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

[~*~ShopAholic~*~]

Thanks! Well being consistent, shampooing and. DC twice a wk. Keeping up with treatments and trimming atleast 1/4" every relaxer unless needed sooner. I did a lot of roller setting for most of my journey or I airdry. I relax every 16 wks or longer.

Your hair is long and healthy, I can't help but stare. What did you do to get it WSL?

 

[a_ caribbean_dream]

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.

I care! I'm sorry I couldn't offer you any advice on the gel/bun issue. I've never used brown gel.

 

[a_ caribbean_dream]

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Look at all that length! Just lovely! I agree with Lucia, you are practically there! Congrats!

 

[Dee Raven]

I did my henna treatment and snipped all the split ends so I think I'm actually going to hold off on the trim until March when I was planning to do it. The henna worked amazing. I mixed it with conditioner and left it in over night. When I washed it out and detangled it felt like butter. I want to do it again, but I don't want to overdo it. Maybe in March as well.

Great update Shopaholic. It looks to me like you should be skimming HL already.

 

[PeculiarDaye]

Thanks! Well being consistent, shampooing and. DC twice a wk. Keeping up with treatments and trimming atleast 1/4" every relaxer unless needed sooner. I did a lot of roller setting for most of my journey or I airdry. I relax every 16 wks or longer.

You've done an amazing job with your hair . Do you wear a lot of buns or braids. Listening to your hair is the most simplest/hard job, and you've conquered it you'll be Hip Length by March I believe. Looks to me like your grazing it.

Do You use the Henna Treatment?

 

[Nya33]

Cheering you on ladies!!!

Just want to say you have mastered growing and looking after your hair and have shown that consistency and determination will help you reach your goals. I'm learning so much from you with my EL self agan.

 

[~*~ShopAholic~*~]

Thank you very much! I wear a lot of buns now more than I did before hitting WSL, I also would wear 2 large twist or 2 french braids, especially in the summer. I want to start doing more elegant updos though.

You've done an amazing job with your hair . Do you wear a lot of buns or braids. Listening to your hair is the most simplest/hard job, and you've conquered it you'll be Hip Length by March I believe. Looks to me like your grazing it.

Do You use the Henna Treatment?

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[Optimus_Prime]

Small update: I finally did a rollerset. I'm 10 weeks post, stretching for another 2-3 weeks.

 

[memee1978]

count me in....

 

[princessdi]

Okay Whimsy, I know it's way late but I'm joining you ladies and am shooting for HL by December 2011. I've been told that I'm already WL so I guess I need to withdraw myself from that challenge.

It's hard to imagine myself at HL, but HL here I come....:Copy of 2cool:

Can I join you ladies?

 

[kami11213]

Shopaholic and Optimus, gorgeous hair!

 

[Lita]

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

Trying to show scalp LOL, fail

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Great Progress...So silky...


Happy Hair Growing!

 

[Lita]

Small update: I finally did a rollerset. I'm 10 weeks post, stretching for another 2-3 weeks.

..Very pretty..ALL THAT SHINE ...


Happy Hair Growing!

 

[Whimsy]

Shopaholic you are So close...you may as well head over to the tailbone challenge now!

OPTIMUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSS
oh my god i just went lesbian over your hair, i wanna play in it lol.
It looks GREAT, so long so lush, sooooooo pretty!!!
Your hair is BEAUTIFUL OPT!!!

 

[JJamiah]

I would love to unofficially join this challenge

 

[NikkiGirl]

Optimus and Shopaholic, you both have gorgeous hair. I love your layers Optimus.

 

[LaFemmeNaturelle]

Yup so I'm gonna rant real quick rather than make a new thread.....so I've figured out why the heck my hair always reverts. Michigan has freakin humid winters! How dare she! The humidity was 89% today like wtf! So I'm going to start straightening once a month to slightly heat train my hair. I don't want my texture to change I just want my hair to last an entire week like back in the day. This is also the time to experiment and see if my hair can handle the heat. My relaxed hair can take the beating. So I'll be posting pics this weekend. Hope I'm back at WL!

 

[Sunshine_One]

WOW! You ladies have it on popping in this thread! I'm going to official LURK this thread! Very inspiring!

 

[Lucia]

@whimsy
Just read your hairblog about cutting your hair and donating
They don't really give your hair to cancer kids it's for alopecia kids and it has to have never been dyed colored heat straitened and I think even natural straight. also everyone says synthetic wigs look better and last longer. It takes 2-3 heads of WL hair to make 1 wig that only lasts 2 weeks.
Look it up Don't be a sucker.
Locks of Love

To be eligible to receive a hairpiece, a child must:

Be 21 years or younger.
Have long-term or short-term hair loss from alopecia areata (an autoimmune illness), scalp burns, or a similar medical condition.
Provide proof of financial need.

Locks of Love does not provide all hairpieces free of charge. According to its website, prices for human-hair wigs are set on a sliding scale based on the recipient's family income.

Locks of Love has received criticism for its practice of selling donated hair, rather than using it in wigs as the donors expect. They refer to the hair they sell as "unusable material," but the buyers are using it to make wigs. According to a 2003 report by the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance, in 2002 alone Locks of Love had raised over $150,000 by selling donated hair and had received another $213,000 in charitable contributions and grants, but provided only 113 human-hair wigs. Their 2008 IRS Form 990 reported over $1,925,000 in total revenue but stated that they gave only 401 hairpieces / wigs to Locks of Love recipients.

Locks of Love representatives are frequent guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show and other daytime television shows, where they provide haircuts to guests and audience members. Though the representatives and show hosts normally suggest that the hair collected during the show will go into a wig, that the wigs are given free of charge to children with cancer, neither of these outcomes is guaranteed. [3][4][5] The organization was formed to help people with the illness of alopecia, not necessarily to help cancer patients.[5]

 

[luckiestdestiny]

Dare I dream? I'll cheer you all on and if I get there (have specific health problems) then I'll post here. I have a couple pics, sorry but it's from my cell phone and they aren't so good, IDK why? AND they're big as all get out BUT anyhoo.... And a link to pic comparison thread (finally did one from Nov 2009-Jan 2011) from shoulder length to here.
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/ha...4-month-pics-w-set-back-explanations-etc.html

Flatironed natural 4a, fine thin strands, but super dense (tons of strands) . Most hair is blowed out, nothing but hair on the head pinned up... just twisted and pinned up. One section was lightly flat ironed cause hey I got tired. I just pulled it partially straightened section for length(not taunt cause I don't want too much tension) As for flatironing it all out what's the use as I'm just going to braid it up anyways. Maybe put a weave in in FEB. Towel is at waist. Hate gaining weight when eating right and seeing that waist of mine but oh well, perhaps medication will stay balanced this time so I can get it back off again.

 

[JJamiah]

I am excited to see what June Brings this way. I am not a person who gets rapid growth in the summer, but I am still excited none the less.

At the end of the year I wil be getting a nice trim (1 inch or so) to make my ends great for the start of the new year.

I will be Wigging it, Bunning when not in wigs until.......Until!

 

[luckiestdestiny]

I am excited to see what June Brings this way. I am not a person who gets rapid growth in the summer, but I am still excited none the less.

At the end of the year I wil be getting a nice trim (1 inch or so) to make my ends great for the start of the new year.

I will be Wigging it, Bunning when not in wigs until.......Until!

I understand. I think I'm going to check my length at the end of the summer, or early fall as I just check it in January. I will weave it up and out of the way (as I've had braids w/ no fake hair, just cornrows for the past year and I'm pretty tired of that.). I'll just co wash in between until it's time to take it out do some hard core dcs, let my scalp breathe a little and repeat.

I am going to trim the slightest amount on the new moon (tiny amout cause I've hacked off too much hair evening it out in the past 14 months)...just enough to get the new moon growth. i always trim on that, so I might as well continue. Learned from Lucia though I heard about it before then. After I trim the ends I'm weaving it up and kim. I'm excited to see what summer brings too!

 

[kami11213]

Just checking in... Haven't done much to my hair, just washing and conditioning mostly bi-wkly and keeping my hair braided up under a wig. I'll be flat ironing in 2 wks so I'll post a length check then....

 

[song_of_serenity]

Small update: I finally did a rollerset. I'm 10 weeks post, stretching for another 2-3 weeks.

Gorgeous, gorgeous, GORGEOUS! Especially for an at home job! You're well on your way, lady!

 

[a_ caribbean_dream]

Ladies-confession time: I haven't been taking care of my hair recently... shame on me!

 

[Ms Lala]

Ladies-confession time: I haven't been taking care of my hair recently... shame on me!

I've been lazy w/my hair lately. I'm still moisturizing etc... but it's been in this rough looking bun. I really need to wash it.

 

[a_ caribbean_dream]

I've been lazy w/my hair lately. I'm still moisturizing etc... but it's been in this rough looking bun. I really need to wash it.

Me too! My hair really needs to be washed but it's a lengthy energy consuming process where I need to know exactly how I will styling my hair after it's washed. What is your moisturizing process Ms. Lala?- my hair is in a bun too coughatangledbuncough

 

[Whimsy]

C'mon you hair-lazy girls... have a wash day and fall back in love with your hair. do a prepoo and an invigorating poo (or cowash) and DC that gorgeous hair.
Even if you put it right back in a bun when you're done moisturizing, at least you did something fresh!

 

[PeculiarDaye]

Hey ladies, I know I've been gone for a week, I was out of town. But I did end up bunning it for the week. I haven't oiled my scalp so it is a little ichy here and there.

Well I'll be back to my braids in a couple of days. I was loving the fact that I didnt have to wake up and comb my hair all I had to do was moisture and go

 

[a_ caribbean_dream]

C'mon you hair-lazy girls... have a wash day and fall back in love with your hair. do a prepoo and an invigorating poo (or cowash) and DC that gorgeous hair.
Even if you put it right back in a bun when you're done moisturizing, at least you did something fresh!

That is amazingly true! Whenever I wash or pamper my hair I do find myself falling back in love w/ it. Any other time I can't say the same. lol Thanks for the needed push Whimsy!