MBL 2010

sipp100 said:
ITA. JJ, maybe you should become a wig model, lol. Most of the pics of wigs I see posted on the forum look a mess!
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I wish I could, I love wearing them :D

LaFemmeNaturelle said:
whoooo chile too rich for my blood! no wonder it looks so good lol
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LOL, awww she isn't that bad, plus think she should last longer than the synthetic. I had one that lasted two days because I went to a Bar B Q and was grilling and so was she :( , one of my favorites I was baking a cake and then bam her ends were baked as well. :( (both lacefronts only got 2 days use, all because I was cooking in them)

your hair is your glory said:
looks better on you than the model
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:kiss: thanks

Janet' said:
Love the wig, JJ!!!
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THanks Janet :D
 
JJamiah said:
I have seen very little progress :( a whole 8 months into the year, and nothing much to talk about, :(
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i'm gonna have to STOP you here. i remember where you were in january, all up in the BSL 2010 thread, hoping that you were gonna make that. you did it, and moved PAST BSL. what are you talking about, "nothing much to talk about"? :naughty: imma shake you, JJamiah! you know all my progress has been from me trying to be like you??? my hair wants to be like yours when it grows up!!
 
ok so i am back to curly. DCing as I type. I will probably rock a bun from now until about Thanksgiving (with some ponytails and wash 'n go's in between). Then I will straighten. I should be full MBL/tickling WL by then =D
 
hey guys, i put updates in my youtube account if anyone wants to check it out. i am claiming mbl at the end of the month hopefully **fingers crossed** :)
 
belldandy said:
hey guys, i put updates in my youtube account if anyone wants to check it out. i am claiming mbl at the end of the month hopefully **fingers crossed** :)
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Your hair looks great! Thick, long and healthy. Excellent progress, girlie!!
 
:D B-andy your hair is gorgeous. I gave you a thumps up. :) I liked your video girl I had to go get haead phones you talk so low :lachen:
 
Ohhh Thanks :kiss: OMG she is gorgeous you Know I had to google her right LOL;

I always got that I look like WINNIE COOPER From the wonder years :( They literally would not call me by my name they would call me Winnie :(
 
Janet':

I remember that thread you did on "-outs", and I just read through pages 31-41 to catch up to where we are in the challenge now since I was gone for so long. Have you ever tried the twist & curls, or braid & curls? The only way I can do a decent twistout/braidout is with five flat twists or cornrows, and since I can't cornrow my own hair well AT ALL, I tried out those two styles instead, and I like them much, much better. They're super simple, and I know you have a friend who does your hair, but maybe you could try the TNC/BNC yourself, if you haven't already...? Just a thought.
 
LilSparkle...Thanks for the suggestion! Now that my friend started her new job, I can't utilize her services as much as I used to so I will try that. Now, can you can please tell me exactly what a twist and curl is exactly.
 
Janet' said:
LilSparkle...Thanks for the suggestion! Now that my friend started her new job, I can't utilize her services as much as I used to so I will try that. Now, can you can please tell me exactly what a twist and curl is exactly.
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Sureee.....

I base my TNC off of CurlyNikki's routine, found here, except I only do 6-8 twists since I have fine strands, and I use perm rods instead of flexi-rods. I start on freshly cowashed hair, add my leave-in, and part off my sections. I go from section to section smoothing the hair, two-strand twisting halfway down, smoothing the second half of the hair with a Denman, and setting it on a perm rod. I roll it up right to where I stopped twisting. In the morning (or if you sit under a dryer, when it is dry), I just unravel everything as carefully as possible and fluff. The braid & curl is very similar, except I do plaits instead of two-strand twists.

I have pics of both in my blog and my fotki.

HTH! Make sure to post pics :)
 
Still on the quest!!! I did a length check and although I haven't gained major growth, I can tell that the sides are catching up to the middle. I am just thankful that I haven't loss any ground. This is the first check since I got my triple process color and we all know how damaging color can be.
 
I don't think I'll be reaching MBL by the end of the year :(. I was BSB but I had a small trim because I noticed so many SSKs and I had splits. I started off on a search & destroy but I had so many knots I decided to snip off about 1/4-1/2 over most of my length.

I haven't length checked but I'm obviously not where I was before. My growth has been incredibly slow this year and I've noticed increased breakage; I'm not sure why but I have been lacking on getting the right nutrients and vitamins in so maybe that is it. I have begun to turn that around though.

I realised though I'm actually happy with where I am right now despite my want for longer hair - I'm not longer as frustrated about it as I used to be and just happy I can do cute buns and twistouts. I do feel my small trim was worthwhile and I believe I should now reach my next length goal quicker now that I have healthier ends.
 
So I did a length check:

I will not be claiming MBL. I had a few straggly ends there, but I won't use that as a basis to claim anything.

The first two pics are my hair and the last is where I trimmed all the ends below the top of the bra strap.

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After Trim:
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Just for reference, my elbows are at waist length.

Thanks for looking: I haven't gotten much growth to speak of in the last few months so I am gonna have to look at my reggie and see what I can do to help myself out a little. I have no idea to be honest. But when I make MBL. I want pretty hair and not straggly ends.
 
tocktick said:
I don't think I'll be reaching MBL by the end of the year :(. I was BSB but I had a small trim because I noticed so many SSKs and I had splits. I started off on a search & destroy but I had so many knots I decided to snip off about 1/4-1/2 over most of my length.

I haven't length checked but I'm obviously not where I was before. My growth has been incredibly slow this year and I've noticed increased breakage; I'm not sure why but I have been lacking on getting the right nutrients and vitamins in so maybe that is it. I have begun to turn that around though.

I realised though I'm actually happy with where I am right now despite my want for longer hair - I'm not longer as frustrated about it as I used to be and just happy I can do cute buns and twistouts. I do feel my small trim was worthwhile and I believe I should now reach my next length goal quicker now that I have healthier ends.
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I don't think I will be making it either, but I will still continue to hang out here for the motivation (and the company's not bad, either!). I'm super happy I overcame that setback, but those three months that I lost were exactly what I would have needed to make it to MBL. Oh well, there is always next year. And I feel exactly how you do about being happy with my hair as it is now -- I realize that I have come a long, long way since the beginning of my HHJ and I know that it will happen for me when it is supposed to and not when I want it necessarily. HHG, tocktick!!

NikkiGirl, your hair is absolutely gorgeous. You are making fabulous progress and I love how healthy your hair looks from root to tip. How many weeks/months post are you, and how did you straighten?
 
Lovely progress pics everyone I am so happy there is so much progress here makes me feel so good about our venture together. :)
 
Beautiful hair Nikkigirl! Don't be so quick to count yourself out! You might just surprise yourself!
 
NikkiGirl said:
So I did a length check:

I will not be claiming MBL. I had a few straggly ends there, but I won't use that as a basis to claim anything.

The first two pics are my hair and the last is where I trimmed all the ends below the top of the bra strap.

DSC02414.jpg


DSC02415.jpg


After Trim:
DSC02417.jpg


Just for reference, my elbows are at waist length.

Thanks for looking: I haven't gotten much growth to speak of in the last few months so I am gonna have to look at my reggie and see what I can do to help myself out a little. I have no idea to be honest. But when I make MBL. I want pretty hair and not straggly ends.
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Girl-I am blind or that was a deceptive picture because your ends didn't look bad in the photo at all! I do like the trim though. But I tell you what-if thats what you call stragly then I hate to show mine! And I have a fresh haircut(Shameful) Ummm BTW did you get a blowout?
 
Still going strong with the challenge...though the quality of products that I have been using arent up to LHCF standards....brown gel and blue magic for the past 2.5 months :look: I still deep condition though :lol: No breakage noted in the comb or on the sink so lets hope Im gaining progress. Im trying not to do anymore length checks for the next 6 months.
 
Nice progress Nikki :yep:...but Ill be honest you did not need to trim. To me it just looks like what Chicoro mentions when the hair drops in length and the ends look scraggly during the growth phase because all the hairs dont grow at one time. No more scissors!!!!
 
BillsBackerz67 said:
Still going strong with the challenge...though the quality of products that I have been using arent up to LHCF standards....brown gel and blue magic for the past 2.5 months :look: I still deep condition though :lol: No breakage noted in the comb or on the sink so lets hope Im gaining progress. Im trying not to do anymore length checks for the next 6 months.
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BillsBackerz67, my hat's off to anyone who can go 6 months without a length check! wow! (got any secrets on how to do this to share? :-)! )
and your hair looks great!!!

Nikki, ita with what the ladies have said here! i heard the WL ladies call those ends "lead hairs" and the other lengths just need a bit of time to "catch up". however, your trim looks awesome...thick and healthy!
great looking hair you've got!
 
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