BSL/MBL 2014 Challenge

Jace032000 said:
How often do you do a rinse? I want to try one tomorrow--but I'm sooo scared that it may damage my hair :sad:
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Jace032000 I haven't tried one yet. :lol: One of my coworkers with a similar hair color to mine just dyed hers a beautiful red. She said a rinse didn't even show color on her hair. I was like :look: Damn...I guess still worth a try though.
 
Froreal3 said:
Jace032000 I haven't tried one yet. :lol: One of my coworkers with a similar hair color to mine just dyed hers a beautiful red. She said a rinse didn't even show color on her hair. I was like :look: Damn...I guess still worth a try though.
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Wow--I didn't realize that the rinse could possibly have no affect. I guess it's worth a try too lol.
 
Jace032000 said:
Wow--I didn't realize that the rinse could possibly have no affect. I guess it's worth a try too lol.
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A rinse for me typically has the same sort of effect as I guess henna would... Can't really see it except in the sunlight.

At least that was the case for me when I used to rinse my hair.
 
Jace032000 said:
Getting my hair flat ironed tomorrow---(biting nails) can't wait!!!
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I can't wait to see the pics of your flat iron!!

The only rinses that have shown on my hair are red and black rinses when I don't rinse after relaxing. However, when I rinse my hair the same day as my relaxer the reds and blonds show perfectly b/c my hair cutlicle is still open and the color is able to deposit into the cuticle. I don't think rinses are too damaging especially the ones that you can use the same day of your relaxer.
 
I def have the color bug. This was the 1st time I self-applied a permanent hair color.

I think the next time I color it will be in May/June. I am going to do honey & strawberry blond. I will be purchasing a better quality hair color. I did some research & I think I'm going to go with the 20 developer & flash (lightening) powder for the blond & for the strawberry blond, I'm going to do 20 developer and ION's strawberry honey color.
 
I blow dried my hair this past weekend and did a trim. The last time I did that was in nov so I think I'll stick to every 4 months cycle. My 2 year post BC is April 6 so I know I won't get it this straight again. I'm sharing my journey thus far.

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Half of my head
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I'm catching up to my 3 year old daughter lol


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Been a while since i checked in. I'm very very close to BSL and i can almost see speedy making her way to MBL. I'm 14wks post and pulling my hair with 2.5'' NG takes me to BSL. Right side is 1.5'' longer than the left and it looks a bit awkward but hopefully soon lefty will catch up. I have neglected my vits and hopefully i'll be back on that soon as well. All in all MBL looks possible for me by year end and i'm excited about that.
 
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Had my hair flat ironed today…just a few inches or so away from BSL! Hopefully I can reach my goal to hit BSL by July---just got to stay away from scissor happy stylists :spinning:

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Hair for today. I like that this hair jewelry doesn't snag or rip the hair.

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Sent from my Snow White Frost Galaxy S4
 
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I need to take off this wig and message my scalp soon as I get out of the nail salon. If its to dry I may cw today or a dry DC. I had to hide it from myself since I had a bad case of HIH disease after my TU.
 
I got Havana twists for the first time today. I'm looking forward to not doing my hair for 6-8 weeks. I felt the shampoo girl was rough with the detangling, and I told her so several times, so let's pray I don't have too much breakage. I keep telling myself, "you have a lot of hair, it doesn't matter if a few snap off"....but I know I'm wrong :/

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It's almost time to give up this straight hair. The weather here has been all over the place! It went from 76 degrees one day to 51 the next. I moisturize about every three days (when it's straight), but with this cold weather my hair needs more!

Will be doing an Aphogee protein treatment when I wash next week. Haven't done one in a while, so it'll be interesting to see how my hair reacts. Fortunately my hair is pretty resilient so I don't have to worry too much.
 
Just finished co-cleansing my hair. I plan on DC overnight. I've been getting breakage & I think it's because of protein overload. It's weird the breakage is primarily in the back of my hair. I barely touch the back of my hair, because my length is primarily in the back. I just colored the front of my hair & that's still in tact: No breakage, in fact my curls appear more define with the color.

I hope I'm right about the protein overload. I figure I rather have too much moisture than protein. It's easier for me to correct the moisture overload than the protein.

I also plan on doing a dusting tomorrow. By me not wearing my hair straight it is VERY hard to tell the condition of my ends. I hope my ends look ok after my personal, no heat challenge.

For those that wear their hair primarily curly, how can you tell the condition of your ends?
 
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pelohello said:
Just finished co-cleansing my hair. I plan on DC overnight. I've been getting breakage & I think it's because of protein overload. It's weird the breakage is primarily in the back of my hair. I barely touch the back of my hair, because my length is primarily in the back. I just colored the front of my hair & that's still in tact: No breakage, in fact my curls appear more define with the color.

I hope I'm right about the protein overload. I figure I rather have too much moisture than protein. It's easier for me to correct the moisture overload than the protein.

I also plan on doing a dusting tomorrow. By me not wearing my hair straight it is VERY hard to tell the condition of my ends. I hope my ends look ok after my personal, no heat challenge.

For those that wear their hair primarily curly, how can you tell the condition of your ends?
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pelohello Funny, I just cowashed this evening. I don't usually do a midweek wash, but I decided to go ahead after working out. My scalp and hair now feel fresh. I prefer my hair on the stronger side, but I did notice a little breakage when I used the new Shea Moisture Weekly Treatment followed by the matching mask w/out doing my typical moisture dc. I enjoyed the strong feeling, but I saw some small pieces coming off. I guess I had slight overload. I used a moisturizing dc the next week. After cowashing this evening, I saw hardly any small pieces. I'm still feeling the Shea Moisture stuff. I'll just dc afterward if I use both together.

As far as ends...yeah it is hard to tell. I usually just dust off thin looking pieces off the ends of my medium to small twists.
 
Froreal3, I prefer my hair to be on the stronger side too. Even after the overnight DC my hair still feels alittle funky. I think it's because after washing out the DC, I did use a very mild protein conditioner & then coated my hair with ACV. I think I will DC again on Sunday, but def not overnight. I need to go back to basics & stop with all this experimenting with products & hairstyles.
 
pelohello said:
Just finished co-cleansing my hair. I plan on DC overnight. I've been getting breakage & I think it's because of protein overload. It's weird the breakage is primarily in the back of my hair. I barely touch the back of my hair, because my length is primarily in the back. I just colored the front of my hair & that's still in tact: No breakage, in fact my curls appear more define with the color.

I hope I'm right about the protein overload. I figure I rather have too much moisture than protein. It's easier for me to correct the moisture overload than the protein.

I also plan on doing a dusting tomorrow. By me not wearing my hair straight it is VERY hard to tell the condition of my ends. I hope my ends look ok after my personal, no heat challenge.

For those that wear their hair primarily curly, how can you tell the condition of your ends?
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I can usually tell if I two strand twist and the ends are raggedy. I need a straighten and trim but I'm nervous it won't be long enough. I haven't had a straighten in over 2 years! Smh
 
Tderham1314 said:
I can usually tell if I two strand twist and the ends are raggedy. I need a straighten and trim but I'm nervous it won't be long enough. I haven't had a straighten in over 2 years! Smh
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That's my fear too. I do all this no heat & finally straighten my hair & its shorter than when I started:lol: but I keep telling myself, that my Reggie is good & that it is growing:yep:
 
Checking in, it's been a min.


Hair is doing ok, I got a little discouraged bc I was doing SO WELL then last weekend got attacked by some ratchets and they pulled some of my hair out (I need to leave this damn city) so I've been in a slump since then. Haven't really assessed the damage partly bc I'm on a personal no heat challenge so I can't straighten and see. Also partly due to the fact I don't even want to know.

So i decided to slap some act right back into me tonight and do what my hair deserves. I washed with Wen and now I'm baggying overnight with Wen on my ends.

Lastly, I measured my hair and it seems like I'm growing 1/2 an inch a month which is a LITTLE disappointing since I was so gung ho on achieving more than that. On the positive side that means I have 5 inches left to grow this year and that's exactly how far I am from WL.

Hope you beautiful ladies are doing well!
 
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