***Get an inch every month 2011 challenge anyone?***

You guys are such an inspiration. I am so in this challenge. I am APL and NEED to be BSL by June. I have about 4 inches to go. I relaxed today eventhough I wanted to stretch it through April.

Anyhoo I plan to GO HARD on the vitamins and sulfur. I am in the wig challenge too but I think I will take a break and bun for awhile.

I am EXCITED:grin:
 
grow said:
this is an amazing thread!

thanks Lushcoils for starting it!

i'm not in the picture taking season because i am ALWAYS baggy bunned when i go out and when i'm not out, my hair is in a whole head baggy. never out or straight enough to take pic, but when i texlax in march, maybe i'll join with some pictures.

Imani: i don't like eating veggies either, so guess what i'm about to do?

i'm off to go juice some fresh spinache, carrots, and cucumbers! i make about 32oz. of that fresh juice at least 3-4 times a week.
even without seeing my hair stretched or flat&dry, i can see in the shower that it is making a big difference!

HHG ladies and a BIG CONGRATULATONS TO THE MANY SUCCESSES!!!!
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grow I've been thinking about the juice thing too! I have a magic bullet and I make smoothies w/fruit all the time. Been trying to figure out a way to start incorporating some vegetables without it tasting super gross, lol. I was thinking of sneaking them in there w/fruit kinda like that V8 splash fusion stuff.

eta: wait I just did some internet searching on juicing and it says not to mix fruit and veggies.
 
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Imani said:
@grow I've been thinking about the juice thing too! I have a magic bullet and I make smoothies w/fruit all the time. Been trying to figure out a way to start incorporating some vegetables without it tasting super gross, lol. I was thinking of sneaking them in there w/fruit kinda like that V8 splash fusion stuff.

eta: wait I just did some internet searching on juicing and it says not to mix fruit and veggies.
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Imani, great idea! be careful though because i've read that mixing fruits and veggies when making fresh juices can cause stomache aches and bloating. check it out first. however, i notice that whenever i make sure my juices are heavy on the cucumbers (high in silica, something our hair needs alot of anyways), i can put anything in there and it is always drinkable.
delicious, i wouldn't go that far (though the pure fruit juiced IS delicious!), but it is definitely drinkable!:yep:

ladies, i am in the process of trying to get a pic done from my phone to post....just got out of the shower with the shrinkage, but it looks like there is 1 and 1/2 inches of ng and i can hardly believe it! (though i knew those freshly juiced drinks really work!)

let's hope i can get in there and get those pics done well enough for y'all to be able to see it too, cuz the proof is in the pudding, lol!

hhj ladies!
 
grow

That's wonderful. I will be adding juicing to my regimen next month when I get money to buy a mixer. Juicing = Longer/healthier hair, clearer/glowing skin, tighter bod, and better health all in one.

Could you email the pic to yourself from your phone?
 
I just ordered my sulfur and MT!!!! I plan on alternating between the 2 nightly. Weekly co-washes and twists are the plan until I come up with something new...
 
sweetpeadee said:
That's a great way of keeping track of the length instead of having to straighten...which is what I usually do...
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you're right, that is a great idea! i'm trying to do that but it may take some practice holding the hair, the tape measure AND the phone all at once....

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My sulfur has been shipped. :yay:
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i am sooooo happy for you!:grin: girl, you are gonna LOVE it!:yep:

ok, as promised, here goes with some pics of growth attained, ladies:

these pics are straight out of the shower.
my hair is bonelaxed on the tips, but i've been texlaxing since 2010.
i don't know what hair type i am, but i have fine hair, yet a nearly coarse crown.
my last texlax was december 25th., 2010.
since then, i've been trying a new thing of onion and garlic juice on my scalp, massaging it in with cayenne pepper oil for 15 minutes at least 3-4 times a week.
this month, i plan to go harder by adding MTG and MT.

here, i'm trying to keep the light angle on the ng i noticed, i appologize if it's too bright, but otherwise, it doesn't show at all.


here, i put arrows to indicate the area i measured:


and this is actually measuring, while pulling the ng and holding a camera, lol!
you will have to trust me on what the tape says because the lighting doesn't clearly show the numbers, but you can also see the difference where my permed hair lays straight because it's wet, whereas my ng, even when wet, does not stay straight but puffs up.
because i do black hair rinses, you can even see where my roots are a lighter brown color, compared to the jet black shaft of my permed hair.



all in all, it's been 6 weeks since my last perm, so i'm surprised with those results, having only applied garlic and onion juice.:look:
i'm also curious to see how the MTG and MT will interact.:rolleyes:

i'll see if i can backtrack to the web sites where i found out that onion and garlic juice help to grow hair (not to mention the fact that i shed no more), and come back to post those links.

can i now officially join this challenge?:rolleyes:

HHJ ladies!
 
I been so busy at work I kinda forgot about getting on the forum, I guess I;m just gonna have to download the app for my Iphone4 so i can be on at all times!

Anywho I finally took a pic of my naturally growing hair, so here goes.

I think my hair is about 1.5in-2in long, in march i will buy a ruler!

Also I added Sublimed Sulfer pwd I found while grocery shopping! to my MT mix!

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sweetpeadee said:
I just ordered my sulfur and MT!!!! I plan on alternating between the 2 nightly. Weekly co-washes and twists are the plan until I come up with something new...
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the sulfur and MT rotation has done wonders for my edges! I am sure it will work well for you =)
 
grow said:
you're right, that is a great idea! i'm trying to do that but it may take some practice holding the hair, the tape measure AND the phone all at once....



i am sooooo happy for you!:grin: girl, you are gonna LOVE it!:yep:

ok, as promised, here goes with some pics of growth attained, ladies:

these pics are straight out of the shower.
my hair is bonelaxed on the tips, but i've been texlaxing since 2010.
i don't know what hair type i am, but i have fine hair, yet a nearly coarse crown.
my last texlax was december 25th., 2010.
since then, i've been trying a new thing of onion and garlic juice on my scalp, massaging it in with cayenne pepper oil for 15 minutes at least 3-4 times a week.
this month, i plan to go harder by adding MTG and MT.

here, i'm trying to keep the light angle on the ng i noticed, i appologize if it's too bright, but otherwise, it doesn't show at all.


here, i put arrows to indicate the area i measured:


and this is actually measuring, while pulling the ng and holding a camera, lol!
you will have to trust me on what the tape says because the lighting doesn't clearly show the numbers, but you can also see the difference where my permed hair lays straight because it's wet, whereas my ng, even when wet, does not stay straight but puffs up.
because i do black hair rinses, you can even see where my roots are a lighter brown color, compared to the jet black shaft of my permed hair.



all in all, it's been 6 weeks since my last perm, so i'm surprised with those results, having only applied garlic and onion juice.:look:
i'm also curious to see how the MTG and MT will interact.:rolleyes:

i'll see if i can backtrack to the web sites where i found out that onion and garlic juice help to grow hair (not to mention the fact that i shed no more), and come back to post those links.

can i now officially join this challenge?:rolleyes:

HHJ ladies!
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WOW wonderful growth! How long have u been onion juicing? Sounds interesting! I put garlic in my pre poo/hot oil treatment to keep the shedding at bay,how long have you been juicing? Please do get the MTG and MT! Its the bomb! That rotation is what woke my edges up and got them growing. I love them both!
 
QueenFee said:
WOW wonderful growth! How long have u been onion juicing? Sounds interesting! I put garlic in my pre poo/hot oil treatment to keep the shedding at bay,how long have you been juicing? Please do get the MTG and MT! Its the bomb! That rotation is what woke my edges up and got them growing. I love them both!
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thank you, QueenFee!
i wish i could take pictures to show the new length from the ends like many ladies have done, but i would have had to have taken pics right after my perm and i only just now saw this thread.

my first onion/garlic juice application was jan. 3rd, 2011 and since then, i did it every week about 3-6 times a week.

as far as the juicing fresh veggies and fruits, i started last year, got a huge growth spurt, then got lazy yet busy with other things. since i've been doing it again this year, i'm feeling the spurt coming on (hopefully!) but'll know more when i perm in march.

i appreciate your vote of confidence for the MT and MTG!:yep:
it really helped your edges alot?! that's amazing!
i'm so glad you found something that works because it's so difficult for our hair to find what makes it happy!

how do you rotate the MT and the MTG?
(one product for a full week, then change or rotating on a daily basis?)
do you put other things in your MT or do you use it in pure form?

hhj ladies!
 
grow said:
thank you, @QueenFee!
i wish i could take pictures to show the new length from the ends like many ladies have done, but i would have had to have taken pics right after my perm and i only just now saw this thread.

my first onion/garlic juice application was jan. 3rd, 2011 and since then, i did it every week about 3-6 times a week.

as far as the juicing fresh veggies and fruits, i started last year, got a huge growth spurt, then got lazy yet busy with other things. since i've been doing it again this year, i'm feeling the spurt coming on (hopefully!) but'll know more when i perm in march.

i appreciate your vote of confidence for the MT and MTG!:yep:
it really helped your edges alot?! that's amazing!
i'm so glad you found something that works because it's so difficult for our hair to find what makes it happy!

how do you rotate the MT and the MTG?
(one product for a full week, then change or rotating on a daily basis?)
do you put other things in your MT or do you use it in pure form?

hhj ladies!
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@growI tried the onion and garlic juice this morning, I just massaged it in with my warm scalp treatment that I do every once in a while, I usually use peppermint oil and tea tree in some emu oil warmed up on my scalp but I used the onion juice and the garlic and it stopped the shedding in it's tracks THANK GOD! Lol...Now with the MT for me it is very very important to mix it with a good oil because if I don't I will shed like crazy (Like now) You can do it with Jamaican Black Castor oil which is what I use, or just reg castor oil which is what I will be using when I'm done with this mix, jojoba oil,coconut oil the sky is the limit but make sure you get a good mix...I do 3oz of MT to 3oz of oil sometimes four and I get an inch a month with that mix...I spike my MTG with peppermint oil and Tea tree oil, sometimes even MT depending on how I'm feeling. I use MTG for 4 to six weeks depending on how much growth I'm getting from it and once that starts to slow down I start with my MT until that starts to slow down which is like three months in. Then I switch again. That's how I do it and it works well for me.
If your hair is anything like mines is then make sure you use MT in the summer because with that summer growth and MT you are bound to gain some serious inches with out the understank of MTG LMAO! Like now when I use it I will massage a SMALL amount in every night so the smell can be gone in the day. To me it's nothing to cowash four times a week while using MTG because you get a lot of bang for your buck with it. I like to leave the MT on my scalp for as long as I can LMAO...But I'm going to start cowashing before every app of MT to keep my scalp cleaner. HTH!
I want to start juicing now! Lol what kind of juicer do you have?
 
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@growI tried the onion and garlic juice this morning, I just massaged it in with my warm scalp treatment that I do every once in a while, I usually use peppermint oil and tea tree in some emu oil warmed up on my scalp but I used the onion juice and the garlic and it stopped the shedding in it's tracks THANK GOD! Lol...Now with the MT for me it is very very important to mix it with a good oil because if I don't I will shed like crazy (Like now) You can do it with Jamaican Black Castor oil which is what I use, or just reg castor oil which is what I will be using when I'm done with this mix, jojoba oil,coconut oil the sky is the limit but make sure you get a good mix...I do 3oz of MT to 3oz of oil sometimes four and I get an inch a month with that mix...I spike my MTG with peppermint oil and Tea tree oil, sometimes even MT depending on how I'm feeling. I use MTG for 4 to six weeks depending on how much growth I'm getting from it and once that starts to slow down I start with my MT until that starts to slow down which is like three months in. Then I switch again. That's how I do it and it works well for me.
If your hair is anything like mines is then make sure you use MT in the summer because with that summer growth and MT you are bound to gain some serious inches with out the understank of MTG LMAO! Like now when I use it I will massage a SMALL amount in every night so the smell can be gone in the day. To me it's nothing to cowash four times a week while using MTG because you get a lot of bang for your buck with it. I like to leave the MT on my scalp for as long as I can LMAO...But I'm going to start cowashing before every app of MT to keep my scalp cleaner. HTH!

I want to start juicing now! Lol what kind of juicer do you have?
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QueenFee, thank you for all the pointers, girlie!:yep:

what a brilliant idea to just use the MTG until it slows down, then jump start some more growth with the MT!!!

i also really like your suggestion of getting the MTG out of the way before the summer months roll in, because the idea of smelling like burnt bacon in the summer is not cute, lol!:lachen:

i'm glad to know you are a fellow cw'ing lover!
i discovered that last year and fell in love with the moisture benifits, and you're right, with the MTG smell, it's a relief to know all we have to do is hop in the shower with some conditioner the next morning!

so you tried the onion/garlic juice! wow, am i ever thrilled it stopped your shedding in it's tracks!:grin: nature gave us such good ingredients to work with, so whenever i can, i like to discover them and utilize them. you will see your hair grow with continued use of it because from jan.-feb, that's all i used.

......now you've got the pj in me wanting to go get some peppermint oil, lol!

the juicer i've been using since 2008 is a Kenwood, but this month, i i'm going to have to get a more modern juicer because i have to slice and dice into tiny bits for it to fit in the Kenwood, whereas these days, i see juicers where you can just throw in whole chunks of veggies to get a smooth drinkable juice in just minutes!:yep:

i just got back from the store with a kilo of spinache, carrots and cucumbers, so i'm off to go drink amy hair long!:lick:

p.s. please keep me posted as to how it's going with the juicer search and any recipies for what you throw in!:grin:

hhj ladies!
 
@ grow and queenfee, how do you ladies style your hair after you co-wash in the mornings to go to work?
 
Checking in.....here is a pic of last month's growth

I had to stop wearing wigs because they were breaking out my edges but it's growing back since I was taken the hair/nails/skin vitamins and I caught the breakage before it got worse. So, now my protective style is just twist-outs. I also try to workout at least 3-4 days a week and increased my water intake and co-wash every 3-4 days. Moisturize and seal daily or every other day depending on how much I put on my hair.

Measured at 6 inches in the back. 5 1/2 inches on the sides. In Dec, it was 5 inches in the back and 4 on the sides.

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grow...Yes,the garlic is awesome..I open garlic sg & add it to my scalp oil mix...
When I was drinking greens every day & fruit I notice a huge difference in my hair/physical health....(So keep up the good work) you have fantastic progress!



Happy Hair Growing!
 
ojemba said:
@ grow and queenfee, how do you ladies style your hair after you co-wash in the mornings to go to work?
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hi ojemba! thanks again for the msgs, as you see, i'm back!:look:

one of the biggests freedoms i've experienced since starting this hhj is the "luxury" of not having to worry about "styling" my hair.

i've become a serious baggy bunner (lol!) and coming out of the shower in the morning, all i have to do is sweep it back with my hands after the m&s session, throw a bag on it, then decorate it, so that's what i do.

i wear buns on the top of my head a few days, then at the nape of my neck a few days...i alternate to make sure i don't stress any one area too much.

it's truly a luxury to have more time to dedicate to other things, not to mention the freedom from having to worry about frizz or other styling problems once out in the elements.

when those few times arise where i might want to go to the trouble of styling, i will cw and either air dry (the more post perm i am, the bigger my hair is, so i gotta watch it, tho i love air drying), cross wrap (only 1 hour, and i can take it down and be out of the door...my siggy was done thru cross wrapping since i've not used direct heat since nov.'09) or rollerset (only for special occassions because it is time consuming).

however, the baggy bunning is what i do 95% of the time and since having started last year, i love it so much, i might even keep it up after i reach my hair goals!:yep:

hth

p.s.i'm going to look and see if i can find a picture to show you an example baggy bun & decoration ....
 
Lita said:
@grow...Yes,the garlic is awesome..I open garlic sg & add it to my scalp oil mix...
When I was drinking greens every day & fruit I notice a huge difference in my hair/physical health....(So keep up the good work) you have fantastic progress!



Happy Hair Growing!
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Lita, thank you so much! it means alot, coming from you, as you have long remained a hair idol :worship2: for me!:yep:

my hair would love to be like yours when it grows up! ...or shall we say down a mile or so!:lachen:

i really appreciate your encouragment and it's so nice when an extrememly long haired diva comes back to support those of us who are just getting into the grove, so that's really sweet of you, Lita!:urock::sweet:
 
ojemba, here is an example of the baggy bun with flower ornament to cover the bag and the black opaque stocking i have over the bag:

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whereas in this picture, i covered the bag and stocking with hair used for braiding:

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in both, my hair was cowashed, moisturized and sealed and stayed protected all day.:yep:
 
Thank you so much for the info. I'm scheduled for a weave install on 2/14 and plan to cowash mid week because I'm also going to start using mt (as soon as it arrives in the mail). When I'm out of my weave I want to include co-washing and this will help tremendously.

grow said:
hi @ojemba! thanks again for the msgs, as you see, i'm back!:look:

one of the biggests freedoms i've experienced since starting this hhj is the "luxury" of not having to worry about "styling" my hair.

i've become a serious baggy bunner (lol!) and coming out of the shower in the morning, all i have to do is sweep it back with my hands after the m&s session, throw a bag on it, then decorate it, so that's what i do.

i wear buns on the top of my head a few days, then at the nape of my neck a few days...i alternate to make sure i don't stress any one area too much.

it's truly a luxury to have more time to dedicate to other things, not to mention the freedom from having to worry about frizz or other styling problems once out in the elements.

when those few times arise where i might want to go to the trouble of styling, i will cw and either air dry (the more post perm i am, the bigger my hair is, so i gotta watch it, tho i love air drying), cross wrap (only 1 hour, and i can take it down and be out of the door...my siggy was done thru cross wrapping since i've not used direct heat since nov.'09) or rollerset (only for special occassions because it is time consuming).

however, the baggy bunning is what i do 95% of the time and since having started last year, i love it so much, i might even keep it up after i reach my hair goals!:yep:

hth

p.s.i'm going to look and see if i can find a picture to show you an example baggy bun & decoration ....
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grow said:
Lita, thank you so much! it means alot, coming from you, as you have long remained a hair idol :worship2: for me!:yep:

my hair would love to be like yours when it grows up! ...or shall we say down a mile or so!:lachen:

i really appreciate your encouragment and it's so nice when an extrememly long haired diva comes back to support those of us who are just getting into the grove, so that's really sweet of you, Lita!:urock::sweet:
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That means a lot I'm blushing ..My hair is still trying to grow up-I mean DOWN ..Its important to give support to each other & share the pros/cons about hair products...*Still trying to improve my hair/getting it thicker,healthier & working on the ends etc....Remember stick with what works.....

*I love to see progress so keep it coming!


Happy Hair Growing!
 
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@ojemba I try to cowash at night and let the middle dry by parting my detangled hair into four sections and pinning them up...Then still while damp I moisturize seal and then bun and tie it down the night before. Loose bun before I do to sleep nothing too tight, I just care that my edges are slick, then in the day I simply make the pony tail holder tighter or just pin it up...HTH


OH and I am still applying MT three times a week and MT mix on my edges nightly...So far I am sure that I got 1/4 inches so far at least in the front. Can't wait to update at the end of the month! HHG ladies!
 
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