BSL 2013 Challenge

i'm playing beauty shop now, sitting here with this conditioner in my hair. i'm going to rinse it out in 15 mins.

i, rinsed, washed, and rinsed my hair in the sink, but i am going to rinse this conditioner out in the shower.

i did color my hair with Jazzing Bluest Black. i hope it comes out nice. that stuff is so runny.

i relaxed my hair too. that is my last time doing that on my own and i mean it! even if i just have to pay somebody to just do the relaxer process and i style my hair at home. i probably overprocessed, underprocessed, etc... i did use my porosity control conditioner.

i think i will flat iron my hair tonight if my baby lets me.
 
i hope i gained some kind of length. my hair is still drying. i plan on giving myself a very light dusting once i straighten my hair.
 
I'm going buy some SheScentIt products while the sale is going on. The avocado conditioner and jojoba hemp shampoo are my faves and they have ceramides. I told my SO to buy them for me to make me feel better.
 
ok here is my update pic. if i pull down my strands, i am a tiny bit over my bra/shirt. but i will claim BSL in July as long as there are no setbacks.
Jan 2013
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April 2013
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shortdub78 said:
thank you lady! i'm trying to hold on to this hair. some days i just want to hack it off, but i really wanna see how far i can go in this journey.

did you order your products?
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Products ordered. I bought my staples and I'm going to try another of the SSI leave ins-- coco creme. Now I have everything I need, no more product purchases for a while.
 
jprayze said:
I don't what to do. The stylist was talking about it yesterday...saying how much longer it was. I will see how drastic it looks when it's straight. I will probably end up gradually correcting it with each trim until it's even.
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Sounds like a good plan.

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jprayze said:
:cry2::nono::angry2:This stylist ended up being a SHS and cutting off more than I would have like. I have to stop being so spontaneous and stop and think. How much can happen in a day? SMH I thought I was very explicit. My ends were split, but it was more than I wanted trimmed at that time. It was more like a cut. I've already got you should have done this or that from people I talked to. And I should have. I should have been more vigilant in making sure she wasn't cutting too much. I have to find someone I can TRUST. I used to cut my hair off with no regard. I BC'd 3 times and didn't care, but I worked HARD for this hair. **tear**

Trying to look on the bright side...Hopefully the new ends will help with retention and I did have some heat damaged ends that weren't really looking the best when I wash n go. They are probably gone now. At least, it was good lunar cutting day for strength. I'm not posting a pic because I don't even want to look at it or share it. I'm praying that since I know more of what it takes now to grow healthy hair, that I will regain the length quickly. I know a lot of ladies bounce back from a SHS like NikkiQ did last year. So hopefully I will be able to make BSL this year, but it will be later than I thought. I know my hair will be back better than ever eventually but now I feel like :wallbash::cry2::nono::angry2: I'm going to have to work even harder, but I won't drop out of this challenge!
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I feel your pain and your hair will thank you for it. You have really fast growth so you'll be back where you were in no time! Split ends are the devil so the cutter may have done more good than harm. It's possible the shorter side may have had serious splits and was breaking off...now all your hair can grow thick and strong!!

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jprayze

Aw man...(((hugs))) Now that i see the pic, i see she took a ton off! I'm pissed for you because I know how hard you've been working at this....with MN and all. Like i said in that thread, just keep at your regimen. You know what works and i know you will end up retaining at least 5" by the end of the year with the MN.

Eta: shortdub78 You look there to me but since you know better than me, i say you are super close! Just another month it seems.

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thanks ladies!

and that dang color didn't take! my hair is dark brown. i want Blue Black! i will just go to a professional or do a perm color. i can't do rinses and semi.
 
I was just measuring to see how long my hair has to get to cover my girls without me pulling on it. I need to grow at least 6 more inches. Given my growth rate of 5 inches a year and periodic trims it will take me another 18 months to get there. This journey will never end. :perplexed: I hope you plan on hosting a bunch more challenges NikkiQ

shortdub78. You're basically there.
 
GettingKinky said:
I was just measuring to see how long my hair has to get to cover my girls without me pulling on it. I need to grow at least 6 more inches. Given my growth rate of 5 inches a year and periodic trims it will take me another 18 months to get there. This journey will never end. :perplexed: I hope you plan on hosting a bunch more challenges NikkiQ

shortdub78. You're basically there.
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i want my hair to cover my girls too! that's my goal for the year. my hair is hanging out around my cleavage now. i would love to claim it now, but on this board, you gotta be WL to claim BSL!:nono::lol:
 
Been feeling pretty overwhelmed with school, work and just life in general for awhile now and it's all coming to a head. Today is my only day to just BREATHE and my head needs a washing...but I'm contemplating just a co-wash and calling it a day. I want nothing but to crawl UNDER the bed for awhile. Smh
 
Even though I know my hair has grown this year, I was starting to feel like I will forever be 1 inch away from BSL. (See the 1st picture) I know this is partially because I got a "relaxer straight" flat iron in January and I haven't done it again since then. So I went back and put together pictures of my progress over 2012 just to remind myself to be patient and that length will eventually come. I'm getting my new puppy next week so hopefully that will take my mind off hair for awhile. Although I see all you new moms still here so maybe not. :-)
 

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Still in this challenge, and still hoping to be BSL by December 2013.

Got some thickness this time around, so hopefully with the next relaxer there will be some length too.
 

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Finally, my length-check...it actually looks shorter than my last check-in. I'm going to chalk that up to my lack of skills in dusting...I might have been too aggressive, at least I hope that's what it was.

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I think my hair was just below the metal bracket which connects the strap to my bra at my last length check and I still have the huge hole in my hemline due to my setback last year. I lost a lot of hair at my crown then. My hair is in good shape it just looks evil when straight. Going back to my twist outs. The good news is that I think I got my hendigo mix exactly right! Keeping a hair journal is helping a lot because I can review to see what worked and what didn't.
 
pelohello said:
You look so pretty! Congrats on graduating!

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Thank you pelohello

growbaby said:
Thank you for this!! I take my grad pictures next week and am struggling how I want to style.
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Oh way to go growbaby congratulations!!! I really enjoyed the bun, the only problem was, I couldn't wear the cap...which was fine because it was borrowed (my cap and gown don't get here for another 2 weeks!). On graduation day itself, I have no idea what I am going to do

GettingKinky said:
@itsjusthair88 Congrats on graduating!! What's next for you?
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Thanks GettingKinky I am moving to New York City :grin::grin::grin:

I am sorry about your cut, jprayze it's so hard to deal with a setback, but you still have the summer growth spurt to go, I think you can bounce back!
 
[USER=285954]itsjusthair88[/USER];18315505 said:
I am sorry about your cut, jprayze it's so hard to deal with a setback, but you still have the summer growth spurt to go, I think you can bounce back!
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Thanks...I really am encouraged that the hair that is left is good, healthy, and thicker than when I started my HHJ. Also thinking I can reach my hair goals faster now because I wont be doing as much experimenting, I know what works for my hair and what doesn't. I also have cut my heat usage down a lot. Just call me the comeback kid! ;-)
 
Cattypus1 said:
Finally, my length-check...it actually looks shorter than my last check-in. I'm going to chalk that up to my lack of skills in dusting...I might have been too aggressive, at least I hope that's what it was.

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I think my hair was just below the metal bracket which connects the strap to my bra at my last length check and I still have the huge hole in my hemline due to my setback last year. I lost a lot of hair at my crown then. My hair is in good shape it just looks evil when straight. Going back to my twist outs. The good news is that I think I got my hendigo mix exactly right! Keeping a hair journal is helping a lot because I can review to see what worked and what didn't.
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i need to go back and look at the pics because it looks longer to me. i am going to go back to my journal too, so i can keep tabs on what i'm doing.
 
Lord I'm away from the comp for a day and come back to all this hair up in here???? Yall are giving me LIFE like a proud mama!!! :love3:
 
Cattypus1 said:
Finally, my length-check...it actually looks shorter than my last check-in. I'm going to chalk that up to my lack of skills in dusting...I might have been too aggressive, at least I hope that's what it was.

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I think my hair was just below the metal bracket which connects the strap to my bra at my last length check and I still have the huge hole in my hemline due to my setback last year. I lost a lot of hair at my crown then. My hair is in good shape it just looks evil when straight. Going back to my twist outs. The good news is that I think I got my hendigo mix exactly right! Keeping a hair journal is helping a lot because I can review to see what worked and what didn't.
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xu93texas your hair looks great!! I think you'll make BSL before December, what's your goal day. You are officially my hair twin because my hair straight isn't the picture of beauty either, lol and I have decided to incorporate more dusting in my regimen. I thought I could avoid them but my fine, tangly hair demands regular trim maintenance.
 
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