Hip–Tailbone Length (HL–TBL) 2014 Challenge!

I bought my first wig today. Yunessa by Model Model. On sale at the bss for $15. If I really like it, I'll pick up a few more. I'm gonna wig my way through hair rehab.
 
Kindheart said:
Thank you !!

My regimen is quite flexible and simple .
I wash my hair every 4-5 days with a sulfate free shampoo ,condition for 30 min without heat ,towel dry ,apply a leave in (Claudie satin moisturizer or Kbb ambrosia) and
Air dry ,once my hair is 70% dry i apply a butter (currently using Afroveda SheAmla) .
I use heat maybe 4-5 times a year .
I bun daily by rolling my hair and securing it with a soft large scrunchi.
It took years to get to this lenght but i m so glad i
m finally able to see visible results.

:)
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when you say yrs Kindheart how many?

SmilingElephant yes join right along with me. I am 5 yrs just about into my journey and I have seen these youngsters pass me by lol but I am alright about it.
 
pre_medicalrulz said:
Bump!!!!! I will not let y'all die on me!

Im waking up an hour early to do my hair on my bday tmr for work. At least that's the plan. Lol I think. I will even wear some sexy heels. OooOo la la! Cause a sista loves her some flats!
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I woke up an hour early as planned, took out one mini plait...plaited that 1 mini plait back up & went right back in the bed. I'm not about that life!! :(
 
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LovingLady said:
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Happy Birthday pre_medicalrulz
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Thank you my Florida friend!

Ladies I triiiied it today! (in my Tamar voice). I snatched my wig off & went to work in my celie box plaits. Lol!! Those same plaits Ive been too lazy to redo for a month now. I hope i dont scare nobody at work. Lol!!!

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Even though I flat ironed three days ago,and dusted it some of my ends were still scraggly and knotting up so I dusted again today. Turns out what I thought was shedding has been breakage. :eek:

I'm kind of relieved because that means my hair is not thinning. Some of my strands grew a few inches though. My hair loves to play zero sum games with me and I have been kind of lazy with it the last few months. That said the situation isn't as bad as I originally thought, but it demands attention.

So it's back to my growth aids. I still have a lot because I haven't been using them this year. And I'm going to try wigging it for awhile. This could be the start of a new thing for me. It will be like going to the salon but with less time and expense invested.:lol:
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I cut and pasted this from the WL 2013 thread because I wasn't about to type all this again.

So I've changed my mind about quitting the challenge. What I'll do is hold at WL and give the broken and just plain shorter strands some time to catch up. If I'm diligent with the growth aids and quit being a slacker, I should have the battle won by the end of this year.

Then in Spring 2014, I'll start to pursue HL.
 
cocosweet , I've been having a good bit of breakage too, but I did a length check today and apparently it's not having an obvious effect on my retention. I'm glad you're staying with the challenge because you don't have far at all to go to get to HL :yep: .

Like I said, I did a length check today because I randomly pulled a chunk of hair in the front, and it was a bit longer that I expected. I'm guessing that I've gained 1-1.5 inches in the back, and I'm only 1.5 in from being MBL again :grin:.
For wash day, I cowashed, detangled, and applied condish like I was going to do a wash n'go (which I was planning to do initially). Out of the shower, I changed my mind last minute, and applied a bunch of oil then pomade to my ends. I added gel to the top and edges, and brushed my hair back into 2 low ponytails using rubberbands. I tied on a scarf and let it dry like that for 2 hours. Now my hair's in a bun, and I'm hoping that letting my ends dry some and curl up before tucking them away will keep them safe in my bun.
I want to take my bun down in 3-4 days, and I'm excited to see if my ends are in better shape. And if so, I'm going to be bunning again :yep:.
 
UPDATE: I relaxed my hair at 11 weeks. Summer was making my new growth get to that unmanageable point so I threw in the towel. Wasn't about to fight with my hair to lose, especially in this weather. :nono: Currently I'm MBL and I'm 1.5"-2" from WL.

I REALLY WANT TO STRETCH! I keep talking about going back to doing my hair every 4 months and trying to push for 5-6 months but something always comes up or prevents me from making a true attempt. I see a lot of progress when stretching for at least 4 months. Stretching any sooner than 3 is a bit too soon for me but then again, I had an under-processed area that was hard to deal with so I don't regret going 1 week shy of 3 months; I think my stylist was able to correct it. :yep: Going to focus a lot of protein in that area, it was pretty much my hairline so even better.

Good news! So before my mother was saying my sides were looking thin and it kind of bothered me but instead of obsessing like I usually do, I decided I would check it out when I relax and proceed to either leave it or trim it. Well turns out, it was just my hairline growing out which is great because as a young kid, my hairline was always short. Now my hairline is progressing and gaining length like the rest of my hair. I trimmed it a bit so that my sides would be shaped better and looking forward to continued progress. Hopefully my nape mocks that same retention.

Hair anorexia is still around. I'll probably thinking my hair is SL until it gets to TBL. Yay me. :lol:

EDIT: MIGHT post pics later.
 
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The Good:
- Progressing towards WL with little effort, feeling good about my regimen being so simple
- My hair seems to have good balance between protein and moisture
- Minimal breakage
- Found some good moisturizing conditioners to use during wash days
- Now able to tame my seborrheic dermatitis! No burning during relaxer day

The Bad:
- I'm always saying I will stretch and never do
- Haven't been consist with vitamins

The Ugly:
- Still leaving my hair to get tangled sometimes, not as much as before but it does cause extra breakage
- Washing my hair last minute causes unnecessary breakage
- I'm way too much of a PJ. I don't need this many products. I have to start pre-pooing (which I hate and don't need to do) to use them up

*BONUS* The So-So:
- Need to figure out how often I'm going to trim. I kind of want to every other relaxer but at the same time, I don't want to cause more damage because splits and damage can be hard to detect
 
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Aireen said:
*BONUS* The So-So:
- Need to figure out how often I'm going to trim. I kind of want to every other relaxer but at the same time, I don't want to cause more damage because splits and damage can be hard to detect
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If your ends are generally healthy, you can probably get away with dusting 1/8-1/2" one TU. Then trim the following one. By alternating, your not sacrificing healthy ends for length. Also, your not getting rid of healthy hair/length in the name of trimming.

If you protective style a lot the dusting will be 1/8-1/4". If not, probably closer to 1/2".

Sent from my Speak & Spell using LHCF
 
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