Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge 2025

[Chicoro]

March 2025, going once, going twice......

So Don't be like Mick Jagger and be up here saying:

Instead focus on cultivating those Luscious Ends for

That's right, satisfaction guaranteed!

So see you here next month in April, same Bat Channel. If at any point you find yourself in dire straits just send up a signal

And help will arrive sooner than you realize it.

Happy Luscious Ends Building in April 2025!

 

[Chicoro]

I couldn't find any tofu in my city and don't plan to take the train into the big city until May.

So, I found a recipe on YouTube to use soy milk and lemon juice to make tofu. It's perfect because I can make the EXACT quantity I need for my Amino Acid hair masks without waste. I'll be doing that today and then washing and deep conditioning. No more buying hard to find and expensive tofu that I end up wasting. Necessity is definitely the mother of invention.

 

[pikkonoloidlee]

@Chicoro I watched this today and it reminded me of your approach to trimming. Once thing that I've noticed is that when it comes to growing very long hair regardless of hair type I start to notice similarities of hair practices converging. Of course not everything is the same but it's interesting how much does become the same.

 

[Chicoro]

@Chicoro I watched this today and it reminded me of your approach to trimming. Once thing that I've noticed is that when it comes to growing very long hair regardless of hair type I start to notice similarities of hair practices converging. Of course not everything is the same but it's interesting how much does become the same.

Thanks! I started believing in micro trimming when I saw @keranikki had such incredible results.

 

[pikkonoloidlee]

Thanks! I started believing in micro trimming when I saw @keranikki had such incredible results.

That's awesome. I love that we're all able to learn from each other here. I think once I get my ends to a good place I will move forward with micro trimming as well.

 

[faithVA]

Reset today. Pretty much everything was the same. Before I rinsed out the conditioner I combed and then used my demand to reduce stress on my curls.

I finally repurchased my K18. I towel dried my hair, applied the K18, waited 4 minutes and used the Mielle leave-in.

Put my hair in 10 bantu knots and let it dry while I talked on the phone.
After dinner finished drying with my RevAir and installed my twist.

My twists ate definitely getting longer. I can braid them all together and tuck them under without having to use any hair accessories or pins.

Just a slight variation by parting a little differently.

 

[faithVA]

I'm going to try to hold out until the end of the month to color my hair. In 3 weeks I will clarify, deep condition and do my K18 treatment. The following week I color my hair, blow dry it and trim off 1/8 to 1/4 inch. Not sure which one yet. That will get me ready for my update picture. I will just blow dry for my mid year updates and save my flat iron until December.

I'm going to stick with flat twist through my progress pic. After that I will try to do at least 1 set of 2 strands so I can see my progress there. Once I can pull my 2 strands to the center and gather them some type of way, I may wear them more often and try to wear them 2 weeks instead of 1.

I've been doing a lot of flat twist for a single style, so I have a style where I can oil and massage my scalp. But if I don't really see any progress with the oil by the end of April, I will switch to bigger twists and easier styles.

During the month of April, I'm going to focus on using as much of the Mielle products up and then go through my stash.

That's enough of a plan for the next 30 days.

 

[Chicoro]

Reset today. Pretty much everything was the same. Before I rinsed out the conditioner I combed and then used my demand to reduce stress on my curls.

I finally repurchased my K18. I towel dried my hair, applied the K18, waited 4 minutes and used the Mielle leave-in.

Put my hair in 10 bantu knots and let it dry while I talked on the phone.
After dinner finished drying with my RevAir and installed my twist.

My twists ate definitely getting longer. I can braid them all together and tuck them under without having to use any hair accessories or pins.

Just a slight variation by parting a little differently.

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Congratulations! Your twists have gained significant length that you can now pull them together. Bravo! Your twists and the parting are pretty and there's an undulating movement to your hair and the parting makes your hair look like a beautiful ocean wave mystically frozen in the moment. What a lovely shaped head you have, too.

All your twists look uniform in thickness, as well. The twists are smooth in that there are not a lot of small hairs sticking out. Very, very nice results.

 

[faithVA]

@Angel of the North, Here is the Healthy Ends thread.

 

[Angel of the North]

@Angel of the North, Here is the Healthy Ends thread.

Thank you

I'd like to join this challenge.... I've trimmed my hair today (around 2 inches), I've ordered a couple of butters and oils, they should arrive in the next couple of days after which, I will start focusing on my ends.

 

[Chicoro]

Thank you

I'd like to join this challenge.... I've trimmed my hair today (around 2 inches), I've ordered a couple of butters and oils, they should arrive in the next couple of days after which, I will start focusing on my ends.

@Angel of the North
Welcome!

So Ahm… what kind of butter did you order, if you don’t mind me asking?

 

[Angel of the North]

@Angel of the North
Welcome!

So Ahm… what kind of butter did you order, if you don’t mind me asking?

Mango and avocado butters. The oils are avocado and grapeseed. They are the ones my hair loves and they give me the best results. I love that they are not heavy on my fine strands.

I use the butters to baby my ends, and seal with the oils. The butters are light enough that I can seal with those too. I sometimes use the oils to mix into conditioners/prepoo/seal moisture into my hair.

I may have a go at making some moisturisers by whipping the butters and oils together, I would probably get some shea butter as well for that as my hair really likes moisturisers that contain shea butter. Shea butter is too thick and heavy for my hair, it also doesn't seem to get absorbed the way the other two do, so I can't use it raw by itself. Nowadays ingredients to make hair and body products are very easy to get a hold of. I imagine mixing amino acids, essential oils etc. Just need to realise it

 

[ScorpioLove]

Is there a scalp health/detox thread/challenge somewhere?