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@snoop I don't know why I'm just figuring this out :rolleyes: shoot once I start I wont see my hair unraveled for the rest of the year! :look:

you know what, I'm gonna start small. I will keep my hair twisted from now until end of March. I will redo each twist as needed. If all goes well I will keep it going until the summer. Here's a pic of my freshly twisted hair.

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beauti said:
@snoop I don't know why I'm just figuring this out :rolleyes: shoot once I start I wont see my hair unraveled for the rest of the year! :look:

you know what, I'm gonna start small. I will keep my hair twisted from now until end of March. I will redo each twist as needed. If all goes well I will keep it going until the summer. Here's a pic of my freshly twisted hair.

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I like your twists! Do you use a comb to detangle? Your twists are so shiny!

I've been wearing my mini twists since NYE. I only washed them for the first time since last week. That sounds so long, but that was only three weeks, which is unusual for me since I'm normally a weekly washer. This weekend will make it 4 weeks. I could go another week or two, but I'm getting tired of the mini twist style. When I do the take down, I'll see what my hair feels like. Hopefully, it's not dry. This weather has been brutal. I might switch to refreshing my mini twist style after four weeks instead of two weeks if it seems like my hair hasn't suffered.
 
beauti said:
@snoop I don't know why I'm just figuring this out :rolleyes: shoot once I start I wont see my hair unraveled for the rest of the year! :look:

you know what, I'm gonna start small. I will keep my hair twisted from now until end of March. I will redo each twist as needed. If all goes well I will keep it going until the summer. Here's a pic of my freshly twisted hair.

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Your twists look so shiny and lush!
 
Where y'all at? I had to dig several pages to find this thread. :( What's going on with your luscious manes? :gorgeous: Mine is still twisted up, waiting on wash day (tomorrow). Little does she know she might have to wait until after the weekend :nono: But she's well moisturized and shea buttered so she'll be alright :giggle:
 
ElevatedEnergy said:
Still around! Here are a few winter pics I've shared around the forum. First 2 rollersets, last two airdried with flexi rods on the ends.

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Oh dear Gawd!!! **drool worthy** You make me miss taking care of my hair. :( I have not washed or Moisturized my hair in almost 7 months. Gross. It's breakage city around the edges and nape because it's sooooo dry! It's so hard to find the time with these darn toddlers always in my face!!!

I was just telling my mother I was thinking about getting a pixie cut and I'll grow it out again when the kids are a little more self-sufficient. Sigh...
 
YvetteWithJoy said:
A year has passed since I submitted my initial answers. Because things have changed, I will therefore resubmit my answers. :smile:

Current length:
A little past armpit length at its longest. :smile:

Before trim:

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After trim:

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Regimen (to start with, I'm trialing Chicoro's activator and shea butter regimen):
  • Chelate once a month (around the 24th): HairPrint Chelating Shampoo
  • Protein treatment as needed (however, aim to rely on use of a weekly balancing deep conditioner instead): various
  • Wash every 3-10 days (once a week full wash day with a midweek cowash if needed would be great :smile:):
    • Prepoo and pre-detangle: Shea Moisture High Porosity Moisture-seal Masque
    • Exfoliate and conditioner cleanse scalp (with ayurvedic ingredients): Cantu ACV Root Rinse, then Soultanicals Soulvedic Strands Poo Bar
    • Conditioner cleanse strands and continue pre-detangling strands: Soultanicals Soulvedic Strands Poo Bar
    • Apply balancing deep conditioning treatment: 2.5 ounces of Green Beauty Real Protein mixed into 3.5 ounces of Shea Moisture Manuka Honey masque . . . plus 10 drops of bergamot oil and a teaspoon of MSM
    • Ends care #1: HairVeda Red Tea Serum
    • Moisturize: Taliah Waajid Protective Mist Bodifier (to act as my substitute Scurl)
    • Moisturize: HairVeda Red Tea Heavy Cream
    • Ends care #2: Jakeala Shea Amla Parfait
    • Edge care: Asha & Miel Edge Genesis Ultra Edge Growth Oil
    • Optional gel: Black Castor and Flaxseed Oil Eco Style Gel
  • Night care: Retwist and wear Walgreens "lock soc" -like thing
Exact goal length:
  • Waist length
Plans to help you achieve your goal:
  • Consistently doing an ends care routine
  • Consistently, frequently scalp massaging (during washing and then with CurlyProverbz DIY oil throughout the week)
  • Drying in (banded) twists, wearing styles such as a twist out or twist bun, then retwisting at night
  • Working the Nutrition, Exercise, and Water for Hair Growth thread
List any vitamins/supplements you are taking:
  • A one-a-day, food-grade multivitamin by New Chapter
  • Slow Fe (slow release iron pill)
  • Collagen (Elavonne Amino Collagen C with Hyaluronic Acid)
Your ends care regimen to keep them healthy:
To start with, on wash day . . .
  • Apply HairVeda Red Tea Serum to ends
  • Apply Jakeala Shea Amla Parfait to ends
  • Keep hair stretched
  • Start out trying to detangle with just the Magic Star Jumbo Rake (instead of my beloved KareCo Tangle Buster brush)
Trimming/Dusting/S&D'ing schedule/routine:
  • 3 professional trims this year, around April 20th, August 17th, and December 21st
Top 10 products:
  1. HairPrint Chelating Shampoo
  2. Shea Moisture High Porosity Moisture-seal Masque (prepoo)
  3. Cantu ACV Root Rinse
  4. Soultanicals Soulvedic Strands Poo Bar
  5. Green Beauty Real Protein
  6. Shea Moisture Manuka Honey masque
  7. HairVeda Red Tea Serum
  8. Jakeala Shea Amla Parfait
  9. HairVeda Red Tea Heavy Cream
  10. Black Castor and Flaxseed Oil Eco Style Gel
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Wow the thickness and those ends are so delicious!!!!
 
keranikki said:
Current length:
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Regimen: I'm currently tweaking it. My current plan is to pre-poo, cowash, DC, LCO weekly. I will do a clarifying wash and hard protein once a month. I will do a henna gloss every two weeks. I have HiPo, colored hair so protein is my best friend.

Exact goal length: Knee length. I will take a picture, then cut it back to TBL.

Plans to help you achieve your goal: Moisture, protein, no direct heat more than twice a year, regular dusting, and a healthy lifestyle.

List any vitamins/supplements you are taking:
Juice Plus, spirilina and chlorella tablets, DE, and collegen.

Your ends care regimen to keep them healthy: Seal and hide. I will enjoy my hair on the weekend, M-F it will be braided under a wig.

Trimming/Dusting/S&D'ing schedule/routine:
My hair was just dusted. I will not dust again until March. Every 3-4 months works well for me.

Top 10 products:
Keravada Cowash
CP oil or Keravada oils when CP is steeping
Keravada Caramel Soufflé LI
Coconut oil/ aloe vera gel (pre-poo)
Henna gloss (CP)
Tea rinse (CP)
Black soap (clarify)
Oyin Hair Dew

I'm waiting for the rest of my Black Friday products to arrive. I will reassess in the upcoming months.
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Dang girl look at the shine in your color!!!:clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping:
 
@ElevatedEnergy

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beauti said:
@pre_medicalrulz please dont cut that glorious mane :cry3:can you put it in a long term ps like boxbraids?
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snoop said:
Exactly! Or two strand twists!

I've got little ones, too. Twists make things so easy. I even wash my hair with them in. Can't get any easier than that!
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I feel silly now because I didn't even think about braids and twists! These will def be first options now. Thanks girlies!
 
ElevatedEnergy said:
@MzSwift What's making you want to cut? Just needing a change?
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My baby needs so much from me right now that I’m having trouble keeping up even a very simple regi. When he’s napping, I’m so pooped that I don’t want want to do anything! My hair thrives on being watered daily and DC weekly. But the only way I can do that is to either rock mini braids or cornrows since neither requires frequent detangling. My mini braids take a day or two to put in with no baby. And I keep thinking what’s the point of having all of this hair just to keep it cornrowed. Rocking it short and curly is just so much simpler. That’s how I did with my last baby.

I know it’s a cop out but it’s so tempting!! :(
 
MzSwift said:
My baby needs so much from me right now that I’m having trouble keeping up even a very simple regi. When he’s napping, I’m so pooped that I don’t want want to do anything! My hair thrives on being watered daily and DC weekly. But the only way I can do that is to either rock mini braids or cornrows since neither requires frequent detangling. My mini braids take a day or two to put in with no baby. And I keep thinking what’s the point of having all of this hair just to keep it cornrowed. Rocking it short and curly is just so much simpler. That’s how I did with my last baby.

I know it’s a cop out but it’s so tempting!! :(
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Just get the braids/twists for this period in your life and by the time you get a break you still have have hair.

When you can't get a break get braids. It's in the hand book.
 
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