Hip–Tailbone Length (HL–TBL) 2014 Challenge!
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pre_medicalrulz
It Always Been About Hair!
Mine does the same thing. If I do not flat iron it bone straight, it looks between mbl & wl.
BostonMaria
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I need to wash and rollerset my hair today. I haven't rollerset in MONTHS since I bought the Conair blowdryer. It dries my hair in like 30 minutes, but it takes 90 to dry my rollerset hair. Wish me luck! Let's see if I can do it.
mayoo
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Thought I'd update you ladies on my regimen, not quite sure what it was when I last posted it but I've pretty much gone back to basics and my hair is loving it!
New regimen:
Co-wash every 5-10 days
Detangle with tons of conditioner with fingers & wide-tooth comb(had been using my fingers only up until a week ago but I think going back to the comb will be better for me. Finger detangling doesn’t really get all of the tangles…. And takes a lot longer)
DC for a couple of hours
Apply leave-in + Style in medium-large twists (realised that there wasn’t a point to styling in small-medium twists when I only wear them for a few days + larger twists usually = less tangles for me)
Shampoo around every month
Products:
Shampoo-
Superdrug anti-dandruff shampoo
Head and shoulders anti-dandruff shampoo
Conditioner-
Tesco Smooth Coconut Conditioner
DC-
Aubrey Organics White Camellia
Leave-in-
Giovanni Smooth as Silk Deeper Moisture
SN: I finally found a website where I can re-size pics So here are the ones that I couldn’t upload before
Thought I'd update you ladies on my regimen, not quite sure what it was when I last posted it but I've pretty much gone back to basics and my hair is loving it!
New regimen:
Co-wash every 5-10 days
Detangle with tons of conditioner with fingers & wide-tooth comb(had been using my fingers only up until a week ago but I think going back to the comb will be better for me. Finger detangling doesn’t really get all of the tangles…. And takes a lot longer)
DC for a couple of hours
Apply leave-in + Style in medium-large twists (realised that there wasn’t a point to styling in small-medium twists when I only wear them for a few days + larger twists usually = less tangles for me)
Shampoo around every month
Products:
Shampoo-
Superdrug anti-dandruff shampoo
Head and shoulders anti-dandruff shampoo
Conditioner-
Tesco Smooth Coconut Conditioner
DC-
Aubrey Organics White Camellia
Leave-in-
Giovanni Smooth as Silk Deeper Moisture
SN: I finally found a website where I can re-size pics So here are the ones that I couldn’t upload before
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BostonMaria
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mayoo your hair is gorgeous!
Same here. I rarely ever flatiron bone straight and it looks about MBL. If it frizzes up it looks BSL. If its curly, I look bald LOL just kidding its about shoulder length curly.
Same here. I rarely ever flatiron bone straight and it looks about MBL. If it frizzes up it looks BSL. If its curly, I look bald LOL just kidding its about shoulder length curly.
Saludable84
Better Late Than Ugly
This forced me to invest in a bonnet dryer. I couldn't do 2hr rollersets anymore.
Please excuse my iPhone; it's trying to get it together
BostonMaria
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I have one but I can't find the cap. I'm going to buy another one because I just spent two hours under the dryer and its too hot to be doing alladat LOL
Here is my current length. I need to cut my ends :-/ but I might wait it out. I don't like holding on to scraggly ends but damn I've been at purgatory length since like forever!!! LOL
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ckisland
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BostonMaria , beautiful hair!! I'd say let the rest of your hairs catch up, and then dust or do a tiny trim when they get to where your longest hairs are now if you need to. But if your ends are healthy or aren't causing any difficulty, just leave 'em be 
. I have been in MBL limbo so many times now that I've vowed to not cut or trim my hair for the next 4 years. I keep cutting right when I get to MBL, so I'm always stuck trying to get past it. A lot of times we need up in hair purgatory because we do it to ourselves 
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. I have been in MBL limbo so many times now that I've vowed to not cut or trim my hair for the next 4 years. I keep cutting right when I get to MBL, so I'm always stuck trying to get past it. A lot of times we need up in hair purgatory because we do it to ourselves .
BostonMaria
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BostonMaria , beautiful hair!! I'd say let the rest of your hairs catch up, and then dust or do a tiny trim when they get to where your longest hairs are now if you need to. But if your ends are healthy or aren't causing any difficulty, just leave 'em be
Thanks for the advice. I told DD (23) that I'd take better care of my hair going forward. I've been slacking because I was in grad school and had a demanding job. But I have no excuse now because I am starting a new job in a week and I finished grad school in December 2012.
I'm going to allow the rest of my hair to catch up to the lead hair then I'll do a quick dusting of the ends. Don't know why it didn't occur to me to do That. Especially since I always give the same recommendation to others. Duh! Thank you LOL
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ckisland
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BostonMaria , I'm glad I could help 
. Why is it so hard to remember your own advice?! I can on and on about the evils of corn and processed foods, only to end up sitting with a bag of Cheetos an hour later 
. I need to put "Remember to take you own advice" on a bunch of sticky notes and put them everywhere 
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. Why is it so hard to remember your own advice?! I can on and on about the evils of corn and processed foods, only to end up sitting with a bag of Cheetos an hour later . I need to put "Remember to take you own advice" on a bunch of sticky notes and put them everywhere !
ManiiSweetheart
New Member
Decided that i'm going to do an extremely thorough search and destroy tomorrow... in my mind i am planning on looking at every single strand individually... we'll see how this goes.
pre_medicalrulz
It Always Been About Hair!
I was extremely bored today. I could have kept myself busy if Id washed my hair. Buuuut I didn't think about it until it was too late to start. Oh well. Cant wait for my relaxer this weekend. #Random
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MileHighDiva
A+ Hair Care Queen
I bought a magnifying glass to help with S&D missions, after waiting three weeks for it to get here from China...I was disappointed. That thing was like a toy,
I need to go buy one in person, so I can S&D with you tomorrow.
ManiiSweetheart
New Member
I bought a magnifying glass to help with S&D missions, after waiting three weeks for it to get here from China...I was disappointed. That thing was like a toy,
My sister has one of those magnified mirrors with the lights around it so i think i'll snag that from her tomorrow.
Mz.MoMo5235
Well-Known Member
I bought a magnifying glass to help with S&D missions, after waiting three weeks for it to get here from China...I was disappointed. That thing was like a toy,
OMG DONT YOU HATE THAT?!?!? I ordered some bling for nails to make some extra money on the side you know. And I had ordered them online from china cause sally's was taking all my darn profit (I was supporting a nail polish addiction at the time and it was hard keeping up with nail polish when I had to keep getting supplies lol) and them things was huge!!!!! I was like WTF?!?!? One stone took up a whole pinky nail
But then I found a good online vendor and was able to keep up with my addiction until I went to India and had to quit cold turkey lol
mayoo
Well-Known Member
Kindheart I don't get an itchy scalp in the summer but during the winter I try and cut down the co-washing AND shampoo washing because water just aggravates my dry acalp. I usually just apply oils to my scalp then
As for build-up, I only really notice build-up after about a month of co-washing every 5-10 days which is when I shampoo. I was thinking that I may switch to a natural conditioner to co-wash to avoid this but my Tesco one is gives me lots of slip and is REALLY cheap so I may stick with it
bebezazueta
Well-Known Member
OMG DONT YOU HATE THAT?!?!? I ordered some bling for nails to make some extra money on the side you know. And I had ordered them online from china cause sally's was taking all my darn profit (I was supporting a nail polish addiction at the time and it was hard keeping up with nail polish when I had to keep getting supplies lol) and them things was huge!!!!! I was like WTF?!?!? One stone took up a whole pinky nail
But then I found a good online vendor and was able to keep up with my addiction until I went to India and had to quit cold turkey lol
It's been hard. I try not to get anything made in China. They really screwed DH over when he purchased a very expensive part for his customer. They basically made a replica of it, copied the specs and lied and said it was the real deal. Had to close down the business. SMH! Long story short.
Now back to hair, I have solange braids in at the moment and I'm loving the convenience. Will get it rebraided again 2 more times so in December I will do a reveal. 6 months protective style and 31 week stretch results. Can't wait. I hope to be WHip by then. SN: had to get braids cause I couldn't put the scissors down.
pre_medicalrulz
It Always Been About Hair!
My ends are acting strange.
Angel of the North
Well-Known Member
Kindheart I don't get an itchy scalp in the summer but during the winter I try and cut down the co-washing AND shampoo washing because water just aggravates my dry acalp. I usually just apply oils to my scalp then
As for build-up, I only really notice build-up after about a month of co-washing every 5-10 days which is when I shampoo. I was thinking that I may switch to a natural conditioner to co-wash to avoid this but my Tesco one is gives me lots of slip and is REALLY cheap so I may stick with it
mayoo you got wanting to run up in Tesco and grabbing some of that coconut conditioner, I need some slip in my life
if that's what's helping your HHJ, I need to get involved! Your hair is gorgeous
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BostonMaria
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pre_medicalrulz I hope you renew your subscription. You inspire many women with relaxed hair.
Just took a walk with my DH. It was very romantic, but the humidity did a number on my hair. I have a 20 inch Afro LOL
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ckisland
Well-Known Member
I read this and immediately pictured you with a big ole pair of scissors in your hand!! Put down the scissors, real or imaginary :crystalba.
How are your ends acting strange? Are they suddenly coarse? Tangling up? Do you have new ssks?
pre_medicalrulz
It Always Been About Hair!
Lololooo dang it! Yall getting to know me too well up in here. Lol!! Idk they just look strange. Im unfamiliar with this turn of events because I dont ever recall having end problems. *tear* I seen knots on the ends which freaked me out this morning so I quickly ripped them out. O_O Im so going to regret that later. Smh
pre_medicalrulz
It Always Been About Hair!
Lolooo girl!! You know your hair is well passed SL. LOL
Currently 4 months post and relaxing sooner than later. Doubt I will wait until September. Washed my hair last night (DC'd then protein Rx). The amount of matting was crazy but I worked through the bigger tangles and there was some breakage but I'll take that over cutting out the massive chunks of dreaded hair. I didn't even bother wearing a wig to work today, giving my hair and scalp a rest.. I wouldn't call this a setback but I guess it depends on how my hair looks after relaxing.
pre_medicalrulz
It Always Been About Hair!
What caused the matting?
Aireen
Well-Known Member
I clearly stay in a state of constant delusion.
Aireen
Well-Known Member
I have a feeling you'll be fine, don't ask me how or why. Maybe you'll need a bit of a trim but definitely not a setback. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you though. We are getting that WL hair for the end of '13/early '14!
I feel like I'm just going to throw in the towel for stretching for too long too, my hair gets too knotted and something always comes up causing me to relax early anyway so I'm taking it as a sign. Preventable breakage ain't worth it. 3-4 months is good enough lol.Similar threads
