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Is my natural hair APL?

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msdeevee

msdeevee

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Hey ladies,

I have natural 4b hair and I have been natural for about 3 1/2 years. I had a relaxer for many, many years but it finally caught up with me so I had to let it go. It has been a long process, some rough times and a lot of money spent on prods trying to find what works best for me and my hair.

It has just been this past year where I think I found what works. That is basically keeping it simple.

This past weekend I wanted to see how much my hair has grown so I flat-ironed a piece and I was very surprised at how long it's gotten. My hair is longer , stronger and thicker than it's ever been.

So , I'm asking is my hair SL or APL? I don't even know how I feel about the lenghth thing but every woman wants her hair to flourish and be healthy. I think I'm just proud of my progress and just want to show it.

Forgive the blurry pic, and also the flabby arm, I also have just lost 50lbs. This pic showed me I have to work on that :blush:

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Congrats MsDeevee!

It looks like you are past APL by a good 2 inches and well on your way to BSL. Keep up the great work with your hair and body! :grin:

Care to share any of your hair and fitness tips?
 
Thanx so much ladies for your responses. I am proud of my progress and of the fact that I love my natural hair. I really do.

It's not easy but it's worth it.

CurlDiva...Lisa Nicole is your hair and chest twin? you're a fortunate girl :yep: What ever happened to her?

Well as far as the hair I have found it best to leave it alone. It prolly would be much longer if I took the time and care that some of you ladies do. I learned from Derrick Scurry (natural hair stylist) to only fully wash my hair type 1x a month. I do rinse in btwn. When I do that I band it. I also love Miss Jessies curly buttercreme when I do 2 strand twists and I try to leave them in about 2 weeks during that time I wear them up or in a ponytail and then I do a twist out for a week or so and I do not comb my hair to style. I finger style only.

When it's time to detangle and comb it out I use a mixture in a spray bottle of Surge Plus 14 hair revitalizer and Infusium 23 leave-in along with the C&G afro detangler. I just separate small sections with my fingers spray the solution on and start to comb out in the C&G method. That's really all I do and that really saves my hair. Also no heat styling, that's why it was a surprise to flat iron that bit and find that my hair had grown so.

As far as the diet I was homebound because of an injury so I took that opportunity to do the low-carb thing for fear of getting even bigger from inactivity .

Thanx again ladies
 
Thank you all for being so kind. Gave me my second wind to keep on going on my hair journey.

I really appreciate it.

Dee :love5:
 
You are just beyond APL! It appears long, strong & healthy. Congrats!!!!:grin:
 
yeehaaaaaaw!
looking good there.
definitely APL...or even past, i guess?

the hair in my nape reaches armpit
but the rest of my hair is only shoulder - collarbone
it's uneven...but i'm going to let it grow out more before cutting

keep up the great work!
 
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