BSL/MBL 2014 Challenge

My hair dresser's sister came into the salon and she commented on how long my hair is. My hair dresser just went on and on about my healthy hair practices. "She only leaves the relaxer on for 10 minutes, she washes with baking soda, she only uses heat when she comes here". It was pretty funny. I think she's a little surprised that my hair got this long. Wait until I hit MBL.
 

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jprayze said:
Thank you so much! I wore it like that for 5 days straight and got a lot of compliments! Currently, doing an overnight DC on dry hair and then I think I'm going to twist my hair and wear a twist out for a while.
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Every time I think about twisting my hair, I get tired! Idk what to do! Maybe I really don't want the twist out after all! I will try to twist in the am once I'm well rested. Maybe I can do a twist out compare.
 
Hi ladies!

I'm still trucking along in this challenge. I've incorporated a couple of things to help me along the way. Nothing drastic. In fact it's the complete opposite, I'm keeping it pretty simple. If my strategy works I'll be back to share with my hair friends. :-)

A couple of things that I'm doing is that I'm still rocking my faux Marley bun (I posted pics a couple of pages back) when I have to go out, and I've started keeping a hair journal. I've been writing in it consistently for a couple of weeks now. I'm enjoying going back and reading through my entries.

Anyways, I just wanted to pop in and say hi. And I'm still here. :-)
 
kinky curlygenie said:
↑↑↑ I miss having a hair journal - I used to have a pretty hefty one when I was transitioning I really need one in my life again :)
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kinky curlygenie, I'm so slow to see progress and I tend to get discouraged easily (which leads to me giving up). So I thought if I journaled I would at least have my hair practices for 2014 documented. And who knows, if something in my Reggie is actually working I will at least have it documented for future use.

If nothing else I've gotten a good giggle out of going back and reading some of the entries.

I think I need to start keeping a food journal as well. Maybe then I can make some progress on losing this excess weight. :look:
 
I am still hanging in there eventhough I have been extremely lazy about doing my hair. Between work and school, I've been feel overloaded lately. I just received my new heating cap yesterday and that revived me a bit so Im looking forward to just relaxing under the cap for awhile this sunday doing my hot oil treatment and then deep conditioning....I can't wait :yep:.
 
Wash day 2morrow. Super excited. I'm trying out the naked herbal essence products. I bought the shampoo and the conditioner. I already tried the conditioner. It was pretty good, but I want to try it without using protein. I'm hoping that the shampoo can replace the shea moisture shampoo, because of the cost. I might use some curl formers too. I think if I use the curl formers, I'll do it without gel. Instead I'll use some shea butter. It has a nice hold & it keeps my hair moisturized.
 
I would like to join this challenge. I've been stuck in apl for a couple of years now. I hope to use this thread to reach BSL by December. I've retired my blow dryer and will be roller setting my way to BSL. I've also started bunning during the week to work. Here is a blurry starting picture. I'm about 13 weeks post relaxer and did not straighten so it looks puffy. I'll update next week properly after my touch up.

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I've been wearing my hair out since I got it relaxed and a couple of people (including the hairdresser) commented kind of in shock about how long my hair was (straggly APL). One girl at work said that and she got a weird sideeye from a white girl with hair down to her waist, ha.

I think it's kind of sad that literally only four months of consistent work got me to a hair length I haven't seen in 6 years and that the people around me find it shocking enough to comment. I've got to keep growing to prove that there's nothing special involved with growing black hair!
 
Lurkee said:
I would like to join this challenge. I've been stuck in apl for a couple of years now. I hope to use this thread to reach BSL by December. I've retired my blow dryer and will be roller setting my way to BSL. I've also started bunning during the week to work. Here is a blurry starting picture. I'm about 13 weeks post relaxer and did not straighten so it looks puffy. I'll update next week properly after my touch up.
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Lurkee, welcome to the challenge! :-)

I definitely feel your pain about being stuck. I've been hovering between APL and BSL for years. I'm hoping that this will be my year to break that barrier. I'm striving for MBL by the end of the year.
 
pelohello said:
Wash day 2morrow. Super excited. I'm trying out the naked herbal essence products. I bought the shampoo and the conditioner. I already tried the conditioner. It was pretty good, but I want to try it without using protein. I'm hoping that the shampoo can replace the shea moisture shampoo, because of the cost. I might use some curl formers too. I think if I use the curl formers, I'll do it without gel. Instead I'll use some shea butter. It has a nice hold & it keeps my hair moisturized.
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I'd love to see your results. I stared at the new line in Walmart yesterday. I need to get rid of some other products first and I'd like to read some reviews on it.
 
^^^I just came back from Target and I purchased the cleansing conditioner too. I also bought another conditioner from the HE line.

I will def post a review 2morrow, after I use it.
 
Thank you ladies. My longest layer is past apl but I am hoping for a full bsl by December. I wish I could increase my density so my hair could look lush but I have always had fine hair that is not dense even when natural. So I will settle for healthy length at this point.
 
ladies : ive just stopped taking birth control pills.

do you have any recommendations to share ? ( some shed a lot, some find their thickness coming back)...

im scared.... ive been taking them for years....... should i eat more garlic?? nothing is happening for the moment but im a little nervous. no more taking hormons might change things i guess.
 
coolsista-paris, when I stopped taking birth control, I don't remember noticing anything different with my hair, but I wasnt on a HHJ. The only thing I do remember is that my skin started breaking out.
 
I just used the herbal essence moisturizing cleansing conditioner and OMG, that stuff is amazing!!!! I can see that this is going to be HE #1 seller. When I read the reviews on amazon, they said that its supposed to be like WEN613, if not better. I do think it might be even better than the WEN 613. It's so good, I don't even have to DC (but I'm still going to). I think it's also as good as the shea moisture Shampoo too. It smells really nice, like mint vanilla. It has really good slip & I like that it tingles on the scalp.

I will def be buying this product again.
 
pelohello said:
I just used the herbal essence moisturizing cleansing conditioner and OMG, that stuff is amazing!!!! I can see that this is going to be HE #1 seller. When I read the reviews on amazon, they said that its supposed to be like WEN613, if not better. I do think it might be even better than the WEN 613. It's so good, I don't even have to DC (but I'm still going to). I think it's also as good as the shea moisture Shampoo too. It smells really nice, like mint vanilla. It has really good slip & I like that it tingles on the scalp.

I will def be buying this product again.
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pelohello does it have cones? I love the Shea Moisture Coconut Shampoo (if that's the one you mean.:lick: Just used it today, matter of fact.
 
These are the ingredients: Froreal3
Ingredients
Water/EAU, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil*, Menthol, Fragrance/Parfum, Glutamic Acid, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Zinc Pyrithione, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone. *Field Mint/Menthe Des Champs


Directions
Massage 3-4 pumps into wet hair. Let it go to work for a few minutes, then rinse it out. Thats it. Give your regular shampoo and conditioner a break.
 
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pelohello said:
@coolsista-paris, when I stopped taking birth control, I don't remember noticing anything different with my hair, but I wasnt on a HHJ. The only thing I do remember is that my skin started breaking out.
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oh . i haven't had skin problems before but hey, it can happen now. :ohwell:

I read that there were 2 types of bcp. Some that are positive on hair and some that are negative (those ones thin hair, make you loose hair,etc).

The one i used to take for years is a negative one :perplexed ....
maybe that explains why i had hir that seemed thicker when i was younger and then it started to thin out...ok maybe hair pratcices did not help at all ! i was bad at taking care of my own hair.

Well if my bcp was negative i hope my hair will survive and become beautiful :yep:
 
pelohello said:
I just used the herbal essence moisturizing cleansing conditioner and OMG, that stuff is amazing!!!! I can see that this is going to be HE #1 seller. When I read the reviews on amazon, they said that its supposed to be like WEN613, if not better. I do think it might be even better than the WEN 613. It's so good, I don't even have to DC (but I'm still going to). I think it's also as good as the shea moisture Shampoo too. It smells really nice, like mint vanilla. It has really good slip & I like that it tingles on the scalp.

I will def be buying this product again.
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is this like a co washing product?
 
cut my hair back to CBL ... I was just tired of all the split ends and SSKs

starting over AGAIN ... my hair looks so much thicker :lick:
 
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