busy that i haven't worked out in 3 weeks:nono::nono: gotta get back to working out for health AND hair!






KurlyNinja said:
Summer has given me a great gift! Extreme growth! Didn't think I was gonna make it to BSL this year, but now my hopes are back up! I'm back to APL from when I got 2" taken off about 2 months ago.

End of March:
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Today:
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Charla said:
NICE! I want a gift from summer! What do you think contributed to the spurt? You know we're all dying to know!:lachen: KurlyNinja

In the meantime, I'm loving these summer buns but I've been so extremely busy that i haven't worked out in 3 weeks:nono::nono: gotta get back to working out for health AND hair!
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Charla

I'm not really sure. I dont use growth aids and I'm really bad about remembering my vits. I do ALOT of walking though. I live in a college town and I dont have a car anymore so I could easily walk 10 miles in a day going back and forth from classes and work and home, ect. I've also been drinking water like a mad person since I do such walking in the HOT sun. The only other thing I've changed is I do aloe vera rinses which I started right after I got my hair cut. So... I said of all that just to say I dont really know. :lol: I just hope it continues this way because at this rate I'm basically getting around 1" a month and I'll be BSL before what I thought.
 
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