BSL 2013 Challenge

[NikkiQ]

My sentiments exactly so should this be considered the BSB challenge I like the idea of having a landmark to go by and BSB is closer than BSL also so is this why they say WL in 4 yrs of growth? APL 2 yrs BSL 3yrs and WL in 4 yrs they always omit MBL is that bc it's too close to BSL and WL????

No it's gonna stay the BSL challenge. No matter where we all individually wear our bras, whether high or low, getting to the point where your hair reaches your bra is a milestone in my eyes. We can claim BSB or BSL. It doesn't really matter to me, but I'm looking forward to hitting both. Most people skip MBL because it's like right smack dab in the middle of BSL and WL. I know that MBL is maybe an inch or 2 from both for me.

 

[polished07]

No it's gonna stay the BSL challenge. No matter where we all individually wear our bras, whether high or low, getting to the point where your hair reaches your bra is a milestone in my eyes. We can claim BSB or BSL. It doesn't really matter to me, but I'm looking forward to hitting both. Most people skip MBL because it's like right smack dab in the middle of BSL and WL. I know that MBL is maybe an inch or 2 from both for me.

Ok. I always wondered why no one never includes MBL in anything....I wonder how long it will take for me to get to MBL from BSL I need to look at Nonie diagram again but first things first making it to BSL

 

[Nonie]

Ok. I always wondered why no one never includes MBL in anything....I wonder how long it will take for me to get to MBL from BSL I need to look at Nonie diagram again but first things first making it to BSL

polished07, my diagram does not have BSL because depending on how you wear your bra, BSL could be same as APL or come after MBL. It is too unstable.

Also a thick bra strap vs a skinny one changes BSL positionn. Too unreliable.

Who doesn't include MBL? I thought everyone aimed for that after BSB. Depending on your torso length, MBL could be closer to BSB or closer to WL:

 

[newnyer]

Yea, I agree that BSL is more of a personal milestone for me than an accurate one ;-). For me BSB is coming soon but MBL is about 5 inches from that. Being able to look forward to something in between (BSL) should keep me motivated.
I usually just refer to one particular bra (I call her 'ol trusty LOL) when doing my BSL length checks because like someone else said- all my bras lie differently on my back.

 

[BraunSugar]

**Question of the Day**

Okay since there has been a bit of talk about BSB and BSL, I wanted to ask you ladies...

Are you reaching for BSB or BSL?

I'm going for BSL. i'm already at BSB and every bra I own is below BSL on my body. I'm claiming BSL once my hair is touching my bra strap. When my hair starts growing over it, I'll be comfortable moving on to focus on MBL.

I'm not skipping MBL for my own sanity because I think it will probably be sometime at the end of next year before I am close to WL. Hitting another milestone before then will keep me encouraged.

 

[Guinan]

just came from target and got sum shea moisture deep conditioning mask. i cant wait to try it. i plan on washing my hair 2morrow. i dont think ima do the protein 2morrow. ive been noticing alittle breakage, so ima focus on moisture. i dont know if im causing the breakage or if it too much protein, so to err on the safe side, ima relax on the protein. The reason why i dont know if im causing the breakage is b/c when i wear my hair out, i spend the whole day grabbing at my hair to get rid of my shed hairs.

i dont know whats better, wait on wash days to remove shed hairs on keep hand in hair and remove shed hairs all day.

 

[BraunSugar]

just came from target and got sum shea moisture deep conditioning mask. i cant wait to try it. i plan on washing my hair 2morrow. i dont think ima do the protein 2morrow. ive been noticing alittle breakage, so ima focus on moisture. i dont know if im causing the breakage or if it too much protein, so to err on the safe side, ima relax on the protein. The reason why i dont know if im causing the breakage is b/c when i wear my hair out, i spend the whole day grabbing at my hair to get rid of my shed hairs.

i dont know whats better, wait on wash days to remove shed hairs on keep hand in hair and remove shed hairs all day.

Unless the shed hairs are causing you problems with tangling or something like that before wash day, I would wait.

 

[Evolving78]

i was BSB once...it's ok...give me a year!

 

[Froreal3]

Man, when do these length checks get easier? I measured my hair and seems to heave retained about an inch since the last time I checked (April 28), but I still haven't mastered the nape pull down yet. Smh...

Sent from my Snow White Frost Galaxy S4

 

[Guinan]

Just finished shampooing my hair. Currently air drying it a bit before I apply my DC. I'm trying out the shea moisture DC. I'll DC for an hour & then do a final rinse using ACV. I think I'm going to flat iron my hair 2morrow. If I do ill def post pics.

 

[polished07]

I'm going for BSL. i'm already at BSB and every bra I own is below BSL on my body. I'm claiming BSL once my hair is touching my bra strap. When my hair starts growing over it, I'll be comfortable moving on to focus on MBL.

I'm not skipping MBL for my own sanity because I think it will probably be sometime at the end of next year before I am close to WL. Hitting another milestone before then will keep me encouraged.

I'm not gonna skip MBL either girl I need that motivation and that's my June 2014 (Wedding Goal ) but there are hardly never challenges for MBL I was just stating what ppl tend to focus on I always see WL in 4 yrs or so on YT and here

 

[jprayze]

polished07 I can't wait to have a wedding date! Congrats!

 

[Nonie]

I'm not gonna skip MBL either girl I need that motivation and that's my June 2014 (Wedding Goal ) but there are hardly never challenges for MBL I was just stating what ppl tend to focus on I always see WL in 4 yrs or so on YT and here

polished07, why do you guys keep saying that folks skip MBL? Been here going on 10 years and I have never heard of anyone skipping MBL, unless y'all are starting a new trend. And MBL challenges exist. What are you guys talmbout?

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=606385

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=488414

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=486812

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=420188

 

[polished07]

polished07, why do you guys keep saying that folks skip MBL? Been here going on 10 years and I have never heard of anyone skipping MBL, unless y'all are starting a new trend. And MBL challenges exist. What are you guys talmbout?

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=606385

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=488414

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=486812

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=420188

Maybe it's what I see year-2 APL year 3- BSL year 4 - WL

WSL in 4 yrs this, WSL in 4 yrs that.....this is what I see if I see something MBL it's someone's final goal maybe bc mines is WSL in 4 yrs that what I see. And I haven't been here that long but this goes beyond LHCF but I see there are challenges and I will be participating bc that is my June goals

 

[polished07]

polished07 I can't wait to have a wedding date! Congrats!

Thanks girl! It adds pressure to growing this hair having an event I wish to have my hair a certain length for

 

[BraunSugar]

Nonie I'm in the MBL challenge myself. I have seen people saying there is no difference in MBL & WL on their bodies, or that it is so close that they just go to WL. I dunno how they are built, but on my body there is a place for MBL. I think it may have something to do with some people not knowing where their natural waist sits, but that is a discussion for another day.

 

[Nonie]

@Nonie I'm in the MBL challenge myself. I have seen people saying there is no difference in MBL & WL on their bodies, or that it is so close that they just go to WL. I dunno how they are built, but on my body there is a place for MBL. I think it may have something to do with some people not knowing where their natural waist sits, but that is a discussion for another day.

It may be true of them. We once had a discussion about the position of the waist vs the navel and some people have it at the navel while my waist is above. I think people with a short torso might have waist close to midback

In this other chart I created, distance from BSB to MBL is about the same as MBL to WL:



But if you look at the lady below, BraunSugar her waist is so high that it looks like it could be at MBL:

 

[Froreal3]

Ok. Apparently my hair wasn't as stretched as it could have been. Here is my length check. I'm about one inch away from my goal, which is the top of the purple shirt. On the length check shirt I was at the 6 at the end of April. Now it is at the 8. Oh and please excuse the few strands I'm pulling in one of the pics. It's a little more than that...I'm still working on my behind the back hair grab.

ETA: Pics under my phone siggy are from the last check.











Sent from my Snow White Frost Galaxy S4

 

[fifigirl]

fifigirl I added MN to my Njoy mix. I hope they works well together.

I hope so too as well

 

[jprayze]

Ok. Apparently my hair wasn't as stretched as it could have been. Here is my length check. I'm about one inch away from my goal, which is the top of the purple shirt. On the length check shirt I was at the 6 at the end of April. Now it is at the 8. Oh and please excuse the few strands I'm pulling in one of the pics. It's a little more than that...I'm still working on my behind the back hair grab.

ETA: Pics under my phone siggy are from the last check.

Sent from my Snow White Frost Galaxy S4

Great growth!

 

[KiWiStyle]

It may be true of them. We once had a discussion about the position of the waist vs the navel and some people have it at the navel while my waist is above. I think people with a short torso might have waist close to midback

In this other chart I created, distance from BSB to MBL is about the same as MBL to WL:

http://images55.fotki.com/v1618/photos/3/31573/1292267/NonSkeletalHairGrowthChart-vi.jpg

But if you look at the lady below, BraunSugar her waist is so high that it looks like it could be at MBL:

Well this would explain the agony it took me to get from SL to APL, there's a huge gap.

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In this picture the middle of my bra sits almost exactly at BSB so that and BSL is one in the same for me. I would say my torso is long which is why the distance between MBL and WL for me is greater than most. It was the same for NL to SL, I have this long giraffe neck. Now I'm really understanding why I'm the little engine that could around here, my 5.7" frame is to blame.

Sent from my iPhone using LHCF

 

[Killahkurlz]

Yea, I agree that BSL is more of a personal milestone for me than an accurate one ;-). For me BSB is coming soon but MBL is about 5 inches from that. Being able to look forward to something in between (BSL) should keep me motivated.
I usually just refer to one particular bra (I call her 'ol trusty LOL) when doing my BSL length checks because like someone else said- all my bras lie differently on my back.

Lmbo @ ol trusty

 

[Killahkurlz]

just came from target and got sum shea moisture deep conditioning mask. i cant wait to try it. i plan on washing my hair 2morrow. i dont think ima do the protein 2morrow. ive been noticing alittle breakage, so ima focus on moisture. i dont know if im causing the breakage or if it too much protein, so to err on the safe side, ima relax on the protein. The reason why i dont know if im causing the breakage is b/c when i wear my hair out, i spend the whole day grabbing at my hair to get rid of my shed hairs.

i dont know whats better, wait on wash days to remove shed hairs on keep hand in hair and remove shed hairs all day.

U should definitely wait till wash day or even u moisturize. Picking n ur hair HAS to mess up ur styles right?

 

[Killahkurlz]

polished07, why do you guys keep saying that folks skip MBL? Been here going on 10 years and I have never heard of anyone skipping MBL, unless y'all are starting a new trend. And MBL challenges exist. What are you guys talmbout?

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=606385

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=488414

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=486812

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=420188

Lmbo hitem with the facts

 

[NikkiQ]

So...how is everyone? You guys having a good weekend? Trying to get everyone back on track with reaching the next milestone here. Let's not dwell on MBL and all of that. Let's stay focused on what we're here for. I don't want anyone thinking about MBL/WL and getting worried about when that will happen. We're all in this journey together and supporting each other here and now. Don't stress over it. Just keep doing what you're doing and it will happen

 

[Kerryann]

Nikkli i will be damed if i dont reach bsl by the years end. We have 6 more months left in the year so im gonna make it if it kills me

 

[KiWiStyle]

So...how is everyone? You guys having a good weekend? Trying to get everyone back on track with reaching the next milestone here. Let's not dwell on MBL and all of that. Let's stay focused on what we're here for. I don't want anyone thinking about MBL/WL and getting worried about when that will happen. We're all in this journey together and supporting each other here and now. Don't stress over it. Just keep doing what you're doing and it will happen

Agreed! I'm barely passed APL so you know I'm not thinking about MBL and beyond.

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[Guinan]

So...how is everyone? You guys having a good weekend? Trying to get everyone back on track with reaching the next milestone here. Let's not dwell on MBL and all of that. Let's stay focused on what we're here for. I don't want anyone thinking about MBL/WL and getting worried about when that will happen. We're all in this journey together and supporting each other here and now. Don't stress over it. Just keep doing what you're doing and it will happen

i definetely needed to read this. i am really trying not to get discouraged.

 

[Guinan]

well, i just finished straightening my hair. trying to stay positive & be grateful that i at least i have sum hair on my head i will post pics on monday. there really isnt a difference; especially since i took my last length pic last month when i relaxed my hair. my next length check will be in sept when i relax. i also did a light dusting.

 

[Killahkurlz]

Nikkli i will be damed if i dont reach bsl by the years end. We have 6 more months left in the year so im gonna make it if it kills me

Ditto! Agreed!
Today is my wash day :/ but I have a new bun style I want to try