Hip Length 2011!! Let's do this!!

Dee Raven said:
Hey ladies. Here's my end-of-the-year/beginning-of-the-year update: I finally took out my twist and washed today. I totally feel you guys on the end of the year lazies. i have just been too tired and too busy to deal with all this hair. I've had the twist in for like a month, and I only retwisted the top once. :blush: I won't be doing that again. I had more knots than I've seen in a while. And I think my hair missed the moisture. But I'm still going to try to figure out how to style my hair in ways that I can stretch it out because it is getting too long for me to be dealing with it on a weekly basis. It takes like 3 hrs to just put in the twists, not including washing and conditioning. Is that lazy?

I haven't done a henna treatment since the beginning of last year and my ends are starting to look like they need it, so sometime next month I want to do one.

I took pictures today of the stretched hair, and after a whole bunch of scientific analysis :lol: I have determined that I'm a litte over an inch away from HL and 5 inches away from tailbone length at the longest layer. My top layer's at mbl. So hopefully I will make HL by March at this rate, and I want to do a good trim using Feye's method at that time.

Hope you guys are all enjoying the holidays and I can't wait to see those progress pics.
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Jaw Droppingly STUNNING!!!

question for anyone who Hennas? What do you think are the advantages of Henna? I always thought of it as just a way to color, but seems like its more than that. and the Henna threads are so long, i can't seem to find the answer. (thanks, in advance.)
 
YAY Dee Raven.
How's everyone's hair doing?

I think I'm going to straighten for new year's eve after all. it'll be a game time decision.
If I do, I'll post pics. (i can't wait to see my straightened length)

I'm kinda being bad with my hair this week. wash n go every day since i'm in fl. and i haven't DCed...

but once i get home in jan ill get back on track.

what are you all doin with your hair for new years eve?
 
wyldcurlz said:
Jaw Droppingly STUNNING!!!

question for anyone who Hennas? What do you think are the advantages of Henna? I always thought of it as just a way to color, but seems like its more than that. and the Henna threads are so long, i can't seem to find the answer. (thanks, in advance.)
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For me, henna adds an extra heaviness and strength to my hair that just makes it feel amazing. I haven't found another treatment for my hair that makes it feel the same.
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Feeling crazy over here. Toying with the idea of stretching for 12 mos instead of 6. I'll be 6 mos post in 2 wks. Stretching will give me the chance to decide whether the year stretch is a transition or not. That'll depend on how I'm able to deal with that much natural hair, but I'm loving the thickness. :lick: Of course, I could get thickness with texlaxing too. What do you think? I'm definitely feeling like I can stretch longer. I'm hoping to hit hl by then. :spinning:
 
Finally got around to doing my Individuals no hair added. I was literally in the bathroom for 7 1/2 hours, I think I just braid slow, ((..Laughing..)). They are a little small but not to small probably like 14 on one row in the middle, that's the most. I'm going to Try to keep them in until January 27th or February 1st but heck Ive never been able to keep my braids in longer than a week so I'm going to give it my best shot.
 
empressri said:
yess cassia. i love cassia. i had ZERO breakage after using it. dont like henna wont use it again.
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I just had a henna nightmare. I tried it out recently and I my hair was so tangly after. I think I didn't detangle well enough beforehand. Is cassia easier to rinse out?
 
Tomorrow is the last day of the year and the day after that...we officially start...Why the heck am I so nervous???
 
Today I am deep conditioning, rollersetting, and straightening my hair for New Years Eve. Still don't know if I'm going to my in-laws, my sisters house, or just staying home.


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I want in...i want all my hair to be at this length...i may have to cut it though bc my main focus is thickness

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NJoy said:
Feeling crazy over here. Toying with the idea of stretching for 12 mos instead of 6. I'll be 6 mos post in 2 wks. Stretching will give me the chance to decide whether the year stretch is a transition or not. That'll depend on how I'm able to deal with that much natural hair, but I'm loving the thickness. :lick: Of course, I could get thickness with texlaxing too. What do you think? I'm definitely feeling like I can stretch longer. I'm hoping to hit hl by then. :spinning:
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I'm in a similar position, i've been stretching for over a year now contemplating if I should transition or texlax...I know I can stretch longer cuz i've been rocking wigs but I need to make up my mind already :ohwell:
 
Current Length: WSL?
Regimen: cowash...protein for thickness...henna....deep condition
Plans: gain thickness maybe trim these thin ends
Hip Length Date: ?

Will post a pic when I get to my computer



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kami11213 said:
I've been rocking wigs for the last month trying to keep it as simple as possible. Washing and deep conditioning once a wk... For New Years I'll be wearing one of my wigs...
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Girl that's all I do is wear wigs..


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I just wanted to post a pic were I'm starting from

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:( i feel like my hair is mbl. oh and my relaxed ends are about 6 - 12+
 
:peek2:

I guess it's time to post my starting length. I don't know how I'll do that since I have no intention of rollersetting or straightening. I have a ton of new growth as well.
Eh... I'll think of something...
 
wyldcurlz said:
Jaw Droppingly STUNNING!!!

question for anyone who Hennas? What do you think are the advantages of Henna? I always thought of it as just a way to color, but seems like its more than that. and the Henna threads are so long, i can't seem to find the answer. (thanks, in advance.)
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For me, henna prevents me from getting split ends so quickly. I can go a year without trimming when I use henna. Like right now, I'm 9 months out from my last trim/cut and when I was doing s&d (for the first time, might I add, since the cut) I had maybe 5 split ends and like 10 ssk, and my hair has the exact same shape as it did when I cut it. I don't even henna that often (I did it 2x this year). And I've heard that you can just mix it into your conditioner for like a rinse or something and get the same effect. For that reason alone it's worth it for me.
 
brg240 said:
I just wanted to post a pic were I'm starting from

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:( i feel like my hair is mbl. oh and my relaxed ends are about 6 - 12+
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Wow, you're really close. It won't take you anytime at all to reach HL. I know exactly how you feel about the mbl. If I want to have any curls at all in my hair, that's pretty much where it hits until the curls fall.

I don't know about you guys, but after seeing Stelldata's new updates, I realize if I want to feel like I have hl, I'm really going to have to shoot for tbl in order for my mind to accept it and to be able to style and still keep the length.
 
a_ caribbean_dream said:
You are past WL girl! There is no way you are MBL. Very pretty hair!
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thank you I guess I should have explained. After my trim I just feel like my hair is so much shorter. :|
PeculiarDaye said:
MBL? Hun you have passed that, and WL. You are definitly between WL and HL
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yeah I am, i'm just suffering from hair anorexia :(
Dee Raven said:
Wow, you're really close. It won't take you anytime at all to reach HL. I know exactly how you feel about the mbl. If I want to have any curls at all in my hair, that's pretty much where it hits until the curls fall.

I don't know about you guys, but after seeing Stelldata's new updates, I realize if I want to feel like I have hl, I'm really going to have to shoot for tbl in order for my mind to accept it and to be able to style and still keep the length.
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I'm just aiming for June because i'm doing the hide your hair challenge but in June I'm going to cut back to waist (or a little below) so by december I can have full hl hair. Unless I get too attached to the length. :look: we'll see.

I agree to make it look like a full hl you need to have about tbl hair.
:yep:

who is Stelldata? I just did a search for her name and nothing came up :(
 
@brg240
You passed MBL and WL already and between WL and HL you don't hav far to go
I feel the same way about lengths you don't feel comfortable claiming until you're a little passed or full hemline or reaching the next length with longer hairs.

Check out the classic part 1 challenge Stelladata has updates in there her hair is longer now then the august pics and yt.
 
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LOL I was wondering what was going on, been stalking your fotki and youtube for updates.
kami11213 said:
I'm in a similar position, i've been stretching for over a year now contemplating if I should transition or texlax...I know I can stretch longer cuz i've been rocking wigs but I need to make up my mind already :ohwell:
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okay, seeing all these gorgeous, lush, thick, lonnnnng heads of hair is giving me serious hair porn addiction/hair-anorexia.

i'm gonna be needing some regimens posted (or tell me where i can find all of your reggies!!) :yep:

2011 new year = time to find a new regimen!
 
Well ladies, these are my official starting pics...I need a couple of months to claim MBL truly but here they are...Yikes...I've got a loooonnngggggg way to go...This Challenge is a llloooonnnngggg shot, but I'm going hard!!!!
 

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Janet' said:
Well ladies, these are my official starting pics...I need a couple of months to claim MBL truly but here they are...Yikes...I've got a loooonnngggggg way to go...This Challenge is a llloooonnnngggg shot, but I'm going hard!!!!
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Janet....honey. *folds hands & purses lips* I hate to tell you this, but you ARE mbl! I can't see your waist in the pics, but you don't look like you have far to go :yep:
 
jasmineml said:
Janet....honey. *folds hands & purses lips* I hate to tell you this, but you ARE mbl! I can't see your waist in the pics, but you don't look like you have far to go :yep:
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Seriously??? Jasmineml...I'm scurred to claim it with just a few hairs...:blush::blush:
 
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