*Muffin*
New Member
Okay, I decided to start this challenge because I have serious HIH syndrome and the madness needs to stop! I feel that due to excessive touching, combing, playing in, and overall manipulating my hair I've lost precious inches. I'm not hard-core enough to commit to the Hide-your-hair challenge but I still like the idea of the low manipulation. Let's usher in the New Year by breaking this bad hair habits 
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From: September 15th 08'-January 1st-15th 09'
Goal of Challenge:
-To gain length by retaining hair growth
-To break any obsessive habits of overmanipulating hair.
-Support and motivate other challenge members to achieve their hair goals.
The Rules:
-Only allowed to comb, wash, style and otherwise manipulate your hair up to 2 days a week. You may also use these two days to put your hair in some more elaborate protective styles (like twists, bantu knots, or braids) that you may want to wear throughout the whole week or longer to assist you in not manipulating your hair.
-If you heat style your hair (flat-iron, blow-dry, etc.) try to do this as minimally as possible (like just 1 day out of the 2 days you are allowed to manipulate your hair) and/or do it at a cooler setting. We want to eliminate as much unnecessary damage as we can.
-On days that it isn't time to groom or style your hair you may only touch it to put it in a simple protective style (like bunning, wigging, or scarfing), moisturize, massage your scalp, etc. but you may not comb or manipulate it!
-You have three get out of jail free cards during the four months where you can style your hair on days other than your designating styling days, but only for special occasions.
-Refrain from changing your hairstyle throughout the day. Once you have chosen a style for your hair, stick with it and do not tweak it as the day goes on. This will help you to not lapse into overmanipulation.
P.S. If you want to get even more strict with the challenge (like only allowing yourself one day out of the week for combing and styling and/or not heat-styling at all) then you certainly may! I just wanted to make the challenge simple enough so that everyone, including those of us who have extreme HIH syndrome, can join and still get good results.
**If you want to post pics of the condition of your hair at the beginning of the challenge and at the end of it, and if you want to post the hair regimen you plan on following during this time, you certainly may
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*Challenge Participants* (if I forgot to add your name to the participants list or you would like to quit the challenge/you don't want your name listed, please PM me.)
*Muffin*
ParvaniVida
longhairdreamzz
I shure do wish
Wishin4BSL
tishee
Opalsunset
letitgrow0702
Shay72
C.Nicole
november wind
EMJazzy
kyna323
d-rock
Longdayinthepark
V0nDiva
Aggie
marzinetta
Bri505
Silkydreamgirl
changedlife
.From: September 15th 08'-January 1st-15th 09'
Goal of Challenge:
-To gain length by retaining hair growth
-To break any obsessive habits of overmanipulating hair.
-Support and motivate other challenge members to achieve their hair goals.
The Rules:
-Only allowed to comb, wash, style and otherwise manipulate your hair up to 2 days a week. You may also use these two days to put your hair in some more elaborate protective styles (like twists, bantu knots, or braids) that you may want to wear throughout the whole week or longer to assist you in not manipulating your hair.
-If you heat style your hair (flat-iron, blow-dry, etc.) try to do this as minimally as possible (like just 1 day out of the 2 days you are allowed to manipulate your hair) and/or do it at a cooler setting. We want to eliminate as much unnecessary damage as we can.
-On days that it isn't time to groom or style your hair you may only touch it to put it in a simple protective style (like bunning, wigging, or scarfing), moisturize, massage your scalp, etc. but you may not comb or manipulate it!
-You have three get out of jail free cards during the four months where you can style your hair on days other than your designating styling days, but only for special occasions.
-Refrain from changing your hairstyle throughout the day. Once you have chosen a style for your hair, stick with it and do not tweak it as the day goes on. This will help you to not lapse into overmanipulation.
P.S. If you want to get even more strict with the challenge (like only allowing yourself one day out of the week for combing and styling and/or not heat-styling at all) then you certainly may! I just wanted to make the challenge simple enough so that everyone, including those of us who have extreme HIH syndrome, can join and still get good results.
**If you want to post pics of the condition of your hair at the beginning of the challenge and at the end of it, and if you want to post the hair regimen you plan on following during this time, you certainly may
.***Challenge Participants* (if I forgot to add your name to the participants list or you would like to quit the challenge/you don't want your name listed, please PM me.)
*Muffin*
ParvaniVida
longhairdreamzz
I shure do wish
Wishin4BSL
tishee
Opalsunset
letitgrow0702
Shay72
C.Nicole
november wind
EMJazzy
kyna323
d-rock
Longdayinthepark
V0nDiva
Aggie
marzinetta
Bri505
Silkydreamgirl
changedlife
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I told him to remind me not to mess with the left side of my nape because it's starting to thin where I bother it all the time. He saw this and said that I should definitely join. That and he's tired of me walking around his house in my unkempt extra thick hair just removed from my air dried half pony half bun!
(Is there a prize for the biggest loser in this challenge?)
. Hopefully this challenge helps me reach my BSL goal.
Excuse the messy room, lol.
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. At least I was able to get your message, thank you. 
. Even though the challenge doesn't officially start until Monday (because I wanted all of us to have time to formulate a regimen) I've been practicing what I'm going to do during the challenge, and it's hard! Yesterday I wore my hair up in a sort of bun and I wore one of my favorite purple and green silk scarves as headband around my edges, and let me tell you by the end of the day I wanted to rip that thing off my head and let my hair swang in the breeze, lol. But I stuck to it. I'm really serious about breaking my bad hair habits and I want us all to keep each other up to date on how we all are doing. If you feel you are struggling or you need ideas for protective styles/ways you can keep your hands out of your hair, feel free to vent here or pm a member of this challenge. We're all here to support each other 
