Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge 2025

[Angel of the North]

The hair is cute, right!

Most definitely

 

[faithVA]

Yes, I finally finished my BA in Cybersecurity Administration at Syracuse University. It’s been a long time coming, as I’ve been going to school part-time since 2019. It feels like I have been in school forever. I haven’t decided whether I want to complete my Masters yet.

Congratulations. I hope you land something wonderful.

 

[spacetygrss]

Yes, I finally finished my BA in Cybersecurity Administration at Syracuse University. It’s been a long time coming, as I’ve been going to school part-time since 2019. It feels like I have been in school forever. I haven’t decided whether I want to complete my Masters yet.

Congratulations!

 

[Chicoro]

It's Friday and you don't know how your luscious hair ends are doing? You betta check 'em!

 

[Chicoro]

Remember, when mess gets big, we go EXTRA bigger. So get them EXTRA BIG fans out and no matter what you got going on, strut with your fan at least once this weekend and take them luscious hair ends on a NICE, Soul warming jaunt.

Where your fans at LHCF, Ladies?

 

[GGsKin]

Remember, when mess gets big, we go EXTRA bigger. So get them EXTRA BIG fans out and no matter what you got going on, strut with your fan at least once this weekend and take them luscious hair ends on a NICE, Soul warming jaunt.

Where your fans at LHCF, Ladies?

Your question made me think of us all doing a virtual line dance to that song

 

[GettingKinky]

Congrats on the degree @keranikki

 

[Angel of the North]

Remember, when mess gets big, we go EXTRA bigger. So get them EXTRA BIG fans out and no matter what you got going on, strut with your fan at least once this weekend and take them luscious hair ends on a NICE, Soul warming jaunt.

Where your fans at LHCF, Ladies?

I need that fan in my life

 

[keranikki]

@keranikki Congratulations and a huge well done to you!

@Chicoro I love those memes, especially the one with the different hair styles

Thank you!

 

[keranikki]

Congrats on the degree @keranikki

Thank you!

 

[keranikki]

Congratulations. I hope you land something wonderful.

Thank you and me too, lol!

 

[keranikki]

Congratulations!

Thank you!

 

[Chicoro]

TUTORIAL for those of us with 2 Left Feet!!!




2 Turns Tutorial






Heading into the Weekend with Fans, Boots and Fam !





@GGsKin and @Angel of the North I got you both covered!

Let's go LHCF Family!



For the Experts!




Now Do It With the Group!



Dance Orginator Tutorial: Tre Little

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EDITED to Add Tutorials!!!​

 

[Chicoro]

Remember, when you marching into the weekend, sport those protective styles and protect those ends. March on in with your head held high and your crown looking Super FLY!!!!

 

[Chicoro]

If the crowd is too much for ya, march into the weekend with a smaller, more intimate group. Boots on the Ground, Sisters!







FANS UP!

Ends UP!

And Protected.

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[Chicoro]

And..... for those of us in the Pee Wee League of Boots on the Ground and Fan Dancing.... Here you go!

Don't forget to peep all that natural hair and protective styles. Our hair goes where we go. Our hair goals go where we go!

Like money, hair is best
when you learn how to manage it at the earliest
moment in time.

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[Chicoro]

Lastly for those of us who are just too funky (in style - NOT in smell), we got this get down version for you to march into the weekend, afro-textured hair in all styles in all its glory. Bah - bah - bah - FAN! Hair!

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[Chicoro]

If you're only interested in the Fan Snap itself,
we got that for you, too.
Just make sure your nape looking is how you want it to be,
flat and smooth, full of lint , curly or shaved.


Now turn you back


and SNAP!

 

[Chicoro]

And if you and your significant other are inseparable and you need to march into the weekend together in that protective style for your ends and hair overall:


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[Chicoro]

If your back and feet hurt and you just too worn out to march into the weekend, take a listen and snap your fan and just blow your whistle.
Sling your braids, twists, fro, press and curl, bun and pony tail to the beat.




Moisturize your hair and cover your head tonight, all that sweating may draw up them ends.

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[Chicoro]

I may be obsessed with Shea butter, but...

I'm not crazy.

I be seeing. Uhm hmm. I be knowing the Power of the Butter. Shea butter, that is.

Put some respect on that, for Queen Shea.

And She, in turn, will elevate YOUR Crowning Glory to Heights and Lengths and bring you unfettered joy that you may never have seen or felt before.
A Queen begets Queens.

So, now that the stage has been set.....

Without further adieu ....


Summon her along with me, "Queen!!!!!"

And behold HER impact.



Shea butter reminder as it relates to those luscious, long ends:


Use it if it works for your hair texture and styles.



My Spidey senses begin to tingle even when a Shea head is miles and kilometers away. Here comes one now.

She's a long time Shea butter user. Her new goal is full thigh length. She practices keeping her ends rolled up, too.




Long live Queen Shea!
A true queen.

Shea butter, an Afro-Textured Hair Legacy Builder.​

 

[ScorpioLove]

My ends felt really good this morning. I rollerset my hair Thursday night and took them out Friday morning. I’ve been adding my 24 hour overnight serum from Redken and either my Moroccanoil or the Kerastase oil morning and night. Last night I put the curls from the Rollerset into a bun and added a shower cap to the bun part. I woke up with super soft hair that still had the Rollerset curls.

I wish I was better at Rollersets and didn’t take so long to do them because my ends feel great and I have a style that seems to be lasting without much effort.

I also used a slightly different shower routine Thursday since I was trying to give my hair all the love after the excessive heat at the salon last Sunday.
- I actually took the time to Prepoo before work and let that sit until the evening
- I washed with Kerastase genesis which is an anti breakage / anti hair fall shampoo
- used k18 to minimize any damage
- used elizavecca cer-100 for a protein treatment
- ended with the Redken abc conditioner

Maybe I just needed to switch it up and give my hair other active ingredients sometimes? Maybe I need to baggy my ends every night? Maybe I need to do more oil pretreating or use a heat cap with oil when short on time? It’s probably a combination of everything but my hair feels really nice. My trim was significant so I really just want to keep them split free.

On another note, I noticed the huge density disparity in my crown. Like up to 4 inches look twice as dense as the remaining 8–10”. I know it’s from likely from previous scalp issues but it’s making it hard to style/ Rollerset that section and I think it’s more difficult to get conditioner on those pieces.

* wrote this post hours ago but just fell asleep, phone in hand :-(

 

[Angel of the North]

My ends felt really good this morning. I rollerset my hair Thursday night and took them out Friday morning. I’ve been adding my 24 hour overnight serum from Redken and either my Moroccanoil or the Kerastase oil morning and night. Last night I put the curls from the Rollerset into a bun and added a shower cap to the bun part. I woke up with super soft hair that still had the Rollerset curls.

I wish I was better at Rollersets and didn’t take so long to do them because my ends feel great and I have a style that seems to be lasting without much effort.

I also used a slightly different shower routine Thursday since I was trying to give my hair all the love after the excessive heat at the salon last Sunday.
- I actually took the time to Prepoo before work and let that sit until the evening
- I washed with Kerastase genesis which is an anti breakage / anti hair fall shampoo
- used k18 to minimize any damage
- used elizavecca cer-100 for a protein treatment
- ended with the Redken abc conditioner

Maybe I just needed to switch it up and give my hair other active ingredients sometimes? Maybe I need to baggy my ends every night? Maybe I need to do more oil pretreating or use a heat cap with oil when short on time? It’s probably a combination of everything but my hair feels really nice. My trim was significant so I really just want to keep them split free.

On another note, I noticed the huge density disparity in my crown. Like up to 4 inches look twice as dense as the remaining 8–10”. I know it’s from likely from previous scalp issues but it’s making it hard to style/ Rollerset that section and I think it’s more difficult to get conditioner on those pieces.

* wrote this post hours ago but just fell asleep, phone in hand :-(

It's a wonderful feeling when your hair looks and feels great, especially when you have a regimen that doesn't feel like too much effort. Great job!

Regarding the density disparity, is there anything that you cam think of that may have caused it? Could it have been due to your recent salon visit? Reaction to a new product/s? We're things the same on the last wash day you carried out yourself?

Setbacks are so disappointing, especially when everything else seems to be working so well for. I was looking through my old HHJ earlier, I found an entry I had made of a minor setback. I was actually able to trace it back to an ingredient in one of the products I had used. I would advise you to make note of products you're using, their ingredients, the order in which you are using them, processes, and how your reacts to them all.

 

[ScorpioLove]

It's a wonderful feeling when your hair looks and feels great, especially when you have a regimen that doesn't feel like too much effort. Great job!

Regarding the density disparity, is there anything that you cam think of that may have caused it? Could it have been due to your recent salon visit? Reaction to a new product/s? We're things the same on the last wash day you carried out yourself?

Setbacks are so disappointing, especially when everything else seems to be working so well for. I was looking through my old HHJ earlier, I found an entry I had made of a minor setback. I was actually able to trace it back to an ingredient in one of the products I had used. I would advise you to make note of products you're using, their ingredients, the order in which you are using them, processes, and how your reacts to them all.

So last couple years I’ve had sensitivity in the middle of my scalp from almost a decade of non stop sew-ins. I had/ still somewhat have a literal depression in my scalp because the person who did my hair would usually start from the middle and do circles for the braiding pattern. I took out my last sewin early last year on my hair journey restart.

I think the hair there really just didn’t grow for a while but once I prioritized scalp care, I saw less miniaturized hairs in my scalp. I am also pregnant so maybe that’s boosting things a bit more (albeit temporarily :-/)

 

[Angel of the North]

So last couple years I’ve had sensitivity in the middle of my scalp from almost a decade of non stop sew-ins. I had/ still somewhat have a literal depression in my scalp because the person who did my hair would usually start from the middle and do circles for the braiding pattern. I took out my last sewin early last year on my hair journey restart.

I think the hair there really just didn’t grow for a while but once I prioritized scalp care, I saw less miniaturized hairs in my scalp. I am also pregnant so maybe that’s boosting things a bit more (albeit temporarily :-/)

Congratulations on your pregnancy I can relate to the growth aspect, my hair grew like weeds while I was pregnant.

The good thing is you know what has likely caused the density issues. As you mentioned, scalp care is likely to be the best way to address this. I'm sure some of the ladies across the board can chime in on the things that have helped them.

I've used a few minor growth aids, like caster oil, wild growth oil, JBCO iI found far too thick, in fact, I found all of those oils too thick. I also do not like/meed anything on my scalp.

I'm considering making my own leave in sprays for growth. I want to infuse oils too, my favorite oils are grapeseed and avocado, they're not too heavy. Today I was reminded of my love for papaya oil, although that's a lot harder to source than the other two.

The ingredients I would like to use for the sprays and infusions are, rosemary, mint, flaxseed, aloe vera, marshmallow root, slippery elm and cloves (not altogether though ).

I'm planning to start with a detangler/prepoo, then I want to add a couple of gels with 2 or 3 of the ingredients. I want to add a scalp spray, I think that will work better for me and then oils which I can use for HOT's/prepoo's when I feel in the mood.

If I start slow, watch my hair's response and progress, it should minimise my ris of setbacks. I feel like I'm going to need the extra assistance to get to HL/TBL length by 2026......

 

[ScorpioLove]

I can’t do thick products on my scalp either, I posted pictures in the scalp care thread but my follicles do not want to be more clogged than they naturally get. I definitely would do a scalp spray but for now I am using water based scalp serums I can just buy.

I love using lotion crafters for raw ingredients when I am more in the mood for mixology so perhaps check if some of the items you want are there.

 

[GGsKin]

I finally took my braids down, after having my hair braided up all of last year and four months into this one. I started last night and finished this morning. Even though I’ve been consistently trimming my ends- cutting away heat damage in my crown, as well as allowing my shorter layers to catch up by trimming my longest lengths down, I was so eager to see how my hair was coming along overall because I haven’t seen it all loose for so long (as I type, I just realised that I forgot to DC with my DC!) I did use the standard con from the Amika Hydro line, and got so steamy in the shower that my smoke alarms went off .

My hair looks and feels much healthier than when I began this routine. My shrinkage is back to pre-henna days. I trimmed today, after one pass with my ceramic flat iron at 199°C. I am happy with my progress.

 

[ScorpioLove]

@GGsKin your ends are so thick! Beautiful!

 

[GGsKin]

Thank you @ScorpioLove