BSL 2012 Challenge!!!

livinthevida said:
Nice twists @Fhrizzball! You are very close to reaching BSL! ;)
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I don't think I put a picture of my twists up but thank you for the vote of confidence. The set I have keeps unraveling at the ends and I used a gel and butter duo so I don't know what's up. I guess once they get down to a certain size and inevitable with the hair texture that some of my curls are sporting.

Has anyone tried out the Nubian Heritage line yet? More specifically the Moringa masque and conditioner? I think I need some protein in my life so I wanna know if this would be a good fit.
 
Alright so I had to do a length check. Here is where I'm at so far. I'm a little discouraged seems like I can never get to that bra, but I think I wear it too low too.
 

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i'm getting closer to my goal guys!!!!!!:grin:

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Oh ****. I done washed out my flat iron.:lol:
I'll do it again tomorrow or this week,but I'll do a straight shot before I get soft twists,and I wanna do that next weekend. I don't think I can handle weaves anymore. My schedule is just too hectic for that,and my hair gets pre-hair boards neglect. Yea,that bad!
On the other hand,I believe I should have done some protein treatments before I trimmed. I don't think I needed to cut all of that. Oh well. What's done is done.
 
I think I'm gonna do a rinse on my hair today. I'm tired of this ombré hair.

I'm over it. So I'm doing the ends darker. It'll still be lighter than my natural color, but better than what it is now!
 
With all of my frequent trims I'm doubtful ill make bsl by Dec but miracles do happen at least now with all healthy ends I can just focus on retaining the length that I do get
 
so...my hair is pretty much stalled where it was when this challenge started. it was a combo of me getting sick...and being lazy. im sure i lost any hair that i grew. im just starting to get back into a haircare routine.

ahhh looks like i'll try for the next bsl challenge.
 
I washed and tension blowdried my hair for an event last night. My hair has grown for sure. I keep this bun in 99% of the time and when I blowdry I am shocked at the length. I admit, although my hair hasn't made the goal yet, I am already feeling sexy. I like it so much, I think I want it longer...like MBL:look:
 
Colored hair, some of the ends didn't take as we'll as others, but whatever. I'm more of a dark cherry brown now. I so don't care, I'm just glad it's darker.

Washed with my normal Elasta shampoo, but I used Redken's Extreme conditioner. I dunno.

Didn't seem to make much difference, however I used it after my rinse...

I need to o back to my ApHogee 2 minute reconstructor though. My hair used to feel so much better than it does now.

On another note, put my hair in twists but it looks fake! It looks like I have kinky twists/extensions... Dunno if that's good or not lol.
 
I think I'm going to keep my hair straight for a while. I seem to do less manipulation when it's straight. I straighten yesterday. I prepoo'd the overnight with honey/olive oil/and vatika frosting. Then yesterday I shampoo'd with CON w/ Argan Oil, DC'd with MD Honey Peach Syrup, blowdried using the tension method (I used Loreal Evercreme Leave in condish/Organix coconut serum and and a pea sized amount of Aveda USC) then flat ironed (using Chi Silk Fusion).

I'm happy with my progress I hope keeping it straight will help with the tangles (my hair is so coily - each individual strand looks like the coil you find inside of a pen). But I will monitor my progress now that I plan on using heat regularly. Here are my pics (sorry it's blurry but it's my best pic):

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So all was going well on my journey to BSL land when this past weekend I decided against my better judgment to do a rush shampoo job NOT followed by a DC or leave-ins and just let my hair do what it felt, all down and out, thinking no biggie, I'll DC tomorrow. NEVER AGAIN.

If I can't do my full regimen I'm not wetting my hair and letting it do what it feels. When I tried untangling my hair with my large Magic Rake HS comb (the only comb my hair respects) I was literally combing out clumps of hair from the good time I had the night before, smh. Lesson learned. I relax in 4ish weeks, so I'll be able to fully adress the repercussions of what I did then,:nono: .
 
Still hanging in there. Got my hair 2 strand twisted last week. Can't decide if I like it or not but it'll do. I can't take care of my hair like I want to due to a shoulder injury so I'm going to wear these for a few weeks.
 
Finally got my hair back to APL after a serious trim. Now I can be more active in this challenge. We have 3 solid months left in this year and I want to make as much progress as possible. I want to make BSL by June 2013 because I'm in the MBL 2013 challenge as well!

Pic of today's flat iron

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Sigh. I feel like I am stalled grazing bsl. I'm about an inch away but it seems like I've been about an inch away forever now :( I should be able to get an inch in the next 3 mos but we shall see.
 
Sorry folks, meant to update earlier livinthevida felic1

I guess I don't have a strict regimen.

I shampoo with Elasta's creme conditioning shampoo. I condition with a few conditioners: Redken Clear Moisture, suave the shea butter formula, sometimes whatever is in the shower. I finger detangle in the shower while conditioner is in.

I probably wash about every other week.

After I wash, I wrap my hair in a tshirt to dry, finger detangle again as I prepare to do fat twists or fat braids.

I spray my hair with a braid spray/leave in. Usually StaSoFro, but I just bought the Jane Carter Solution leave in spray to try something new...

Then I end it off by sealing with either coconut oil or shea butter.

I know I don't deep condition enough, partially out of laziness and partially just because my hair takes so long to do, it's just daunting to have to get out the shower, then wash it out, etc... Just takes too long!

I currently do NOT use any garlic products, but I thought about buying Alter Ego the other day... i just can't bring myself to pay $40 for a dang on conditioner...

So yeah, that's it. I'm putting my hair away soon though because I'm tired of dealing with it... I'm just over it and in order to avoid doing something drastic (serious color change or cut), I'm going to get some fat extension twists...

Thanks for any feedback yall can give!
 
Actually, I just need to quit playing myself and cut off these colored ends...

they're not tattered, but they aren't strong... I wish I'd taken better care of my hair after I dyed it. I loved my honey blonde highlites, but they didn't love me :(

I'm just hoping to make it to MBL so I can cut off about 3 inches of them, then keep moving onto WL and continue to cut the last 2-3 inches of color.
 
NaturalfienD said:
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Your hair is beautiful @ JPrayze!! I'm jealous but in a good way tho … I'm cheering for you girlfriend!!
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Thanks so much! Things are finally turning around for me. I'm trying to freeze my regimen right where it is and not doing a lot of experimenting right now.
 
I feel like I'm stalled, too. Not much progress since June. Thinking of wearing my hair flat ironed or stretched until January... (Both pics taken a few days ago)

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ImanAdero said:
I spray my hair with a braid spray/leave in. Usually StaSoFro, but I just bought the Jane Carter Solution leave in spray to try something new...
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I tried the Jane Carter leave in once and I liked it the first time I used it...my hair detangled well.
 
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