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

BostonMaria said:
Thanks ladies!

I also wanted to show my daughter's hair (she's 12). I had the stylist cut about an inch and a half so now she has a nice blunt cut. She loves how it looks, but its not a big deal to her. She's had long hair all her life.
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You and your daughter have beautiful hair!!!
 
wyldcurlz said:
i'm gonna miss you two! you always give such great advice and lots of encouragement. really? do you really need an education? c'mon! its not nekesarie to suseeed! :lol:

kidding - we'll miss ya, but i know how important it is to be focused when the semester starts...and i know how easily lhcf distracts me. good luck. looking forward to hearing from both of you when you do post!
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Yeah, I won't be gone for good...I just will have to curb my time here...You know I can't leave you girls along for too long!!!
 
BostonMaria said:
OK so here's my official January hair results. I betta be hip length in December! LOL No more cutting my ends. It is what it is till 2012.


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1. What are you ladies doing with your hair today?
I went to the salon today and let somebody else do my hair.

2. What do you ladies think of the Sue Maesta Hood?/Hooded headband? worth it?
Hmmm never heard of it. I'll have to do a search and see.

3. especially @Whimsy - when you pineapple at night (or anytime hair is tied up) i noticed you use a BIG, elastic/nylon hair tie. where did you get that? i can never find large hair ties.
I make my own nylon hair ties with pantyhose. At night I make a big bun and hold it together with 3-4 bobby pins.

4. why do so many of you have hair that looks so shiny, well moisturized and smooth when you pull it back. what are you using to get that look? mine never looks like that.
You kidding me? Your hair ALWAYS looks so moisturized! My hair is dry so I use avocado oil whenever its straight. I apply it in the morning and again at night before going to sleep.
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Your hair is beautiful Maria!!! :grin: And so is your DD's.
 
I am doing very little to my hair lately. It is too cold to want to do anything special anyway. I just wake up and brush and go. I keep it moisturized, but I have only been washing once a week. I am little tired of hair right now and just taking a break. And my hair does well when I just leave it be. I have been using the same products since the beginning and I just stick with that. I only buy something when I run out. So I haven't even been buying hair products either....just using what is in my stash.
 
BostonMaria said:
Thanks ladies!

I also wanted to show my daughter's hair (she's 12). I had the stylist cut about an inch and a half so now she has a nice blunt cut. She loves how it looks, but its not a big deal to her. She's had long hair all her life.
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Wow.. Your daughter's hair is just as gorgeous as yours. She is so blessed to have a mother that knows how to take care of her hair properly.
 
Hola, chicas! It's that time of the month for me again. Yeah, not that time. It's time to decide whether to texlax or continue stretching. I'll be 25 wks post and have no real reason to break my stretch other than wanting my hair to look nice and long for an event next weekend. Yeah, I can flatiron but, ugh...it takes so friggen long and I'm not that good at it. Ah well...Either way, Tuesday is the day...or not. Meantime, all's well. I've been pretty low manipulation but staying on top of general daily needs.

I'm not putting the same focus on hair length this year as last. This year is about physical fitness and getting fullness and a nice hemline with my hair. *thinking outloud here* Although hl is my goal, I think that would be if I keep the "v". If I start trimming to get a more blunt hemline, I think the length between wl and hl would be perfect. I'm just not sure which way to go yet. Anywho...

Janet' said:
Yeah, I won't be gone for good...I just will have to curb my time here...You know I can't leave you girls along for too long!!!
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Yeah, girl. You know we don't know how to ack withoutcha. And who would be the head cheerleader for every little thing we do? *sniff*
 
I would like to join the challenge if it is not to late.

Some things you can share are:
Current Length: Between MBL and WL
Regimen: DC with steam once a week, protective styles (braids/twists) 90% of the time, moisturize 2x daily
Plans: To join this challenge to keep me accountable to reaching my goal
Hip Length Date: December 2011

1st pic-Stretched natural hair
2nd pic-Flat Iron hair before trim
3rd pic -Flat Iron hair after trim (starting length)
 

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shania28 said:
I would like to join the challenge if it is not to late.

Some things you can share are:
Current Length: Between MBL and WL
Regimen: DC with steam once a week, protective styles (braids/twists) 90% of the time, moisturize 2x daily
Plans: To join this challenge to keep me accountable to reaching my goal
Hip Length Date: December 2011

1st pic-Stretched natural hair
2nd pic-Flat Iron hair before trim
3rd pic -Flat Iron hair after trim (starting length)
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You have beautiful hair. Its so healthy and shinny. Youll definitly be there by December :)
 
Thanks to everyone who gave their opinion on the denman brush blowdry method I saw on youtube. I really appreciated it.

I've actually decided to try to avoid blowdrying completely until April or May. I will wear stretched styles as much as possible and find some way to care for my ends during this. I'm currently wearing a braidout in a low bun. I might have been a little over zealous in joining this challenge. But I hope not; I haven't seen my hair straight since June so I only have an idea of my current hair length (siggy pic)
 
Well I am bunning it this week. I didn't feel like doing anything else. I have a 4 day work week so I'm hoping my bun will hold up until Friday.
 
Bought some oils today, I will tell you all about my mixture when I put it together.

I was going to wait until the 27th to take out my braids to make it one month but I'm going to take it out on the 21st and either wear a bun until the 2nd or redo my braids on the 23rd I haven't made up my mind yet :/
 
I'm still stretching. I knew the texlax was out when I couldn't resist cowashing a couple nights ago. Was planning to blow out my roots a bit but got distracted with some health issues going on with my mom. So, I'm pretty much walking around with my 6 detangled braids from my last cowash. I really don't feel like doing much right now. Will probably moisturize and rebraid 'em. And, yeah, I even go out like this. bump it.

I hope everyone's doing well and wish you a divalicious day!
 
So I need help from you experts. Two weeks ago I had an interview and I used brown gel twice that week but only redid my bun twice that week (no other manipulation). I co-washed the at the end of that week. Had another interview so I used gel again on Monday. Hair is in the same bun and I feel like keeping it in until Saturday. Do ya'll think I absolutely need to wash it out immediately? I don't want to hinder any progress but I reeeaaallly don't feel like being bothered with my hair right now.


ETA: Definitely praying for you and your family njoy.
 
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Yes if you can CW if not soften it up w some water just sligtly dampen it smith w condish and reapply gel. That's a protein gel you want to be careful with it.
 
Lucia said:
@Lafemme
Yes if you can CW if not soften it up w some water just sligtly dampen it smith w condish and reapply gel. That's a protein gel you want to be careful with it.
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oh no no I'm not applying anymore gel. I just did that for the interviews. I just didn't know if I needed to wash it out or if I could wait a few days. So thanks, I'll just spritz with water, moisturize and wash this weekend.
 
Hello all! I'm guess I'm just checking in :giggle:

I've been trying to keep my hair straight for the winter and I feel like it has made my life a little easier. Plus, it keeps the knots at bay and my shed hair just glides out instead of becoming a tangled mess. I'm debating on trimming 1/2inch or just waiting a few weeks....Decisions, decisions.
 
I'm due to relax but decided to stretch past 16wks and go for 24-26wks. I did an Aphoghee 2 step treatment last night and decided to flat iron my roots. I tried to rotate the pics. These the best pics I could get

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Trying to show scalp LOL, fail

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Ok Im in.. can I hang out too?? Ok I am gonna relax in a week, I am 11 weeks.. I cannot take the naps. I pretty much a smidge from my avatar pic, but will post a pic once my relaxer is done and i straighten... All of you have gorgeous, to die for hair!!! Good job!!
 
~*~ShopAholic~*~ said:
I'm due to relax but decided to stretch past 16wks and go for 24-26wks. I did an Aphoghee 2 step treatment last night and decided to flat iron my roots. I tried to rotate the pics. These the best pics I could get

45aba8c0-58e2-8ebe.jpg
45aba8c0-5900-6f7e.jpg


Trying to show scalp LOL, fail

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Sent from my Zio using Long Hair Care Forum App
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Your hair is long and healthy, I can't help but stare. What did you do to get it WSL?
 
K so I decided to just spritz with water and applied conditioner to keep my edges smooth and Care Free Curl Gold to moisturize my ends and put it back in the bun. I was going to straighten this weekend (out of boredom) but I will stick to my reggie and wait until the end of the month to straighten. I know ya'll don't care but I'm typing this out as a reminder to myself lol so this weekend I'm going to wash and condition with those naked naturals samples and style for a braidout. Probably wear the braidout for the weekend and go back to bunning for next week. Hopefully all this low manipulation and protective styling shows me a wonderful difference by April.
 
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