BSL by Dec 2011

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I decided to do a flexi-rod set and lay-off the heat this week since last week my hair was super dry. Mainly the front section because of the color. I purchased this Loreal color-safe shampoo. What was that for?! Not only did it strip some of the color but it didn't leave my hair moisturized like it claimed. :angry2:
However, thanks to Sally's having a sale on Silk Elements ColorCare line of products (and a semi-permanent bright enough to revive my color), I'm good as new now :). I also started using Claudie's Elixir in my nape area at night. The Cherry Almond smells sooooo good! Guess I'll do a length check next wash day...
 
I have box braids in but I'm thinking of taking then down doing a protein treatment and pressing my hair for my length check this month since I'll be getting a weave put in around the 18th.
 
Had these twists in for 6weeks to the day.

I can't WAIT to take them out! Although it's nice to not have to worry about your hair while it's in a protective style, I miss my own hair!

So this weekend I'll be taking them down! After that I'll do a GOOD DC and maybe a protein treatment. I just can't wait to feel my own hair in my hands though! It's going to be so wonderful!
 
Hi everyone!

I relaxed on Monday after a six month stretch and I made BSL.......... temporarily. My ends were so thin and stringy, I let my stylist cut them off. Currently, I'm between APL and BSL. I've been thinking about remaining at APL instead of pursuing BSL and longer. But I'm not sure yet.
 
Just made my relaxer appt for next Thursday! After I assess the damage (if any) of my 6 month stretch, I will decide whether or not I will try another one.

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I was thinking and I think I will hit full BSL by my next length check in August. My hair was touching when I straightened last week but I want it to be fully there without having to pull before I claim it. My hair is still straight and I am just going to continue to protective style for another week before I wash. Left my hair shears at school in storage so I ordered new ones. Hopefully they are here tomorrow so I can get all of these knots out. Thinking about starting to wash my hair every two weeks instead of 2 or 3 times a week to cut down on the manipulation. Keep seeing really cute pictures of mini twist on here and thinking that might be my next style. To be honest anything to keep my hair off of my neck and back during this summer heat will work for me.

Here is my update. I just took this pic tonight so it has been 9 days since I last straightened. Hair got super frizzy and reverted. Sorry for the dirty mirror.

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I took this picture sometime last month where a few strands are barely grazing BSL.

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...And I took these yesterday. I'm not happy that I'm not Full BSL...but at least it's touching :bouncy:

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Checking in* I am still hoping to reach this goal by the end of the year. I will post an update pic on the 30th. I still have about 3 inches to get before I even hit BSL:sad: Please pray and wish me luck...I REALLLLLY want to be there!
 
(I know I've already made BSL but I thought I'd still check in until 2011 is over. All the 2012 challenges are closed so I'm a little lonely since there's only the MBL and WL challenges to check into in terms of making length milestones. This is copied and pasted from the other challenges.)

UPDATE: Parts of my hair are reaching MBL. I'm not claiming it until my next relaxer when I know most of my hair will be there and what isn't (my bangs) will be heading there. I'm happy! Still feel like my hair is shorter than SL but people are taking notice and saying my hair is long! :grin: My ultimate goal is WL but I think I'll be stretching for HL; we'll see when my hair reaches WL though.

I'm bored with my hair down so I'm going to try to put my hair in high bun sometimes — no this is not protective styling, it won't be for long. My picture updates are usually 7 months apart and my next picture update will probably within the next 3-5 months. I wrote in my "blog" that I wanted to shorten the time taken to get to the next milestone with vitamin intake and I sort of did since I was BSL 4 months ago and now parts of my hair are MBL. The last week and a half though, I stopped taking my vitamins so this time around I'll be very diligent with my intake. It's not all for hair though, it's more for my skin and just my health overall.

I'm thinking of stretching for 5 months this time around. I know exactly what products to use to make this stretch a breeze. For the 4th and 5th month, I'll only be using 2-3 Motions products that work the best. For now, I'll be trying to use up whatever I have quickly. I'm going to be careful with my nape, edges, and ends. No more quick washes unless I'm going swimming, since I can't help it. I'll also be paying attention to my scalp since I always have random sores that always appear out of no where. Stretching is fun for me, I like being excited about how far my new growth will stretch to, it's challenging but it's fun.

I'm glad my regimen is working for me; just wash, condition, and air drying — no moisturizer, leave-in, oil after washing my hair. I feel good that I don't have to do too much to my hair to see retention. I hope everyone else is having fun on their hair care journey too. It does take patience and a little tampering to figure out what your hair wants though. It took me a while to get over the SL hump, until I started stretching my relaxers and stopped putting products in my hair. I'm still learning but it's worth it and even though I hate how slow hair grows, it makes you appreciate a lot more and gives you time to practice and learn about hair.

Anyway, that's all for this update. For these challenges, I don't know. I'll try to update more often but I'm giving LHCF a break, my obsession that I had with posting is over. I'll still post pictures the next time I relax for sure but I don't update because I forget and also because I don't like LHCF like I used to. :lol: I hope everyone's hair is doing great and you're seeing progress regardless, if you're struggling and you just happened to read this long post, please do not give up! Hair care takes a while and there can be a lot of twists and turns but do not give up! I'm rooting for you! Take care! :grin: :party:
 
I've developed hairnorexia! It's so sad but I definitely feel my hair isn't growing :-(

::sigh::

Anyway, I took out my braids. When I washed my hair it ended up being sooooooooo matted! I need to wash in sections but sometimes you just don't feel like spending 2 hours washing your hair you know?

So I ended up tearing through my head with my denman... I know, shameful!!!!! I feel like I lost so much hair, although I know I didn't.

On a random note, I put a honey rinse over my blonde highlights. There were parts that were just TOO blonde for me.

Anywho, I say all of this to say, I think I'm still the 2 inches away from BSL that I was when I started this challenge. But I still have time to make it before the year ends!
 
Aireen - great update!!! I haven't seen a hair pic of yours in a while (I feel). I didn't know you were blogging now! I'm adding you to the relaxed hair blog thread....I love what I see! Congrats on reaching MBL, can't wait til that next relaxer. Your hair is definitely long! I feel that I'll be over my hairexia when I touch up in September (or whenever) and I'm full BSL. At least I hope I am! And I have face framing layers so maybe when I reach MBL with all of my hair reaching at least BSL I'll be over it. But I do feel like your hair is long...can't wait til I'm there!
 
Shana' said:
Hi everyone!

I relaxed on Monday after a six month stretch and I made BSL.......... temporarily. My ends were so thin and stringy, I let my stylist cut them off. Currently, I'm between APL and BSL. I've been thinking about remaining at APL instead of pursuing BSL and longer. But I'm not sure yet.
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tmarie90 said:
I was thinking and I think I will hit full BSL by my next length check in August. My hair was touching when I straightened last week but I want it to be fully there without having to pull before I claim it. My hair is still straight and I am just going to continue to protective style for another week before I wash. Left my hair shears at school in storage so I ordered new ones. Hopefully they are here tomorrow so I can get all of these knots out. Thinking about starting to wash my hair every two weeks instead of 2 or 3 times a week to cut down on the manipulation. Keep seeing really cute pictures of mini twist on here and thinking that might be my next style. To be honest anything to keep my hair off of my neck and back during this summer heat will work for me.

Here is my update. I just took this pic tonight so it has been 9 days since I last straightened. Hair got super frizzy and reverted. Sorry for the dirty mirror.
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dollface0023 said:
I took this picture sometime last month where a few strands are barely grazing BSL.


...And I took these yesterday. I'm not happy that I'm not Full BSL...but at least it's touching :bouncy:
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Shana' tmarie90 dollface0023 Can I break out the trophies? I don't want to do it too prematurely, but it sounds like you ladies each made BSL. :trophy:

Aireen said:
(I know I've already made BSL but I thought I'd still check in until 2011 is over. All the 2012 challenges are closed so I'm a little lonely since there's only the MBL and WL challenges to check into in terms of making length milestones. This is copied and pasted from the other challenges.)

UPDATE: Parts of my hair are reaching MBL. I'm not claiming it until my next relaxer when I know most of my hair will be there and what isn't (my bangs) will be heading there. I'm happy! Still feel like my hair is shorter than SL but people are taking notice and saying my hair is long! :grin: My ultimate goal is WL but I think I'll be stretching for HL; we'll see when my hair reaches WL though.

I'm bored with my hair down so I'm going to try to put my hair in high bun sometimes — no this is not protective styling, it won't be for long. My picture updates are usually 7 months apart and my next picture update will probably within the next 3-5 months. I wrote in my "blog" that I wanted to shorten the time taken to get to the next milestone with vitamin intake and I sort of did since I was BSL 4 months ago and now parts of my hair are MBL. The last week and a half though, I stopped taking my vitamins so this time around I'll be very diligent with my intake. It's not all for hair though, it's more for my skin and just my health overall.

I'm thinking of stretching for 5 months this time around. I know exactly what products to use to make this stretch a breeze. For the 4th and 5th month, I'll only be using 2-3 Motions products that work the best. For now, I'll be trying to use up whatever I have quickly. I'm going to be careful with my nape, edges, and ends. No more quick washes unless I'm going swimming, since I can't help it. I'll also be paying attention to my scalp since I always have random sores that always appear out of no where. Stretching is fun for me, I like being excited about how far my new growth will stretch to, it's challenging but it's fun.

I'm glad my regimen is working for me; just wash, condition, and air drying — no moisturizer, leave-in, oil after washing my hair. I feel good that I don't have to do too much to my hair to see retention. I hope everyone else is having fun on their hair care journey too. It does take patience and a little tampering to figure out what your hair wants though. It took me a while to get over the SL hump, until I started stretching my relaxers and stopped putting products in my hair. I'm still learning but it's worth it and even though I hate how slow hair grows, it makes you appreciate a lot more and gives you time to practice and learn about hair.

Anyway, that's all for this update. For these challenges, I don't know. I'll try to update more often but I'm giving LHCF a break, my obsession that I had with posting is over. I'll still post pictures the next time I relax for sure but I don't update because I forget and also because I don't like LHCF like I used to. :lol: I hope everyone's hair is doing great and you're seeing progress regardless, if you're struggling and you just happened to read this long post, please do not give up! Hair care takes a while and there can be a lot of twists and turns but do not give up! I'm rooting for you! Take care! :grin: :party:
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AireenAt the bolded, how are you able to wear your 5 months post hair with no product? How are you wearing your hair? Do you think that it's helped you to not add additional products after conditioning? I too have been enjoying my hhj. I'll be checking out your blog. Thanks for updating us! :)
 
EbonyCPrincess said:
Aireen - great update!!! I haven't seen a hair pic of yours in a while (I feel). I didn't know you were blogging now! I'm adding you to the relaxed hair blog thread....I love what I see! Congrats on reaching MBL, can't wait til that next relaxer. Your hair is definitely long! I feel that I'll be over my hairexia when I touch up in September (or whenever) and I'm full BSL. At least I hope I am! And I have face framing layers so maybe when I reach MBL with all of my hair reaching at least BSL I'll be over it. But I do feel like your hair is long...can't wait til I'm there!
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EbonyCPrincess, yep I just saw! Thank you for adding me to the thread though I hardly feel that my link is a blog — or at least a beneficial one, just one to write down my feelings. :lol: Thank you for congratulating me and all your compliments, I'm really stunned and proud that I made it this far, can't wait to see what the future holds in terms of hair growth. I still feel like my hair is short but it's great to know that people think my hair is long and I'm on my way to being accepted into the long hair club soon. :lachen:

I love layers! I'l probably get some myself when I'm completely over this hair growth progression thing. Cassie in Wiz Khalifa's video Roll Up is my inspiration. :grin: Please show pictures and/or make sure to notify me when you get your touch-up since I don't come in update threads often and I'm not posting as regularly as I do on LHCF. Your hair in your signature looks great, looking forward to your freshly relaxed update!
 
ImanAdero said:
I've developed hairnorexia! It's so sad but I definitely feel my hair isn't growing :-(

::sigh::

Anyway, I took out my braids. When I washed my hair it ended up being sooooooooo matted! I need to wash in sections but sometimes you just don't feel like spending 2 hours washing your hair you know?

So I ended up tearing through my head with my denman... I know, shameful!!!!! I feel like I lost so much hair, although I know I didn't.

On a random note, I put a honey rinse over my blonde highlights. There were parts that were just TOO blonde for me.

Anywho, I say all of this to say, I think I'm still the 2 inches away from BSL that I was when I started this challenge. But I still have time to make it before the year ends!
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ImanAdero have you tried washing in braids and not sections? Washing in sections always took me over an hour but washing in braids has been a life saver for me. Keep the braids in until you're ready to add your leave ins and detangle at that time. Your hair shouldn't be tangled because it stayed in the braids the whole time. So if you haven't tried it, TRY IT!:yep:
 
IntheMix08 said:
AireenAt the bolded, how are you able to wear your 5 months post hair with no product? How are you wearing your hair? Do you think that it's helped you to not add additional products after conditioning? I too have been enjoying my hhj. I'll be checking out your blog. Thanks for updating us! :)
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IntheMix08, I wear my hair out on most days, any time I'm at home my hair is usually in a bun and covered under a net. It's helped me tremendously not to add products after the conditioning step. I never really thought of going back to using moisturizers, leave-ins and all that. It's not hard for me to wear my hair down after being 4 months post so I can't really tell you HOW I'm able to do it, I just can and do. I will say Motions CPR Reconstuctor makes my hair easy to manage and is a lifesaver with detangling. :grin: Someone else asked me the same question on my LHCF blog so you can look there for more details.

EDIT: Also my real blog in my signature has details about the product I mentioned and the same details concerning my regimen.
 
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LaFemmeNaturelle said:
ImanAdero have you tried washing in braids and not sections? Washing in sections always took me over an hour but washing in braids has been a life saver for me. Keep the braids in until you're ready to add your leave ins and detangle at that time. Your hair shouldn't be tangled because it stayed in the braids the whole time. So if you haven't tried it, TRY IT!:yep:
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I USED to wash in braids... But I stopped, don't know why... I think I just got lazy!

I'll make sure to try that next wash. Thanks!
 
Mini-update: My sister helped me measure my hair and I'm 2.5 inches from BSL and 3.5 inches from MBL!:grin: I'm not sure how fast my hair grows/retains but I'm just going to continue my regimen because it's working. I'm approaching my 1 year anniversary of making a committed effort to growing my hair out and I'm amazed at how far I've come and how much I've learned about my hair.:yep:
 
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Hey ladies! Checking in. I plan to flatiron this week for my 2 year anniversary since my last relaxer. I'm excited to see where I am and how far I have left to go.
 
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FINALLY!

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You can kinda tell in my avatar (:look: cuz I don't post pics in here :lol:)
Yay! I'd like to thank all my fans and hatersss! LMBO! JK

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Hi Ladies :wave: I am so excited to join this challenge. I'm newly APL (@ least I think so...anyone care to confirm for me? No pic of the back...will get one soon).

My regimen/products: I do the following either weekly or biweekly: wash (with either curls cream wash, Be Mine or Curls Clarifying shampoo- depending on hair needs), deep condition (with one of my natural conditioners always with WGO added), joico recon (soon to be replaced by a more natural product which at this moment will be shescentit okra recon), kimmaytube leave in (with WGO added). My goal is to use all natural products. Joico recon is the last to go.

What am I doing to reach BSL: Low manipulation styles. Been rocking the braid and curl for the last two months - set weekly (sometimes bi-weekly; style lasts the first week, second week I rock a puff). Happy to say that I'm getting an install (PS) at the end of the month by Reniece so you Know it will be fierce and my hair will grow:-) I plan on documenting the process from pre install to post to chart my growth.

Goal month to reach BSL: October 2011



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brownbean96 said:
Hi Ladies :wave: I am so excited to join this challenge. I'm newly APL (@ least I think so...anyone care to confirm for me? No pic of the back...will get one soon).

My regimen/products: I do the following either weekly or biweekly: wash (with either curls cream wash, Be Mine or Curls Clarifying shampoo- depending on hair needs), deep condition (with one of my natural conditioners always with WGO added), joico recon (soon to be replaced by a more natural product which at this moment will be shescentit okra recon), kimmaytube leave in (with WGO added). My goal is to use all natural products. Joico recon is the last to go.

What am I doing to reach BSL: Low manipulation styles. Been rocking the braid and curl for the last two months - set weekly (sometimes bi-weekly; style lasts the first week, second week I rock a puff). Happy to say that I'm getting an install (PS) at the end of the month by Reniece so you Know it will be fierce and my hair will grow:-) I plan on documenting the process from pre install to post to chart my growth.

Goal month to reach BSL: October 2011



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Congrats on APL and :welcome: to the challenge brownbean96!
 
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