Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge - 2021

[Chicoro]

@Chicoro How are you? Your pictures are wonderfully clear and your ends are knot-free and so shiny. They look happy.

Hey Pretty Baby Girl! Im fine, thank you! How are you? I took my pictures with my IPhone. Yes, my ends are doing good. Yes, my hair ends and I are all happy! Thank you for the compliments and thank you for inquiring about me!

 

[Chicoro]

This head of hair is absolutely magnificent. Wow. I began using Shea butter but it can be so hard. Is melting is in a double boiler an acceptable practice for getting it to a softer consistory to make applying it easier? Did that make sense?

Thank you for the compliment!
At one time, my ends looked like rats had a chewing fest on them. They were so dry that they were grey on the ends. I had hairs that were split, and then that split hair was split again. Then on top of all that my hair was full of knots sometimes intertwined with lint. Yuck!!!! It took me years to resolve my hair end issues.

Yes, it makes sense…Girl…we got a 800 or so page long thread on Shea butter. It is extremely informative. I used to hate Shea butter. Now I love it. I learned how to work with it and learned how to use it in my hair.

I make my own and mix Shea butter with other oils. Using a double boiler method gently melt it. Put mixture in the freezer or fridge until hard. Then remove and let it soften a bit. Then use a metal electric whisker to whip it to the consistency of whipped cream!

Let me see if I can find that thread for you!


Shea Growth and Retention Regimen 2018

Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2018

Welcome everyone!!!! :welcome4: This is the Shea Growth and Retention Regimen 2018 thread. Come on in! If you are using pure shea butter, a shea butter mix or shea butter with ayurvedic oils and powders or any other mix, you are probably going to get some great results! Just come by and let us...

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[KenyafromCT]

Ohh wow

Thank you for the compliment!
At one time, my ends looked like rats had a chewing fest on them. They were so dry that they were grey on the ends. I had hairs that were split, and then that split hair was split again. Then on top of all that my hair was full of knots sometimes intertwined with lint. Yuck!!!! It took me years to resolve my hair end issues.

Yes, it makes sense…Girl…we got a 800 or so page long thread on Shea butter. It is extremely informative. I used to hate Shea butter. Now I love it. I learned how to work with it and learned how to use it in my hair.

I make my own and mix Shea butter with other oils. Using a double boiler method gently melt it. Put mixture in the freezer or fridge until hard. Then remove and let it soften a bit. Then use a metal electric whisker to whip it to the consistency of whipped cream!

Let me see if I can find that thread for you!


Shea Growth and Retention Regimen 2018

Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2018

Welcome everyone!!!! :welcome4: This is the Shea Growth and Retention Regimen 2018 thread. Come on in! If you are using pure shea butter, a shea butter mix or shea butter with ayurvedic oils and powders or any other mix, you are probably going to get some great results! Just come by and let us...

longhaircareforum.com

Thank you!! Imma start reading it now. And I have noticed a difference with my ends since using Shea with my LCO. You are so appreciated.

 

[Chicoro]

Ohh wow

Thank you!! Imma start reading it now. And I have noticed a difference with my ends since using Shea with my LCO. You are so appreciated.

Glad to hear you are already incorporating Shea in your regimen and that you have already begun to see an improvement in your hair!

 

[faithVA]

Know I've been mia. Needed a break from my hair so been in twists. I'm not sure what shape my ends are in but I seem to be retaining OK at the moment. I know my ends seemed to do much better when my hair was super short. I'm scheduled for a trim in November and I will blow dry in December. That will give me a good idea.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

This head of hair is absolutely magnificent. Wow. I began using Shea butter but it can be so hard. Is melting is in a double boiler an acceptable practice for getting it to a softer consistory to make applying it easier? Did that make sense?

If you don’t wanna melt Shea butter, look into Shea Nilotica from 3CayG. It’s my favorite butter and it’s already creamy.

 

[snoop]

I forgot that I joined and I want getting the notifications. I've been semi-slacking on my hair. My new routine is great, but I'm not as consistent as I'd like.

I can't remember when my last trim was and so I'm thinking of installing mini-twists so that I can dust my ends.

 

[KenyafromCT]

Any good Mango Butter out there?
I’ve been slathering my hair with unrefined Shea butter from root to tip with my LCO & adding JBCO to my ends.

 

[faithVA]

I did my hair this weekend and I think my ends are in good shape. I'm keeping my hair in twist. But I think using Kinky Curly products really helps keep my hair hydrated. I have other gels but I may just switch over to Kinky Curly after my next trim in November.

 

[HealthyHair2020]

Dusted my ends a bit in my twists this weekend to get rid of some SSKs.

 

[faithVA]

Took my twists out last night. I clipped the splits I ran across. I think my hair is doing fine but won't know until I blow dry in December.

 

[snoop]

I installed mini twists last night and gave myself a much needed trim. I'm not entirely sure that I removed enough of my ends, but I'll see in a couple of weeks when I take down my mini twists and if anything will take off twice as much next time.

 

[KenyafromCT]

I added sulfur to my diy hair oil. I’ve been using it for almost 2 weeks now. Far less ssks and ends are much smoother. My roots are far less tangled. Not sure if my hair has grown at all. I’ll wash it Sunday.

 

[snoop]

I added sulfur to my diy hair oil. I’ve been using it for almost 2 weeks now. Far less ssks and ends are much smoother. My roots are far less tangled. Not sure if my hair has grown at all. I’ll wash it Sunday.

What kind of sulfur are you using?

 

[faithVA]

I won't be recreating this thread for 2022. I don't visit often and it isn't super active. If anyone wants to please create a new thread for 2022 or everyone can just keep posting in this one. I can remove the 2021 from the title and I can title it Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge - Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge - Ongoing

 

[KenyafromCT]

What kind of sulfur are you using?

Hey. Just seeing this. Yellow sulfur!

 

[Chicoro]

I won't be recreating this thread for 2022. I don't visit often and it isn't super active. If anyone wants to please create a new thread for 2022 or everyone can just keep posting in this one. I can remove the 2021 from the title and I can title it Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge - Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge - Ongoing

Thanks for the update. I like the annual threads. Those general threads can get too big over time to navigate. I may continue this one in 2022.

 

[Prettymetty]

My ends are doing so well! My last trim was in July. I’ve been alternating a protein and moisturizing leave in daily. I seal with a drop of my oil blend (castor, coconut, avocado.)

I think I’ll be fine until my next trim in January

 

[Mapleoats]

Thanks for the update. I like the annual threads. Those general threads can get too big over time to navigate. I may continue this one in 2022.

Please make one, I’ll participate in 2022!

 

[Prettymetty]

Random pic just because

 

[Chicoro]

@faithVA ,
Thank you for 10 YEARS of the Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge from 2012 to 2021! You are greatly appreciated for keeping our hair ends on track be they full and luscious, or raggedy and thin or something in between. Because of you and this thread, I realized I needed to cultivate another process for my Ends. I was able to have a place to go with my doubts, struggles and successes. Thank you for creating that space for us.


I appreciate you for introducing this lovely challenge. It helped keep me motivated on several occasions. I didn't discover this challenge until 2017. Once I did, I was in! Sometimes, this was the only challenge I posted in, other than the Shea Butter Challenge, which was also related to gaining luscious ends.

Since you have decided to retire from creating this annual challenge, I will do it for 2022! I am going to go ahead and start the one for 2022 because if I don't do it now, I will forget!


Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge - 2022 (place holder until 2022)

Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge 2022

Hello Everyone, I will try to continue the legacy that the lovely @faithVA has nurtured over the last 10 years: Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge. Do you have future Luscious Healthy Ends that are currently thin and raggedy? Well, if you do or don't, come on in so we can support one another in...

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[snoop]

Thank you @faithVA for your work on this challenge. This was my first participating, but this challenge served remind me to take special care of my ends. Thank you!