BSL 2013 Challenge

I spent a week letting my hair rest outside of the braids and wigs now I'm back on it. My hair is definitely longer as my braids are at APL but my strands feel so thin. Maybe it's age and/or hormones, but I'm tossing around the idea of trying henna to improve the thickness of my strands.
 
Here's a length shot with braids; I'll be wearing these mostly under a wig but they look decent without so I can wear them to the pool or around the house and still feel good. I had to stretch them cause they get a wonky when they're new.
 

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Hi ladies, loving all the twists and braid styles you guys are sporting.

growbaby congratulations, I too agree you look like you are at MBL

NikkiQ how far away are you from BSL in inches? From your pic it looks like 3-4. Hurry up and order those hair products :grin:

I'm getting my TU on the 27th, I'm hoping (and praying) that I will be BSL or at least grazing it by the time I've had a trim. I will be babying my ends and trying to keep my hair moisturised, we've been having a heatwave in London the last couple of weeks, I've been short on time and haven't been able to co-wash in between wash days and my hair felt really dry when I was washing it yesterday.
 
This weekend I washed with NuEnz Organic Shampoo/DC'd with Curl Junkie Repair Me (first time trying it and I like it so far)/then DC w/ Bask Cacao Bark then blow dried my hair with Aveda Damage Control and USC.

Then I got some twist put in w/ Marley hair added. Don't have to do my hair for a while. I'm so glad, was getting tired of doing it and the humidity mess it up.

I made moisturizing spray that I plan on using daily: Water/AVJ/Tresemme Naturals Condish/Grapeseed oil/Lavender oil (love this mix its very moisturizing and it smells so good)
 
Hair is freshly washed and DCing in sections. I used cholesterol, CJ Deep Fix, and Silicone Mix. Gonna leave this on for a few hours so it can work it's magic then braid it up again tonight. Fingers crossed that these products will kick start the road to recovery for my ends.
 
Didn't get to wash and try my new SD products like I wanted to. I had a ton of homework. Anyway, I will try to do it tonight.

growbaby You are definitely close to MBL...maybe an inch.

NikkiQ You are still past APL, so that's great!
 
Ok I was commin here thinkin I was gonna prove everyone wrong and show i still need 2 in to get to MBL by posting this picture :


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Then to get a secondary confirmation I measured my back ( bottom of neck to tailbone ) and it measured to 20 in. So my hair should fall at least at the 10in. mark to technically be MBL. WELL my un-straightened (including 1.5 in. of newgrowth) hair stretches to exactly 10 in.... Soooooo imma just ignore everything, stick to my stubborn ways & say I still need an inch or 2 to feel comfortable and y'all better leave me alone! Hahaha :)
<3 you
 
growbaby said:
Ok I was commin here thinkin I was gonna prove everyone wrong and show i still need 2 in to get to MBL by posting this picture :


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Then to get a secondary confirmation I measured my back ( bottom of neck to tailbone ) and it measured to 20 in. So my hair should fall at least at the 10in. mark to technically be MBL. WELL my un-straightened (including 1.5 in. of newgrowth) hair stretches to exactly 10 in.... Soooooo imma just ignore everything, stick to my stubborn ways & say I still need an inch or 2 to feel comfortable and y'all better leave me alone! Hahaha :)
<3 you
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Yeah so...should I say "I told you so" now or do you want me to wait until you finally accept it growbaby?
 
jprayze said:
Um yes MBL!
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growbaby said:
Ok I was commin here thinkin I was gonna prove everyone wrong and show i still need 2 in to get to MBL by posting this picture :


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Then to get a secondary confirmation I measured my back ( bottom of neck to tailbone ) and it measured to 20 in. So my hair should fall at least at the 10in. mark to technically be MBL. WELL my un-straightened (including 1.5 in. of newgrowth) hair stretches to exactly 10 in.... Soooooo imma just ignore everything, stick to my stubborn ways & say I still need an inch or 2 to feel comfortable and y'all better leave me alone! Hahaha :)
<3 you
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You're funny!!! Girl you better go ahead and claim MBL!!! Looks great!:yep:
 
growbaby said:
Ok I was commin here thinkin I was gonna prove everyone wrong and show i still need 2 in to get to MBL by posting this picture :


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Then to get a secondary confirmation I measured my back ( bottom of neck to tailbone ) and it measured to 20 in. So my hair should fall at least at the 10in. mark to technically be MBL. WELL my un-straightened (including 1.5 in. of newgrowth) hair stretches to exactly 10 in.... Soooooo imma just ignore everything, stick to my stubborn ways & say I still need an inch or 2 to feel comfortable and y'all better leave me alone! Hahaha :)
<3 you
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Aw man...if we were in a court of law... :look::look::look: :lachen:
 
growbaby said:
Ok I was commin here thinkin I was gonna prove everyone wrong and show i still need 2 in to get to MBL by posting this picture :

Then to get a secondary confirmation I measured my back ( bottom of neck to tailbone ) and it measured to 20 in. So my hair should fall at least at the 10in. mark to technically be MBL. WELL my un-straightened (including 1.5 in. of newgrowth) hair stretches to exactly 10 in.... Soooooo imma just ignore everything, stick to my stubborn ways & say I still need an inch or 2 to feel comfortable and y'all better leave me alone! Hahaha :)
<3 you
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Yes I feel like where that pic says mbl is should b bsl and nbtwewn bsl and wl should b mbl
 
Killahkurlz said:
I have some breakage in my kitchen! I have no idea what happened :'( noooo my longest layer :'( :'( :'(
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Damn, what do you think happened? You sure it's breakage? How is the tension in that area with your protective styles?

I noticed what I hope is just additional shedding or breakage during today's wash and detangle. I used shampoo rather than cowash because I wanted to definitely get rid of any build up since I had a new product to try. I used SD Mocha Silk, which is a mild protein treatment. Then I followed that up with one of her moisturizing Dcers (Shea What! Deux). My hair is really soft. I did detangle with the Shea What Deux in while my hair was wet...which I don't usually do. Well, I'll just keep babying my hair like I always do and stick to detangling after it dries to 50% with my leave in. :ohwell:

Think I'll put some medium twists in this weekend.
 
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I had a horrible dream last night!! In my dream I went out of town for a special event and let a stylist give me a chin length bob. It looked great and at first I was so happy and then I realized I couldn't be lazy and put it in a bun and that I would have to "do" my hair every day. And I had no idea how that would fit in with my workout routine. At that point I was inconsolable. I was so happy when I woke up and realized it was just a dream. Moral of the story- even though I think I want shorter hair, I don't think I could handle it.
 
growbaby- you have advanced so far beyond BSL. I'm just happy you still hang around with us. I won't make you claim MBL (even though we can all plainly see that you are.) ;-)
 
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growbaby said:
Ok I was commin here thinkin I was gonna prove everyone wrong and show i still need 2 in to get to MBL by posting this picture :


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Then to get a secondary confirmation I measured my back ( bottom of neck to tailbone ) and it measured to 20 in. So my hair should fall at least at the 10in. mark to technically be MBL. WELL my un-straightened (including 1.5 in. of newgrowth) hair stretches to exactly 10 in.... Soooooo imma just ignore everything, stick to my stubborn ways & say I still need an inch or 2 to feel comfortable and y'all better leave me alone! Hahaha :)
<3 you
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Sorry to give you the bad news but you are grazing mbl hun.

They so cute then they're in denial :lol:
 
Changing my protective style from Marley twists to wigs. Gona use Lady P's regimen and a few growth aids to help. I'm about an inch away right now from APL. Don't think I will be making BSL by December :(
 
GettingKinky said:
growbaby- you have advanced so far beyond BSL. I'm just happy you still hang around with us. I won't make you claim MBL (even though we can all plainly see that you are.) ;-)
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Lol thanks. :) I like u guys too much! This is the liveliest thread on all of LHCF


Mz.MoMo5235 said:
Sorry to give you the bad news but you are grazing mbl hun.

They so cute then they're in denial :lol:
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Haha it isn't bad news I just ddnt want to be one of those who claimed something before it was their time. If u guys remember I was in denial about BSL too :yep:
 
Just locked the hair down for the night. Felt really good afterwards. Finally got DH to take a pic for me. It's on my phone so I'll post it in a bit. He said "I thought you cut your hair" which made me feel good :lol:
 
Here's the pic guys. Sorry its so dark, but you can see DH's pasty pale hand and that's where the hair ends. So I say about 3" to BSL. What do you guys think?

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