BSL/MBL 2015 Challenge

[Prettymetty]

Pics???

My hair is already tied up tonight, but I can post pics tomorrow after work.

 

[isawstars]

Hey ladies. I can't remember the last time I've posted... I've been weaving it up and finally removed my 2nd install. I thought I was going to weave all of 2015 but I do not see any retention. Either I'm not caring for my hair well enough underneath or my stylist has been giving me some serious trims.

So for now I'm trying to relearn how I once cared for and styled my hair. Due to hot yoga I'll be doing co washes 2-3x a week and a weekly shampoo with DC. My girlfriend offered to let me borrow her steamer so it's another reason to be out of the weave.

 

[HappyAtLast]

I made it to BSL/BSB. YAY! The same day I got a trim, though, so I'm still in the challenge. I can't wait to see what December brings!

 

[Leo24Rule]

I was taking a shower washing my hair & felt light headed. Just felt soooo weak. I got out & now dripping wet as I eat something. Has that ever happened to any of you?

 

[ForestRose]

I was taking a shower washing my hair & felt light headed. Just felt soooo weak. I got out & now dripping wet as I eat something. Has that ever happened to any of you?

I've had this too. Could be your blood pressure. If it continues then you may need to go to the doctors.

 

[Leo24Rule]

I've been watching what I put in my body by eating small 5 meals a day, drinking lots of water & bamboo tea, taking my multi-vitamin & garlic pill.

 

[Prettymetty]

I was taking a shower washing my hair & felt light headed. Just felt soooo weak. I got out & now dripping wet as I eat something. Has that ever happened to any of you?

That happens to me sometimes too. Are you stressed about anything? Maybe you went too long without eating and your blood sugar got low.

 

[Prettymetty]

My hair appt is tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it. My biweekly deep treatments seem to be helping with length retention. My hair breaks and sheds less since I've been getting it done.

 

[morgandenae]

I've done a wash n go 3 day in the row and they keep getting better and better my coils pop more and more. They are so happy to finally be expressing themselves lol. So I am super tempted to keep this routine going. Last night I used KJ Naturals Stretch & Curl Custard and KCCC. IN LOVE with the Curl Custard no difference in stretch but my coils POPPING and the smell is AMAZING (I got Georgia Peach) I could smell it with every head turn and 24 hours later and going! Ya ount get no better than that. What do you guys think about wash n gos everyday on Type 4 hair? Damaging? Good idea for retention? I'm getting mixed reviews. I cowash with CD Hair Milk Cowash or Giovanni's Smooth As Silk Conditioner and leave a little in (I like that better)

 

[Prettymetty]

@morgandenae when my hair was nl I wore daily wash and goes without damage. I just cowashed every morning and finger combed it. Once I got to sl I started wearing my 4b hair straight more or at least stretched in braids.

 

[Leo24Rule]

Feeling better today. My sis last night combed out my hair & styled in braids for me since I was incapable. Today I got up early to re-LOC.

Has anyone made their own conditioner before?

 

[Prettymetty]

@Leo24Rule I haven't made conditioner from scratch, but I have used a cheapie like vo5 or Hello Hydration as a base and then I added aloe juice, oils, etc.

 

[Prettymetty]

Today I got a Kerastase Therapiste treatment (protein). First step is pre conditioner, then she shampood twice. Next she sprayed something and added the mask on top. I sat under the dryer for 20ish minutes and then she rinsed with cool water.

My hair feels so strong and soft...and it smells great. I guess I'll wait and see if this blowout lasts as long without the anti humidity treatment.

 

[ClassyJSP]

How often do you ladies wash/cond your hair ?

 

[Prettymetty]

@ClassyJSP every 2 weeks when I wear it straight. Twice a week when I'm wiggin it

 

[Prettymetty]

Welcome @ExquisitelyAlien! Do you have any pics? How long did it take you to reach Bsb/Bsl and what was your starting length?

 

[Prettymetty]

Your curls are beautiful @ExquisitelyAlien

 

[bluenvy]

How often do you ladies wash/cond your hair ?

I wash and dc once a week. And it stays moist for the week.
Once in a while I go two weeks, but not without adding water and Cantu moisturizing curl activator. It moisturizes like no other imo.

 

[Prettymetty]

I put some satin rollers on the ends of my hair, because this bone straight hair is getting boring. I might leave them in overnight so that the curls last all weekend

 

[ClassyJSP]

Since my only plans tonight are dinner with my bf before he leaves for texas I think i'll wash, cond, air dry in a bun and paint my nails tonight.

 

[quirkydimples]

Dang it! I washed my hair today, but used too much oil in my conditioner. Now I'm going to have to wash it again. Ugh!

 

[Prettymetty]

My roots are already kinking up and this is only day 3. It's gonna be a long 2 weeks. Next time I will attempt to straighten my own hair so I can save some $$

 

[Prettymetty]

I'm pushing my blowout back til June. I guess that can serve as my Summer length check. Hopefully by then I will be about 20lbs slimmer #wishfulthinking #random

I was searching for a pic of someone's blowout a few pages back (I think it was @HappyAtLast) and I saw this post. I met my weight goal of 15-20lbs by June

I still have another 15 to lose, but I am getting there

 

[HappyAtLast]

How often do you ladies wash/cond your hair ?

I wash and DC every 3 weeks. 4 at the most.

 

[iLurk]

I just realized the only thing I worry about as my hair gets longer is developing a 5 head.

Seems like quite a few i know who managed to get pass bsl have them especially when they get their hair straightened

 

[snoop]

How often do you ladies wash/cond your hair ?

My regular routine is to clay wash and condition weekly but lately I've been experimenting with daily water rinses and stretching my clay washes.

 

[Fhrizzball]

So after a long hiatus I'm finally back and unfortunately still at BSL although I'm at the bottom of my brastrap now. I've incorporated henna back into my reggie and just restocked on all my hair products so hopefully I'll finally reach MBL this year. Not sure if it's too late to join in on this challenge but I'll be along for the ride. I attached recent pictures of my hair and length. Don't be alarmed by the color it takes a while to get used to the carrot top orange but after a few more henna sessions it will hopefully tone down. I did a random bleach then henna and thankfully my curls didn't loosen and my hair didn't all fall out as I feared. It even brought life back into my twistouts which I have been hating for awhile.

 

[Prettymetty]

@Fhrizzball the challenge is open all year. Welcome aboard!

 

[bluenvy]

Washed and dc last night. After applying leave in and gel, I put four braids to air dry. In a couple days I'm taking down to rock an braid out.
My hair is still shedding but not in excessive amounts from previous weeks. Hopefully it's coming to an halt, because I refuse to cowash throughout the week dealing with shedding hair.
It's summer time, all I really want is to cowash through the week and wear buns

 

[fifigirl]

My hair is getting pretty boring...i'm about 14 weeks post relaxer and started wigging about a week or two ago. Wigging my hair makes stretching way easy but i am bored with the damned thing. I practically have to talk to myself each day motivating myself on why i need to stretch my relaxer and not relax my hair, i also visualise on the amount of new growth i have , but i am tired?.....To combat shedding i have taken to having 2 deep conditioning sessions a week....mid week dc session is with alter ego garlic treatment and then second dc session is for moisture using haired sitrinillah. I was meant to transition to natural but the more i have new growth the more i am like who's going to be dealing with all that hair, girl??? I am still using my MN oil mix so my hair is really growing just frustrated a bit with my mundane regimen and hair